RSS feeds have been around since the late ’90s, and they remain a handy way to keep up with multiple news sources. Choose your feeds wisely, and your RSS reader will let you easily scan headlines from multiple sources and stay up to date on fast-moving topics. And while there are several capable commercial and
Read MoreImage: Arduboy | The Verge The Arduboy Mini is the latest Game Boy-inspired handheld game console from creator Kevin Bates, the man behind the original Arduino-based 8-bit Arduboy. Measuring in at around two quarters in length (as shown in Gizmodo’s early review), this tiny gaming handheld offers many of the same benefits as the larger
Read MoreGretchen Morgenson / NBC News: A look at North Dimension, a little-known Alameda Research subsidiary, where the SEC says FTX told customers to wire funds to trade without disclosing the ties — Among the 130 or so companies in Sam Bankman-Fried’s sprawling crypto empire, North Dimension Inc. assumed a low profile.
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: As the Nasdaq closes its worst year since 2008, IBM was a bright spot for tech companies with a $50B+ market cap, rising 6% in 2022, as investors sought safety — – IBM is up 6% in 2022, topping every large-cap tech stock. — The company has bolstered its consulting business
Read MoreJaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times: A look at Embracer Group, which owns more video game studios than any other company in the world, overseeing 237 games being developed across 132 studios — (Video by Jackeline Luna and photo by Jenny Ingemarsson / For The Times) — Like so many on-screen action heroes …
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Samsung has revealed that the One UI 5 rollout will be completed by the end of the year. The company added that this was its fastest One UI rollout yet. Samsung has done a great job of pushing out the Android 13-based One UI 5 update to its
Read MoreReuters: China’s online game regulator approves 45 foreign video games, including Nintendo’s Pokémon Unite, effectively marking the end of Beijing’s crackdown — The National Press and Publication Administration approved 84 domestic online games in December, according to a statement released on Wednesday.
Read MoreSidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: Solana drops 10%+ to around $10, as bitcoin and ether saw modest declines, over concerns that large holders could offload the token; SOL is down 94% in 2022 — Solana, the cryptocurrency backed by fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, tumbled on Wednesday amid concerns that large holders may be about to
Read MoreBenjamin Parkin / Financial Times: India’s government-backed nonprofit Open Network for Digital Commerce is holding trials in over 85 cities, including Bengaluru, after raising $22M — Buyers and sellers will be able to mix apps in a challenge to Amazon and Flipkart — India is preparing to launch a government-backed ecommerce initiative …
Read MoreOsato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: Alameda-linked wallets traded Lido, Polygon, Uniswap, and other tokens for ether and USDT, before swapping for bitcoin, taking their holdings to 47.6 BTC — – Wallets linked to Alameda Research have sold several crypto tokens. — These swaps happened barely days after Sam Bankman-Fried posted bail.
Read MoreAlthough it took a little while to standardize on the two-button-with-scroll-wheel setup, most computers have used a mouse or mouse-like device to point at objects on the screen since the 80s. But beyond the standard “point and click” features of the mouse, there have been very few ground-breaking innovations beyond creature comforts. At least, until
Read MoreThe Sony WH-1000XM5 have again dropped to a lower price, but this time it’s even better with a monster $120 off. Hopefully you like Silver – the black version only have $50 off.
Read MoreBloomberg: Court filings: Sam Bankman-Fried said in an affidavit that he and Gary Wang borrowed $546M+ from Alameda to buy a nearly 8% stake, or ~56M shares, in Robinhood — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he and former executive Gary Wang borrowed more than $546 million from Alameda Research to buy …
Read MoreOne of the best things about Android is that you can sideload apps onto your device. In other words, you can install apps from sources other than the Play Store. In any event, we were curious about the last time readers sideloaded an app on their phones. We posed this question over a week ago
Read MoreAoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: Bitcoin miner Argo Blockchain will avoid bankruptcy filing after agreeing to sell its Helios mining facility in Texas to Galaxy Digital for $65M and a $35M loan — Galaxy will buy Argo’s Helios facility for $65 million and provide $35 million loan to help the miner amid restructuring.
Read MoreCredit: Curtis Joe / Android Authority The festive season inevitably sees some gift-giving between loved ones, and tech gadgets remain a popular category in this regard. Between wireless earbuds, tablets, gaming consoles, and a host of other products, the possibilities are endless.
Read More[Sean Hodgins] really harnessed the holiday spirit to create his very own Giant Spinning Holographic Christmas Tree (of Death). It’s a three-dimensional persistence-of-vision (POV) masterpiece, but as a collection of rapidly spinning metal elements, it’s potentially quite dangerous as well. As [Sean] demonstrates, the system can display other images and animations well beyond the realm
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Some telehealth companies are running social media ads promoting drugs for unapproved uses, showing benefits and paid testimonials but not risks or side effects — Some employees and patients say these marketing practices have contributed to the abuse of controlled substances
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Researchers discuss AI expectations for 2023: continued problematic art-generating apps, incoming regulations, open-source and decentralized efforts, and more — As a rather commercially successful author once wrote, “the night is dark and full of terrors, the day bright and beautiful and full of hope.”
Read MoreBloomberg: Kraken says it is closing its cryptocurrency exchange services in Japan, operated by Payward Asia, on January 31 2023, weeks after cutting its workforce by 30% — Kraken is closing its cryptocurrency exchange services in Japan as the company restructures to navigate the fallout from this year’s meltdown in digital assets.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: ZipRecruiter: 37% of laid off or fired tech workers were able to find a job within a month of starting their search and ~79% were able to within three months — Openings across the economy are down from highs but far exceed the number of unemployed Americans — Why Tech Layoffs Don’t
Read MoreBlake Brittain / Reuters: Court filing: Intel and VLSI Technology agreed to end a patent dispute in Delaware where Intel previously said VLSI had asked for more than $4B in damages — VLSI Technology LLC and Intel Corp have agreed to end a patent dispute in Delaware where Intel previously said VLSI had asked …
Read MorePebble (not that Pebble) has unveiled the Cosmos Engage, a blatant Apple Watch Ultra ripoff.
Read MoreThis month DietPi released version 8.12 of this SBC-oriented Linux distribution. Most notable is the addition of support for the NanoPi R6S and the Radxa ROCK 5B SBCs. The ROCK 5B features the new flagship Rockchip RK3588 SoC with quad Cortex-A76 and quad Cortex-A55. What makes DietPi interesting as an operating system for not just higher end
Read MoreTaylor Rains / Insider: Southwest Airlines says the operational meltdown over the holiday weekend was partly caused by its scheduling software, which a union rep called as “outdated” — – Southwest Airlines has canceled nearly 2,600 flights so far on Tuesday after canceling over 2,900 on Monday.
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