Wall Street Journal: A look at Shein and Temu’s Chinese supply chain: the platforms offer a lifeline to suppliers, but margins are razor-thin, prices must stay low, and unsold stock — Shopping apps throw a lifeline to Chinese exporters, but it is a trade-off — SHENZHEN, China—E-commerce sellers Shein …
Read MoreRasmus Nielsen / Financial Times: Despite the focus on generative AI misinformation, much of the policy discourse ignores that politicians pose the gravest threat, ahead of big elections in 2024 — As we head into a big election year, beware the risks of misleading statements from those at very top
Read MoreAva Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: US federal prosecutors charge Tingo Group founder Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye with securities fraud in New York, accusing him of massively inflating Tingo’s finances — – Criminal charges follow SEC lawsuit against Dozy Mmobuosi — Mmobuosi is still ‘at large,’ federal prosecutors in NY said
Read MoreInspired by her aunt’s battle with cancer, Canan Dağdeviren developed a wearable ultrasound monitor that can screen women between regular checkups. She says it could save 12 million lives a year.
Read MoreCarbon-neutral concrete could transform construction’s footprint—if it can scale in time. At Partanna Global, Bahamian basketball star and actor Rick Fox is trying to speed things up.
Read MoreWe love Blender. It brings you 3D modeling, but not in a CAD way — instead, people commonly use it to create animations, movies, games, and even things like VR models. In short, Blender is about all things art and visual expression. Now, what if you want a breathtaking render of your KiCad board? Look
Read MoreHannah Devlin / The Guardian: A UK study of 7,000 people born between 2000 and 2002: 48% agreed with “I think I am addicted to social media”; 57% of girls agreed, compared to 37% of boys — Exclusive: Millennium Cohort’s finding raises questions about why a large proportion has a difficult relationship with social media
Read MoreDigital tools are not always superior. Here are a few WIRED-tested planners and notebooks to keep you on track.
Read MoreThe unique approach of the Rust programming language results in better code with fewer compromises than C, C++, Go, and the other languages you probably use. It also gets updated regularly, often every month. Where to download the latest Rust version If you already have a previous version of Rust installed via rustup, you can
Read MoreLeo Schwartz / Fortune: Fidelity and other spot bitcoin ETF issuers jockey for an early advantage to attract investors, as they reportedly may get approval to launch by January 10 — As the Securities and Exchange Commission appears on the precipice of approving the first wave of Bitcoin ETFs …
Read MoreThat’s so metal. | Image: Samsung Samsung has formally announced its winter Unpacked — coming right on the heels of CES and just down the street from some of its biggest competitors’ HQs. As previously leaked announced, the event is scheduled for Wednesday, January 17th. It’ll be hosted at the SAP Center, because nothing says
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung’s next Unpacked event will officially take place on January 17. The company is expected to announce the Galaxy S24 series on the day. You can already reserve the device, with Samsung offering a $50 credit. Earlier today, Samsung Australia accidentally confirmed the date for this year’s first Unpacked
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge A new patent granted to Apple details how the company is thinking of using the Vision Pro’s external display to show what the wearer is looking at inside the device. The patent, which includes Jony Ive as an inventor, details ways an outside screen on a generic head-mounted
Read MoreCredit: Samsung It’s now been confirmed that the next Galaxy Unpacked event will take place on January 17. It’s beyond any doubt that the Samsung Galaxy S24 series will be launched on that day, with pre-orders likely to start at the same time as the event. You can actually reserve your Galaxy S24 handset as
Read MoreHorrible. 0/10. The thing about CAPTCHAs is that they’re old enough to drink. The bots are better at them than I am. So why am I still being asked to fill them out? I am not talking about the inoffensive ones with the puzzle pieces. I am not talking, even, about matching or rotating shapes.
Read MoreIyaz Akhtar / PCMag: Samsung announces that it will hold its next Galaxy Unpacked event on January 17 at 10am PT in San Jose, to showcase new mobile devices and Galaxy AI — ‘Galaxy AI is coming,’ reads the tagline, so get ready for Samsung-developed artificial intelligence.
Read MoreThe Steamboat Willie version of Disney icon Mickey Mouse just entered the public domain, and there’s already an explosion of related AI-generated art. We talked to some of the creators behind it.
Read MoreSamantha Cole / 404 Media: Pornhub blocks access in two more states, Montana and North Carolina, in protest of the states’ age verification laws — As North Carolina and Montana enact new age verification laws effective January 1, residents can’t view sites in Pornhub’s parent company network.
Read MoreMicrosoft announced that it will retire its Visual Studio 2013 IDE in April. The company is urging Visual Studio 2013 users to upgrade to Visual Studio 2022. In a blog post on January 2, 2024, Microsoft said that extended support for Visual Studio 2013 will end on April 9. After that date, Visual Studio 2013
Read MoreSome equipment comes with a backstory so impressive, you can’t help but treat it with reverence. For instance, this Hantek scope’s front panel and knobs have melted when a battery pack went up in flames right next to it. Then, it got donated to the CADR hackerspace, who have in turn given us a scope
Read MoreSarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: Antenna: US customer cancellations at major streamers rose to 6.3% in November, up from 5.1% YoY; 24% of users canceled 3+ subscriptions over the past two years — Hulu, Netflix and other streamers are turning to bundles, discounts and ad-supported plans as customer defections rise
Read MoreThomas Germain / Gizmodo: Facebook rolled out Link History, which creates a repository of all the links clicked on by a user on the mobile app, with the data being used for targeted ads — Facebook introduces a confusing new setting as the walls close in on Zuckerberg’s data machine.
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: X launches a Basic tier for Verified Organizations at $200/month or $2,000/year, in addition to Full Access at $1,000/month and $50/month for each US affiliate — X (formerly Twitter) now has a “basic” tier for Verified Organizations, which gets you a gold checkmark badge (and a few other benefits) …
Read MoreLeo Schwartz / Fortune: Fidelity and other spot bitcoin ETF issuers jockey for an early advantage to attract investors, as they reportedly may get approval to launch by January 10 — As the Securities and Exchange Commission appears on the precipice of approving the first wave of Bitcoin ETFs …
Read MoreChrome is a notorious memory hog on desktop computers, especially Macs. So while Google has taken a lot of steps to improve the situation over the years, there are still plenty of opportunities to run into an “out of memory” error with the web browser. Here’s what you can do when that error crops up.
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