To really understand Apache Kafka—and get the most out of this open source distributed event streaming platform—it’s crucial to gain a thorough understanding of Kafka consumer groups. Often paired with the powerful, highly scalable, highly-available Apache Cassandra database, Kafka offers users the capability to stream data in real time, at scale. At a high level,
Read MoreThe headphones that no longer come in the iPhone box, the EarPods, seem to be getting the same USB-C upgrade as the iPhone 15.
Read MoreGoogle brings podcast listening to the YouTube Music app, bringing it further in line with Spotify.
Read MoreThe Apple Watch Ultra with microLED is delayed to the end of 2025 according to a new report from analyst, Ross Young.
Read MoreMayan Calendar Round. (Source: Chichen Itza) Despite the mysticism that often clouds the Mayan calendar in popular culture, fact remains that the calendar system in use by the Mayans was based on a system used throughout the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican societies, dating back to at least the 5th century BCE. Characteristic of this system is the
Read MoreOlga Kharif / Bloomberg: A US federal judge orders South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading’s CEO to pay $3.4B after CFTC charged the company with a $1.7B fraud in 2022 — A US judge has ordered a South African executive to pay more than $3.4 billion in restitution and fines for a fraud scheme
Read MoreEcho Wang / Reuters: iLearningEngines, which supplies companies with personalized training materials using AI tools, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.4B valuation — Training software company iLearningEngines Inc agreed to go public through a merger with blank check company Arrowroot Acquisition Corp …
Read MoreBlake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: Triller agrees to pay Sony Music $4.5M+ to settle claims that Triller breached a contract covering its use of musicians’ songs on the platform — TikTok rival Triller Inc has agreed to pay Sony Music Entertainment (6758.T) more than $4.5 million to resolve claims that Triller breached …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Out of seemingly nowhere in late 2022, ChatGPT surprised the world with its human-like language capabilities. Right out of the gate, the chatbot could do everything from generating movie scripts to writing computer code. ChatGPT was made possible thanks largely due to decades worth of research and development. However,
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi was a fairly revolutionary computing device when it came on the scene around a decade ago. Enough processing power to run a full Linux desktop and plenty of GPIO meant almost certain success. In the past year, though, they’ve run into some issues with their chip supplier and it’s been difficult to
Read MoreCredit: Microsoft You can now try out Microsoft Designer preview for free to create social media posts by simply describing your designs. The app uses penAI’s DALL∙E 2 text-to-image generator. New features include AI-generated hashtags and captions, auto-sizing for 20 different social media platforms, and more. Microsoft Designer is getting new generative AI smarts just
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority Google has brought podcast support to YouTube Music. The feature is only available to US consumers right now. Questions linger over the future of the Google Podcasts app as a result. Several major music streaming platforms have integrated podcasts into their offerings, but YouTube Music wasn’t one of them.
Read MoreBlake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: Triller agrees to pay Sony Music $4.5M+ to settle claims that Triller breached a contract covering its use of musicians’ songs on the platform — TikTok rival Triller Inc has agreed to pay Sony Music Entertainment (6758.T) more than $4.5 million to resolve claims that Triller breached …
Read MoreAoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: Robinhood introduces Connect, which allows users to fund their Web3 wallets without having to leave a decentralized app or be in their Robinhood Crypto accounts — The feature, Robinhood Connect, is already available on several decentralized apps, with more to onboard in the coming months.
Read MoreEcho Wang / Reuters: iLearningEngines, which supplies companies with personalized training materials using AI tools, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.4B valuation — Training software company iLearningEngines Inc agreed to go public through a merger with blank check company Arrowroot Acquisition Corp …
Read MoreAoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: Robinhood introduces Connect, which allows users to fund their Web3 wallets without having to leave a decentralized app or be in their Robinhood Crypto accounts — The feature, Robinhood Connect, is already available on several decentralized apps, with more to onboard in the coming months.
Read MoreBen Schoon / 9to5Google: Google TV rolls out its free built-in channels to all US users and adds offerings from Plex, Haystack News, and Tubi, for a total of 800+ free channels — After being announced earlier this month, Google TV is now widely rolling out its free, built-in streaming channels to all users alongside
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it will no longer post service alerts and information on Twitter, citing doubts about the platform’s reliability. It’s directing riders to its website, apps, and email or mobile alerts instead. “We’ve loved getting to know you On Here, but we don’t
Read MoreElden Ring tips. | Image: Valve Valve has just shipped a huge UI overhaul to Steam’s In-Game Overlay in the Steam Beta, among other fresh coats of paint. It also comes with one particularly awesome idea: a traveling notepad. Yes, you’ve probably already got a notepad app on your PC, but does yours automatically pop
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The latest Oura Ring 3 proves powerful tools can come in tiny packages. We cover all the Oura Ring models available to help you slip the perfect fitness tracker onto your finger. Oura Ring Gen 3 vs older models
Read MoreBloomberg: The New York City MTA ends its Twitter service alerts, saying the platform is “no longer reliable”; MTA: Twitter demanded $50K per month for API access — New York City’s mass-transit system is ending its real-time service alerts on Twitter for subway, train and bus riders …
Read MoreImage: Lionsgate Lionsgate just released a trailer for the Hunger Games prequel movie, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and it promises to be a star-studded return to the land of Panem. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes takes place 64 years before the events of the main series. Instead of featuring Katniss Everdeen, this
Read More3D printing’s real value is that you can whip up objects in all kinds of whacky geometries with a minimum of fuss. However, there’s almost always some post-processing to do. Like many manufactured plastic objects, there are burrs, strings, and rough edges to deal with. Fussing around with a knife to remove them is a
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta’s v53 update for Quest devices adds a very welcome new feature: the headset will be able to update apps when you shut down your headset. If it works as intended, that means you’ll be able to download updates at a time when you aren’t planning to
Read MoreImage: Bluesky Look. I know that most people aren’t on Bluesky yet, but when you get there, you should know that you won’t be posting. You’ll be skeeting. I could do some explanation of it being a portmanteau of “sky” + “posting” but I think we just hit the sicko event horizon and a bunch
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