Sound cards used to be a big part of gaming machines in the 90s and 2000s but have largely gone extinct in the wake of powerful CPUs doing the sound themselves. Sound cards were expensive back then and, because the good ones weren’t very common, are expensive still for the retro gamer. But if you
Read MoreOlivia Solon / Bloomberg: Palantir and Accenture win a £480M NHS contract to overhaul the UK’s patient data system; some worry about privacy as patients can’t opt out of data sharing — – Platform will help hospitals detect patterns in medical data — Palantir’s software managed UK’s Covid vaccine rollout
Read MoreDavid Jeans / Forbes: Source: Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao may step down from Binance as part of a $4B settlement between Binance, the DOJ, and the CFTC; the SEC is not participating — The U.S. Department of Justice plans to settle charges with Binance after years of investigating the crypto exchange.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Some users are reporting that they have received the stable One UI 6 update. It appears AT&T is the only carrier that has released the update so far. The Galaxy A54 is the first mid-range phone to get the stable Android 14 update. After rolling out for the Galaxy
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based generative AI startup AI21 raised a $53M Series C extension from Intel, Comcast, and others, taking the round to $208M and total raised to $336M — One AI startup’s undoing is another’s opportunity. — Case in point: today, AI21 Labs, a company developing generative AI products along …
Read MoreKristi Hines / Search Engine Journal: Anthropic debuts Claude 2.1, offering a context window of up to 200K tokens, or ~150K words, a claimed 50%+ increase in accuracy, new API integrations, and more — Claude 2.1 boasts a 150K word context window to parse long documents, 50%+ accuracy gains, early support for tool integration, and
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: Changpeng Zhao plans to step down and plead guilty in US court to breaking money laundering laws, part of a $4.3B deal; CZ can keep Binance ownership — Zhao’s crypto exchange will also admit wrongdoing and agree to pay $4.3 billion in fines — The chief executive of Binance …
Read MoreThe US government is reportedly willing to suspend criminal charges against crypto exchange Binance, provided it steps into line—and pays $4 billion.
Read MoreJem Aswad / Variety: Spotify unveils new royalty policies from 2024: tracks must hit 1,000 streams in the previous year and noise recordings must be over two minutes — The company claims the updates will drive an additional $1 billion toward artists, by re-directing the payments that had previously gone to fraudulent streams …
Read MoreWith Black Friday sales in full swing, everyone is getting excited about high-end smartphones and premium earbuds. But what do you actually need? Most of us could use something a bit less flashy, like a portable SSD to store our stuff offline or maybe even a bit of extra memory for our tablet. Samsung has
Read MoreReports show Temu is growing faster than even its owners expected, but it’s still losing money and straining its logistics as it tries to compete with Shein, TikTok, and Amazon.
Read MoreIt used to be only high-end test equipment that had some sort of remote control port. These days, though, they are quite common. Historically, test gear used IEEE-488 (also known as GPIB or, from the originator, HPIB). But today, your device will likely talk over a USB port, a serial port, or a LAN connection.
Read MoreDavid Jeans / Forbes: Sources: Richard Teng, Binance’s head of regional markets outside the US, is a leading candidate being considered to take over as Binance CEO — With Changpeng “CZ” Zhao stepping aside as part of a $4 billion settlement, the crypto exchange is considering replacing him with the Binance executive, according to a
Read MoreAshley Capoot / CNBC: Sources: OpenAI interim CEO Emmett Shear has told people close to OpenAI that he doesn’t plan to remain if the board can’t clearly tell him why it fired Altman — – Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott offered to match the compensation of OpenAI employees considering a departure from the company following Sam
Read MoreImage: Epic Games Fortnite is currently saturated in nostalgia, thanks to the backwards-looking Fortnite OG. But that’s about to change very soon: the battle royale’s next major live event promises “a new beginning” for the game. There aren’t many other details, but the event is called The Big Bang, and it kicks off on December
Read MoreBloomberg: Analysis: X’s Community Notes operate slowly and inconsistently during the Israel-Hamas war; across nearly 400 posts, a typical Note took seven hours to appear — In late September, Elon Musk wrote on X that he hoped “people around the world engage in citizen journalism …
Read MoreThis might look like an Apple Watch Ultra but it’s actually a knock-off wearable for catching Pokémon.
Read MoreTortuga’s hyper-organized travel sling bag is perfect for keeping track of passports and diapers.
Read MoreThe Coleco Adam? A not-so-great home computer that likely contributed to the downfall of the company. The keyboard, however, is a different story, and worth repurposing. [Nick Bild] has created a USB adapter that uses a Teensy 4.1 and an RJ-12 breakout board. Now this wasn’t just a simple matrix to decode. No, the fine
Read MorePhoto by Nathan Edwards / The Verge Two desks, three computers, and countless keyboards. Continue reading…
Read MoreArs Technica: Sources: 97%+ of OpenAI staff have signed the letter threatening to quit in board standoff; investors explore legal measures to force board to reverse course — OpenAI’s future hangs in the balance as staff says they’ll join former CEO at Microsoft. — The future of OpenAI remained uncertain …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Code within the Snapchat app suggests Snapchat is working on letting Samsung phone users quickly launch the Snapchat camera from the lockscreen without needing to unlock the phone. Samsung phones can already add a shortcut to any app on the lockscreen, but it requires a phone unlock. Samsung is
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Amazon Prime Video plans “shoppable ads” where viewers can scan QR codes for instant purchases, during NFL’s first-ever “Black Friday” game, which it’s carrying — E-commerce giant to feature exclusive deals, QR codes during NFL game to spur more purchases
Read More8BitDo’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard is a unique gift under $100 that’s perfect for Nintendo fans. | Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge Let’s be honest: most keyboards are boring necessities that you’re not likely to find at the top of anybody’s Christmas wishlist. But every now and then, a keyboard comes along that’s so
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Amid security concerns, Sunbird has now shut down its iMessage for Android app. Sunbird has notified users it is pausing usage for now. Sunbird says it will investigate reports that messages aren’t end-to-end encrypted. The Nothing Chats rollout and subsequent takedown from the Google Play Store was a
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