Google says it’s planning to add Microsoft 365 integration to ChromeOS later this year making it easier for users to install the app and open files. ChromeOS already supports the Microsoft 365 and OneDrive Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), but there’s a promise of “new integration later this year on ChromeOS, making it easier to install
Read MoreTwo women in British Columbia were found by search and rescue after using the iPhone 14’s Emergency SOS feature.
Read MoreJanuary saw a slew of security patches for iOS, Chrome, Windows, and more.
Read MoreBiological amino acids could have celestial or terrestrial roots. An experiment simulated their formation in deep space—but the mystery isn’t solved yet.
Read MoreA render of Project Ghost. | Image: Logitech Logitech, perhaps known best for its personal computer accessories like the webcam I have used (and loved!) for nearly every workday for three years, is revealing an ambitious new prototype on Tuesday: an elaborately designed video chat booth it calls “Project Ghost” that’s designed to be a
Read MoreAs the smartphone has eaten ever more of the gatgets with which we once surrounded ourselves, it’s with some sadness that we note the calculator becoming a less common sight. It’s with pleasure then that we bring you [Nekopla]’s keychain calculator, not least because it’s a little more than a conventional model. This is a
Read More(Image: ISRO/ISSDC/Justin Cowart/Wikimedia Commons)NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been faithfully capturing the Red Planet’s surface and atmosphere for nearly 17 years. Normally the data MRO sends to scientists on Earth is relatively mundane, relating to things like variations in ozone or climate. But MRO recently captured something that’ll make just about anyone smile: a
Read MoreApple doesn’t advertise using AirTags to track your pets and there’s a reason why.
Read MoreAudacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative. But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions.
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Instagram launches Notes, its AIM-like text status feature, in Europe and Japan, delayed to comply with local laws, expanding on Asia, North America, and LatAm — Instagram Notes, the social network’s recently launched text status feature that reminds me of the AOL Instant Messenger away messages …
Read MoreA tiny Scottish village is betting its future on rocket launches. But the plan may threaten the fragile landscape—and a tenacious billionaire’s ambitions.
Read MoreThe creator of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, is defending the venerable programming language after the US National Security Agency (NSA) recently recommended against using it. NSA advises organizations to use memory safe languages instead. Responding to the agency’s November 2022 bulletin on software memory safety, Stroustrup, who designed C++ in 1979, stressed decades-long efforts to enable
Read MoreToday, front-end development and JavaScript are synonymous. And while a hot, new, cutting-edge JavaScript framework or ecosystem tool seems to arrive every few months, promising faster build times or snappier end-user experiences, “plain” React and React-based frameworks like Next.js continue to dominate. When we look at established browser UI frameworks used by Sentry customers, it’s
Read MoreHow to use Instagram dark mode to get a better photo experience and save battery on iOS.
Read MoreA developer has finally created a way to block out YouTube Shorts, so you can find your favorites without the clutter.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung has posted weak profit numbers for the fourth quarter of 2022 due to low chip demand, economic uncertainties, and customers buying fewer new gadgets. The company expected demand for smartphones to decrease across all segments even though it’s on the brink of launching the new Galaxy S23 series.
Read MoreBen Jiang / South China Morning Post: JD.com joint ventures in Thailand and Indonesia will cease operations in March amid fierce competition, as the company refocuses on logistics and China growth — Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is pulling the plug on its Thailand and Indonesian platforms in a major setback …
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google has announced that some Fi user data was affected by a breach. The firm said the breach affected its primary network provider. T-Mobile is Google’s primary network in the US. T-Mobile announced a new data breach earlier this month, affecting 37 million user accounts. Now, it looks like
Read MoreThe Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, now known simply as MAME, started off as a project to emulate various arcade games. The project is still adding new games to its library, but the framework around MAME makes it capable of emulating pretty much any older computer. The computer doesn’t even need to be a gaming-specific machine
Read MoreVox: Meta, Google, and Amazon leadership are conjuring their companies’ “scrappy” startup roots in internal messaging, asking staff to work harder or face layoffs — Facebook, Google, and Amazon are trying to get their groove back. — When Meta’s head of people, Lori Goler …
Read MoreJonathan Stempel / Reuters: A US judge allows the names of the two people who posted SBF’s $250M bail to be made public, but stays the ruling until at least February 7, expecting an appeal — A U.S. judge on Monday said the names of two people who helped guarantee bail for indicted FTX cryptocurrency
Read MoreTakashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: Sources: Sony halves its Q1 PlayStation VR2 shipment forecast to ~1M units after disappointing early preorders; the headset will be launched on February 22 — Sony Group Corp. reduced projections for the initial launch of its PlayStation VR2 headset dramatically after early pre-orders disappointed …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority There’s no shortage of controversies when it comes to Facebook, from harvesting your personal data on smartphones to sharing data with unsavory third parties, and more. Now, the platform has been accused of being able to secretly kill your smartphone battery. Former employee and data scientist George Hayward told
Read MoreReuters: Samsung reports a ~$1.38B mobile profit in Q4, down from ~$2.15B in Q4 2021, and says its 2023 chip investment will be similar to 2022, in contrast to rivals — South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Tuesday indicated it has no plan to cut investment in chips this year …
Read MoreCredit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority We take our smartphones everywhere with us, whether we’re going to the store, getting into bed, or going out for a night on the town. Plenty of people even take their phones to the toilet. But do you go so far as to use your smartphone while you’re in
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