Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A lot of major streaming services don’t really have a deep library of older films. That’s definitely not the case for HBO Max. Indeed, there are plenty of older and truly classic movies on HBO Max to stream and binge-watch. However, if you are a younger movie fan or
Read MoreWhat better way to ring in the new year than with [iSax Laboratories]’ charming little project that replaces a doorbell with a Maneki-Neko cat figurine to ring a physical bell? Details are unfortunately a bit light, but it looks like the Maneki-Neko cat was disassembled to allow for a small SG92R servo motor to attach
Read MoreGood day, and welcome back to the Daily Authority. Are you getting into the swing of 2023 yet? Honestly, I just wrote 2022 about three times before realizing my mistake. Nevertheless, today’s main story will take you back to the 2000s when life and media consumption were simpler. Out with the new, in with the
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Motorola Moto G53 and G73 have leaked online. These devices look like a downgrade in some ways compared to the G52 and G72. The Moto G series of smartphones aren’t the most spectacular budget devices in the world, but they’ve got a decent following in some markets. Now,
Read MoreJagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Indian social media startup ShareChat lays off 400+ people, or ~20% of staff, a month after cutting 100+ roles; ShareChat raised $1B+ from Google and others — ShareChat, the Indian social media startup backed by Twitter, Google, Tiger Global and Temasek, has laid off 20% of its workforce …
Read MoreCoco Feng / South China Morning Post: Tencent says it fired 100+ employees in 2022 for suspected bribery and embezzlement; CEO Pony Ma reportedly called out staff corruption in a December meeting — Tencent Holdings said on Monday that it fired more than 100 employees for bribery and embezzlement last year …
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Apple has reportedly confirmed an iPhone 14 Pro display issue. The issue sees horizontal lines appearing on iPhone 14 Pro series screens. The company apparently noted that a software fix is coming. Some iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max users reported seeing horizontal lines on their displays when turning
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung will reportedly make a design change on the Galaxy Z Fold 5 to make its crease much less visible. The approach has already been used by the likes of Motorola and Oppo. The new design will include a display that forms a teardrop when folded and a new
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube could soon offer a new hub of free, ad-supported TV channels. The company is currently testing it with a subset of users. It is expected to roll out widely later this year. YouTube is reportedly testing a new free, ad-supported hub. According to The Wall Street Journal, YouTube
Read MoreThanks to Home Assistant, automating the various systems that run your home is easier than ever. But you still need to make a connection between those systems and your Home Assistant setup, which can be tricky if the manufacturer didn’t have this use case in mind. When [Simon] wanted to automate his home heating system,
Read MoreBen Jiang / South China Morning Post: How Apple’s supply chain is leaving China: moving some iPad and MacBook production to Foxconn’s Vietnam plants in May, more iPhone production in India, and more — Four days before Christmas , while China was battening down the hatches to survive the explosion of Covid-19 infections around the
Read MoreJon Victor / The Information: Source: the CEO of Clearco, which offers capital to e-commerce firms for a cut of future revenue, resigns as growth at the well-funded startup grinds to a halt — The CEO of Clearco, which provides capital to e-commerce businesses in exchange for a cut of future revenue, has resigned the
Read MoreNew York Times: AI tech like ChatGPT can be used by bad actors to lobby within democracies at incredible speed and scope, costing far less than troll farms like Russia’s IRA — Mr. Sanders is a data scientist. Mr. Schneier is a security technologist. — Launched just weeks ago, ChatGPT is already threatening …
Read MoreWe’ve seen our share of custom PCBs here on Hackaday, but they aren’t always pretty. If you want to bring your PCB aesthetics up a notch, [Ian Dunn] has put together a guide for those wanting to get into PCB art. There are plenty of tutorials about making a functional PCB, but finding information about
Read MoreCraig Hockenberry / furbo.org: Twitterrific’s Craig Hockenberry calls Twitter’s decision to ax the API for third-party apps with no advance notice a “shit show” leaving customers in the lurch — Well, it happened. — We knew it was coming. — A prick pulled the plug. And what bothers me most about it is how Space
Read MoreThe crease is still pretty noticeable on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 could come with a much less visible crease thanks to a potential design change. According to a report on the Korean site Naver, Samsung could adopt a
Read MoreMorgan Meaker / Wired: Europe’s rapid delivery market has consolidated down to three companies: Getir, the largest player that operates in seven European countries, Flink, and Gopuff — Rapid grocery delivery apps are leaving the continent, putting the Turkish startup on top. But, its reign is anything but stable.
Read MoreIt looks like the Martian winter may have claimed another victim, with reports that Chinese ground controllers have lost contact with the Zhurong rover. The solar-powered rover was put into hibernation back in May 2022, thanks to a dust storm that kicked up a couple of months before the start of local winter. Controllers hoped
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tweetbot is mostly up and running after an outage locked users out of major third-party Twitter clients. While users can now sign in to Tweetbot and browse through tweets, some say they still can’t post anything to Twitter through the service without getting an error message stating they’ve
Read MoreIn just a few days time, Google’s Stadia game streaming service will finally shut down for good. But not for any technical reason, mind you. Microsoft has managed to demonstrate that streaming modern games over home and even mobile Internet connections is viable with their immensely popular Game Pass Ultimate service, and NVIDIA is making
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images The following is a free preview from last week’s Command Line, my new weekly newsletter about the tech industry’s inside conversation: Elon Musk has said he will find a new CEO for Twitter after users voted for him to leave. But who would, in his own
Read MoreHana Kiros / MIT Technology Review: A look at VR support groups and communities helping members process cancer diagnoses and death, question their marriages, turn over childhood traumas, and more — Welcome to “Death Q&A,” a space with a unique combination of anonymity and togetherness, where avatars discuss what weighs on them most heavily.
Read MoreAs our smartphone camera hardware and software have improved, more creative opportunities have been made accessible for aspiring filmmakers. Sure, Hollywood still has the budget for things you can’t do with a phone, like extravagant CGI effects and animation. But if you have a relatively simple story to tell, pretty much all you need nowadays
Read MoreEngland already has restrictions on plastic straws, drink stirrers, and cotton swabs. | Photo By Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images England’s taking its single-use plastics ban even further by restricting the sale of plastic cutlery, plates, bowls, trays, balloon sticks, as well as certain kinds of polystyrene cups and food containers (via
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Adding touchscreens to Macs will help Apple further unify software and services, keep up with a touch-first generation, and pick up a bigger piece of PC market — Apple’s upcoming move to Macs with touch screens is about the future of its user base. Also: The company kicks …
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