New York Times: Research: 35+ companies have pledged ~$200B for chip-related manufacturing projects in the US since spring 2020 across 16 states and 23 new chip factories — Amid a tech cold war with China, U.S. companies have pledged nearly $200 billion for chip manufacturing projects since early 2020.
Read MoreIf you need a new battery, now might be the time. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Apple is raising the price of getting a new battery installed in most iPhones, iPads, and Macs, starting on March 1st. The company made the announcement on the devices’ repair pages, in small text under its
Read MoreI feel threatened by the breadth of this monitor. | Image: Samsung Remember the Samsung Odyssey Ark? Of course you do — it was released last year, had a monstrous 55-inch display that towers over you in portrait mode, and used Mini LED tech. In his review, my colleague Cameron Faulkner said that using it
Read MoreSamsung claims that the 49-inch Odyssey G95SC is the world’s first 32:9 aspect ratio OLED gaming monitor. | Image Credit: Samsung OLED gaming monitors are everywhere at CES 2023, and Samsung’s lineup is no exception. The company revealed the Odyssey G95SC monitor today, a 49-inch model that it claims is the world’s first 32:9 aspect
Read MoreThe ViewFinity has an aluminum stand and enclosure. | Image: Samsung Samsung’s 2023 monitor plans don’t just include Odyssey gaming screens and a new version of its Smart Monitor: the company is also directly coming after Apple and LG with a 27-inch, color-accurate 5K monitor called the ViewFinity S9. Samsung says the 5120×2880 IPS display
Read MoreAre you one of the lucky ones to own a Hackaday Supercon 2022 badge? Would you like to make it even easier to program than it already is? [brokebit] has exactly the project you might’ve been dreaming of all along — it’s a Supercon 2022 Badge programming adapter. With pass-through for all badge pins, four
Read MoreRita Liao / TechCrunch: An overview of Chinese tech companies’ rush to match generative AI tools like DALL-E 2 despite tighter regulations, censorship, US chip sanctions, and more — Chinese tech companies rush to match Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2, but roadblocks lie ahead — The gigantic technological leap …
Read MoreHeather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: A look back at a tough year for startups, from plummeting investment to scarce public listings, as 2023 shapes up to be even more difficult — Founders and investors face potential further declines before venture-capital market recovers — Startups had a dismal year by nearly every measurement in 2022
Read MoreWIRED visited the Geological Society of America conference to learn about the untapped potential of gigantic reptiles in gaming.
Read MoreOlga Kharif / Bloomberg: In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss says Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert has engaged in “bad faith stall tactics” since halting Genesis withdrawals — Crypto entrepreneur Cameron Winklevoss is accusing fellow businessman Barry Silbert of “bad faith stall tactics” …
Read MoreThis type of devastating scheme ensnares victims and takes them for all they’re worth—and the threat is only growing.
Read MoreAx Sharma / BleepingComputer: PyTorch identifies a malicious dependency that uses its “torchtriton” library name, warning users to uninstall the framework; the hacker claims ethical research — PyTorch has identified a malicious dependency with the same name as the framework’s ‘torchtriton’ library.
Read MoreAmid isolation fatigue, architects must incorporate more feeling into urban spaces, as doing so will benefit both people and the planet.
Read MoreA new study shows that as temperatures drop, nasal cells release fewer of the tiny protectors that bind and neutralize invading germs.
Read MoreRegenerative farming and upcycled ingredients are both on the menu for a resilient food system that’s better for humans and nature alike.
Read MoreElectric vehicles went mainstream in 2022, so 2023’s designs will be bold, weird, and wonderful. Here are a few flashes of inspiration.
Read MoreDittytoy user [srtuss] has recreated one of the most influential works of electronic music in an elegant nineteen kilobytes of Javascript code. The recreation of Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygene Part IV on the Dittytoy platform, currently in beta, plays live right in your browser. Dittytoy empowers users to create generative music online using a simple Javascript
Read MoreDaniel Gilbert / Washington Post: A look at a growing wave of US doctors and telehealth startups prescribing ketamine online, aided by looser federal rules on prescribing controlled substances — People can take the drug at home, thanks to federal action during the pandemic. Some experts worry it’s now too easy to get.
Read MoreCredit: Google With the Pixel 6 series, Google began developing its in-house Tensor SoC. But that wasn’t the first time the search giant used a piece of custom silicon in its smartphones – the Pixel 2’s Pixel Visual Core was technically the first. One generation later, the company announced that Pixel 3 devices would include
Read MoreThere is no doubting the merits of the open source philosophy for writing code and producing software. Many of the software packages at the core of modern computing, from the Linux operating system to MySQL, were created using a model of open sharing and collaborative development. Four decades of great code, nurtured by the philosophy
Read MoreSite reliability engineers (SREs) take proactive measures to improve app performance, decrease the number of defects found in production, and reduce the impact of production incidents. Their responsibility requires making trade-offs because increasing operational performance often comes at exponentially increasing costs. Devops organizations with SREs use two measurement tools to guide decisions: service-level objectives and
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The festive season is a great time to capture photos and videos of loved ones, cute pets, great food, and much more. So we inevitably see a smartphone or two come out at some point to take snaps and record videos. This occurrence has us wondering whether you’re the
Read MoreTim Bradshaw / Financial Times: German grocery delivery app Flink, one of the last independent services, had €400M in 2022 sales and expects to be profitable in 2023; Flink has raised $700M+ — Berlin-based start-up aims for profits next year as rivals struggle for cash — Flink, one of Europe’s …
Read MoreStephen Katte / Cointelegraph: Luke Dashjr, one of the original core BTC developers, says someone stole “basically” all his BTC by compromising his PGP key; a wallet shows ~217 BTC were moved — A Bitcoin OG and core developer Luke Dashjr claims his PGP key was compromised, resulting in virtually all his Bitcoin being stolen
Read More[Steven Bennett] is so fond of Dyson’s new Lightcycle lamp that he’s decided to clone his own version in the spirit of the original. Dyson, however, knows what makes their lamp so special — so much that they patented their technique for tucking away the power wiring. Undaunted, [Steven]’s latest challenge has been to create
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