One of the hallmarks of a great Android flagship is having a well-rounded spec sheet, checking all the boxes for features that users need and desire on their phone. We’ve seen mid-range Android phones also do this quite well, to the point where it can become difficult to recommend $1,000 flagships to users who just
Read MoreMiles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Perplexity, which offers an AI-based “answer engine” used by 10M to compete with Google, raised $74M at a $520M valuation from IVP, Jeff Bezos, and others — Perplexity, with a fraction of Google’s users, raised the largest sum by an internet search startup in recent years
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles are operating—and getting into crashes—in US cities. But state laws in Texas, California, Arizona, and other places prevent local governments from regulating the technology.
Read MoreCopying objects is a common operation in enterprise projects. When copying an object, we must ensure that we end up with a new instance that holds the values we want. Domain objects are usually complex. Making a copy with the root object and composed objects is also not trivial. Let’s explore the most effective ways
Read MoreSam Kim / Bloomberg: South Korea’s trade ministry says the electronics sector drew $3B in foreign direct investment in 2023; the country is building a chip cluster south of Seoul — – Funding jumps for electronics that include chips and batteries — South Korea is building semiconductor cluster south of Seoul
Read MoreTop10VPN: Research: deliberate internet shutdowns affected 747M people globally in 2023, costing $9.01B; Russia accounted for $4.02B; X was the most blocked platform — First published Jan 2, 2020. Last updated to publish the full 2023 annual report on the cost of internet shutdowns.
Read MoreZheping Huang / Bloomberg: Chinese Premier Li Qiang, the country’s No. 2 official, visited YMTC’s memory chip production lines, the latest show of support for the US-sanctioned company — – No. 2 Chinese leader Li Qiang visited YMTC’s production lines — Xi Jinping’s right-hand man called for innovation, Xinhua says
Read MoreThe 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning trucks could be cheaper or more expensive than last year, depending on the trim. | Image: Ford Ford is making a number of pricing updates across its 2024 F-150 Lightning range as sales of electric vehicles within the US slow. Ford notified its dealers about the price changes on Wednesday
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: LastPass now requires users to set a complex master password with a minimum of 12 characters; users have been able to set a weaker master password since 2018 — LastPass notified customers today that they are now required to use complex master passwords with a minimum of 12 characters to increase
Read MoreForget the crappy caregiver bots and puppy-eyed seals. When my parents got sick, I turned to a new generation of roboticists—and their glowing, talking, blobby creations.
Read MoreThe new Dell XPS line up. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This might not be the biggest shake-up of the Dell XPS lineup ever, but between some bigger laptops and a total revamping of the XPS portfolio, it feels like a big deal. The 13-inch Dell XPS laptop is sticking around,
Read MoreDell is using its XPS 13 Plus design across its 2024 laptops. The new Dell XPS 2024 is now available as Dell XPS 13, XPS 14, and XPS 16. Configurations for the same go up to Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor and up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU. Dell’s XPS lineup of laptops
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft wants 2024 to be “the year of the AI PC,” and it’s kicking things off with a significant change to the keyboard on new laptops and PCs. A new Copilot key will ship on a variety of new PCs and laptops from Microsoft’s partners, providing quick access to Microsoft’s AI-powered Windows Copilot
Read MoreCredit: Weibo/Li Jie OnePlus has launched the OnePlus Ace 3 in China today. The phone is set to appear in global markets as the OnePlus 12R. The Ace 3 starts at ~$357 in its home market. OnePlus has teased the OnePlus Ace 3 in China for a few weeks now, and this handset is expected
Read MoreFunny things can happen when a security researcher and an electronics engineer specializing in high-speed circuits get together. At least they did when [Limpkin] met [Roman], which resulted in two interesting hardware solutions for side-channel attacks. As [Limpkin] relates it, the tale began when he shared an office with [Roman Korkikian], a security researcher looking
Read MoreImage: Walmart Have you ever wanted a kitchen full of memes? Well, the Xbox Series S toaster is here and ready to sit next to your Xbox Series X fridge. Yes this is a real toaster that can handle all the bread, English muffins, and frozen waffles you throw at it. It will even toast
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft announces a new Copilot keyboard key, shipping in new PCs and laptops from partners, the first major change to Windows PC keyboard layouts in 30 years — Microsoft wants 2024 to be “the year of the AI PC,” and it’s kicking things off with a significant change to the
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Read MoreDell has a pair of new ultrawide monitors it’s showing off ahead of CES, the 40-inch UltraSharp 40 Curved Thunderbolt Hub Monitor (U4025QW) and the 34-inch UltraSharp 34 Curved Thunderbolt Hub Monitor (U3425WE). They’re going on sale next month, with the larger model starting at $2,399.99, and the smaller at $1,019.99. Although Dell’s announcement blog
Read MoreA new report claims Apple will add a 24MP selfie camera to the iPhone 17 in 2024.
Read MoreThe history of modern software development has been a dance between what hardware can give and what software demands. Over the decades, the steps in this dance have moved us from the original Intel 8086, which we now consider very basic functionality, to today’s multi-faceted processors, which provide virtualization support, end-to-end access to encrypted memory
Read MoreOne of the striking new features in C# 12 is the support for primary constructors. The concept of primary constructors is not new. Several programming languages including Scala, Kotlin, and OCaml provide support for integrating constructor parameters directly at the place where you declare your class. In this article, we’ll take a close look at
Read MoreDeepwater Asset Management predicts Apple will acquire Peloton in 2024 among the investment firm’s annual predictions.
Read MoreDell showcases some truly epic new monitors with specs that rival Apple’s best.
Read MoreIndustry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports the iPhone 16 Pro will come with a significantly upgraded Ultra Wide camera.
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