Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Pixel 7a finally launched a couple of weeks ago, and it looks like one of the more impressive mid-rangers of 2023. For $50 extra compared to the 6a, consumers are getting a high refresh rate screen, wireless charging, more RAM, and a new main camera. This is in
Read MoreSometimes, all it takes to learn something new is a fresh perspective on things. But what’s to be learned from reversing your perspective completely with a hypercentric lens? For one thing, that you can make humans look really, really weird. To be fair, there’s a lot to the optical story here, which [volzo] goes over
Read MoreWe all love PCB artwork, but those who create it work under the restriction of having a limited color palette to work with. If it’s not some combination of board, plating, solder mask, and silk screen, then it can’t easily be rendered on a conventional PCB. That’s not the end of the story though, because
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post by Rita El Khoury When the Amazon Kindle Scribe first launched, it got a mitigated review from us because the software experience wasn’t on par with the promising hardware. After a few updates, it is finally living up to its potential. The Kindle Scribe is no
Read MoreForbes: Interviews, pitch decks, and documents suggest that the recent success of Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque has been bolstered by exaggeration and dubious claims — Stability AI became a $1 billion company with the help of a viral AI text-to-image generator and — per interviews with more than 30 people …
Read MoreWe all love PCB artwork, but those who create it work under the restriction of having a limited color palette to work with. If it’s not some combination of board, plating, solder mask, and silk screen, then it can’t easily be rendered on a conventional PCB. That’s not the end of the story though, because
Read MoreApple turned the iPod into a status symbol. A headset might be a taller order. | Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images ‘This is the single greatest thing that could happen to this industry.’ Continue reading…
Read MoreGenerating… | Image from Google’s I/O 2023 keynote replay Why wait for an AI-generated summary when I can just scroll down the page? Continue reading…
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Opinion post by Dhruv Bhutani As someone whose work is mostly web-first, I’m very open to experimenting with future-forward ways of computing. So far, I’ve tried an iPad-first, Android tablet-first, and even remote desktop-based work environments. That said, I’m all about the mobile life, and a system that seamlessly
Read MoreWired: Q&A with media scholar Ethan Zuckerman about why Twitter became the de facto digital public square, its politics of attention, power of federated networks, more — We talk to media scholar Ethan Zuckerman about why Twitter became the de facto digital public square and what other platforms like Bluesky or Mastodon might offer.
Read MoreCredit: Google Even though Google was one of the first adopters of generative AI, it has now found itself blindsided by the explosive growth of rivals like ChatGPT and Bing Chat. So in response, Google launched its Bard AI chatbot to mixed reception. More recently, the company also started experimenting with showing AI responses alongside
Read MoreThe Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off tomorrow. We break down the potential announcements ahead of the keynote.
Read MoreCovid-19 changed how therapists work, for good and ill. Here’s how you can adapt, whether you’re a patient or a practitioner.
Read MoreLisa Bonos / Washington Post: Some Montana residents speak about the state’s highly politicized TikTok ban, including one of the influencers who is suing the state to overturn the ban — How a highly politicized social media ban in Big Sky Country sparked a nationwide debate over freedom of speech
Read MoreWhen one thinks of art, a birdbath may not be the first thing that comes to mind. However, there is no denying that the La Fontaine aux Oiseaux (The Bird Fountain) is a true work of art. This automaton, created by automaton maker [François Junod] in collaboration with 20 different workshops and craftsmen, represents thousands
Read MoreJessica Lyons Hardcastle / The Register: Five teams at DEF CON 2023 will try to hack a US-funded cubesat Moonlighter, the first time DEF CON hackers will get a chance to hack a live, in-orbit satellite — ‘World’s first and only’ orbiting infosec playpen due to blast off Sunday — FEATURE Assuming the weather and
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida says cloud gaming has many technical difficulties and the company could utilize its AI agent GT Sophy to enhance cloud gaming — Kenichiro Yoshida says ‘technical difficulties’ with streaming games still persist — Sony’s chief executive has warned that cloud gaming …
Read MoreWhen you’re putting together a computer workstation, what would you say is the cleanest setup? Wireless mouse and keyboard? Super-discrete cable management? How about no visible keeb, no visible mouse, and no obvious display? That’s what [Basically Homeless] was going for. Utilizing a Flexispot E7 electronically raisable standing desk, an ASUS laptop, and some other
Read MoreFinancial Times: A look at Berlin-based Rocket Internet, as founder Oliver Samwer transforms one of Europe’s most aggressive tech VCs into a more conservative investment house — Oliver Samwer quietly transforms one of Europe’s most aggressive VC firms into a more conservative investment house
Read MoreMichelle Caffrey / EdWeek Market Brief: Swing Education, an online marketplace that connects schools and substitute teachers, raised a $38M Series C, bringing its total funding to $60.8M — Swing Education raised $38 million in a Series C round aimed at helping the company, which connects schools with substitute teachers …
Read MoreWhen a computer crashes, it usually doesn’t leave debris. But when a computer happens to be descending towards the lunar surface and glitches out, that’s a very different story. Turns out that’s what happened on April 26th, as the Japanese Hakuto-R Lunar lander made its mark on the Moon…by crashing into it. [Scott Manley] dove
Read MoreRon Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google is aware of a “very small” number of Pixel Watch 2 users reporting their watch’s backplate falling off and is working to find the cause and fix the issue — Several users report the back of the Pixel Watch just falls off after a short time. — UPDATE: GOOGLE
Read MoreAria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: Seattle-based Hubble Network, which aims to build a global satellite network that any Bluetooth-enabled sensor or device can connect to, raised a $20M Series A — Bluetooth-enabled devices are ubiquitous, but how those devices are used is constrained by the relatively short range provided by Bluetooth technology.
Read MoreWhen a computer crashes, it usually doesn’t leave debris. But when a computer happens to be descending towards the lunar surface and glitches out, that’s a very different story. Turns out that’s what happened on April 26th, as the Japanese Hakuto-R Lunar lander made its mark on the Moon…by crashing into it. [Scott Manley] dove
Read MoreRon Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google is aware of a “very small” number of Pixel Watch 2 users reporting their watch’s backplate falling off and is working to find the cause and fix the issue — Several users report the back of the Pixel Watch just falls off after a short time. — UPDATE: GOOGLE
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