These days we use USB as a default for everything from low-speed serial ports to high-capacity storage, and the ubiquitous connector has evolved into a truly multi-purpose interface. It’s difficult to believe then, that the first Apple Mac to be designed with a USB interface was shipped without it; but that’s the case with 1997’s
Read MoreLeo Schwartz / Fortune: Binance plans to keep the $985M+ BUSD it moved from its industry recovery fund, launched in November 2022 amid FTX’s collapse, in its corporate wallets — Founder and CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as “CZ” — In the wake of FTX’s collapse in November, the newly crowned kingpin of
Read MoreImage: Disney Issue You’re watching Disney Plus and it’s too damn dark to see. So damn dark you’re likely to be eaten by a grue. What the heck were these filmmakers thinking? Quick fix Turn off Dolby Vision, and maybe turn off HDR, in your set-top box or TV’s settings menu. Screenshot by Sean Hollister
Read MoreAmanda Silberling / TechCrunch: LeBron James, William Shatner, Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander, and some other celebrities with millions of followers say they won’t pay for Twitter Blue — April 1 is the dumbest day on the internet, and this year, it’s not just because brands will try to prank you by selling “hot iced coffee.”
Read MoreSamuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. | Image: Marvel Studios Occasionally, people will (incorrectly) insist that Marvel’s comics and the cinematic stories inspired by them would be better off if they were somehow devoid of any political themes or ideas. But in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Secret Invasion executive producer Jonathan Schwartz likened
Read MorePaul Sandle / Reuters: The UK’s CAT said that Apple won an appeal against the CMA’s decision to investigate the company’s dominance in mobile browsers and cloud gaming — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) won its appeal against the decision by Britain’s antitrust regulator to launch an investigation into its mobile browser …
Read MoreMany investors and traders choose stocks as the financial instrument to trade with due to the high-profit potential available. During this trading experience, one must stay aware of the market changes. Like the rise or fall of stock value. Thus, it is important to focus on various factors of algorithmic trading, many of which can
Read MoreMat Di Salvo / Decrypt: Seattle-based crypto exchange Bittrex shuts down its US operations, saying funds should be withdrawn by April 30, but will continue to operate Bittrex Global — The American cryptocurrency exchange said it was not “economically viable” to continue doing business in the United States.
Read MoreImage: Sega Oh, Mario went missing once? Big deal — Sonic’s just been murdered! In a very sudden, very confusing surprise, Sega has shadow dropped a new Sonic the Hedgehog game for PC and Mac. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, as baffling as that sounds, is a free murder mystery game on Steam you
Read MoreVisual Studio Code 1.77, published March 30 as the March 2023 version of Microsoft’s extensible code editor, introduces a preview of deeper integration with the GitHub Copilot AI coding assistant, including inline suggestions and chat capabilities. The VS Code update also brings TypeScript/JavaScript switch case completions, helping users scaffold out switch statements over literal types
Read MoreWould your company pay $1,000 for Twitter? Some won’t have to make that decision. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge It seems like some companies may not have to pay Twitter $1,000 a month for the privilege of retaining their verified status and checkmarks. Twitter is giving a free pass to the 500 advertisers
Read MoreA gardener facing water shortages checks his tomato plants in southern France in August 2022. | Image: PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images New research challenges assumptions that the plant kingdom is silent. Turns out, plants make a lot of noise when they’re stressed. Other plants and animals might even be able to interpret those sounds.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: A profile of Sam Altman, whose social-minded capitalism may make him the ideal CEO for OpenAI as some say he’s too commercially minded to lead a tech revolution — The CEO behind ChatGPT navigates the line between developing artificial intelligence on the cutting edge and pushing technology to dystopia
Read MoreIf you look up at the night sky in a dark enough place, with enough patience you’re almost sure to see a satellite cross the sky. It’s pretty cool to think you’re watching light reflect off a hunk of metal zipping around the Earth fast enough to never hit it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work during
Read MoreFrom Cargo to Okja, here are our picks for the best streaming titles to feast your eyes on.
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The Google Pixel Watch has a lot to offer Android users, including a sleek, minimalist design perfect for pairing with a personalized watch face. From native options to third-party picks, we round up the best Pixel Watch faces to add to your device. How to change your Google Pixel
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Filings: BlackRock cut the valuation of India’s most valuable startup Byju’s from $22B to $11.5B and Invesco cut Swiggy’s valuation from $10.7B to ~$8B — Some of the biggest Indian startups are taking a haircut in their valuations, at least in the eyes of their investors …
Read MoreSimone Giertz pulls up in her freshly detailed and upgraded Truckla. | Image: Simone Giertz Remember that Tesla Model 3 that was chopped up to make an all-electric pickup truck many years ago? Well, it’s still alive! Inventor and YouTuber Simone Giertz — the self-described “queen of shitty robots” — uploaded a new video on
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Twitter open sources a portion of its code on GitHub, including its algorithm for recommending tweets in For You but excluding its ad recommendation algorithm — As repeatedly promised by Twitter CEO Elon Musk, Twitter has opened a portion of its source code, including the algorithm it uses …
Read MoreSara Fischer / Axios: Email: The White House will not pay for Twitter Blue for its staff; the White House and top officials’ accounts like POTUS will likely maintain gray checkmarks — The White House will not pay to have its staff’s official Twitter profiles continue to be verified, according to guidance issued to staffers
Read MoreWhen you want a backpack that turns heads and gets people talking, you can get ahead of the conversation with a talking backpack. [Nina] created a rucksack with the legendary babbler itself, the infamous Furby. Believe it or not, no actual Furbies were sacrificed in the making of this backpack. The build uses an Arduino
Read MoreAndrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: GM plans to drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support in future EVs, using a Google infotainment system to capture more data and inform subscription launches — General Motors’ electric future doesn’t include Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. — The automaker’s upcoming lineup …
Read MoreCredit: Apple General Motors and Google are working on designing onboard navigation and infotainment systems for future GM electric vehicles. Future GM EVs will no longer offer Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will still be offered on GM’s combustion vehicles. The biggest manufacturer of cars in the US, General Motors
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has released the code that chooses which tweets show up on your timeline to GitHub and has put out a blog post explaining the decision. It breaks down what the algorithm looks at when determining which tweets to feature in the For You timeline and how it
Read MoreIt was quite the cornucopia of goodness this week as Elliot and Dan sat down to hash over the week in hardware hacking. We started with the exciting news that the Hackaday Prize is back — already? — for the tenth year running! The first round, Re-Engineering Education, is underway now, and we’re already seeing
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