Credit: SmartPrix/Steve Hemmerstoffer The software on the OnePlus Open, the company’s first foldable phone, could be called OxygenOS Fold. The name seems borrowed from OPPO’s ColorOS Fold software that runs on foldables like the Find N2. OxygenOS Fold will likely get the same features as OPPO’s skin. Yesterday, leaker Max Jambor revealed the possible marketing
Read MoreSelf-driving cars often use LiDAR — think of it as radar using light beams. One limitation of existing systems is they need some method of scanning the light source around, and that means moving parts. Researchers at the University of Washington have created a laser on a chip that uses acoustic waves to bend the
Read MoreReuters: Sources: Chinese authorities plan to announce a fine of at least ~$1.1B on Ant Group as soon as July 7, ending the company’s years-long regulatory overhaul — – Ant likely to be fined at least 8 billion yuan – sources — Announcement would mark end of fintech giant’s regulator-driven overhaul
Read MoreSamer Al-Atrush / Financial Times: Uber and Careem face a driver shortage in Saudi Arabia, largely due to laws letting only Saudis work for the companies and mandating that drivers own their cars — Ride-hailing apps in the kingdom are widely regarded as the region’s worst — in part because of state regulations
Read MoreCredit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Twitter has sent a legal letter to rival platform Threads. The letter accuses Threads of “misappropriation” of Twitter’s trade secrets. The threat comes after the new Meta platform breached the 30 million signup mark. Instagram’s Threads platform launched earlier this week, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that 30
Read MoreThe fun part about crycoolers is that there are so many different and exciting ways to make stuff cold, based on a wide variety of physics. This is why after first exploring the Stirling/GM cycle and vapor-compression to create a cryocooler that could liquefy nitrogen with, [Hyperspace Pirate] is exploring a Joule-Thomson cooler, which is
Read MoreWall Street Journal: A profile of Atsuyoshi Koike, the CEO of chip startup Rapidus, which plans to invest ~$35B by 2027 to build 2nm chips in Japan and help the US to counter China — Startup Rapidus looks to invest $35 billion, work with U.S. to counter China’s tech ambitions
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Many communities on Reddit have used the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) designation in some form to protest Reddit’s new API pricing, which forced apps like Apollo and rif is fun for Reddit to shut down, as well as a recent pattern of behavior toward its unpaid volunteer
Read MoreFrederick Munawa / CoinDesk: Lightning Labs announces tools that let developers create AI agents that leverage GPT function calls to hold, send, and receive bitcoin via Lightning Network — “We are in the realm of enabling use cases that weren’t previously possible,” Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark told CoinDesk.
Read MoreKara Carlson / Austin American-Statesman: Volkswagen plans to start its first US tests of autonomous driving in Austin, beginning with a small fleet of ID. Buzz EVs equipped with VW and Mobileye tech — Even more driverless vehicles will be tooling around Austin, as Volkswagen joins the ranks of companies that have tested their autonomous
Read MoreTakashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: Sega co-COO Shuji Utsumi says the company is withholding its biggest games from third-party blockchain gaming projects and is shelving its own blockchain games — Sega Corp., the gaming studio once regarded among the staunchest advocates of blockchain gaming, is pulling back from an arena devastated …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Many communities on Reddit have used the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) designation in some form to protest Reddit’s new API pricing, which forced apps like Apollo and rif is fun for Reddit to shut down, as well as a recent pattern of behavior toward its unpaid volunteer
Read MoreLove them or hate them, the crop of cheap hand-held amateur radio transceivers is here to stay. They’re generally horrible radios, often smearing spurious emissions across the spectrum, but they’re cheap enough to throw in a glove box for emergencies, and they invite experimentation — for instance, modifying the firmware to add functionality the OEM
Read MoreKara Carlson / Austin American-Statesman: Volkswagen plans to start its first US tests of autonomous driving in Austin, beginning with a small fleet of ID. Buzz EVs equipped with VW and Mobileye tech — Even more driverless vehicles will be tooling around Austin, as Volkswagen joins the ranks of companies that have tested their autonomous
Read MoreMost noise-blocking headphones fall into two categories: they use some kind of material to absorb or scatter noise, or they use active cancellation that creates a signal to oppose the noise signal. As you’ve probably noticed, both of these approaches have limitations. Now, Swiss scientists think they have a new method that will work better.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority AT&T has seen a lot of increased competition in recent years. Not only is T-Mobile giving it a run for its money, but there’s also Verizon and plenty of prepaid carriers attempting to steal customers as well. While AT&T has a fairly extensive network, it is also one of
Read MoreNew York Times: Sources: the FBI searched Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell’s home in March 2023, as part of US prosecutors’ probe into claims he hacked a nonprofit he founded — Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.
Read MoreWant to try out Meta’s new social media app? Here’s more context on what personal data is collected by Threads and similar social media apps.
Read MoreReddit has crushed the biggest protest in its history. What’s next? Make AI-generated porn legal again, apparently — as long as it’s not deepfaked. Today, Reddit has added an explicit carveout to its Content Policy that allows “AI-generated sexual media that depicts fictional people or characters.” Some backstory: In 2018, Reddit was among the many
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Are you looking to find the best peer-to-peer money transfer app? Cash App and Venmo are two of the most popular ones, thanks to their ease of use, easy set-ups, and much more casual nature. Which is the best option, though? In this Cash App vs Venmo comparison, we’ll
Read MoreGoogle’s plan to move Pixel phones away from Samsung’s modified chips has been delayed. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge According to a report by The Information, Google originally planned to replace the modified Samsung Exynos chipsets it uses in Pixel phones with a “Redondo” chip designed in-house sometime in 2024. However, the
Read MoreWith high-end or even mid-range gaming PCs, GPU (graphics card/chip) temperature is a serious concern. Hotter temperatures affect performance, and can make you sweaty if you’re using a laptop. In extreme scenarios, they can even burn your lap or cause a GPU to self-destruct. So what temperatures should you be aiming for, and how can
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Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The words “Wear OS Beta Program” have appeared on the page source of the Android Beta for Pixel website. The page source also names the Bluetooth and 4G variants of the Pixel Watch. The beta program will likely allow Pixel Watch owners to try a Wear OS 4
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok launches its subscription-only standalone music streaming service TikTok Music in Indonesia and Brazil, featuring UMG’s, WMG’s, and Sony Music’s catalogs — TikTok has already dominated the short-video and social media market, and is now looking to take on Spotify and Apple Music with its latest offering.
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