Spotify won’t open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process
Spotify will brick the hardware it released in 2022 this December. Enlarge / Spotify's Car Thing thing in a car. (credit: Spotify) Spotify will refund owners of Car Thing, its Spotify-playing device that mounts to car.....»»
Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers
Appeals court decision potentially reversing publishers' suit may come this fall. Enlarge (credit: mitay20 | iStock / Getty Images Plus) The Internet Archive (IA) went before a three-judge panel Friday to defend its open.....»»
Vision Pro pre-orders open today in five more countries
Vision Pro pre-orders open today in five more countries, just as the first customers in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore take delivery of theirs. Customers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the UK will be able to pre-order the spati.....»»
Withholding Apple Intelligence from EU a ‘stunning declaration’ of anticompetitive behavior
The decision to withhold Apple Intelligence from EU countries amounts to a “stunning open declaration” of anticompetitive behavior, according to the bloc’s vice-president and competition regulator Margrethe Vestager. Vestager made her remark.....»»
Apple Vision Pro finally on sale outside the US
Customers in Japan and mainland China can now buy the Apple Vision Pro, and Apple will open up pre-orders in five more countries on Friday.Apple's head of retail Deirdre O'Brien is in China for the Apple Vision Pro rolloutAs announced during the WWDC.....»»
The world’s toughest race starts Saturday, and it’s delightfully hard to call this year
Setting the stage for what could be a wild ride across France. Enlarge / The peloton passing through a sunflowers field during the stage eight of the 110th Tour de France in 2023. (credit: David Ramos/Getty Images) Most.....»»
Japanese-Texas fusion hotel will cater to Toyota HQ visitors
The Miyako Hotel near Toyota's North American headquarters in Plano, Texas, is scheduled to open in 2027 with a rooftop teppanyaki bar and a Japanese teapot in each room......»»
How to pair Beats headphones with a Bluetooth device
Pairing your Beats headset to a phone, tablet, or laptop is pretty straightforward. Here’s a guide to walk you through the process for Beats’ current lineup......»»
Researchers find flexible solution for separating gases
For a broad range of industries, separating gases is an important part of both process and product—from separating nitrogen and oxygen from air for medical purposes to separating carbon dioxide from other gases in the process of carbon capture or r.....»»
Best Buy takes on Prime Day with its Member Deals Days sale that starts now
Best Buy Plus and Total members can save up to $600 on Apple products and more through the end of June.Best Buy's Member Deal Days ends Sunday.Best Buy's Member Deals Days sale, which ends Sunday, offers savings on thousands of items at Best Buy in a.....»»
Apple wants to help you open real-world locks just by looking at them
Apple is researching how to bring the simplicity and security of biometrically protected passwords to real-world objects like bike locks, door codes, safes, and more with the help of iPhone or Apple Vision Pro.Apple's tech could allow for at-a-glance.....»»
Fundamental spatial limits of all-optical magnetization switching
Magnetization can be switched with a single laser pulse. However, it is not known whether the underlying microscopic process is scalable to the nanometer length scale, a prerequisite for making this technology competitive for future data storage appl.....»»
Teaching biology—no more stressing out over structural formulas
Structural formulas are a source of dread for many students, but they're an essential tool in biology lessons. A joint study has shown that the stress levels of students working with chemical formulas are significantly reduced if they are given simpl.....»»
Magnesium-18"s unique decay process: From theory to practice
Led by physicist Si-Min Wang, the research team at Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, and Shanghai Research Center for Theoretical Nuclear Physics, NSFC, Fudan University, has documented tha.....»»
Re-analyzing LHC Run 2 data with cutting-edge analysis techniques allowed physicists to address old discrepancy
Supersymmetry (SUSY) is an exciting and beautiful theory that answers some of the open questions in particle physics. It predicts that all known particles have a "superpartner" with somewhat different properties. For example, the heaviest quark of th.....»»
Why we’re ready to pay the price for open banking
Why we’re ready to pay the price for open banking.....»»
Gitleaks: Open-source solution for detecting secrets in your code
Gitleaks is an open-source SAST tool designed to detect and prevent hardcoded secrets such as passwords, API keys, and tokens in Git repositories. With more than 15 million Docker downloads, 16,200 GitHub stars, 7 million GitHub downloads, thousands.....»»
DNA-based bacterial parasite uses completely new DNA-editing method
Its error rates are too high for safe use but might be improved. Enlarge / Top row: individual steps in the reaction process. Bottom row: cartoon diagram of the top, showing the position of each DNA and RNA strand. (credit: Hirai.....»»
Simple new process stores carbon dioxide in concrete without compromising strength
By using a carbonated—rather than a still—water-based solution during the concrete manufacturing process, a Northwestern University-led team of engineers has discovered a new way to store carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ubiquitous construction materi.....»»
Paramount Plus to Raise Prices yet Again
"You get a price hike! And you get a price hike!" The post Paramount Plus to Raise Prices yet Again appeared first on Phandroid. Following other content streaming platforms such as Netflix and Spotify which recently raised subscription fee.....»»
Apple working out how to use Mac in parallel with iPhone or iPad to process big jobs
Apple isn't content with the existing distributed computing technologies, and is working on a way to network your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and maybe even the Apple Vision Pro together to combine processing jobs dynamically according to device power, to get.....»»