Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Apple is on track to become the number one smartphone brand globally, dethroning Samsung’s long reign in pole position. The iPhone 15 series will propel Apple to the top unless the company has any production issues. This is despite global smartphone shipments declining by as much as 6% this
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch is rolling out an update next month that will finally allow streamers to block banned users from viewing their streams. Currently, Twitch allows you to ban users from the chat section of a stream, but they can still view streams. Twitch revealed earlier this week, during its
Read MoreCredit: Crucial Solid state drives or SSDs were once considered a luxury in the computer market but that’s no longer the case as you can now pick up a large drive for less than $100. So with cheaper SSDs now rapidly approaching the price of hard drives, you may be wondering: why buy the latter?
Read MoreApple might not sell a leather case with the iPhone 15 series. Multiple sources and industry insiders are speculating that the company may be working with new materials. It looks like Apple will no longer sell its iconic leather iPhone case, starting with the iPhone 15 series. Multiple leakers and industry insiders are reporting the
Read MoreEvery once in a while we get wind of a project that we’re reluctant to write up for the simple reason that it looks too good to be true. Not that projects need to be messy to be authentic, mind you, but there are some that are just so finished and professional looking that it
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Meta updates Threads with a Repost tab on users’ profile pages and adds reposts to the reverse-chronological “Following” feed — Threads is adding reposts (aka retweets) to its reverse-chronological “Following” feed, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced in a Threads post on Thursday.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google Messages app is preparing to let users send emergency SOS messages via satellite connectivity. Placeholder elements for the service have appeared in the app. Google has already confirmed that Android 14 will allow smartphones to connect with satellites. Google Messages will soon let you send emergency SOS messages
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Welcome to the Samsung Galaxy S23 update hub. Here you’ll find the latest information on updates to the Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. We’ll detail the current software versions for each device and alert you if there’s a new update rolling out. Samsung usually
Read MoreCredit: T-Mobile T-Mobile has announced the Revvl Tab 5G, its first Revvl-branded tablet. The budget slate has a 10.36-inch screen, 5G chipset, and 128GB of expandable storage. The network also announced two more phones in its Revvl range. T-Mobile has offered its Revvl line of cheap smartphones since 2017, delivering a respectable list of features
Read MoreWe’ve spent years riding and testing extra-large ebikes, perfect for hauling both your little ones and groceries around town.
Read MoreCredit: Evan Blass on X Renders of the upcoming Moto G54 5G have leaked, showcasing a modest design for the mid-ranger alongside a 50MP primary rear camera with OIS. Previous leaks suggest the phone could have a chunky 5,640mAh battery with 20W fast charging and support for 5G. It’s challenging to find good camera phones
Read MoreMK Manoylov / The Block: OpenSea plans to make creator fees optional for new collections from August 31, and enforce creator fees on certain existing collections through February 2024 — – OpenSea has opted to make creator fees optional for new collections, starting in September. — The platform will disable …
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: ProjectDiscovery, a free vulnerability scanning platform to monitor for exploits in websites, apps, APIs, and cloud services, raised a $25M Series A led by CRV — ProjectDiscovery, a platform that detects new, exploitable vulnerabilities in codebases, today announced that it raised $25 million …
Read MoreSubmarines have always been about stealth; that’s always been the whole point of putting them underwater. Tracking them can be difficult, even to this day, but China may have a new technique to help in this endeavour, as reported by the South China Morning Post. Nuclear missile subs are nicknamed “boomers,” and can spend months
Read MoreZeba Siddiqui / Reuters: Mandiant: the use of AI to conduct politically-motivated online influence campaigns has grown in recent years, but the impact of such campaigns has been limited — Google-owned U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant said on Thursday it had seen increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) …
Read More[Josh] has a child and what do children like more than stuffing random things into their mouths? Pushing buttons, twiddling knobs, and yanking things of course! So [Josh] did what any self-respecting hacker would do and built his little man a custom cyberdeck. The build follows the usual route of some electronics wedged into a
Read MoreZeba Siddiqui / Reuters: Mandiant: the use of AI to conduct politically-motivated online influence campaigns has grown in recent years, but the impact of such campaigns has been limited — Google-owned U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant said on Thursday it had seen increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) …
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Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Threads is adding reposts (aka retweets) to its reverse-chronological “Following” feed, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced in a Threads post on Thursday. It’s a small but nice addition to the app that makes the Following feed a bit more useful, and while Mosseri said Meta added it “based on your feedback,” the
Read MoreKevin McLaughlin / The Information: Sources: Meta is preparing to release “Code Llama”, a free code-generating AI model based on Llama 2, as soon as next week — Meta Platforms is preparing to launch software to help developers automatically generate programming code, a challenge to proprietary software from OpenAI …
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: ProjectDiscovery, a free vulnerability scanning platform to monitor for exploits in websites, apps, APIs, and cloud services, raised a $25M Series A led by CRV — ProjectDiscovery, a platform that detects new, exploitable vulnerabilities in codebases, today announced that it raised $25 million …
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Threads is adding reposts (aka retweets) to its reverse-chronological “Following” feed, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced in a Threads post on Thursday. It’s a small but nice addition to the app that makes the Following feed a bit more useful, and while Mosseri said Meta added it “based on your feedback,” the
Read MoreNikhilesh De / CoinDesk: A group of crypto investors and developers loses its Coinbase-funded lawsuit arguing that the US Treasury overstepped its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash — The group of developers and investors sued the Treasury Department last year. — A group of crypto investors and developers lost …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge One of the big promises of NFTs was that the artist who originally made them could get a cut every time their piece was resold. Unfortunately, that’s not the case anymore. OpenSea, the biggest NFT marketplace still fully enforcing royalty fees, said today that it plans to stop
Read MoreHayden Field / CNBC: Filing: NYC-based AI startup Elemental Cognition raised nearly $60M; AI researcher David Ferrucci, who led the team behind IBM Watson, founded Elemental in 2015 — – David Ferrucci, who led the team that created IBM Watson, has raised nearly $60 million for his artificial intelligence startup …
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