Courtesy of Netflix Netflix doesn’t have the best track record with comic book adaptations, but the streamer’s first trailer for The Killer from director David Fincher looks like it might be a hit to watch out for. Based on the 1998 comic book series created by writer Matz and artist Luc Jacamon, The Killer tells
Read MoreThe competitions, which are held on Russian-language cybercrime forums, offer prize money of up to $80,000 for the winners.
Read MoreAssociated Press: An OHCHR investigation finds 120K+ people in Myanmar and ~100K people in Cambodia “may be held in situations where they are forced to carry out online scams” — The U.N. human rights office says criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia …
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus could gain a WQHD screen, according to a leaker. This would be the first Plus model since 2020’s Galaxy S20 Plus with a WQHD display. The Galaxy S24 series is months away from its expected early 2024 launch date, but that hasn’t stopped a
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google Cloud announces its 5th generation Tensor Processing Units, promising 2x training performance improvement per dollar compared to 2021’s 4th gen TPUs — At Cloud Next, its annual user conference, Google Cloud today announced the launch of the fifth generation of its tensor processing units (TPUs) for AI training and inferencing.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Grubhub’s bringing Amazon’s cashierless Just Walk Out technology to some colleges, the company announced today. The food delivery service will first focus on rolling out the tech to colleges, starting with Loyola University Maryland next week before expanding nationwide. The tech is capable of identifying items taken from
Read MoreSnapchat users will soon able to create their own Dreams in the Memories section of the app. | Image: Snap After releasing its My AI chatbot earlier this year, Snapchat is now jumping on the AI selfie bandwagon with a new feature called Dreams. Located in the camera roll section of Snapchat called Memories, Dreams
Read MoreUSB as a standard has been surprisingly true to its claims of “universality,” as we see it practically everywhere. But on newer devices, there has been confusion around the more recent versions of USB, namely with USB 3.0 vs 3.1 vs 3.2. This confusion arises mainly from the decisions of the USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum,
Read MoreReuters: A look at Disney’s shifting India strategy, after the unit reported a $41.5M loss on $390M revenue in the year to March 2022, including free cricket on mobile — Walt Disney (DIS.N) is attempting to revive the fortunes of its streaming business in India by offering free cricket on smartphones …
Read MoreRaccoons are a main carrier of rabies in the US. A government effort distributes millions of tasty vaccines to protect both animals and people.
Read MoreThe Sourhouse Goldie is fancier and more expensive than it needs to be, but it ensures your sourdough starter stays happy.
Read MoreArtists like Glaive got stuck with an artificial label thanks to a popular Spotify playlist. Now they want to break out of the machine-made categories.
Read MoreNearly three years after the rapid unplanned disassembly of the Arecibo radio telescope, we finally have a culprit in the collapse: bad sockets. In case you somehow missed it, back in 2020 we started getting ominous reports that the cables supporting the 900-ton instrument platform above the 300-meter primary reflector of what was at the
Read MoreAn Apple-1 signed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has sold for almost a quarter of a million dollars at auction.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google is expected to offer longer Android OS updates for the Pixel 8 series and future devices. It could surpass Samsung’s four-year update policy. Google is expected to “meaningfully match” Apple’s long-term update commitment for iPhones. Google is possibly thinking of increasing the lifespan of its Pixel devices, starting
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority A leaker has claimed that the Galaxy S24 Ultra will have up to 2TB of storage. They also assert that the new Ultra phone will have just 128GB of base storage. The top-end Galaxy flagship phones have long been available with up to 1TB of storage. Now, a tipster
Read MoreAmitoj Singh / CoinDesk: Court filing: DCG reaches an in-principle deal with Genesis creditors to resolve the bankruptcy claims, estimates recoveries of 70%-90% for unsecured creditors — The plan could result in the recoveries of 70% to 90% in USD equivalent for unsecured creditors and 65% to 90% recovery on an in-kind basis.
Read MoreCredit: OPPO OPPO has announced the Find N3 Flip in China. The clamshell foldable features an Alert Slider, a circular camera array with OnePlus 11’s sensors, and a processor upgrade. It will be coming to global markets in the near future. OPPO marked its entry into the flip phone market only last year with the
Read MoreSara Friedman / The Hustle: A look at Monotype, which owns most major fonts, like Arial and Helvetica, and exchanges FontShop and MyFonts; designers say the industry is becoming a monopoly — Creators say they struggle to gain a foothold in a font market dominated by Monotype — Ten years ago, Cindy Thomason …
Read MoreWe always enjoy a project that transforms some common object into something useful for us. [Modelkitsdeluxe] fits the bill by modifying a power toothbrush into a miniature sander. If you want to practice your Spanish, you can watch the video below. Or you can try the automatically translated captions. As you can guess from the
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro Max was the most shipped smartphone in the first half of 2023. Of the ten most shipped phones of the year till now, five belong to Apple’s camp. Samsung dipped to the number 5 spot with the Galaxy A14 as its most shipped phone. Apple
Read MoreEric Slivka / MacRumors: Kuo: Apple aims for iPhone 15 Pro Max to make up 35%-40% of iPhone 15 shipments, optimistic about the phone’s exclusive periscope lens camera as a selling point — Apple is aiming for the highest-end iPhone 15 Pro Max to account for roughly 35-40% of initial shipments for the iPhone 15
Read MoreWashington Post: Interviews with 36 Remotasks workers in the Philippines, who annotate data for Scale AI customers in the US, reveal delayed, reduced, or canceled payments — CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — In a coastal city in the southern Philippines, thousands of young workers log online every day to support …
Read MoreThere was a time when portable computing meant not a svelte laptop but a suitcase-sized machine that was really a slimmed-down desktop with a small CRT incorporated int he same box. They were heavy and unwieldy, but the computing compromises of using one at the time were less than with what served for more portable
Read MoreRyan Browne / CNBC: Omdia: Apple shipped 26.5M iPhone 14 Pro Max phones in H1 2023, the most out of any model from any manufacturer; Apple had all four of the top-shipping models — – Last year, the iPhone 13 was the bestselling device on the market, indicating consumers were still buying flagship devices but
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