Apple’s next event, during which it will likely unveil its next slate of devices, including the seventh-generation Apple Watch and a new iPhone, is happening Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. PT, the company confirmed Tuesday. The event, like all previous ones over …
Microsoft Start is a Personalized News Feed Designed for Windows 11, Mobile, and More
Microsoft is launching Microsoft Start today, a personalized news feed that integrates into Windows 11 and is accessible online and on iOS and Android. Microsoft Start is very similar to the MSN feed that exists today and to Microsoft News. Microsoft i…
Ghostscript Zero-Day Allows Full Server Compromises
Proof-of-concept exploit code was published online over the weekend for an unpatched Ghostscript vulnerability that puts all servers that rely on the component at risk of attacks. From a report: Published by Vietnamese security researcher Nguyen The Du…
The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone
A 22-year-old Bitcoin millionaire wants Republicans to ditch their iPhones for a low-end handset that he hopes to turn into a political tool. From a report: It was a pitch tuned for a politically polarized audience. Erik Finman, a 22-year-old who calle…
Sometimes Dismissed as a Fad in Advanced Economies, Crypto Holds More Appeal in Countries With a History of Financial Instability
In advanced economies, cryptocurrencies are viewed by many in the financial world with suspicion — the domain of zealous “crypto bros” and a speculative and highly volatile fad that can only end badly. Regulators in Europe and the US have issued stark…
Developer Returns To Game After Four Decades, Discovers and Fixes Typo So It Works
joshuark writes: Harry McCracken is not the name of a Cold War superspy, but a man who is now the tech editor of Fast Company and, in his younger days, a developer of games for Radio Shack’s TRS-80 microcomputer. McCracken, who is also a regular Slashd…
The Chip Shortage Has Made a Star of This Little-Known Component
The global chip shortage is giving rise to a small group of little-known companies whose products are increasingly essential to the plans of semiconductor industry titans. From a report: The companies make parts called substrates, which connect chips t…
Toyota To Spend $13.5 Billion To Develop EV Battery Tech and Supply By 2030
Toyota said on Tuesday it expects to spend more than $13.5 billion by 2030 to develop batteries and its battery supply system — a bid to lead in the key automotive technology over the next decade. From a report: The world’s largest automaker by volume…
El Salvador Bought $21 Million of Bitcoin as it Becomes First Country To Make It a Legal Currency
El Salvador bought roughly $20.9 million worth of bitcoin, one day before it formally adopts the worldâ(TM)s most popular cryptocurrency as legal tender. From a report: In a series of tweets Monday, President Nayib Bukele revealed that the country…
Facebook Apologizes After Its AI Labeled Black Men ‘Primates’
Facebook users who watched a newspaper video featuring black men were asked if they wanted to “keep seeing videos about primates” by an artificial-intelligence recommendation system. From a report: Facebook told BBC News it “was clearly an unacceptable…