Credit: Weibo The Oppo Find N2 Flip’s apparent specs have leaked online. Expect a Dimensity 9000 Plus chipset, a 4,300mAh battery, and 44W charging. The phone is also tipped to arrive in global markets in Q1 2023. A leaked video gave us our first (unofficial) look at the Oppo Find N2 Flip last week, showing
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Atomico: European startups are on track to raise $85B in 2022, down from $100B+ in 2021; the European tech industry lost ~$400B in value, dropping to $2.7T — Startups across Europe are on track to raise $85 billion in funding this year — a drop of $15 billion on 2021 levels
Read MoreThomas Claburn / The Register: Researchers find industrial robot exposure among Chinese workers led to a 7.5% decline in employment, 9% drop in hourly wages, and 14% increase in hours worked — Exposed to ‘droids? Symptoms may include disinterest, unemployment, lower pay, along with a bit of depopulation
Read MoreSarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Pinterest adds Elliott Management’s Marc Steinberg to its board as part of an agreement with the activist investor; Elliott has a stake of over 9% in Pinterest — Activist investor has also entered into a long-term agreement to help the social-media company grow
Read MoreShannon Liao / Washington Post: Microsoft signs a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms for the first time, pending FTC approval of its Activision Blizzard acquisition — Microsoft has signed a deal to bring the Activision Blizzard-published Call of Duty franchise to Nintendo for the first time …
Read MoreWe all know that using 3D printing filament with exotic filament that has metal or carbon fibers in it will tend to wear standard nozzles. That’s why many people who work with filaments like that use something other than conventional brass nozzles like hardened steel. There are even nozzles that have a ruby or diamond
Read MoreBloomberg: Nigeria’s central bank slashes the daily ATM withdrawal limit from ~$337/day to ~$45/day in a bid to boost digital payments and eNaira digital currency adoption — Nigeria’s central bank slashed the daily withdrawal limit from automatic teller machines in a bid to boost digital payments in Africa’s most-populous nation.
Read MoreByron Kaye / Reuters: An Australian court fined Uber A$21M for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some rides; ACCC sought a A$26M fine — An Australian court fined Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) A$21 million ($14 million) on Wednesday for threatening cancellation fees …
Read MoreCristiano Lima / Washington Post: US Congress omits the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act from the defense spending bill, amid intense pushback from industry and advocacy groups — Facebook threatened to block news in the U.S. over the measure, which was under consideration as part of a defense package
Read MoreMcKinsey & Company: A survey finds that while 50% of businesses have adopted AI in 2022, 2.5x higher than in 2017, AI adoption has plateaued between 50%-60% for the past few years — Adoption has more than doubled since 2017, though the proportion of organizations using AI 1 has plateaued between 50 and 60 percent
Read MoreTim Cook joined other tech leaders in touting the advantages of buying chips made in the US. Apple plans to start using processors made in America following the opening of an advanced new chip factory in Phoenix, Arizona. For the plant’s customers, which also includes AMD and NVIDIA, the new facility means a more secure
Read MoreIf you’re partial to browsing AliExpress, Banggood, or eBay for unusual hardware, you may have seen the HB100 Doppler Radar modules. These are a PCB with a metal can on board, and their reverse side has a patch antenna array. They work on a frequency of 10.525 GHz, and [OH2FTG] has characterized a few of
Read MoreNilesh Christopher / Rest of World: How, in two years, JioMart grew to fulfill 600K grocery deliveries per day in 260 Indian cities, via WhatsApp integration and using Dunzo for last-mile delivery — In its first Diwali season, JioMart’s daily sales grew by 2.5 times, with the company managing to shed its grocery-only image.
Read MoreApple keeps tip-toeing back and forth between USB-C and lightning connectors for various products. Because the Beats Studio Buds are targeted at a broader audience outside the Apple ecosystem, the case charges via USB-C. That may have inconvenienced some Apple enthusiasts, and unlike recent AirPods models, the buds don’t support wireless charging. Worry not; Android
Read MoreApple CEO Tim Cook has announced at the new TSMC plant in Arizona that it will be using chips made in the state.
Read MoreApple has announced that all models of the iPad mini 3 will be considered obsolete in the next few weeks.
Read MorePaul Sawers / TechCrunch: Loft Dynamics, which makes a VR training simulator for helicopter pilots, has raised $20M in a round led by Craft Ventures, Sky Dayton, and Up Partners — Loft Dynamics, a Swiss startup creating virtual reality (VR) simulation technology for helicopter pilots, has raised $20 million in funding …
Read More(Credit: TSA)The year was 2005, and the US federal government was still reeling from the September 11th attacks just four years before. That year, Congress passed the well-meaning Real ID Act, which required states to issue more secure forms of ID by 2008. Clearly, states blew that deadline, as they did several more. Now, the
Read MoreC++ ranks higher than Java in the Tiobe language popularity index for the first time ever, dating back to 2001. Java slipped to a new low in the latest edition of the index. The December 2002 Tiobe Programming Community Index has C++, ranked third, surpassing Java, ranked fourth. It is the first time in the
Read MoreThe videos from [styropyro] are always amusing and informative. However, ironically for him, he is alarmed that many green laser pointers are more powerful than they are supposed to be. Sure, you often want a powerful laser, but if you think a laser is safe and it isn’t, you could… well… put an eye out.
Read MoreApple TV Plus is up for its first UK Writers’ Guild award thanks to the very first episode of hit show Slow Horses.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Just days ago, Elon Musk took aim at Apple’s App Store policies while dragging it into the political and culture war crosshairs, highlighting how important the storefront is to so many developers and services. Today, Apple announced it’s changing long-standing App Store policies that put tight restrictions on
Read MoreBloomberg: Hedge fund Fir Tree Capital sues Grayscale Investments for info on potential mismanagement, as GBTC, down ~74% YTD, trades at a ~43% discount to its BTC’s value — Fir Tree Capital Management is suing Grayscale Investments for information to investigate potential mismanagement and conflicts …
Read MoreThe streaming market has become an increasingly crowded place in recent years, but it wasn’t always such a packed space. Netflix was one of the first streaming services to really make an impact on mainstream users. Netflix also played a pivotal role in the cord-cutting movement of the late 2000s. So when did Netflix start
Read MoreKif Leswing / CNBC: Apple, AMD, and Nvidia have all indicated plans to buy chips from TSMC’s planned Arizona fabs — – Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at an event in Arizona on Tuesday, ahead of remarks expected by President Joe Biden later in the day, where Cook confirmed Apple will buy chips built in
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