(Image: Robina Weermeijer/Unsplash)About one in 11 Americans will experience the discomfort of a kidney stone in their lifetime. While some might think of these pesky mineral clumps as earthly inconveniences, they’re a problem up in space, too, prompting NASA to devise a treatment solution appropriate for those suffering among the stars. Their technique could be
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google’s facing a lawsuit from the US Department of Justice and eight states over its alleged monopoly on the digital advertising market. The agency accuses the company of abusing “monopoly power” at the disadvantage of websites and advertisers who use other advertising tools, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday (PDF). “Google’s
Read MoreRuth Olurounbi / Bloomberg: Research: African tech startups raised $1.55B in 71 debt deals in 2022, up from $767M in 2021, and VC funding rose 8% YoY in Africa, vs. a 35% drop globally — African startups more than doubled the amount of debt they raised last year, a surge that may continue as an
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google plans to end a controversial pilot program that allows political groups to bypass Gmail’s spam filters later this month, as first reported by The Washington Post Tuesday. Google launched the program last September in response to Republican accusations that the company’s algorithms disproportionately flag conservative fundraising emails
Read MoreBarely a week goes by without another hack blessing the RP2040 with a further interfacing superpower. This time it’s the turn of the humble PAL standard composite video interface. As many of us of at least a certain vintage will be familiar with, the Phase Alternate Line (PAL to friends) standard was used mainly in
Read MoreMicrosoft: Microsoft Q2: revenue up 2% YoY to $52.7B, net income down 12% YoY to $16.4B, Dynamics 365 revenue up 21% YoY, LinkedIn revenue up 10% YoY; stock rises 4%+ — Earnings Release FY23 Q2 Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 24, 2023 …
Read MoreSamsung is known for making some of the fastest, most reliable solid-state drives (SSDs), but owners of the company’s latest high-end drive might disagree. Some folks running the Samsung 990 Pro SSD, including yours truly, claim their drives are degrading at a vastly increased rate. This suggests the spendy new drives may not last more
Read MoreSeems like this person has everything they need for Apple’s just-launched security key support. | Image: Yubico Apple just added support for security keys to secure your Apple ID with its latest iOS and macOS updates, but to actually set up your keys with your account, you’ll need to have at least two security keys
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter should now be less annoying about pushing its “For You” algorithmic timeline. The company announced that the web version will now remember which timeline you were using last and default to it when you open it again. The feature should also be coming to iOS and Android
Read MoreFederico Viticci / MacStories: A review of Ivory, a new Mastodon iOS app from Tapbots, maker of the now-defunct Tweetbot: an inspired design, Tweetbot-like gestures, custom filters, and more — There’s an intangible, permeating quality about Tapbots apps that trascends features and specs: craftsmanship.
Read MoreImage: Proletariat In a surprising and deeply ironic twist, the workers at Activision Blizzard-owned Proletariat have canceled their union election. A statement from the Communication Workers of America confirmed the news saying that Proletariat CEO Seth Sivak is to blame. “Like many founders, he took the workers’ concerns as a personal attack and held a
Read MorePaul Sawers / TechCrunch: Strava acquires Fatmap, a 3D mapping app with 1.6M registered users, and sets up a team to integrate the tech into Strava for paid and free users in mid-2023 — Strava, the activity tracking and social community platform used by more than 100 million people globally, has acquired Fatmap …
Read MoreDade Hayes / Deadline: Netflix, Apple, and Amazon accounted for 19 Oscars nominations, down from 37 in 2022, and only one streaming title got more than one nomination — Despite all of the uncertainty about the future of theatrical distribution, streaming services collectively took a step back in this year’s Oscar race …
Read MoreKubernetes (often referred to as “K8s”) is an open-source container orchestration system for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It was originally developed by Google and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). What Is Kubernetes? Kubernetes provides a platform-agnostic way to manage and scale containerized applications, making it
Read MoreRoborock revealed a minor surprise at CES 2023 in the form of the Dyad Pro, a smart vacuum that isn’t a true robot like its new S8 line. Instead of piloting itself, you control it like a conventional stand-up unit — the difference being that it can switch between suction and mopping automatically, so there’s
Read MoreThe free-to-play military sim War Thunder apparently has a lot of gearheads with knowledge of classified intel playing it. On multiple occasions recently, players of the game have posted classified information about the US military online. This has led to the unfortunate situation where playing the game is now considered a red flag on a
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple has released iOS 16.3, which adds the ability to use a security key to lock down your Apple ID and appears to bring the company’s Advanced Data Protection for iCloud feature to countries outside of the US. It also tweaks the Emergency SOS call system, includes a
Read MoreThe US Department of Justice has officially filed a lawsuit against Google. The DOJ claims Google created a digital ad market that unfairly favors its own products. The DOJ is joined by eight states in its complaint. Google found itself in a lot of legal trouble in 2022. For example, it was sued for reportedly
Read MoreWhile you could 3D print a lampshade, there’s something to be said for having a more active role in the process of creating an object. [THINKK Studio] has made custom lampshades as easy as riding a bike. The Lanna Factory was inspired by the cotton ball string lamps sold by vendors in Thai flea markets.
Read MoreLeah Nylen / Bloomberg: The DOJ sues Google, joined by California and seven other US states, calling to break up its ad tech business over alleged monopolization of the US ad market — The US Justice Department and eight states sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google, calling for the break up of the search giant’s ad-technology business
Read MoreAlexander Martin / The Record: Riot Games says it will not pay a ransom after hackers exfiltrated source code for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and a “legacy anticheat platform” — Riot Games, the video game developer and esports organizer, said on Tuesday that it had received a ransom email following a social engineering attack
Read MoreHow low can you go? The 2023 Hackaday.io Low-Power Challenge is about doing the most with the least juice – bang for the power-budget buck, if you get our drift. And with three $150 gift certificates from Digi-Key on the line, you’ll be able to keep your projects going forever. The Challenge runs until March
Read MoreIf you want your website to rank higher in Google, you need to start paying attention to your SEO copywriting. In this blog post, we will discuss ten tips that will help you build content that ranks better in search engines. By following these tips, you can skyrocket your site’s traffic and improve your business’s
Read More(Image: Gabriela Cybulska/Wikimedia Commons)James Cameron’s original Avatar and its new sequel have found success in more than just the box office—they’re also helping out in the lab. Researchers have begun using the motion capture technology used in the saga to track the onset of two genetic disorders, both of which reduce patients’ mobility over time.
Read MoreAlexandra Sternlicht / Fortune: Seven TikTok influencers with 100K+ followers say they have earned under $5 from the Pulse ad revenue sharing program for US creators, launched in October 2022 — When TikTok approached Azure MacCannell in September she was ecstatic. — MacCannell had sold her Warwick …
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