Ahead of Apple’s It’s Glowtime event, there are a few iPhone 16 cases. Here’s what an iPhone 15 Pro Max looks like, inside one of the new accessories. Let’s compare a dummy phone and an early case to the iPhone 15 Pro Max As is often the case, mock up dummy units trickle out of
Read MoreTo make America the “crypto capital of the planet,” former U.S. President Donald Trump promised crypto-friendly policies, writes Politico, which “could have a new beneficiary: his own family.” Trump has vowed to enact an array of pro-crypto policies in a bid to win votes — and campaign cash — from digital asset enthusiasts in recent
Read MoreLong-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: The Contingency Contingent, is Leigh Claire La Berge’s amazing tale of what she calls her “fake job in Y2K preparedness.” La Berge offers an insider’s view of the madness that ensued when Y2K panic gave rise to seemingly-limitless spending at mega-corporations for massive enterprise-wide Y2K remediation projects led by management
Read MoreLong-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: The Contingency Contingent, is Leigh Claire La Berge’s amazing tale of what she calls her “fake job in Y2K preparedness.” La Berge offers an insider’s view of the madness that ensued when Y2K panic gave rise to seemingly-limitless spending at mega-corporations for massive enterprise-wide Y2K remediation projects led by management
Read MoreAn anonymous Slashdot reader shared this report from NBC News: A new approach to a routine blood test could predict a person’s 30-year risk of heart disease, research published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine found. Doctors have long assessed their patients’ risk for cardiovascular disease by using a blood test to look
Read MoreCasey Newton, former senior editor at the Verge, weighs in on Platformer about the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. “Fending off onerous speech regulations and overzealous prosecutors requires that platform builders act responsibly. Telegram never even pretended to.” Officially, Telegram’s terms of service prohibit users from posting illegal pornographic content or promotions of violence
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is testing a bottom bar for the in-app browser present within the Google app. The Google app uses a Chrome Custom Tab implementation to display external content. Google has also been testing a redistributed bottom bar in the Google app, so this change could bring about some consistency.
Read MoreAmazon’s highest-end streaming stick, which can display both artwork and widgets when idle, is down to $39.99 at multiple retailers. | Image: Amazon It’s always sad when summer comes to a close. However, on the bright side, Labor Day represents yet another long weekend — not to mention an opportunity to save on a slew
Read MoreIn the world of wearables, a sub-$100 smartwatch is almost a pipe dream, with top brands inching prices higher every year and premium devices landing well over $500. And yet, earlier this summer, London-based tech house Nothing launched the CMF Watch Pro 2 for just $69, offering shoppers an extremely budget-friendly option with a watch
Read MoreThe fediverse has the potential to help create enduring and interoperable social networks. But many creators and businesses rely on bigger, closed platforms because they offer direct ways to make money from their audiences, which is hard to do in the fediverse right now. Sub.club is trying to solve that. The idea is that this
Read MoreImage: Getty Let’s get one thing out of the way: contrary to what you may have heard, electric vehicle sales are up. I know, recent headlines suggest otherwise. Tesla sales are down. Ford is scaling back its EV rollout. General Motors is delaying an electric truck and holding back on investments in EV battery mining.
Read More“The Big Bang may not have been the beginning of the universe,” writes LiveScience, citing “a theory of cosmology that suggests the universe can ‘bounce’ between phases of contraction and expansion.” The recent study suggests that dark matter could be composed of black holes formed before the Big Bang, during a transition from the universe’s
Read MoreFor almost as long as there have been microcomputers, there have been attempts with varying success to make tiny handheld microcomputers. Sometimes these have been very good, and other times they’ve missed the mark in some way. Latest to find its way to us is the CL-32 from [Moosepr], it’s a handheld computer with an
Read MoreFor almost as long as there have been microcomputers, there have been attempts with varying success to make tiny handheld microcomputers. Sometimes these have been very good, and other times they’ve missed the mark in some way. Latest to find its way to us is the CL-32 from [Moosepr], it’s a handheld computer with an
Read More“Sometimes an artificial intelligence tool comes out of nowhere and dominates the conversation on social media,” writes Tom’s Guide. “This week that app is Cursor, an AI coding tool that uses models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o to make it easier than ever to build your own apps,” with the ability to “write, predict
Read More“Sometimes an artificial intelligence tool comes out of nowhere and dominates the conversation on social media,” writes Tom’s Guide. “This week that app is Cursor, an AI coding tool that uses models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o to make it easier than ever to build your own apps,” with the ability to “write, predict
Read MoreThe bulbs inside scanners (before transitioning to LED, anyway) were cold cathode fluorescent tubes that emit a fairly wide bandwidth of light. They were purpose-built to produce a very specific type and shape of light, but [Julius Curt] has taken this in a new, upcycled direction. Instead of just producing light, the light itself is
Read MoreMore than 25,000 Python developers from nearly 200 countries took the 7th annual Python Developers Survey between November 2023 and February 2024, with 85% saying Python was their main language. Some interesting findings: Though Python 2 reached “end-of-life” status in April of 2020, last year’s survey found 7% of respondents were still using Python 2.
Read MoreMore than 25,000 Python developers from nearly 200 countries took the 7th annual Python Developers Survey between November 2023 and February 2024, with 85% saying Python was their main language. Some interesting findings: Though Python 2 reached “end-of-life” status in April of 2020, last year’s survey found 7% of respondents were still using Python 2.
Read MoreApple has been busy introducing new features centered on AI. Recently, the iOS 18 Developer Beta received a new AI feature called Clean Up. What is iPhone’s Clean Up Feature? iPhone’s Clean Up is a feature of the Photos app that allows you to remove any object or person from your pictures. This feature can
Read MoreSwitch-mode technology has made inverters which take a low DC voltage and turn it into a usable mains voltage within the reach of everybody. But still, there might be moments when a mains supply is needed and you’re not lucky enough to have AliExpress at your fingertips, and for that, here’s [Rulof] with a mains
Read MoreSwitch-mode technology has made inverters which take a low DC voltage and turn it into a usable mains voltage within the reach of everybody. But still, there might be moments when a mains supply is needed and you’re not lucky enough to have AliExpress at your fingertips, and for that, here’s [Rulof] with a mains
Read MoreSwitch-mode technology has made inverters which take a low DC voltage and turn it into a usable mains voltage within the reach of everybody. But still, there might be moments when a mains supply is needed and you’re not lucky enough to have AliExpress at your fingertips, and for that, here’s [Rulof] with a mains
Read MoreA climate newsletter from the Los Angeles Times asked the question: Is it ethical to have children in the face of climate change? And they start by noting many people ask that question: A Pew Research Survey published in July found that among U.S. adults aged 18 to 49 who don’t plan on having kids,
Read MoreThe online news site San Francisco Standard profiles an open-source platform “that takes advantage of large language models to help users generate health insurance appeals with AI… “A Fight Health Insurance user can scan their insurance denial, and the system will craft several appeal letters to choose from and modify.” With the slogan “Make your
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