Friday, May 12, 2023

How to install Android 14 beta on Nothing Phone (1)

After Google's Pixel phones, Nothing's first phone, the Phone (1), is getting support for the Android 14 beta program. Here’s how you can install Android 14 beta on your Nothing Phone (1). The Android 14 build is currently in the early stages of development and may be missing certain features or may not work properly. Updating to the Android 14 beta will format the phone's storage, erasing all the data. It is advised that you back up all your data beforehand. https://ift.tt/hX4C2wV

A cheque signed by Steve Jobs fetched over $100k at an auction

An Apple Computer Company cheque signed by Steve Jobs was sold for $106,985 via an auction organised by RR Auction. The auctioned cheque was signed and filled by Steve Jobs in 1976. The check was made for Crampton, Remke, & Miller, INC, which is a consulting firm that offers services to tech companies in Northern California. https://ift.tt/SKIZV8p

Toyota says the vehicle data of 2.15M users in Japan, or almost all of its cloud service customers, has been public since November 2013 due to a human error (Reuters)

Reuters:
Toyota says the vehicle data of 2.15M users in Japan, or almost all of its cloud service customers, has been public since November 2013 due to a human error  —  Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Friday the vehicle data of 2.15 million users in Japan, or almost the entire customer base …



Asus launches its first handheld gaming PC, ROG Ally

After teasing it for weeks now, Asus has launched its first-ever handheld gaming PC, the ROG Ally. The handheld gaming PC comes with AMD’s new Ryzen Z1 series processors, featuring a 120Hz 7-inch 1080P display, and Windows 11. Here’s everything you need to know about the Asus ROG Ally. https://ift.tt/RUkPywZ

The UK extradites Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch to the US to face fraud charges over HP's $11B acquisition of the software company in 2011 (Reuters)

Reuters:
The UK extradites Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch to the US to face fraud charges over HP's $11B acquisition of the software company in 2011  —  Mike Lynch, co-founder of UK software firm Autonomy, has been extradited to the United States to face criminal charges in a near decade-long legal battle …



Oppo closes its chip design unit Zeku due to global economic uncertainty; Zeku developed the MariSilicon X image-processing chip used in Oppo's flagship devices (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Oppo closes its chip design unit Zeku due to global economic uncertainty; Zeku developed the MariSilicon X image-processing chip used in Oppo's flagship devices  —  Oppo, China's biggest domestic smartphone maker, is closing its chip design business as the global smartphone market extends a prolonged decline.



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; ...