Lenovo’s next gaming laptop could be a shapeshifting foldable called the Legion Go Fold, which can be used as a laptop or a handheld gaming PC with two different display sizes, as WindowsLatest reports. Leaked images of the device show it attached to both a keyboard and controllers, with a hinge in the middle of … Read more
Jack Dorsey’s Block, the financial tech company that runs Square and the Cash app, is cutting its workforce by “nearly half” and axing more than 4,000 jobs. The company will shrink from more than 10,000 people to less than 6,000, Dorsey says in a post on X. And the reason why? AI. “We’re not making … Read more
HBO We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you’re a fan of George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” franchise, chances are you’ve hopped back into Westeros for the new spin-off series, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” following the … Read more
Ethereum’s latest long-term planning document has given investors a new way to assess whether the digital asset can eventually reach $10,000 by the end of this decade. The newly published “Strawmap,” introduced by Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake, reads less like a conventional roadmap than a preemptive response plan. It sketches a path for Ethereum … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Warner Bros Discovery has said Paramount Skydance’s $110bn offer for the Hollywood studio is “superior” to an existing deal with Netflix, giving David Ellison’s media group the upper hand in a fierce takeover battle. WBD … Read more
Why? I asked Samsung’s Won-Joon Choi, the executive in charge of both R&D and operations for Samsung’s mobile business. He says the added thickness of magnets is a bad tradeoff to make, because you’re just going to buy a case anyhow. “About 80 or 90 percent of people are using a case, and cases with … Read more
Alex Kessler, deputy editor, i-D It was a smart move to open with a nod to Consuelo Castiglioni. That first look felt like a respectful wink to the house’s DNA and set a confident tone for Meryll Rogge’s debut at Marni. You could see the outline of this art-collecting, slightly cerebral, beautifully offbeat woman, who … Read more
We’re all familiar with the high-pitched squeak of basketball shoes on the court during games, or tires squealing on pavement. Scientists conducted several experiments and discovered that the geometry of the sneakers’ tread patterns determines the squeak’s frequency, enabling the team to make rubber blocks set to specific frequencies and slide them across glass surfaces … Read more
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives has introduced legislation aimed at halting prosecution of software developers who do not have custody or control of others’ crypto assets. In a Thursday notice, Representatives Scott Fitzgerald, Ben Cline and Zoe Lofgren said that they would be sponsoring the Promoting Innovation in Blockchain … Read more
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images Meet the main woman in Jim Rockford’s life. “Law & Order: SVU” alum Michaela McManus has been cast in the pilot for NBC’s upcoming reboot of “The Rockford Files,” TVLine has confirmed. She’ll play Kate, an East Hollywood detective “whose romantic relationship to Rockford got complicated after … Read more