A chief technology officer (CTO) is the executive responsible for defining an organization’s technology strategy and leading its technology teams. The position is similar to that of a CIO (chief information officer), but CTOs are particularly focused on exploring new and existing technologies that are of strategic importance to the organization. Despite the title, the role of
Read MoreGood morning, and welcome to the Daily Authority. It’s been more than a week since I’ve been at the Daily wheel, thanks to some local public holidays. It’s great to be back! I’ll be with you once again on Friday, but for now, let’s get stuck into our main story. A date with GrapheneOS
Read MoreTim Cook leads tributes for Gordon Moore, 94, a pioneer in the tech industry and co-founder of Intel.
Read MoreIllustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Parts of Twitter’s source code were recently leaked online via GitHub, the New York Times reports, but were taken down after the social media platform filed a DMCA request. The request, which GitHub has published online, notes that the leaked information included “proprietary source code for Twitter’s platform
Read MoreSarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Kaspersky: some versions of Pinduoduo, suspended by Google from its app store, exploited Android vulnerabilities to install backdoors and gain user data access — Security researchers at Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab have identified and outlined potential malware in versions …
Read MoreAccording to rumors, the next iPhone update could bring more than bug fixes when it launches later this year.
Read MorePaul Sawers / TechCrunch: Activist investor Elliott Management decides not to nominate its own directors to Salesforce’s board, citing the company’s FY23 results, growth plans, and more — Activist investor Elliott Investment Management won’t be proceeding with plans to nominate its own directors to Salesforce’s board …
Read MoreSteve Jobs once helped save the future of podcasting by preventing the removal of Audio Hijack.
Read MoreOnePlus 11 rear cameras Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority OnePlus has confirmed that the OnePlus 11 Jupiter Rock Limited Edition will arrive this week. The new variant is made out of “3D microcrystalline rock,” but we’re not sure what this means. This variant will presumably be limited to China. OnePlus teased the arrival of
Read MoreImagine you’re sitting on a nice bench, the sun shines warmly, and a bus pulls up. You’re headed to Stendal from Osnabrück, how can you tell if you should get on that bus? [Julian Vanecek] is trying to turn that from an O(n) problem to an O(1) one with a bloom filter right at the
Read MoreMichael Pooler / Financial Times: Alex Szapiro, co-head of SoftBank’s nearly $8B Latin America fund, says he is confident about securing extra capital from its parent despite a ~$900M paper loss — Alex Szapiro says he is confident about securing extra capital from Japanese technology conglomerate
Read MoreMichael Pooler / Financial Times: Alex Szapiro, co-head of SoftBank’s nearly $8B Latin America fund, says he is confident about securing extra capital from its parent despite a ~$900M paper loss — Alex Szapiro says he is confident about securing extra capital from Japanese technology conglomerate
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: the Hong Kong arms of three Chinese state banks have reached out to offer services to crypto businesses in recent months, despite a mainland crypto ban — Crypto firms rushing into Hong Kong after the city opened its doors to the battered sector are finding a surprising source of potential support: China’s state-owned
Read MoreSarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: A look at Modulate’s ToxMod and other AI-based tools that help gaming companies moderate voice chats in online games, amid concerns of accuracy and user privacy — New artificial-intelligence tools can mute, ban players who violate conduct rules — In the videogame “Gun Raiders,” …
Read MoreCredit: Huawei HUAWEI has set a date for the European launch of the P60 series and the Mate X3. The announcement will happen on May 9 at a special event in Munich, Germany. HUAWEI announced the Mate X3 and the P60 series of phones just last week. Now the company has confirmed these are headed
Read MoreThe LG V60 ThinQ is now getting the Android 13 update in the US. The new software is currently rolling out to T-Mobile users. This would be the last major Android update for the 2020 LG phone. LG may be out of the phone business, but some of its premium devices are still getting software
Read MoreResearchers at North Carolina State University have created a soft robot that moves in a distinctly caterpillar-like manner. As detailed in the research paper in Science Advances by [Shuang Wu] and colleagues, the robot they developed consists of a layer of liquid crystalline elastomers (LCE) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with embedded silver nanowire that acts as
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority My colleague Calvin recently decided to ditch Google and switch to GrapheneOS on his Pixel 6. He found the latter is an excellent option for users who want a privacy-focused phone without subjecting themselves to Google’s inescapable data collection practices. Not only does GrapheneOS allow you to continue using
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority It turns out that the Windows Snipping Tool is vulnerable to a screenshot editing flaw as well. This flaw means hackers can effectively uncrop your cropped screenshot in some cases. The flaw has since been patched by Microsoft. Update: March 27, 2023 (1:48 AM ET): Microsoft has released an
Read MoreDaniel Taub / Bloomberg: First Citizens agrees to buy the commercial banking business of Silicon Valley Bank from the FDIC including all deposits and loans — First Citizens BancShares Inc. agreed to buy Silicon Valley Bank which was seized by regulators following a run on the lender.
Read MoreRegulators are using an AI system to scan websites and messaging apps to find pornography. Creators face fines and potential prison sentences.
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Many details about Apple’s upcoming Mixed Reality headset have leaked. It will reportedly feature a carbon fiber design, 4K displays, a signature app called “Coresence,” custom Hollywood content, and more. The headset will reportedly launch in June for around $3,000. Apple has apparently shown off its upcoming Mixed Reality
Read MoreSamriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World: After India’s legal orders this week, Twitter blocked the tweets of 122 users, including reporters and politicians, from Indian users; it used to push back more — Last year, before Elon Musk took over as CEO, Twitter pushed back against such requests from the government. — • NEW DELHI,
Read MoreYou know how it is. You have an older computer, and you can’t run the latest software on it. Time to upgrade, right? Well, if you have been in this situation a very long time, [ryomuk] may have an answer for you. The emu8080on4004 project (Google Translate) offers a way to run 8080 code on
Read MorePranshu Verma / Washington Post: A mid-March Midjourney update seemingly fixed one of the AI image generator’s major failings: its inability to depict lifelike human hands with five fingers — Improved AI image-making software churned out believable yet fictional images of former president Trump getting arrested
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