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Microsoft is reversing a decision to remove a key feature from its upcoming .NET 6 release, after a public outcry from the open source community. Microsoft angered the .NET open source community earlier this week by removing a key part of Hot Reload in the upcoming release of .NET 6, a feature that allows developers to modify source code while an app is running and immediately see the results. It’s a feature many had been looking forward to using in Visual Studio Code and across multiple platforms, until Microsoft made a controversial last-minute decision to lock it to Visual Studio 2022 which is a paid product that’s limited to Windows. Sources at Microsoft, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Verge that the last-minute change was made by Julia Liuson, the head of Microsoft’s dev...

A letter handwritten by Steve Jobs when he was 19 is up for auction at Bonhams and could sell for up to $300,000 USD. The single-page letter, described as “Steve Jobs reveals his spiritual side” by Bonhams, was written on February 23, 1974, and sent to his childhood best friend Tim Brown. According to the auction, Jobs has dropped out of college at the time and was living in a cabin in the Santa Cruz mountains and had just returned from working on an Apple farm. “Jobs was renowned for his relentless pursuit of innovation and perfection, and as a teenager was on a quest in search of the meaning of life,” Bonhams said. In the note, the Apple co-founder discusses Zen Buddhism and his desire to travel to India for the Kumba Mela, a major Hindu festival. “Tim I have read your letter many times ...

We are literally right now celebrating The Verge’s 10-year anniversary in New York City, but we couldn’t throw an epic two-day event without also bringing you a teensy bit of tech news — and Eero co-founder and CEO Nick Weaver just did that at On The Verge. Weaver says that Eero, an early adopter of the Thread protocol, will be upgrading all its Thread-equipped Wi-Fi routers to fully support Matter as well. Matter is the upcoming 2022 standard that should allow for easier setup of smart home devices, with any compatible Matter host able to discover and work with any Matter client. Amazon smart home rivals Apple and Google are also on board with Matter. “It does feel different this time,” Weaver says, asked about his company’s long support for Thread, a protocol that hadn’t shown any signs ...

NASA on Friday announced its plans to launch its Artemis I flight test, an uncrewed mission around the moon, in February 2022. As part of NASA’s Artemis program, the Orion spacecraft has been stacked atop the agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket. The fully assembled moon rocket now stands at 322 feet tall, and teams will begin conducting a series of tests ahead of the targeted February launch. The aim of the Artemis I mission is to “pave the way for a future flight test with crew before NASA establishes a regular cadence of more complex missions with astronauts on and around the moon,” the space agency said. “The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to e...

Solar-powered headphones are a tantalizing prospect. The battery life of wireless models has improved a lot over the years, but it’s still far from perfect, and those wide headbands provide the perfect surface for a sheet of solar cells to provide continuous charging. Urbanista isn’t the first company to attempt to make good on this idea — JBL announced a pair of its own in 2019 that it was subsequently forced to delay due to the pandemic — but its Los Angeles are the first solar-powered headphones to have actually made it to market. Although the design is almost identical to the company’s existing Miami headphones, a layer of PowerFoyle solar cells on the headband allows them to continuously suck up solar energy when exposed to light. Urbanista reckons the average listener should be able ...

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When Apple announced the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Mini LED backlighting earlier this year, I knew it was time to upgrade from my 2018 model. And I wasn’t disappointed. The improved brightness (especially when watching movies in HDR) and superior contrast have made the purchase worthwhile — even if iPadOS continues to underwhelm and disappoint in other ways. It’s a wonderful screen that makes me want to use the iPad wherever I can instead of my laptop. As a refresher of what Mini LED is, there are thousands of tiny LEDs behind the display — much smaller than those in conventional TVs or LCD displays — that allow for more precise backlighting. In turn, this leads to deeper black levels and all of the other benefits mentioned above. Apple’s iPads and MacBook already had excellent displays with...

T-Mobile said it will delay its planned shutdown of Sprint’s 3G network by three months to ensure its “partners” have time to help customers with the transition. It had originally planned to phase out the network in January; that date has now been pushed to March 31st, 2022. “Recently it’s become increasingly clear that some of those partners haven’t followed through on their responsibility to help their customers through this shift,” the company said in a statement. “So, we’re stepping up on their behalf.” T-Mobile’s statement doesn’t mention it by name, but likely is referring to Dish Network. The two sides have tangled over T-Mobile’s announcement it was shutting down Sprint’s legacy network, because of the impact it would have on Dish’s Boost Mobile customers. As one of the conditions ...

Instagram’s recent conveyor belt of new features looks set to continue, after the platform announced it is currently testing a new tool that will make it easier for creators to connect with sponsors. Previewed at its Creator Week event earlier this year, affiliate shops and dedicated “partnership” inboxes are currently being trialed, in a bid to help creators monetize their content. Essentially an extension of Facebook’s current shopping features, affiliate shops will allow creators to earn commission when a follower purchases a product. Instagram did also add that for now, this will only be available to those who are a part of IG’s affiliate program. What’s more, the social platform also announced it is testing a new inbox feature that will make it easier for creators to communicate with ...

Following recent link ups with MA®KET and BTS, Hong Kong-based label CASETiFY returns with its latest “Care” capsule collection, designed in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Teaming up with a group of talented artists, the label delivers an extensive capsule of iPhone cases — including the Impact, Ultra Impact and Ultra Compostable cases — all of which adorning a unique breast cancer-related illustration. Featuring pieces from the likes of Giulia Hartz, Wisut, Babs Draw, Edreika, Street Writing and Amy Louise, CASETiFY’s latest collection will see $5 USD from every sale donated to Living Beyond Breast Cancer. The collection is available to buy now from the CASETiFY webstore. In other news, WorldCoin reportedly wants to give everyone free crypto if they scan their irises. Read Full A...