Three arrested after $21,400 worth of iPhones stolen from UK Apple Store
Three people have been arrested after they grabbed 19 iPhones from a UK Apple Store only to be caught hours later.
Read MoreThree people have been arrested after they grabbed 19 iPhones from a UK Apple Store only to be caught hours later.
Read MoreZhou Xin / South China Morning Post: Sources: ByteDance offers to buy back up to $5B of shares from existing investors at $160 per share, putting the company’s valuation at $268B, down 11% on 2022 — Beijing-based ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, is offering to buy back up to US$5 billion worth of shares from
Read MoreHayden Field / CNBC: Q&A with Waymo CPO Saswat Panigrahi on simulating 25K+ vehicles 24/7 to improve AI driving, growing in San Francisco and Phoenix after Cruise’s woes, and more — – Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car unit, is having a relatively good couple of months – at least, compared to one of its key rivals:
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority OnePlus Ace 3 specs have leaked online, giving us an idea of what to expect from the OnePlus 12R. The new phone is tipped to arrive with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip and a 5,500mAh battery. The OnePlus Ace 3 could launch in China later this month. We’re
Read More[Hyperspace Pirate] wants to make his own dry ice, but he wants it to be really, really cheap. So naturally, his first stop is… the beach? That’s right, the beach, because that’s where to find the buckets of free seashells that he turned into dry ice. Readers may recall previous efforts at DIY dry ice,
Read MoreBruce Schneier / Schneier on Security: The internet enabled mass surveillance, and AI will enable mass spying, once limited by human labor, by making troves of data searchable and understandable — Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide …
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Camera specs for upcoming OPPO, OnePlus, and/or Realme phones have apparently leaked online. The specs suggest that mid-range phones from these brands could gain telephoto and periscope cameras. Update: December 6, 2023 (4:13 AM ET): Well, it looks like we might have a better idea of what to expect
Read MoreAbstract classes and interfaces are plentiful in Java code, and even in the Java Development Kit (JDK) itself. Each code element serves a fundamental purpose: Interfaces are a kind of code contract, which must be implemented by a concrete class. Abstract classes are similar to normal classes, with the difference that they can include abstract
Read MoreDjango, the Python web framework with all batteries included, is on the verge of its fifth major release. Here’s a rundown of five big new Django 5 features to take advantage of, in both existing and new Django projects. Top 5 new features in Django 5 Form fields are simpler to render Model fields for
Read MoreAngular is one of the most storied front-end web frameworks, and it has gone through significant changes since its initial release—including the complete rewrite that transformed it into a reactive framework in the vein of React. Angular today is a powerful system with some great ideas, like reactive eventing throughout and a robust dependency injection
Read MoreNew York Times: A look at struggles of lawmakers around the world to regulate AI, including tech’s rapid pace, knowledge deficit in governments, and labyrinthine bureaucracies — Alarmed by the power of artificial intelligence, Europe, the United States and others are trying to respond …
Read MoreA new Nintendo Switch emulator for Android is set to launch later this month. The upcoming Strato app is a follow-up to the shuttered Skyline emulator. Skyline was arguably the most advanced Nintendo Switch emulator on Android phones. Unfortunately, the project was killed off following a DMCA takedown notice from Nintendo. A follow-up emulator project,
Read MoreTim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Cambridge, UK-based Pragmatic Semiconductor, which develops and manufactures flexible integrated circuits, raised £182M at a ~£500M post-money valuation — The £182mn financing sets Cambridge-based group on track to become Britain’s biggest semiconductor supplier by volume
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg offloaded Meta shares for the first time in two years, following an impressive 172% increase in the company’s stock value since 2021. The trust of Meta’s co-founder, along with organizations dedicated to his philanthropic and strategic interests, disposed of roughly $185 million worth of shares in November. This move indicates a significant cash-in
Read MorePhoto by Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty Images The guilds representing actors and writers have both ratified new deals with big media companies addressing concerns around streaming and AI. Continue reading…
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Some PlayStation accounts were reportedly restored after Sony accidentally banned them for life. Many users are still stuck with suspended accounts. Sony hasn’t issued any official statement about the mass PlayStation account suspensions. Sony has reportedly restored some suspended PlayStation accounts of people who were accidentally banned, reports The
Read MoreBrayden Lindrea / Cointelegraph: Coinbase Wallet, available in 170+ countries, now lets users send crypto on any platform where they can share a link, including email, social and messaging apps — Recipients need to download a Coinbase Wallet to receive the funds, but the crypto exchange says they’ve simplified the process for less tech-savvy users.
Read MoreBrooks Barnes / New York Times: SAG-AFTRA members ratify the union’s new three-year contract with studios as 78% voted in favor; some members remained unhappy about the deal’s AI protections — The SAG-AFTRA vote formally ends six months of labor strife, though some members were not happy about the contract’s artificial intelligence protections.
Read MoreOlivia Poh / Bloomberg: Jensen Huang says Huawei, Intel, and an expanding group of semiconductor startups pose a stiff challenge to Nvidia in the race to produce the best AI chips — – Huawei returned to global spotlight with a made-in-China chip — Nvidia makes the most in-demand artificial intelligence chips
Read MoreWhen you think of directional ham radio antennas, you probably think of a Yagi, cubical quad, or a log-periodic antenna. These antennas usually are in a horizontal configuration up on a high tower. However, it is possible to build beams with a vertical orientation and, for some lower frequencies, it is far more practical than
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Twitch has announced that it’s shutting down in Korea. The platform cited the high cost of running the service, owing to network usage fees. Twitch is a global powerhouse as far as live streaming is concerned, with the Amazon-owned company being the go-to platform for gaming and other types
Read MoreReuters: Jensen Huang says Nvidia has been “working very closely with the US government” to create products that comply with US curbs on high-end chip exports to China — SINGAPORE, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Nvidia (NVDA.O) will continue to develop a new set of products that comply …
Read MoreKim Bhasin / Bloomberg: Massachusetts-based Dust Identity, which links physical items to digital records with diamond dust marks, raised a $40M Series B led by Castle Island Ventures — – Company marks goods with invisible diamond dust for tracing — Aim is to combat counterfeiting in growing memorabilia market
Read MoreNilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with IBM Quantum Director Jerry Chow on the state of quantum computing, IBM’s 10-year quantum roadmap, the IBM Quantum Heron processor, qubits, AI, and more — What’s a qubit? Are quantum computers useful yet? And how wrong was Ant-Man, anyway? … Today, I’m talking with Jerry Chow.
Read MoreDuncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Asana reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $166.5M, vs. $164.09M est., but warns macroeconomic headwinds continue to impact its net retention rates; ASAN drops 10%+ — Shares in Asana Inc. were down by over 12% in late trading today after the work management software company warned …
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