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After a decade of waiting for a quality Harry Potter video game, some fans struggle to reconcile enjoying Hogwarts Legacy with JK Rowling’s transphobic comments (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: After a decade of waiting for a quality Harry Potter video game, some fans struggle to reconcile enjoying Hogwarts Legacy with JK Rowling’s transphobic comments — Harry Potter fans have been waiting more than a decade for a video game worthy of the blockbuster entertainment franchise’s dedicated following.

How Much Do I Need To Retire? These Tips Will Definitely Help

When it comes to retirement planning, people have a lot of questions. One question, in particular, that usually tops the list of many is – How Much Do I Need to Retire, or How Much Do I Need to Save for a Comfortable Retirement? There is no one answer to this question, rather, the requirement is

Five Years On, Where Is Starman and Where Will He Go?

On 6 February 2018, a Tesla Roadster was launched as the mass simulator on the first ever Falcon Heavy launch — putting for the first time ever a car on a Mars-crossing orbit. While undoubtedly a bit of a stunt, the onboard cameras provided an amazing view of our planet Earth as the Starman dummy

New Light Field Lab Tech Turns 3D Characters Into Floating Holograms

(Image: Light Field Lab)What’s that, nestled in a bed of ferns and tangled vines? It’s a floating talking head, of course, and its name is Aether. Aether is the brainchild of Light Field Lab, a California-based display technology company focused on creating colorful 3D holograms. In 2021 Light Field Lab unveiled SolidLight, a system that

Tether claims $700M in Q4 profit, in addition to its reserves, and $67.04B in total assets and $66.08B in liabilities; Tether-secured loans were down by $300M (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Tether claims $700M in Q4 profit, in addition to its reserves, and $67.04B in total assets and $66.08B in liabilities; Tether-secured loans were down by $300M — – Tether issued its latest attestation report, saying its assets exceeded its liabilities as of December 2022.

Intel Officially Discontinues Rocket Lake

Original image by PCMag. If you were in a coma, just woke up, and were planning on upgrading to a Rocket Lake CPU, you better move quickly. Intel has published a “product change notification” stating a “discontinuance program” has started for its Rocket Lake CPU line. That program began on Feb. 6, so the end-of-life

Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That

People in Europe are making GDPR requests to have their private messages erased, but Elon’s team is ignoring them.

A judge grants FTX approval to subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried, his parents, brother, former FTX CTO Garry Wang, COO Constance Wang, and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison (Dietrich Knauth/Reuters)

Dietrich Knauth / Reuters: A judge grants FTX approval to subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried, his parents, brother, former FTX CTO Garry Wang, COO Constance Wang, and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison — Failed crypto firm FTX received court approval on Wednesday to issue subpoenas to its founder Sam Bankman-Fried and members …

How to get early access to the new ChatGPT feature in Bing search

How to get early access to ChatGPT Bing search so you can search the web smarter than ever before.

Investigation: AI tools rate photos of women as more sexually suggestive than photos of men, especially if nipples, pregnant bellies, or exercise are involved (The Guardian)

The Guardian: Investigation: AI tools rate photos of women as more sexually suggestive than photos of men, especially if nipples, pregnant bellies, or exercise are involved — Guardian exclusive: AI tools rate photos of women as more sexually suggestive than those of men, especially if nipples, pregnant bellies or exercise is involved

Deno 1.30 backs built-in Node.js modules

Version 1.30 of the Deno JavaScript/TypeScript runtime, published late January 2023, emphasizes support for built-in Node.js modules and offers a major update to the configuration file. With Deno, npm packages have already had access to built-in Node.js modules such as fs (file system), path, process, and others through the runtime’s Node.js compatibility layer. In release

The Out-of-Control Spread of Crowd-Control Tech

Broken bones. Eye trauma. Brain injuries. How America’s sketchy “less-lethal” weapons industry exports its insidious brand of violence around the world.

240W fast charging will charge this smartphone fully in under 10 minutes

The Realme GT Neo 5 in black, purple, and white. | Image: Realme This is getting ridiculous. Realme has just announced a new smartphone, the Realme GT Neo 5, that supports up to 240W fast charging. According to GSMArena, that will make it the fastest charging smartphone on the market, faster than the 210W offered

Inside FTX’s final hours, described by employees, chat logs, and Sam Bankman-Fried: panic selling assets, trying to raise funds, SBF’s silence, and bankruptcy (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Inside FTX’s final hours, described by employees, chat logs, and Sam Bankman-Fried: panic selling assets, trying to raise funds, SBF’s silence, and bankruptcy — In January, I walked up the front steps of a single-storey, grey-shingled house in a neighbourhood on the fringe of Stanford University.

Intro to Remix: A leader in full-stack evolution

While not as well known as some of the larger JavaScript frameworks, Remix has earned a reputation as one that stands out. Some of the good ideas first introduced by Remix, which went open source in 2021, have been absorbed into other frameworks, as well. At the highest level, Remix is a full-stack JavaScript framework

The best new features in ASP.NET Core 7

A major part of Microsoft’s “cloud-first” .NET 7 release in November, ASP.NET Core 7 brings powerful new tools to the web development framework to help developers create modern web applications. Built on top of the .NET Core runtime, ASP.NET Core 7 has everything you need to build cutting-edge web user interfaces and robust back-end services

SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell says the company limited Ukraine’s military from using Starlink to control drones as its service was “never meant to be weaponized” (Joey Roulette/Reuters)

Joey Roulette / Reuters: SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell says the company limited Ukraine’s military from using Starlink to control drones as its service was “never meant to be weaponized” — SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine’s military from using the company’s Starlink satellite internet service …

Nintendo’s upcoming Zelda sequel will cost $70, up $10 over previous new titles, matching Sony and Microsoft and opening the door for more expensive video games (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Nintendo’s upcoming Zelda sequel will cost $70, up $10 over previous new titles, matching Sony and Microsoft and opening the door for more expensive video games — Nintendo Co.’s upcoming Zelda sequel will be pricier than the company’s other Switch games, clearing the way for more game makers to also lift their prices.

Utility Mat Turns Waste Epoxy Into Useful Tools

Epoxy is a great and useful material typically prepared by mixing two components together. But often we find ourselves mixing too much epoxy for the job at hand, and we end up with some waste left behind. [Keith Decent’s] utility mat aims to make good use of what is otherwise waste material. The concept is

The Federation data: active users on decentralized social networks are up from ~600K to ~2.6M in a few months, challenging claims about a failing “fediverse” (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: The Federation data: active users on decentralized social networks are up from ~600K to ~2.6M in a few months, challenging claims about a failing “fediverse” — from the lies,-damn-lies,-and-statistics dept — There’s been this weird series of articles lately …

A look at Stripe’s obstacles before its IPO, including increasingly tough competition while moving upmarket, slowing revenue growth, and a lack of profitability (Jareau Wadé/Every)

Jareau Wadé / Every: A look at Stripe’s obstacles before its IPO, including increasingly tough competition while moving upmarket, slowing revenue growth, and a lack of profitability — For the last decade, Stripe could do no wrong. When the payments technology company—used by companies such as Amazon …

The best Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus cases you can buy

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus hits a nice middle ground between the smallish Galaxy S23 and the feature-packed Galaxy S23 Ultra, but it’s still a fairly pricey phone that you’ll want to keep protected. With that in mind, we picked out the best Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus cases you can currently buy. Want to learn

10 excellent cases for your brand new OnePlus 11

The OnePlus 11 is now globally available, bringing upgraded ultrawide and telephoto cameras, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, and a much better software support promise to the masses. You may not notice too many visual differences from the OnePlus 10T, but like its predecessor, you will want to get a case for your new

Your Tech Stuff Is Getting Slightly More Repairable

Tech companies are offering more access to key documentation and tools. But giants like Apple and Microsoft are still lobbying hard against repair laws.

How to add money to your Venmo account

Are you trying to add money to Venmo? Many of you might not be able to. This feature is only available to some users. Let’s take you through the ins and outs of the process. Read more: Does Venmo charge a fee?

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