The OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro have received their final scheduled update. This last update brings the April 2024 security patch. This closes the book on the 2020 flagship phones, which received three Android OS updates and four years of security patches. The OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro were two of the better
Read MoreSuperhero games have had a rough time of it lately with both Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and Marvel’s Avengers both not exactly capturing fan’s attention for very long. Marvel Rivals looks to change that, bringing in Overwatch-esque gameplay that many know and love. If hearing that has piqued your interest, we’ll reveal all
Read MoreDepartment of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced new rules for the airline industry that will require airlines to automatically give cash refunds to passengers for canceled and significantly delayed flights. They will also require airlines to give cash refunds if your bags are lost and not delivered within 12 hours. “This is a big day
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority T-Mobile is making some important changes to its SIM change process to make SIM swap scams much harder. A new Account Change Engine determines the legitimacy of SIM change requests. Customers now also need to confirm a SIM change instead of denying the SIM change under the previous system.
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg said the Facebook parent continues to make ‘steady progress’ in the metaverse as Threads reaches a milestone of 150m monthly active users. Read more: Meta revenue soars but metaverse costs make investors wary
Read MoreThe Fibonacci system is a sequence of numbers that can be applied to betting on casino or sports games. Often referred to as the Fibonacci sequence, created by Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci, this system dictates staking levels by adding numbers together, with the overriding target being to end the session in profit. So, how can
Read MoreBattery technology is the major limiting factor for the large-scale adoption of electric vehicles and grid-level energy storage. Marginal improvements have been made for lithium cells in the past decade but the technology has arguably been fairly stagnant, at least on massive industrial scales. At smaller levels there have been some more outside-of-the-box developments for
Read MoreIn the world of software development the term ‘optimization’ is generally reason for experienced developers to start feeling decidedly nervous, especially when a feature is marked as an ‘easy and free optimization’. The final keyword introduced in C++11 is one of such features. It promises a way to speed up object-oriented code by omitting the
Read MoreSamantha Cole reports via 404 Media: A Japan-based online art platform is banning kink content for users based in the US and UK, as laws in these countries continue to tighten around sites that allow erotic content. Pixiv is an image gallery site where artists primarily share illustrations, manga, and novels. The site announced on
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Almost all keyboard apps used by Chinese people around the world share a security loophole that makes it possible to spy on what users are typing. The vulnerability, which allows the keystroke data that these apps send to the cloud to be intercepted, has existed
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Brendan Hoffman, Getty Images Here’s a roundup of all the news about a new law requiring parent company ByteDance to sell off its platform. Continue reading…
Read More[samsuksiri] frequently uses a laptop and has an external drive to store projects. The drive flops around on the end of its tether and gets in the way, so they repurposed their old iPod pouch and attached it to the laptop lid with double-sided tape. You can guess how that went — the weight of
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube Music has vowed to become the “ultimate destination” for podcasts. The platform feels its podcast recommendations are its “secret sauce.” However, users who moved from Google Podcasts aren’t pleased with the new experience. YouTube Music wants to be the “ultimate destination for podcasters and fans alike,” the company
Read MoreHartley Charlton reports via MacRumors: Apple is said to be developing its own AI server processor using TSMC’s 3nm process, targeting mass production by the second half of 2025. According to a post by the Weibo user known as “Phone Chip Expert,” Apple has ambitious plans to design its own artificial intelligence server processor. The
Read MoreOver the past century or so we’ve come up with some clever ways of manipulating photons to do all kinds of interesting things. From lighting to televisions and computer screens to communication, including radio and fiber-optics, there’s a lot that can be done with these wave-particles and a lot of overlap in their uses as
Read MoreAxon on Tuesday announced a new tool called Draft One that uses artificial intelligence built on OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo model to transcribe audio from body cameras and automatically turn it into a police report. Axon CEO Rick Smith told Forbes that police officers will then be able to review the document to ensure accuracy. From
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The generative AI gold rush is underway — just don’t expect it to create profits anytime soon. That was the message from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to investors during Wednesday’s call for the company’s first-quarter earnings report. Having just put its ChatGPT competitor in a bunch of places
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Network security appliances like firewalls are meant to keep hackers out. Instead, digital intruders are increasingly targeting them as the weak link that lets them pillage the very systems those devices are meant to protect. In the case of one hacking campaign over recent months, Cisco is
Read MoreGoogle is delaying the end of third-party cookies in Chrome — again. This marks the third time Google pushed back its original deadline set in January 2020, when the company said it would phase out third-party cookies “within two years” to improve internet security. Digiday reports: The announcement was made on Tuesday ahead of quarterly
Read MoreNode.js 22, the latest version of the popular JavaScript runtime, has arrived, featuring require() support for ECMAScript modules, an improved WebSocket client, and an updated version of the Google V8 JavaScript engine. Announced April 24, version 22 of the event-driven, asynchronous runtime can be downloaded from Nodejs.org. The release adds require() support for synchronous ECMAScript module
Read MoreCredit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Google may soon offer its Pixel Tablet without the charging speaker dock, potentially making it more affordable. New accessories for the Pixel Tablet, including a pen and keyboard, are also rumored to be in the works. The Pixel Tablet was Google’s comeback into the Android tablet space, and it
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Two researchers at the University of California, Davis — Yanning Li and Alan Jenn — have determined that nearly two-thirds of [California’s] feeder lines don’t have the capacity that will likely be needed for car charging. Updating to handle the rising demand might set its utilities
Read MoreSimilar to the way Google makes its mobile OS Android open source, Meta announced it is opening up its Quest headset’s operating system to rival device makers. Reuters reports: The move will allow partner companies to build their headsets using Meta Horizon OS, a rebranded operating system that brings capabilities like gesture recognition, passthrough, scene
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Two researchers at the University of California, Davis — Yanning Li and Alan Jenn — have determined that nearly two-thirds of [California’s] feeder lines don’t have the capacity that will likely be needed for car charging. Updating to handle the rising demand might set its utilities
Read MoreAfter nearly four decades at Apple, Frank Casanova, the Senior Director of Product Marketing who recently spearheaded the launch of the Vision Pro headset, has retired. Apple bids farewell to Frank Casanova after pivotal 36-year tenure Over his extensive career, Casanova contributed significantly to the company, including his crucial role in expanding the iPhone’s carrier
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