Kata promises to “help users control devices, create automations, set up products, and troubleshoot issues simply by typing or speaking what they need.” It requires SwitchBot App version 9.29 or later.
Is the inclusion of “happy little trees” in ad-loving LG’s digital art gallery enough of a reason to connect its TVs to the internet. Probably not.
Christopher Nolan’s epic has now grossed more than $289 million from IMAX screens alone (and over $1.1 billion in total), besting the $256 million lifetime IMAX gross of James Cameron’s Avatar. And releases in China and Japan are still to come. Yes, the format is worth it.
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Srini Gopalan in response to SpaceX saying it plans to “acquire quite a few” of T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon’s customers by turning Starlink dishes into tiny cellular base stations using the limited spectrum it acquired from EchoStar:
You’ve got to ask the question of ‘What is the gap in the market that they’re looking to serve? I always prefer starting these conversations back from the customer: Why would a customer buy a new cellular service? Where do they go? What’s their differentiation? It’s clearly not having a broad network.
[Financial Times]
Accell Group is the latest victim of Bikeaggedon: the turmoil created by soaring e-bike demand at the onset of covid, followed by a collapse of the supply chain, and then a period of massive oversupply.
The newly privatized company is now saddled with $18 billion of debt, with annual interest payments of about $1.8 billion. Big changes are coming to justify the deal.
