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Leak: Google will announce the Pixel Fold at I/O and beat Samsung on battery
/ CNBC says it’s seen Google’s launch plans for its long-awaited foldable, including a May reveal and June availability. 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”>Image: OnLeaks and HowToiSolve When will we finally see Google’s first foldable phone? The smart money is now on May 10th, with availability in June. CNBC says it got hold of internal marketing materials showing Google will launch the repeatedly reportedly delayed smartphone at Google I/O. Most of CNBC’s report corroborates what leakers like Roland Quandt and OnLeaks have already told us. You should expect a closed-book 5.8-inch p...
SpaceX Abandons Starship Test Flight Due to Frozen Valve
SpaceX abandoned plans for an orbital test launch just an hour before its Starship was set to take off. The company had readied for the debut of its new Starship cruise vessel and Super Heavy rocket-combination vehicle.Together, the vessel and rocket stand 394 feet (120 m) tall. Takeoff was scheduled from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas sometime within a two-hour window that began at 8 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 17.Elon Musk was keeping the public updated on the launch, tweeting around 7 a.m. that a “cryogenic propellant load of Starship is underway” and foreshadowing “liftoff in T minus 1 hour.”Shortly after, the SpaceX CEO returned with an update: a pressurization valve in the rocket booster was frozen, making the launch impossible.“A pressurant valve appears to be fr...
Apple’s first store in India is now open
/ The Mumbai-based location features a unique ceiling tiled with hundreds of pieces of timber. 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”>Image: Apple Apple has officially opened its first store in India. On Tuesday, hundreds of customers got the chance to step inside the Mumbai-based retail location after years of waiting for the iPhone maker to build a store in the country. As you can see from the images included in the gallery below, the store has a pretty eye-catching design. It features a glass exterior and a ceiling tiled with triangular pieces of timber that stretch past the building’...
YouTube is cracking down on videos describing eating disorders
/ The platform is tightening its rules around content showing or describing disordered eating. YouTube will also restrict some videos for young viewers. 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″>Resources for eating disorders will appear below videos.
Higround Unveils Limited-Edition ‘Street Fighter™’ Collection
Following a collaboration with PRIX for a translucent mechanical keyboard and Crunchyroll for Jujutsu Kaisen-themed keyboards, gaming peripherals brand Higround now partners with the Street Fighter™ franchise for its first international drop, available in Europe, the U.S., and Japan.The upcoming series will feature two iterations of the Basecamp 65 keyboard and two of the Summit 65 keyboard — one of which will be exclusive to Japan. The Summit 65, which features its own keycap designs, is Higround's flagship product featuring a full CNC aluminum case, gasket-mounted design with Poron foam, RGB lighting with South-facing LED, hex screw design made for easy DIY customizations, and the world’s first graphic switch. Keycap graphics feature that of either the fighter Akuma or a classic f...
Elon Musk Announces Plans to Launch “TruthGPT”
In a recent interview with Fox News, Elon Musk voiced his qualms about the current AI systems and announced plans of creating TruthGPT to rival OpenAI's chatbots and Google's DeepMind which currently dominate the space.Musk said he was involved with OpenAI in its early beginnings in order to create a counterweight to Google with plans to do good. However he now criticizes the company of going the wrong direction, pointing out how its become "close-source, support profit, and closely allied with Microsoft." So much so that, "in effect Microsoft has a very strong say if not directly controls OpenAI at this point," he claims. Musk is also concerned about AI being trained to be politically correct, which he views as simply another way of saying untruthful things and a path towards AI dystopia....
Lululemon Mirror review: a reflection of at-home fitness
Mirror, mirror on my wall, are you the fittest of them all? Probably not, but it’s the uncertain future of premium fitness hardware that’s to blame. In my living room stands a mirror. I’ve used this mirror every day for the past three months, though not always to its full potential. When I’m not staring at my reflection in it, I’ve spent an inordinate number of hours pondering where it fits in my life. It might seem odd to dedicate as many hours as I have thinking about a mirror, but this isn’t just any mirror. It’s the Mirror. The stars hadn’t aligned for me to review the Mirror when it launched in 2018. In the roughly four and a half years since, I’ve heard many a joke (some of them funny, even) about Mirror and the out-of-touch people who have enough space and money to own a $1,50...
How to see who else is using your streaming service subscriptions
/ Do you know how many people are signed in to your accounts? 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″>Netflix lets you view and sign out of any active devices. On the web: Log in to your account, hover the cursor over your profile avatar (top right), then pick Account. In the Security & Privacy section, click on Manage access and devices. You’ll see a list of devices recently logged in to your Netflix account, together with the profile of the person who was streaming video. Click Sign out on any of the entries in the list to do just that: you’ll be remotely signed out of the selected device, and your p...
Master & Dynamic and Automobili Lamborghini Reunite for Audio Collection
For its latest collaboration, Master & Dynamic has come together with Automobili Lamborghini once again for a new range of co-branded range of headphones and earphones. The third collection between the New York-based premium audio brand and Italian automotive name blends high-tech sound tools with the signature design elements of Lamborghini.Comprised of the MW75 Active Noise-Cancelling Wireless Headphones, MG20 Wireless Gaming Headphones, and MW08 Sport True Wireless Earphones, the collection reflects the bold, high-contrast design language of Automobili Lamborghini. The custom designs on the MW75 Active Noise-Cancelling Wireless Headphones and MW08 Sport True Wireless Earphones draw from the iconic pattern on Lamborghini's glass faceplates. While the MG20 Wireless Gaming Headphones e...
Montana Banned TikTok and Elon Musk Founded an AI Company in This Week’s Tech Roundup
This week, the tech industry saw a development in the ongoing debate of whether to ban TikTok in the U.S. with Montana becoming the first state to pass legislation that bars residents from accessing the app. Elsewhere in apps, Twitter expanded the maximum character limit for tweets to 10,000 characters, but only for Twitter Blue subscribers.As for the latest on Elon Musk, the Twitter CEO has reportedly founded his own AI company, despite his recent criticisms over the rapid advancement of AI.Elon Musk Founded an AI Company, "X.AI Corp."Elon Musk has founded his own AI company, according to reports. The news comes as somewhat of a surprise, given that Musk has criticized the rapid progression of AI and even signed an open letter asking labs to pause their development of new AI. Now it seems...
SpaceX Starship countdown: all of the news on its first flight to orbit
Elon Musk’s stated goal of putting humans on Mars relies heavily on the development of a next-generation reusable spacecraft, and now Starship (formerly known as Big Falcon Rocket or BFR) is ready for its first orbital test flight. It’s not the “six months” goal Musk projected in 2019, but after a number of suborbital tests that included some terrific successes and fantastic, fiery failures, the big day is finally almost here. Now that the FAA has signed off, SpaceX says that its first window for a test launch from its Boca Chica, Texas, “Starbase” will open at 7AM CT (8AM ET). SpaceX says it’s targeting sometime around 9AM ET on Monday morning for its test launch, with verification that the craft is “go for propellant loading” scheduled to begin two hours before that. If all goes accordin...
Netflix’s Love is Blind live reunion special was a disaster
/ After a successful Chris Rock live special in March, Netflix completely fumbled Sunday’s Love is Blind reunion. Delays led the company to film it for on-demand streaming instead.
