Credit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Apple has increased trade-in values for some old Apple products. These changes apply to iPads and Apple Watch devices. Apple is also offering higher trade-in values for some Android phones. Trade-in programs are one of the best ways to get a new gadget at a more affordable price tag.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Apple will reportedly debut the revamped AI-infused Siri at WWDC 2024. The iPhone 16 series is expected to be the first to benefit from the supercharged virtual assistant. Development for the LLM-based Siri is reportedly underway right now. The big AI push on smartphones is upon us. Starting with
Read MoreIntended to be the first 6-unit deployment of NuScale’s 77 MW VOYGR small modular reactors (SMRs), the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) in Utah was scheduled to begin construction by 2025 on the grounds of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), yet it has now been canceled by NuScale (press release) after not finding enough utilities
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung apparently wants to charge $400 to $500 for a mid-range Galaxy foldable phone. This would make it the cheapest foldable phone on the market by a significant margin. A $400 price tag would also make it cheaper than the Galaxy A54 at launch. Samsung is reportedly working on
Read MoreCredit: OPPO on Weibo OPPO has announced that its next flagship, likely the Find X7 Pro, will support satellite communication technology. However, details regarding the timeline, regional support, and technology partners remain undisclosed. Even if the Find X7 Pro launches globally, it may support satellite communication tech only in certain regions. Smartphone satellite connectivity is
Read MoreBloomberg: Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of Chinese startup 01.AI, says the company stockpiled enough Nvidia chips to last for next 18 months before the US’ China chip ban kicked in — – Founded this year, Kai-Fu Lee’s 01.AI is already a unicorn — Best AI training accelerators come from US firm Nvidia
Read MoreCredit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Samsung is now rolling out the One UI 6 update in the US. The update is 3.3GB in size and comes with the November security patch. It seems to be rolling out for T-Mobile-locked Galaxy S23 units. The long-awaited One UI 6 update is now reportedly rolling out in
Read MoreMIT student [Anhad Sawhney] built an interesting decoration for his dorm room corridor called The Eyes of the Basilisk. Named after the mythical creature with a deadly gaze, the project monitors passers-by using thermal cameras and an LED matrix. The project uses a thermal camera and a 64 by 64 LCD panel, with an ESP32
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung will reportedly launch mid-range foldable phones in 2024. The company would join the likes of Motorola in launching a more affordable foldable. Samsung was the first major smartphone brand to offer a foldable phone, but its foldable devices have always commanded premium prices. Now, it looks like the
Read MoreTakashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: Japan plans to allocate extra ~$13B in subsidies to drive investment in its chip industry, on top of previously allocated subsidies which are yet to be spent — – Economy Ministry seeks $12 billion in extra budget for chips — Country chasing tech leadership as geopolitical tensions rise
Read MoreMai Ngoc Chau / Bloomberg: Apple supplier Luxshare plans to increase its investment in Vietnam by $330M to $504M total, as the AirPods manufacturer further diversifies away from China — The company is increasing its Bac Giang investment by $330 million to a total of $504 million through its Vietnam unit Luxshare-ICT …
Read MoreNo matter where your staff works from day to day, everyone can easily collaborate across teams — communicating fluidly, accessing resources, finding information, brainstorming, and maintaining progress. This is possible thanks to advanced technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and machine learning (to name a few), which open the door to more immersive work
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Epic v. Google: internal documents show Google offered Netflix to pay only 10% of its in-app payments on Android in 2017; Netflix didn’t take the deal — Netflix did, too. — In 2017, Google offered Netflix a special discounted rate of 10 percent of its in-app payments on Android …
Read MoreBloomberg: Experts say LockBit is behind the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China hack, a “ransomware as a service” group behind UK’s Royal Mail hack among others — – LockBit is what’s known as a ‘ransomware as a service’ group — It is one of the most prolific ransomware attackers in world
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Apple has released iOS 17.2 beta 2 with support for Spatial video recording on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. Spatial videos can be viewed on the Apple Vision Pro headset. To record 3D Spatial videos on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, you’ll have to enable
Read MoreOm Malik / On my Om: Q&A with Humane President Imran Chaudhri on lessons from Apple, having a positive tech outlook, privacy concerns with the Ai Pin, platform transitions, and more — Imran Chaudhri spent two decades at Apple, working alongside Steve Jobs. It was at Apple where he met Bethany Bongiorno …
Read MoreScientists have found what they think may be the fastest known semiconductor. Sounds great, right? But it happens to made from one of the rarest elements: rhenium. That rare element combines with selenium and chlorine to form a “superatom.” Unlike conventional semiconductor material, the superatom causes phonons to bind together and resist scattering. This should
Read MoreMichael Kan / PCMag: Qualcomm ends its partnership with Iridium to bring satellite connectivity to Android phones, after launching the Snapdragon Satellite platform in January 2023 — However, Iridium says it’s now free to talk with other smartphone and chip vendors on enabling another satellite connectivity deal.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: Meta strikes a preliminary deal with Tencent to sell a new, lower-priced VR headset in China, beginning in late 2024 — Chinese videogame maker Tencent agrees to start selling a new lower-cost headset from Meta late next year — SINGAPORE—Meta Platforms has struck a preliminary deal …
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Helsinki-based Noice, a game livestreaming service that lets viewers participate in the gameplay experience, raised a $21M Series A — Noice has raised $21 million to revolutionize social gaming with a combination of livestreaming and multiplayer gaming in one platform.
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify isn’t the only one that negotiated with Google for special treatment. Netflix did, too. In 2017, Google offered Netflix a special discounted rate of 10 percent of its in-app payments on Android — meaning Netflix could keep 90 percent of the money — according to documents and
Read MoreAdi Robertson / The Verge: Tumblr is downscaling its ambitions after failing to reach its goals for a new audience and plans to focus on the site’s “core functionality” in 2024 — Tumblr is downscaling its ambitions after failing to reach goals for a new audience, aiming to move some staff members to other divisions
Read MorePhoto by Drew Angerer / Getty Images Google CEO Sundar Pichai is set to testify on Tuesday in Epic’s lawsuit against Google. Epic plans to call Pichai as a witness as it makes its case alleging that Google Play is an unlawful monopoly. In court documents, Google requested to use a podium in the courtroom
Read MoreSpin 2.0, an upgrade to Fermyon’s framework for building WebAssembly (Wasm) applications for the cloud, has arrived, enabling Wasm component composition and laying a foundation for portability across runtimes and implementations. Introduced November 2 and accessible from GitHub, Spin 2.0 is intended to improve both the developer experience and runtime performance. Featured is an updated
Read MoreDespite launching over four years ago, the Valve Index remains one of the most advanced PC VR headsets. Competition in the high-end segment has slowed down quite a bit, with Meta giving up the Quest Pro series in order to shift focus to cheaper VR headsets like the Quest 3. This could all change in
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