Spotify Slams Apple again over ”anti-competitive behavior’ in scathing letter
Spotify has slammed Apple over its App Store practices in a new letter to EU regulators.
Read MoreSpotify has slammed Apple over its App Store practices in a new letter to EU regulators.
Read MoreA drowning dog saved by firefighters was reunited with its owner thanks to Apple AirTag and the Find My network.
Read MoreDan Taylor / Tech.eu: Slovakia-based Photoneo, the parent company of robotic warehouse automation startup Brightpick, raised an additional $19M, bringing its total Series B to $40M — Experiencing unprecedented growth during the pandemic, Brightpick uses 3D sensor technologies to fully automated …
Read MoreSo you fancy yourself a FOSS devotee, do you? Running GNU/Linux on your old ThinkPad, avoiding devices that need binary blobs? Got LibreBoot installed too? Not bad, not bad. But what about the hard drive? Can you be sure you aren’t leaking some freedoms out of that spinning rust? Well, worry no more. Thanks to
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Nintendo plans to increase production of its six-year-old Switch console in the coming fiscal year, starting in April 2023, as demand remains strong — Nintendo Co. plans to increase production of its six-year-old Switch console in the coming fiscal year after shipping roughly 21 …
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus The OnePlus 11 might have slower wired charging in the US compared to global models. A leaker claims US models will have 80W charging versus 100W in the rest of the world. OnePlus’ 2022 flagship phones offered different charging speeds globally versus the US, with global models delivering higher wattages than devices in
Read MoreConnie Loizos / TechCrunch: Myspace co-founders Chris DeWolfe and Aber Whitcomb’s PLAI Labs raised a $32M seed led by a16z to build social platforms leveraging generative AI and Web3 — A $32 million seed round may seem like a throwback to frothier times like . . .2021. But that’s how much PLAI Labs just raised
Read MoreMany mainboards and laptops these days come with a range of M.2 slots, with only a subset capable of NVME SSDs, and often a stubby one keyed for ‘WiFi’ cards. Or that’s what those are generally intended to be used for, but as [Peter Brockie] found out when pilfering sites like AliExpress, is that you
Read MoreWall Street Journal: The FAA says a contractor unintentionally deleted files used in a pilot-alert system while trying to sync a database and its backup, causing last week’s outage — The federal air-safety regulator said no evidence of cyberattack or malicious intent was found
Read MoreBillboard: Amazon plans to hike Music Unlimited’s monthly prices by $1 and £1 to $10.99 and £10.99 in the US and UK on February 21, matching Apple Music’s October increase — Prices will rise to $10.99/10.99 pounds per month for individual plans and $5.99/5.99 pounds per month for students.
Read MoreKevin Simauchi / Bloomberg: Crypto lender Genesis Global Capital has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York, listing the estimated range for both assets and liabilities from $1B-$10B — Cryptocurrency lender Genesis Global Capital filed for bankruptcy, the latest firm to collapse in the aftermath of FTX’s swift downfall.
Read MoreCredit: Samsung Display/TheVerge Samsung Display has shown off a prototype screen for foldable phones that can fold both inwards and outwards. It’s called the Flex In & Out and comes with a new 360-degree water-drop hinge design. Samsung Display, the company that makes displays for Samsung, has a new prototype phone screen with a 360-degree
Read MoreCTech: Israel-based aiOla, which uses voice and image recognition to digitize, automate, and streamline manufacturing inspection processes, raised $25M led by New Era — The Israeli startup has developed state-of-the-art voice and image recognition combined with advanced AI models to digitize, automate and streamline inspection processes
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Nintendo plans to increase production of its six-year-old Switch console in the coming fiscal year, starting in April 2023, as demand remains strong — Nintendo Co. plans to increase production of its six-year-old Switch console in the coming fiscal year after shipping roughly 21 …
Read MoreApple TV Plus and the Apple TV app are currently experiencing issues.
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge Depending on where you live, the HomePod Mini and the iMac may have just gotten more expensive. The Apple Post noted that the company’s small smart speaker went from £89 to £99 in the UK, and outlets like MacRumors and 9to5Mac have reported a similar €99 to €109
Read MoreThe Block: Crypto lender Nexo agrees to pay $45M in penalties to settle US SEC and state charges for failing to register the offer and sale of its Earn Interest Product — – The SEC charged Nexo for failing to register the offer and sale of its crypto asset lending product, called the Earn Interest
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The era of Netflix password sharing will soon come to a close. Netflix has plans to enforce password-sharing rules “more broadly” toward the end of the first quarter of 2023, the company announced in its earnings report today. “While our terms of use limit use of Netflix to
Read MoreBP Pulse branded charging stations built by Tritium. | Image: Tritium BP Pulse, the EV branch of oil and gas conglomerate BP, placed a new order for DC fast chargers from electric vehicle power supply maker Tritium. The companies have not specified how many chargers are in the new order, but Tritium calls it its
Read MoreIf you’ve ever dealt with RF circuits, you probably have run into Q — a dimensionless number that indicates the ratio of reactance to resistance. If you ever wanted to measure Q, you could do worse than pick up a vintage Booton 160A Q meter. [Mikrowave1] did just that and shows us how it works
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: Texas Instruments names COO Haviv Ilan as its next CEO starting on April 1, replacing Rich Templeton, who has been CEO for 19 years and will remain its chairman — – Rich Templeton has run Texas Instruments for almost 19 years, and the company has outperformed one exchange-traded fund for chips.
Read MoreSamsung Display prototype. | Image: Samsung Display Samsung has a new prototype display that could send its folding phones in a new direction: 360 degrees. Samsung Display, the subsidiary that makes the company’s screens, showed off the new prototype display and hinge at CES 2023. The “Flex In & Out” display can rotate 360 degrees,
Read MoreTwitter has updated its developer agreement, effectively banning apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific.
Read MoreThe Block: Crypto lender Nexo agrees to pay $45M in penalties to settle US SEC and state charges for failing to register the offer and sale of its Earn Interest Product — – The SEC charged Nexo for failing to register the offer and sale of its crypto asset lending product, called the Earn Interest
Read MoreNick Barclay / The Verge As Netflix announced its quarterly earnings, co-founder Reed Hastings revealed that after 25 years of running the company that grew from delivering video disc rentals by mail into a streaming behemoth, he is no longer its CEO. He named content chief Ted Sarandos co-CEO in 2020, and Sarandos will continue
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