Image: Google Google is gearing up to launch a new lineup of Pixel products during its upcoming Made by Google event. Even though Google has already said that it will reveal the Pixel 8 alongside the updated Pixel Watch 2, it may have some other surprises in store. If you’re interested in watching the event,
Read MoreScientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don’t count on them being green.
Read MoreAmazon has been using robots to manage and automate their warehouses for years. Here’s a short feature on their current robot, Hercules. This is absolutely Amazon tooting their own horn, but if you have been curious about what exactly such robots do, and how exactly they help a busy warehouse work better, it’s a good
Read MoreKatalin Karikó (left) and Drew Weissman’s (right) research into mRNA was used to develop covid-19 vaccinations. | Image: Nobel Prize American scientists Katalin Karikó (a Hungarian-born biochemist) and Drew Weissman (an immunologist and professor of vaccine research) have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA),
Read MoreIt weighs a little more than 5 pounds, but this beefy laptop is a gaming powerhouse—if you can get used to the keyboard.
Read MoreGoogle Cloud director Ulku Rowe says she was underpaid by hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s set to be the first case to reach trial since an employee revolt led Google to drop forced arbitration.
Read MoreTestimony during Google’s antitrust case revealed that the company may be altering billions of queries a day to generate search results that will get you to buy more stuff.
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft’s task management app, Microsoft Lists, is now available for everyone to use. Launched in 2020, Microsoft Lists was originally limited to just business and enterprise users, before a limited preview for consumers last year. Microsoft is now letting anyone with a Microsoft Account access this free version of Microsoft Lists through iOS
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Google is expected to launch the Pixel Watch 2 this week, and colleague Rita El-Khoury noted that she’s “genuinely excited” about Wear OS for the first time in years. We wanted to know what you thought about the smartwatch platform’s prospects. Did you still have hope for Wear OS?
Read MoreReuters: Vertex, a SPAC backed by Singapore’s Temasek, plans to buy live streaming service 17LIVE for ~$676M; 17LIVE had revenue of $363.7M in 2022 and is profitable — Singapore’s Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp (VTAC) (VERT.SI) will buy live streaming platform 17LIVE Inc for up to S$925.1 million …
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Some iPhone 15 models are reportedly crashing when using wirelessly charging in a BMW. Affected customers are unable to use Apple Pay once their phones have been restored. The iPhone 15 series is out, and we’ve already discovered and confirmed heating issues with the Pro phones. Apple says a
Read MoreCovid seems to spike twice a year—but unlike with flu season, not in a predictable pattern. That could be due to the virus, the environment, or the people it is infecting.
Read MoreFTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried will stand trial on charges of overseeing fraud that sucked in high-profile investors and hundreds of thousands of clients. Why do smart people buy into bad companies?
Read MoreCredit: Twitter/Arsene Lupin A leaked promo video has shown how easy it is to switch to the Pixel 8. The clip shows that you can easily transfer data like music, videos, and more to the device. We also get a brief look at the Best Take photography feature. Google is gearing up for the Pixel
Read MoreSaltwater is plentiful, but no good for drinking. Desalinization is the obvious solution, but a big problem isn’t taking the salt out, it’s where all that leftover salt goes. Excess salt accumulates, crystallizes, collects, and clogs a system. Dealing with this means maintenance, which means higher costs, which ultimately limits scalability. The good news is
Read MoreTimes of India: Google has partnered with HP to manufacture Chromebooks in India for the first time; the Chromebooks will mainly cater to the demand for affordable PCs in India — You’re Reading … HP and Google have partnered to manufacture Chromebooks in India, in support of the government’s Make in India initiative.
Read MoreCredit: Samsung India on X Samsung has posted the first teaser of a launch on October 4. While the teaser does not directly confirm the device, the hints provided and leaks up to this point strongly indicate that the phone launching is the Galaxy S23 FE. The Galaxy S23 FE is widely expected to launch
Read MoreFinancial Times: In an open letter, the CEOs of 20 European telcos including BT, Telekom, and Telefónica ask EU to compel Big Tech to pay a “fair share” for using their networks — BT, Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica CEOs among those calling for internet traffic drivers to contribute to investment
Read MoreOpen source is everywhere; a Synopsys study found that 96% of all software code bases analyzed included open source software. That’s the good news. Ironically, it’s also the bad news, as the very pervasiveness of open source introduces risk. Decades ago, proprietary players used to spew disingenuous fear, uncertainty, and doubt around open source security, but they
Read MoreThe success of ChatGPT and the race among competitors to bring out their alternatives points to a growing bubble in generative AI and machine learning. The expansion of machine learning will undoubtedly change how we live and do business—in fact, it already has. The technology already helps deliver a flawless customer experience, automates routine tasks,
Read MoreNode.js v20.8.0 has arrived, offering performance improvements for streams in the popular JavaScript runtime environment. Published as the “current” version of Node.js on September 29 and offering the platform’s latest features, Version 20.8.0 can be downloaded from nodejs.org. Stream performance improvements were made to writeable and readable streams, improving creation and destruction by roughly 15%
Read MoreWith newer PC programs and AAA games being more demanding than ever, it’s understandable to want to utilize your current system hardware to its full potential. Memory is one of the most important components of one’s gaming PC that can offer significant performance improvements. And chances are, your RAM isn’t utilized to its fullest potential.
Read MoreSpeech jammers were a meme a little while back. By feeding back delayed voice audio to a person’s ears, it makes it near-impossible for most people to speak, as our speech system runs on a continual feedback loop. [Benn Jordan] decided to try reworking that concept by replacing headphones with a directed sound projector. The
Read MoreA YouTube channel has posted a Pixel 8 unboxing clip. The video confirms the box contents plus a few other details. Google is holding its Pixel 8 launch event this week, and we already know almost all there is to know about the new phones. Now, a tech-focused YouTube channel has posted a Pixel 8
Read MoreRyan Weeks / The Block: Singapore grants Coinbase a Major Payment Institution license, allowing it to offer a wider range of Digital Payment Token services to institutions, customers — – The license paves the way for Coinbase to offer a wider range of Digital Payment Token services in the region.
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