How to Help and Donate to Wildfire Victims in Hawaii
From the Hawaii Community Foundation to the Maui Food Bank, donations to these groups aid people impacted by the recent disaster in Lahaina.
Read MoreFrom the Hawaii Community Foundation to the Maui Food Bank, donations to these groups aid people impacted by the recent disaster in Lahaina.
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft has added a new Microsoft Teams feature to its Xbox Game Bar that lets you stream your gameplay to friends over Microsoft Teams. The new “Microsoft Teams Play Together” widget is available for the Xbox Game Bar and supports streaming your entire desktop over Teams and also the ability to join video
Read MoreXolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes. | Image: Warner Bros. Director Ángel Manuel Soto’s new Blue Beetle movie checks all the flashy, formulaic boxes Warner Bros. should have been focusing on when it first started trying to build a modern cinematic universe. Continue reading…
Read MoreIn the tech world that is continually developing, recognizing this function can be a determinant of triumph or defeat. Many are left scratching their heads when designing efficient, effective embedded IoT systems. Sensors in IoT embedded system design are a crucial aspect — often overlooked Finding suitable sensors for your design isn’t easy. But it’s
Read MoreGM’s current Ultium cells are NCMA-based. | Image: GM GM is leading a $60 million investment round for battery research company Mitra Chem. The California-based startup could help spur the development of more cathode active materials (CAM) for GM’s electric vehicles. Mitra Chem’s battery research and design facility touts the use of AI to test
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is already facing a potential lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, and now, a group of authors, booksellers, and an antitrust think tank is calling on the agency to investigate the e-commerce giant’s stranglehold on the bookselling market, as previously reported by The New York Times. In
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Epic Games is expanding its crossplay tools available as part of Epic Online Services from PC to PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch, the company announced on Wednesday. The change could mean that developers will be able to more easily bring crossplay multiplayer to their games. The company first
Read MoreA prerequisite for photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies to work efficiently is as direct an exposure to the electromagnetic radiation from the sun as possible. Since dust and similar particulates are excellent at blocking the parts of the EM spectrum that determine their efficiency, keeping the panels and mirrors free from the
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority The iPhone 16 Pro series could arrive with a 48MP ultrawide rear camera. Android OEMs have offered ultra-high-resolution ultrawide cameras for a few years now. This could enable improved low-light ultrawide snaps and smoother Action Mode videos. The iPhone 15 series isn’t out yet, but we’ve already seen loads
Read MoreSankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Sources: Foxconn’s Tamil Nadu plant in India plans to deliver new iPhone 15s only weeks after Chinese factories; previously, output lagged China by 6-9 months — – Apple is diversifying iPhone supply chain away from China — India’s push to become a manufacturing hub is bearing fruit
Read MoreBloomberg: Filing: Samsung Electronics sold ~3.55M ASML shares from April-June 2023, lowering its holding from 1.6% to 0.7%, or 2.75M shares, and reportedly raising ~$2.2B — – Firm lowered its holding to 0.7% from 1.6% in the period — Sale raised about $2.2 billion, Korea Economic Daily reported
Read MoreAlexandra Alter / New York Times: The Authors Guild, American Booksellers Association, and Open Markets Institute urge the DOJ and the FTC to investigate Amazon’s “monopoly” in the book market — The online retailer’s size and sway affects the free exchange of ideas, the groups argue.
Read MoreYuvraj Malik / Reuters: JD.com reports Q2 revenue up 7.6% YoY to ~$39.7B, beating ~$38.27B est., as retail sales rose just 2.5% YoY, below analyst estimates of 4.5% YoY; JD drops 4.5%+ — Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com (9618.HK), beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue on Wednesday …
Read MorePhoto by Umar Shakir / The Verge Electric vehicle owners are overall not satisfied with the reliability of the charging infrastructure available in the US, according to a new survey conducted by JD Power. In some cases, things are looking even worse than last year. The survey finds that 20 percent of survey takers have, at least
Read MoreNico Grant / New York Times: Documents: Google DeepMind has been working with generative AI to perform at least 21 different types of personal and professional tasks, including life advice — The tech giant is evaluating tools that would use artificial intelligence to perform tasks that some of its researchers have said should be avoided.
Read MoreCredit: Google Google is working on Gemini, its next-generation AI foundation model that can combine conversational text with image generation. The company has pulled in key DeepMind and Google Brain team members to work on this. Gemini could release for developers as soon as this fall and be integrated into several Google products for consumers.
Read MoreCredit: LG LG’s latest portable TV lets you carry it around in a briefcase. The StandbyMe Go also has a built-in battery for three hours of playtime. It can be used in landscape and portrait modes. If you have $1,000 to spend on tech for media consumption, you can not only buy a powerful flagship
Read MorePolitico: By the end of August, the EU DSA will force online platforms with 45M+ EU users to prove that they are ensuring that their products are not harming children — Glazed eyes. One syllable responses. The steady tinkle of beeps and buzzes coming out of a smartphone’s speakers.
Read MoreDell’s new 24 Touch USB-C Hub Monitor is a new 23.8-inch 1080p monitor that can effectively transform into a touchscreen tablet thanks to its articulating stand. Dell is pitching the monitor for use in retail or warehouse environments, in addition to homes and offices. The company has produced monitors with a similar form-factor in the
Read MoreA WIRED investigation and federal citations show how first aid clinics in Amazon warehouses sometimes direct injured employees to get back on the job, risking further injury.
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus OnePlus has launched the Ace 2 Pro smartphone in China. The phone brings flagship power along with up to 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. We’re guessing the device will eventually land in global markets with a new name. OnePlus has teased the Ace 2 Pro smartphone for a few weeks now,
Read MoreArjun Kharpal / CNBC: Tencent reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$20.5B, below ~$20.8B est., and operating profit up 37% YoY to ~$6.9B, as cost-cutting helps boost its core units — – Tencent on Wednesday reported a surge in profit for the second quarter, but missed expectations.
Read MoreTim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Ampere: in 2023, console video game players will spend $21B on in-game items and subscriptions, as “live service games” make the market more akin to mobile — Sony slashes its PlayStation 5 prices in attempt to grapple with changing player tastes
Read MoreIan King / Bloomberg: Intel terminates its $5.4B deal to acquire Israeli company Tower Semiconductor after failing to win regulatory approval; the deal was announced in February 2022 — – $5.4 billion deal scrapped after China didn’t sign off — Intel Corp. said it’s walking away from its attempt …
Read MorePrisma is a popular data-mapping layer (ORM) for server-side JavaScript and TypeScript. Its core purpose is to simplify and automate how data moves between storage and application code. Prisma supports a wide range of datastores and provides a powerful yet flexible abstraction layer for data persistence. Get a feel for Prisma and some of its core features
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