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- Waymo sues California DMV to keep driverless crash data under wraps
- China unveils five-year plan for space exploration that continues push into lunar space
- Three things Web3 should fix in 2022
- Hackers have stolen $80 million in cryptocurrency from the Qubit DeFi platform
- Vergecast: Spotify’s latest Joe Rogan problem, Intel’s bet on Ohio, and Q4 earnings for Big Tech
- The eject button held all the power on the original Xbox
- How to set up a Slack account
- Fortnite’s return to iOS via GeForce Now feels just fine
- Samsung’s QLED TV is back to its lowest price
- WhatsApp sets its sights on the US
| Waymo sues California DMV to keep driverless crash data under wraps Posted: 28 Jan 2022 09:36 AM PST  Waymo filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles to keep driverless car crash data from being made public. The autonomous vehicle operator, which is owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, claims that such data should be considered a trade secret. The news of the lawsuit was first reported by the Los Angles Times. California's DMV oversees the largest autonomous vehicle testing program in the country, with over 60 companies permitted to operate test vehicles on public roads. Only a handful are approved to operate fully autonomous vehicles without safety drivers at the wheel, and even fewer have been approved to deploy vehicles for commercial purposes. |
| China unveils five-year plan for space exploration that continues push into lunar space Posted: 28 Jan 2022 09:29 AM PST  China has released its plans for space exploration over the next five years, detailing ambitious goals that include strengthening its space infrastructure and developing a next-generation spacecraft for carrying people to space. The country is also researching how it could possibly land people on the Moon in the coming years. The roadmap, detailed in a new white paper released today, would continue China's ambitious progress in the realm of aerospace. Over the last few decades, the country has placed significant emphasis on expanding its space capabilities, increasing the frequency and scope of its launches, and pushing into new areas such as the robotic exploration of Mars. China has also mounted a long-term campaign of lunar... |
| Three things Web3 should fix in 2022 Posted: 28 Jan 2022 09:00 AM PST  Last weekend, it felt like everyone I knew was sending me the same link. "The Problem With NFTs," a long video essay by the Canadian media critic Dan Olson, ricocheted around all corners of the tech world since it was uploaded on Friday. (It now has 2.6 million views and climbing.) Over 138 meticulously researched minutes, Olson traces the history of the 2008 financial crisis, the creation of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and the rise of NFTs and DAOs, and reaches the conclusion that what we have taken to calling "Web3" is effectively beyond saving: the technology is too broken, and its creators too indifferent to its failures, for it to ever to live up to the promise of its most starry-eyed backers. Few of Olson's criticisms are entirely new,... |
| Hackers have stolen $80 million in cryptocurrency from the Qubit DeFi platform Posted: 28 Jan 2022 07:54 AM PST  Qubit Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, has become the latest victim of a high-value theft, with hackers stealing around $80 million in cryptocurrency on Thursday. The value of cryptocurrency stolen makes this the largest hack of 2022 so far. Qubit Finance acknowledge the hack in an incident report published through Medium. According to the report, the hack occurred at around 5PM ET on the evening of January 27th. Qubit provides a service known as a "bridge" between different blockchains, effectively meaning that deposits made in one cryptocurrency can be withdrawn in another. Qubit Finance operates a bridge between Ethereum and the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network. Analysis produced by CertiK, a blockchain auditing and... |
| Vergecast: Spotify’s latest Joe Rogan problem, Intel’s bet on Ohio, and Q4 earnings for Big Tech Posted: 28 Jan 2022 07:39 AM PST  Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where we discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. This week, it's time for earnings reports again! The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Tom Warren look at how profitable the big tech companies like Microsoft, Samsung, Intel, and Tesla were in Q4 of 2021. The crew discusses the surprises, the non-surprises, as well as upcoming plans for these companies for 2022 and beyond. Later in the show, Casey Newton, contributing editor and editor of Platformer, joins the show to discuss Spotify's latest controversy regarding Joe Rogan's podcast, leading to musician Neil Young removing his music from the platform. Will this... |
| The eject button held all the power on the original Xbox Posted: 28 Jan 2022 06:30 AM PST  The most important button on the original Xbox wasn't the power button: it was the button to eject the disc tray. Conceptually, this doesn't make sense. Of course the power button should be the most important button — it turns on (and off) the whole console. But that attitude is steeped in our understanding of modern devices, where our games and apps are far more self-contained than they were during the original Xbox's heyday. The console's design reflects the eject button's priority. The disc eject button is bigger, higher up, and surrounded by an LED ring in the console's iconic green glow, drawing even more attention to it. The reasoning here is simple: the original Xbox (like its contemporaries and predecessors) was useless without... |
| Posted: 28 Jan 2022 06:28 AM PST  Now that we're spending more time indoors, we're finding new platforms — and new ways to use old platforms — to stay in touch, whether it's for work or with friends. This is the case with Slack, an instant-messaging platform that functions somewhere in the space between email and text messages. Designed for quick communication, Slack became an important tool for a lot of workplaces well before everyone started working from home. But you can use it for pretty much anything: friends, group activities, clubs, or online communities. Slack has a free version and offers several paid plans. You start by setting up a workspace (which is your main area of operations and contains your network of contacts) on Slack. In your workspace, you create... |
| Fortnite’s return to iOS via GeForce Now feels just fine Posted: 28 Jan 2022 06:00 AM PST  Fortnite hasn't been available on iOS since Apple yanked it from the App Store in August 2020, but I've been able to play it on my iPhone once again thanks to a closed beta on Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service. While it's not quite as seamless an experience as using a native app, this GeForce Now loophole works a lot better than I expected. With this closed beta, you'll be playing a mobile-optimized version of the game. If you've tried Fortnite on iOS or Android before, the layout should feel familiar — the experience is well-designed for touch, with easy-to-navigate menus and large (though finicky) onscreen controls. This GeForce Now version also supports controllers, and I've played most matches with my iPhone plugged into my... |
| Samsung’s QLED TV is back to its lowest price Posted: 28 Jan 2022 05:48 AM PST  If you're looking to pick up a TV ahead of the Super Bowl, Samsung is currently discounting many of its QLED TVs, matching their lowest prices ever. Normally, the 75-inch model of the Samsung QN85A QLED TV costs $2,999.99 but is currently on sale at Samsung and Best Buy for $1,999.99. This massive, slim-bezel display features amazing visual fidelity and also includes a variety of other handy features. The Tizen OS grants access to most major streaming services and a number of helpful apps, and the TV features built-in support for Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, allowing you to control playback or find your favorite show with ease. The already excellent picture quality is enhanced even further thanks to HDR10+ support, a 120Hz refresh... |
| WhatsApp sets its sights on the US Posted: 28 Jan 2022 05:00 AM PST  With more than 2 billion users, WhatsApp is already one of the most popular messaging apps in the world. But its largest markets are all outside of the US. Now, Facebook, the parent company of WhatsApp that recently rebranded to Meta, is hoping to change that. Starting this weekend, Meta is kicking off the first-ever US marketing push for WhatsApp, focusing on the privacy offered by the app's encryption. The first TV ad will air Sunday during the AFC Championship Game, comparing unencrypted messages to a stranger opening your physical mail. Similar ads touting WhatsApp's privacy will soon start appearing on billboards around the country and online. The goal of the marketing push is to get more people in the US to switch to WhatsApp by... |
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