Month: April 2023

A Soft Soldering Jig For Hard Projects

We’ve seen some absolutely gorgeous freeform circuit sculptures. There’s a mystic quality to taking what has normally been hidden away for safety and reliability reasons and putting it on display for everyone to see. Of course, creating these unique circuit sculptures takes considerable time and effort. [Inne] created several silicone soldering jigs to help with

Read More
Google says Play Store apps that allow account creation will soon need to let users “initiate account and data deletion from within the app and online” (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says Play Store apps that allow account creation will soon need to let users “initiate account and data deletion from within the app and online”  —  Google is continuing its work on Data safety in the Play Store by requiring that developers provide a way for users to delete their

Read More
Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group plans to acquire US-based mobile game maker Scopely for $4.9B; Scopely was reportedly valued at $5.4B in October 2021 (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety: Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group plans to acquire US-based mobile game maker Scopely for $4.9B; Scopely was reportedly valued at $5.4B in October 2021  —  Savvy Games Group announced an agreement to acquire Scopely, a maker of mobile games including “Star Trek Fleet Command,” “Marvel Strike Force …

Read More
India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT says the government does not plan to regulate AI growth, calling the sector “significant and strategic” for the country (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT says the government does not plan to regulate AI growth, calling the sector “significant and strategic” for the country  —  India does not plan to regulate the growth of AI within the South Asian market, identifying the sector as a “significant and strategic” area for

Read More
Source: Binance rejected buying Tron founder Justin Sun’s Huobi stake due to Huobi’s alleged ties to China; Sun’s Huobi involvement is shrouded in secrecy (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)

Ian Allison / CoinDesk: Source: Binance rejected buying Tron founder Justin Sun’s Huobi stake due to Huobi’s alleged ties to China; Sun’s Huobi involvement is shrouded in secrecy  —  Binance has no interest in buying Huobi due to its rumored ties to China, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Read More
Top 10 IT Companies in the World for 2023

The IT industry has experienced constant growth due to the increasing emphasis on IT automation and technology. The top 10 IT companies in the world are listed below, and they are at the forefront of new developments in consulting, technologies, outsourcing, and services. List of the Top Trusted IT Companies in the World for 2023

Read More
Stripe processed $817B of transactions in 2022, up 26% YoY, vs. a 60% growth from 2020 to 2021; new customers grew 19% YoY, of which 55% were outside the US (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Stripe processed $817B of transactions in 2022, up 26% YoY, vs. a 60% growth from 2020 to 2021; new customers grew 19% YoY, of which 55% were outside the US  —  Stripe, the payments and fintech giant currently valued at $50 billion, sometimes feels like it has been forever on the

Read More
Retrotechtacular: Solder Like its 1944!

When we first saw this 1944 US Office of Education film about hand soldering, we figured it might still have some good information. Well, perhaps it does, but the 1944 soldering was with a giant iron, and the work looked more like metal bricks than anything we’ve soldered lately. Of course, the physics is all

Read More