There’s a reason the event footage looked as good as it did, and that’s likely down to the fancy equipment used alongside the iPhone 15 Pro Max. | Image: Apple via Halideapp Behind-the-scenes footage of Apple’s Monday evening Scary Fast event reveals how it was filmed using an iPhone 15 Pro Max… with the aid
Read MoreImage: Atari Atari is acquiring Digital Eclipse, a studio that specializes in preserving and rereleasing retro games on modern hardware. The releases are often rich in additional materials and historical content. Think the Criterion Collection but for video games. In a press release, Atari says it’s paying up to $20 million for the studio, including
Read MoreKatie Roof / Bloomberg: Shield AI, which makes autonomous drones and other military tech for the US and its allies, raised $200M co-led by USIT and Riot Ventures at a $2.7B valuation — – Startup’s drone software can fly without remote pilot or GPS — Thomas Tull’s USIT, Riot Ventures, Cathie Wood’s ARK invested
Read MoreCredit: David Imel / Android Authority Buying a display may seem like a daunting task these days. When manufacturers aren’t branding their products with acronyms like QLED and OLED, they use confusing terms like mini-LED instead. Marketing and buzzwords can make one display sound better than the other, but that isn’t necessarily the case here.
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Users have found that the OnePlus Open supports tent and clamshell modes during video playback. The OnePlus Open also supports a tabletop mode in the camera app, where the UI is rearranged. These foldable features have not been advertised by OnePlus that much, but they add up to the
Read MoreCats purr when they’re happy and kittens purr so their mothers can find them. But it turns out purring may be more like a snore than a smile.
Read MoreStep one: Trick or treat. Step two: Get out your bomb calorimeter. (Yes, that is a real thing.)
Read MoreThe Earth’s ionosphere is the ionized upper part of the atmosphere, and it’s also the most dynamic as it swells and ebbs depending on whether it’s exposed to the Sun or not. It’s the ionosphere that enables radio frequency communications to reach beyond the horizon, its thickness and composition also affects the range and quality
Read MoreBloomberg: CCData: almost a year since FTX collapsed, monthly spot trading volume at crypto exchanges dropped from $922.9B in October 2022 to $461.3B in October 2023 — – Volumes are still down 50%, despite slight recovery in October — Some firms are reducing exposure, others are diversifying
Read MoreZeba Siddiqui / Reuters: The US says 40 countries plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers’ funding mechanism — Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating …
Read MoreTim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple’s new M3 Pro has lower memory bandwidth than the M1 Pro and M2 Pro and fewer performance cores; Apple repeatedly compared the M3 to the M1, not the M2 — Apple’s latest M3 Pro chip in the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro has 25% less memory bandwidth than the
Read MoreBloomberg: Tencent’s WeChat, ByteDance’s Douyin, Kuaishou, and others make similar posts asking users with 500K+ followers to reveal their real names, following Weibo — – Social media services announce need to display actual identity — The move marks a sharp tightening of China internet oversight
Read MoreThese headphones offer the most silence, and some of the best features, we’ve ever heard.
Read MoreThe headphones still get mind-blowing battery life, and they now work with even more devices.
Read MoreIt’s budget time for many enterprises, and the question that I get most this time of year is: What should we work on in 2024 to improve our cloud computing deployments? I came up with my top three, with the understanding that these are general concepts and you need to consider your own state of
Read MoreDemand for programmers remains high across industries, as companies look to develop new technology solutions to solve business challenges or take advantage of growth opportunities. Considering the state of supply and demand, is it really worthwhile for software developers to pursue certifications? Based on input from those in the field, company executives, and recruiters, the
Read MoreBloomberg: Taiwan’s Powerchip plans to build a $5.3B chip facility in northeast Japan with financing from SBI and Japan, aiming to produce 40nm to 55nm chips by 2027 — – Initial investment to be $2.8 billion on automotive chip plant — Move bolsters Japan’s domestic chip manufacturing capacity
Read MoreReuters: Filings: China’s Big Fund invests $1.99B in DRAM maker Changxin Xinqiao, or 33.15% of its total registered capital, part of plans to build 12-inch memory wafers — China’s state-backed chip investment fund has invested 14.56 billion yuan ($1.99 billion) in a memory chip company called Changxin Xinqiao, records showed.
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian opposition leaders say Apple warned more than six of them of state-backed iPhone attacks; Apple confirms the notification but did not attribute the hacks — Apple has warned over a half dozen Indian politicians, other members of political parties and journalists of their iPhones …
Read MoreJohn Davidson / Australian Financial Review: Andrew Ng, who taught Sam Altman at Stanford and co-founded Google Brain, says Big Tech is lying about AI extinction to trigger heavier regulation of rivals — Key Points — Big Tech wants tough AI rules that would make life hard for small competitors
Read MoreWhat exactly makes a Shawn Levy project? One thing’s for sure, the director is a hell of an entertainer.
Read MoreThe keyboard and buttons are an ode to all things Nintendo. The retro NES styling of the mechanical keyboard is one thing, but the accompanying programmable buttons steal the show. Continue reading…
Read MoreReuters: Sources: Alibaba is pressuring Tmall and Taobao merchants to offer rock-bottom prices during Singles Day, which ends on November 11, or risk losing traffic — China’s Alibaba (9988.HK) is pressuring merchants to offer rock-bottom prices on its marketplaces in this year’s Singles Day extravaganza …
Read MoreKevin Roose / New York Times: Biden’s EO on AI tries to chart a middle path by letting AI development continue with modest new rules and signaling the government plans to monitor AI progress — President Biden announced regulations on Monday that seemed to have a little bit for everyone.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority According to a new report, Google’s next SoC, the Tensor G4, will continue with Samsung’s 4nm production process. The Tensor G4 is expected to come with an improved CPU from the Tensor G3. Google was considering a shift to TSMC but has reportedly not proceeded with the same. The
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