Month: October 2022
How Google Alerted Californians to an Earthquake Before It Hit
People with Android phones got a notification that a trembler was about to rock Silicon Valley. WIRED looks at the tech behind that feat. Source
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Argo.ai, driverless startup backed by Ford and VW, is shutting down
Argo AI, the self-driving startup backed by Ford and Volkswagen, is shutting down, The Verge has learned. Employees were notified that an announcement would be made late in the day Wednesday. (The news was first reported by TechCrunch.) The company, which was founded by veterans of Google and Uber’s self-driving car…
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Ransomware attacks are down this year – but that’s not really a great thing
Audio player loading… Despite it never being easier to launch a ransomware (opens in new tab) attack, the number of such incidents has actually dropped year-on-year, a new report from cybersecurity company SonicWall has claimed. The company’s latest threat intelligence paper, covering Q3 2022, says that in the US alone,…
Read MoreThis iOS 16.1 update makes the Dynamic Island even more useful
Audio player loading… Apple’s new iPhone 14 Pro Dynamic Island is now just a little more dynamic. iOS 16.1, which officially dropped on millions of iPhones this week, brought with it new gesture controls to Apple’s innovative notch replacement. Available only on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro…
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Peloton finally has a Wear OS 3 app
While Peloton has long supported the Apple Watch, Wear OS users were left in the cold. Not anymore. The Peloton app is now available for download in the Play Store for Wear OS 3 smartwatches. The app, which was first spotted by 9to5Google, doesn’t actually do much, though. I downloaded…
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Amazon will now let you pay using Venmo
Audio player loading… Amazon has added one more payment type for users to pick at the checkout just in time for Black Friday. In an announcement (opens in new tab) by parent company PayPal, Venmo shared the news of its new partnership with Amazon, which would see it being added…
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