Samsung has launched the Music Frame, a speaker presented as an art piece. The Music Frame extends the concept of The Frame TV to speakers by camouflaging well with room decor. The presented art piece can be customized, though Samsung has not shared pricing or availability and has also not mentioned if the exterior bezels
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority The LG Signature OLED T is the world’s first wireless transparent OLED TV. LG is merging its transparent display tech with its Zero Connect Box for an impressive and unmatched TV experience in the premium end of the market. The OLED T has a contrast screen that can be
Read MoreThe Find X7 Ultra in black, blue, and brown. | Image: Oppo Oppo’s latest flagship, the Find X7 Ultra, is the first smartphone to include two periscope cameras, the company announced today as it launched the device in China. One offers a 3x zoom and uses a 1/1.56-inch sensor that Oppo says is “the biggest
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus The US prices of the OnePlus 12 and 12R have leaked. The OnePlus 12 could be $100 costlier than the OnePlus 11. The OnePlus 12R could offer great value with a Pixel 7a-like price. The OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 12R are all set to launch globally on January 23. Almost everything there is
Read MoreSisi Wei / The Markup: Q&A with University of Michigan researchers about their research into the effectiveness of using prompts to assign interpersonal and professional roles to LLMs — A conversation with Mingqian Zheng, Jiaxin Pei, and David Jurgens — Happy New Year. It’s Sisi here.
Read MoreSoftware developers are vital to the success of your enterprise, and as a manager, you need to know how to keep them happy at work. We’ve already discussed the 9 ways to keep your developer team happy. Now, let’s examine the management mistakes that may prompt your best developers to look elsewhere. If you want
Read MoreWe put up with bad software all the time. Anyone who has raged against their enterprise travel booking machine or tried to decipher the interface to their corporate tool for logging employee feedback knows what I’m talking about. Despite these problems, we continue to use (and, let’s be honest, write) bad software. Yet when it
Read MoreExecutives who doubt the potential of generative AI are becoming an increasingly rare breed. In a recent survey of Fortune 500 CEOs in collaboration with Deloitte, 75% expected generative AI to improve operational efficiency while over half believed it would increase growth. In our own survey of data science leaders and their teams, 90% believed
Read MoreGoogle is adding a new option to the Chrome web browser to make it easier for you to block tracking cookies while you browse.
Read MoreLucas Shaw / Bloomberg: What’s On Netflix data: Netflix released about 130, or 16%, fewer original programs in 2023 than 2022, after a decade of increasing output — After years of spending more on new shows, the company is finally shrinking how much new it has to offer. — Over the last 18 months …
Read MoreGB Interceptor is a smart bit of tech that allows you to play your GameBoy on any iPad on iPadOS17.
Read MoreReuters: Sources: Nvidia plans to begin mass producing its chips designed for China, the H20, L20, and L2, in Q2 2024, after the original November 2023 goal was delayed — U.S. chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O) plans to begin mass production in the second quarter of 2024 of an artificial intelligence (AI) …
Read MoreBloomberg: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft received licenses to establish HQs in Riyadh, after the government planned to halt contracts to companies without regional HQs — – Global firms had Jan. 1 deadline to shift regional HQs — Saudi Arabia wants multinationals to have local offices
Read MoreThe Vision Pro will launch in the United States soon, but an international launch reportedly isn’t all that far away either.
Read MoreThis iPhone dropped from an aircraft after the craft’s door flew off — and somehow, it survived.
Read MoreCamilla Hodgson / Financial Times: Legal experts say pledges from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google to defend their customers from IP issues only extend to AI models built with their oversight — Amazon, Microsoft and Google pledge to defend customers from IP issues, but their indemnities are narrow
Read MoreThe Signature OLED T is a 77-inch TV with a very unique gimmick. But it’s hard to imagine the pricey novelty wouldn’t wear off over time. Continue reading…
Read MoreCredit: Supplied by OPPO OPPO has launched the Find X7 Ultra in its home market of China. This is the first phone with two periscope cameras, delivering more flexible camera zoom. Unfortunately, OPPO has no plans to launch the Find X7 Ultra outside China. We thought the OPPO Find X6 Pro was one of the
Read MoreSamsung has announced a new transparent MicroLED display ahead of CES 2024. The transparent screen, which resembles a piece of glass, is equipped with an extremely small chip and is manufactured in a way that eliminates seams and light refraction. Details about the market release and pricing of these displays remain unclear, with Samsung’s existing
Read MoreThere was a time when every gizmo on AliExpress also had a big white LED so it could also work as a flashlight, but maybe the power bank is the new flashlight. [Aaron Christophel] has a battery spot welder that costs a not unreasonable 30 euros and can also be used as a novelty power
Read MoreSamsung’s The Frame TV has enjoyed huge success in recent years because it blends into the home in a way that’s much more aesthetically pleasing than the drab black rectangles you get from conventional TVs. With customizable bezels (including stylish wood options), a matte screen, and a huge collection of renowned artwork that appears on
Read MoreThe precision lathe with the hooks, the bowstring, and vise visible as material is being processed. (Credit: Clickspring) We commonly tend to associate lathes with the Industrial Revolution, when metalworking shifted largely from blacksmiths to machinists, but the use of lathes is much older than that. As [Chris] over at the Clickspring YouTube channel demonstrates
Read MoreCredit: XGIMI XGIMI has launched a smart light that also functions as a 100-inch projector and a Harmon Kardon smart speaker. The company has also launched a new long-throw projector that automatically locates and remembers the best wall position for projection. CES 2024 is where the smallest and the biggest tech companies come together to
Read MoreRaphael Minder / Financial Times: The European Commission urges Google, Meta, and others to help dissident Belarusian media by promoting their stories higher than those from pro-regime outlets — Journalists claim groups including Google and Meta are ‘tools’ of Minsk’s totalitarian regime — The European Commission …
Read MoreThese days, affordable software defined radios (SDRs) have made huge swaths of the spectrum available to hobbyists. Whether you’re looking to sniff the data from that 433 MHz thermometer you’ve got in the backyard or pick up transmissions from satellites, the same little USB-connected box can make it happen. But even the best SDR is
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