Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google apparently paid Samsung $8 billion over four years to keep Search, Assistant, and Play Store as default services on its phones. Documents reveal Google also wanted the Galaxy Store to be available through the Play Store at one point. The ongoing Google vs. Epic trial has brought out
Read MoreIf the world is to reach net zero, billions of tons of carbon dioxide need pulling from the air every year. At the moment, the global carbon removal system extracts less than 0.01 percent of that.
Read MoreJulie Satow / New York Times: Hochatown, a tiny town in Oklahoma that gets ~50K visitors to its 2,400+ cabins on weekends, highlights the “Airbnb effect” of rentals exploding in rural areas — In a rural corner of Oklahoma, rustic cabins have been replaced by $1 million rental homes.
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority The OnePlus Open’s cover display does not completely open flat. It stops at about 178-179°. This is fairly difficult to notice for most people and does not impact most user experiences. The OnePlus Open is an impressive attempt at a foldable that pips the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5
Read MoreWe’ve seen plenty of first-person view (FPV) robots built using the Raspberry Pi Zero, but this one from [Shane] has an interesting twist: rather than directly driving the wheels from big motors, it uses small motors and gearboxes to drive the wheels, with some of the gears being 3D printed. [Shane] has posted the full
Read MoreCredit: Ryan McLeod / Android Authority First leaks of the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 indicate that Qualcomm’s next mid-range SoC could be positioned lower than the existing Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2. As per the leak, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 is expected to be manufactured on TSMC’s 4nm process. It is said to come
Read MoreJoshua Rothman / New Yorker: A profile of Geoffrey Hinton, who argues that LLMs like GPT can comprehend the meanings of words and learn how the world works by analyzing human writing — Geoffrey Hinton has spent a lifetime teaching computers to learn. Now he worries that artificial brains are better than ours.
Read MoreThe nation’s Fifth National Climate Assessment paints a dark portrait of worsening disasters. But it also points toward accelerating progress and a cleaner future.
Read MoreParallel execution is being added to the Rust compiler front end to significantly reduce compile times, according to a November 9 announcement of the parallel rustc working group. Currently in an experimental stage, the parallel front end is due to ship with the stable compiler next year. Developers can try parallel execution now by running
Read MoreThe emergence of cloud-native architectures has dramatically changed the ways applications are developed, deployed, and managed. While cloud-native architectures offer significant benefits in terms of scalability, elasticity, and flexibility, they also introduce unique security challenges. These challenges often diverge from those associated with traditional, monolithic applications. Understanding these nuances is crucial for developers, particularly because
Read MoreFor those who read often, e-readers are a great niche device that can help prevent eye fatigue with their e-ink displays especially when compared to a backlit display like a tablet or smartphone, all while taking up minimal space unlike a stack of real books. But for all their perks, there are still plenty of
Read MoreNatalie Lung / Bloomberg: Uber plans to test Uber Tasks, a TaskRabbit-like service that lets users hire people to complete household tasks, in Fort Myers and Edmonton in the coming weeks — – Firm to test ‘Uber Tasks’ in an effort to find new revenue — Tasks include furniture assembly, laundry and lawn mowing
Read MoreNathan Grayson / Aftermath: Amazon restructures its games division to focus on free streaming games offered with Prime and cuts ~180 jobs, the unit’s second round of layoffs in 2023 — Video game workers just can’t catch a break — Video game layoff season – an extension of what has basically at this point become
Read MoreAnna Irrera / Bloomberg: London-based Fnality, which is developing a blockchain-based wholesale payment system, raised a £77.7M Series B led by Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas — – Other investors include Euroclear, Nomura, Wisdom Tree — Fnality International Ltd., which is developing a blockchain-based …
Read MoreCasey Newton / Platformer: Internal conversations reveal how Etsy struggled to develop moderation policies and manage employees’ feelings around the Israel-Hamas war — The company secretly banned the phrase “from the river to the sea” on sellers’ wares. Some employees aren’t happy
Read MoreAlthough there are many ways to get a random number generator (RNG) set up on a microcontroller, it’s hard to argue with the sheer randomness of the various kinds of radiation zipping all around us from nuclear decay events. For [gbonacini] the purchase of a Geiger counter first in 2022 was the reason to tinker
Read MoreSylvia Varnham O’Regan / The Information: Amazon reaches a deal with Snap that lets users buy Amazon products directly from ads on Snapchat, resembling Amazon’s deal with Meta announced on November 9 — Amazon has reached a deal with Snap that will let people buy Amazon products directly from ads on the Snapchat app, an
Read MoreBloomberg: Epic v. Google: Google agreed to pay Samsung $8B over four years in 2020 to make Google Search, Play Store, and Assistant the default on Samsung mobile devices — – Google paid Samsung $8 billion over four years, jurors told — Epic Games is trying to show Alphabet unit undercut rivalry
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority A UK customer received a fake iPhone 15 Pro Max after ordering the device directly from Apple. The fake phone was actually an Android posing as an iPhone. The customer has contacted Apple and is awaiting a response from the company. In one of the most bizarre delivery scams
Read MoreTonya Riley / Bloomberg Law: In a letter to Chuck Schumer, over 30 civil liberties and privacy groups urge the Senate to not renew FISA’s Section 702, set to expire on December 31, 2023 — More than 30 civil liberties and privacy groups wrote to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday urging …
Read MoreSam Kim / Bloomberg: South Korea’s memory chip exports increased for the first time in 16 months, recording a 1% YoY increase in October after declining 18% YoY in September — South Korea’s memory-chip exports increased in October for the first time in 16 months, offering more evidence for the revival of demand for the
Read MoreIf you have an artistic bent, you might have seen self-inking stamp rollers. These are like rotary rubber stamps that leave a pattern as you roll across a page. [Becky] wanted a larger custom roller and turned to 3D printing to make it happen. The first prototype used a modified Sharpie. However, she soon moved
Read MoreThe agreement between Hollywood actors, studios, and streamers isn’t perfect. But it could set the tone for how future labor movements confront changes brought about by artificial intelligence.
Read MoreAlex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Truth Social lost $73M and took $3.7M in net sales since launching in early 2022, shows a filling from Trump Media & Technology Group’s SPAC merger partner DWAC — The company that TMTG is planned to merge with, DWAC, broke out the surprising results in a securities filing Monday.
Read MoreThe agreement between Hollywood actors, studios, and streamers isn’t perfect. But it could set the tone for how future labor movements confront changes brought about by artificial intelligence.
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