[ad_1] The consequences could still be serious. In one of the ITC complaints, GlobalFoundries called for import bans on many of Apple’s devices with mobile chips, including the iPhone XS, AirPods, Apple Watch Series 4 and Apple TV 4K. It would still be highly damaging for others. NVIDIA’s GPU business revolves heavily around assembly at […]
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Netflix has shipped 5 billion discs
[ad_1] There’s no doubt that the physical media side of Netflix is small by this stage. There were 14 million disc subscribers in 2011, but that fell to a mere 2.4 million by the second quarter of this year — for context, there are 151 million streaming customers. It is, however, still a money maker. […]
Instagram tests ‘Threads’ app with automatic updates for close friends
[ad_1] The social media giant has struggled for a while to create a new, standalone messaging app for Instagram. It abandoned its Instagram Direct app — still in beta — back in May. Threads appears to be Facebook’s attempt to merge the best of Instagram and Snapchat into one vessel. Much like Snapchat, Threads will […]
Bell’s self-flying cargo drone completes its first flight
[ad_1] “We are excited to reach this milestone, and look forward to continuing to advance this technology for our customers,” said Scott Drennan, vice president of Bell’s Innovation team. The company will be testing the APT 70 for the rest of the year. Following that trial period, it plans to use the vehicle to conduct […]
US officials brace for ransomware attacks against election systems
[ad_1] The prep includes education and recommendations as well as more immediate checks like remote penetration testing and vulnerability scans. It won’t, however, involve advice on whether or not state governments should pay ransoms. Homeland Security wants systems to be sufficiently airtight that they aren’t forced to make that choice, an unnamed official told Reuters. […]
Watch SpaceX’s Starhopper attempt a 150m ‘hover test’
[ad_1] Ready for the next generation of SpaceX vehicles? Before the Starship launches, it’s testing out the new technology on this Starhopper test vehicle, which is scheduled to make its highest jump yet at about 7 PM ET. If all goes well, it will pop up to about 150m / 500~ feet. Check below for […]
Porsche Taycan sets four-door EV speed record at the Nürburgring
[ad_1] Porsche really, really wants to convince you that the Taycan will outperform Tesla’s cars in the right circumstances. The automaker reported that its pre-production EV set a (rather specific) lap record for four-door, all-electric cars on the Nürburging-Nordschliefe, completing its 12.8-mile run of the legendary circuit in seven minutes and 42 seconds. It unsurprisingly […]
Microsoft’s ‘Your Phone’ screen mirroring app is down
[ad_1] This is bad timing for an outage. As The Verge explains, the Galaxy Note 10 has its own version of Your Phone, called “Link to PC.” That phone just went on sale last week, and Link to PC is reportedly unavailable as part of this outage. Typically, the app lets you reply to texts, […]
Apple re-fixes a bug that let users jailbreak iPhones
[ad_1] This current update fixes a kernel vulnerability that would have allowed an attacker to “execute arbitrary code with system privileges” on an iPhone or iPad. Apple also mentioned Pwn20wnd, the hacker that released the public jailbreak. “We would like to acknowledge @Pwn20wnd for their assistance,” the company wrote in a security update. As you […]
Apple reportedly shelves ‘walkie talkie’ iPhone feature
[ad_1] This is the first time we’ve heard of the technology, which went by Project OGRS at Apple. It reportedly used the 900 megahertz radio spectrum, often used by the utility, oil and gas industries. Sources told The Information that it was designed to use Intel cellular modems. It’s unclear why Apple shelved the project, […]