Apple is aware there’s a significant issue with iPhone 15s breaking when attached to the charging pad on some modern cars, according to a report from MacRumors Wednesday. While the company has yet to make any public statement regarding iPhone 15 becoming bricked when plugged into some in-car chargers, Apple is…
Source: Gizmodo – Apple’s Reportedly Working on Patch For iPhone 15 BMW Charging Issue
I have plenty of ideas for useful features for X (formerly known as Twitter), but audio and video calls aren’t on my list. Unfortunately, they seem to be on Elon Musk’s, as the app now allows users to call one another for some reason. Yay?
Source: LifeHacker – There’s No Reason People Need to Call You on X/Twitter
Jupiter, who hurt you? Last month, NASA’s Juno mission spotted a region of the gas giant’s atmosphere forming an abject face, complete with wide eyes, a nose, and frowning mouth.
Source: Gizmodo – Jupiter’s Giant Face Looks Super Unhappy About Something
My oh my, what a year it’s been. After several months of back-and-forth between billionaire and tech tycoon Elon Musk and social media company Twitter, the former officially took over as owner of the platform one year ago on Oct. 26, 2022.
Source: Gizmodo – One Year On: The 12 Worst Moments of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
First, the bad news: Super Mario Bros. Wonder doesn’t cure covid-19. Trust me on that. But, if you ignore that one flaw and focus on everything else—the gorgeous graphics, the immensely creative levels, the pitch-perfect music—it’s easy to see this is one of Nintnedo’s best Mario games in years.
Source: Kotaku – Super Mario Bros. Wonder: The Kotaku Review
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced several upcoming accessibility features for Xbox players. A few of those features, including controller-to-keyboard input remapping, are now live and ready to use. This keyboard mapping feature is particularly significant as it will increase gaming options and improve the overall experience for folks with disabilities. Players will now have the ability to configure the buttons of the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 and the Xbox Adaptive Controller to match specific keys on their keyboards. Microsoft says this will help to “expand controller input capabilities in games that have many commands, have limited remapping capabilities, or do not support controllers.”
Keyboard mapping has been heavily requested by the accessibility community and this move by Microsoft shows the company is still listening. Now that this has been implemented, it will hopefully be easier for smaller developers to include accessibility features as well since they won’t have to create that link independently.
Microsoft has come a long way since stepping into the accessibility market. Back in 2015, the company launched the Xbox One Elite controller, which wasn’t necessarily designed with accessibility in mind. But many of that controller’s features have ultimately proven helpful for those with different needs.
Microsoft later took a more intentional approach with the Xbox Adaptive Controller, which was released in 2018. This was created with the input of accessibility and inclusion advocates like AbleGamers, Warfighter Engaged, SpecialEffect, Craig Hospital and the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. The Xbox Adaptive Controller was the first of its kind, offering a plug-and-play option for people with disabilities.
Other updates mentioned in today’s announcement include a better way to capture and edit game stills in Clipchamp and improvements to diagnostic data sharing. All these features are live and can be accessed now.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/microsofts-keyboard-mapping-feature-for-xbox-controllers-is-here-202746052.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Microsoft’s keyboard mapping feature for Xbox controllers is here
Enlarge / A sign directing people to a toilet facility during the Children’s Day Parade, part of the Notting Hill Carnival celebration in west London on Sunday August 27, 2023. (credit: Getty | Yui Mok)
The United Kingdom is experiencing a dramatic outbreak—unprecedented in scale and magnitude—of diarrheal illnesses from the intestinal parasite, Cryptosporidium, aka Crypto.
According to a rapid communication published Thursday in the journal Eurosurveillance, UK health officials report that Crypto cases have exceeded the upper bounds of expected cases since mid-September, and an October peak saw cases roughly threefold above what is usual for this time of year. The outbreak is still ongoing.
Laboratory notifications of Cryptosporidium species in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, by week of specimen, 2023. (credit: Eurosurveillance | Peake et al.)
So far, it’s unclear what’s driving the extraordinary burst in cases. The outbreak has splattered into almost every region of all four UK nations. “Given the scale and geographical spread of the [case] exceedance across regions and nations of the UK, a single local exposure is an unlikely cause,” the authors, led by officials at the United Kingdom Health Security Agency in London, wrote in the rapid report.
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Source: Ars Technica – Unprecedented diarrheal outbreak erupts in UK as cases spike 3x above usual
Uber’s partnership with Waymo, a driverless taxi service, began Wednesday to provide autonomous ride options for customers in Phoenix. Riders who book an UberX, Uber Green, Uber Comfort, or Uber Comfort Electric could be paired with an autonomous Waymo vehicle.
Source: Gizmodo – You Can Now Order a Waymo Robotaxi on the Uber App in Phoenix
The sed command is a stream editor that helps you search, find, replace, insert, and delete strings inside a text file without opening it.
The post Beginners’ Guide to Sed Command in Linux appeared first on Linux Today.
Source: Linux Today – Beginners’ Guide to Sed Command in Linux
When you have an acting career as vast and varied as Patrick Stewart’s, you’re allowed a little moment or two of going “well, that wasn’t great, was it?” But it’s surprising to see him reflect so harshly on what, to legions of people, will remain some of defining work: as Captain Picard on Star Trek: The Next…
Source: Gizmodo – Patrick Stewart Thinks He Wasn’t That Great in The Next Generation’s Early Seasons
Google has expanded its vulnerability rewards program (VRP) to include attack scenarios specific to generative AI. From a report: In an announcement shared with TechCrunch ahead of publication, Google said: “We believe expanding the VRP will incentivize research around AI safety and security and bring potential issues to light that will ultimately make AI safer for everyone.” Google’s vulnerability rewards program (or bug bounty) pays ethical hackers for finding and responsibly disclosing security flaws.
Given that generative AI brings to light new security issues, such as the potential for unfair bias or model manipulation, Google said it sought to rethink how bugs it receives should be categorized and reported. The tech giant says it’s doing this by using findings from its newly formed AI Red Team, a group of hackers that simulate a variety of adversaries, ranging from nation-states and government-backed groups to hacktivists and malicious insiders to hunt down security weaknesses in technology. The team recently conducted an exercise to determine the biggest threats to the technology behind generative AI products like ChatGPT and Google Bard.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Google Adds Generative AI Threats To Its Bug Bounty Program
The smartwatch market has grown exponentially over the past several years, and we now have access to some of the smartest, most accurate wearables ever created. But, if you’re trying to find one of the best smartwatches to buy in 2023, you’re going to have a lot of options to choose from.
Source: LifeHacker – These Are the Best Smartwatches for Every Kind of Person
The Linux Mint project announced today in their monthly newsletter that they’ve started working on implementing a Wayland session for a future release of the Linux Mint distribution, to be initially available in Linux Mint 21.3.
Source: LXer – Linux Mint 21.3 to Ship with Cinnamon 6.0 and Experimental Wayland Support
Earlier this month Framework 13 began shipping out their AMD Ryzen powered modular laptop. Unfortunately though the launch-day testing of the Framework laptop under Linux was hampered by a BIOS issue. It’s taken longer, but this week a new BIOS is now available for testing that resolves the AMD Linux graphics issue. Here’s how to go about easily flashing the system BIOS with Fwupd and LVFS to get up and running well on Linux…
Source: Phoronix – AMD-Powered Framework Laptop Now Working On Linux With Latest BIOS
If you follow technology news much at all, you’re probably familiar with the latest iteration of the GPT line of AI models, known simply as GPT-4. At its heart, GPT-4 is a large language model with billions of parameters, able to converse in many languages on almost any topic. GPT-4 is so smart that it can ace the SAT, overcome the BAR exam,
Source: Hot Hardware – AI Breakthrough Leaves ChatGPT In The Dust With Human-Like Cognitive Capabilities
As hard as it is to believe, a lot of people still smoke cigarettes—nearly 30 million people in this country alone. Aside from the well-proven health impact, smoking also has a long list of unattractive physical effects, like yellow stains on your skin and hair, marks on your clothing, the delightful skin condition…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Get Rid of a Smoke Smell in Your New Home
After traveling through space for 200 million miles, rocky pieces from asteroid Bennu were dropped off on Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in late September. Now, some of those fragments will be put on display for museum-goers to observe firsthand.
Source: Gizmodo – Pieces of Asteroid Bennu Land at the Smithsonian After 200 Million Mile Voyage
Hyundai said this week that it will set up “mobile clinics” at five U.S. locations to provide anti-theft software upgrades for vehicles now regularly targeted by thieves using a technique popularized on TikTok and other social media platforms. From a report: The South Korean automaker will hold the clinics, which will run for two to three days on or adjacent to weekends, in New York City; Chicago; Minneapolis; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Rochester, New York. The clinics will take place between Oct. 28 and Nov. 18. Hyundai said it will also support single-day regional clinics run by dealerships before the end of 2023, although it didn’t name locations or dates.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Hyundai To Hold Software-Upgrade Clinics Across the US For Vehicles Targeted By Thieves
The Roku Channel, which already has a robust array of free-with-ads content, has added even more live linear channels, all curated around a specific theme, to its 400-plus options. Just in time for Halloween, there’s a new channel completely dedicated to Universal Monster movies—earlier today, we clicked over and…
Source: Gizmodo – Roku’s New Channels Include One Dedicated to Universal Monsters
Need to fix your Samsung device? Why not temporarily back up your data in the cloud before attempting it yourself or sending it to a technician? Samsung announced it’s started rolling out a “temporary cloud backup” feature to select smartphones and tablets running the latest version of One UI 6. The ability lets you…
Source: Gizmodo – Samsung’s Temporary Cloud Backup is Like a Scratch Pad for Your Phone’s Data
