Xbox Game Pass, Spotify subscriptions, retail store gift cards, and other digital products make for great last-minute gifts. | Image: Meta Yes, Christmas is a couple of days away — and yes, we know you have yet to buy a gift. We understand that life gets busy, though, and sometimes it feels like the holidays
Read MoreLilium, once a darling in the nascent industry of electric aircraft that raised more than $1 billion before going public, has ceased operations and laid off about 1,000 workers after efforts to gain financing and exit insolvency failed. From a report: Lilium co-founder and CEO Patrick Nathen confirmed on LinkedIn that the 10-year-old company had
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Recent online discussions have questioned whether the Qi2 wireless charging logo requires the device to contain magnets. The debate arose after an outdated Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) document caused some confusion. It has now been clarified that devices must have a Magnetic Power Profile to be Qi2-certified. There’s
Read MoreXerox has agreed to acquire printer maker Lexmark for $1.5 billion, bringing the Kentucky-based company back under U.S. ownership after seven years of Chinese control. The deal, announced Monday, will be financed through cash and debt, creating a vertically integrated printing equipment manufacturer and service provider. Lexmark, formed from IBM in 1991, was previously acquired
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority We’ve spotted clues around three upcoming Nothing smartphones, presumably the Nothing Phone 3a, Phone 3a Plus, and the CMF Phone 2. The Nothing Phone 3a and 3a Plus could sport the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC, while the CMF Phone 2 could stick with a MediaTek SoC.
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Read MoreA hybrid supercar that can run on electricity alone, while still delivering that twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 experience Read the full story at The Verge.
Read MoreCredit: Smartprix The OnePlus Watch 3 is rumored to have a rotary dial, an updated HR sensor with ECG, and smaller bezels. It could also come with the Snapdragon W5 processor, Wear OS and RTOS, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, and a battery exceeding 500mAh. The watch may have LTE capabilities and updated health features, but
Read MoreCredit: Paul Jones / Android Authority AFMF 2 is now available on the ASUS ROG Ally, boosting fps on most games. The updated interpolation technology adds frames to increase smoothness with reduced latency. FSR 3 is still the preferred method for supported titles. The ROG Ally has been out for over a year now, but
Read MoreThe Nintendo 64 classic Star Fox 64 has been decompiled and ported to PC. The project, called Starship, supports widescreen output, up to 360fps, enhanced graphics, cheats, and more. This is the third project from Harbour Masters 64, after The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. A native port of Star Fox
Read MoreAlphabet’s Waymo robotaxis are providing “hundreds of thousands of driverless rides each month,” reports the Washington Post. But as the robotaxi service expands in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Austin, some passengers “have found that traveling by robotaxi can make riders into sitting ducks for a new form of public harassment.” The Washington Post
Read MoreAlphabet’s Waymo robotaxis are providing “hundreds of thousands of driverless rides each month,” reports the Washington Post. But as the robotaxi service expands in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Austin, some passengers “have found that traveling by robotaxi can make riders into sitting ducks for a new form of public harassment.” The Washington Post
Read MoreAmbitious start-up leaders ranging from Emma Meehan of Precision Sports Technology to Pierre Yimbog of SoloBook Limited outline the business founders they admire. Read more: Who do start-up founders admire most?
Read MoreSaturday France connected a new nuclear reactor to its grid “for the first time in a quarter century…” reports Bloomberg, “adding low-carbon electricity supply at a time when a sputtering economy has made demand sluggish.” The Flamanville-3 reactor — the first such addition since Civaux 2 was connected in 1999 — will join EDF’s fleet
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority X Premium Plus subscription costs in the US are rising from $16 to $22 per month, with the annual plan jumping from $168 to $229. X cites new ad-free browsing and enhanced features as reasons for the price increase. The company says the new subscription plans also contribute directly
Read MoreCamera sliders are a popular project for makers—especially those who document their projects on video. They’re fun and accessible to build, and they can really create some beautiful shots. [Lechnology] set about to follow in this fine tradition and built a rather capable example of his own. Check it out in the video below. The
Read More“Drones collided, fell from the sky and hit a little boy after ‘technical difficulties’ during a holiday show…” reports the Orlando Sentinel. They note that a press release from the city said the 8 p.m. show was then cancelled: The company behind the drones, Sky Elements, was in its second year of the contract with
Read MoreEarly Monday morning, while many of us will be putting the finishing touches — or just beginning, ahem — on our Christmas preparations, solar scientists will hold their collective breath as they wait for word from the Parker Solar Probe’s record-setting passage through the sun’s atmosphere. The probe, which has been in a highly elliptical
Read MoreEarly Monday morning, while many of us will be putting the finishing touches — or just beginning, ahem — on our Christmas preparations, solar scientists will hold their collective breath as they wait for word from the Parker Solar Probe’s record-setting passage through the sun’s atmosphere. The probe, which has been in a highly elliptical
Read MoreIt’s not who owns AI training data. The Boston Review asks who owns its output? In a conversation with Microsoft’s Copilot, I invited the AI to speculate what kind of thing it might write if it were not confined to answering human prompts. Among its answers was this response about its own intelligence: “Humans are
Read MoreA demonstration “race” between a (human) F1 race car driver Daniil Kvyat and an autonomous vehicle was just staged by the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League. Describing the league and the “man vs. machine” showdown, Ars Technica writes, “Say goodbye to the human driver and hello to 95 kilograms of computers and a whole suite
Read MoreA new claim says that any iPhone that can run iOS 18 will also work with iOS 19, but some older iPad models won’t get iPadOS 19. While Apple Intelligence dominates the feature list, iOS 19 will be compatible with older iPhones also. French website iPhoneSoft, citing anonymous sources from within Apple, says that any
Read MoreLong-time Slashdot AmiMoJo quotes this report from EcoWatch: Record wind-generated electricity across Northern Ireland and Scotland Tuesday night pushed Britain’s power prices below zero. Wind output peaked at a record high 22.4 gigawatts (GW), breaking the previous high set [last] Sunday evening, the national system operator said, as Bloomberg reported. The record output provided more
Read MoreEngadget reports: Apple is developing a smart doorbell and lock system that would use Face ID to unlock the door for known residents, Mark Gurman reports in the Power On newsletter. The face-scanning doorbell would connect to a smart deadbolt, which could include existing HomeKit-compatible third-party locks, according to Gurman. Or, Apple may “[team] up
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shared this report from Health magazine: “Most people think of aging as occurring gradually, constantly, and linearly,” senior study author Michael Snyder, PhD, a professor of genetics and director of the Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford University, told Health. But “we’re not just changing gradually over time; there are
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