‘Thunderbolt 5’ Would Enable Dual 8K Display Support and More on Macs

Intel today previewed the next generation of Thunderbolt, which would enable ultra-fast data transfer speeds and improved external display support on future Macs that incorporate the standard when it launches in 2023 or later. The next generation of Thunderbolt will deliver up to 80 Gbps of bandwidth in each direction, allowing for up to 2×…

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 156 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed the ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release 156 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, JavaScript, Rendering,…

A tiny robot wand for your blinds

The SwitchBot Blind Tilt can tilt your blinds automatically. | Image: SwitchBot SwitchBot, the smart home company that takes robotics to places no one imagined, has come up with another ingenious gadget. The new $69 SwitchBot Blind Tilt launches today on Kickstarter, with orders expected to ship before Christmas. And, yes, it looks as ugly…

How Vice Society got away with a global ransomware spree

Enlarge (credit: Suebsiri Srithanyarat / EyeEm / Getty Images) A ransomware attack on the Los Angeles Unified School District in the first week of September crippled digital operations across the system, which includes more than 1,000 schools and serves roughly 600,000 students. Two weeks after the initial attack, as the district worked to recover and…

Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is ‘rapid evolving,’ according to WHO

Ebola prevention signage at a local health center on October 10, 2022 in Madudu, Uganda. Luke Dray / Stringer / Getty One month after the Ebola virus was first detected in Uganda, the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed concern over the spread of the deadly virus. Uganda has reported 60 confirmed…

Sight Tech Global 2022 announced

As we prepare for the third annual Sight Tech Global (December 7-8, free & virtual, register here), a technology event that tracks the advances in technology supporting people who live with blindness, two big shifts are front and center. First, new digital experiences, notably virtual reality, are testing known approaches to accessibility. There are no…

Seven scaleups hog over 70% funding to Africa’s Solar PayGo ventures

Over the last 10 years startups in Africa’s off-grid solar sector have attracted over $2.3 billion funding. However, the largest share of the financing has gone to just seven pay-as-you-go (PayGo) Africa-based scaleups, leaving hundreds others in the early-stage struggling to fundraise, according to the biennial Gogla-World Bank report. The seven most funded solar startups…