Month: February 2023
The End of the English Major
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Realme’s ridiculous 240W fast-charging phone is getting an international release
The Realme GT3. | Image: Realme The Realme GT3, the latest smartphone to make me ask myself whether phones can ever charge too quickly, is being officially announced today at MWC Barcelona. It supports 240W SuperVOOC charging, which Realme says is capable of completely filling its 4,600mAh battery in just nine and a half minutes. … Read more
Redmi’s latest 300W charging feat powers your phone in under five minutes
Image: Redmi Redmi’s fast-charging technology just got even more ridiculous. In this post on Weibo, the Xiaomi-owned phone maker shows off its new 300W fast-charging technology that can power up a phone in just five minutes flat, as spotted earlier by Android Authority. If you don’t believe it, you can see it here for yourself. … Read more
OnePlus is launching a foldable later this year
The Oppo Find N2 Flip pictured here might give us some clues as to what sub-brand OnePlus’ foldable will look like. | Image: Jon Porter / The Verge This year’s Mobile World Congress is shaping up to be a real fiesta for unconventional form factors, and OnePlus is the latest company to join the celebration. … Read more
Solana’s Spam Problems Persist Despite Tech Improvements, MEV Researchers Say
Arbitrageurs are eating up precious blockspace with pointless transactions, according to Jito Labs.
LastPass reveals attackers stole password vault data by hacking an employee’s home computer
The attacker stole credentials from a senior DevOps engineer to gain access to shared cloud storage containing the encryption keys for customer vault backups. | Illustration: Beatrice Sala LastPass says that a threat actor was able to steal corporate and customer data by hacking an employee’s personal computer and installing keylogger malware, which let them … Read more
Bellabeat Ivy review: wellness in a pretty package
The casual wearable is great for those who find trackers anxiety-inducing but could, ironically, be better at reproductive health tracking. Continue reading…
Why Not Donate Dead NFT Wallets?
Inaccessible cryptocurrencies presumably have taxable value, meaning they can be donated to a museum, conceptual artist and lawyer Brian Frye writes.
sqlean: A set of SQLite extensions
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The Google Pixel 6A is on sale for its best price yet
The Google Pixel 6A remains our favorite phone under $500. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Want an excellent phone but don’t want to fork out close to $1,000 on the latest and greatest flagships? Depending on your needs, the Google Pixel 6A could be a good alternative. Right now, the unlocked phone … Read more
Final Fantasy XVI casts dark for a grittier RPG
Image: Square Enix ‘One game that is close to how the whole game cycle works is the most recent God of War.’ Continue reading…
Nvidia’s latest GPU drivers can upscale old blurry YouTube videos
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Nvidia is releasing new GPU drivers today that will upscale old blurry web videos on RTX 30- and 40-series cards. RTX Video Super Resolution is a new AI upscaling technology from Nvidia that works inside Chrome or Edge to improve any video in a browser by sharpening the edges … Read more
Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar
Image: Microsoft Microsoft is releasing a big update to Windows 11 today that adds the company’s new AI-powered Bing search to the taskbar. The new Windows 11 update will offer quick access to the new Bing chat feature alongside a bunch of new features. Windows 11 is also getting improvements to widgets, a better touch … Read more
Microsoft’s Phone Link app now lets you use iMessage from your PC
The Phone Link app now supports iPhones. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is bringing access to iMessage on Windows through its Phone Link app. A preview of the updated app will be available for Windows Insiders today. The Phone Link app allows iPhone users to connect their devices to a Windows laptop or PC and, with … Read more
Bitcoin at Risk of Deeper Pullback Toward $20K: Chart Analysts
“We shift to a bearish short-term bias,” one analyst said, noting bitcoin’s recent technical failure at key resistance.
First Mover Americas: Liquity’s Token Leaps on Binance Listing
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 28, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
The Playing Field
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DLT Not Efficient Enough to Power CBDCs: BOE’s Cunliffe
The Bank of England is experimenting with tokenizing assets for real estate sales, as well as developing a digital pound, lawmakers were told.