The Unihertz Luna, a Nothing Phone 1 clone inspired smartphone, has been making the news rounds for a few weeks now. But we’ve all been wondering: What do those geometric lights do? Are they just pretty decorations or do they serve a purpose? Well, I got my hands on the Unihertz Luna at MWC 2023
Read MoreSohee Kim / Bloomberg: South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang reports Q4 revenue up 4.9% YoY to $5.33B and active customers up 1% YoY to 18.1M, both below estimates — Coupang Inc., the South Korean e-commerce giant backed by SoftBank Group Corp., reported lower sales than analysts estimated, marring another profitable quarter for the company.
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google has revealed that it will bring eSIM transfer functionality to Android later this year. This mean you can easily switch your data plan to a new device much like a physical SIM. Deutsche Telekom will be the first carrier to implement this feature. eSIM technology is seeing
Read MoreSiddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: London-based Revolut reports £636M in 2021 revenue, a third coming from its crypto trading business, and a £26M net profit, up from a £223M loss in 2020 — Fintech company’s long-delayed results for 2021 show revenues nearly tripled — The crypto boom helped fintech Revolut turn …
Read MoreShaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: After a lengthy, unexplained outage over the weekend due to an update, Solana Labs plans to improve its upgrade process to ensure reliability and uptime — Solana co-founder said last week’s 1.14 network update has raised concerns about maintaining stability during major updates.
Read MoreBlake Hester / VICE: How the proliferation of shock sites like Goatse, which can be traced back to Rotten.com, defined the modern internet era and informed how we use the web today — We owe the cultural evolution of the internet to the likes of ‘Two Girls, One Cup,’ ‘Goatse,’ and ‘Tubgirl.’
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter seems to be having difficulties, with users reporting that the site’s timeline isn’t loading on either the web or mobile apps. The site itself is still accessible, as are individual accounts and the ability to send new tweets. But trying to load a timeline — whether “For
Read MoreTikTok will also soon roll out similar features available to all users to allow for better screen time management. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok has announced a batch of new features intended to reduce screen time and improve the well-being of its younger users. In the coming weeks, a daily screen
Read MoreClément Girardot / Rest of World: A look at Belarus’ once-vibrant tech startup scene, decimated after ruthless repression by Alexander Lukashenko’s regime and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — Ruthless political repression has decimated Belarus’ once-thriving tech scene. — • VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
Read MoreThe country has discovered enough lithium to electrify every vehicle on its roads, but the massive deposit has tensions running high.
Read MoreThe state sponsors titles that cast it in a favorable light and punish indies for depicting a more complex vision of Iranian identity.
Read MoreLet’s indulge: Once fusion arrives, handmade suns could wipe out all human problems in a go.
Read MoreJames Vincent / The Verge: Twitter users globally report multiple outages for over an hour, including its timeline failing to load on web and mobile; most users can still tweet — Twitter seems to be having difficulties, with users reporting that the site’s timeline isn’t loading on either the web or mobile apps.
Read MoreSiddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: London-based Revolut reports £636M in 2021 revenue, a third coming from its crypto trading business, and a £26M net profit, up from a £223M loss in 2020 — Fintech company’s long-delayed results for 2021 show revenues nearly tripled — The crypto boom helped fintech Revolut turn …
Read MoreImage: CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP via Getty Images The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is taking its next steps into esports competitions, and it’s adding chess and Just Dance to the mix. In June, the IOC will host Olympic Esports Week, which expands upon the Olympic Virtual Series it put on in 2021 with some new events. Like
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Microsoft is adding the AI-powered Bing search directly to the Windows 11 taskbar. Its Phone Link app also finally supports iOS devices bringing iMessage to Windows PCs. Microsoft has published a blog post announcing new features coming to Windows. The first significant update is AI integration on Windows 11,
Read MoreThe Colecovision console from the early 1980s is probably not the most memorable platform of its era, but it retains a retrocomputing following to this day. The original hardware can be a bit pricey in 2023, so [nanochess] has built one of his own on a breadboard. It’s fully functional from original Colecovision cartridges, and
Read MorePolitico: How the UK’s Online Safety Bill became an overwrought law that may not achieve its aims due to repeated policy changes by four prime ministers since 2019 — LONDON — Britain’s attempt to rein in the internet has turned into a political omnishambles. — The country’s masterplan …
Read MoreJen Wieczner / New York Magazine: Profile of BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, who served six months of house arrest for US Bank Secrecy Act violations; sources say he’s still in control of BitMEX — Arthur Hayes rubbed success in the Feds’ face and got busted. Now he’s returning to a shell-shocked industry.
Read MoreSynthesizers can make some great music, but sometimes they feel a bit robotic in comparison to their analog counterparts. [Sound Werkshop] built a “minimum viable” expressive synth to overcome this challenge. (YouTube) Dubbed “The Wiggler,” [Sound Werkshop]’s expressive synth centers on the idea of using a flexure as a means to control vibrato and volume.
Read MoreCredit: Qualcomm Qualcomm has partnered with Thales to bake iSIM or Integrated SIM capabilities right inside the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. The new form factor makes swapping carrier services much smoother and faster. iSIMs also occupy significantly less space inside phones than eSIMs and physical SIM slots. eSIMs are a great way to circumvent
Read MoreBloomberg: Email: FTX’s derivatives exchange LedgerX tells clients to send domestic wire transfers to Signature Bank instead of Silvergate Bank going forward — Crypto derivatives platform LedgerX, one of the few solvent pieces of the bankrupt FTX empire, will no longer use embattled Silvergate Bank …
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority The OnePlus 11 was put through JerryRigEverything’s durability test. The phone’s fingerprint sensor become inoperable with deep scratches, The glass back of the phone also shattered entirely during the bend test. The last few OnePlus phones haven’t fared so well in Zack Nelson’s JerryRigEverything durability tests. The OnePlus 10
Read MoreAlex Heath / The Verge: Meta’s internal four-year roadmap: three new Quest headsets, smart glasses with a display and a “neural interface” smartwatch in 2025, and AR glasses in 2027 — During an internal presentation, Meta execs laid out plans for three new Quest headsets, AR glasses in 2027, and a ‘neural interface’ smartwatch.
Read MoreInterested in the new hotness of printing previously-impossible overhangs? You can now integrate Arc Overhangs into PrusaSlicer and give it a shot for yourself. Arc overhangs is a method of laying filament into a pattern of blossoming concentric rings instead of stringing filament bridges over empty space (or over supports). These arcs are remarkably stable,
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