In the UK, the Xiaomi 12 costs £749 (inc. VAT) with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, while £849 buys my 8GB/256GB review configuration. Xiaomi phones are not officially available in the US, although you’ll find plenty of unlocked models online. These UK prices convert to around $980 and $1,110 at the time of writing. If you want something similar but more expansive, look to the Xiaomi 12 Pro, which is both bigger (6....
According to the auction house, within hours of opening the payment option, a AU$100,000 custom-built caravan was paid for entirely by crypto. “As a long-time patron of Lloyds I had no hesitation and couldn’t believe how simple it was for me to pay with cryptocurrency. The seller would have received it as cash and never known the difference!,” a statement from the purchaser said. “Since then, we have had quite a bit of interest on our upcoming classic cars and earthmoving machinery auctions,” Lloyds Auctions chief operations officer Lee Hames added....
Self-monitored home security can stand guard Traditional home security is professionally monitored. When the alarm is tripped, the notification is fielded by agents at a command center. They contact you, then emergency responders. If you have a professionally monitored system, think twice before arming it against your kids. The costs of a false alarm can be steep, depending on your municipal code. Self-monitored systems push alerts to your smartphone. It’s up to you to respond to or ignore system alerts....
There are all kinds of excellent reasons to keep plants in your home. They can be as flamboyant of a décor element as an illuminations lamp. Plus, they help to keep the air inside your home healthy with very little effort, making great companions for that mop and vacuum robot everyone is raving about. And now iPhone users can take the work and worry out of maintaining thriving plants whether you are a total newbie or have a glowing green thumb....
Then up popped a cheery email from a no-doubt even cheerier PR person to brighten my day. The subject line radiated joy: “Shifting Gifting: Rebranding the Concept of Gifting in 2023.” I’m used to the idea that so many terrible people, companies, and things need rebranding. But gifting? Don’t we all agree that gifting is always a good thing, unless you gift someone an item you know they’ll despise? In merely thinking that, I was showing my ignorance (again)....
Based on data from the first half of 2021, YouTube examined the three main tools that make up its copyright management suite: Webform, which is available to everyone and accessed by rightsholders who hold limited copyrights and rarely submit takedown requests; Copyright Match Tool that supports those who may find reposted content and need to submit frequent takedown requests; and its Content ID system that supports rightsholders, like movie studios and music labels, who experience heavy reposting or copyrighted material....
“User interaction is not required for a successful attack. The only ability an attacker needs is to be able to send messages to the victim over Zoom chat over XMPP protocol,” Fratric said in a bug tracker description of the chain. Looking at the way XMPP messages are parsed differently by Zoom’s server and clients, since they use different XML parsing libraries, Fratric was able to uncover an attack chain that ultimately could lead to remote code execution....
Microsoft announced Volterra on Day 1 of its virtual Build 2022 developers conference on May 24, hoping to generate more excitement around its Windows on Arm (WoA) platform. Microsoft has been working on Windows on Arm for years, but there are still few (if any) compelling PCs and devices running on it. Qualcomm isn’t expected to field a respectable WoA processor for PCs until the second half of 2023. Microsoft officials talked about Volterra in the context of “intelligent hybrid compute” – the idea that local compute on devices will make use of local CPUs, GPUs and Neural Processing Units (NPUs) in conjunction with Azure for cloud compute....
By figuring out the best small business perks worth knowing, you’ll be able to apply for and eventually get a credit card that can provide immediate benefits to your small business, plus give your business bank account some breathing room. 1. Membership Rewards Points The majority of American Express cards allow you to build up Membership Rewards points. Think of these as the shared reward points that you can use between different cards for a variety of rewards or credits....
“Predominantly in specific use cases and where households live in a 5G footprint and are able to afford those more expensive services. However, for the majority of households, NBN is the only wholesale provider of broadband to appropriately support their telecommunication needs,” the consumer advocacy group said in a submission on NBN’s Special Access Undertaking consultation. “Whilst we do not know the cross elasticity of demand between fixed line broadband and wireless alternatives, we would assume that the two goods are indirect substitutes....
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, occupations for life and physical scientists are projected to experience an 8% growth in employment from 2020 to 2030. As part of this group, physics professionals will benefit from the addition of nearly 114,000 new jobs. The BLS reported that the largest employers of physicists in 2020 were research and development services, government entities, and educational institutions. Types of physics careers As the study of matter and energy, physics branches off into various subfields....
With the Aspire Vero, Acer is making sustainability a major selling point with a EPEAT-certified Silver system that possesses a chassis that’s made from 30-percent recycled plastic and uses no paint in its design. Its packaging is 100-percent recyclable, with the materials from the box able to be reassembled into a computer stand for the Vero. While the industry’s environmental commitment has been questioned over the years, Acer’s new laptop joins efforts from HP and Microsoft in trying to present more eco-friendly options for those interested in computing with sustainability in mind....
According to Adobe, spending was down or remained the same this year, both on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. About $9 billion was spent by consumers on Black Friday in 2020 and spending on Thanksgiving this year was $5.1 billion, the same as 2020. Salesforce – which calculates its figures using data from more than one billion consumers through their commerce cloud and marketing cloud used by 24 of the top 30 US online retailers – had different numbers for Black Friday, showing on their holiday hub that US shoppers spent $13....
Frame.io’s platform enables video editors and producers to upload footage in real time. Users can also access and collaborate on the footage in real time in a secure environment across devices. Going forward, Adobe said it plans to combine its core creative software products, including the Premiere Pro and After Effects video editing tools, with Frame.io’s review and approval functionality. The combination will make it easier for teams to work together across Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, and other Creative Cloud applications, Adobe said....
VW plans to globally deploy Mobileye’s crowd-sourced mapping data to improve features like lane-keeping assistance, making it the first automaker to globally apply the innovative “swarm data” for mapping. Ford, meanwhile, is deepening its strategic partnership with Mobileye in a number of ways. Among other things, the auto company plans to use Mobileye technology to deploy hands-free driving features in future cars. Zeekr plans to offer an all-electric self-driving car powered by Mobileye Drive by 2024....
If that doesn’t strike you as hugely ambitious you haven’t spent enough time trying to get Siri to compose a text message. Speech recognition has been a huge challenge for developers, and it’s a puzzle that’s being closely watched in a variety of industries. The technology has implications for human-machine interfaces in fields like robotics, autonomous vehicles, and personal computing, all of which will benefit from computers that can accurately interpret natural speech....
The online retailer made it clear that the goal of its suit is to “shut down two major fake review brokers.” Also: Fake reviews: Facebook and eBay ban dozens of groups after watchdog probe Despite the number of takedowns, the fake review industry still appeared to be thriving as of 2021, when a data lake revealed the personal info of more than 200,000 individuals that appeared to be involved in posting fake reviews....
OIN has long protected Linux and Linux-related software from patent aggression by rival companies. With the recent increase in patent troll attacks, the OIN is also defending companies from these assaults. OIN’s community practices patent non-aggression in core Linux and adjacent open-source technologies by cross-licensing Linux System patents to one another on a royalty-free basis. OIN patents are also licensed royalty-free to any organization that agrees not to assert its patents against the Linux System....
The industry consortium said the UCIe standard, which has been ratified as UCIe 1.0, is designed to assist with “die-to-die” connections between hardware, software, and compliance testing. They also hope it will enable end users to “mix and match” chiplet components from multiple vendors for a customised System-on-Chip construction. “AMD is proud to continue our long history of supporting industry standards that can enable innovative solutions addressing the evolving needs of our customers....
Principally, you might snort, because when the business environment is tough, they try to make it easy on themselves. Take government money, shed a lot of people, and you survive quite happily. This doesn’t mean to say that airlines didn’t spend the COVID-19 pandemic thinking about how to make their customers’ experience better. I wonder, though, whether American Airlines fully thought through its latest little idea. This month, some of your friendly American Airlines airport agents may be doing something you’ve never seen them do before – pitch you the American Airlines credit card....
