Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Facebook open sources Time Card, its PCIe-based timekeeping tool that uses atomic clocks and navigation satellites to keep devices and data centers in sync (Stephen Shankland/CNET)

Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Facebook open sources Time Card, its PCIe-based timekeeping tool that uses atomic clocks and navigation satellites to keep devices and data centers in sync  —  The social network giant gives away its hardware and software designs that can keep data centers humming efficiently.



Research shows semiconductor chip lead times slipped to 20.2 weeks in July, up by eight days over June, which was already the longest wait time since 2017 (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Ian King / Bloomberg:
Research shows semiconductor chip lead times slipped to 20.2 weeks in July, up by eight days over June, which was already the longest wait time since 2017  —  The amount of time it's taking for chip-starved companies to get orders filled has stretched to more than 20 weeks …



Internal iOS 15 code and animations show Apple will let users link AirPods to the Find My network; the headphones will use Bluetooth to show a location (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Internal iOS 15 code and animations show Apple will let users link AirPods to the Find My network; the headphones will use Bluetooth to show a location  —  Apple has announced multiple new features for AirPods users with iOS 15, which includes Conversation Boost for AirPods Pro and true Find My support for the first time.



The attacker who stole $611M from Poly Network, used in DeFi apps, has returned over $2M in USDC and BTCB after posting that they were "ready to surrender" (Wolfie Zhao/The Block)

Wolfie Zhao / The Block:
The attacker who stole $611M from Poly Network, used in DeFi apps, has returned over $2M in USDC and BTCB after posting that they were “ready to surrender”  —  Quick Take  — Poly Network attacker has started returning the funds that were stolen in the largest DeFi hack to date.



Web Summit, Europe's largest tech conference, will return as an in-person event in Lisbon in November, after being held virtually last year (Reuters)

Reuters:
Web Summit, Europe's largest tech conference, will return as an in-person event in Lisbon in November, after being held virtually last year  —  Europe's biggest tech conference - the Web Summit - will return as an in-person event in Lisbon this November, organisers confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday …



How to undo ‘hidden’ chats in WhatsApp

WhatsApp recently expanded its chat archive feature to groups. The feature, which was earlier limited to individual chats, now allows WhatsApp users to hide group chats as well. This means both individual and group chats can be archived in order to manage and organise the conversations better. https://ift.tt/3jJpkcs

Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech : Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; ...