Credit: OnLeaks via Mysmartprice Design renders and specifications of the OnePlus 12R have leaked. According to the leak, key upgrades include a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, a better 32MP telephoto camera, a big 5,500mAh battery, and 100W wired fast charging. The phone could launch as early as January 2024. OnePlus did a pretty good job
Read MoreJess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google plans to begin gradually enabling Privacy Sandbox APIs for Chrome developers on July 24 after releasing Chrome 115, a milestone in phasing out cookies — The first phase of Google’s long-standing plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome is nearly complete.
Read MoreLately, Bluesky and Reddit are offering contrasting lessons in how not to moderate.
Read MoreLogitech’s MX Mechanical Mini is all substance, some style. | Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge If you’re a mechanical keyboard enthusiast who prefers the design of traditional laptop keyboards, then Amazon’s deal on the Logitech MX Mechanical Mini might be right up your alley. Right now, you can pick up the excellent mechanical
Read MoreYiwen Lu / New York Times: Cerebras launches the first of three supercomputers for Abu Dhabi-based G42 as part of its Condor Galaxy network; G42 trained an Arabic GPT model in April 2023 — The new supercomputer, made by the Silicon Valley start-up Cerebras, was unveiled as the A.I. boom drives demand for chips and
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Members of the UK government want to update the Investigatory Powers Act to make it easier to snoop on citizens. This would involve compromising end-to-end encryption. Apple has now said it will not comply with the changes if instituted and would simply pull services out of the UK. In
Read MoreBloomberg: Analysis: Microsoft’s 1,000%+ stock rise under Satya Nadella, most recently driven by AI, takes his total windfall to above $1B, following Tim Cook’s Apple arc — – Figure includes equity grants, salary, bonuses and dividends — Haul puts executive in exclusive club of corporate titans
Read MoreYang Jie / Wall Street Journal: TSMC says its Arizona factory will miss its target of mass production of 4nm chips by 2024 due to US skilled worker shortages, aiming instead for 2025 — Taiwanese semiconductor maker forecasts sales drop this year but predicts boom in AI-related business — The world’s top contract chip maker
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge Now that most people don’t feel the need to wear masks indoors, we’re starting to wear masks outdoors — because of air quality problems, many of which are being caused by this year’s raging forest fires in Canada. This first came to the attention of many people in
Read MoreReuters: Sources: North Korea-linked hackers breached JumpCloud in late June and used their access to target crypto clients; JumpCloud says <5 customers were impacted — A North Korean government-backed hacking group penetrated an American IT management company and used it as a springboard to target …
Read MoreOppenheimer was shot on super-high-end cameras — and uses some super-low-tech gear to show it to you. | Photo: Universal Pictures The Palm Pilot surely wasn’t the point of the TikTok, but it seemed to be the only thing anybody noticed. Ahead of the release of Oppenheimer, the official IMAX TikTok account posted a video
Read MoreZoe Kleinman / BBC: Apple threatens to remove FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security under a proposed security bill amendment, dubbed a “snooper’s charter” — Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted
Read MoreGerman researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they’re years behind normal cybersecurity standards.
Read MoreWhen [Mike] fired up his PCjr webserver back in March, he probably wasn’t expecting it to go viral. 2640 hours later, here we are! Not only has his machine run continuously for over 110 days, it also is surviving a global hug of death. All of this is thanks to some very special software. We
Read MoreNew York Times: Used car retailer Carvana reaches a deal to restructure its debt to lower interest payments and reports a $105M loss in Q2, down from a $439M loss in Q2 2022 — Most of the company’s bondholders have agreed to accept bonds that are worth less than what they were owed but that
Read MoreThe photo shared by Isaacson showing concept images of the Cybertruck, and the pop culture that inspired them. Click to see full-sized image. | Image: Walter Isaacson Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson has shared a photograph of the Tesla CEO during an early meeting about the Cybertruck that sheds interesting light on the alternative designs
Read MoreWall Street Journal: A US House committee plans to investigate GGV, GSR, Walden International, and Qualcomm Ventures over their VC investments in China in AI, chips, and quantum — House select committee says American firms’ investments contributed to China’s military buildup and rights abuses
Read MoreNew York Times: Caroline Ellison’s private Google Docs detail her thinking before FTX’s collapse, including doubts over running Alameda and her breakup with Sam Bankman-Fried — Ms. Ellison, a top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s business empire, recorded her thoughts on private Google documents that offer …
Read MoreThere’s nothing like setting up your own Mastodon instance to learn how network federation works. Some of the lessons learned can be useful to all Mastodon users, not only those of us who administer our own instance. One thing I learned by setting up my Mastodon instance earlier this month is this: You may think you’re
Read MorePokémon Sleep is now available to download on iPhone via the App Store.
Read MoreWe didn’t like the Beats Studio Pro here at iMore — although you can now pick up a pair with a significant discount before they’re released. Don’t.
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Samsung has announced that “upcoming Galaxy Watch devices” will support its new Thermo Check app for surrounding temperature measurement. These devices are widely expected to be the new Galaxy Watch 6 and Galaxy Watch 6 Classic. The Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 4 series also get Samsung Wallet
Read MoreEvery new technology from the internet to virtual reality has tried to upend book culture. There’s a reason they’ve all failed—and always will.
Read MoreThe iPhone 15 has already been rumored to get some cool new battery tech from EVs, but now those upgrades could also make for faster charging as well.
Read MoreNikkei Asia: TSMC reports Q2 revenue down 10% YoY to ~$15.68B and net profit down 23.3% YoY to ~$5.9B, the first quarterly decline since 2019, as all non-AI chip sales lag — Taiwan chipmaker logs quarterly net profit drop on consumer electronics slump — Sluggish demand for smartphones …
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