The Case Against Apple Weaponizes the Cult of Cupertino
The US government’s antitrust suit argues that Apple’s sticky ecosystem keeps hold of customers by penalizing those who leave.
Read MoreThe US government’s antitrust suit argues that Apple’s sticky ecosystem keeps hold of customers by penalizing those who leave.
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Read More[Abigail] is a confectionery roboticist, and [Hazal] is a developer advocate at a robotics company. The two met recently and decided to collaborate on a smart cake, with amusing results. The resulting cake not only looks like a camera it also has a camera inside. When the camera detects people in its field of view, a
Read MoreThe meme coin frenzy that was booming in late February and early March has cooled off recently amid a broader crypto market correction. However, this week, we have a clear winner among meme coins, and that’s the meme coin king – Dogecoin (DOGE). Dogecoin has outperformed all other major meme coins, such as SHIB, WIF,
Read MoreIndian Express calls it “the ultimate smartphone killer”. (Coming soon, its laser-on-your-palm feature will display stock prices, sports scores, and flight statuses.) Humane’s Ai Pin can even translate what you say, repeating it out loud in another language (with 50 different languages supported). And it can read you summaries of what’s on your favorite web
Read MoreCNN looks back to when “dial-up internet (and its iconic dial tone) was ‘still a thing…” “File-sharing services like Napster and LimeWire were just beginning to take off… And in sweaty dorm rooms and sparse basements across the world, people brought their desktop monitors together to set up a local area network (LAN) and play
Read MoreThere’s a lot to like about E-Ink displays, and you might be about to like them even more with [antirez]’s MicroPython driver for the Badger 2040 (or any display based on the UC8151 / IL0373) because it brings all kinds of useful features to your next project. E-Ink displays are great. They are high contrast,
Read MoreThe cost of a lifetime Babbel language learning subscription just dropped to $139.97, reflecting a $460 discount off retail and ringing in within $10 of the lowest price on record. The steeper price cut on a lifetime of Babbel is courtesy of StackCommerce, with the language learning tool dipping to $139.97 for a limited time
Read MoreIt will come as no surprise that Apple is expected to be continuing its trend of releasing a Pro version of the latest iPhone. In 2024, that means we can expect an iPhone 16 Pro – and the rumor mill already has an idea of what and when to expect it. When is the iPhone
Read MoreMattel had a ton of hit toys in the 20th century. In the early 1970s, the VertiBird was one of them, letting kids pretend to fly a helicopter in circles on their loungeroom floor. An original VertiBird can be hard to come by these days, but what if you could make your own? Well, [Gord
Read MoreAmazon’s Big Spring Sale 2024 is live, offering bargain hunters deals of up to $1,850 off on Apple gear, docks, Wi-Fi 6E routers, portable power stations and more. And unlike Prime Day, the blowout deals are available to the general public. Save on Apple products during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. The AppleInsider Deals Team is
Read MoreThere’s actually “a global trend toward increased air safety,” notes a Wall Street Journal columnist. And even in the case of the two fatal Boeing crashes five years ago, he stresses that they were “were two different crashes,” with the second happening only “after Boeing and the FAA issued emergency directives instructing pilots how to
Read MoreThere was a time when test equipment was big and heavy. Those days are gone, and [Kiss Analog] shows us the inside of a Uni-T UTG962E arbitrary waveform generator. The device is truly tiny. You might think this is due to the dense packing of the circuit board. However, one board is packed but the
Read MoreSlashdot reader christoban writes: In what may be an issue for Sun-obscuring strategies to combat global warming, it turns out that during solar eclipses, low level cumulus clouds rapidly disappear, reducing by a factor of 4, researchers have found. The news comes from the science magazine Eos (published by the nonprofit organization of atmosphere/ocean/space scientists,
Read MoreTetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and others spoke at the Game Developers Conference about Tetris Reversed, reports VentureBeat — and told the story of “a lost prototype of a Tetris game that was never published.” But little did Pajitnov know that an engineer in charge of the game, Vedran Klanac, had kept a copy of it.
Read MoreSlashdot reader christoban writes: In what may be an issue for Sun-obscuring strategies to combat global warming, it turns out that during solar eclipses, low level cumulus clouds rapidly disappear, reducing by a factor of 4, researchers have found. The news comes from the science magazine Eos (published by the nonprofit organization of atmosphere/ocean/space scientists,
Read MoreBleepingComputer reports on “a new denial-of-service attack dubbed ‘Loop DoS’ targeting application layer protocols.” According to their article, the attack “can pair network services into an indefinite communication loop that creates large volumes of traffic.” Devised by researchers at the CISPA Helmholtz-Center for Information Security, the attack uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and impacts
Read MoreAmerica’s Justice Department “is considering whether to allow Julian Assange to plead guilty to a reduced charge of mishandling classified information,” reports the Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter.” Though Assange faces trial for publishing thousands of confidential U.S. documents in 2010, this development opens up “the possibility of a deal that
Read MoreSony’s WH-1000XM5, the best noise-canceling headphones you can buy, are down to $328 for a limited time. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Spring is a season of refreshment and renewal. It’s an “upgrade season,” if you will, and Amazon’s Big Spring Sale offers a little something for everyone to add faster and
Read MoreSony’s WH-1000XM5, the best noise-canceling headphones you can buy, are down to $328 for a limited time. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Spring is a season of refreshment and renewal. It’s an “upgrade season,” if you will, and Amazon’s Big Spring Sale offers a little something for everyone to add faster and
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Opinion post by Dhruv Bhutani Competition breeds innovation, but saying that the Android smartwatch market has stagnated would be an understatement. Between Fossil exiting the game and limited options from the likes of Mobvoi, the Android smartwatch market is, by and large, a two-horse race between Samsung and Google.
Read MoreArtificial intelligence (AI) can help us do a lot nowadays, from brainstorming ideas or rewriting emails to creating whole artworks. One area that many people are finetuning more and more is AI character generation. What is an AI character generator? Just like any generative AI, an AI character generator uses prompts and machine learning to
Read MoreAhead of its release, Stellar Blade has been catching the eye of many a gamer with its real attention to detail on both character models, and the overall world aesthetic. If you’ve seen any of the images flying around the internet, you might have got a bit of deja vu, thinking you’ve seen this game
Read More“My favorite kind of science fiction involves stories rooted in real science…” writes NPR’s reviewer. “[T]here is something special about seeing characters wrestle with concepts closer to our current understanding of how the universe works.” The Verge calls it an “impressive” and “leaner” story than the book, arguing “it’s a good one — and very
Read MoreThe phone’s vibration feature is vital since it gives you the freedom to silence all notifications but still alerts you of their arrival. Your iPhone can vibrate whenever it receives a call, SMS, Notification, and more. Also, there’s a feature known as System Haptics and keyboard feedback that makes the iPhone vibrate whenever you perform
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