It’s no more. It’s well and truly curtains for 3G, one of the key technologies that helped usher in the age of the smartphone. Throughout December, Verizon has been disconnecting its customers who were still using the tech, cutting off their phones’ ability to use data, make calls, and send texts. It was the last
Read MoreWelcome to the 465th Android Apps Weekly and the final edition in 2022. Happy new years, and here are the big headlines from the last week: We asked our readers how well Google did this year. You all told us that you thought Google did pretty well this year, both in terms of hardware and
Read MoreSay, you’re starting your electronics journey with a few projects in mind. You have an ESP8266 board like the Wemos D1, a LiIon battery, you want to build a small battery-powered sensor that wakes up every few minutes to do something, and you don’t want to delve into hardware too much for now. Well then,
Read MoreAmanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Meta buys Netherlands-based Luxexcel, which uses 3D printing to make prescription lenses for smart glasses; Meta reportedly worked with Luxexcel on Project Aria — As Meta faces antitrust scrutiny over its acquisition of VR fitness developers Within, the tech giant is making another acquisition.
Read MoreAnton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware: Report: AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and others are slashing their orders with TSMC, with the contract manufacturer’s Q1 2023 sales projected to decrease by 15% QoQ — Large customers revise orders to TSMC due to the economy slowdown. — Being the world’s No. 1 foundry, TSMC was almost immune …
Read MoreMicha Huigen / The Verge If you’re the proud owner of a shiny new Steam Deck, here are some of The Verge’s favorite games to enjoy on Valve’s handheld. Continue reading…
Read MoreSometimes you pick a project because the world needs it to be done. Or maybe you or a friend need it. Or maybe you don’t really need it, but it fulfills a longstanding dream. In my mind, the last stop before you reach “why am I doing this” is the “just because” hack. The ideal
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung is saying goodbye to what has been a reasonably successful year for the Korean brand. The Galaxy S22 series built on the sales momentum of its predecessors, the company’s latest foldables delivered significant growth over 2021’s devices, and it fared better than most rivals when it came to
Read MoreWashington Post: Sources: Meta is still working on a wrist wearable device, wants to move its hardware manufacturing out of China, but is struggling to find necessary suppliers — The company needs China’s factories as it pushes to become a hardware producer — SAN FRANCISCO — For more than a year …
Read MoreApple has made your device more secure with a Lockdown Mode feature in iOS 16, here’s how to enable it.
Read MoreTwitter is creaking. Social media seems less fun than ever. Maybe it’s time to get a little more personal. Continue reading…
Read MoreMessages lets you quickly and easily chat over iMessage or SMS/MMS, here’s how to set it up.
Read MorePhoto by Tom Warren / The Verge A new leak could confirm rumors that Nvidia’s planning on releasing the “unlaunched” 12GB RTX 4080 graphics card as the RTX 4070 Ti. The company briefly posted the specs for its upcoming RTX 4070 Ti GPU on its website, but Twitter user @momomo_us managed to snag a screenshot
Read MoreHere’s everything you need to know about the spectrum, millimeter-wave technology, and what 5G means for you.
Read MoreThe phenomenon threatens local drinking water, and scientists think climate change may be the culprit.
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority The average PC gamer likely has one controller they use for certain games. They connect that controller to their PC, launch a game, and then play. There’s not much extra thought put into it. However, if you’ve ever wondered what you could be doing with your controller and
Read MoreNot every transition must be a caterpillar into a butterfly, or a solitary trek through terror and pain. The natural world has other models of transformation.
Read MoreIt’s all the same features, but none of the distractions or annoying notifications.
Read MoreEver want to play with an FPGA, but don’t have the hardware? Now, if you have one of those ever-abundant Pi Picos, you can start playing with Verilog without getting an FPGA board. The FakePGA project by [tvlad1234], based on the Verilator toolkit, provides you with a way to compile Verilog into C++ for the
Read MoreUpgrading your iPhone or iPad? Want to keep your phone but switch carriers? You’ll need to remove your SIM first, and here’s how.
Read MoreAri Levy / CNBC: Ernst & Young: US tech IPO deal proceeds plummeted 94%, from $155.8B in 2021 to $8.6B in 2022; FactSet: no tech IPO raised $1B in 2022, compared to 15 in 2021 — – IPO deal proceeds plummeted 94% in 2022, according to Ernst & Young’s IPO report published in mid-December.
Read MoreWhile the Ultra stole the spotlight this year, there were a lot of interesting launches in the world of Apple Watch and watchOS this year.
Read MoreArtificial intelligence will try—and fail—to grasp the subtleties of human expression.
Read MorePlus: Patches for Apple iOS 16, Google Chrome, Windows 10, and more.
Read MoreDo “anti-hangover” supplements really work? With the sterling help of a UK rugby team, we raised a glass or five to find out.
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