Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales If your Chromebook supports mobile connectivity, you may be able to start using it as a hotspot. The upcoming change was spotted by 9to5Google in Chromium Gerrit, the web-based code review system Google’s developers use to work on future updates. When the feature is available for testing, you will be…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
This week in Washington IP news, committee hearings at the U.S. House of Representatives focus on several topics related to technology including improvements to civil space procurement activities to promote cybersecurity in space systems, the use of facial recognition technology by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, as well as technological recommendations advanced by the House…
Enlarge / An ion trap, the quantum hardware that was used for this work. (credit: Honeywell) You can almost hear the indrawn breath from newsrooms around the world. Specialist science journalists have hidden themselves in the bathroom to weep quietly. The cause of such despair? Someone has released a paper containing the word “topology”—something no…
Enlarge / Zeng Yuqun, chairman of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), poses for a photograph in Ningde, Fujian province, China, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) The headquarters of battery giant CATL tower over the coastal Chinese city of Ningde. To the untrained eye, the building resembles a huge slide rising…
So many podcasts out there, so little time. Rawpixel / Depositphotos This story has been updated. It was originally published on December 19, 2019. It’s a golden age for podcasting, with a plethora of top-quality, ear-catching broadcasts available from a host of sources and suppliers. Whether you’re a science fan, science fiction enthusiast, or need…
During Hall H’s presentation at Comic-Con this Saturday, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced “Daredevil: Born Again,” a new series for Disney+ that stars Charlie Cox as Daredevil and Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin. “Born Again” will get an 18-episode first season and will stream on Disney+ in the spring of 2024. It’s unclear at this…
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex and Grace are back to cover the biggest and most interesting technology, startup and markets news. Sitting as we are on the precipice of a huge data dump, we had lots to chat through!…
Doug Petkanics Contributor Share on Twitter Doug Petkanics is the co-founder and CEO of Livepeer, an open video infrastructure for livestreaming. What’s your web3 strategy? I doubt it’s the first time you’ve been asked that question. It’s been on the lips of a growing number of investors on the hunt for disruptive opportunities blockchain-based technologies…
SAVE 25%: The Ninja Nutri-Blender 600 is just $29.97 at Walmart as of July 25 — that’s $10 off its usual cost of $39.99. Whip up your own smoothies and shakes and bring them on the go with this powerful personal drink maker. Buying smoothies regularly can get expensive. Why not whip up your own smoothies…
Believe it or not, Google’s Play Store is 10 years old today. OK, not really. The original Android app store was actually launched as Android Market in August 2008, just a month after Apple introduced its App Store. But Google Play came to be as a combination of several other services, including Google Music and…