Karl Bode writes via Techdirt: Tired of being underserved and overbilled by shitty regional broadband monopolies, back in 2002 a coalition of local Utah governments formed UTOPIA — (the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency). The inter-local agency collaborative venture then set about building an “open access” fiber network that allows any ISP to then come
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian, written by Caroline Haskins: On May 7th and 8th in Washington, D.C., the city’s biggest convention hall welcomed America’s military-industrial complex, its top technology companies and its most outspoken justifiers of war crimes. Of course, that’s not how they would describe it. It was the inaugural
Read MoreThere are plenty of reasons to pick up or build a 3D scanner. Modeling for animation or special effects, reverse engineering or designing various devices or products, and working with fabrics and clothing are all well within the wide range of uses for these tools. [Vojislav] built one a few years ago which used an
Read MoreEmilia David reports via The Verge: OpenAI has signed a deal for access to real-time content from Reddit’s data API, which means it can surface discussions from the site within ChatGPT and other new products. It’s an agreement similar to the one Reddit signed with Google earlier this year that was reportedly worth $60 million.
Read MoreThis is a 60 percent keyboard with most of the perks of larger, more spacious boards.
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority FCC filings have revealed details about the upcoming Galaxy Watch 7 series. The listings identify four expected models encompassing different sizes and connectivity options. A mysterious fifth model number, SM-R861, has also surfaced in the filings. Samsung is gearing up for a summer filled with wearable launches, with the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At Microsoft’s big AI and Surface event on May 20th, the company takes another shot at Arm Windows PCs. Continue reading…
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google discussed the importance of widgets at Google I/O 2024. During the session, there was a slide that showed first- and third-party widgets. Included in the slide was what appeared to be a widget for Google Home. It has been a busy week with a ton of announcements,
Read MoreImage: 91Mobiles After 2023’s big year for foldable phones, what’s next? According to these leaked pics, we can expect Motorola’s foldable Razr line to stretch that front cover screen even further on both versions. As revealed by 91Mobiles and Sudhanshu Ambhore on X, the Razr 50 Ultra 5G will feature a 4.0-inch screen on the
Read MoreDelta Emulator is abandoning its current logo for a different, yet-to-be-revealed mark — because Adobe thinks Delta’s stylized letter “D” is a bit too close to its stylized letter “A” for comfort. It’s not every day you see an app changelog that includes news of a legal threat, but get a load of this: Image
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Canada’s security agency is trying to dissuade Canadians from using TikTok, telling users that their data is “available to the government of China.” In an interview with CBC News set to air on Saturday, David Vigneault, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, said that “there is a very clear strategy
Read MoreIn what’s marked as an EU first, the French government has blocked TikTok in its territory of New Caledonia amid widespread pro-independence protests. Politico reports: A French draft law, passed Monday, would let citizens vote in local elections after 10 years’ residency in New Caledonia, prompting opposition from independence activists worried it will dilute the
Read MoreThe developer behind Delta has been threatened with legal action by Adobe, forcing the game emulator to change its icon. Adobe’s logo [left], Delta’s new icon [middle], Delta’s old icon [right] On Friday, the Delta game emulator updated its icon to something a bit unusual. Instead of an incomplete triangle that represents its namesake, the
Read MoreJoints are an essential part in robotics, especially those that try to emulate the motion of (human) animals. Unlike the average automaton, animals are not outfitted with bearings and similar types of joints, but rather rely sometimes on ball joints and a lot on rolling contact joints (RCJs). These RCJs have the advantage of being
Read MoreThe head of Canada’s Security Intelligence Service warned Canadians against using video app TikTok, saying data gleaned from its users “is available to the government of China,” CBC News reported on Friday. From a report: “My answer as director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is that there is a very clear strategy on
Read MoreThe iPhone has a well-loved camera system that Apple continues to improve over time. Here’s what’s rumored to change with the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro. The cameras of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max The camera is arguably one of the most important parts of the iPhone. The imaging capabilities
Read MoreImage: Tyler McVicker Valve’s next game appears to be a multiplayer hero shooter known as Deadlock. This is according to leaks from playtesters posted on social media earlier today, with some of the details verified by known Valve data miner Tyler McVicker. “Since testers started sharing Deadlock screenshots all over the place, here’s ones I
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to Regulation S-P that require certain financial institutions to disclose data breach incidents to impacted individuals within 30 days of discovery. Regulation S-P was introduced in 2000 and controls how some financial entities must treat nonpublic personal information
Read MoreGoogle says they’ve sped up how fast phones enter doze mode by 50% in Android 15. The result is that some devices are seeing up to 3 hours longer standby power on the latest OS. This improvement will be coming to all devices that receive the Android 15 update. Every major Android update brings a
Read MoreDead Boy Detectives, Chicken Nugget, and Ripley are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix this month.
Read MoreRockstar Games, the developer of the GTA series, released the first trailer of its highly anticipated game, Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6), in December 2023 on its official YouTube channel. The company also announced that the game would be coming to Sony PS5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X/S consoles in 2025. GTA 6 Release Date Officially
Read Morenecro81 writes: Robert Dennard was working at IBM in the 1960s when he invented a way to store one bit using a single transistor and capacitor. The technology became dynamic random access memory (DRAM), which when implemented using the emerging technology of silicon integrated circuits, helped catapult computing by leaps and bounds. The first commercial
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has removed a few tabs from the Google Maps bottom bar. The new bottom bar now has three tabs: Explore, You, and Contribute. The You tab combines the old Go, Saved, and Updates tabs. Google is making a small change to Google Maps that should help clean up
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Since the iPhone X’s introduction of OLED and Face ID in 2017, Apple’s phones haven’t changed their look significantly, but now The Information reports a major redesign is underway for a new “Slim” iPhone. The outlet says it could arrive in 2025 as part of the iPhone 17
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority A new report claims that Apple is developing a significantly slimmer iPhone, potentially set for a 2025 release. This slimmer iPhone might not be just a variant within the iPhone 17 lineup but a major redesign akin to the iPhone X. The new iPhone is expected to be priced
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