Josh Ye / Reuters: Lenovo posts its worst revenue fall in 14 years with Q3 revenue of $15.3B, down 24% YoY, and net income of $437M, down 32% YoY, and warns of job cuts — China’s Lenovo Group Ltd (0992.HK) reported a 24% revenue decline for the third quarter, its largest revenue fall in 14
Read MoreLelapa is building a research lab to serve African businesses and nonprofits, with the hope that locally grown algorithms can better serve communities.
Read MoreMike Butcher / TechCrunch: Bulgaria and London-based Dronamics, which says it has a license to operate autonomous, long-range, cargo drones in Europe, raised a $40M pre-Series A — Autonomous aircraft have long been thought of as having the most potential, though not in the realm of glitzy people-carrying drones so much as the more sedate
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The wait is over as the Galaxy S23 series is finally on sale today (February 17) in a variety of countries around the world. So you can either go in-store to immediately get one or buy a device online. Then again, there are loads of people who pre-ordered their
Read MoreHome consoles were never intended to be made portable, though enterprising hackers have always pushed the boundaries with various tricks and innovative builds. [Robotanv] hasn’t built a fully handheld Xbox Series S, but he has demonstrated one neat trick: making one run on a USB powerbank. The project starts with an Anker USB-C powerbank, chosen
Read MoreTesla’s Buffalo facility. | Image: Getty Tesla says recent layoffs at its Buffalo, New York facility were part of a routine performance review cycle and that it is “false” that it fired employees in response to a new union campaign. The Workers United union previously alleged in a complaint filed with the US National Labor
Read MoreThe Mate SUV, like all cargo e-bikes, can replace a car for many families. | Image: Mate Mate, the Indiegogo darling that burst onto the scene in 2018 with an inexpensive and fun folding e-bike, has just shown off a working prototype of its first electric cargo bike. The Mate SUV, as it’s called, targets
Read MoreAI is resource intensive for any platform, including public clouds. Most AI technology requires numerous inference calculations that add up to higher processor, network, and storage requirements—and higher power bills, infrastructure costs, and carbon footprints. The rise of generative AI systems, such as ChatGPT, has brought this issue to the forefront again. Given the popularity
Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority Microsoft has thrown its weight behind running Windows 11 Arm on Macs. The company says Parallels 18 for Desktop is an “authorized solution.” This doesn’t change much, as this solution has been around for a while. It’s possible to run Arm versions of Windows on your Apple Silicon-equipped Mac
Read MoreGood morning, and welcome to Friday’s Daily Authority. Paula here, covering for Nick. The sun’s shining here and it’s a beautiful day, but I’ve got the lurgy, so I’m just enjoying the view from my desk (ok, sofa), which isn’t a bad way at all to start Friday. On with today’s top news, including the
Read MoreChainalysis: Analysis: 24% of the tokens launched in 2022 that “got traction” saw a price drop of 90% or more in the first week of trading, suggesting pump-and-dump activity — The 2023 Crypto Crime Report — Available now! — Get the report — Pump and dump schemes in traditional finance …
Read MoreRaffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: Sources: ByteDance’s Slack-like app Feishu, which reportedly had ~9.3M MAUs in November 2022, reached $100M revenue in 2022, up 270% from 2021 — Feishu chief executive says annual recurring revenue jumped 270% — SINGAPORE—ByteDance Ltd.’s Slack-like work-collaboration tool Feishu …
Read MoreQuantum computers are coming, but there are still many problems with realizing practical machines. One is finding a reliable and affordable way to encode qubits — the basic unit for quantum computers. MIT researchers have a proposal. By using two slightly different colored lasers, they can manipulate nuclear spin. This isn’t the first time someone’s
Read MoreCredit: 9to5Mac Renders of the iPhone 15 Pro have leaked. They show a sleeker phone with a USB-C port. The new iPhone could also get bigger camera sensors. Renders of one of Apple’s upcoming flagships — the iPhone 15 Pro — have leaked. These images are based on CAD models of the phone obtained by
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority A Samsung patent filing shows a smartwatch with a projector. The projector displays images on the back of your hand. You probably shouldn’t hold your breath for a Galaxy Watch with this tech yet. We’ve already seen smartphones with projectors before, such as the Galaxy Beam series. Now, new
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy S23 phones have a new feature called Samsung Message Guard. It screens incoming images on Samsung Messages as well as Google Messages for malware. The feature will eventually work with third-party messaging apps too. Messaging apps are notorious playgrounds for hackers that target vulnerable people with
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Lowpass: A patent and job listing hint at Meta working on an advanced smart glasses assistant; docs show staff have been testing a proactive assistant on Ray-Ban Stories — Hey Facebook … Meta has been working on advanced assistant features that could one day make devices like the company’s Ray …
Read MoreRaffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: Sources: ByteDance’s Slack-like app Feishu, which reportedly had ~9.3M MAUs in November 2022, reached $100M revenue in 2022, up 270% from 2021 — Feishu chief executive says annual recurring revenue jumped 270% — SINGAPORE—ByteDance Ltd.’s Slack-like work-collaboration tool Feishu …
Read MoreChloe Xiang / VICE: OpenAI, Stanford, and Georgetown researchers warn disinformation campaigns could use LLMs and propose governments could restrict training data and AI hardware — As generative language models become more accessible, easier to scale, and write more persuasive text, they could be used to spread disinformation.
Read MoreThe 80s and 90s were the glory days of the BBS. The plain old telephone system was responsible for bringing us connection to other digital beings, along with plenty of spuriously-obtained software and inappropriate ASCII art. [Francesco Sblendorio] has created BBS Builder to harken back to this great era, allowing people to build their own
Read MoreOpenAI: OpenAI plans to improve ChatGPT’s behavior to reduce biases, allow more user customization, and get more public input into decision-making about system defaults — OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI)
Read MorePhoto Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Late last night, after putting the finishing touches on our PlayStation VR2 review, I spent two hours playing a very different game: figuring out how to make Microsoft’s Bing AI go insane. We already knew Bing was an emotionally manipulative liar, and this very morning, Microsoft
Read MoreThere’s a bit of a contest going on when it comes to which is the cheapest microcontroller, yet most of the really cheap ones have one big trade-off in that they have one-time programmable (OTP) memory, generally requiring the use of an (expensive) device emulator during development. This raises the question of what the cheapest
Read MoreYou have only a few hours left to score up to $150 in credit on Samsung’s Galaxy S23 phones. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge If you’ve been hoping to upgrade your smartphone or laptop, you’ll soon be able to get your hands on Samsung’s Galaxy S23, Galaxy Book3 Pro, and Galaxy Book3
Read MoreNothing’s moody OS is getting its first major update. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge As spotted by XDA-Developers, Nothing is starting to release its first major OS upgrade for its very first mobile device: Phone 1. Remember the phone that goes blink blink blink? That one. Its Android 13 skin, Nothing OS
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