Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority ASUS has announced a ROG Phone 7 launch event. The event will take place on April 13 at 8:00 PM EDT. The ASUS ROG Phone line has been around since 2018, offering great performance, gaming-focused software additions, and capacitive shoulder triggers. Now, the Taiwanese brand has confirmed that the
Read MoreNathan Grayson / Washington Post: Current and former Twitch staff describe how the service lost its way: out-of-touch leaders, losing big creators, cost cutting, many irrelevant ads, and more — The platform’s recent moves have confused and upset creators, fans and staff alike — For Twitch, the live-streaming platform watched …
Read MoreMost carbon emissions caused by businesses are hidden from sight. US and California regulators are pushing to require companies fully disclose them.
Read MoreImagine this but around 10 times grander. Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail or anything like it takes a lot of research and gear. So what would a research and weight-obsessive tech writer bring? Continue reading…
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Each year, we see a handful of gaming phones launch from prominent manufacturers. However, ASUS almost always takes the cake when it comes to features, design, and, of course, pure power, and in doing so consistently ranks among the best Android phones you can buy. This year, we expect
Read MoreIntaglio is an ancient carving technique for adding details to a workpiece, by manually removing material from a surface with only basic hand tools. If enough material depth is removed, the resulting piece can be used as a stamp, as was the case with rings, used to stamp the wax seals of verified letters. [Nicolas
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority A leaker has claimed that Samsung could launch a tri-folding device this year. Samsung has previously demonstrated this technology with prototypes at trade shows. The form factor would open the door for larger folding screens. Samsung is the undisputed king of the foldable phone market, securing a reported ~80%
Read MoreHearing everyone’s opinion of the cost-efficiency and value of multicloud deployments is fun. Most people don’t get it right—more from misperceptions and groupthink than anything else. I’m sorry to be the guy who comes along and crushes these myths, but somebody must do it. Myth 1: Multicloud means no lock-in. I understand this assumption. We
Read MoreApple is rumored to have two new types of AirPods in the works and they’re very different beasts. But either is more than welcome at this point.
Read MoreA new report says that Apple is moving the proximity sensor on the iPhone 15, housing it inside the dynamic island.
Read MoreEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney claims that Apple “Apple “will either try to crush the metaverse or extract all the profit from it” in a new interview.
Read MoreBioelectronics has been making great strides in recent years, but interfacing rigid electrical components with biological systems that are anything but can prove tricky. Researchers at the Laboratory for Organic Electronics (LOE) have found a way to bridge the gap with conductive gels. (via Linköping University) Outside the body, these gels are non-conductive, but when
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: CISA releases an open-source Python-based utility to detect signs of malicious activity in Microsoft cloud environments — The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new open-source incident response tool that helps detect signs of malicious activity in Microsoft cloud environments.
Read MoreThose who have worked with high voltage know well enough that anything can be a conductor at high enough voltages. Similarly, amateur radio operators will jump at any chance to turn a random object into an antenna. Flag poles, gutters, and even streams of water can be turned into radiating elements for a transmitter, but
Read MoreCredit: Qualcomm Details for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor have apparently leaked online. The new chipset will reportedly offer a 1+3+2+2 CPU design. Qualcomm’s chipset will purportedly be a 64-bit-only design as well. Qualcomm has long stuck with the same CPU layout for its flagship processors used in high-end phones, offering one powerful big
Read MoreImage: PayPal Android users should soon be able to log in to PayPal’s website using passkeys, the password-free login system that’s being pushed by Apple, Google, Microsoft, the FIDO alliance, and more. According to an announcement post, the feature is currently rolling out, and will be “more widely available over the coming year.” PayPal says
Read MoreSiliconHills: Quantum computing startup Strangeworks raised a $24M Series A led by Hitachi Ventures with participation from IBM and Raytheon Technologies — Quantum computing startup, Strangeworks has announced the completion of a $24 million round of funding. — The Austin-based company previously raised …
Read MoreRohan Goswami / CNBC: Messages in Binance’s public chatrooms show some employees and support volunteers helping customers bypass China’s crypto ban, including evading its KYC checks — – Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has touted the exchange’s know-your-customer systems, known as KYC, as a billion-dollar effort.
Read MoreBioelectronics has been making great strides in recent years, but interfacing rigid electrical components with biological systems that are anything but can prove tricky. Researchers at the Laboratory for Organic Electronics (LOE) have found a way to bridge the gap with conductive gels. (via Linköping University) Outside the body, these gels are non-conductive, but when
Read MoreThe FTC has proposed a new rule to simplify canceling recurring subscriptions. The commission voted 3-1 in favor of the proposal. If enacted, the rule would require businesses to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it was to sign up. The days of jumping through hoops to unsubscribe from recurring subscriptions may
Read MoreTikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appears before Congress to defend the platform against a ban. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge TikTok’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, seemed to arrive at the Capitol well-prepared. Taking his seat before dozens of House Energy and Commerce Committee members Thursday, he opened a packet of notes, diligently
Read MoreBryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs two bills regulating social media apps, including requiring age verification for all users and permission from parents for minors — Gov. Spencer Cox, who signed the bills on Thursday, said the state is prepared for a legal fight over the tech company regulations.
Read MoreOne of the many aspects of the modern world we often take for granted is the very technology that keeps our accommodation at a habitable temperature. Examples of this include centralized heating systems using hot-water circulation, or blown air ducted to multiple rooms from a central furnace. Certainly in Europe, once the Romans shipped out,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has announced that it’ll start “winding down” its legacy verified program and removing “legacy verified checkmarks” starting on April 1st, and is telling users to subscribe to its Blue subscription if they want to keep their blue check. There’s a lot to unpack here. First, the announcement
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verified program and remove legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1, 2023 — The social network, which the mega-billionaire bought last year in a debt-heavy $44 billion deal, announced on Thursday that starting April 1, it will remove …
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