Android has been around for over a decade, with the OS steadily gaining maturity over the years as it found its way onto the best smartphones. Most people recognize Android as the operating system they can use on their phone, but they often hear about “rooting” as the door that unlocks even more potential on
Read MoreAshley Capoot / CNBC: Precision Neuroscience, founded by a Neuralink co-founder, says it has conducted its first in-human clinical study to map brain signals using a neural implant — – Founded in 2021 by a co-founder of Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup, Precision Neuroscience …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Since President Joe Biden took office, the Senate has held four confirmation hearings for two separate nominees to break the ongoing deadlock at the Federal Communications Commission. The latest one was yesterday — and it might get the FCC closer to a full staff, but it’s a sad
Read MoreKatie Roof / Bloomberg: Accelerant, which launched a marketplace for insurance underwriters, raised $150M led by Barings at a $2.4B valuation, up from $2.2B in 2022 — Barings LLC is leading a $150 million investment in Accelerant, valuing the insurance-related business at $2.4 billion.
Read MoreJust like General Motors and Ford, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Rivian has announced that it would be joining Tesla’s charging network. This significant change highlights the expanding role of Tesla’s technology in establishing benchmarks in a variety of sectors. According to Rivian, the industry is gradually adopting Tesla’s charging connector as the norm. The North
Read MoreSandali Handagama / CoinDesk: Filing: the SEC has agreed to forego a $30M fine from bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi until after investors are repaid — The regulator agreed to forego the payment, owed as part of a settlement of charges against BlockFi, to maximize and speed up payments to investors.
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Read MoreYuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal: The US broadens eligibility for federal subsidies under the Chips Act to include companies providing tools, chemicals, and other semiconductor supplies — Biden administration expands eligibility for federal subsidies to semiconductor factory suppliers — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration …
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’ve got an active Google account — or especially if you’ve got one you haven’t used in a while — you’ve probably got more apps and services hooked up to your account than you realize. There are all those places where you’ve “signed in with Google,” all
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority It’s believed that the Galaxy S24 series is codenamed ‘Muse.’ The Galaxy S24 Ultra is apparently codenamed ‘Muse3.’ This name suggests that we’ll see both a Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus next year. Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy S24 series next year, and we’ve already seen several
Read MoreThe gray market for abortifacient sales to the US is evolving alongside a shifting legal landscape.
Read MoreCredit: Apple A Guest Mode has been spotted in the visionOS SDK. This indicates that the Apple Vision Pro will have a guest mode allowing you to share the headset with others. The Vision Pro makes use of Optic ID to authenticate its owner. The Apple Vision Pro is an exciting piece of cutting-edge technology
Read MorePaul Sawers / TechCrunch: Lithuania announces Tech Zity, a €100M tech campus touted as Europe’s largest at ~592K sq. ft., with facilities for 5,000 workers, co-living spaces, and more — Lithuania is vying to become one of the major European tech hubs, bolstered by a growing number of so-called “unicorn” …
Read MoreImage: Sony There’s no shortage of movies already based on real-life, historical incidents surrounding the Stock Market, but everything in the first trailer for Sony’s upcoming Dumb Money film — a biographical comedy-drama covering the events of the GameStop short squeeze — beautifully demonstrates why we have such an appetite for them. Especially when it
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Read MoreOver the past decade or so, amateur radio operators have benefited from an influx of inexpensive radios based around a much simpler design than what was typically commercially available, bringing the price of handheld dual-band or GMRS radios to around $20. This makes the hobby much more accessible, but they have generated some controversy as
Read MoreToday, the majority of startups all have the same thing in common: failure. The handful of startups that end up making it past their expiration date, which is typically less than five years, often share the same mindset about planning to adapt in a fast-changing economic and consumer-driven environment. Achieving objectives is just as important
Read MoreAnna Irrera / Bloomberg: JPMorgan expands its JPM Coin, launched in 2019 for USD transactions, to euro payments; the digital token has been used to process ~$300B in transactions so far — JPMorgan Chase & Co. expanded one of the most high-profile projects to bring blockchain technology to traditional banking …
Read MoreYouTube plans for its tool to report which of your thumbnails performs the best. | Image: Google The process of picking that all-important thumbnail for your latest YouTube video might be getting a lot easier soon. YouTube says it’s conducting early testing of a feature it’s calling “Test & Compare,” which lets creators upload up
Read MoreApple Card’s first international launch could be in India, with HDFC Bank reportedly lined up as a partner.
Read MoreFilipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: A look at Apple Vision Pro features based on the visionOS SDK, including a “Moving at Unsafe Speed” alert, a “Travel Mode” for airplanes, and a “Guest Mode” — Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC 2023. But even so, there are still a lot of details …
Read MoreLee Harris / American Prospect: Sources: most of the ~12,000 workers at TSMC’s Arizona fab are non-union contractors; workers describe issues of wage theft, unsafe working conditions, and more — TSMC’s $40 billion semiconductor facility in Phoenix, an open shop that resisted signing an agreement with labor unions …
Read MoreCredit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority I’m sure loads of us have been there before, talking about a specific topic and then seeing ads for said topic a few hours later on a website or social media app. This is the subject of our featured poll today. Do you think your phone is listening to
Read MoreApple Pay uses NFC technology, and it requires you to effectively touch the terminal to make a connection. | Image: The Verge Tap-to-pay services like Apple Pay may soon no longer need the actual tapping part to work. That’s because NFC, the technology that enables you to pay at shops by touching your phone to
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