But following an abysmal year for smartphones in which OnePlus’s sales grew over 160%, according to Counterpoint Research, the handset maker has shown it has a bead on a smartphone market that looks a lot different now than it did over the course of HTC’s rise and fall. As many challenger brands do, OnePlus burst onto the scene with a value message, offering specs that competed with other flagships for hundreds of dollars less....

If you think monitoring and debugging applications in this setting is hard, you’re right. But then, of course, we have observability, which is not monitoring, but everyone agrees is important. Confused yet? Observability definitions abound. A simple one is “the ability to measure a system’s current state based on the data it generates, such as logs, metrics, and traces”. Fluentd and Fluent Bit are widely-used open source projects under the auspices of the CNCF, focusing on the logs part of the equation....

I should disclaim that while this $100 off deal doesn’t actually make the Pixel 7 “free,” it’s the first of the two-part process that should leave you with a shiny new smartphone for less than the discount itself. Read on. Also: Know before you buy: Every major retailer’s holiday return policy The way it works is simple: Best Buy is currently offering enhanced trade-in values when purchasing smartphones. That means what is typically valued for, say, $100 can now count as $400 or more....

This is the perfect tabletop fire pit for date nights, making homemade s’mores, or just adding ambiance. While it’s normally $100, it’s now 50% off. Not everyone has the luxury of a backyard with a fire pit. City dwellers that only have a balcony as their outdoor space will appreciate Colsen’s tabletop fire pit, as its compact size still gives off the ambience of a real flame fire. Made from concrete, it’s fueled by rubbing alcohol for indoor and outdoor use and is smokeless and odorless....

The TV itself operates on a 4K ULED technology that gives you a beautiful picture in your home, and adds Ultra Motion and a 120Hz refresh rate to reduce digital noise that can give objects a blurred feel when moving. With Ultra Motion and Smooth Motion, you’ll get a much clearer picture on your screen. Coupled with the smooth picture, the TV also uses Quantum Dot Color technology to provide unique, beautiful color combinations so you can enjoy vibrant, lifelike images while watching shows and films....

Ukraine’s Security Service said last week that in the city of Vinnytsia, located along the Southern Bug river, there was an abandoned warehouse in its industrial area that once belonged to an electricity company, JSC Vinnytsiaoblenergo. Upon entry, law enforcement found what it has called the country’s “largest underground cryptocurrency farm.” In total, roughly 3,800 gaming consoles were rigged together and stored on metal racks – and over 500 graphics cards and 50 processors were also found....

Jump right in with an overview of the field with “All-in-One Hacking Guide: From Zero to Hero.” Then “Bug Bounty: Web Hacking” teaches you how to hack big-name online apps. And you’ll get a solid foundation from the comprehensive guides “Complete Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing Course” and “Learn Network Attacks & Security.” “Hack People, Systems & Mobile Devices: Advanced Social Engineering” teaches you in detail how hackers crack mobile devices....

While I’ve typically focused on 55- to 65-inch models, most of the panels listed below range in size, and I’ve listed the range so you can find the size you want for your space. But with my list, you can find a great model within your price point. And, if you add it to your cart today, you can still get it in time for the Big Game or just in time to cozy up for your at-home romantic date night....

Dorsey said he had three reasons why he thought this was the ideal time for him to resign, citing his confidence in Agrawal, new board chair Bret Taylor and the company’s staff. “There’s a lot of talk about the importance of a company being ‘founder-led.’ Ultimately I believe that’s severely limiting and a single point of failure. I’ve worked hard to ensure this company can break away from its founding and founders,” he wrote....

It has a strong opinion here, a new idea there and a CEO who’s often gracing TV screens with pearls of opportunistic wisdom. I was mesmerized, therefore, by an interview given by United’s CEO Scott Kirby to CNN. Even more mesmerized than by the one he gave CBS just a couple of weeks ago. Which is quite something. Speaking of getting through the very difficult Covid period, Kirby channeled his inner Steve Jobs: “We’ve been different....

The news was revealed in a joint letter acquired by Reuterson Monday, in which American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and others claim the launch could “potentially strand tens of thousands of Americans overseas” and create “chaos” across the US travel and shipping networks. The airlines go on to say that, on a day like the Sunday preceding the letter’s sending, “more than 1,100 flights and 100,000 passengers would be subjected to cancellations, diversions or delays....

Start with AppGameKit Classic, a powerful game development engine that is easy to use. It lets you concentrate on your game idea while it does all the heavy lifting: coding, compiling, and exporting. (Although, if you do happen to be interested in learning to code, it’s more accessible than you might expect.) Next up is AppGameKit Studio, with its fully-featured toolset for game development. Just drag and drop your assets, browse app media, access online help, and more....

The company reported third quarter net income of $6.6 billion, or $1.55 a share, on revenue of $32.9 billion, up 4.3% from a year ago. The revenue figure includes two months of Verizon Media and growth would have been 5.5% with an extra month. Verizon sold its media unit, which included Yahoo and AOL, to Apollo Global for $5 billion. Non-GAAP earnings for the third quarter were $1.41 a share....

Once the United Kingdom withdrew from the EU, this created an avenue for wireless carriers to re-impose mobile roaming charges to customers who were once protected from these fees after the bloc abolished roaming costs in 2017. While it is still possible to rack up extra charges on a mobile device when visiting countries outside of the EU – such as when visiting the US – many are concerned that carriers would begin to reintroduce roaming charges to UK customers....

Also: Why is Twitter turning millions of accounts into defenseless targets? In February, Twitter Blue subscribers got access to 4,000 character tweets with their $8 per month subscription. These tweets are already very lengthy, allowing for whole paragraphs of text as seen by the tweet below. According to Musk, this limit could soon be extended to 10,000 characters. Although there are no details on this feature yet, if 10,000 character tweets are something you are interested in, then you may want to sign up for Twitter Blue since the long-form tweet feature will most likely remain a subscriber only feature....

Most of our education systems don’t emphasize financial literacy. We may learn the Pythagorean Theorem as teenagers, but not the basics of managing money, much less how a credit card works or what a credit score is. For many young people starting their professional life, knowing how to manage money is far more important than knowing how to determine the angle and sides of a triangle. When it came to credit cards, what was drilled into my head was: “If you can’t afford it, you don’t buy it....

In some cases, the ACT isn’t optional, it’s mandatory. Some states require all high school students to take the ACT (or the SAT) to graduate. The pandemic led K-12 schools and colleges to rethink the importance of standardized tests. Some K-12 schools waived the graduation testing rule. And some colleges and universities waived the test as an application requirement. You might want to learn more about the ACT because it’s a high school graduation requirement....

Most people who take the GMAT are students who want to earn a master’s in business administration, or MBA degree. Students interested in other business-related degrees, like management, finance, or consulting, may also consider taking the GMAT. Some schools offer test waivers. Others don’t require students to submit test scores. Higher education and student rights advocates say requiring standardized test scores can discourage or block students from pursuing their dreams....

In recent years, however, some schools have moved away from requiring students to take the GRE and other standardized tests. Education and student rights advocates say standardized tests aren’t useful indicators of a person’s academic potential. On the other hand, taking the GRE can give you an advantage. Many schools continue to use the GRE as an important part of their admissions process. Having GRE scores to submit can mean having access to more program choices....

But how do you know what motherboard is inside your PC? Well, fortunately, there are several easy ways to find out. I’m going to show three ways to identify your motherboard. And best of all, none of these methods requires you to download and install anything, because while there are some nice motherboard-identifying utilities out there, finding them means sifting through search results that point to some decidedly dodgy websites, and downloading them means having to run the gantlet of websites plastered with deceptive “download now” ads....