An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Interviews with Coinbase customers around the country and a review of thousands of complaints reveal a pattern of account takeovers, where users see money suddenly vanish from their account, followed by po…
Dust-Sized Supercapacitor Packs the Same Voltage As a AAA Battery
Scientists in Germany have developed what they say is the smallest microsupercapacitor in existence. It’s smaller than a speck of dust, safe for use in the human body, and can deliver similar voltage to a AAA battery. Prior to this breakthrough, the sm…
US Space Command Is Now a ‘Warfighting Force,’ Needs Permanent Home
Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, said that the warfighting force he leads has reached Initial Operational Capability and will need to double the size of its headquarters staff to achieve full operational capability. It also needs …
Google Says Staff Have No Right To Protest Its Choice of Clients
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Google employees have no legal right to protest the company’s choice of clients, the internet giant told a judge weighing the U.S. government’s allegations that its firings of activists violated the N…
iFixit Says the Playdate Is a Surprisingly Repairable Game Boy Throwback
Playdate, the one-bit gaming system with an analog crank, will be relatively easy to fix if you ever need to replace its battery or buttons. Ars Technica reports the findings from iFixit’s teardown: The most interesting findings: The Playdate’s signatu…
Older Tesla Vehicles To Get UI Performance Boost Thanks To Famed Video Game Engineer
Tesla is working with famed video game engineer John Carmack to improve the interface performance in older vehicles. Electrek reports: Carmack is a legend in the video game world and in the broader computer science industry. He made important advanceme…
Apple Wins Patent For Dual-Display MacBook With Virtual Keyboard, Wireless Charging Capabilities
The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to Apple for a dual-display MacBook with a virtual keyboard replacing the traditional keyboard and with the ability to wirelessly charge an iPhone. 9to5Mac reports: As reported by Patently Apple, …
Man Steals 620K Photos From iCloud Accounts Without Apple Noticing
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Los Angeles Times: A Los Angeles County man broke into thousands of Apple iCloud accounts and collected more than 620,000 private photos and videos in a plot to steal and share images of nude young women, fe…
Waymo Starts Offering Autonomous Rides In San Francisco
Waymo is going to start shuttling a wider group of passengers around in its autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, California — though they’ll have to sign nondisclosure agreements, and there still will be a human safety driver behind the wheel. The Ve…
Samsung Kills the Cameras On the Galaxy Z Fold 3 If You Unlock the Bootloader
If you plan on unlocking the bootloader to root your Galaxy Z Flip 3 or Galaxy Z Fold 3 — Samsung’s two newest foldabes announced earlier this month, you should know that the Korean OEM will disable the cameras. Technically, this has only been confirm…