Once upon a time, we drove an old six-volt VW Beetle. One sad day, the wiper motor went out, and as this happened before the Internet heyday, there were no readily-available parts around that we were aware of. After briefly considering rubbing a potato on the windshield as prescribed by the old wives’ tale, we
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority The OnePlus Nord 3 is already under testing, claims a new report. The phone is expected to launch in the second quarter of 2023. It’s reportedly codenamed “Larry.” OnePlus last revealed a standalone numbered Nord device — the OnePlus Nord 2 — in 2021. Needless to say, it’s long
Read MoreChainalysis: A look at the US government’s crypto-related sanctions strategy, the types of entities sanctioned, and the impact of the sanctions on the crypto crime ecosystem — Agencies like the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and its equivalents …
Read MoreWashington Post: A New York University study finds Russian troll Twitter accounts had a minimal impact on 2016 US election voters; 1% of users accounted for 70% of the exposure — Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! I caught up on some time hanging out with friends this past weekend. Friends are cool.
Read MoreAs silly as Jonathan Majors’ Loki villain was, it’s been kind of hard to imagine how the actor might bring Kang the Conqueror to life in director Peyton Reed’s upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. But the movie’s latest trailer makes it crystal clear that while the Avenger Kang’s fighting might be something of a
Read MoreJon Brodkin / Ars Technica: The FAA proposes a February 1, 2024 deadline for airlines to replace or retrofit altimeters that can’t filter out 5G signals, preventing full C-Band deployment — About 1,000 planes have altimeters listening to signals in the wrong frequencies. — The Federal Aviation Administration …
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh, who has not been accused of wrongdoing, met with US federal prosecutors last week to seek a cooperation deal — Former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh met with federal prosecutors in a bid to become the third member of Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle …
Read MoreWhat happens when someone’s personal project is turned into a startup which becomes something of a publicity darling, then collapses with very little product shipped and takes all its customers’ money with it? That’s the subject of a blog post from [Kevin Chung], who investigated the legacy of NYCTrainSign, a company whose product was an
Read MoreSemafor: Sources: Microsoft is in talks to invest $10B in OpenAI at a $29B valuation while taking 75% of the startup’s profits until the company recoups its investment — Microsoft has been in talks to invest $10 billion into the owner of ChatGPT, the wildly popular app that has thrilled casual users …
Read MoreDavid Shepardson / Reuters: New Jersey and Ohio ban TikTok on government-owned and managed devices; New Jersey’s governor plans to ban products from 12+ vendors including Huawei and ZTE — New Jersey and Ohio said on Monday they were joining other states in banning use of the popular video app TikTok on government-owned and managed
Read MoreApple is preparing to ditch both Qualcomm and Broadcom for its own in-house chips.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever needed to see exactly where your line breaks and spaces are, I have great news. | Image: Google Google is adding a feature to Google Docs that lets you see non-printing characters such as spaces, tabs, and various types of breaks, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The option,
Read MoreBenj Edwards / Ars Technica: Microsoft unveils text-to-speech AI model VALL-E, which was trained on English speech data and can simulate a person’s voice with three seconds of sample audio — Text-to-speech model can preserve speaker’s emotional tone and acoustic environment. — On Thursday, Microsoft researchers announced …
Read MoreDamir Yalalov / Metaverse Post: Microsoft unveils text-to-speech AI model VALL-E, which was trained on English speech data and can simulate a person’s voice with three seconds of sample audio — IN BRIEF — With just a three-second sample of any voice, the transformer-based TTS model VALL-E can produce speech in every voice.
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft acquires Fungible, a maker of data processing units for data centers that has raised $300M+; December 2022 reports suggested the deal is worth ~$190M — In December, reports suggested that Microsoft had acquired Fungible, a startup fabricating a type of data center hardware known …
Read MoreThe chip would be a major addition to Apple’s lineup. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is working on a new in-house chip that would power cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth functionality on its devices, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company is also developing its own chip that would replace
Read MoreImage: Oculus Meta is planning to stop supporting the original Quest VR headset with new software updates, and soon anyone using the older hardware will be locked out of some social features. Several users on Reddit and Twitter, along with journalist Janko Roettgers, have posted screenshots of an email saying the company will stop shipping
Read MoreThe money machine is coming. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube has announced that creators can start making ad revenue on Shorts starting February 1st, following a promise from September that the monetization option was on its way. The change is coming as part of a broader update to YouTube’s Partner Program,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta’s launching a new ad distribution system in the US as part of the settlement it reached with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) last year. In an announcement on its site, Meta says its new Variance Reduction System (VRS) will create a more “equitable distribution of ads”
Read MoreEvery once in a while we stumble across something so simple yet so clever that we just have to call it out. This custom linear Hall effect sensor is a perfect example of this. By way of backstory, [Nixieguy], aka [The Electronic Mercenary], offers up a relatable tale — in the market for suitable hardware
Read MoreApple Maps has launched a new partnership with SpotHero, allowing users to check for parking spaces within the app.
Read MoreApple’s Crash Detection feature is triggering false 911 calls to emergency services.
Read MoreMitchell Clark / The Verge: Meta plans to stop new software updates and some social features for the original Quest but will fix critical bugs until 2024; the headset launched in 2019 — Meta is planning to stop supporting the original Quest VR headset with new software updates, and soon anyone using the older hardware
Read MoreJuro Osawa / The Information: Sources: e-commerce spending on ByteDance’s Douyin in China reached $208B in 2022, up 76% YoY; shoppers in Southeast Asia spent $4.4B on TikTok in 2022 — TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, is making inroads in e-commerce. Consumers in China last year spent 1.41 trillion yuan …
Read MoreApple is rumored to be relaunching the large HomePod this year, but don’t expect many changes.
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