Posts by amateriat

Qualcomm CEO's pay jumps 395% in slow year for phone chips

"Failing up" has always been fun for the few, hasn't it?

Microsoft and GM deal means your next car might talk, lie, gaslight and manipulate you

I'm thinking more like Christine here…but she's not about talk, just action.

Samsung reveals new smartphones, tablets... and yes. The S22 Ultra is undeniably good

So far, Samsung hasn't offered me a single reason (save maybe 5G) to move on from my S10e, which has: SD card slot (currently housing Samsung's own 512GB card), compact size, and not-terribly-annoying, non-screen-based fingerprint reader. Its twin lenses in back are quite enough: as a photographer, I don't rely on the thing for much other than utility and extremely-casual snaps, and anything more than this would be useless overkill for me. Not that I'm in a huge hurry, but maybe next product cycle?

Google's Pixel 6 fingerprint reader is rubbish because of 'enhanced security algorithms'

This was part of the reason why I went for the S10e: fingerprint sensor built into the power button. A tad ore tricky to use ergonomically, but generally works nine times outta ten for me.

Was actually thinking about the 6/6Pro on account of offering an unmolested Android OS experience (mumble mumble Kill Bixby mumble), but the news about the in-screen tech has me holding off for a bit.

Samsung says it makes the world’s best holes. Yes, holes. Holes so good they even get a brand

But just ask WEC how well those really worked for him

Microsoft to Cortana: You’re not going out dressed in iOS or Android, young lady!

"Oh, that was easy", said Microsoft, and proceeded to claim that Swiss cheese is sheet-metal and and makes a mess of subsequent Win10 Service Packs.

Apple said to be removing charger, headphones from upcoming iPhone 12 series

Thus the origin of the bumper sticker: "Turn Signal Broken, Watch For Finger."

Watch an oblivious Tesla Model 3 smash into an overturned truck on a highway 'while under Autopilot'

The Tesla *also* drove into the roof of the trailer; had the car driven into the *underside*, the aftermath may likely have been more grim.

Re: This is a driver assist not an autopilot !

That story is even more interesting than it appears on the surface:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Kaloyev

“As a species, human beings do not switch in an emergency from being observers to being proactive very easily, and babysitting automatic systems probably is pretty toxic to your situational awareness.” - Tom Wisker, 2011