Month: August 2021
22 Great Wireless Chargers to Refuel Your Phone (or Watch)
Stop fumbling for cables in the dark. These WIRED-tested stands and pads will make recharging your iPhone or Android phone hassle-free. Source
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Amazon is offering $10 in credit for your palm print
Amazon is offering $10 in promotional credit to get people to sign up to its palm print payments system. Our sister site TechCrunch spotted the promotional offer and shared a screenshot of it, which you can peep below. The retailer launched Amazon One last fall as a contactless way of authenticating…
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The Morning After: Everything Google told us about the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
Google revealed its latest smartphones all of a sudden — and surprisingly quietly. Two new devices appeared on the company’s online store and we have deep dives on both phones and Tensor, a new system-on-chip that’ll power the next-gen of Pixel devices. Google What’s the most exciting part? New colors?…
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Amazon’s drone delivery program ‘one gigantic oversell,’ says report into UK operation
A new report from Wired into Amazon’s drone delivery program in the UK says the operation has lost over 100 employees, with insiders saying the project is “collapsing inwards.” Citing testimony from former employees, Wired describes a culture of managerial dysfunction and overwork. In February 2020, for example, Amazon reportedly…
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Samsung is no longer the biggest smartphone vendor in Europe Mi headquarters
New figures have claimed Samsung has lost its top spot as the largest smartphone vendor in the EMEA region. According to the latest research from analyst firm Strategy Analytics, Chinese firm Xiaomi has overtaken Samsung following a huge rise in sales over the past 12 months. The report found that…
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Chinese hackers attacked top telcos using Microsoft Exchange flaw security threat
Cybersecurity researchers have shared details about a “highly sophisticated” and wide-ranging campaign against major telecom operators perpetrated by Chinese state-sponsored threat actors. Discovered by security firm Cybereason, signs of the campaign can be traced all the way back to 2017. “Based on our analysis, we assess that the goal of…
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