Apple Pay Later may not arrive until next year due to ‘technical and engineering’ setbacks

Apple Pay Later may not arrive until next spring, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. As you may recall, Apple announced the buy now, pay later feature at WWDC 2022 and said, at the time, that it would arrive alongside iOS 16. Well, the latest version of the company’s mobile operating is here and Apple Pay […]

Teenage Engineering reluctantly adds Bluetooth audio to OD-11 speaker

For years, Teenage Engineering has chosen not to allow its users to stream music via Bluetooth to its flagship OD-11 speakers. And that’s despite it actually having a Bluetooth radio inside. The Swedish engineers have finally, reluctantly, given in and users can simply download a software update for their speaker to enable it. Weirdly, the […]

Former Tesla engineering lead Doug Field is back with Apple

Tesla confirmed in July that instead of returning from a six-week break, senior engineering VP Doug Field had departed the company. The timing was interesting as it came during Tesla’s push to ramp up production of the Model 3 sedan, which was the kind of issue we’d expected Field to address after he joined in […]

The Engineering Behind Elon Musk’s Bid to Save Thailand’s Cave Boys

The SpaceX and Tesla CEO’s work to help the rescue operation captivated the internet and reinforced the most flattering image of Musk, as a brilliant engineer with a nose for unexpected solutions to pressing problems. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b452bc49bc3f356f4059475/master/pass/Cave_AP_18176408805848.jpg

Cybersecurity engineering: A new academic discipline

GUEST: Cyber startups and legacy technology companies know exactly how to attract top undergraduates: a six-figure salary, a signing bonus, even a new car. With these luxuries in reach, choosing to forgo the job offer in pursuit of advanced higher education seems irrational for most new grads. However, this is exactly what’s being asked of […]

Google futurist and director of engineering: Basic income will spread worldwide by the 2030s

Tech Insider Basic income will be widespread by the 2030s, according to Google futurist and director of engineering Ray Kurzweil. Kurzweil is known for making seemingly wild predictions. In 2016, he predicted that by 2029, medical technology will add an extra year to human life expectancies on an annual basis. “We’re going to have more […]

Slack forms safety engineering team to reduce outages

(Reuters) — Collaboration software provider Slack Technologies Inc is building a safety engineering team that will develop methods to help reduce the disruptions that have been more frequent on Slack’s service than rival systems, the company told Reuters. Recurring outages have prevented Slack users from connecting with its service as the fas…Read More