iPhone 16 Pro camera review: overall image and quality of life improvements, and Camera Control, Zero Shutter Lag, and its advanced Photographic Styles impress
For the first “Desert Titanium” iPhone, we took over 1000 photos and videos in the desert. Take a deep dive into what's new — and why it's close to the last of its kind.
iPhone 16 Pro camera review: overall image and quality of life improvements, and Camera Control, Zero Shutter Lag, and its advanced Photographic Styles impress
For the first “Desert Titanium” iPhone, we took over 1000 photos and videos in the desert. Take a deep dive into what's new — and why it's close to the last of its kind.
A history of Lambda School: burning through $120M, why its income share agreements failed, how one developer-turned-journalist revealed the fraud, and more
Two days after his company's downfall, Austen Allred wrote: … Austen co-founded Lambda School, one of the largest educational startups of all time. Mastodon: @slightlyoff@toot.cafe...
The US CFPB fines BloomTech, formerly Lambda School, and CEO Austen Allred $164K+ and bans BloomTech from lending for 10 years over deceiving students on loans
In an order today, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said that BloomTech, the for-profit coding bootcamp previously known …
The US CFPB fines BloomTech, formerly Lambda School, and CEO Austen Allred $164K+ and bans BloomTech from lending for 10 years over deceiving students on loans
In an order today, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said that BloomTech, the for-profit coding bootcamp previously known …
Apple blocking Beeper Mini, not a service unto itself but an unauthorized client for a proprietary platform that costs a lot to run, is not anticompetitive
what a shame! I swear, these companies — Meta, Spotify, and Epic come to mind — are the whiniest bastards ever. In a hypothetical situation where Meta made its own phone and Appl...
Humane plans to open Ai Pin pre-orders on November 16, starting at $699 plus $24/month for unlimited calls, texts, and data via T-Mobile, shipping in early 2024
Are they trying to succeed? … @sdw@mastodon.social : I don't have a wisecrack or snark — this takes a lot of courage and a lot of vision to do. It's worth celebrating that there's...
A look at Humane's $699 clip-on Ai Pin, the culmination of five years of work, $240M in funding, and 25 patents; Humane expects to sell ~100K in the first year
Humane plans to open Ai Pin pre-orders on November 16, starting at $699 plus $24/month for unlimited calls, texts, and data via T-Mobile, shipping in early 2024
Are they trying to succeed? … @sdw@mastodon.social : I don't have a wisecrack or snark — this takes a lot of courage and a lot of vision to do. It's worth celebrating that there's...
A look at Humane's $699 clip-on Ai Pin, the culmination of five years of work, $240M in funding, and 25 patents; Humane expects to sell ~100K in the first year
Humane plans to open Ai Pin pre-orders on November 16, starting at $699 plus $24/month for unlimited calls, texts, and data via T-Mobile, shipping in early 2024
Are they trying to succeed? … @sdw@mastodon.social : I don't have a wisecrack or snark — this takes a lot of courage and a lot of vision to do. It's worth celebrating that there's...
Documents detail Humane's $699 Ai Pin: a $24/month subscription, including a phone number, data, cloud storage, and access to Microsoft and OpenAI AI models
It's scheduled to launch the Pin on Thursday, but The Verge has obtained documents detailing practically everything about the device ahead of its official launch.
Hands-on with Threads: fairly basic text-based messaging app, log in via Instagram, no hashtags, can't search for anything other than user handles, and more
Programming note: I really was trying to take a vacation, but this felt like it was worth the one-day interruption.
Instagram Threads feels like Twitter's early days, offering users an insta-network underpinned by Meta's infrastructure that helped surpass smaller rivals
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times :
Matt Taibbi's account, including the Twitter Files, was shadowbanned for a while after a spat with Elon Musk, preventing users from finding his tweets in search
The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber. — Quick(ish) recap:
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko says the social network reached 2.5M MAUs in November, up from around 300,000 in October, as Twitter users flee the service
Mastodon, a decentralized social media platform that many are turning to as a Twitter alternative, saw its userbase skyrocket …
Sources: Twitter agreed to delay a deposition of Elon Musk by its lead litigation attorney on October 6 in Austin, as both sides hash out the $44B deal
Tesla chief and social media group are negotiating end to legal fight to finalise $44bn buyout — Twitter has agreed to delay …
Elon Musk's revived $44B Twitter acquisition could rely on banks providing $12.5B at a time when offloading risky debt is difficult, leading to potential losses
Major cryptocurrencies crash as the crypto market cap falls below $1T: bitcoin drops 15%+ to ~$22K, ether drops 16%+ to ~$1.2K, and Solana drops 7%+ to ~$28
(Any views expressed below are the personal views of the author … Mitchell Clark / The Verge : BlockFi and Crypto.com lay off hundreds of staff as coins slump Dylan LeClair / Bitco...
Binance paused bitcoin withdrawals for a few hours on Monday “due to a stuck transaction causing a backlog”; the company says BTC withdrawals have since resumed
CEO Changpeng Zhao attributed the issue to a “stuck transaction,” and promised a quick fix. Source: @cz_binance , @binance , and @cz_binance .