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Bluesky’s growth in the UK had little impact on X
Social media startup Bluesky is riding on a wave of recent users from the U.K., following Elon Musk’s controversial comments about the U.K. unrest in recent weeks. While the X exodus hasn’t yet been visible in app install or usage data from X’s biggest rival, Instagram Threads, Bluesky is boasting a surge in sign-ups and a 60% increase in activity from U.K.-based accounts, it says earlier this weekThe company repeated those claims on Wednesday, showing a graph showing a pointy growth in UK activity on its network, which now exceeds activity in other countries served by Bluesky.
The startup also reported on Tuesday that more Bluesky users had signed up in the UK than in another country in five of the past seven days.
Despite an influx of UK users to the decentralised social media app and alternative to X, latest data suggests that Threads, not Bluesky, continues to be higher placed to challenge X, Musk’s social network formerly referred to as Twitter.
According to latest evaluation According to digital market evaluation firm Similarweb, the impact of UK users joining Bluesky continues to be relatively small.
On August 11, Bluesky recorded 67,800 each day energetic users in the UK, which, while a recent peak, was not the highest usage Bluesky had ever recorded amongst UK users. In January of this yr, for instance, the Bluesky app recorded greater than 100,000 each day energetic users, making this latest increase less remarkable in this broader context, the company said.
Additionally, Bluesky’s UK monthly energetic user count was unchanged from June to July, while Threads’ UK monthly energetic user count grew by a modest 8.6%. (Overall, the company has previously said that fluctuations in X’s each day and weekly usage proceed to be inside normal limits, despite reports of users fleeing X.)
Meanwhile, the impact of this UK-led change on X has been disappointing. While August 11 was one among X’s weakest days of the yr, Similarweb said the Musk-owned app still had 6 million each day energetic users from the UK — significantly greater than Threads or Bluesky, the data suggests.
Generally speaking, X’s user base tends to fluctuate, but monthly energetic users were up 2.6% in the U.K. and three.4% in the U.S. from June to July. That might not be the best timeframe to investigate, though, since the stabbing that sparked the U.K. riots, fueled by online misinformation, happened in late July, but Musk comments enraged X users and British officials in August.
Still, Similarweb’s evaluation of worldwide Android data shows that X continues to be far ahead of Threads and Bluesky as of August 12, with 91.0 million global each day energetic users, in comparison with 34.9 million and 594,700 global each day energetic users for Threads and Bluesky, respectively. On the web, X.com saw 192.5 million each day visits on August 12, in comparison with just 3.7 million for Threads and 616,200 for Bluesky.
Despite this, the advantage of X is bigger in the US than in the UK
X is 5.9 times larger than Threads in the US and just over thrice larger in the UK in terms of monthly energetic users. This narrower lead could potentially make it easier for a competitor like Bluesky or Threads to win over the UK demographic if the switching trend grows over time.
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US medical device giant Artivion says hackers stole files during a cybersecurity incident
Artivion, a medical device company that produces implantable tissue for heart and vascular transplants, says its services have been “disrupted” resulting from a cybersecurity incident.
In 8-K filing In an interview with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a “cybersecurity incident” that involved the “compromise and encryption” of information on November 21. This suggests that the corporate was attacked by ransomware, but Artivion has not yet confirmed the character of the incident and didn’t immediately reply to TechCrunch’s questions. No major ransomware group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Artivion said it took some systems offline in response to the cyberattack, which the corporate said caused “disruptions to certain ordering and shipping processes.”
Artivion, which reported third-quarter revenue of $95.8 million, said it didn’t expect the incident to have a material impact on the corporate’s funds.
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It’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard and it’s called Raspberry Pi 500
Manufacturer of single-board computers Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer keyboard device with higher specs. Named Raspberry Pi500This successor to the Raspberry Pi 400 is just as powerful as the present Raspberry Pi flagship, the Raspberry Pi 5. It is on the market for purchase now from Raspberry Pi resellers.
The Raspberry Pi 500 is the simplest method to start with the Raspberry Pi because it’s not as intimidating because the Raspberry Pi 5. When you take a look at the Raspberry Pi 500, you do not see any chipsets or PCBs (printed circuit boards). The Raspberry Pi is totally hidden in the familiar housing, the keyboard.
The idea with the Raspberry Pi 500 is you could connect a mouse and a display and you are able to go. If, for instance, you’ve got a relative who uses a very outdated computer with an outdated version of Windows, the Raspberry Pi 500 can easily replace the old PC tower for many computing tasks.
More importantly, this device brings us back to the roots of the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi computers were originally intended for educational applications. Over time, technology enthusiasts and industrial customers began using single-board computers all over the place. (For example, when you’ve ever been to London Heathrow Airport, all of the departures and arrivals boards are there powered by Raspberry Pi.)
Raspberry Pi 500 draws inspiration from the roots of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a non-profit organization. It’s the right first computer for college. In some ways, it’s a lot better than a Chromebook or iPad because it’s low cost and highly customizable, which inspires creative pondering.
The Raspberry Pi 500 comes with a 32GB SD card that comes pre-installed with Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution. It costs $90, which is a slight ($20) price increase over the Raspberry Pi 400.
Only UK and US keyboard variants will probably be available at launch. But versions with French, German, Italian, Japanese, Nordic and Spanish keyboard layouts will probably be available soon. And when you’re in search of a bundle that features all the things you would like, Raspberry Pi also offers a $120 desktop kit that features the Raspberry Pi 500, a mouse, a 27W USB-C power adapter, and a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
In other news, Raspberry Pi has announced one other recent thing: the Raspberry Pi monitor. It is a 15.6-inch 1080p monitor that’s priced at $100. Since there are quite a few 1080p portable monitors available on the market, this launch is not as noteworthy because the Pi 500. However, for die-hard Pi fans, there’s now also a Raspberry Pi-branded monitor option available.
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Apple Vision Pro may add support for PlayStation VR controllers
According to Apple, Apple desires to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive for gamers and game developers latest report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The Vision Pro was presented more as a productivity and media consumption device than a tool geared toward gamers, due partly to its reliance on visual and hand controls moderately than a separate controller.
However, Apple may need gamers if it desires to expand the Vision Pro’s audience, especially since Gurman reports that lower than half one million units have been sold to this point. As such, the corporate has reportedly been in talks with Sony about adding support for PlayStation VR2 handheld controllers, and has also talked to developers about whether they may support the controllers of their games.
Offering more precise control, Apple may also make other forms of software available in Vision Pro, reminiscent of Final Cut Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
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