U.S. House bans TikTok on federal government devices
An arm of the United States House of Representatives has ordered a ban of TikTok on government devices managed by the House.
Read MoreAn arm of the United States House of Representatives has ordered a ban of TikTok on government devices managed by the House.
Read MoreApple has unveiled a special edition AirTag to celebrate the Japanese New Year and the Year of the Rabbit.
Read MoreErin Woo / The Information: Sources: Instacart cuts its internal valuation to ~$10B, down ~75% from $39B in March 2021; the company slashed its valuation every quarter in 2022 — Instacart, the grocery delivery startup that bankers expect will list its shares publicly next year, has cut its internal valuation to around $10 billion …
Read MoreCredit: LG Innotek LG Innotek announced a new camera module that will allow 4-9 times magnification. LG claims the size of the optical zoom sensor should be small enough to remove the camera bump on smartphones. LG Innotek is partnering with Qualcomm to fast-track the adoption of the sensor. Are you sick and tired of
Read MoreWe like to keep a pulse on the latest biosensor research going on around the world. One class of biosensors that have really caught our attention is the so-called thin-film sensors, pioneered by the Rogers Research Group at Northwestern University. We’re no strangers to the flexible PCB here at Hackaday. Flexible PCBs have become increasingly
Read MoreSouthwest Airlines canceled over 2,600 flights on Tuesday. | Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Southwest Airlines has left thousands of travelers stranded at airports throughout the country after a winter storm barreled through most of the US before and during the holiday weekend. While Southwest canceled over 2,600 of its flights on
Read MoreImage: Getty Old US military equipment being sold on eBay contained what appears to be biometric data from troops, known terrorists, and people who may have worked with American forces in Afghanistan and other countries in the Middle East, according to a report from The New York Times. The devices were purchased by a group
Read MoreThe camera module uses a tiny, precise actuator to move the lens between 4x and 9x telephoto settings. | Image: LG Innotek LG’s smartphone-making days may be over, but LG Innotek — a major supplier of mobile camera modules — is alive and well. It’s introducing a new telephoto zoom camera module at CES 2023,
Read MoreJonathan Stempel / Reuters: Filing: US prosecutors charge a man with fraud and manipulation, accusing him of trying to steal ~$110M in October by rigging the DeFi platform Mango Markets — U.S. prosecutors have filed criminal charges of commodities fraud and manipulation against a man accused of trying to steal …
Read MoreIt’s only a matter of time before Excel can take over my job. | Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has announced it’s making Excel’s autocomplete even smarter, at least in the web version that comes with Microsoft 365 (formerly known as Office 365). Last week it announced formula suggestions and formula by example, both
Read More(TSMC’s Fab 18. Credit: TSMC)In a move that analysts are saying is quite rare, TSMC said it’ll be holding a celebratory ceremony on Dec. 29 at its Taiwan HQ. The company will be announcing it’s begun mass production of its highly anticipated 3nm process, known as FinFlex. Though it was expected TSMC would begin 3nm
Read MoreHome Assistant’s Conversation integration can already take text commands and could become the basis of its new voice assistant efforts. | Image: Home Assistant Home Assistant, the open-source smart home platform, is getting its own voice assistant. Its founder, Paulus Schoutsen, posted a blog last week announcing a new project that could localize all voice
Read MoreGoogle is getting into just about every corner of the consumer technology market. From an impressive lineup of Pixel phones to smart home products and even your mobile coverage with Google Fi. Google Fi has become an increasingly popular carrier with affordable plans and support for just about any phone. But what network does Google
Read MoreWhile the basic concept of LEGO bricks might have changed little since the mid-20th century, some components such as motors and sensors are still affected by technological progress and end up obsolete and unsupported. [Travis] ran into this problem when he was building a festive train setup and realized he didn’t have the speed controller
Read MoreGeoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: Social media shadowbanning is real and tech firms should be more transparent about it; survey: ~1 in 10 US social media users think they’ve been shadowbanned — Social media companies all decide which users’ posts to amplify — and reduce. Here’s how we get them to come clean about
Read MoreEver wanted to make your own wireless chemical sensor? Researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) have got you covered with their ESP32-based potentiostat. We’ve talked about potentiostats here on Hackaday before. Potentiostats are instruments that analyze the electrical properties of an electroactive chemical cell. Think oxidation and reduction reactions (redox) from your
Read MoreImage: LG LG and Korean AI sleep tech startup Asleep are working on smart home appliances that can detect when a user is asleep and adjust accordingly, according to LG’s Korean site and The Korea Economic Daily. Asleep’s AI technology lets users track the four sleep stages based on their breathing sounds, using devices that
Read MoreIf you use your iPhone’s GPS while you’re driving, a magnetic car mount is a must-have, and here’s our pick of the best.
Read MoreA woman takes a photo of the “2023” numerals after the illumination ceremony in Times Square on December 20, 2022 in New York City. | Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/WireImage 2023 is forecast to be a hotter year than 2022, according to the UK’s Met Office weather service. Why? Well, an unusual three-year-long weather pattern that
Read MoreGive Microsoft Edge a try, your RAM will thank you | Image: Microsoft Google Chrome is the preferred browser for over 65 percent of the internet, according to statcounter.com. But I don’t think you needed me to tell you that; odds are you’re reading this article on some Chrome derivative right now. But why does
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Mobile carriers, including AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, could temporarily avoid paying $200 million in privacy penalties because of the Federal Communications Commission’s partisan split, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Sources familiar with the situation told the WSJ that the FCC, which has two Democratic
Read MoreAva Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: Source: the DOJ launches a criminal investigation into $370M+ in assets stolen from FTX as the exchange collapsed, separate from its fraud case against SBF — Federal prosecutors are investigating an alleged cybercrime that drained more than $370 million out of FTX just hours …
Read MoreThis month marks 50 years since humanity last ventured beyond low-Earth orbit. While NASA is currently working to send people back to the moon, Apollo 17 in 1972 is the most recent crewed mission to leave Earth behind. The mission is notable for another reason: the famous “Blue Marble” photograph of Earth fully illuminated by
Read MoreThe Nest Hub Max is a great alternative to Amazon’s larger Echo Show devices | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Just in case Santa didn’t make it to your house this year, we’re bringing you a handful of post-Christmas content. Because, unlike the big dude that lives up north, The Verge Deals team
Read MoreThe average price of a 15-minute phone call from jail is around $3. | Photo by Michael Reichel/picture alliance via Getty Images A new rule allowing the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the rates of prison phone calls is one step closer to becoming law. After it passed through Congress last week, the Martha Wright-Reed
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