Google released Android 13 in the fall of 2022, so most people still don’t have it. How many do, though? We finally have some idea now that Google has released updated Android device distribution numbers. So far, 5.2% of the world’s Android devices are running on Android 13. Although that may not sound like a
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Everyone knows that person who really seems to love TV. Maybe they used to spend several hundred a month on cable TV, or maybe they are the kind that collects subscription services like pokemon. I used to be one of those folks. If you can think of a mainline
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge A post on the PlayStation blog lists “over 30” titles for the PlayStation VR2’s monthlong launch window (you can scroll down to see the full list here) that starts when the hardware ships starting February 22nd. While the new additions consist mostly of ports from the first PS
Read More(Image: Jesse Orrico/Unsplash)What if you could “edit” heart disease out of a person? Thanks to a new gene-editing technique, this could eventually be a possibility. A researcher in Texas has devised a sort of genetic pen that allows scientists to modify a person’s DNA sequence, thus eliminating cardiac risk. Some forms of heart disease manifest
Read MoreThis week, we get honest about our attachments to our gas stoves, and debate whether to replace them or just continue breathing their fumes.
Read Morehttps://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Tecno-Foldable-Rollable-Phone-Video-Clip.mp4 TECNO has released concept imagery of a foldable and rollable phone. The phone looks like a mashup of a Galaxy Z Fold, a Galaxy Z Flip, and rollable phones that have never been widely released. TECNO has no plans to create this phone, but it would be cool if it did. At this point,
Read MoreFor writers and artists of all kinds, making a living isn’t always straightforward. Regardless of the medium or genre, competition abounds, and even with some online success, it can be challenging to break through to a broader market. The internet has made it both easier and more challenging to get your work out there. On
Read MoreFinancial Times: Patreon, Substack, and other “passion economy” startups are laying off staff and abandoning fundraising plans; Dealroom: investment fell 75% to $801M in 2022 — Once high-flying start-ups that serve online creators and influencers have been forced into a painful retrenchment …
Read MoreThings are falling into place for Apple’s upcoming AR/VR headset, which should be announced soon.
Read MoreThe Verge: Nvidia GeForce Now Ultimate with RTX 4080 hands-on: impressive input latency, but some visuals are still hazy and only six games support 240fps right now — For $20 a month, Nvidia will rent you an RTX 4080 gaming PC in the cloud. It feels phenomenal in some games, but there’s still work to
Read MoreMuch of the US is in the grip of an unusually brutal winter, with highways shut down and entire cities being snowed in. But that’s nothing compared with Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The moon is famous for the cryovolcanism that blankets it in ice particles, but a new analysis shows the snow cover is much deeper
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Whenever I come across a sales campaign that boasts, “if you buy our product, we’re going to give part of our profit to this deserving charity,” I’m often tempted to call a doctor and consult them about all the grains of (to me) forbidden salt I’ve just eaten.
Read MoreGeopolitics is a funny thing. Decades can go by with little concern, only for old grudges to suddenly boil to the surface and get the sabers a-rattlin’. When those sabers happen to be nuclear weapons, it can be enough to have you contemplating the value of a bomb shelter in your own backyard. Yes, every
Read MoreA developer showcases what Siri could do if it worked alongside GPT-3 to be more conversational.
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Steam Deck review, after one year, 435 hours playing games, and 100+ updates: Valve has fixed many issues, making play smooth and the device a compelling buy — I’m making a note here: huge success. … The Steam Deck is my favorite gadget of 2022. I have no hesitation in
Read MoreApple’s M2 Pro chip benchmarks faster than the 12th-gen Intel i7, but can’t quite match its 13th-gen offerings according to the earliest benchmarks.
Read MoreNate Freeman / Vanity Fair: A look at the art world’s deal-with-the-devil approach to the NFT market, after allegations that FTX bought the $24.4M trove of 107 Bored Apes NFTs at Sotheby’s — Auction houses and talent agencies thought the Web3 works were a fast track to billions. If it weren’t for a global crypto
Read MoreIf you buy WS2812s under the Adafruit NeoPixel brand, you’ll receive the advice that “An 8 MHz processor” is required to drive them. “Challenge Accepted!“, says [ShielaDixon], and proceeded to first drive a set from the 7.3 MHz Z80 in an RC2014 retrocomputer, and then repeat the feat from a 3.5 MHz Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
Read More(Image: Dan Bartlett/NASA)The comet known as C/2022 E3 (ZTF) only swings past Earth every 50,000 years. That means anyone reading this is in for a particularly serendipitous treat: The comet is visible now and is expected to brighten over the next couple of weeks. We first touched on C/2022 E3 (ZTF) earlier this month when
Read MoreCredit: Nieuwe Mobiel An alleged 200MP Galaxy S23 Ultra camera sample has leaked. The image is apparently a 12x crop of the actual 200MP photo. The leaker claims that the new ISOCELL HP2 sensor on the phone makes images look more natural. The Samsung Galaxy S23 series is coming in hot. Leaks are pouring in
Read MoreCredit: Netflix Hanging out down the street, the same old place we used to meet. I’m not going to lie, I was excited about this one. Part of me knew there was a very real chance it would be a train wreck. But there was that other part of me that held out for hope.
Read MoreReuters: India’s Supreme Court declines Google’s request to block the Competition Commission of India’s antitrust order on Android, leaving in place a $116M fine — India’s competition regulator on Thursday denied allegations by Google that investigators had “copy-pasted” parts of a European ruling …
Read More(Credit: TSMC)The last we heard from TSMC, it was almost New Year’s Eve and the company had begun production on its cutting-edge 3nm process. It had promised to get to High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) of N3 in 2022, and it barely made the cutoff. That officially began on Dec. 29, so it was almost a
Read MoreChris Stokel-Walker / Nature: Journal editors, researchers, and publishers are debating the role of AI tools like ChatGPT in published literature and whether they should be cited as authors — Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance journalist in Newcastle, UK. — You can also search for this author in — PubMed Google Scholar
Read MoreTwitter’s pseudo-democracy has failed to live up to its grand ideals, but the dream of a digital town square lives on.
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