Terminal 3 Raises Pre-Seed Funding for Decentralized User Data Infrastructure
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, August 2nd, 2023, Chainwire Terminal 3, a Hong Kong-based Web3 startup, has successfully raised an oversubscribed pre-seed round to build user data infrastructure for a decentralized…
Microsoft Teams adds spatial audio for more immersive conference calls
Spatial audio is meant to make conference calls sound closer to real-life conversations. | Image: Microsoft After a few months of testing the feature, Microsoft has widely rolled out spatial…
Meta loses battle in EU, will ask for consent to show personalized ads
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) After five years of fighting legal battles to prevent this undesirable outcome, Meta has finally agreed to ask Instagram and Facebook users in…
The Atlantic is frying, but so far hurricanes are dying. What’s going on?
Enlarge / Don briefly reached hurricane status in July 2023. (credit: NOAA) As July came to a close, the Atlantic Ocean was absolutely sizzling, particularly in areas where hurricanes commonly…
Western Digital HDD capacity hits 28TB as Seagate looks to 30TB and beyond
Enlarge / Western Digital is gearing up to sample its first 28TB HDDs to customers, around a year after announcing its first 26TB drives. (credit: Western Digital) After a couple…
Canon warns printer users to manually wipe Wi-Fi settings before discarding
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Printer manufacturer Canon is warning that sensitive Wi-Fi settings don’t automatically get wiped during resets, so customers should manually delete them before selling, discarding, or getting…
The incandescent light bulb still isn’t dead — but ‘normal’ ones are now truly banned
An incandescent light bulb, next to an LED bulb. | Photo by The Verge When you think of a incandescent light bulb, you probably imagine this: a simple droplet of…
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is coming to PS4 and Xbox One
Image: EA Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, EA CEO Andrew Wilson announced during the company’s Q1 earnings call on Tuesday. The game…
Journal Science Reviews the LK99 Room Temperature Superconductor Developments
Derek Lowe in the Journal Science is guardedly optimistic at this point. The Shenyang and Lawrence Berkeley calculations are very positive developments. This is by far the most believable shot…
A new Samba de Amigo game is coming to Apple Arcade
Image: Apple Apple Arcade is adding four new games this month, including a new Samba de Amigo game. Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go brings the maraca-shaking monkeys to mobile on August…