Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Opinion post by Hadlee Simons Display brightness has become one of the biggest battlegrounds in the modern Android smartphone space, and it’s only ramped up in the last few months. Companies are talking up ever higher peak brightness numbers to wow us, but there’s just one problem though. This
Read MoreApple chip partner TSMC may soon benefit from the 2022 Chips Act, with the $53 billion grant pool expected to be tapped within the coming weeks. Processor wafers [TSMC] The CHIPS for America Fund, also known as the Chips Act, was approved in 2022 as a way to build up the U.S. semiconductor industry, via
Read MoreXiaomi’s affordable Pocos have great displays and performance, but their cameras and interface may frustrate you.
Read MoreIn an atomically thin stack of semiconductors, a mechanism unseen in any natural substance causes electrons’ spins to align.
Read More“A photo of Japan’s robotic moon lander shows that though the spacecraft did make the quarter-million-mile journey to the lunar surface, it landed upside down…” reports Mashable. Because of the lander’s now-apparent inverted position, its solar panels weren’t oriented correctly to generate power, according to the space agency. The team elected to conserve power by
Read MoreWhen you think of satellite communications, you probably think of a dish. But that’s not the only option — a new device from the American University of Beruit and Stanford created a portable antenna made of woven materials that packs easily, weighs little, and can reconfigure for ground-to-space or ground-to-ground communications. The antenna reminded us
Read MoreLet’s admit it: Apple devices like the iPhone and iPad sell well due to its massive app ecosystem. While the app ecosystem of iOS is not as huge as Android’s, you still have hundreds of apps available for different purposes. If you have an iPhone, you need to sign in to the Apple App Store
Read MoreIt’s a week of celebration and anticipation on the AppleInsider Podcast, as Apple’s longest-surviving device — the Mac — enters its fifth decade, and its newest device — the Apple Vision Pro — is a week away. An Apple Vision Pro patent sketch superimposed on an original Mac And then as it turns out, Apple
Read MoreBeReal, the app defined by its ad-free, filter-free experience, will soon welcome celebrities and brands to its platform. Its COO says these new users won’t threaten the app’s integrity.
Read MoreIf we told you somebody built a 3D printed go-kart, you’d expect to see a certain sequence of events. A bit of work in CAD, a printer montage, then some assembly. That’s not the case here. [3D Sanago] is an artist that works with 3D printing pens, creating 3D objects entirely by hand. It’s an
Read More“Indonesia has been clearing tens of thousands of acres of densely vegetated peatland for farming, releasing massive amounts of carbon that had been sequestered below for centuries,” reports the Washington Post, “and destroying one of the Earth’s most effective means of storing greenhouse gases.” The country is home to as much as half of the
Read MoreMacworld Are you missing travel but need to get in the air on a budget? Dollar Flight Club (DFC) has two great options, Premium or Premium Plus+ lifetime subscriptions, to find the right travel deals. Both these subscriptions are discounted until January 28. No matter their subscription, all Dollar Flight Club members can access the
Read MoreThese days, it’s pretty cheap and easy to build your own little RC hovercraft. [ValRC] demonstrates just that with a hovercraft build that is surprisingly nimble, and fast to boot. The build started with a design [ValRC] found online. It was simple enough to print and assemble, needing only a pair of a brushless motors,
Read More“As important as its historically underhanded business dealings were for its success, Microsoft didn’t have to cheat to win,” argues a new article in the Register. “The Unix companies were doing a great job of killing themselves off.” You see, while there were many attempts to create software development standards for Unix, they were too
Read MoreWhen you have a bunch of 230 kV transmission lines running over your property, why not use them for some scientific experiments? This is where the [Double M Innovations] YouTube channel comes into play, including a recent video where the idea of harvesting electricity from HV transmission lines using regular fences is put to an
Read MoreSlashdot reader Bruce66423 shared this report from the BBC: A Spanish court has cleared a British man of public disorder, after he joked to friends about blowing up a flight from London Gatwick to Menorca. Aditya Verma admitted he told friends in July 2022: “On my way to blow up the plane. I’m a member
Read MoreImage: The Verge X says it will hire 100 full-time employees for a new trust and safety office in Austin, Texas, according to a Saturday report by Bloomberg. The plan comes, as the article notes, just a few days before CEO Linda Yaccarino’s scheduled January 31st hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding X’s handling
Read MoreUPI reports: New research published Friday offers hope that the sediment samples picked up by the Mars rover Perseverance could reveal traces of life — if it ever existed on the Red Planet. The rover already has confirmed an ancient lake on Mars. The new research published in Science Advances shows the Jezero Crater, where
Read MoreApple’s first fiscal quarterly results will be released by the company on February 1. Here’s what happened in the holiday quarter, and what to expect the iPhone maker to reveal to investors. Apple CEO Tim Cook Apple confirmed on January 8 that it will be holding its holiday quarter earnings call on Thursday, February 1,
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shared this report from the The New York Times: Over his 54 years as a financial analyst, Richard X. Bove perfected the art of grabbing attention… American Banker once called him “the country’s most quotable bank analyst.” Last week, a few hours after completing a spot on Bloomberg television, the 83-year-old announced
Read MoreUPI reports: New research published Friday offers hope that the sediment samples picked up by the Mars rover Perseverance could reveal traces of life — if it ever existed on the Red Planet. The rover already has confirmed an ancient lake on Mars. The new research published in Science Advances shows the Jezero Crater, where
Read MoreAlthough Hawaii used to have a ferry service to access the various islands in the archipelago, due to environmental and political issues, air travel is now the only way to island-hop. Various companies have tried to fill this transportation gap, but have all been stymied for one reason or another. The latest to attempt to
Read MoreUPI reports: New research published Friday offers hope that the sediment samples picked up by the Mars rover Perseverance could reveal traces of life — if it ever existed on the Red Planet. The rover already has confirmed an ancient lake on Mars. The new research published in Science Advances shows the Jezero Crater, where
Read MoreImage: The Verge X says it will hire 100 full-time employees for a new trust and safety office in Austin, Texas, according to a Saturday report by Bloomberg. The plan comes, as the article notes, just a few days before CEO Linda Yaccarino’s scheduled January 31st hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding X’s handling
Read MoreAn anonymous Slashdot reader shared this report from CNBC: The S&P 500 is trading at a record and the Nasdaq is at its highest in two years. Alphabet shares reached a new pinnacle on Thursday, as did Meta and Microsoft, which ran past $3 trillion in market cap. Don’t tell that to the bosses. While
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