Many of us will have found dusty forgotten pieces of electronics and nursed them back to health, but we were captivated by [Don]’s tale of electronic revival. Instead of perhaps a forgotten computer or television, his barn find was a Heathkit linear amplifier for radio amateurs. In that huge box underneath an impressive layer of
Read MoreAdrian Weckler / Independent.ie: The Irish DPC says Instagram’s Threads, which faces stricter data privacy rules in the EU than in the US or the UK, cannot launch in the EU “at this point” — Meta’s new Twitter rival wants to suck Instagram users’ data, including health, location, search history and sensitive information, into the
Read MoreCredit: Evan Blass Marketing images of the Nothing Phone 2 have leaked. They’ll let you zoom into every design detail, including the new Glyph interface and reworked UI. Leaks are in full swing as we count down the days to the launch of Nothing’s second smartphone. The Nothing Phone 2 has now appeared in what
Read MoreNate Lanxon / Bloomberg: Neko Health, a startup founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and Watty founder Hjalmar Nilsonne that makes an AI-based full-body scanner, raised €60M led by Lakestar — Neko Health, the medical diagnostics company co-founded by Spotify Technology SA Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek …
Read MoreChang Che / New York Times: A look at Samsung’s efforts to make AI chips; some skeptics question if the company can become indispensable in generative AI as in smartphones and high-res TVs — Foreign investors betting on artificial intelligence are pouring money into the company’s shares. Analysts say it will have a hard time
Read MoreCredit: Adam Birney / Android Authority Samsung has quietly updated the Quick Share PC app to support non-Samsung machines. However, the updated app only supports PCs with Intel Bluetooth and Wi-Fi hardware. The news also comes a while after Nearby Share launched on Windows. Samsung has offered its own Quick Share local file-sharing feature on
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: Lyon-based Dougs, an online accounting startup for SMBs that is profitable with ~€15M in ARR, raised €25M in its first VC round since being founded in 2015 — Dougs, a French accounting startup, has been around since 2015. It already generates $16.4 million (€15 million) in annual recurring revenue.
Read MoreThere was a time when buying a new radio was something many hams could never afford to do. Then came the super cheap — and super controversial — VHF and UHF radios from China. But as they say, you get what you pay for. The often oddly named handhelds like Baofeng and Wouxun are sometimes
Read MoreJeanny Yu / Bloomberg: NetEase’s stock has rallied 85% since an October 2022 low, edging out rivals Tencent and Bilibili on the Hang Seng Tech Index after a slew of recent game hits — A slew of recent blockbuster video game hits by NetEase Inc. is giving bulls renewed optimism that the firm’s 85% rally
Read MoreNintendo Accounts may be key to the transition to a Switch successor. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At Nintendo’s 83rd annual shareholders meeting last week, president and CEO Shuntaro Furukawa said the company is hoping for a smooth transition from the Switch to its unannounced next game console, pointing to Nintendo Accounts
Read MoreRebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: The UAE gives the first national license for self-driving vehicles to China’s WeRide, allowing the company to test Level 4 autonomous vehicles on public roads — The United Arab Emirates has given Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide the first national license for self-driving vehicles.
Read MoreTwitter is facing competition from a new player that is shaping up to be a formidable competitor in the ever-evolving world of social media. Bluesky is the name of this new contender in the game. Bluesky is a text-based social media platform that has gained a significant amount of traction in recent times, particularly after
Read MoreMurray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: The National Music Publishers Association: in February 2023, Spotify had 44.4M US subscribers, Apple Music had 32.6M, Amazon Music had 29.3M, YouTube had 8.5M — MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry.
Read MoreThe term ‘quantum computer’ gets usually tossed around in the context of hyper-advanced, state-of-the-art computing devices, but much as how a 19th century mechanical computer, a discrete computer created from individual transistors, and a human being are all computers, the important quantifier is how fast and accurate the system is at the task, whether classical
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A US federal judge ruled that a slew of Biden administration officials are prohibited from contacting social media companies about moderating posts protected by the First Amendment. Judge Terry A. Doughty wrote in a 155-page memorandum ruling that he believes the plaintiffs are likely to prove that federal
Read MoreJohn Reed / Financial Times: India targets December 2024 for the country’s first domestically manufactured chips, as Micron’s new chip assembly and test facility breaks ground in August — IT minister reveals ambitious timeline as part of push to expand tech manufacturing supply chain
Read MoreThe i960 KA/KB/MC/XA with the main functional blocks labeled. Click this image (or any other) for a larger version. Die image courtesy of Antoine Bercovici. Floorplan from The 80960 microprocessor architecture. From the consumer space it often would appear as if Intel’s CPU making history is pretty much a straight line from the 4004 to
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Read MoreWall Street Journal: A look at Spill, an invite-only Twitter alternative designed as a safe destination for LGBTQ and Black people that added 100K+ users over the past three days — Designed by former Twitter employees, the app has attracted users including Questlove and garnered interest from Lizzo
Read MoreKris Holt / Engadget: Twitter claims advanced notice about rate limiting would have allowed bad actors to evade detection and says rate limiting had a “minimal” effect on advertising — The company claims bad actors could otherwise have changed their strategies. — Twitter has been even more of a mess …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The Google Chrome browser has literally thousands of extensions available, and they can do everything from blocking ads to improving your productivity. These are software programs that add new features or functionality to your Chrome browser. They’re usually free to use and readily available in the Chrome Web Store.
Read MoreDrew Harwell / Washington Post: A likely fake 8-month-old Twitter account with a Blue check and 130K followers, suspended after WaPo informed Twitter, is a case study in political rage baiting — The Erica Marsh account shows how ‘rage baiting’ remains a powerful way to win attention and score political points
Read MoreIllustration: Alex Castro / The Verge An important deadline just passed for the biggest tech platform companies in the world to notify the European Union (EU) that they are gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Seven companies have officially acknowledged they meet the criteria: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp),
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Read MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a California startup company called Alef Automotive the first-ever airworthiness permit for a fully electric flying car that is capable of both flying and driving on roads. This milestone event marks the beginning of a new era in the transportation industry. This ground-breaking achievement not only marks a
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