Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty IMages Elon Musk is trying to explain why he let Donald Trump and others back onto Twitter, even after he promised that decision would be left up to a content moderation council made up of people with “widely diverse viewpoints.” And wow, his explanation sure is something; in a
Read MoreA few years ago [Takaya Saeki] and fellow students of the University of Tokyo, were given a very limited instruction during their ‘CPU exercise’ class, along the lines of: Take this ray-tracing program written in OCaml and run it on your CPU implemented on an FPGA Splitting into groups to cover the CPU, FPU, simulator
Read MoreBrody Ford / Bloomberg: HP reports Q4 revenue down 11.2% YoY to $14.8B and Personal Systems revenue down 13% YoY to $10.3B, and forecasts a 10% drop in PC sales in FY 2023 — HP Inc. said it will eliminate as many as 6,000 jobs over the next three years amid declining demand for personal
Read MoreDid you ever buy Deus Ex Go, the excellent mobile puzzler from Square Enix Montreal that still ranks among the top 150 puzzle games on the App Store despite charging actual money to download? Then you’ll probably be frustrated to hear: Embracer Group, the massive conglomerate that’s gobbling up rights to franchises like Deus Ex
Read MoreFinding high-quality detection canines is hard enough—and the pandemic only dug a deeper hole.
Read MoreCredit: Amazon The Black Friday 2022 sales are bringing sizeable discounts to wearables of all shapes and sizes, and Fitbit‘s extensive range is included. Whether you’re shopping for a new smartwatch or fitness tracker, there’s likely a Fitbit that’ll suit your needs. And with as much as 38% off some models, you won’t want to
Read MoreThe Pixel 7 (left) and Pixel 7 Pro (right) are some of the many big Google deals going on. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It’s a good time to be in the market for some new Google hardware. Google recently kicked off its Black Friday sales promotions on its store, and
Read MoreResearchers monitoring a “firehose” of public tweets found signs of increasing toxicity—before Elon Musk reversed bans on Trump and other divisive figures.
Read MoreNew York Times: Interviews and messages show how SBF used PACs, nonprofits, and consulting firms to woo politicians, regulators, and others to support his crypto goals — In just three years, the FTX co-founder built a massive operation to woo politicians, regulators and nonprofits to support his crypto goals.
Read MoreBackbone One Gaming Controller was designed specifically for iPhones and even deep links with the PlayStation App for easy remote play. It’s currently at a low price leading into Black Friday.
Read MoreCamomile Shumba / CoinDesk: US Senators Elizabeth Warren, Richard Durbin, and Tina Smith ask Fidelity to reconsider its upcoming Bitcoin 401(k) offerings announced in April 2022 — The asset management giant said in April it would offer retail investors the option to put bitcoin in their 401(k) accounts at some point this year.
Read MoreBerber Jin / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Sequoia apologized to its fund investors for the $150M it lost on FTX and told them it would improve its due diligence process on future investments — Venture-capital firm tells fund investors that it will improve due diligence on future investments after $150 million loss on crypto exchange
Read MoreThe Asus ROG Zephyrus G14. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge You’re not just looking for a workhorse. You want a laptop that’s got game. Maybe that means frame rates, maybe even a high-refresh-rate screen for enhanced responsiveness in less demanding games. But above all, you want bang for the buck. That’s
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Black Friday 2022 is the ideal time for folks to buy gifts at low prices for the holiday season. In the past several years, streaming devices for big-screen television have become a popular gift for people who have older TVs or ones that don’t have particularly robust streaming video
Read MoreKen Sweet / Associated Press: In a bankruptcy hearing, FTX lawyers say a “substantial amount” of assets have been stolen from accounts; client names and addresses will be redacted for now — Lawyers for FTX disclosed Tuesday that a “substantial amount” of assets has been stolen from the accounts …
Read MoreIt always fascinates us that every single thing that is made had to be designed by someone. Even something as simple as a bag and box that holds cereal. Someone had to work out the dimensions, the materials, the printing on it, and assign it a UPC code. Those people aren’t always engineers, but someone
Read MoreWashington Post: Pathmatics: over a third of Twitter’s top 100 clients, including Mars and Jeep, as well as 14 of the top 50, haven’t advertised on Twitter in the past two weeks — More than a third of Twitter’s top 100 clients have not advertised on the platform in the past two weeks, data shows
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Qualcomm has announced its successor to the Snapdragon 778G Plus. The new Snapdragon 782G boosts CPU and GPU performance. It will be a mostly iterative upgrade from its predecessor. As quiet as can be, Qualcomm announced its next system on a chip (SoC) to replace the Snapdragon 778G Plus.
Read MoreThe Apple Watch Series 8 is $50 off in time for Black Friday. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Plenty of tech is on sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday including Apple products. Below, we’ve compiled the best Black Friday deals on Apple devices that we could find, including laptops, iPads,
Read MoreDenny Jacob / Wall Street Journal: HP to lay off 4,000 to 6,000 employees, or up to 12% of its workforce, over the next three years as part of a plan to achieve $1.4B in annualized cost savings — Dell warns of a worsening decline after a 17% drop in third-quarter laptop and desktop sales
Read MoreNew York Times: Since Elon Musk’s takeover, sources say Twitter has in some cases chosen not to pay vendors, as it reviews and renegotiates deals to cut expenses — Mr. Musk and his advisers are examining all types of expenses at Twitter. Some of the social media company’s vendors have gotten stiffed.
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Genesis Global has $2.8B in outstanding loans, including ~30% of its lending made to related parties like its parent company DCG — The troubled brokerage Genesis Global has $2.8 billion in outstanding loans on its balance sheet, with about 30% of its lending made to related parties including …
Read MoreComplete you Dex by unlocking and capturing all of the Legendaries in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
Read MoreThe X stands for extreme, indeed. | Image: Vivo Vivo announced a trio of new flagship phones today, and sitting at the top is the X90 Pro Plus, complete with the brand-new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset announced just last week. The 8 Gen 2 is expected to appear in plenty of Android flagships over
Read MoreJeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: Facebook’s Q3 Widely Viewed Content Report: in a first, none of the top 20 posts broke platform rules; sources detail Meta’s latest fight against spammy content — Third-quarter content report shows only one in the top 20 posts qualified as engagement bait — What’s Behind Social Media Spambots and
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