Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority A new report has showcased three different mockups of iPhone 16 pre-production models. For the iPhone 16, Apple has reportedly been exploring designs with an iPhone X-style camera pill, with capacitive and combined volume rockers, a larger Action button, and even a new capacitive Capture button. The iPhone 15
Read MoreDUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – DECEMBER 11: Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber (C), President of the COP28 UNFCCC Climate Conference, emerges from negotiations over the wording of the Presidential draft on day eleven of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference. | Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images What would have been a historic deal to tackle a planetary
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: Paris-based Pivot, which sells spend management and procurement software, raised a $21.6M Series A, after raising a $5.3M pre-seed round in April 2023 — French startup Pivot is an interesting startup story as it is scaling at a rapid pace even though startup investments are down in Europe.
Read MoreThe European Union (EU) has declared its goal to be at the forefront of quantum technology advancements, as eleven of its member countries signed the European Declaration on Quantum Technologies. Participating nations, such as France, Spain, and Greece, intend to establish a strong quantum ecosystem in preparation for the expected significant technological shift. These countries
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Maps is getting three new privacy-focused features. Users will soon be able to delete their activity related to specific places in Maps. Google will also start storing Timelines locally on their devices. Google Maps is getting a new privacy-focused update with three important features. Both Android and iOS
Read MoreAlexander Martin / The Record: A parliamentary report warns the UK is vulnerable to a “catastrophic ransomware attack at any moment” because of the government’s failures to tackle ransomware — Because of the British government’s failures to tackle ransomware, there is a “high risk” the country faces a …
Read MoreYoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Kakao names Shina Chung, the head of its corporate VC arm, as its next CEO; Chung is a rare female leader in South Korea’s male-dominated business sphere — The company plans to formally announce the appointment of Shina Chung, 48, as its new chief executive officer following a board meeting …
Read MoreMalak Saleh / Engadget: Meta is working to extend its fact-checking to Threads early next year; its fact-checking now only rates Threads content matching posts on Facebook or Instagram — The program will roll out next year, according to executives. — Threads is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content
Read MoreTang Tan, lead designer of iPhone and Apple Watch product lines, will leave the company
Read More[Raymond Chen] wondered why the x86 ENTER instruction had a strange second parameter that seems to always be set to zero. If you’ve ever wondered, [Raymond] explains what he learned in a recent blog post. If you’ve ever taken apart the output a C compiler or written assembly programs, you probably know that ENTER is
Read MoreNikkei Asia: Fujitsu plans to sell its chip packaging unit Shinko Electric for ~$4.8B to a group led by Japan Investment Corp., in an effort to offload non-core operations — Fujitsu is selling unit Shinko Electric Industries to a consortium led by state-owned Japan Investment Corp. © Reuters
Read MoreMicrosoft has entered an agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union regarding contractual terms focused on applying artificial intelligence (AI) within the company. This deal marks the first instance of collective bargaining in Microsoft’s US history. It is expected to allow employees to participate in discussions about deploying AI technology. The contract affects
Read MoreCredit: Roger Fingas / Android Authority Amazon Alexa seems to be having issues in recognizing voice commands regarding lights. Users are suddenly unable to control their lights with their Echo devices. The problem is now fixed according to Amazon. Update: December 12, 2023 (10:29 PM ET): Amazon has replied to our email about Alexa’s inability
Read MoreRaphael Satter / Reuters: Apple updates its law enforcement guidelines to now require a judge’s order before handing over users’ push notification data, instead of only a subpoena — Apple (AAPL.O) has said it now requires a judge’s order to hand over information about its customers’ push notification to law enforcement …
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft warns that threat actors are misusing OAuth apps to automate phishing attacks, push spam, and deploy VMs for crypto mining — Microsoft warns that financially-motivated threat actors are using OAuth applications to automate BEC and phishing attacks, push spam, and deploy VMs for cryptomining.
Read MoreBloomberg: True Anomaly, a startup designing hardware and software for military and intelligence space reconnaissance systems, raised a $100M Series B led by Riot Ventures — – Contractor’s spacecraft to track national threats in orbit — Threats can range from enemy satellites to space debris
Read MoreSimon Sharwood / The Register: Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation Division announces the end of perpetual licenses and a move to subscriptions, plus a simplification of its product portfolio — Also kills perpetual licenses, adds a vSphere bundle for smaller users — +COMMENT Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation Division …
Read MoreZoë Schiffer / The Verge: A look at Twitter’s culture prior to Elon Musk’s acquisition, when it focused on improving the health of online conversations, rather than growth at all costs — the early ’10s, Twitter was at the height of its power. The company had yet to turn a profit, but it had played
Read MoreWhen NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule screamed its way through the upper atmosphere, it marked the first time the space agency had brought material from an asteroid back to Earth. Hundreds of thousands tuned into the September 24th live stream so they could watch the capsule land at the Utah Test and Training Range. But
Read MoreCagan Koc / Bloomberg: ASML and Samsung plan to jointly spend ~$760M to build a research plant in South Korea using ASML’s next-generation extreme ultraviolet equipment technology — The plant will use next-generation extreme ultraviolet equipment technology, available exclusively via ASML, that’s used to produce high-end chips …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The FCC announced today that it won’t award Elon Musk’s Starlink an $886 million subsidy from the Universal Service Fund for expanding broadband service in rural areas. The money would have come from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program (RDOF), but the FCC writes that Starlink wasn’t able
Read MoreDaryna Antoniuk / The Record: Ukraine’s defense intelligence directorate claims to have hacked Russia’s state tax service and that Russia has been trying to restore the service for four days — Ukraine’s defense intelligence directorate (GUR) said it infected thousands of servers belonging to Russia’s state tax service with malware …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snapchat is getting even more generative AI features. The messaging app now lets Snapchat Plus subscribers create images based on a text prompt and send them to friends. Those who subscribe to Snapchat’s $3.99 plan can use the feature by tapping the “AI” button from the toolbar on
Read MoreJoseph Bernstein / New York Times: A look at Praxis, which raised $19.2M from Paradigm, Alameda Research, and others to build a city on the Mediterranean for tech bros and downtown NY tastemakers — Dryden Brown wants Praxis to be a crypto-city for tech bros and tastemakers. Just don’t ask for details.
Read MoreNow that any video game company can go online to hype up its big new releases, no one needs big events anymore.
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