Credit: Kuba Wojciechowski A render of Mobvoi’s next-generation TicWatch has leaked online. The leak claims the new TicWatch may ship with Wear OS 3 and a Snapdragon W5 Plus chip. Mobvoi may skip a generation and call the device the TicWatch Pro 5. If you’ve been waiting for news on Mobvoi’s next smartwatch, you can
Read MoreReed Hastings, cofounder and longtime CEO of the streamer, is stepping down after years of disrupting both the video rental market and Hollywood itself.
Read MoreWhat’s better than 3D printing a tank chassis with working tracks? How about 3D printing the entire thing, moving parts and all, as a single piece? That’s [3D Honza]’s PiPBOT-1, and it’s the culmination of a whole lot of design work. The design prints flat, then folds up into its final form. [3D Honza] has
Read MoreJosh Scott / BetaKit: Waterloo-based Magnet Forensics, which develops digital investigation software, agrees to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for CA$1.8B — Kitchener-Waterloo’s Magnet Forensics has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by software-focused American private equity firm Thoma Bravo.
Read MoreHumble Bundle’s Winter sale goes live today | Image: Humble Bundle Here’s your PSA to remind you that the Humble Bundle Winter Sale has started, knocking up to 90 percent off a variety of titles until February 7th. The sale features discounts on a plethora of AAA and eccentric indie games, but we’ve put together
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Even Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, now believes that the platform put a lopsided emphasis on videos and Reels last year — and traditional photo posts were worse off because of it. In one of the answers from his weekly Q&A with users today, he acknowledged, “I
Read MoreJosh Scott / BetaKit: Waterloo-based Magnet Forensics, which develops digital investigation software, agrees to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for CA$1.8B — Kitchener-Waterloo’s Magnet Forensics has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by software-focused American private equity firm Thoma Bravo.
Read MoreHumble Bundle’s Winter sale goes live today | Image: Humble Bundle Here’s your PSA to remind you that the Humble Bundle Winter Sale has started, knocking up to 90 percent off a variety of titles until February 7th. The sale features discounts on a plethora of AAA and eccentric indie games, but we’ve put together
Read MoreThe switch away from the serif-laden typeface is being made for accessibility and legibility reasons, the agency says.
Read MoreWhat’s better than 3D printing a tank chassis with working tracks? How about 3D printing the entire thing, moving parts and all, as a single piece? That’s [3D Honza]’s PiPBOT-1, and it’s the culmination of a whole lot of design work. The design prints flat, then folds up into its final form. [3D Honza] has
Read MoreWe all know the top results in a Google search are ads, but they can also look like exactly what you’re searching for, too. If you’re feeling too lazy to scroll down a bit, it can be tempting to just click it anyway. However, that type of behavior could now be considered dangerous. According to
Read MoreCredit: Netflix Netflix posted its fourth quarter earnings report on Thursday. The report reveals the company is ready to begin cracking down on password sharing. People who share passwords with those who don’t live with them will have to pay extra. The era of sharing Netflix passwords with friends and family for free is coming
Read MoreWoot woot! It’s the beginning of another year, which makes it the perfect time to reimagine your life. And no matter how you’d like to switch things up, you can find plenty of companies out there to help. Whether they’re disruptive startups or traditional corporate brands, they’re primed to help you unleash a new you
Read MoreOne of the ongoing issues in the GPU world these days is whether AMD and Nvidia would fail in their attempts to sell extremely pricey GPUs. The thinking is that both companies realized in the pandemic they could charge whatever they want, and people would pay. Here in the US, the notion has been met
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge CNET will pause publication of stories generated using artificial intelligence “for now,” the site’s leadership told employees on a staff call Friday. The call, which lasted under an hour, was held a week after CNET came under fire for its use of AI tools on stories and one
Read MoreExtrusion is a process for forming materials by forcing them through an opening, which can allow for complex shapes. Aluminum extrusion beams are what most of us are probably thinking of, but plenty of other things are made from extruded material like pipe, heat sinks, and even macaroni. Extrusion can also be used for modelling
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nintendo is planning to increase production of the Switch for the upcoming fiscal year beginning in March, according to a Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources. The news arrives on the same weekend as the company’s first big release in 2023, Fire Emblem Engage, and ahead of the long-anticipated
Read MoreNatasha Singer / New York Times: How Dutch privacy negotiators, empowered by GDPR, have spurred major changes at Google, Microsoft, Zoom, and others, as the Netherlands punches above its weight — Dutch privacy negotiators have spurred major changes at Google, Microsoft and Zoom, using a landmark European data protection law as a lever.
Read MoreMicrosoft has improved functionality, performance, and diagnostics in the MVVM toolkit portion of the .NET Community Toolkit. The upgrade was released this week. Unveiled January 18, .NET Community Toolkit 8.1 adds dedicated analyzers to the MVVM (model-view-viewmodel) toolkit. Previously, the MVVM toolkit emitted diagnostics for features used incorrectly. Now, it can offer recommendations for improving
Read MoreAs a Hackaday reader, it’s safe to assume you’ve got a better than average understanding of electricity. There’s also an excellent chance you’re familiar with machining, and may even have a lathe or old mill in the workshop. But combining the two, and actually machining a piece of metal with electricity, isn’t something that many
Read MoreEmily Baker-White / Forbes: According to six employees and an internal doc, TikTok and ByteDance staff engage in “heating”, or inflating video view counts, to court influencers and brands — TikTok and ByteDance employees regularly engage in “heating,” a manual push that ensures specific videos …
Read MoreJunji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre | Image: Netflix Part of what makes Junji Ito’s work so terrifying is how it sticks with you. The mind behind iconic horror manga like Tomie and Uzumaki takes an idea — whether it’s a schoolgirl who can’t die or a small town obsessed with spirals —
Read MoreCredit: Samsung Samsung revealed a prototype 360 folding display and waterdrop hinge at CES. New images show exactly what the prototypes can do. It’s believed that the prototypes could be used in the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 5. If there’s one thing that bothers consumers about foldable phones, it’s the screen crease. Samsung has been
Read MoreRonan Shields / Digiday: Sources: Google is pushing advertisers to work with third-party resellers directly as it seeks to reduce its overheads related to advertising services — Alphabet today has confirmed that it plans to cut 12,000 jobs, reportedly the largest round of layoffs in its history …
Read MoreThe cost of streaming subscriptions can add up fast, so finding a budget device to access them is always a relief. For those who don’t want to break the bank, the Roku Express series is an affordable way to dive into the streaming space, with Roku’s platform offering access to all of the major services.
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