Credit: Smartprix Google has confirmed the existence of the Pixel 8a. The phone will carry new battery information stats that were previously spotted on existing Pixel phones but later removed after the March feature drop. Google has unintentionally confirmed the existence of the Pixel 8a while addressing a Pixel feature that mysteriously disappeared after the
Read MoreWhen the RepRap project was started in 2005 by [Dr Adrian Bowyer], the goal was to develop low-cost 3D printers, capable of printing most of their own components. The project slipped into a bit of a lull by 2016 due to the market being increasingly flooded with affordable FDM printers from a growing assortment of
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Qualcomm has announced the launch date for its next “flagship” processor. This could be the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 that was leaked last month. The naming scheme hints at where the SoC would rank in performance compared to other chipsets in the lineup. Leading global chipmaker Qualcomm has teased
Read MoreCredit: Nothing Nothing’s phones now allow users to record phone calls discreetly. The feature was added with the new recorder widget. Nothing phones will now let you record phone calls more discreetly without letting others on the call know that they are being recorded.
Read MoreCredit: Smartprix Google has confirmed the existence of the Pixel 8a. The phone will carry new battery information stats that were previously spotted on existing Pixel phones but later removed after the March feature drop. Google has unintentionally confirmed the existence of the Pixel 8a while addressing a Pixel feature that mysteriously disappeared after the
Read MorePhoto by Kevin Winter/Getty Images Like many of the movies up for Oscars, this year’s Academy Awards ran longer than most viewers probably considered reasonable. But lengthy as the ceremony was, it was marked by enough surprises to make it one one hell of a watch. Though host Jimmy Kimmel made sure to get a
Read MoreFortnite Mobile Apple blocked Epic’s attempt at bringing their games back to the iPhone in Europe. The European Commission began investigating whether Apple went against EU regulations. Apple, facing scrutiny, decided to reinstate Epic’s developer account in Europe. European users will soon be able to play Epic’s Fortnite on their iPhone, despite a tumultuous back-and-forth
Read MoreIn 1995 Scottish video game designer Chris Sawyer created the business simulator game Transport Tycoon Deluxe — and within four years, Wikipedia notes, work began on the first version of an open source version that’s still being actively developed. “According to a study of the 61,154 open-source projects on SourceForge in the period between 1999
Read MoreApparent manipulations to an official image of the Princess of Wales led wire services to issue a “kill notification” on the photo.
Read MoreGenerally when one considers quadcopter drones, the term ‘fast’ doesn’t come to mind, but with the rise of FPV (First Person View) drones, they have increasingly been designed to go as fast as possible. This can be for competitive reasons, to dodge enemy fire on a battlefield, or in the case of [Luke Maximo Bell]
Read MoreResearchers at Cado Security Labs received an alert about a honeypot using the Docker Engine API. “A Docker command was received…” they write, “that spawned a new container, based on Alpine Linux, and created a bind mount for the underlying honeypot server’s root directory…” Typically, this is exploited to write out a job for the
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Read MoreWe all know that we’re living in a surveillance state that would make Orwell himself shake his head, but it looks like at least one company in this space has gone a little rogue. According to reports, AI surveillance start-up Flock <<insert gratuitous “What the Flock?” joke here>> has installed at least 200 of its
Read MoreScreenshot by Alex Cranz/The Verge After months of speculation on the whereabouts of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales and future Queen of England, the Royal Family released an image today that appears to have been edited. It’s so edited that the Associated Press and Reuters issued rare kill notifications for it. It is incredible
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shared this story from the New York Times: Into the depleted field of journalism in America, a handful of websites have appeared in recent weeks with names suggesting a focus on news close to home: D.C. Weekly, the New York News Daily, the Chicago Chronicle and a newer sister publication, the Miami
Read MoreCredit: CNC Kitchen Resin 3D prints have a reputation for being brittle, but [Stefan] over at [CNC Kitchen] would like to dispel this myth with the thing which we all love: colorful bar graphs backed up by scientifically appropriate experiments. As he rightfully points out, the average resin printer user will just cure a print
Read MoreAmerica’s Department of Justice “has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on an Alaska Airlines plane,” reports the Associated Press, citing a report from the Wall Street Journal. “As part of the new investigation, the Justice Department has interviewed pilots and flight attendants on the flight…” the
Read MoreApple’s 5th generation Time Capsule allows you to wirelessly back up your hardware. Here’s how to refurbish the combined base station and NAS device. Apple launched the Wi-Fi revolution in 1998 when it released its first AirPort base station (access point) and optional AirPort cards for new Macs and notebooks when the original iMac was
Read MoreAn article in Inc notes a “wild projection” in Reddit’s SEC filing that Reddit’s global market opportunity by 2027 is $1.4 trillion.” Some of the numbers lead back to a single individual: Sam Altman. The co-founder and chief executive of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI owns an 8.7 percent stake in Reddit, more than its co-founder and CEO,
Read MoreOur in-house physics whiz explains how a heat pump can warm your home without burning fossil fuels.
Read MoreOur in-house physics whiz explains how a heat pump can warm your home without burning fossil fuels.
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority We’re now well beyond the one-year anniversary since ChatGPT’s release. The chatbot has received numerous updates since then, which have added features like custom instructions, GPTs, and newer models like GPT-4 Turbo. But competition has also been heating up over the past year, with Microsoft Copilot and Google’s Gemini
Read MoreScience magazine “has confirmed that a panel of two dozen geologists has voted down a proposal to end the Holocene — our current span of geologic time, which began 11,700 years ago at the end of the last ice age — and inaugurate a new epoch, the Anthropocene. “Starting in the 1950s, it would have
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shared this article from Futurism: More than two years since MIT claimed its scientists achieved a breakthrough in fusion energy, the university is claiming that new research “confirms” that the magnet-based design used in those tests isn’t just impressive in a lab setting, but is practical and economically viable, too. These findings
Read MoreTime Capsule was Apple’s discontinued line of network backup products. This is how you could use one on a modern network. Apple Time Capsules In 2008 Apple introduced a product called Time Capsule, which combined a wireless AirPort Base Station and an internal hard drive along with the macOS Time Machine backup software. Time Capsule
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