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NZXT Creates RTX 3080-Powered Sneakers

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This isn’t something you see every day: Artifact Studios has made a sneaker that has all the bells and whistles of a full-grown gaming PC equipped with an RTX 3080 Founders Edition and paired with NZXT components. If you’re a fan of high-end sneakers and PC hardware, this is a dream come true!

The shoe features a black and white color scheme, awfully similar to that of NZXT’s H710 computer case that comes in a black and white finish. There’s a CPU block on the side of the shoe that looks like the block from an NZXT Kraken AIO. The screen on the CPU block is fully functional, just like the real thing.

Inside the shoe, there’s a fully built PC inside that you can see through a fake-looking tempered glass, with a motherboard, four memory sticks, another CPU water block with another fully functional screen, and fans on the bottom of the “case.” It looks very realistic — you can even see a fake CMOS battery on the motherboard itself.

This shoe is definitely a work of art; for now, though it seems it is just a prototype. But maybe with enough hype, Artifact Studios will make a limited production run of the NZXT-themed shoe!

(If you haven’t caught on already, no, this shoe is not a real gaming PC.)

#TGIQF – the news quiz for calendar week 3

Netflix reports record numbers, SpaceX buys oil construction platforms and VW invests in the future of electric cars. Test your knowledge of news in the news quiz!

Good news for Netflix, heavy fines for Valve and other game companies – and a new model of the Raspberry Pi that costs just 4 euros. If you have read our reports carefully, then you can surely get the full number of points in our weekly review quiz. As usual, the quiz is timed. The faster you answer the individual questions, the more points you will earn.

Please keep the forum free of spoilers in order not to spoil the joy of the quizzes for other participants. You are of course welcome to share your results with one another. To keep up to date with the latest from the IT world, follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or on Instagram. Do you have any other quiz suggestions? Just write an email to the quiz master!

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Beeper: 15 messaging apps in one service! It's the bet of the former CEO of Pebble (at $ 10 a month)

One service with 15 messaging applications. It is not a dream but the new platform of the former CEO of Pebble. It’s called Feeber and gathers all messaging services (even iMessage) in one place. The price? 10 $ per month.

by Bruno Mucciarelli published 22 January 2021 , at 10: 41 in the web channel

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Eric Migicovsky, is the former CEO and founder of Pebble, the company born a few decades ago and which gave birth to successful smartwatches with e-Paper display. The developer announced on Twitter the launch of Beeper or its new “ jewel ”: a universal messaging app that allows you to merge up to 15 different services , including iMessage, thanks to the open source protocol Matrix and not only. A solution that many are looking for to simplify the use of messages and that Beeper seems to do well even if paying well 10 $ per month.

Beeper: how the system works ” unifier ”?

Beeper meanwhile it is not a real news if not its name. In this case, in fact, before today, the platform was called NovaChat . From today, however, it is available as a Beeper and can be downloaded on request for both Windows and for macOS, Linux, iOS and Android . As mentioned, however, at least at the moment, one needs to fill out a form to receive an invitation, as it is still an almost Beta phase of the system.

But Beeper’s potential looks interesting. From the official website it is possible to observe how the application is capable of supporting up to 15 messaging systems such as: WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, iMessage, Android Messages ( SMS), Telegram, Twitter, Slack, Hangouts, Instagram, Skype, IRC, Matrix, Discord, Signal and Beeper network. Yes, that iMessage is also among the services that can be replicated on Beeper, and this is perhaps the most striking novelty of the new service because so far no one had ever made such a thing possible since iMessage is a proprietary service of Apple but above all because it works only and exclusively on the ecosystem Apple.

How does it work? There is a little trick devised by the former CEO of Pebble. Migicovsky in fact allows iMessage to work also on Windows, Linux and Android if the user has a Mac that is always connected to the Internet so that it can function as a bridge. Alternatively, the software house already has recycled “jailbroken” iPhones ready , on which the Beeper app is installed, which it will send to users and which will allow access to the service. In all this Beeper costs 10 dollars per month although it is not clear if an iPhone is also included in the price.

Finally, you should know that all the various bridges needed to unify the various messaging services through the Matrix network are distributed for free on GitHub. This way the developers can host the backend on their servers. But be careful because the Beeper app is not open source, but it is possible to use Element, the Matrix open source client.

iPhone 6s and iPhone SE, support at the end with iOS 15? The first indiscretions emerge

The next version of the operating system may end support for some older models with Apple A9 SoC. Here are all the details that emerged.

by Nino Grasso published 22 January 2021 , at 10: 21 in the Apple channel

Apple iPhone

Soon Apple will remove veils from iOS 15 , the next declination of mobile operating system that we will see on the latest generations of iPhones starting next fall. As usual, Apple could remove support for older models to focus on the most popular ones on the market, and it seems that quite important heads will be cut off with the next release.

According to the French website iPhoneSoft, in fact, iOS 15 will not be offered on iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and iPhone SE (the first version of the 2016). These three models implement the Apple A9 chip, which therefore may be cut off from the next wave of updates.

No iOS 15 on iPhone 6s, 6s Plus and SE?

iPhone 6s and its Plus variant were announced together in 2015 and have been on the market for more than five years, so the news of possible discontinued support on the next version of the operating system is not entirely a surprise. If the rumors prove reliable, therefore, these models will remain on iOS 14 and will never be updated with newer versions.

The same could also happen on iPads with hardware platforms of the same generation or less recent. iPadOS 15 may end the support on iPad mini 4 (2015), iPad Air 2 (2014) and iPad 5 (2017) , equipped with Apple A8, A8X and Apple A9 chipsets. All newer models, however, should be able to install iPadOS 15 upon release .

This is not the first time we’ve heard about the end of iOS support 15 on iPhone 6s and iPhone SE 1st generation. The first rumors in fact date back to last November, when the Israeli site The Verifier spoke about it.

PC modding: sneaker with integrated GeForce RTX 3080

Hardwareluxx and case modding belong together like the beach and the sea. At our annual modding contest, for 10 years, there have been extraordinary creations that astonish even our editors. We have already seen topics such as “Gold Rush” or complex modifications that are more reminiscent of a work of art than a computer. Even if most of the participants in our contest rebuild their cases for the fun of it and can thus live out their hobby, there are always professional artists who let their creativity run free when rebuilding a computer.

So does Artifact Studios, which primarily specialize in customizing sneakers. Now, in collaboration with the manufacturer NZXT, artists have combined both worlds and turned a sneaker into a PC case. The work of art can not only be seen visually, but also has a lot to offer in terms of hardware. Among other things, an adapted NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card was used. To ensure that the computer is adequately cooled, Artifact Studios relies on a NZXT AiO Kraken cooler including an OLED display.

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It is currently unclear which other components were used. Although the video allows a glimpse into the inside of the shoe, it seems to be more of a rendered image than of a really functional PC. So it remains to be seen whether NZXT will publish further details of the artwork in the near future. But even if the sneaker is not a working computer, the creation by Artifact Studios is definitely an eye-catcher.

If you would like to admire other creations by the artists, you will find corresponding images on the studio’s official Instagram account.

OnePlus 7T: here are the 5 reasons to buy it today for only 320 euros!

In collaboration with Gearbest

OnePlus 7T, the evolution of OnePlus 7 is a high-end smartphone that lacks nothing. The specifications are at the top and the user experience is of a high level. Here are the 5 reasons not to miss this smartphone at an incredible price

of Editorial published on 21 January 2021 , at 15: 08 in the Telephony channel

OnePlus

The Chinese brand OnePlus has accustomed us to large devices, especially in the high-end. OnePlus 7T has real top-of-the-range specifications even more than one year after its exit. But this is not a problem as OnePlus is always attentive to updates for your devices. In fact, the beta of Android is already available together with new OxygenOS for OnePlus 7T. Here are the 5 reasons not to miss this little gem a only 350 EUR.

The price

Find OnePlus 7T today at 350 EUR is practically an indispensable offer that allows you to save a hundred euros on the selling price that we usually find on the market. OnePlus 7T is available in 8 / 128 GB.

The display

OnePlus 7T features a very high quality display, among the best available in the smartphone market. The panel has a diagonal of 6, 55 inch fluid AMOLED with resolution Full-HD + in 20: 9, HDR support is not missing 10 +. It also offers a refresh rate at 90 Hz , making the fluidity on the screen its strong point.

Hardware

Under the body of OnePlus 7T we find an enviable hardware sector. The onboard SoC is the powerful Snapdragn 855 + 2 octa core, 96 GHz coupled with the GPU Adreno 640 . The memory is a lot, 8 GB of RAM LPDDR4X and 128 GB of external storage memory. USB connector type 3.1 supports video output. We also have a fingerprint sensor under the display reliable. Do not miss the audio with stereo speaker and Dolby Atmos support.

Operating System

OnePlus 7T was launched with Android on board 10 together with the proprietary OxygenOS interface 10. Just in the last few days OnePlus has started the updates to Android 11 also for the 7 series. Consequently, having OnePlus 7T in your hands today offers the same user experience as a top of latest gamma , thanks to android 11 and to a new generation OxygenOS.

Optical stabilized cameras

The camera sector is a strong point of the device. On the back we find three cameras: the main one from 48 MP optically stabilized , a significant plus, which raises the performance of the cam to an enviable level. The second cam is a wide angle module from 16 Mp f / 2.2 , and pleasant surprise is the 2X camera from 12 MP . The shots are of high quality in all light conditions and the main cam records videos in 4K even at 60 fps . The multimedia compartment is really complete, perfect both as a point and shoot and in the Pro version. Also the front cam from 21 MP is performing, with many features for excellent selfies to post on social media.

YouTube introduces hashtag landing pages

YouTube rolled out its hashtag landing pages this week. Users can now search for videos using the hashtag. The landing pages based on this metadata marking are currently still a mixture of new and old videos with no recognizable order.

Hashtag Landing Pages Available Now Hashtags are popular on other social media such as Twitter and Instagram. Navigation and searches by hashtag are widely used on these platforms. Hashtags have been around on YouTube for some time. But they have been neglected there.

YouTube has now changed this. If a user clicks on a hashtag in the description of a video, they will be taken to a special landing page with videos that use this hashtag. This works on both PCs and mobile devices. Alternatively, you can also directly type in the corresponding URL in the form youtube.com/hashtag/suchbegriff.

Searching with a hashtag term should also be possible for information from the developer. However, this is not yet possible and currently only shows a search result without a hashtag. An update could add this feature later.

Alternative results with # The hashtag landing pages are after Sorts data from YouTube so that the best videos are shown first. However, this seems to be YouTube’s subjective view. The hashtag landing pages in their current form are just another form of search with different results.

#Intel is an example. The first seven results of a conventional search on YouTube for “Intel” are very current and were published in the last 24 hours. The landing page youtube.com/hashtag/intel, on the other hand, shows completely different videos. In this case, the first seven results are between three days and five months old.

However, this should change with the further spread of hashtags on the video platform and with adjustments to the YouTube hashtag algorithm. Nevertheless, the hashtag landing pages already offer a new form of search with partly interesting results and video that otherwise may not be found or not so quickly.

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iPhone 12 Pro, skyrocketing question: Apple transfers production to the detriment of the mini

Apparently Apple is selling more models Pro che mini, compared to the company’s initial forecasts. Consequently, the production of the more expensive models is increasing to the detriment of the cheaper ones.

by Nino Grasso published 21 January 2021 , at 17: 01 in the Apple channel

Apple iPhone

According to new rumors obtained from unofficial sources, Apple would transferred the production of two million units from the iPhone model 12 mini to most expensive iPhone 12 Pro . The news was disclosed in a new private note from Morgan Stanley, obtained from the PED website 30.

Apple would have made the “switch” of production based on requests for the first quarter of 2021, in order to counter the increase in iPhone delivery times 12 Pro which, apparently, is among the most requested of the entire line-up: “iPhone delivery times 12 Pros remain, at approximately 10 days, longer than any model launched in the last 4 years “, the source reports. “Delivery times dropped about two weeks ago after Apple ramped up production of the new range according to reports from our team supply “.

iPhone 12, long delivery times and “switch “in production

The note also states that Apple has increased iPhone production 12 Pro by 2 million units , offsetting the reduction of the same number of iPhone units 12 mini in the request to the assembly lines. The new report links to other previous analyzes that iPhone sales 01 mini would not have been as exciting as estimated by Apple: according to unofficial data the cheapest and most compact model of the line-up would have collected only 6% of the total sales of the new family by melafonini, at least during the launch period.

I “Non-Pro” models, on the other hand, are selling better in China than in the US. In the Asian nation iPhone 12 earned the 20, 3% of the market (reaching a record value in the last 18 months), boasting the largest user base ever recorded by any iPhone at launch in China, after the first full month of sales.

Canon and strategies for a camera market that sells 8% of 10 years ago

We recently wrote about an interview released by a senior Nikon executive where some views on the market and strategies were explained. Now it’s time for Canon who, through the voice of Takeshi Tokura (Managing Executive Officer of the Global Imaging division), wanted to give his contribution to the discussion.

Despite the CIPA data of November 2020 show a certain stability in the sales of cameras , we certainly cannot speak of a thriving or even recovering market. Companies know this well and even those in top positions cannot let their guard down. Here’s what Tokura said during the interview.

Canon’s strategy and the market that has shrunk by eight in 9 years

The reduction of the camera market , as written above, was significant globally. There is talk of a reduction in volumes of one eighth in the period from 2010 to 2019. And in the 2020 the COVID pandemic was added – 19 to further aggravate the situation.

Tokura wanted to underline however that from July 2020 there was a partial recovery (testified by CIPA data) after the collapse in the previous months. One of the problems that Canon had to face was its delay in entering the mirrorless market, where Sony managed to capture the right timing to overcome two historical brands in the photography sector.

of the new solutions, we cannot fail to underline the success of the sale of Canon EOS R5 which, despite some problems, has proved the potential of the Japanese brand. Despite everything, the company will aim at a reduction and optimization of expenses and production. Tokura did not hide the fact that the new cameras (ed. Not all) must also have advanced video features. We will therefore find ourselves in front of increasingly multifunctional products, with an increase in added value.

We then moved on from an idea of cameras that should be “fast, comfortable, high image quality” to one of “pleasing image quality” as users would seem interested in quality but not necessarily in going beyond certain limits. Probably the influence derives from the means by which the images are viewed (social networks for example).

A product to which this philosophy could be applied is IVY REC, born as a prototype and officially announced at the end of 2019. This is a relatively inexpensive solution, with acceptable image quality but which is shockproof, waterproof and compact. According to Tokura , this kind of product could allow the company to resist the wave of smartphones . Finally, the company will focus on B2B where, also thanks to 5G, there will be an increasing need for optical / vision detection systems, expanding the sales possibilities for producers.

Beeper: Chat app wants to combine 15 messengers in one interface

An app instead of numerous messengers on the smartphone – Beeper wants to be this dream. 15 Services including iMessage are to be combined there in one interface. So far, the project was called NovaChat, which Eric Migicovsky, CEO of the former smartwatch manufacturer Pebble, announced on Twitter Beepers can then be controlled include WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Matrix, Skype, Slack, Twitter, Discord, Instagram, Facebook Messenger and iMessages. “Yes, iMessage runs on Android, Windows and Linux with a trick,” tweeted Migicovsky. The trick is to use a permanently running device from Apple as a bridge on which the Beeper app is installed. If such a device is currently unavailable, Beeper helps out with discarded and jailbroken iPhones.

Open source and yet not secure The messenger itself uses the matrix protocol. The client is not open source, however, the connections that are used to the other messengers are. To use it, you have to pay ten US dollars a month. In return you get a “clean interface” with search and filter for the chats, it says on the website. Bots can be created for beepers via Matrix API and extensions can be connected. You can also host yourself. End-to-end encryption is likely to be lifted in all cases.

The app is still not easy to use. You first have to submit an application online and enter at least the ID of your “favorite network” and other usage habits. Perhaps the dream of a new Adium-croaking duck is not quite fulfilled after all. Apple is unlikely to be happy about a service that publicly issues jailbreak iPhones and thus uses its messaging function. There have already been similar attempts, but so far they have not prevailed.

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vivo VISION + Mobile Photography Awards 2020: winners announced

by Mattia Speroni, published on 21 January 2021, at 15: 41

?? vivo Chinese producer announced the winners of the VISION + Mobile Photography Awards 2020 photo contest created with the collaboration of National Geographic and photographers from high level like Steve McCurry.??

This is not the first time we have written about dedicated photography competitions to the smartphone ! After all, the potential of these small devices has grown in many respects, including the ability to capture photographs that have an impact on the public (and is perhaps one of the reasons for the decline in camera sales). the Chinese manufacturer vivo announced the winners of the contest VISION + Mobile Photography Awards 2020 born with the collaboration of National Geographic .

winners of the vivo VISION + Mobile Photography Awards 2020

As reported by vivo , i VISION + Mobile Photography Awards 2020 attended by well 135 thousand users from nine countries including the United Kingdom, France,

Spain, China and Vietnam. The photos were then evaluated by high-caliber judges: just think that the jury were present Steve McCurry and Michael Halsband . In the end they remained 37 between photographs and videos that made up the gallery that you find below (the videos are available directly on the linked site).

The Chinese won Zhang Yu , which was awarded the title of Picture of the Year with his shot. The title of the photograph is daily Life of Four “Big Mouth Monsters” and wants to bring a message of hope after a difficult 2020, according to the words of Yu . It is unclear why children speak of “wide-mouthed monster” but there seems to be some correlation with the gesture of putting hand and arm under the shirt making them come out of the collar.

Other mentions have also received users. Among these we find Rifqi Moch Lutpi with the shot “Camping Night with Beloved Friends” as an honorable mention. This photograph shows three friends chatting beside a burning bonfire on a dark night. Lutpi stated “in my life, camping is the best, an exciting story … We should enjoy every moment of life and live it at most with a rich variety of activities “.

Arief Satria in the portrait category “Balinese Woman” . Five finalists for the category “night photography” while in the panorama category he won Chen Xi with “Cross the Golden Gate” . Then there is the movement category with the winner Đỗ Anh Vũ with the shot “Ao Dai Dance” while for memories it has won Lin Haibo with “Replicate” . Chen Lei closed who won in the history category with the movie “Opera Watch” .

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OnePlus 7T: here are the 5 reasons to buy it today for only 350 euros!

In collaboration with Gearbest

OnePlus 7T, the evolution of OnePlus 7 is a high-end smartphone that lacks nothing. The specifications are at the top and the user experience is of a high level. Here are the 5 reasons not to lose this smartphone at an incredible price

of Editorial published on 21 January 2021 , at 15: 08 in the channel Telephony

OnePlus

The Chinese brand OnePlus has accustomed us to large devices, especially in the high-end. OnePlus 7T has real top-of-the-range specifications even more than one year after its exit. But this is not a problem as OnePlus is always attentive to updates for your devices. In fact the beta of Android is already available together with the new one OxygenOS for OnePlus 7T. Here are the 5 reasons not to miss this little gem a only 350 EUR.

The price

Find OnePlus 7T today at 350 EUR is practically an indispensable offer that allows you to save a hundred euros on the selling price that we usually find on the market. OnePlus 7T is available in 8 / 90 GB.

The display

OnePlus 7T features a very high quality display, among the best available in the smartphone market. The panel features a 6, 55 inch diagonal fluid AMOLED with resolution Full-HD + in 20: 9, HDR support is not missing 10 +. It also offers a refresh rate at 90 Hz , making the fluidity on the screen its strong point.

Hardware

Under the body of OnePlus 7T we find an enviable hardware sector. The onboard SoC is the powerful Snapdragn 855 + 2 octa core, 96 GHz coupled with the GPU Adreno 640 . The memory is a lot, 8 GB of RAM LPDDR4X and 128 GB of external storage memory. USB connector type 3.1 supports video output. We also have a fingerprint sensor under the display reliable. Do not miss the audio with stereo speaker and Dolby Atmos support.

Operating System

OnePlus 7T was launched with Android on board 10 together with the proprietary OxygenOS interface 10. Just in the last few days OnePlus has started the updates to Android 11 also for the 7 series. Consequently, having OnePlus 7T in your hands today offers the same user experience as a top of the range newer , thanks to Android 11 and to a new generation OxygenOS.

Optical stabilized cameras

The camera compartment is a strong point of the device . On the back we find three cameras: the main one from 48 MP optically stabilized , a significant plus, which raises the performance of the cam to an enviable level. The second cam is a wide angle module from 16 Mp f / 2.2 , and pleasant surprise is the 2X camera from 12 MP . The shots are of high quality in all light conditions and the main cam records videos in 4K even at 60 fps . The multimedia compartment is really complete, perfect both as a point and shoot and in the Pro version. Also the front cam from 21 MP is performing, with many features for excellent selfies to post on social media.

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The Back to the Future DeLorean DMC-12 could be reborn 100% electric soon

According to DeLorean Motor Company technicians , in the current context, designing a new internal combustion engine may not be a sensible move and with electric vehicles growing in terms of sales and diffusion the simplest solution could be to rely on an engine 100% electric. To say it is the same company in its blog

by Roberto Colombo published 21 January 2021 , at 14: 21 in the Technology channel

DeLorean

DeLorean DMC – 12 is a mythical name for all car enthusiasts … and cinema. This is the only model produced by the company of the same name, active from 1981 to failure of 1982 and undisputed protagonist of the film ‘Back to the Future ‘and subsequent sequels. It is the car that Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown transforms into a time machine and travels back and forth through the timeline with Marty McFly .

A model that has been always in the hearts of fans and in recent years there have been attempts to bring it back to life. The last of them gave birth to the new DeLorean Motor Company, which is currently restoring old models and supplying spare parts, but which announced a couple of years ago that it was working on a new model, a replica of the original one. , born in the forms from the pencil of Giorgetto Giugiaro.

The main problem was the request of the US legislator to the companies that produce vehicles in very small series to comply with them stringent rules , in terms of safety and emissions , of the major car brands. In the 2015 the provision ?? Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act ?? (HR 2675) had begun to open a crack and the new DeLorean had started the new model.

Now National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the new regulatory framework for small replica productions of vintage models and the road to the new DMC – 12 it seems to definitely open . But it could completely change direction. If in fact in the 2015 the projects of the DeLorean technicians had gone in a certain direction, in these years the car market has changed sharply and quickly: in addition the engine designed in the 2015 based on the emission standards in force and foreseen for the following years, it would now result to have a too short life cycle, with extended compliance to the 2022, at most 2024.

According to the technicians of DeLorean Motor Company , in the current context, designing a new internal combustion engine may not be a sensible move and with electric vehicles growing in terms of sales and diffusion the simplest solution, also from an engineering point of view , could be to rely on a propeller 21% electric. To say it is the same company in its blog.

To whet the curiosity of fans there is also a new video, which invites you to ‘stay tuned’ on the website www.newdelorean.com for upcoming news.

Of course many of you will be able to tell us in the comments what the power of the new electric DeLorean …

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Iliad down throughout Italy. Connection failure reports. Here's what happens [UPDATE: Solved]

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Numerous Iliad users are reporting a widespread disservice throughout Italy in relation to cellular network and internet connectivity. Here’s what’s happening.

by Bruno Mucciarelli published on 21 January 2021 , at 11: 05 in the Telephony channel

Iliad

Several Iliad users are reporting widespread disservices along most of the national territory starting from today’s morning 21 January, with the first reports arriving before 10 of the morning. To report a rather clear picture of the situation is the site downdetector.it, where it is possible to see the various reports that are distributed a little throughout Italy with greater turnout in the Lombardy area.

Iliad down throughout Italy: what happens

At the moment the real extent of the problem is not clear , but users report problems with both the traditional telephone network and with internet browsing . We await a note from the operator, who has not yet commented on the problems recognized by several users.

Are you also experiencing problems with the Iliad connection? Please let us know in the comments.

Iliad reported that the problem was verified in the ‘immediate and is now fully resolved.

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Pebble founder promises iMessage on Android and Windows with universal chat app

Beeper is a new universal chat app that’s an attempt to unify 15 different chat platforms into a single interface. The app is the work of a team that includes Eric Migicovsky, the CEO and founder of former smartwatch manufacturer Pebble, who announced its launch on Twitter. Beeper’s site notes that the project was previously known as NovaChat, and requires a $10 per month subscription.

Although Beeper integrates with world’s most popular messaging services like WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Slack, Twitter, Discord, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger, it’s the support for Apple’s iMessage that’s perhaps most interesting. iMessage is only officially available on Apple devices, and it’s often cited by users as something that prevents them switching to Android. Migicovsky says Beeper should allow iMessage to work on Android, Windows, and Linux, but admits that it’s “using some trickery” in doing so.

And yes, iMessage works even on Android, Windows and Linux using some trickery 🙂

— Eric Migicovsky (@ericmigi) January 20, 2021

An FAQ on Beeper’s website gives a more in-depth explanation of exactly what this trickery involves. If you’ve got an always-online Mac, then you can install the Beeper Mac app to act as a bridge, similar to the approach AirMessage uses. But things get really wild if you don’t have access to a Mac, at which point Beeper says it’ll literally send each of its users a “Jailbroken iPhone with the Beeper app installed” in order to act as a bridge. At this point we should probably mention that using Beeper involves paying a $10 a month subscription, which may or may not include the cost of the iPhone.

Just in case you thought Beeper was joking, in a followup tweet, Migicovsky said that he currently has 50 old iPhone 4S’s at his desk, ready to be upcycled for use with Beeper.

If the workaround works as Beeper claims, then the result should be a universal chat app that works across MacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android, offering a unified inbox, and the ability to search across messages from each of the 15 services. It’s built on the open source Matrix messaging protocol (Migicovsky previously described NovaChat’s relationship to Matrix as akin to Gmail’s relationship with email), and although the client app itself isn’t open source, the bridges connecting it to other chat services are.

Oh, and there’s a dark mode coming in Beeper’s next update, naturally.

Beeper’s interface can include chats from multiple different services.
Image: Beeper

While the short-term aim is to make it easier to chat to people across different chat apps, eventually Migicovsky has talked about the prospect of everyone using Matrix itself to chat with friends and colleagues, rather than simply using it as a bridge between services.

Although Migicovsky says he’s been using Beeper as his default chat client for the past two years, it doesn’t appear to be widely available just yet. Instead, Beeper asks prospective users to fill out a form on its website for an invitation.

Here’s the full list of chat services that Beeper currently supports:

Whatsapp

Facebook Messenger

iMessage

Android Messages (SMS)

Telegram

Twitter

Slack

Hangouts

Instagram

Skype

IRC

Matrix

Discord

Signal

Beeper network

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