Tag: author_name|Mat Smith
The Morning After: The FDA could ban Juul’s e-cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to stop Juul from selling e-cigarette products in the US, and the decision could come soon, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Along with other e-cigarette makers, Juul submitted its products to the FDA for review in 2020. The agency…
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The Morning After: Cryptocurrency may be more centralized than you thought
One of the boons of cryptocurrency is meant to be that no particular company, central bank or government has control. Er, right? That might not be true. Researchers for a report commissioned by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) found there can be “unintended centralities” in these supposed decentralized…
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The Morning After: iOS 16 might let you skip those anti-bot login tests
Apple’s next update to its iPhone operating system might just help you avoid the CAPTCHA anti-bot systems that stand between you and some web sign-ins. Apple teased a Private Access Token system in iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura that skips CAPTCHAs altogether for some apps and websites. Enable…
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The Morning After: Google uses Drake’s ‘Texts Go Green’ to explain RCS to Apple
Google has been trying to nudge Apple into adopting the GSMA’s RCS messaging protocol, from not-so-subtle jabs at I/O 2022 to lengthy Twitter threads from the head of Android. The latest tool from the makers of Android? Drake lyrics. The official Android Twitter account shared an “unofficial lyric explainer video”…
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The Morning After: Half of Japan’s businesses are still using Internet Explorer
Microsoft has been reminding everyone willing to listen that the end of Internet Explorer is nigh, but many businesses in Japan seemingly did not take heed. Almost half are reportedly still using the browser. According to Nikkei, many of those companies put off making the switch to other browsers, whether…
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The Morning After: First look at the transparent Nothing phone
As suspected, the first phone from Nothing — Carl Pei’s new company — is going all in on the transparent gadget look. This seems to be Nothing’s design aesthetic, matching its wireless ear(1) headphones from last year. According to snippets of video from an event at Art Basel, where the…
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