Wordstar was the word processor that helped sell the personal computer. At one time, it was ubiquitous, and many authors had a hard time giving it up. Some, like George R. R. Martin, apparently are still refusing to give it up. But most of us have moved on. Thanks to an open-source clone, WordTsar, you
Read MoreTaylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: The American Psychological Association issues an advisory on social media use by adolescents, saying social networks are “not inherently beneficial or harmful” — One of the most prominent mental health organizations in the U.S. is out with a set guidelines designed to protect children …
Read MoreFinancial Times: Uber launches flight bookings on its UK app in partnership with travel booking company Hopper as part of its efforts to become a travel “super app” — Ride-booking giant expands offering after rolling out train, coach and Eurostar ticket tool — Uber has launched flight bookings …
Read MoreTo compete with American rivals, Eutelsat’s Eva Berneke first has to navigate Russia’s war in Ukraine, Brexit politics, and jamming attacks by Iran.
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Jump Crypto and Jane Street are pulling back from US crypto trading over regulatory uncertainty; Jump is expanding globally while Jane scales back — Jane Street Group and Jump Crypto — two of the world’s top market-making firms — are pulling back from trading digital assets …
Read MoreMolly White: A critique of a16z’s State of Crypto 2023 report, which seems to be an exercise in propaganda with the sole goal of bolstering the VC firm’s bottom line — Venture capital firm and crypto pusher Andreessen Horowitz wants you to keep buying crypto, and is not above publishing blatant falsehoods to convince you
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 9200 Plus chipset. This brings higher CPU and GPU clock speeds over the vanilla Dimensity 9200. Expect the first phones with this chipset later this month. The Dimensity 9200 is MediaTek‘s top-end smartphone processor in 2023, taking the fight to the Snapdragon 8 Gen
Read MoreLaine Nooney / VICE: A look at Locksmith, which let Apple II users make duplications of floppy disks, kickstarting one of the earliest copy protection battles of the PC era — A computer historian tells the story of one of the earliest copy protection battles of the personal computer era.
Read MoreThere’s a strange synchronicity in the projects we see here at Hackaday, where different people come up with strikingly similar stuff at nearly the same time. We’re not sure why this is, but it’s easily observable, with this vintage altimeter teardown and repair by our good friend [CuriousMarc] as the latest example. The altimeter that
Read MoreImage: Google Footage of the Pixel Fold has appeared in a YouTube ad ahead of its anticipated announcement at Google I/O later today. As reported by 9to5Google, the unlisted YouTube video features numerous NBA stars and multiple close-up shots of the upcoming Pixel Fold in everyday use. Titled “Google Pixel x NBA: The Greatest Watch
Read MoreThere should be one—and preferably only one—obvious way to do it. —Tim Peters, Zen of Python While that quote is excellent, Python doesn’t always adhere to it in principle. One area where Python has fallen short of the ideal is project management. For too long, managing Python projects involved a mishmash of tools and methodologies. However, a
Read MoreRecent reports have thrown the spotlight back on the thorny issue of inherited software vulnerabilities. Many don’t realize how widespread the problem is within the software supply chain, and how many businesses are at risk. Here, we’ll dive into this increasingly damaging problem, and explain how WebAssembly’s component model will offer a progressive path forward.
Read MoreThe Java ecosystem is home to an enormous and diverse range of open source projects developed to meet almost every imaginable need. It’s easy to miss some of these great projects. Here’s a look at seven open source Java projects for everything from full-stack application development to microservices, Wasm, and an alternative to the JVM. Vaadin’s Hilla
Read MoreMolly White: A critique of a16z’s State of Crypto 2023 report, which seems to be an exercise in propaganda with the sole goal of bolstering the VC firm’s bottom line — Venture capital firm and crypto pusher Andreessen Horowitz wants you to keep buying crypto, and is not above publishing blatant falsehoods to convince you
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: India plans to reopen applications for incentives from a $10B semiconductor fund, after three companies for an initial 2022 effort show little progress — India is set to revive its effort to lure prospective chipmakers into the country as projects already disclosed …
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: India plans to reopen applications for incentives from a $10B semiconductor fund, after three companies for an initial 2022 effort show little progress — India is set to revive its effort to lure prospective chipmakers into the country as projects already disclosed …
Read MoreWashington Post: In a Twitter video, Tucker Carlson says he will relaunch his Fox show on the social network; Elon Musk says Twitter did not sign a deal “of any kind whatsoever” — The former Fox News host tweeted a video saying he’s moving his show to the social media site.
Read MoreImage: Tucker Carlson via Twitter Just weeks after leaving Fox News amid the wreckage of its $787 defamation lawsuit settlement with Dominion over lies about the 2020 election, Tucker Carlson has announced his show is coming back soon in “a new version,” but this time, it’s on Twitter. In a three-minute video haranguing the mainstream
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is making some big changes to direct messages and expects to introduce encrypted DMs on Wednesday, according to Tuesday evening tweets from the company and owner Elon Musk. Let’s start first with the immediate changes. As detailed in a tweet from the company’s support account, you can
Read MoreImage: Meta Meta will no longer let creators using its Horizon Worlds social VR playscape make dedicated events, the company announced as part of the platform’s v109 update notes on Tuesday. It’s a surprising shutdown of a feature that some creators hoped would someday see improvements. In March, I published a story about Horizon Worlds
Read MoreAndrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: Twitter lets users reply directly to any DM with a threaded message and react to messages with a wider range of emojis — Twitter has released two new updates for DMs, which have been in the works for a few months, but are now getting a full launch in
Read MoreIn today’s world, it is hard to realize how frightened Americans were at the news of Sputnik orbiting the Earth. Part of it was a fear of what a rival nation could do if they could fly over your country with impunity. Part of it was simply fear generated by propaganda. While America won the
Read MoreKirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: UVeye, which uses computer vision and AI for vehicle inspections, raised a $100M Series D led by Hanaco VC, a source says at an ~$800M valuation — UVeye’s automated vehicle inspection technology may have started out as a system to detect security threats, but the six-year-old Israeli startup …
Read MoreImage: Team Cherry We’ll be waiting a little while longer for Hollow Knight: Silksong. The years-in-the-making sequel to the excellent Hollow Knight was supposed to release within 12 months of the 2022 Xbox June showcase, but a representative for the game said Tuesday evening that the title will be missing that release window. “We had
Read More[Frans] claims to have made the world’s smallest orrery. We won’t take a position on that — such things are best left up to the good folks at Guinness. But given that the whole thing is seriously in danger of being dwarfed by a USB-C connector, we’d say he’s got a pretty good shot at
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