[Michael Lynch] encountered a strange situation. Why was compiling then running his program nearly 10x faster than just running the program by itself? [Michael] ran into this issue while benchmarking a programming project, pared it down to its essentials for repeatability and analysis, and discovered it highlighted an incorrect mental model of how bash pipelines
Read MoreSubscribers of Apple Music can allow third-party apps to access the app and their music collection. Here’s how to grant that access to other apps in macOS. Apple Music app icon for macOS Apple Music on the Mac has a little-known feature that allows third-party apps to access your music collection. For example, you could
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: They’re vast expanses that can be as big as towns: open landfills where household waste ends up, whether it’s vegetable scraps or old appliances. These landfills also belch methane, a powerful, planet-warming gas, on average at almost three times the rate reported to federal
Read MoreTobias Mann reports via The Register: Cloud server provider Vultr has rapidly revised its terms-of-service after netizens raised the alarm over broad clauses that demanded the “perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free” rights to customer “content.” The red tape was updated in January, as captured by the Internet Archive, and this month users were asked to agree to
Read MoreThe Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan has won a $1.5 billion conditional federal loan to reopen after being closed for decommissioning in 2022. Canary Media reports: If the loan is granted (subject to Holtec meeting closing conditions) and the 800-megawatt reactor located on Lake Michigan is repowered, it would be the first nuclear plant in
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple is suing a former employee for leaking confidential information, including unknown details about Apple’s Journal app, the development of the VisionOS headset, and more, to journalists and employees of other companies. The lawsuit, filed ten days ago in California state court (24CV433319, pdf), says Andrew Aude also
Read MoreStarting next month, Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses will support multimodal AI features to perform translation, along with object, animal, and monument identification. The Verge reports: Users can activate the glasses’ smart assistant by saying “Hey Meta,” and then saying a prompt or asking a question. It will then respond through the speakers built into the
Read MoreCompanies will no longer be allowed to use software checks to verify replacement parts in a major step forward for the right-to-repair movement.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority China’s state-owned telecom provider, China Mobile, announced the launch of its 5.5G network. 5.5G (or 5G Advanced) networks offer improved data speeds over the current 5G networks. OPPO’s 2024 flagship Find X7 series phones are reportedly the first ones to support 5GA networks. Even as we wait for widespread,
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Do you remember Facebook Watch? Me neither. Mark Zuckerberg’s short-lived streaming service never really got off the ground, but court filings unsealed in Meta’s antitrust lawsuit claim “Watch” was kneecapped starting in 2018 to protect Zuckerberg’s advertising relationship with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. “For nearly a decade,
Read MoreSmart phones have taken the place of a lot of different devices especially as they get more and more powerful. GPS, music and video player, email, and of course a phone are all functions tied up in these general-purpose devices. Another casualty of the smart phone revolution is the humble bedside alarm clock as its
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung is pushing out the March 2024 security patch to Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5 models. The new update also addresses previous issues with Samsung Health’s accuracy. Samsung has begun rolling out a new software update for its Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 family smartwatches. This
Read MoreMichael Larabel reports via Phoronix: Given the recent change by Redis to adopt dual source-available licensing for all their releases moving forward (Redis Source Available License v2 and Server Side Public License v1), the Linux Foundation announced today their fork of Redis. The Linux Foundation went public today with their intent to fork Valkey as
Read MoreApple has notified the 350 Swift Student Challenge winners of their victory and rewards, which include AirPods Max, a certificate, and a free one-year membership to the developer program. Swift Student Challenge Apple holds the Swift Student Challenge each year to encourage student developer to practice their craft and win prizes. Participants must be over
Read MoreApple has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, accusing the ex-iOS software engineer of breaching confidentiality agreements by leaking details of the Journal app before its launch. Gavel in a courtroom The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara on March 18, pits Apple against the defendant Andrew Aude. Apple
Read MoreMacworld The current iPad range is one of the most populated we’ve seen. It includes two iterations of the standard iPad, the iPad mini, the iPad Air, and the 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models, so there’s plenty to choose from. It seems Apple isn’t stopping there, though; rumors suggest it could be adding an
Read MoreA new Android 15 feature could allow you to force some Android games to run at higher than 60fps. Many Android games are locked at a frame rate of 60fps despite display refresh rates going as high as 144Hz. You’ll still be limited by the frame rates your hardware can actually handle. Android phones with
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A new official Google Messages webpage affirms that iPhone RCS support is coming in the fall. Originally, Apple only committed to 2024, so this is a more specific timeframe. Given the timing, it’s likely we’d see this land in tandem with the iPhone 16 series. Late last year, Apple
Read MoreMacworld It’s not really possible to “delay” a product that has never been announced, but it’s hard to see the latest report of iPad shipping dates as anything else. Originally expected in March, then sliding into April, the new iPad Pro and iPad Air are now expected to ship in early May, according to a
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple plans to release a new lineup of iPad Pros with OLED displays in early May, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company is also reportedly planning to launch an iPad Air with a larger 12.9-inch display for the first time. According to Gurman’s sources,
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s chief product officer of responsible AI, tells The Verge in an interview that her team has designed several new safety features that will be easy to use for Azure customers who aren’t hiring groups of red teamers to test the AI services they built. Microsoft says these LLM-powered tools
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority With iOS 17.4, the iPhone 12 appears to have gained the ability to charge at full 15W speeds using non-MagSafe Qi2 chargers. Previously, non-MagSafe chargers were limited to 7.5W charging speeds. iPhone 13 and newer models have already received support for Qi2 charging with the iOS 17.2 update. While
Read MoreYou walk into your house and issue a voice command to bring up the lights and start a cup of coffee. No big deal, right? Siri, Google, and Alexa can do all that. Did we mention it is 1985? And, apparently, you were one of the people who put out about $1,500 for a Mastervoice
Read MoreAmazon listings for low-cost tech products can send shoppers down a rabbit hole of weird brand names, duplicate listings, and suspect reviews. Data from Fakespot shows bug zappers are ascendant.
Read MoreSilicon Valley chiefs are swarming the Capitol to try to sway lawmakers on the dangers of falling behind in the AI race. From a report: In recent weeks, American lawmakers have moved to ban the Chinese-owned app TikTok. President Biden reinforced his commitment to overcome China’s rise in tech. And the Chinese government added chips
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