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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 (Samriddhi Sakunia/Rest of World)

Samriddhi 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,

Hackaday Links: March 26, 2023

Sad news in the tech world this week as Intel co-founder Gordon Moore passed away in Hawaii at the age of 94. Along with Robert Noyce in 1968, Moore founded NM Electronics, the company that would later go on to become Intel Corporation and give the world the first commercially available microprocessor, the 4004, in

A look at OBNBrandon, a prolific scammer in a booming community focused on banning influencers’ accounts, mainly on Instagram, and extorting for “reactivation” (ProPublica)

ProPublica: A look at OBNBrandon, a prolific scammer in a booming community focused on banning influencers’ accounts, mainly on Instagram, and extorting for “reactivation” — Just after midnight on Sept. 13, Kristian “Murda” Murphy was watching TV at home in Boca Raton, Florida, when his phone began buzzing.

Apple shows off upcoming mixed-reality headset to its top execs

Apple recently demonstrated it upcoming mixed-reality headset to its “Top 100” executives at the Steve Jobs Theatre recently.

Microsoft says it has stopped its Xbox Game Pass $1 trial offer

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has stopped its $1 trial offer for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. The trial has been available for years, with brief periods where it wasn’t always available in certain markets, and it now looks like Microsoft is considering new promotions instead. “We have stopped

Recreating the ZX Spectrum Unboxing Experience By Manufacturing a New Boxed One

Why scour the internet for a rare-as-hen’s-teeth new in box ZX Spectrum computer when you can instead order up some parts, assemble a basically all new ZX Spectrum along with the box, instruction manuals and more? That seems to have been the reasoning behind [Lost Retro Tapes] when they decided to do exactly that. Along

Nintendo’s Wii U and 3DS eShops shut down tomorrow

Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge The Wii U and Nintendo 3DS digital storefronts are shutting down tomorrow, March 27th, 2023. While you’ll no longer be able to purchase games or DLC from either eShop, you’ll still be able to redownload the games you’ve already bought and play online for the time being. Nintendo

Apple staff reportedly express doubts about mixed-reality headset months ahead of launch

Image: The Verge Although the expected launch of Apple’s mixed-reality headset is just months away, some employees don’t seem to think the device is ready yet, according to a report from The New York Times. While some employees reportedly exited the project due to their doubts, others remain skeptical about the headset’s potential for success

Filing: some Twitter source code was leaked by user “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” on GitHub, which removed the code to comply with Twitter’s DMCA notice on March 24 (New York Times)

New York Times: Filing: some Twitter source code was leaked by user “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” on GitHub, which removed the code to comply with Twitter’s DMCA notice on March 24 — The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to unmask the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the

Recreating the ZX Spectrum Unboxing Experience By Manufacturing a New Boxed One

IBIS Models Explained

If you’ve worked with circuit simulation, you may have run into IBIS models. The acronym is input/output buffer information, and while you can do a lot without having to deal with IBIS, knowing about it can help you have a successful simulation. IBIS is an industry-standard format that uses ASCII text to describe voltage versus

Elon Musk reportedly halves Twitter’s valuation in internal memo

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk has put a $20 billion value on Twitter, making up less than half of the $44 billion Musk paid to acquire the site, according to reports from Platformer and The Information. In a memo sent to staff viewed by Platformer’s Zoë Schiffer, Musk reportedly

A profile of Atlanta-based Yellow Card, Africa’s largest centralized crypto exchange, which has done ~$1.75B in transactions since 2019 and raised $57M (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: A profile of Atlanta-based Yellow Card, Africa’s largest centralized crypto exchange, which has done ~$1.75B in transactions since 2019 and raised $57M — – Yellow Card is the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchange in Africa. — For its nearly 1.4 million users across the continent …

ASUS Chromebook Vibe CX34 Flip review: Come for the gaming, stay for the rest

ASUS has a strong influence in the gaming market. Its computers are loved by gamers, often offering great value, performance, and lovely designs. The company also offers many accessories, PC components, and other products catering to the gaming community. Now it’s trying to dominate the nascent gaming Chromebook market with products like the ASUS Chromebook

TikTok vs. Reels Performance Statistics and Insights

With TikTok overtaking Google’s place last year as the most popular website on the whole internet, TikTok’s weight in marketing can no longer be overlooked. Having the fastest-growing user base of all time, TikTok is likely to soon become advertisers’ focus social media platform – being transferred to the greatest part of the marketing budgets.

Eight current and former Apple employees share concerns about the upcoming MR headset’s $3,000 price, utility, and unproven market (New York Times)

New York Times: Eight current and former Apple employees share concerns about the upcoming MR headset’s $3,000 price, utility, and unproven market — The company is expected to unveil an augmented reality headset in a few months. Some employees wonder if the device makes sense for Apple.

I ditched Google and installed the privacy-focused GrapheneOS on my Pixel

Credit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Opinion post by Calvin Wankhede If you’re privacy-conscious and shopping for a new smartphone, you don’t have many options these days. Some begrudgingly buy an iPhone every single time for Apple’s excellent privacy commitment and track record, while many of us accept Google’s data collection in exchange for the

Fake App Store reviews are everywhere —here’s how you can fight back

App Store reviews can be a great way to spot good and bad apps and games. But they can also be rendered useless by fake reviews.

Loudmouth DJI Drones Tell Everyone Where You Are

Back when commercial quadcopters started appearing in the news on the regular, public safety was a talking point. How, for example, do we keep them away from airports? Well, large drone companies didn’t want the negative PR, so some voluntarily added geofencing and tracking mechanisms to their own drones. When it comes to DJI, one

Sources: Apple demoed its mixed reality headset, likely dubbed Reality Pro or Reality One, for a group of its top ~100 executives, ahead of their annual offsite (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple demoed its mixed reality headset, likely dubbed Reality Pro or Reality One, for a group of its top ~100 executives, ahead of their annual offsite — Apple’s push into mixed reality will take years to pay off, with the company hoping the device follows the same trajectory as its

AirPods Pro with USB-C are supposedly on the way

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple could soon launch a USB-C version of its second-gen AirPods Pro. That’s according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who believes the company could start shipping the earbuds with a USB-C case during the second and third quarters of this year. This apparently doesn’t apply to Apple’s standard

Long hair, don’t care: Squeeze controls are awesome on wireless earbuds

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post by Rita El Khoury Over the last five or six years, my adoption of true wireless earbuds has been hindered by two factors: terrible comfort and fickle controls. More ergonomic buds like the Google Pixel Buds Pro and the Nothing Ear 1 solved my first problem,

A profile of Atlanta-based Yellow Card, Africa’s largest centralized crypto exchange, which has done ~$1.75B in transactions since 2019 and raised $57M (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

To Hold Tech Accountable, Look to Public Health

The field of public health has transformed medicine, yet failed the most vulnerable. This trajectory can be avoided.

This electric scooter broke me

Sometimes we get used to things “as they are” and kind of forget that they could be better. That old breakdown-prone car you’ve had for years. The same boring breakfast you make all the time. For me, it’s rental scooters, which I’ve been riding for years. In that time, I’ve come to accept certain not-so-great

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