John Herrman / New York Magazine: A look at TikTok’s dogged e-commerce push by subsidizing sales and promoting sellers in user feeds, as ad sales weaken and social media stagnates — It was supposed to be a test. Suddenly hundreds of people were watching. What’s going on here? — Over the last four months …
Read More[Mr Innovative] likes to keep his wire harnesses tidy, but it is a pain to neatly wrap cables. So, he automated the process using a combination of milled acrylic and 3D printing. We hope the design files will be up on his website soon, although the mechanism is similar to another wrapping machine he made
Read MoreIt’s true — you really can find anything (except maybe LEGO) in thrift stores. When [thecowgoesmoo] picked up a Mr. Christmas Symphonium music box one day, they knew they wanted to make it play more than just the standard Christmas and classical fare that ships with the thing. So they did what any self-respecting hacker
Read MoreKate Irwin / Decrypt: GameStop plans to shut down its NFT marketplace on February 2, 2024, due to “continuing regulatory uncertainty”, after launching the platform in October 2022 — The news comes four months after the storied video game retailer axed its NFT wallet, with GameStop set to exit the space entirely.
Read MoreBloomberg: Indian crypto exchange WazirX says deposit inflows jumped ~250% in the four days after India blocked nine offshore platforms on Dec. 28; ~70% came from Binance — – WazirX, Mudrex say about 70% of fresh inflows from Binance — Local trading has been ravaged by tax introduced in 2022
Read MoreTi’s presentation of the rapid integration of calculator chips. Although for most generations alive today the era of microcontrollers (MCU) feels like it starts somewhere with the Intel 8051 and AVR MCUs, the history of these self-contained computing marvels that are now found just about anywhere begins long before those were even conceptualized. In a
Read MoreCissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia: Nearly 500 South Korean startups set up booths at CES 2024’s Eureka Park, the most by one country in terms of government-subsidized participation in the zone — Almost 500 companies set up booths, more than any other nation — South Korean startups made a strong showing at the CES tech
Read MoreAnne VanderMey / Bloomberg: In a countersuit, Carta’s ex-CTO Jerry Talton accuses CEO Henry Ward of misusing company resources and claims he was fired for expressing concerns to the board — – Suit is separate from scandal over Carta’s use of company data — Financial technology startup Carta was hit with a fiery lawsuit …
Read MoreThe Sci-Fi fantasy robots of the future have gotten a little closer to becoming a reality with record funding announced for 1X Technologies. The Oslo-based company closed a Series B round with a notable investment of $100 million. The Norwegian company, backed by Open-AI and Tiger Global, raised $23.5 million in April 2023. This initial
Read MoreBelle Lin / Wall Street Journal: A joint US-China research effort finds that graphene can act as a semiconductor, but experts say graphene chips face immense manufacturing hurdles and costs — Amid global race for semiconductor supremacy, a joint U.S.-China research effort finds promise in the material, although the path to large-scale production is years
Read MoreElizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: Amazon sells products with titles like “I’m sorry, I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy”, as sellers use ChatGPT to write listings — Fun new game just dropped! Go to the internet platform of your choice, type “goes against OpenAI use policy,” …
Read MoreThe Artifact news app. | Image: Artifact Artifact, the news app created by Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, is shutting down just a year after launch. The app used an AI-driven approach to suggest news that users might like to read, but it seems it didn’t catch on with enough people for the
Read MoreThe A9 Plus comes in a 5G version that’s well under $300. | Image: Samsung Samsung has quietly put its budget Galaxy Tab A9 Plus on sale following its launch in October last year. It starts at $219 for a Wi-Fi-only version, but unlike most other Android tablets around that price, you can pick up
Read MoreBen Cox / Ben’s Blog: An analysis of fediverse backend hosting providers finds Germany-based Hetzner hosts 51% of the network by number of active users, followed by France-based OVH — Spurred on by the problems at Twitter, a lot of my social media timeline has “moved out” of Twitter/”X” on to what people mostly describe
Read MoreThe iGame Z690D5 Flow, the newest motherboard from Colorful, a Chinese tech company with over two decades of experience, presents a distinctive white and fluid design that distinguishes itself within the competitive mid-tier market. Retailing for just below $400, the motherboard exhibits solid performance across a variety of tests, but it does not include a
Read MoreKevin Systrom / Artifact News: Kevin Systrom says news sharing app Artifact will shut down, after concluding that “the market opportunity isn’t big enough to warrant continued investment” — To our Artifact Users and Partners: — We’ve made the decision to wind down operations of the Artifact app.
Read MoreThe iGame Z690D5 Flow, the newest motherboard from Colorful, a Chinese tech company with over two decades of experience, presents a distinctive white and fluid design that distinguishes itself within the competitive mid-tier market. Retailing for just below $400, the motherboard exhibits solid performance across a variety of tests, but it does not include a
Read MoreIn the smart home world, and digital assistants in general, there are only two major platforms if you’re not using Apple devices: Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant (which links with Google Home). Microsoft and Samsung do have their own creations, but Cortana is effectively dead outside of Microsoft 365, and while Samsung’s SmartThings platform is
Read MoreWe are spoiled with multimeters today. Even the cheapest meter you will get these days is almost surely digital with a tremendous input impedance. But a few decades ago, meters were almost always analog affairs. To make a precise measurement, you needed a mirror under the meter to ensure you read the needle correctly. Moreover,
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google just announced a change for users in Europe that will let them decide exactly how much data-sharing they’re comfortable with. The new policy, which the company said was in response to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), allows users to opt out of data sharing across all, some, or none of
Read MoreBen Cox / Ben’s Blog: An analysis of fediverse backend hosting providers finds Germany-based Hetzner hosts 51% of the network by number of active users, followed by France-based OVH — Spurred on by the problems at Twitter, a lot of my social media timeline has “moved out” of Twitter/”X” on to what people mostly describe
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Read MoreThe numbers are in: 2023’s global temperatures not only soared, but smashed the previous record set in 2016. This year could be even hotter.
Read MoreBen Schoon / 9to5Google: Fubo raised the price of all plans by $5/month as of January 10, with the base plan starting at $80/mo, and plans to offer unlimited DVR “in the coming months” — As traditional cable TV bleeds subscribers and more and more folks sign up for online streaming options …
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