When [Hand Tool Rescue] came across a 1919 patent for a one size fits all wrench, he couldn’t help but recreate it. Described in the patent as “a new, original, ornamental design for a wrench”, the wrench had a slot for possibly every fastener that the inventor could think of. Not only did it have
Read MoreWall Street Journal: A profile of DCG CEO Barry Silbert, a finance veteran who built a crypto conglomerate and is now fighting to keep DCG’s brokerage firm Genesis out of bankruptcy — CEO Barry Silbert of Digital Currency Group, a finance veteran who built a crypto conglomerate, now is fighting to keep its brokerage firm
Read MoreImage: Mozilla Firefox’s version 109 update, released on Tuesday, includes a new extensions system that sparked years of controversy when it was adopted for Google Chrome, due to the fact that it nerfed some ad-blockers. However, Mozilla promises that its version will still let users “access the most effective privacy tools” and ad-blockers, while still
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, one of his aims has been to build up its subscription business, launching a revamped Twitter Blue package that gives subscribers a “verified” checkmark, reduced ads, preferential treatment by its algorithm, and other benefits. The subscription, which is still available only
Read MoreAndrew Asmakov / Decrypt: Dune Analytics: the number of smart contracts deployed on the Ethereum mainnet grew 293% YoY in 2022 and 453% QoQ to 4.6M in Q4 2022, just as FTX collapsed — Despite the fierce headwinds the crypto industry faced over the last year, Web3 development activity has grown at an impressive rate,
Read MoreApple’s new MacBook Pro and Mac mini are a half-step, and we sorely need those now.
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple indefinitely postpones its plans for lightweight AR glasses due to technical difficulties, plans to launch a lower-cost MR headset in 2024/2025 — Apple Inc. is still planning to unveil its first mixed-reality headset this year, but an even more important follow-up product …
Read MoreFew things are more impressive than a lighting strike. Lightning can carry millions of volts and while it can be amazing to watch, it is somewhat less amazing to be hit by lightning. Rockets and antennas often have complex lightning protection systems to try to coax the electricity to avoid striking where you don’t want
Read MoreTaking the USB-C charging board out is Step 39 of 60 when trying to tear down to the Screen / Battery assembly of a Galaxy S22 Ultra. | Image: iFixit / Samsung Samsung is finally adding Galaxy S22 parts and manuals to the self-repair program it established last year with partner iFixit. Just as we’re
Read MoreMatt Levine / Bloomberg: By suing Genesis and Gemini over Gemini Earn in 2023, the SEC is years late to addressing the crypto lending product, which was marketed like a security — Earn — Well, of course: … We covered this in 2021, when Coinbase Global Inc.’s similar crypto lending program was shut down by
Read MoreMing-Chi Kuo believes that the 2024 MacBook Pro models will feature 3nm processors.
Read MoreAccording to Ming-Chi Kuo, a potential 2024 Mac mini will feature the same design as the 2023 model.
Read MoreWhat’s common between one of the most legendary video game characters of all time and a fume extractor ? They both suck. [Chris Borge] is not an electronics hobbyist and only does some occasional soldering. This made his regular fume extractor bulky and inconvenient to position where needed. What could serve him better would be
Read MoreRohan Goswami / CNBC: FTX identifies $5.5B in “liquid” assets for recovery, including $415M in “unauthorized third-party transfers” that may be tied to a hack of FTX in November 2022 — – FTX has identified about $5.5 billion worth of digital assets for recovery, a number that includes $415 million in “hacked crypto.”
Read MoreDavid Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: Government documents offer more details about the discussions among FTX and Alameda executives on the exchange’s use of customer funds before FTX’s collapse — Documents obtained by The New York Times provide new details about the discussions among FTX’s top leaders before the cryptocurrency exchange collapsed in November.
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Hope you all had a great weekend! We’ve got some big Hot Pod Summit updates for you all, as well as the latest in audio news. Today, Audible lands another star, Spotify experiences another outage, and creators stop bothering to make podcasts when it is so
Read MoreImage: Tesla Tesla’s much-hyped video of its Autopilot driver-assist system “driving by itself” from 2016 was not actually driving itself, according to Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s director of Autopilot software. In a recent deposition, Elluswamy said that the video titled “Full Self-Driving Hardware on All Teslas” was intended to “portray what was possible to build the
Read MoreThe Galaxy S22 Ultra marked a turn in the product line’s evolution as it gobbled up the Note series. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung has just published a blog post by TM Roh setting the stage for February 1st, when the company will hold its first in-person launch event since the
Read MoreThe head of MX Business at Samsung put out a blog teasing some of the products coming to Samsung Unpacked. The blog specifically mentions two premium devices. Samsung’s Unpacked event is scheduled for February 1. We’re only about two weeks away from Samsung’s Unpacked event. As we inch closer to the big date, one Samsung
Read MoreMusic playback was one of the reasons to pick up an older Fitbit smartwatch. Not anymore. | Photo by Brent Rose for The Verge The writing is on the wall for Fitbit smartwatches. Today, the company announced its ending support for Pandora and Deezer on the Sense, Versa 2, and Versa 3 smartwatches. While you
Read MoreBrian Heater / TechCrunch: Canalys: global smartphone shipments fell 17% YoY in Q4 2022, while FY 2022 shipments fell 11% YoY to fewer than 1.2B units, the lowest they’ve been since 2013 — One of these days I’ll have some positive news to share about the global smartphone market. Today is not that day.
Read MoreImage: DoorDash DoorDash will soon start delivering Starbucks food and drinks in all 50 US states, the company announced in a blog post. The service will initially roll out to Northern California, Texas, Georgia, and Florida before expanding into the rest of the US in March. Through the partnership, users can place orders with the
Read MoreChristopher Cox / New York Times: Amid a wave of lawsuits claiming Tesla dangerously overhyped its self-driving software, an overview of Tesla from its erratic CEO to its erratic Autopilot AI — A wave of lawsuits argue that Tesla’s self-driving software is dangerously overhyped. What can its blind spots teach us about the company’s erratic
Read MoreBill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Researchers demonstrate how threat actors can abuse GitHub Codespaces’ port forwarding feature to host and distribute malware and malicious scripts — Researchers have demonstrated how threat actors can abuse the GitHub Codespaces’ port forwarding’ feature to host and distribute malware and malicious scripts.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority A leak suggests the Samsung Galaxy S23 prices could be higher than in previous years. The leak is based on Australian pricing, which appears to be increasing. Leaked pricing isn’t super reliable, especially in other countries, so take this news with a grain of salt. For the past two
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