A Smart Way to Get Ahead of the Next Flu Surge
Internet-connected thermometers can quickly show how influenza is spreading—so measures to control the disease can be targeted more effectively.
Read MoreInternet-connected thermometers can quickly show how influenza is spreading—so measures to control the disease can be targeted more effectively.
Read MoreThe Aura Carver makes a great gift (for yourself or someone else). This WIRED-tested model is $20 off.
Read MoreWIRED’s editor in chief reflects on a cacophonous year in Big Tech, crypto, and more, and predicts where 2023 may lead.
Read MoreAn experiment at the Large Hadron Collider suggests there’s a chance of catching this elusive evidence as it floats through our galactic neighborhood.
Read MoreOne of the easiest ways to support communities of color is to shop from entrepreneurs of color.
Read MoreA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted into space in the wee hours of Dec. 11. Its main cargo was the HAKUTO-R lunar lander from Japan’s Ispace, but NASA had a fascinating little ride-along payload on the rocket, too. The agency’s Lunar Flashlight mission is now en route to the moon, where it will search for
Read MoreWhile we have all types of displays these days, there’s something special about those that appear to float in the air. This HUD clock from [Kiwi Bushwalker] is one such example. The build relies on four 8×8 LED matrixes to display the four digits that make up the time, run by the MAX7219 driver chip.
Read MoreNick Barclay / The Verge TikTok has started testing a new horizontal full-screen mode. TechCrunch reports that select TikTok users are starting to see a new full-screen button on regular square and rectangular videos. The button, much like a similar one on YouTube, shifts the TikTok video into a horizontal full-screen mode. TikTok confirmed the
Read MoreGood morning, dear Daily Authority readers. I can’t believe we’re already nearing Christmas. It’s heavily snowing in many parts of the world, and if you’re in one of those places, maybe you should do your Christmas shopping online this year. Meanwhile, I gave myself the LG G2 OLED TV for Christmas because my old Android
Read MoreViola Zhou / Rest of World: Some Chinese students are using remote access software to cheat on TOEFL, GRE, and other US college entry exams, fueled by the introduction of at-home testing — For just $5,000, students can buy their way to acing English exams. — Watching through a camera, a proctor monitors a Chinese
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung has reportedly formed a chipset development team within its smartphone business. It’s believed that this team would create Galaxy-exclusive processors. Samsung traditionally relies on its sister company for custom processors. Samsung’s Galaxy S23 series is expected to arrive with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor globally. However, it
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: Alibaba won’t be able to buy Arm’s Neoverse V chips after Arm concludes that the US and UK won’t approve export of the high performance tech to China — Alibaba among groups unable to purchase top designs — Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, cannot buy some of the most advanced chip designs
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Oppo unveiled the second generation of its MariSilicon SoC. The company revealed its new 6-in-1 health monitor. Oppo also showed off its new AR glasses. With Oppo’s Inno Day 2022 in full swing, the company has a few announcements it wants to get off of its chest. These announcements
Read MoreBetween 1976 and 1978, over one million Coleco Telstar video game consoles were sold. The Killer App that made them so desirable? PONG. Yep, those two paddles bouncing a ball around a blocky tennis court were all the rage and helped usher in a new era. And as [Dave] of Dave’s Garage shows us in
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Google has brought a display resolution toggle to the Pixel 6 Pro. This feature comes as part of the Android 13 QPR2 beta 1 update.
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi RP2040 is versatile and cheap, but it’s by no means known as the most powerful microcontroller on the world. Regardless, it is capable of great things, as demonstrated by [Bernhard Strobl], who built a 3D open world game engine that runs on that very platform. The graphics are simple, but with a
Read MoreNaomi Nix / Washington Post: The son of a murdered Ethiopian professor files a lawsuit against Meta in Kenya, alleging Meta’s algorithms promote hateful and violent content for engagement — Lawsuit alleges the social media giant is fueling violence and hate across Eastern and Southern Africa.
Read MoreChloe Cornish / Financial Times: Paytm will buy back up to 10.5M shares worth ~$103M at a 50%+ premium to the December 13 closing price, seeking to convince investors of a path to profitability — Board of lossmaking Indian payments company votes in favour of repurchase just a year after it launched India’s biggest IPO
Read MoreReuters: The SEC says a secret change to FTX code allowed Alameda to borrow FTX funds irrespective of the collateral value, giving a “virtually unlimited line of credit” — In mid-2020, FTX’s chief engineer made a secret change to the cryptocurrency exchange’s software.
Read MoreNilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on closing the Tumblr deal, profitability, content moderation, Apple’s rules, Twitter, lessons for Elon Musk, and more — What can Elon learn from Tumblr? — We have to talk about Twitter, right? Elon Musk bought it.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Motorola quietly revealed a list of smartphones getting the Android 13 update back in August, although this was limited to just 10 devices at the time. Now, the company has announced an updated list of phones set to get the new Android version.
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: the US commerce department plans to put Chinese memory chip maker YMTC on its “entity list” as early as this week, limiting its ability to get US tech — YMTC and others may go on ‘entity list’ as early as this week — The Biden administration is set …
Read MoreBlake Brittain / Reuters: The US Supreme Court asks the Biden administration to weigh in on lyrics website Genius’ attempt to revive a lawsuit over Google’s alleged theft of its work — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the Biden administration to weigh in on song-lyric website Genius’ attempt to revive a lawsuit over
Read MoreCelebrating their 40th anniversary, Adobe released the source code of PostScript v0.10 to the Computer History Museum. But before you ask, we tried and it won’t compile with GCC out of the box – it’s missing at least except.h, but we’d bet you can hack around it with a little dedication. PostScript is the precursor
Read MoreJeremy Hill / Bloomberg: Quanergy Systems, a maker of lidar sensors and related software, files for bankruptcy, after going public via a $175M SPAC merger deal in February 2022 — Quanergy Systems Inc., a maker of high-tech sensors and related software, filed for bankruptcy about 10 months after going public through a merger with a
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