One of Microsoft’s goals for recent releases of Windows was to improve the developer experience, with the aim of making it the preferred platform for modern application development. That goal has led to the release of the Windows Subsystems for Linux and Android, resilient Dev Drive storage based on the ReFS file system, the WinGet
Read MoreEmily Shugerman reports via The Daily Beast: Gemini, the crypto startup owned by the Winklevoss twins, will have to return $1.1 billion to customers who lost money in their partnership with the now-bankrupt crypto lender Genesis. In a deal with the New York State Department of Financial Services, Gemini agreed to return the funds lost
Read MoreThe new images from ALMA suggest water vapour plays a significant role in the formation of planets. Read more: Vast amounts of water spotted surrounding a star
Read MoreSome of the companies that use Heyflow’s platform to improve conversion rates include Rocket Mortgage, Adecco, Crédit Agricole and BCG Digital Ventures. Read more: Hamburg-based Heyflow raises $16m for no-code AI platform
Read MoreFounded by the Winklevoss twins, Gemini, which has its European HQ in Dublin, will pay a $37m fine to the New York State Department of Financial Services. Read more: Gemini asked to pay more than $1bn to crypto customers
Read MoreAs Chinese automakers prepare to launch in the US, the White House is investigating whether cars made in China could pose a national security threat.
Read MoreWith the growth of sophisticated attacks against critical software and infrastructure systems, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has emerged as a critical layer of defense against unauthorized access. An increasing number of enterprise and developer-facing technology applications and platforms, from GitHub to Salesforce to Amazon Web Services, are making MFA mandatory for users. That said, we are
Read MoreCredit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority The YouTube Create app is now available in additional markets, including the US. This app lets you easily capture and edit YouTube Shorts or longer videos on your Android phone. YouTube launched the YouTube Create app back in September 2023, but it was only available in a few countries.
Read MoreCEO Andrew Wilson told employees this ‘streamlining’ of operations will allow the company to focus on its most valuable opportunities. Read more: EA layoffs to affect 5pc of global workforce
Read MoreCredit: Smartprix Renders of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 have leaked, giving us a good look at the upcoming device. The Galaxy Z Flip 6 in these leaked renders looks very similar to the existing Galaxy Z Flip 5. The new device is said to have a slightly thicker body, indicating it could
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent: Wildfires sweeping across Texas briefly forced the evacuation of America’s main nuclear weapons facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blaze. Pantex Plant, the main facility that assembles and disassembles America’s nuclear arsenal, shut down its operations on Tuesday night as
Read MoreAmazon-owned Woot is clearing out Grade A refurbished Apple Watch styles, with prices dipping to as low as $129.99. Pick up an Apple Watch Ultra for just $502.99 while supplies last. Amazon-owned Woot is slashing prices on Apple Watches. The Apple Watch sale at Amazon-owned Woot drops prices on a variety of styles, but a
Read MoreNothing screams retrocomputing quite like floppy drives. If you want to preserve some of your favorite computing memories like that paper you wrote about the joys of the Information Superhighway, [Shelby] from Tech Tangents has a detailed dive into how to preserve the bits off those old floppies. Back in the day, the best way
Read MoreIt’s very normal for a user to have both Android and an iPhone. Android is usually the first pick for a phone user, and after spending a fair amount of time on the operating system, users plan to switch to an iPhone. So, if you used to be an Android user and just bought a
Read MoreWhen you purchase a new iPhone and set it up for the first time, you are asked to assign a name to your iPhone. The name of your iPhone is very important since it helps you recognize your device across other services like AirDrop, iCloud, Personal Hotspot and while using the Find My app. As
Read MoreAstronomers are investigating a star system 100 light-years away with six sub-Neptune planets in near-perfect orbital resonance, piquing the interest of scientists searching for alien technology, or technosignatures. Space.com reports: To be clear, no such evidence was found in the system, dubbed HD 110067. However, the researchers say they’re not done looking yet. HD 11067
Read MoreCostello discusses the objectives of Crew, the career journey that led her to this leadership position and the goal of building a community for creative tech entrepreneurs in the west of Ireland. Read more: A Crew is forming to boost Ireland’s creative tech sector
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent: Wildfires sweeping across Texas briefly forced the evacuation of America’s main nuclear weapons facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blaze. Pantex Plant, the main facility that assembles and disassembles America’s nuclear arsenal, shut down its operations on Tuesday night as
Read MoreNew support documents suggest Apple’s Self Service Repair program will soon expand to M3-equipped iMacs and MacBooks. Apple Self Service Repair The Self Service Repair program launched in 2022 for iPhones then expanded to select Macs in 2023. While every part and repair option isn’t available, it does enable enterprising users to perform certain repair
Read MoreInternet connectivity in remote areas can be a challenge, but recently SpaceX’s Starlink has emerged as a viable solution for many spots on the globe — including the Ukrainian frontlines. Unfortunately, in 2021 Starlink released a new version of their hardware, cost-optimized to the point of losing some nice features such as the built-in Ethernet
Read MoreA report shares that “many” Apple employees considered Project Titan an inevitable failure and are happy to see it die in favor of work on artificial intelligence. Apple’s work on Project Titan cost $10 billion over a decade The decade-long Project Titan follows a long and winding road past Jony Ive‘s hope for a self-driving
Read MoreMichael Larabel reports via Phoronix: Back in 2022 Cloudflare announced they were ditching Nginx for an in-house, Rust-written software called Pingora. Today Cloudflare is open-sourcing the Pingora framework. Cloudflare announced today that they have open-sourced Pingora under an Apache 2.0 license. Pingora is a Rust async multi-threaded framework for building programmable network services. Pingora has
Read MoreThe Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet have filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement and the removal of copyright information while training AI models. The Verge reports: The publications said ChatGPT “at least some of the time” reproduces “verbatim or nearly verbatim copyright-protected works of journalism without providing author, title, copyright or
Read MoreMichael Larabel reports via Phoronix: Back in 2022 Cloudflare announced they were ditching Nginx for an in-house, Rust-written software called Pingora. Today Cloudflare is open-sourcing the Pingora framework. Cloudflare announced today that they have open-sourced Pingora under an Apache 2.0 license. Pingora is a Rust async multi-threaded framework for building programmable network services. Pingora has
Read MoreThis week, Jonathan Bennett and Elliot Williams talk with Eben Upton About the Raspberry Pi! The conversation covers the new Pi 5, the upcoming CM5, the possible Pi500, and the Initial Public Offering (IPO) that may happen before too long. There’s also the PCIe port, the RP1, and the unexpected effects of using Broadcom chips.
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