Pixel 11 adds new Screen Saver features, including a new style that’s impossible to ignore

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Pixel 11 phones bring new Screen saver styles, including one that shows the battery level in big, bold font. Screen saver’s settings also get new options for analog and digital clocks with different font styles. All these features appear exclusive to the Pixel 11, though there’s no confirmation from Google […]

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FDA approves robot that can find your vein, insert a needle, and draw blood without human help

Forward-looking: Are you the kind of person who hates having blood drawn? In a decision that could potentially make that phobia worse or better, the FDA has approved the use of a robotic device that can draw blood from a patient’s arm – with no human assistance required. Called Aletta, the robot begins the process […]

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Bitcoin grabs 77% of $1.3 billion crypto fund surge as BlackRock leads the rebound

Bitcoin accounted for 77.4% of the $1.297 billion in inflows recorded across US Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana crypto ETPs from Aug. 17 through Aug. 19, making the rebound heavily Bitcoin-weighted in dollar terms. Farside Investors’ Bitcoin table shows $297.5 million of net inflows on Aug. 17, $189.3 million on Aug. 18, and $517.2 million on […]

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Apple’s market share is up in Europe even as smartphone sales drop

European sales of smartphones have reached a new three-year low, but Apple’s iPhone has increased its share to now tie with Samsung. Globally, the most recent figures show that Apple has earned 49% of all smartphone revenue in the second quarter, despite the iPhone only accounting for 23% of shipments. New figures for solely the […]

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Can tokenized assets continue to scale faster than the revenue models behind them?

Securitize closed its first quarter as a public company with average tokenized assets under management hitting a record $4.3 billion, up 16% year over year, while transaction volume on the platform jumped 147% to $5.3 billion. Total revenue fell 5% to $14.4 million, tokenization revenue dropped about 12% to $7.8 million, and adjusted EBITDA swung […]

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Bitcoin’s Q2 selloff split Wall Street as banks bought, hedge funds cut and sovereigns held

Bitcoin fell 14.2% in the second quarter, while institutional Bitcoin ETF holdings rose 7.5% over the same period, climbing from 498,389 to 535,723 BTC equivalent. Fewer institutions drove that increase, with the number reporting Bitcoin positions through 13F filings falling roughly 6.8%, from about 2,000 to around 1,900. Those figures are Bitcoin Strategy’s second-quarter estimate, […]

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Some Tesla owners are using Full Self-Driving for 95% of their trips, but they’re still legally in control

In a nutshell: Tesla owners are increasingly handing routine driving to the company’s Full Self-Driving software, using it on crowded city streets, freeways, and neighborhood roads. But as the system takes on more of the work behind the wheel, the gap between what the technology appears capable of doing and what drivers are legally allowed […]

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Survey says readers excited by this fundamental Play Store change

Plenty of changes are coming to the Google Play Store this year. For one, Google is now rolling out its sideloading crackdown for apps sourced outside the Store. But in a more positive move, the Play Store is also set to welcome apps from various third-party stores, making it much easier to install them. This […]

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This public company now controls 18% of Zcash mining power after $33 million Winklevoss-linked deal

Cypherpunk Technologies acquired roughly 18% of Zcash’s mining power in a $33.33 million equity deal that could dilute shareholders. On Aug. 18, the public company revealed that it bought 4,902 mining machines from Moria Mining, an affiliate of Winklevoss Treasury Investments (WTI). The fleet generates about 4.2 GSol/s across three US sites, making Cypherpunk the […]

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