Enlarge (credit: Qualcomm) Today, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, the company’s flagship chip that will be coming to many Android phones over the next few months. Besides the usual newer, better, hopefully faster cores, a big piece of news is the addition of Wi-Fi 7 support so you can get better home…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
A honeybee pollinating a flower. Deposit Photos Without honeybees, next week’s Thanksgiving feast would be pretty boring. Their hard work makes foods like creamy mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie possible, since the power pollinators are crucial for growing the crops that eventually make it to the dinner table. The FDA estimates that…
MBDA At a range in southern England, researchers tested a new laser, making it one step closer to military use. Developed for the Ministry of Defence, DragonFire is intended to be a long-range answer to incoming threats, a way to defeat projectiles in mid-air through the concentrated power of intense light. On November 8, the…
Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former chief security officer. Getty A former Facebook executive weighed in on Elon Musk’s tumultuous new ownership of Twitter. Stamos advised Musk on Twitter to stop firing engineers for “correcting your clear misstatements.” Musk has publicly fired some workers who have taken to Twitter to dispute claims he has made about the company. …
Elon Musk. Adrees Latif/Reuters Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday that Blue Verified would be relaunched on November 29. Musk said he was postponing the launch to make sure “it is rock solid.” Musk first launched the update on November 5 but was forced to revoke it less than six days later. Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday that…
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Courtesy of Donna Langley; Kudzi Chikumbu, George Pimentel/Getty Images; Shane Brown/FX; Nolwen Cifuentes/Insider; Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Insider Insider’s 100 People Transforming Business highlights 100 leaders across 10 industries who are driving unprecedented change and innovation. The entertainment list includes leaders from such organizations as Apple, TikTok and YouTube. Click here to read…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images Two people were killed after Russian-made missiles landed in Poland, according to reports. The incident could benefit Zelenskyy’s efforts to stir up further assistance, a Russia expert said. “This is a propaganda gift for the Ukrainians,” said Simon Miles, an assistant professor at Duke. Two people…
Elon Musk has set a new date for Twitter Blue’s paid verification to return: November 29th. The new date comes just a few days after the company paused the roll out and halted new sign-ups after the site was overrun by pranksters and scammers impersonating brands, celebrities and other high-profile accounts. Musk said the return…
Six months after enjoyable open water survival adventure Raft drifted serenely out of Steam early access, developer Redbeet Interactive has announced it’s adapting the game for consoles. Raft, if you’re unfamiliar, first gained attention as a free itch.io prototype back in 2016. After a two year spell expanding the game’s core survival loop – in…
If you’re looking to upgrade your high-end smartphone in 2023, chances are you’ll be choosing between devices powered by one of two chipsets – the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and the Apple A16 Bionic. The A16 can be found in the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will…