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King Nerd’s “Planet Earth” Leica MP Camera Sells for €72,000 EUR at Auction
John Dowell, better known to the art world as King Nerd, is a British designer known for his original engraving work and handmade rarities. After lending his signature designs to exclusive collaborations with the likes of Harley-Davidson, Jaeger LeCoultre, G-SHOCK, Bamford London and several other household brands, the multi-faceted creative scored big at the Leitz Auction with his latest joint design: a "Planet Earth" Leica MP camera.The 35 mm film camera, which was estimated to go for €20,000 EUR, was sold to an undisclosed recipient for more than triple the price at €72,000 EUR. Doused in Dowell's gold engravings, the design "documents the world and everything that's wrong with it," according to the artist. The device features illustrations of protest fists, factory smoke, turtles trapp...
Louis Vuitton’s Horizon Speaker Surfaces in Silver
From headphones to smartwatches and speakers, the Louis Vuitton Horizon line is a collection of high-priced, high-quality and heavily-detailed tech. One of its most striking pieces is a flying saucer-shaped speaker that debuted in 2021 and has now returned in a brand-new shimmering silver iteration. This silver standout is not for the faint of heart or the light of wallet (the MSRP is $3,600 USD, $500 USD more than the original iteration), but one thing's for certain: there's no other speaker quite like it on the market.Just over seven inches in diameter and six inches high, the stainless steel speaker is covered in a tonal monogram pattern and centered around a beefy subwoofer. Directly around this subwoofer is one of the speaker's key details, light-up Louis Vuitton flower detailing that...
Netflix is reportedly getting ready to stream its first-ever sporting event
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Reddit protest updates: all the news about the API changes infuriating Redditors
Filed under: p>span:first-child]:text-gray-13 [&_.duet–article-byline-and]:text-gray-13″> By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Share this story Reddit’s new API updates announced in April could change the platform forever — but maybe not in a good way. Ever since Apollo for Reddit developer Christian Selig revealed he’d be on the hook for $20 million per year due to the changes, Redditors have been furious over how the updates might affect third-party apps. Thousands of Reddit’s communities, including some of the biggest, most active ones like r/funny, r/gaming, r/gadgets, and r/todayilearned, have now gone dark as a part of a coordinated protest....
This third-party Reddit app may survive — but only with a paid subscription
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In the bid to grow at all costs, Instant Pot is cooking itself
Gadgets/ Tech / Instant Pot has kept me in perfectly cooked beans for years, but its desire to mimic Big Tech seems to have led to a bankruptcy filing today. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo: Instant Pot Last week I made a pound of pinto beans in my Instant Pot. They were very good beans and I didn’t have to worry about burning them or leaving them unattended to cook like I do when I cook them on the stove. I didn’t have to worry about them exploding like I did with my mom’s ancient pressure cooker as a kid, either. The Instant Pot cooks the beans very well. It cooks quite a ...
Star Wars Outlaws gameplay looks like Grand Theft Auto: Tatooine
Gaming/ Entertainment / During Ubisoft Forward 2023, we got a 10-minute gameplay trailer.
How to control what boots up on your Mac
/ If you’ve got too many apps automatically loading, you can do something about that. a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>See what’s currently running To begin with, do some detective work to see what actually is starting up with macOS. Boot up your computer if it’s off or restart it if it’s on, log in to macOS, and then give the operating system a few minutes to get established. A quick glance at the menu bar and at the dock will offer some clues. Along with whatever apps are set to automatically run on startup, you’re typically going to see utilities that like to be running all the time, such as media server software or utilities that tweak the functional...
Samsung’s Odyssey G9 Is a Curved, 49-Inch Gaming Monitor
Samsung is gearing up to put out the “world’s first 49-inch OLED gaming monitor.” The Odyssey G9 follows up the G8, which packs a comparably smaller punch at just 34 inches.Boasting a with a 1800R curvature, photos of the Odyssey G9 show the monitor essentially encasing its user for an immersive gaming experience. A 32:9 ratio makes the monitor ideal for most games. It’s an ultra-wide view, similar to placing two screens side by side.Samsung is angling the monitor toward competitive gamers or those who simply love extremely fast-paced action titles. The Odyssey G9 has a response time of 0.03ms and a 240Hz refresh rate.“The Odyssey OLED G9 delivers a premium, super-ultrawide gaming experience that puts it in a class of its own – raising the bar for OLED monitors,” said James Fishler, Samsun...
Samsung Executive Accused of Stealing Blueprints for Chip Plant in Estimated $230M USD Leak
A former senior executive at Samsung has been arrested for stealing blueprints for Samsung’s semiconductor plant in China, Business Korea reported. The 65-year-old suspect, referred to as Mr. A, was indicted by prosecutors in the Suwon District and charged with violating the country’s Industrial Technology Protection Act and the Unfair Competition Prevention Act.He allegedly stole information about the plans – including design drawings, Basic Engineering Data (BED), and trade secrets – between 2018 and 2019. He’s accused of plotting to use the information to build his own semiconductor plant in Xi'an, China, less than a mile from Samsung’s own plant.Mr. A’s vision for the plant never came to fruition after an electronics manufacturer in Taiwan reportedly failed to deliver on its $6.2 billi...
More than six thousand subreddits have gone dark to protest Reddit’s API changes
/ Many subreddits are going private from June 12th to June 14th in response to Reddit’s updated API pricing. Some indefinitely. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Attempting to access r/aww, one of Reddit’s biggest subreddits, shows this notice.
Xbox Games Showcase Delivers Plenty Gaming Announcements
Xbox is looking to close out the year positively and give Xbox Series S | X owners a reason to power up their consoles and keep that Xbox Game Pass subscription going for the foreseeable future. They got a strong lineup of games based on what was shown during the Xbox Games Showcase. Hip-Hop Wired […]
