Byron Kaye / Reuters: Researchers say X removed the ability for users to report election misinformation, a feature launched in the US, Australia, and some other countries in 2021 — Elon Musk’s X, formerly called Twitter, disabled a feature that let users report misinformation about elections …
Read MoreCredit: Google People who pre-order the Google Pixel 8 will apparently get a free pair of Pixel Buds Pro earbuds. The Pixel Buds Pro had a launch price of $199 and offers features like ANC, Fast Pair, and splash resistance. We already know almost all there is to know about the Google Pixel 8 series.
Read MoreSome people are livestreaming around the clock for cash on the platform. It’s a window into a world where little happens, but thousands watch.
Read MoreThis year’s hurricane season provides a test run for the idea that machine-learning algorithms can improve weather forecasts. So far, the AI models are making good calls.
Read MoreWhen you want to talk about cool new components, you are probably thinking about chips or, these days, even modules. Passive components like resistors, capacitors, and inductors are a solved problem, right? [Darshill Patel] begs to differ. There is still innovation happening in the passive market, and he highlights some of the recent advances. There
Read MoreYou may have heard us here remarking in the past, that if we had a pound, dollar, or Euro for every miracle battery technology story we heard that was going to change the world, we would surely be very wealthy by now. It’s certainly been the case that many such pronouncements refer to promising chemistries
Read MoreStefania Palma / Financial Times: FTC Chair Lina Khan, who rose to prominence with a 2017 academic paper that called for a break-up of Amazon, now has a chance to test her approach in the courts — Lina Khan’s Federal Trade Commission lays out an expansive case against the ecommerce giant’s business empire
Read MoreCredit: Supplied by Sony Sony has reportedly stated that the Xperia 5 V won’t launch in North America. That means US consumers will need to buy the Xperia 1 V if they want a 2023 Xperia flagship. Sony launched the Xperia 5 V earlier this month, bringing a more compact flagship phone experience to the
Read MoreThe current state of IDEs built for Python is an embarrassment of riches. Seven products made the cut for our big Python IDE rundown, but many more were worth noting. Available IDEs range from sophisticated efforts that provide a full-blown development system to modest projects suited to first-time Pythonistas. Here are four more Python IDEs, from the
Read MoreNode.js went from an out-of-the-box idea to a mainstay in record time. Today, it’s a de facto standard for creating web applications, systems software, and more. Server-side Node frameworks like Express, build-chain tools like Webpack, and a host of utilities for every need make Node a hugely popular way to leverage the power and expressiveness of JavaScript
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority KWCH, aka Kustom Watchface Creator, is a new app that lets you create custom watch faces for Wear OS smartwatches. The app includes a WYSIWYG editor and other tools that let you create a watch face according to your vision and needs. One of the big draws of a
Read MoreAltman recently called on former Apple designer Thomas Meyerhoffer — a Jony Ive hire — to create the retina-scanning Orb (pictured) for Altman’s Worldcoin crypto project. | Image: Worldcoin Apple’s former chief design officer, Jony Ive, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are allegedly exploring opportunities to collaborate on building an unspecified artificial intelligence “hardware device,”
Read MoreThe Resident Evil 4 remake for the iPhone 15 Pro series will cost $60. This is broadly in line with console games rather than mobile titles. Apple and Capcom made a significant announcement for gamers at the iPhone 15 series launch event last week, announcing that Resident Evil Village and the Resident Evil 4 remake
Read MoreGeorgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: US-based TikTok staff say recent executive transfers from ByteDance to TikTok show ByteDance plays a greater role in TikTok’s operations than publicly disclosed — U.S. staff have raised questions internally about recent personnel transfers from ByteDance — TikTok has spent …
Read MoreMing-Chi Kuo: Ming-Chi Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro overheating issues likely due to thermal system design compromises to achieve a lighter weight, and are unrelated to TSMC’s 3nm node — My survey indicates that the iPhone 15 Pro series overheating issues are unrelated to TSMC’s advanced 3nm node.
Read MoreDuring the crypto gold rush, Idris Elba says he turned down a lot of “mad opportunities.” Now he has partnered with the “crypto-for-good” Stellar Foundation.
Read MoreExtreme weather has decimated crops and incomes in northern India. To soothe their anxiety, agricultural workers are turning to tobacco and alcohol.
Read MoreJames Rundle / Wall Street Journal: Study: 88% of S&P 500 company boards don’t have a director with direct cybersecurity experience; only seven companies have a current or former CISO on the board — Just 12% of S&P 500 companies have board directors with relevant cyber credentials, new study says
Read MoreHannah Murphy / Financial Times: Linda Yaccarino reflects on her first 100 days as X CEO, says intense public scrutiny is “hard on me”, as sources describe her relationship with Elon Musk — Can the chief of the company formerly known as Twitter survive Musk’s chaos and win back advertisers?
Read MoreFinancial Times: French billionaire Xavier Niel plans to invest €200M in AI projects, including an Nvidia cloud supercomputer, a research lab in Paris, and an annual conference — Projects include cloud supercomputer, Paris research centre and annual conference — French billionaire Xavier Niel …
Read MoreWashington Post: Sources and new documents detail how Facebook execs repeatedly shied away from punishing the BJP or associated accounts in India for hate speech and propaganda — SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly three years ago, Facebook’s propaganda hunters uncovered a vast social media influence operation …
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: China’s $41B chip fund is struggling to raise capital from local governments and state-owned enterprises, which are grappling with an economic slowdown — Biggest financing round to date to support domestic semiconductor industry struggles to attract capital
Read MoreGerry Shih / Washington Post: Staffers and allies of India’s BJP detail how they crafted posts for a vast network of WhatsApp groups aimed at exploiting the fears of the Hindu majority — MUDBIDRI, India — At first, the WhatsApp messages touted roads paved, schools built, free food distributed to the poor …
Read MoreAlex Cranz / The Verge: The WGA contract calls for streaming data transparency and guarantees on AI use, including preventing AI-generated material to be used as a source material — Instead, members of the union will be poring over new details on the contract negotiated with the AMPTP and deciding whether they will vote to
Read MoreWhat are you doing to scare trick-or-treaters this Halloween? Surely something, right? Well, Hackaday alum [CameronCoward] certainly has his holiday under control with Dead E. Ruxpin, a murderous, cassette tape-controlled animatronic bear. Readers of a certain vintage will no doubt see the correlation to Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic bear from the 1980s whose mouth moved
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