The Apple Watch Series 8 bears more than a striking resemblance to this year’s model (surprise, surprise). | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Apple Watch Series 9 has officially landed, bringing with it a few minor improvements under the hood, watchOS 10, and a new Millennial pink(!) color. The new smartwatch
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Walmart-backed PhonePe, which leads India’s UPI-based payments market, launches the Indus AppStore on Android and promises no platform fees or IAP commission — PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising zero platform fee and no commission on in-app purchases …
Read MoreWashington Post: Researchers and US agencies are overhauling or ending the study of political and medical misinfo due to pressure from Rep. Jim Jordan and other conservatives — An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation …
Read MoreAbhirup Roy / Reuters: California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes a bill that requires a human safety operator in heavy-duty self-driving trucks on public roads — California Governor Gavin Newsom late on Friday vetoed a bill to prevent heavy-duty driverless trucks from operating in the state, in a relief …
Read MoreYou might find yourself, dear Hackaday reader, attracted to some pretty strange corners of the tech world. Who knows when that knowledge of stenography, ancient retrocomputing, and floppy disk internals will all combine to get someone falsely accused out of jail? Go read this story and come on back, but the short version is that
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post by Rita El Khoury Happy 15-year anniversary, Android! It hasn’t been an easy start to the journey, but you have evolved so much over the years and look at you now! More than 2 billion people use you every day and rely on you to communicate
Read MoreIllustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Before I received my first Alexa-enabled smart display as a Christmas gift in 2019, I was not a big fan. I just didn’t feel like I could trust an Amazon device with a camera inside of it. I’d heard about all the privacy concerns, and I was determined
Read MoreReuters: Sources: India will delay its import license requirement for laptops and tablets by a year and instead plans a simpler import registration process from November — India will defer an import licence requirement for laptops and tablets, two government officials said, a policy U-turn …
Read MoreWelcome to the 501st edition of Android Apps Weekly. After a brief one-week recess we’re back and ready to bring you the latest news and apps from the week. Let’s start with some of the biggest headlines from last week: Google Maps is a great GPS app that many of us trust to get safely
Read MoreEarlier this year, investment bank Piper Sandler published results from an annual survey showing that 87 percent of teens own an iPhone, leaving precious little market for Android device makers to carve up. But Samsung has a new plan to break the kids of their Apple addiction: Get YouTuber and restauranteur Jimmie Donaldson, aka MrBeast,
Read MoreSamsung’s One UI has come a long way over the years and has quickly become one of the most popular Android skins. The upcoming One UI 6 update based on Android 14 will continue to refine Samsung’s formula, though it’s expected to focus more on polish and refinement than introducing major new features. Here’s everything
Read MoreChristopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at chip equipment makers, like Applied Materials, pushing the boundaries of sculpting materials at the atomic level, in a quest to make chips faster — Few people outside of semiconductor manufacturing have ever heard of Applied Materials and its competitors—but what they do is more essential …
Read MoreThe 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to the destruction of forest habitats.
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Today marks the 15th anniversary of Android 1.0, as it was announced back on September 23, 2008. We didn’t even have features like multi-touch or widgets back then, let alone anything like the amount of features we’ve got in Android 14. What’s the best version of Android, though?
Read MoreSamsung, Motorola, and other phone makers have exceeded the limits that caused France to ban the iPhone 12. In fact, all phones emit radiation—should you be worried? Here’s everything you need to know.
Read MorePlus: MGM hackers hit more than just casinos, Microsoft researchers accidentally leak terabytes of data, and China goes on the PR offensive over cyberespionage.
Read MoreI promise digital zoom isn’t as icky as it used to be. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge If you want to hear a love story, ask any photographer about their favorite lens. They’ll probably get a little glimmer in their eye as they tell you about the fast 35mm they carry everywhere
Read MoreReuters: A look at Scattered Spider, which experts say is a group of 17 to 22-year-old native English speakers likely behind the MGM and 52+ other hacks since March 2022 — About a year ago, the U.S. security firm Palo Alto Networks began to hear from a flurry of companies that had been hacked in
Read MoreWhile electric motors have taken the drudgery out of many tasks, human power has its advantages. [Precious Plastic Torino] has developed a human-powered plastic shredder for those times when an electric motor just won’t do. Designed primarily for educational purposes at venues where electricity can be difficult to source, but also useful for off-grid environments,
Read MoreA stone chest with 15 anthropomorphic sculptures and numerous beads, shells, and corals have been discovered in the heart of the ancient Aztec capital.
Read MoreThe leaves are changing and so are the prices. We’ve rounded up the best deals on all our favorite gadgets.
Read MoreApple’s earbuds now have USB-C and improved durability, but new software features mean last-gen owners won’t miss out.
Read MoreReal life is dark enough. Obojima lets players swap the sword for a soft, fantastical tabletop adventure.
Read MoreThe ground-effect (GE) refers to the almost mystical property where the interaction of the airflow around an aircraft’s wing and the ground massively increases efficiency due to the reduction of lift-dependent drag, perhaps best demonstrated by the Soviet Lun-class “ekranoplans” of the 1980s and 90s. Interestingly, this principle also applies to rotary aircraft, which led
Read MoreApple’s earbuds now have USB-C and improved durability, but new software features mean last-gen owners won’t miss out.
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