Technology
Joe Biden mentioned hamburgers in his 2023 State of the Union address. Specifically, the president wondered why the person who rings up your burger order may have signed a noncompete agreement preventing them from working at a nearby burger restaurant that pays better — the kind of agreement that 30 million workers in the US … Read more
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Qualcomm Technologies unveiled its Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF System, the world’s first 5G NR-Light modem-RF system. It’s a 5G modem for a new generation of devices to fuel the connective edge of the network, said Gautam Sheoran, vice … Read more
Retirement planning can easily be overlooked while juggling your career, raising children, paying off debt, and enjoying today. In fact, according to a Bankrate survey conducted in 2022, 55 percent of American workers are behind on their retirement savings. If you want to create a financially secure future, however, you need to know what options … Read more
Enlarge / Yusuf Mehdi, vice president of Microsoft’s modern life and devices group, speaks during an event at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on Tuesday. Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg via Getty Images Fresh off news of an extended partnership last month, Microsoft has announced a new version of its Bing search engine and Edge browser that … Read more
3. Baidu, China’s leading search engine and AI company, is planning to release its own version of ChatGPT in March. (Bloomberg $) 4. The past three months should have been the busiest season for Foxconn’s iPhone assembly factory in China. Instead, it was disrupted by mass covid-19 infections and intense labor protests. (Rest of World) … Read more
Security researchers say they have recently observed a Russian hacking crew, who were behind the destructive WhisperGate malware cyberattacks, targeting Ukrainian entities with a new information-stealing malware. Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team has attributed this campaign to a Russia-linked cyber threat actor, widely known as TA471 (or UAC-0056), which has been active since early 2021. The … Read more
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Binance executive Leon Foong says a full audit will take “a longer time”, arguing accountants are still learning about crypto, after Mazars retracted its report — Binance Holdings Ltd., operator of the world’s largest digital-asset exchange, indicated a full audit of its assets …
Model trains are good fun, though few of them serve any purpose beyond amusement or authentic railway simulation. [ProjectAir] decided to put his model train to practical use by having it deliver fresh espresso, and faced plenty of difficult challenges along the way. It sounds simple, but the practicalities of the task proved difficult. After … Read more
Wireless charging is nothing new, but the technology may have finally hit peak convenience. With the Speedy Mag Wireless Charger, you finally have a power source for your iPhone or Android that you can carry along for all-day energy. The device works with phones newer than an iPhone 12, or any Qi-enabled Android. The Speedy Mag … Read more
Microsoft today unveiled a new AI-powered Edge browser and Bing search engine with a “chat” functionality. The new search engine allows users to ask questions and receive answers from GPT-4, the latest version of the artifical intelligence (AI) language model built by research lab OpenAI. The new, AI-powered search engine and Edge browser are available in … Read more