The new Snapdragon W5+ chip from Qualcomm can only be a big deal if smartwatch makers decide it’s worth using. Most passed (or hesitated) on the previous chip from Qualcomm, so there’s no guarantee that this new (and impressive on paper) W5+ will be a success. For now, the typical players are putting their support…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Lego has officially announced an Atari 2600 set in celebration of Atari’s 50th anniversary. More details of the set have been released, following from rumours first reported on in April. The main component of the set is the life-size replica model of the console, but that’s not all. The 2532-piece kit will also include a…
Apps on Google Play will soon be able to offer in-app purchases with alternate payment methods, in response to new legislation covering the European Economic Area (EAA). The forthcoming policy shift, which only applies to non-gaming apps, is designed to help the company comply with the Digital Markets Act, which does not affect the United…
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Want to jump straight to the answer? The best virtual office service for most people is Opus Virtual Offices or Alliance Virtual Offices. For small business owners and freelancers, virtual office services offer all the advantages of renting actual office space without having to pay rent. Virtual offices offer a professional mailing address with mail…
After its teasers SoC last week, Qualcomm is announcing two new wearable chipsets today. To succeed the Snapdragon Wear 4100+ platform, Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 and the W5+ Gen 1. Both SoCs are built on the 4nm process and represent a drastic improvement to Qualcomm’s offering for wearables. Qualcomm touts that its…
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) continues to closely monitor the cybersecurity environment in Eastern Europe with regard to the war in Ukraine. Many Russian government cyber assets have remained focused on Ukraine and related issues since the invasion began, while Russian APT activity outside of Ukraine largely remains the same. TAG continues to disrupt campaigns…
Several decades ago, quantum computers were only a concept — a distant idea discussed mostly in lecture halls. Flash forward to today, and the race is on to build fault-tolerant quantum computers and discover new algorithms to apply them in useful ways. For all the aspirations of quantum computing, the reality is that unlocking its…
After more than eight years, we introduced a refreshed version of the Chrome icon for the 100th update for Chrome earlier this year. Today, I chatted with user experience interaction designer Elvin Hu and visual designer Thomas Messenger to go behind the scenes and learn more about how the Chrome icon was designed. What was…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google will start allowing the developers of non-gaming apps in the European Economic Area (EEA) to offer alternate payment systems. In a blog post, Google outlines its plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (or DMA), a piece of legislation aimed at regulating big tech. The DMA…