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Elon Musk says Apple has “fully resumed” advertising on Twitter, after claiming on November 28 that Apple had “mostly stopped” Twitter ads (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Elon Musk says Apple has “fully resumed” advertising on Twitter, after claiming on November 28 that Apple had “mostly stopped” Twitter ads — Elon Musk said Apple Inc. has “fully resumed” advertising on Twitter Inc., further de-escalating a brewing war between two of the world’s most influential tech companies.

Build Your Own Mini Fogging Cauldron

The best cauldrons are full of bubbling, steamy potions of great magical potential. We don’t have many of those in the real world, though, so sometimes we have to make do with a simulacra. [wannabemadsci] has built just that, with this fogging cauldron prop that uses no fog fluid or dry ice, running solely with

An interview with the co-founder of Vietnamese unicorn VNG, which offers games and services like Zalo, a messaging app that had 74M+ MAUs in Vietnam in February (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: An interview with the co-founder of Vietnamese unicorn VNG, which offers games and services like Zalo, a messaging app that had 74M+ MAUs in Vietnam in February — A Vietnamese internet startup that’s successfully defended its home market of 100 million people against global giants like Facebook is now going into attack mode.

The new Last of Us trailer shows what Ellie and Joel are up against

Image: HBO HBO’s official trailer for The Last of Us shows off the dynamic between Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as the two traverse a post-apocalyptic US amidst the outbreak of a mutant fungus that turns humans into zombie-like beings. It offers a much more detailed look at the dangers the two come

Fortnite’s latest live event was its strangest yet

Image: Epic Games Fortnite just wrapped up its most recent large-scale live event, and it was a strange one — even by Fortnite standards. The event, dubbed “Fracture,” was meant as a sendoff for Fortnite Chapter 3, and now that it’s over, the game is down ahead of the launch of the next chapter on

Bit-Banging Bidirectional Ethernet on a Pi Pico

These days, even really cheap microcontroller boards have options that will give you ethernet or wifi access. But what if you have an original Raspberry Pi Pico board and you really want to MacGyver yourself a network connection? You could do worse than check out this project by [holysnippet] that gives you a bit-banged bidirectional

A look at virtual currencies like Roblox’s Robux, which have become many kids’ preferred way to be paid for chores or receive as an allowance (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A look at virtual currencies like Roblox’s Robux, which have become many kids’ preferred way to be paid for chores or receive as an allowance — Virtual currencies have become many families’ preferred way to pay allowance. And Roblox’s currency is king. — Like many parents …

The Witcher: Blood Origin’s latest trailer puts Jaskier in the prequel

Image: Netflix Netflix’s first full trailer for The Witcher: Blood Origin shines a spotlight on the prequel’s key characters played by Michelle Yeoh, Sophia Brown, and Laurence O’Fuarain. But it also comes with a bit of a surprise at the very end, revealing the return of Joey Batey’s Jaskier. The bard’s return doesn’t make all

Future Pixel phones should have these AI-enabled features

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google’s Pixel phones weren’t the first to deploy AI smarts to push the envelope of smartphone capabilities, but they’ve consistently showcased some of the best examples of everyday enhancements that benefit day-to-day use. From better video capture using HDRNet to features like Photo Unblur and even audio message transcription,

Nixie Display Module Is Addressable Via SPI

There are plenty of SPI interface screens on the market, but few of them have the charm of the good old Nixie tube. [Tony] decided to whip up a simple three-Nixie module that could be addressed via SPI. The stacked construction keeps things compact. The module relies on a PIC16F15344 microcontroller to run the show,

Sirius XM flaw could’ve let hackers remotely unlock and start cars

Nissan is just one of the auto manufacturer’s that use Sirius XM’s connected vehicle services. A vulnerability affecting Sirius XM’s connected vehicle services could’ve let hackers remotely start, unlock, locate, flash the lights, and honk the horn on cars. Sam Curry, a security engineer at Yuga Labs, worked with a group of security researchers to

Tim Cook was able to placate Elon Musk within two days, but the chaos at Foxconn’s “iPhone City” may become the greatest test of Cook’s diplomatic skills yet (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)

Patrick McGee / Financial Times: Tim Cook was able to placate Elon Musk within two days, but the chaos at Foxconn’s “iPhone City” may become the greatest test of Cook’s diplomatic skills yet — Apple chief placates Elon Musk but faces bigger questions over iPhone supply chain — Tim Cook was already battling …

5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week – Android Apps Weekly

Welcome to the 461st edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the headlines from the last week: Google Messages received an update this week. It brought end-to-end encryption for group chats. This is a pretty big deal since end-to-end encryption is a big feature these days. The feature is currently in the app’s beta version,

Cargo Culting and Buried Treasure

I have no idea how true the stories are, but legend has it that when supplies were dropped on some Melanesian islands during WWII, some locals took to replicating runway signs in order to further please the “gods” that were dropping them. They reportedly thought that making landing strips caused laden airplanes to visit. Richard

Sources: Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange is trying to recover $900M owed to it by Genesis Global and Genesis’ parent company Digital Currency Group (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange is trying to recover $900M owed to it by Genesis Global and Genesis’ parent company Digital Currency Group — New York-based Gemini is trying to recover funds after FTX failure plunged market into turmoil — Digital asset trading group Genesis …

Twitter reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi who founded the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, after originally banning him in 2013 (Lydia O’Connor/HuffPost)

Lydia O’Connor / HuffPost: Twitter reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi who founded the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, after originally banning him in 2013 — Andrew Anglin spent his first day back on Twitter defending Ye’s antisemitic rants. — Andrew Anglin ― …

Understanding Edge Computing and Why it Matters to Businesses Today

The edge computing market is expected to reach $274 billion by 2025, focusing on segments like the internet of things, public cloud services, and patents and standards. Most of this contribution is backed by enterprises shifting their data centers to the cloud. This has enabled enterprises to move beyond cloud systems to edge computing systems

Elon Musk thinks the “Twitter Files” show that Twitter staff nefariously helped Joe Biden, but all they show is a team debating a difficult moderation decision (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Elon Musk thinks the “Twitter Files” show that Twitter staff nefariously helped Joe Biden, but all they show is a team debating a difficult moderation decision — Free-speech crusader Elon Musk isn’t happy with Twitter’s years-old decision to suppress a news story …

Spotify Wrapped is awesome, and I want more apps to copy it

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Opinion post by Ryan Haines It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Sure, it’s the holiday season, but more importantly, it’s the time of year when Spotify Wrapped lands in my inbox. I get to revisit the songs, artists, and genres that got me through another trip around

End-to-End Encryption Is Coming to Android Group Chats

Plus: Apple’s mixed-reality headset creeps toward actual reality, and a stronger type of Gorilla Glass is coming to phone screens.

China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid Protesters

Plus: ICE accidentally doxes asylum seekers, Google fails to uphold a post-Roe promise, and LastPass suffers the second breach this year.

7 Best Carpet Cleaners (2022): Budget, Spot Cleaners, Hard Floors

Tackle stubborn stains, ground-in grime, and pesky pet hair with one of these WIRED-tested washers.

Roomba Combo j7 Plus review: now with a mop on top

A cool but minor upgrade to an already excellent robot vacuum, iRobot’s Combo j7 adds a mop to the bot and is worth considering if you’ve got hardwood floors and lots of fluffy rugs. For everyone else, the regular j7 vacuum is still your best bet. Continue reading…

16 Phone Accessories for People With Upper Extremity Disabilities

Typing or making calls with one hand? These cases, grips, and add-ons will make your life much easier.

Sonos Sub Mini Review: All About That Bass

The teeny subwoofer brings the bass to your existing smart soundbar.

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