My original Mastodon account was on mastodon.social. I chose it because it’s the largest instance, it’s operated by the developers of the service, and it runs the reference implementation of the software. I wanted to experience the fediverse, initially, as most people do, then consider whether to migrate to another server, and if so, which
Read MoreMitchell Clark / The Verge: Google plans to shut Currents, its Google+ replacement for G Suite launched in 2019, on August 8 so users don’t have to work in a “separate, siloed destination” — / It’ll wind down starting in 2023 and be replaced with Spaces … Google has announced that it’ll shut down Currents
Read MoreA prototype game launcher for Windows. | Image: h0x0d (Twitter) Microsoft is exploring early concepts around a Windows handheld mode for devices like the Steam Deck. A leaked video posted on Twitter by h0x0d shows early concept and prototype work for an optimized Windows 11 UI for handhelds, and a launcher and Windows gaming shell
Read MorePaul Sawers / TechCrunch: Denmark-based LMS365, an online learning management system for Microsoft 365 and Teams, raised $20M in its first institutional funding round — Danish company LMS365, an online learning management system (LMS) built for use inside Microsoft products, has raised $20 million in its first institutional round of funding.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority It’s tough to find a smartphone these days that doesn’t have at least one high-resolution camera aboard. You can find 48MP, 50MP, 64MP, and 108MP cameras on even cheap phones today. In fact, we’re also seeing 200MP phones on flagship phones and upper mid-rangers. So that got us wondering
Read MoreSwiss audio company HED Unity has today unveiled the first-ever wireless lossless audio headphones.
Read MoreA new book explores the far-reaching impact of germs and viruses on human society.
Read MoreDavid McCabe / New York Times: The fight for a Montana bill to ban TikTok, which passed in the Senate and will likely pass in the House, previews the legally perilous road for a federal push — The fight has shown the difficult test and legally perilous road facing lawmakers or the White House if
Read MoreFacundo Iglesia / Rest of World: A look at Argentinian crypto company Generación Zoe and its pastor founder Leonardo Cositorto, who is accused of a $120M+ Zoe Cash investment scam — Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a cryptocurrency backed by gold.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority As you start investing in premium devices like the Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, knowing all the details about the warranty, and return policy becomes more important. After all, these smartphones can get pricey. You want to make sure you’re covered in case anything happens. In this
Read MoreAnalog sticks have become a core part of modern video game controllers. They also routinely fail or end up drifting, consigning expensive controllers to the garbage. [sjm4306] recently did a repair job on an Oculus VR gaming controller with drifting analog sticks, and decided to do an autopsy to figure out what actually went wrong.
Read MoreSankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple made $7B+ worth of iPhones in India in the FY ended March 2023, exporting ~$5B worth; India accounts for ~7% of iPhones made, up from ~1% in 2021 — Apple Inc. assembled more than $7 billion of iPhones in India last fiscal year, tripling production in the world’s fastest
Read MoreNikkei Asia: Sources say Apple is in talks with suppliers to make MacBooks in Thailand and the company has been mass producing the Apple Watch in the country for over a year — U.S. tech giant turning out Apple Watch in Southeast Asian country — For Apple and other tech companies …
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Xiaomi Mi Band 8 is slated to debut alongside the Xiaomi 13 Ultra on April 18. The fitness tracker features the same overall design, with a notable change in the strap mechanism. Xiaomi’s Mi Band fitness trackers are pretty popular with people who want a featureful wearable that doesn’t
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus A new leak has given us apparent OnePlus Nord 3 specs. The leaker has also dished out rough pricing and a release window. OnePlus is widely expected to launch the Nord 3 mid-range phone, with one tipster already noting that this will be a rebranded OnePlus Ace 2V (seen above). Now, reliable leaker
Read MoreNate Rogers / The Ringer: A profile of Paul Dochney, the man behind pseudonymous character @dril that emerged from Something Awful to become one of the most influential Twitter accounts — Paul Dochney posted his way into the halls of internet lore. After 15 years of anonymity, can he emerge without compromising his act?
Read MoreMin Jeong Lee / Bloomberg: SoftBank plans to sell SoftBank Ventures Asia, which manages ~$2B in assets, to an entity led by Masayoshi Son’s brother Taizo Son, for an undisclosed sum — SoftBank Group Corp. is selling its early-stage venture capital arm SoftBank Ventures Asia Corp. after suffering billions of dollars in losses from failed
Read MoreCredit: Max HBO Max is becoming Max on May 23. Existing HBO Max subscribers will automatically get Max, but their plan features might change. Max plans start at $9.99/month and go up to $19.99/month. HBO Max is becoming just ‘Max,’ Warner Bros. Discovery officially announced on Wednesday. With the rebranding, the streaming service is also
Read MoreOften we bring you projects at the end of their trajectory so that you can marvel at a job well done, but sometimes we point you instead to the start of the story. Such is the case with [Brett Smith]’s investigation of discarded fish aggregation buoys, referred to as FADs. These 700-plus dollar devices are
Read MoreMoira Donovan / MIT Technology Review: A look at researchers’ use of deep neural networks to examine historical documents and the risks, such as models slipping bias or falsifications into records — The historians of tomorrow are using computer science to analyze how people lived centuries ago. — It’s an evening in 1531, in the
Read MoreBloomberg: Ethereum successfully completes its Shanghai, or Shapella update, letting users withdraw staked ether tokens; ~1.2M ETH are expected to be withdrawn in a week — The Ethereum blockchain, the most important commercial highway in the digital-asset sector, successfully implemented a widely anticipated software upgrade.
Read MoreWarren Buffett says he wouldn’t accept $10,000 to never use or buy an iPhone again. Would you?
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus A new leak has given us apparent OnePlus Nord 3 specs. The leaker has also dished out rough pricing and a release window. OnePlus is widely expected to launch the Nord 3 mid-range phone, with one tipster already noting that this will be a rebranded OnePlus Ace 2V (seen above). Now, reliable leaker
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority As you start investing in premium devices like the Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, knowing all the details about the warranty, and return policy becomes more important. After all, these smartphones can get pricey. You want to make sure you’re covered in case anything happens. In this
Read MoreAnalog sticks have become a core part of modern video game controllers. They also routinely fail or end up drifting, consigning expensive controllers to the garbage. [sjm4306] recently did a repair job on an Oculus VR gaming controller with drifting analog sticks, and decided to do an autopsy to figure out what actually went wrong.
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