The official reveal is only a few hours away but Evan Blass, better known by his @evleaks Twitter handle, is spoiling the party with tons of pics, video, and even a full spec sheet. Check out his feed if you just can’t wait.
So it’s time to break out the lotions, carbs, and the internet’s favorite local news report. At least we have Samsung Unpacked, the big Mobile World Congress show, and death to look forward to.
Viola Zhou writing for Rest of World on the events leading up to riot police beating up protesters at Foxconn’s iPhone megafactory:
He hated the humiliation and tediousness of the production line job, but he gritted his teeth. The pay would be worth it.
It wasn’t — not when promises are broken and working conditions suck for a new generation of young Chinese workers who demand better.
[Rest of World]
The four-year, $65 million project has everything — and nothing — to do with the automobile.
Kevin Feige’s job depends on humans not tiring of superhuman exploits, so what else is the guy who made saving Earth boring going to say?
It took four years to build, but Amsterdam’s underwater bike shed in front of Central Station is set to open on January 26th with space for 6,300 privately-owned bikes and 700 more spaces for bike-shares. Parking is free for 24 hours, then €1.35 (about $1.46) for each additional day.
Joshua Spodek writing for Ars about going off-grid in Manhattan:
I allowed myself one cheat: I could plug in my laptop and phone when working at New York University. Otherwise, my only electric power came from the [200W] solar panel and [576Wh] battery. I still used my building’s hot water but not my gas stove.
Context: the average US home consumes 886,000Wh per month.
I’m an avid Starlink RV user and tech journalist and still learned some things from this Washington Post story about the challenges SpaceX faces in putting its 3,500-plus internet-from-space satellites into operational orbit, with thousands more to come. WaPo’s excellent animations and illustrations certainly help.
[Washington Post]
When Steve Jobs said “We’re introducing three revolutionary products” via stringer (one reporter on the phone with another in the MacWorld audience), our team sequestered in a trailer at CES scrambled into action with three bloggers preparing to publish three stories. We soon realized only one story was needed. That was 16 years ago today.
