Wojciech Moskwa / Bloomberg: Intel plans to invest as much as $4.6B to build a semiconductor assembly and test facility in Wroclaw, Poland, as the EU seeks to boost chip production — Intel Corp. plans to invest as much as $4.6 billion to build a semiconductor assembly and test facility in western Poland …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google announced the availability of the latest Feature Drop for Pixel phones and the Pixel Watch this week, bringing a number of nifty features to the table. In saying so, some social media users and a couple of Team AA members found that they’d received the relevant update but
Read MoreLora Kolodny / CNBC: Twitter suspends the accounts of public records database PlainSite and its founder Aaron Greenspan, who has tracked litigation against Tesla and Twitter — – Elon Musk-led Twitter on Tuesday suspended the Twitter accounts of PlainSite and its founder Aaron Greenspan, a prominent critic of Tesla and Musk.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google is suing an alleged scammer for running an elaborate scheme to flood its search product with fake businesses and reviews. In the complaint filed Friday, Google accuses the defendant, Ethan Hu, of abusing the company’s products “to create fake online listings for businesses that do not exist, and to bolster them
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: CEO Steve Huffman says Reddit’s API was “never designed to support third-party apps” and he didn’t know the extent that they were profiting from Reddit’s API — Reddit is fighting for its soul. … Huffman has argued the changes are a business decision to force AI companies training …
Read MoreImage by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit is pledging it will respect the subreddit blackout where thousands of subreddits are currently staying dark — but it’s not clear the company actually will. “We are not shutting down discussions or unilaterally reopening communities,” reads a line from a “Reddit API Fact Sheet” that the company
Read More[Hack Club] is a nonprofit network of coder and maker clubs for teenage high school students around the world. With an impressive reach boasting clubs in about 400 schools, they serve approximately 10,000 students. Their OnBoard program asserts, “Circuit boards are magical. You design one, we’ll print it!” Any teenage high school student can apply
Read MoreReuters: Micron plans to invest $603M in a chip packaging facility in Xian, China; the country banned Micron’s products from its critical infrastructure in May 2023 — U.S. memory chipmaker Micron (MU.O) said on Friday it was committed to China and would invest 4.3 billion yuan ($603 million) …
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority Samsung is pushing out a huge update to Galaxy S23 series devices. The update is 2.2GB in size and purportedly offers several camera improvements. Samsung’s Galaxy S23 phones were tipped to receive a major update this month, improving the overall camera experience. Now, it looks like this update has
Read MoreCredit: MySmartPrice The first apparent Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 press render has leaked today. The image indeed shows a massive cover screen and a dual rear camera system. We’ve already seen leaked Galaxy Z Flip 5 renders based on factory CAD files, but it looks like we’ve finally got our first press renders of
Read MoreIllusions are perceptual experiences that do not match physical reality, and the 2023 Illusion of the Year contest produced a variety of nifty ones that are worth checking out. A video for each is embedded below the break, but we’ll briefly explain each as well. Some of the visual illusions play with perspective. One such
Read MoreMia Sato / The Verge: How the “arms race” of SEO experts has left Google Search and the web drowning in garbage text, resulting in customers and businesses failing to find each other — The SEO arms race has left Google and the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google has sold its Google Domains business to Squarespace. The service will eventually be shut down as part of the deal. Google stepped into the domain registration arena in 2014 with Google Domains. Now, the company has decided to sell the business to Squarespace. Squarespace announced the news
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority Samsung is pushing out a huge update to Galaxy S23 series devices. The update is 2.2GB in size and purportedly offers several camera improvements. Samsung’s Galaxy S23 phones were tipped to receive a major update this month, improving the overall camera experience. Now, it looks like this update has
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: CEO Steve Huffman says Reddit’s API was “never designed to support third-party apps” and he didn’t know the extent that they were profiting from Reddit’s API — Reddit is fighting for its soul. … Huffman has argued the changes are a business decision to force AI companies training …
Read MoreThe Apple Watch is the most versatile Apple device since the iPhone, and once you try it, you may not want to live without it.
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: CEO Steve Huffman says Reddit’s API was “never designed to support third-party apps” and he didn’t know the extent that they were profiting from Reddit’s API — Reddit is fighting for its soul. … Huffman has argued the changes are a business decision to force AI companies training …
Read MoreWe aren’t much into theories denying the moon landing around here, but [Dagomar Degroot], an associate professor at Georgetown University, asserts that the Apollo 11 quarantine efforts were bogus. Realistically, we think today that the chance of infection from the moon, of all places, is low. So claiming it was successful is like paying for
Read MoreCanva, a free graphic design and collaboration platform boasting 135 million monthly active users, has introduced Canva Developers Platform, featuring APIs and development tools for building applications for the Canva community. Developers will be able to market their apps in the Canva App Marketplace. The developer platform was rolled out on June 14. Key to
Read MoreThe Verge Thousands of Reddit communities are still dark in protest of the API changes that are forcing some third-party developers to shut down their apps. It’s a startling change for many members of the Reddit community, but it’s one that Reddit CEO Steve Huffman tells The Verge that he’s fine with making. Those third-party
Read MoreWe did it, says Dish. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge According to Dish Network, things at Dish are going great. Yesterday marked its second FCC coverage deadline since it bought Boost from T-Mobile, and the company issued a press release today stating that it now covers 70 percent of the US population
Read MoreTeo Armus / Washington Post: Amazon officially opens Metropolitan Park in Arlington, Virginia, the first phase of its HQ2, where it has projected to bring 25,000 workers by 2030 — After a national bidding war that prompted cities to offer billions in tax dollars and years of planning and construction that promised …
Read MoreIn a sense, there’s no such thing as a cheap iPhone. Apple is notoriously resistant to selling budget products, and when it does target that market, it’s more likely to repackage older components at mid-range prices. Still, you don’t have to spend $799 or more to get a good iPhone. The best cheap iPhone: The
Read More[Love Hultén]’s work often incorporates reactive sound elements, and his Ferrofluid drum synth is no exception. Sadly there are no real build details but have no fear: we’ve gathered plenty of DIY insights when it comes to ferrofluid-based projects. Ferrofluid isn’t easy to work with, but there are plenty of DIY resources to make things
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’ … Thousands of Reddit communities are still dark in protest of the API changes that are forcing some third-party developers to shut down their apps. It’s a startling change for many members of the Reddit community …
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