With the next season of Halo is just around the corner on February 8th, Paramount Plus has released a new, more compact trailer than the one we got earlier this month.
In a brief series of action shots, things feel desperate for humanity and no better for Master Chief, who, as the trailer says, everyone needs.
Jack Stratton took a break from laying down funky guitar riffs for his band, Vulfpeck, to don a dark turtleneck and pitch Apple on a plan to “take back the belt from Spotify” by moving to a 90 / 10 split for artists on Apple Music.
Could Stratton’s pitch change minds at Apple? Maybe not, but it’s a nice chance to remind you about that time Vulfpeck made $20K from Spotify by uploading, and asking fans to listen to, a totally silent album.
The Ingenuity helicopter, which has been fluttering around the red planet for almost three years now, fell out of contact with Perseverance, the rover that brought it to the planet (and that it communicates with using Zigbee!).
NASA wrote yesterday that the flight, its 72nd, was a test of its systems after it was forced to land it early during its previous flight. The agency is working toward reestablishing contact.
While we wait, here’s a recent video of the helicopter in action.
91Mobiles published CAD renders of Apple’s rumored larger iPad Air, based on “industry sources.” Apart from size, it looks like the biggest difference will be a changed camera bump on the back.
That probably means Face ID stays exclusive to the iPad Pro for another year, assuming the leak is accurate. Still, a 12.9-inch Air could be a good upgrade if you want a big iPad without the big “Pro” price.
That’s according to a Financial Times story this morning, putting a name to yesterday’s Bloomberg report on Altman’s search for investors to realize an AI chip venture.
TSMC, or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, is the massive chip fabricator responsible for chips like those you’d find in Apple’s laptops and phones, along with many ARM and AMD devices.
The unsubscribe option now shows up when hovering over emails in Gmail on the web, rather than after opening them. Meanwhile, you’ll find the option at the top of opened emails in the iOS and Android Gmail app, rather than tucked away behind the three dots menu. Hooray, discoverability!
Also, reporting spam doesn’t offer a “Report spam & unsubscribe” option anymore, and instead invites you to simply “Unsubscribe” to legitimate senders.
Don’t worry: he’s sticking around. But he has an interesting perspective on the trend of big names like MatPat and Tom Scott stepping back and what it means to actually be a full time YouTuber.
If you try to use an S-Pen on a Galaxy Ultra phone that’s attached to a MagSafe charger, “users can expect to encounter a large ‘dead zone’ in the shape of the magnetic ring,” according to a post from Dbrand on Reddit.
Dbrand also says that you “may observe a negligible reduction in S-Pen accuracy when drawing directly over the magnetic array within a MagSafe-enabled case.” If you’ve purchased one of Dbrand’s MagSafe cases for your Galaxy Ultra, the company is offering non-MagSafe replacements.
The AI company is also discussing an eye-watering valuation of between $15 billion and $20 billion, Bloomberg reports. (AI companies have been seeking huge valuations as of late.) xAI had raised $137.4 million toward that $1 billion goal as of early December.
However, Musk called the report “simply not accurate” in a reply to a post that linked Bloomberg’s story last night.
Update January 20th, 2024, 10:45AM ET: Added Elon Musk’s comment on the matter.
One of the biggest complaints that reviewers — myself included — had with the Pixel Watch 2 was that it only came in one size: 41mm. That’s fine if you’re petite-wristed like me, but it’s not great if you’ve got a larger frame. Well, 9to5 Google cites an unnamed Google source as saying the company is working on two sizes for the next Pixel Watch. That’s about all we know but if true, it’s a step in the right direction. After all, Apple, Samsung, and Garmin all offer their flagships in multiple sizes.
We’ve already seen range tests with the Cybertruck carrying 6,000 pounds, but JerryRigEverything maxed out the Cybertruck’s 11,000-pound capacity in a new video that has the EV pickup pulling a Hummer.
The trip, which was done in sub-freezing temperatures, lasted 90 miles before the Cybertruck’s battery ran out of juice. To compare, one Cybertruck owner towing 6,000 pounds got around 111 miles of range.
