How Fiber Optic Cables Could Warn You of an Earthquake
By firing lasers through underground fibers, scientists can detect seismic waves and perhaps improve alerts—giving people precious time to prepare.
Read MoreBy firing lasers through underground fibers, scientists can detect seismic waves and perhaps improve alerts—giving people precious time to prepare.
Read MoreThe famous label’s new deal with a virtual band is being called “metaverse music history in the making”. I have questions.
Read MoreThe founder of social Q&A site Quora is experimenting with Poe, an app that answers questions using AI. What role is left for people?
Read MorePhone batteries may have peaked. We’ve been hovering around the 5,000mAh mark in Android phones for years, and there’s no magical technology on the horizon to increase that. High charging speeds are almost as good, and that’s increasing by leaps and bounds with devices like the new OnePlus 11. The latest device from Chinese smartphone
Read MoreArjun Kharpal / CNBC: JD.com plans to launch an “industrial version” of a ChatGPT-like tool called ChatJD focused on retail and finance, following similar moves by Alibaba and Baidu — – JD.com said it will release an “industrial version” of ChatGPT called ChatJD. — It will be a chatbot product focused on the fields of
Read More(Photo: AMD)Things move fast in the world of PC hardware. One day you’re sitting on the top of the throne; the next, you’re an also-ran. Such is the case with AMD’s fledgling Zen 4 mobile CPU, the “Dragon Range” Ryzen 9 7845HX. Earlier this week, it appeared out of the shadows and leaped to the
Read MoreThe game is mid at best, and its real-world harms are impossible to ignore.
Read MoreCurrent antipsychotics are plagued by patchy efficacy and unwanted side effects—but a new treatment could change all that.
Read MoreLately, there has been a push for people to stop using programming languages that don’t promote memory safety. But as we still haven’t seen the death of some languages that were born in the early 1960s, we don’t think there will be much success in replacing the tremendous amount of software that uses said “unsafe”
Read MoreThe Perseverance Mars rover has been making headlines lately as it sets up a sample depot on the red planet and makes its way toward an ancient river delta. But its predecessor is still on Mars, too, and Curiosity is making its own discoveries even after more than a decade. As it ascends Mount Sharp,
Read MoreChris Stokel-Walker / Fast Company: Former staff say Twitter needs to update its systems to enact changes sought by Elon Musk, but mass layoffs have forced frequent code freezes — Twitter’s outage on Wednesday, which saw the site rendered unusable for most users by blocking people from tweeting within the app …
Read MoreA promotional image for the Wildebeest project. | Image: Cloudflare Wildebeest is a new project from Cloudflare that’s designed to make it easier for individuals to set up and run their own Mastodon-compatible servers. It highlights one of the key strengths of Mastodon over centralized competitors like Twitter, which is that anyone can host an
Read MoreRepatriation seems to be a hot topic these days as some applications and data sets return to where they came from. I’ve even been tagged in some circles as an advocate for repatriation, mostly because of this recent post. Once again I will restate my position: The overall goal is to find the most optimized
Read MoreGoogle has released a first Developer Preview of its Android 14 mobile OS, emphasizing tablets and foldables as well as improvements for data transfers and battery life. The preview was unveiled on February 8. Version 14 builds on work done in Android 12L and 13 to support tablets and foldable form factors. The goal with
Read MoreCredit: Oppo The OPPO Find N2 Flip global launch event is set for February 15, 2023. The event will take place in London at 2:30 PM GMT. We expect the Find N2 Flip to be heavy competition against Samsung’s similar Galaxy Z Flip 4. Samsung dominates the list of the best foldable smartphones you can
Read MoreAlex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is working to bring native support for RGB PC gaming accessories to Windows 11. The Windows lighting experience will include the ability for PC gamers to configure accessories with RGB lighting without having to install third-party software. Twitter user Albacore has spotted early work for integrating this new lighting
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Competition is stiff in the smartphone space, so it’s not uncommon for manufacturers to try and entice prospective customers with generous trade-in deals and pre-order bonuses. Has a pre-order bonus or trade-in deal changed your mind about buying a smartphone, though? That’s the topic of our featured poll
Read MorePhoto by Sean Hollister / The Verge It’s gotten a lot easier to buy an upgraded SSD for the Steam Deck, or to set up you own Mastodon instance. Continue reading…
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Sources: Amazon is in talks with Times Internet to buy MX Player, one of India’s top VOD streaming services; Times Internet bought MX Player for $140M in 2018 — Amazon is engaging with Times Internet to explore the acquisition of MX Player, one of the largest on-demand video streaming services …
Read MoreCredit: Oppo The OPPO Find N2 Flip global launch event is set for February 15, 2023. The event will take place in London at 2:30 PM GMT. We expect the Find N2 Flip to be heavy competition against Samsung’s similar Galaxy Z Flip 4. Samsung dominates the list of the best foldable smartphones you can
Read MoreApple has been granted a patent that could let you use a new Apple Pencil to control VR games, amongst other things.
Read MoreThe New Year’s Ball Drop in New York City stems from an old English naval tradition. These days, it’s more of a celebratory thing, and [Jon Gonzalez] wanted to bring a bit of that joy to his own celebrations. Thus enter the Ball-Drop-O-Matic 3000. The ball itself consists of two 3D printed halves assembled together
Read MoreApple’s refurbished store has been updated with some fantastic discounts for the M1 iPad Pro and iPad mini 6.
Read MoreiFixit has released its teardown of the HomePod 2, and it looks like it’s a whole lot easier to access the internals than with the previous model.
Read MoreFred Pennic / HIT Consultant: San Diego-based Faro Health, whose cloud computing software provides real-time insights for clinical trials, raised a $20M Series A led by General Catalyst — What You Should Know: — Faro Health, a cloud-computing company that is developing digital infrastructure for smart clinical trials raises $20M …
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