Ever since the onslaught of the pandemic, workers across several industries have been quitting their jobs in record numbers in search of an improved work-life balance, better pay, and more inclusive and healthier company culture. At the height of it all in 2021, more than 47 million workers quit their jobs, a disruption in America’s workforce
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify’s newest feature is an AI-powered DJ that curates and commentates on an ever-changing personalized playlist. Spotify describes it as an “AI DJ in your pocket” that “knows you and your music taste so well that it can choose what to play for you.” We’ll have to test
Read MoreEmily Nicolle / Bloomberg: After years of mismanagement and commingling funds, Binance plans to shift to a “semi-automated” model for handling reserves of its so-called B-Tokens — Binance Holdings Ltd. is shifting to a “semi-automated” process for handling the reserves that back tokens it issues …
Read MoreLuca Bertuzzi / Euractiv: Memo: the European Commission bans TikTok on corporate devices and personal devices using corporate apps, and asks staff to uninstall the app by March 15 — The EU executive’s IT service has asked all Commission employees to uninstall TikTok from their corporate devices …
Read MoreMozilla Foundation: Analysis of the 40 most popular Android apps on the Google Play Store finds nearly 80% had discrepancies between their privacy policies and Data Safety labels — The apps’ privacy policies, however, both explicitly state that they share user information with advertisers, Internet service providers …
Read MoreRosie Perper / CoinDesk: Spotify tests “token-enabled playlists”, letting some NFT holders connect their wallets and listen to curated music, starting on Android in select countries — Music streaming Spotify is testing a new service called “token-enabled playlists,” which allows holders of non-fungible tokens …
Read MoreSamsung went heavy in marketing the Galaxy S23 series and all of the gazillion features that the flagships pack in. But in their marketing push, the company did forget a good feature that many gamers would have appreciated: bypass charging! But what exactly is bypass charging, which phones have it, and why should you care
Read MoreJennifer Elias / CNBC: Internal FAQ: Google asks cloud employees and partners in its five largest US locations to share desks starting in Q2 and work from office on alternate days — – The company’s cloud unit has told employees that it will transition to a desk-sharing workspace in its five largest locations.
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung is updating Bixby with more AI smarts. The digital assistant can now clone the voice and tone of its users to answer phone calls on their behalf. Samsung first introduced Bixby Text Calling alongside One UI 5.0 at its developer conference in 2022. The feature only became official
Read MoreThe Fira de Barcelona convention center during last year’s Mobile World Congress. | Image: David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images In less than a week, some of the world’s biggest mobile players will be crowded into the Fira de Barcelona convention center, ready to show off their latest generation of mobile devices. In previous years,
Read MoreVivaldi is releasing a new update for its browser on Android. The update will allow users to play YouTube videos and other multimedia in the background. The update will also bring a number of other improvements like performance boosts and the ability to disable video autoplay. The browser named after a historical composer — Vivaldi
Read MoreGood day, Andy here once again! With Hadlee in Barcelona for MWC 2023, I’m again taking over the reins. Thanks to an early power cut, I had a late start to the morning, but we’re back for a few hours at least. Setting up for greatness
Read MoreA new study from Mozilla claims that Google Play Store’s Data Safety labels aren’t adequately protecting privacy. Mozilla found that nearly 80% of the apps it reviewed had false or misleading Data Safety labels. Twitter and TikTok were among the worst offenders of the bunch. Google implemented Data Safety labels to help users protect their
Read MoreFor anyone new to the world of ham radio, one of the things that takes a little getting used to is visiting the websites of authoritative experts in various fields and feeling like you’ve traveled back to the Internet of 1999. As a hobby that lends itself to extremely utilitarian amateurs, the software side can
Read MoreDavid C. Brock / CHM: A profile of Ivan Sutherland, who created Sketchpad, a breakthrough in interactive computer graphics for which he earned his PhD from MIT in 1963 — IN HIS OWN WORDS — Ivan Sutherland has blazed a truly unique trail through computing over the past six decades.
Read MoreJack Schickler / CoinDesk: Filings: the SEC and NYDFS oppose Voyager’s plan to sell assets to Binance.US for $1.02B, alleging the sale of unregistered securities, like Voyager’s VGX token — A $1.02 billion deal by Binance.US to purchase assets of defunct crypto lender Voyager has been opposed by New York …
Read More[Kevin] over at Simple DIY ElectroMusic Projects recently upgraded his Lo-Fi Orchestra. To celebrate his 400th blog post, he programmed it to play Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Two Arduino Nanos, four Arduino Unos, four Raspberry Pi Picos, and one Raspberry Pi have joined the Lo-Fi Orchestra this year, conducted by a new Pico MIDI Splitter. Changes were made
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung has successfully implemented two-way satellite communication tech on its Exynos 5300 modem. The tech supports two-way communication for sending text messages, videos, and images. Samsung is also developing solutions to eliminate the need for separate high-power wireless antenna chips inside phones for satellite communication. Samsung has announced that
Read MoreShirin Ghaffary / Vox: Social media’s new era of a “pay-to-play” model turns features such as security, visibility, and technical support that users expect for free into premium items — You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. Now Meta and Twitter want your money, too.
Read MoreYogita Khatri / The Block: Indian Web3 gaming startup Kratos Studios, which lets developers design quests for gamers and more, raised a $20M seed led by Accel at a $150M valuation — – Kratos Studios raised $20 million in seed funding at a valuation of $150 million. — The Indian web3 gaming startup also acquired
Read MoreCredit: 9to5Mac After leaking CAD-based renders of the iPhone 15 Pro, 9to5Mac has outed renders of the vanilla iPhone 15. The images highlight some big design changes coming to the upcoming standard iPhone, the biggest one being the removal of the notch.
Read MoreShirin Ghaffary / Vox: Social media’s new era of a “pay-to-play” model turns features such as security, visibility, and technical support that users expect for free into premium items — You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. Now Meta and Twitter want your money, too.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung has successfully implemented two-way satellite communication tech on its Exynos 5300 modem. The tech supports two-way communication for sending text messages, videos, and images. Samsung is also developing solutions to eliminate the need for separate high-power wireless antenna chips inside phones for satellite communication. Samsung has announced that
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Microsoft Edge and Bing apps on mobile now include the ChatGPT-powered AI chat experience. You need to be a part of Microsoft’s preview program to access the AI features on the apps. Microsoft has also integrated the AI-powered Bing search into Skype. Two weeks back, Microsft revealed the ChatGPT-powered
Read MoreJude Karabus / The Register: US-based DNA Diagnostics Center settled a pair of AG lawsuits after hackers stole data on 2.1M people in 2021 from a “legacy” database the company forgot it had — Settles lawsuit with two states after wider leak that affected millions — A DNA diagnostics company will pay $400,000 …
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