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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How tracking animal movement may save the planet Animals have long been able to offer unique insights about the natural world around us, acting as organic sensors picking up phenomena invisible to humans. Canaries warned of looming catastrophe in coal mines until the 1980s, for example. These days, we have more insight into animal behavior than ever before thanks to technologies like sensor tags. But the data we gather from these animals still adds up to only a…
Twitch is raising prices for its channel subscriptions for the first time, per Engadget.Just over a month ago, Twitch announced that one in three of its employees will have to go in a 35% layoff spree.In two rounds of job-cutting fiesta, Amazon’s Twitch laid off about a thousand workers in total. By the way, in 2022, Amazon initiated its own workforce reduction, which affected some 27,000 positions across the company, and parallels with the “Red Wedding” episode from “Game of Thrones” were drawn.Before that, Twitch announced that it was ceasing its operations in Korea (South Korea, not North Korea, duh!)…
At the turn of the millennium, he took a position at Princeton with the notion that the institutional pedigree might earn an audience for his “crazy” idea. Not long after he arrived, the chief of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory came for a talk, and Wikelski asked whether the agency would benefit from a satellite system that could track birds. “He looked at me as if I came from a different planet,” Wikelski remembers. Still, he got a meeting with NASA—though he says he was laughed out of the building. By this time, the agency had apparently forgotten all about Monique. …
If you’ve got a OnePlus 11, good news is on the way as the company is starting to roll out an update for it, primarily focusing on fixes and improvements.OnePlus is treating OnePlus 11 users with a new update. Gizmochina reports that the OxygenOS 14.0.0.501 is now rolling out in Europe, the US, India, and other global markets. Packed with the latest Android security patch from February 2024, this update aims to boost your device’s security and overall performance. It’s being released in phases, so hang tight if it hasn’t hit your device yet – it’s on the way.The update…
Biotech seeds have been a huge business for a while. In fact, by sheer mass, GMOs are probably the single most significant product of genetic engineering ever. Except most of us aren’t planting rows of cotton or corn that can resist worms or survive a spritz of RoundUp, the big gene-splicing innovations that companies like Monsanto and Pioneer Hi-Bred first introduced in the 1990s. What makes these new plants different is that you can buy them directly from their creators and then plant them in the yard, on a balcony, or just in a pot. Purple tomatoes developed by Norfolk…
What if we told you that you can snag top-tier earbuds for just $69.99, that will normally set you back $200, would you believe us? You’ll probably think we’re a bit delulu, since there’s no way a pair of top-quality earbuds would cost only $69.99. And, you’d be right to take our word with a grain of salt, since top-quality earbuds usually come with a hefty price tag. However, a truly unbelievable deal at Woot is currently letting you score amazing earbuds for just $69.99.The earphones in question are JBL’s premium Tour PRO+, which are currently on sale at a…
AT&T, other U.S. cell service providers reporting outages AT&T, other U.S. cell service providers reporting outages 01:20 Numerous U.S. cell service providers were experiencing outages Thursday morning, according to the tracking website downdetector.com.AT&T, T Mobile, Verizon, UScellular and Consumer Cellular were among them.Some municipalities were reporting issues with 911 service. The outages appear to have started at around the same time, shortly after 3 a.m. EST, downdetector said, and appeared to be waning some three hours later.There was no word on the sources of the problems. CBS News has reached out to all the major carriers for comment.This is a…
Though many doctors today get help from robots for procedures ranging from hernia repairs to coronary bypasses, those are used to assist surgeons, not replace them. This new research marks progress toward robots that can operate more autonomously on very intricate, complicated tasks like suturing. The lessons learned in its development could also be useful in other fields of robotics. “From a robotics perspective, this is a really challenging manipulation task,” says Ken Goldberg, a researcher at UC Berkeley and director of the lab that worked on the robot. One issue is that shiny or reflective objects like needles can…
Finding a budget tablet has just become easier for British shoppers, as Amazon UK now offers the ultra-affordable Lenovo Tab M8 Gen 4 at deeply discounted prices. This Android slate currently retails at 32% off its RRP of £129.99, and you also get a clear case and a film for free with your purchase. This affordable device hasn’t been available at such a low price in about a month. So, if you’d like to get more value for your money, now’s decidedly a great time to act. As far as we know, the slate has previously been sold at about…
Samsung’s Galaxy Watches may be among the best on the market, but they are not exactly for the frugal among us, given their hefty price tags. However, at the moment, Woot has an awesome deal on the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, allowing even those on a budget to score an awesome Galaxy smartwatch without breaking the bank.Right now, the 46mm Galaxy Watch 4 Classic with LTE is available at a massive 58% discount at the retailer, letting you snatch one for only $179.99, saving you a whopping $250 in the process. Being released in 2021, the Galaxy Watch 4…
Information about the Galaxy Z Fold 6 is steadily tricking in as Samsung continues to prepare for the rumored July unveiling. While the phone may not be a radical upgrade over the Fold 5, Samsung will introduce a slew of changes to make it appreciably different, per a new leak. Leaker @chunvn8888 has posted everything his sources told him about the Galaxy Z Fold 6 on X. As was expected, the phone will not have a Galaxy S24 Ultra-like silo for the S Pen, which is understandable, given it’s going to be thinner than before. The phone will reportedly measure 11mm…
WhatsApp has been testing additional text formatting features for quite some time now. The last report involving this set of new features dates from January and included details about what new options WhatsApp users will eventually get if the app decided to give these the green light.Thankfully, it looks like WhatsApp is done texting these new text formatting features, at least according to The Verge. No less than four new text formatting options are now rolling out to WhatsApp users on Android, iOS, Web, and Mac.Starting today, WhatsApp users will be able to use block quotes, inline code, as well…
If your budget hovers around $400 and you want an upscale smartphone, Woot is offering a substantial discount on the Google Pixel 7.One of the reasons the Pixel 7 was one of the best phones when it came out was its starting price of $599, something we appreciate even more after the release of the Pixel 8, which costs $699.The phone is enjoying a discount of $184 at Woot, meaning you can scoop it up for $414.67. You’d be hard-pressed to find another similarly priced smartphone that’s anywhere near as admirable as the Pixel 7.The Pixel 7 is an incredibly good-looking smartphone…
Seeking to diversify its supply chain away from China, Google has told its suppliers that it wants to start building its Pixel phones in India starting as soon as next quarter. Besides moving some production out of China, Google is hoping that by building more Pixel units in India, it can sell more phones in the country, the world’s second-largest smartphone market behind China and ahead of the U.S.According to Nikkei Asia, one person with direct knowledge of Google’s plans says “Google reached a milestone last year for its Pixel phones and it has set an ambitious goal of [shipping]…
Music streaming app Spotify is the Pixel battery’s Green Kryptonite according to a Spotify user posting on the app’s community forum. With a username of Jimbobler, he writes that on the first day of using his brand new Pixel 8 Pro, Spotify drained a whopping 38% of the phone’s battery with just 4 minutes of screen time and 4 hours and 44 minutes of background activity. He was listening to some music and podcasts for two hours before closing the app.He also says that the phone was “warm to the touch” for several hours after he installed it on the…
One of the hottest new specialties of the Galaxy S24 series (among the usual improvements flagship phones enjoy) is Galaxy AI, Samsung’s all-new generative AI experience. Today, the South Korean tech giant announced One UI 6.1, which will be bringing the highly-anticipated Galaxy AI to more devices.One UI 6.1 to bring Galaxy AI features to more devices The update will be available for the phones from the Galaxy S23 series, the Galaxy S23 FE, and the foldable Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5, but also Samsung flagship tablet series, the Galaxy Tab S9. Users will start getting the update…