The next Apple event will likely take place on September 13, a Wednesday. That said, this could be the day Apple plans to introduce the iPhone 15 series. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have reviewed the Privacy Notice. 9to5Mac heard from multiple sources familiar with the matter that “mobile carriers have been asking employees not to take days off on September 13 due to a major smartphone announcement,” which possibly is the iPhone 15 announcement. While Apple…
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Hạ Long Bay, Thành phố Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Research in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructures offers guidance on securing water critical infrastructures and reaffirms the urgency of protecting environment monitoring technologies as cities evolve into smart cities. The research by Anh Tuan Hoang and Xuan Ky Nguyen of the Vietnam National University in Hanoi focuses on the city of Quang Ninh and offers proposals that would help it build resilient and secure systems. As cities evolve and systems become more and more interconnected and reliant on information technology, there is a pressing need…
55 Where are people working these days? The answer is certainly more complicated than just ‘at the office cubicle’ or ‘inside the home office.’ The “structured hybrid” concept is up 20% quarter-over-quarter, with over 30% of companies now asking employees to come into the office a minimum number of days a week, according to Q1 2023 The Flex Report which analyzed the work habits of over 100 million employees. 42% of companies require their employees to be in the office full-time. But whether they are in “structured hybrid” roles or fully remote, a growing number of employees are ditching the…
Editor’s take: While it’s nice to see the FCC doling out huge fines to companies that prey on the naive and waste more cautious people’s time, it’s hard to get overly excited about it. The scammers ultimately never pay the fines and often are overseas so there is little in the way of enforcement. These scammers have already been banned from telemarketing, yet here they are. However, that doesn’t mean the FCC should give up and not even try. In December 2022, the FCC proposed the biggest fine it has ever issued against a robocalling outfit – $299,997,000. The penalty…
Nothing has always brushed off suggestions that it releases budget devices. The London-based hardware startup prefers to position itself as a lifestyle — or even fashion — brand, with design at the core of all it does. It’s a framing that has found the company embracing limited edition, in-person product drops — an uncommon approach for mass-produced consumer electronics. That said, pricing has always been part of Nothing’s appeal. That was the case with its first product, the $99 Ear (1) and continues on with the recent Phone (2). Indeed, $599 doesn’t make it a budget phone, of course, but…
Tucked rather well inside a “Community Update” video, Nothing CEO Carl Pei has a rather big announcement for us today (go to 8:45 in the embedded video below to jump straight to it). Namely, that the company is introducing a new sub-brand: CMF by Nothing. According to Pei, this will be a more affordable brand than Nothing itself, focused on delivering “timeless designs” for great prices, along with “quality that’s very hard to find” in its price segment. Its first two products, launching later this year, will be a smartwatch and a pair of earbuds. Both of these will be…
As Earth’s inhabitants suffer through what may wind up being the hottest year on record, there’s a Promethean spark of hope. Virtually unlimited fusion energy appears to be, if not right around the corner, at least within hailing distance.Last December, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility finally succeeded in forcing the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium to undergo a self-sustained fusion reaction. It was an encouraging advancement, though not exactly a breakthrough. NIF’s small net energy gain didn’t factor in the energy it took to fire up the 192 ultraviolet lasers that initiated the reaction, which lasted “for the…
AI chip startup Tenstorrent closed a $100 million strategic financing from the likes of Hyundai and Samsung in what the company is calling an “up-round.” The Toronto-based company previously reached unicorn status after its $200 million-plus raise in 2021. Hyundai Motor Group and Samsung Catalyst Fund led the new round. Other investors include Fidelity Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, Epiq Capital, Maverick Capital and more. Search less. Close more. Grow your revenue with all-in-one prospecting solutions powered by the leader in private-company data. Tenstorrent, which is developing a wide range of AI chips, will use the new cash infusion for product development,…
Apple today held its third earnings call of 2023, covering the second calendar quarter of the year. During the call, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple CFO Luca Maestri shared tidbits on recent product sales, services results, future plans, and revenue impacts. We’ve highlighted the most interesting parts of the call below for those who weren’t able to listen. AI Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked about Apple’s approach to AI, and he said that AI and machine learning are “core fundamental technologies integral to virtually every product” that Apple builds, which is the same answer that Cook has given…
Apple’s financials continue to be in an ever-so-slight slump. Just as we saw the last two quarters, the company suffered minor declines in revenue in its fiscal Q3 2023 — but these are minor blips for a company that is still raking in absurd amounts of money every quarter. As has often been the case, revenue that Apple made from its Services segment (things like paid iCloud plans, Apple Music, AppleCare, the App Store and numerous other offerings) hit an all-time high of $21.2 billion. That’s the company’s second-largest product category behind the iPhone, and it grew eight percent year-over-year.…