A Recession Looms Over the Posh World of Influencers
With energy prices soaring and inflation taking off, the business of flaunting luxury might stop booming.
Read MoreWith energy prices soaring and inflation taking off, the business of flaunting luxury might stop booming.
Read MoreFlexible e-skins could be used to measure wearers’ blood pressure, temperature, and oxygen levels in real time, assisting with diagnoses and health care.
Read MoreThe articulate new chatbot has won over the internet and shown how engaging conversational AI can be—even when it makes stuff up.
Read MoreMars has a reputation as a cold, dead world, but a new study suggests that may be only partially accurate. Researchers from the University of Arizona have analyzed a region that appears to be geologically boring by Martian standards, finding evidence the mantle is pushing upward, causing fissures, swelling, and quakes. This potential mantle plume
Read MoreIt’s easy to record your iPhone’s screen with a swipe and tap once you’ve set it up correctly in the Settings app.
Read MoreApple doesn’t make the process super obvious, but getting iTunes and App Store refunds is possible if you know how to go about it. Here’s how.
Read MoreShaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Facing a large deficit in its treasury, DeFi protocol Sushi proposes diverting fees from the Kanpai protocol and reduces its runway requirement from $9M to $5M — Developers proposed to divert 100% of fees generated on the platform to Sushi’s multisig for one year or until new tokenomics are implemented.
Read MoreWilliam Turton / Bloomberg: Elon Musk says Twitter’s deputy general counsel Jim Baker was “exited”, citing “concerns” over the “suppression of information” related to the “Twitter Files” — Jim Baker, Twitter Inc.’s deputy general counsel, was pushed out of the company …
Read MoreInstall updates overnight is a great time-saver, but if it’s not working it can be frustrating. Here are some troubleshooting tips for when your iPhone updates won’t install overnight.
Read MoreGood Morning, Daily Authority readers. I am currently toying with the Sony LinkBud S. I just got them yesterday and am figuring out just how they fare in comparison to the flagship Sony WF-1000XM4 true wireless earbuds. Have you bought any new devices lately? Tell me in the comments section. In the meantime, here’s what’s
Read MoreFinancial Times: The White House says Beijing relented and let US officials inspect Chinese tech companies, some of which faced “entity list” sanctions, including YMTC — Biden administration says China’s commerce ministry has allowed inspections ahead of trade blacklisting deadline
Read MoreAlexandra Alper / Reuters: US senators scale back a proposal that would have prohibited the government and its contractors from using China-made chips, after pressure from trade groups — U.S. senators scaled back a proposal that placed new curbs on the use of Chinese-made chips by the U.S. government and its contractors …
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: WhatsApp begins rolling out cutomizable avatars, already available on Facebook and Instagram, letting users choose from 36 stickers — Avatars, the customizable characters that are already available across Meta services like Facebook and Instagram, are officially launching on WhatsApp.
Read MoreCrossOver offers a novel but not always reliable way to bridge the Mac-PC gap. It’s cheaper, easier, and more lightweight than other solutions to running Windows apps on a Mac, but it also hits more snags with compatibility.
Read MoreIt’s almost time to hit the books again! Here are some of our favorite and most useful apps that should help you get through another year of college.
Read MoreLaura Normand / The Verge Ads for around 40 high-profile brands and organizations have been spotted on the Twitter pages of white nationalists, according to a report from The Washington Post. Ads from brands including Amazon, Uber, Snap, and GoDaddy, media companies like USA Today and Morning Brew, and even one government organization, the US
Read MoreFaiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: Twitter ads for Amazon, Snap, Uber, and other major brands appeared on the pages of at least two white nationalists, whose accounts were restored by Elon Musk — Ads from dozens of major brands were appearing on white nationalist and extremist accounts — SAN FRANCISCO …
Read MoreIf you want a little mayhem on your Christmas tree, you can check out [Sprite_tm]’s tiny PC Christmas ornament. With 3D printing, that isn’t such a tall order, but [Sprite]’s does have a unique ability: it plays DOOM, as you can see in the video below. The device uses an ESP32, and while [Sprite] had
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Telegram’s latest update lets you sign up for the service without a SIM card. This feature takes advantage of anonymous phone numbers. Telegram has a reputation for bringing plenty of features to the table ahead of WhatsApp, such as multiple account support, channels, and more. Now, the company has
Read MoreThe 3D characters can be sent as one of 36 stickers. | Image: Meta Avatars, the customizable characters that are already available across Meta services like Facebook and Instagram, are officially launching on WhatsApp. Meta has announced that they can be used as a profile picture on the messaging service or sent in the form
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft says it has reached a 10-year agreement with Nintendo to make Call of Duty available on Nintendo consoles if the Activision Blizzard acquisition closes. The deal is similar in length to what Microsoft has offered Sony, and the Xbox maker has also committed to continue to offer
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Apple has reportedly started work on a 20-inch foldable device. This could be a Macbook with a folding screen. Apple would join Asus and Lenovo in offering a PC with a folding display. Foldable phones and laptops with folding screens have been available on the market for a while
Read MoreNew York Times: How Geneva-based developer Proton is waging a sustained fight against Russia’s censorship and surveillance campaigns using its VPN tech — The cat-and-mouse experience of Proton, a Swiss company, shows what it’s like to be targeted by Russian censors — and what it takes to fight back.
Read MoreHelene Braun / CoinDesk: Signature Bank plans to reduce its crypto-tied deposits by $8B-$10B to under 15%; as of September 2022, ~23.5% of the bank’s $103B deposits came from crypto — Nearly a quarter of the Wall Street bank’s current deposits come from crypto-related businesses.
Read MoreIf you watch YouTube long enough, it seems like going “off the grid” is all the rage these days. But what if the thing that goes off the grid is the grid itself? In the video below the break, [Brady] with Practical Engineering explores the question: How do you restart an entire power grid after it’s
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