Financial Times: Analysis: 126 companies have cancelled or suspended IPO applications on Shanghai’s tech-focused Star Market in 2023, more than the previous four years combined — Policy reversal leads to record number of listing applications pulled this year from tech-focused Star Market
Read MoreGenetically engineering plants to change colors when they encounter a contaminant could help scientists better understand their needs—and the environment.
Read MoreThis lightweight 16-inch laptop offers a nice balance between price and power.
Read MoreThis beautiful powerhouse laptop can rival most desktop PCs.
Read MoreScreenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge It’s incredible that Resident Evil Village plays as well as it does on the iPhone. The game is every bit as captivating as when I first played it on the PS5, and I was blown away by how well it translated to the tinier screen. But the game’s
Read MoreEven as some feared the war would be the first in history to be flooded with machine-made fake images, that hasn’t happened. The technology’s impact on the conflict is far more subtle.
Read MoreMegan Graham / Wall Street Journal: Ad holding company Omnicom agrees to acquire Flywheel, the digital commerce arm of UK-based B2B media company Ascential, for a net cash purchase price of ~$835M — Flywheel, part of Cannes Lions owner Ascential, aims to help brands sell on digital marketplaces such as Amazon
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is starting to block “unauthorized” Xbox controllers and accessories from being used on Xbox consoles. Resetera posters spotted a warning about the block last week, with some third-party Xbox controllers now throwing up a “connected accessory is not authorized” warning when connected to an Xbox console. It’s
Read MoreSam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Filing: Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank buys 97% of the Satang crypto exchange, operating in Thailand since 2017, for ~$102.8M and plans to rebrand Satang to Orbix — The move continues a trend of Thailand’s major traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. — Register Now
Read MoreAir quality, heat, and food in your neighborhood has a big influence on your health. Future urban design needs to take this into account.
Read MoreA device in her brain delivers jolts of electricity when it detects abnormal neural activity associated with obsessive thoughts.
Read MoreBuilding a crystal clock source for a CPU used to be a bit of an effort but these days, there’s nothing to it. Even if your CPU or other device needs an external clock, you just slap in an inverter, a crystal, and two capacitors together, and you are done, right? Maybe not. [Dave Collins]
Read MoreThe Samsung Galaxy S23 FE hits a lot of the high points of its more expensive siblings, but one area where there’s a clear difference is the screen durability. The Gorilla Glass 5 build is a full five years behind most flagship devices, so if you want to ensure that your device lasts as long
Read MoreMark Bergen / Bloomberg: Web Summit names Katherine Maher, the former Wikimedia Foundation head, as its new CEO, replacing co-founder Paddy Cosgrave, ahead of the event on November 13 — Technology conference Web Summit has named Katherine Maher, the former head of the Wikimedia Foundation, as its new chief executive officer …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge President Joe Biden signed an executive order providing rules around generative AI, ahead of any legislation coming from lawmakers. The order has eight goals: to create new standards for AI safety and security, protect privacy, advance equity and civil rights, stand up for consumers, patients, and students, support
Read MoreThe major cloud providers announced earnings last week, and their growth is slowing significantly. What that means, however, isn’t immediately obvious. Earlier this year each of the clouds used the same word to explain the decreased pace: “optimization.” Customers are cutting spending in some areas so they can increase it elsewhere. What is the “elsewhere”
Read MoreSamsung’s One UI 6 update is now live. It takes years of built-up features on One UI and adds a layer of refinement to it. As a result, when the update rolls out to your eligible Galaxy smartphone or tablet, you won’t notice any groundbreaking new functionality. What you will get instead is an already
Read MoreEmilia David / The Verge: Biden signs an EO on generative AI, directing the NIST, DHS, and other agencies to create new safety standards, protect privacy, support workers, and more — President Joe Biden signed an executive order providing rules around generative AI, ahead of any legislation coming from lawmakers.
Read MoreCristina Criddle / Financial Times: Ahead of the UK’s AI Safety Summit, over 100 individuals and labor groups accuse the government of “squeezing out” workers from the event in favor of Big Tech — Innovation will be ‘smothered’ if Big Tech gains clout at next week’s event, say 100 global signatories in letter to Sunak
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google details its research into audioplethysmography (APG), which can add heart rate sensing capabilities to ANC headphones “with a simple software upgrade” — Google today detailed its research into audioplethysmography (APG) that adds heart rate sensing capabilities to active noise canceling …
Read MoreApple has sent a goodie bag of Halloween treats to influencers in anticipation of the “Scary Fast” Mac event.
Read MoreCredit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Microsoft appears to have started blocking unlicensed third-party accessories from working on Xbox consoles. Users are reporting a new “0x82d60002” error message when connecting an unlicensed third-party accessory. This move is speculated to come ahead of a wider opening up of Microsoft’s Xbox accessory licensing program. The Xbox Series
Read MoreThe AirPods Max are due to see a refresh in the latter half of 2024 but we can’t help but be a little disappointed they aren’t likely to get a new chip.
Read MoreIt’s been discovered that battery resubmissions took place last week for an iPad mini, fuelling reports it could appear at Apple’s “Scary Fast” event.
Read MoreThe Apple event is today! Here’s how to watch “Scary Fast” and see the new M3 Macs.
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