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Rivian’s smaller R2 electric SUV detailed in website slipup
A screenshot from a recent R2 teaser video. | Image: Rivian Ahead of its launch on March 7th, key specs for Rivian's upcoming R2 electric SUV were briefly visible via the source code on the company's teaser site, Electrek reports. These include a range of up to 330 miles, a 0-60mph acceleration in three seconds, five seats, and a starting price of $47,000 (though a $47,500 starting price was reportedly also mentioned on other parts of the site). Deliveries are expected to start in 2026, per the website's code, which is in line with previous reports.Rivian has been teasing its R2 electric vehicle for a while now, which is expected to be a smaller and more affordable compact SUV versus its current R1S. The company has publicly said it's targeting a price of between $40,000 to $60,000 for the new... Continue reading...
Oregon is about to sign — or veto — the strongest right-to-repair law yet
Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Oregon's landmark right-to-repair law is nearly here - today, SB 1596 passed the Oregon legislature, and is headed to Governor Tina Kotek's desk to sign or veto within the next five days. It's a big deal, because the Oregon law would be the first to ban parts pairing," a practice where companies can keep you from using components (sometimes even official ones) unless that company's software is satisfied that they belong.Similar to California's right-to-repair law, the Oregon bill also requires companies to make the same parts, tools, and repair documents available to any owners that it offers to authorized repair shops, and without charging any more for them.It doesn't specify a number of years that companies need to make those... Continue reading...
ChatGPT can read its answers out loud
Illustration: The Verge OpenAI's new Read Aloud feature for ChatGPT could come in handy when users are on the go by reading its responses in one of five voice options out loud to users. It is now available on both the web version of ChatGPT and the iOS and Android ChatGPT apps.Read Aloud can speak 37 languages but will auto-detect the language of the text it's reading, and the feature is available for both GPT-4 and GPT-3.5. It's an interesting example of what OpenAI can do with multimodal capabilities (the ability to read and respond through more than one medium) revealed soon after a competitor, Anthropic, added similar features to its AI models.ChatGPT launched a voice chat feature in September 2023 where users can directly ask the chatbot prompts without... Continue reading...
Fired Twitter execs are suing Elon Musk for over $128 million
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk fired a lot of people after he took over Twitter, but the first ones to go were several of its top executives. Now former CEO Parag Agrawal, former CFO Ned Segal, former chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde, and former general counsel Sean Edgett are suing Musk and the company now known as X, saying they're owed more than $128 million in severance payments, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.Under Musk's stewardship, X's aversion to paying those it owes has practically become a trope (this is referenced in the lawsuit, along with a link to a page that tracks lawsuits against Twitter for non-payment and a note that the person who runs the site has been banned by X).But this time, it's the same execs who forced Musk to close... Continue reading...
How to file and pay your 2023 taxes online
Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge The holidays are over, a new year is here, and along with all the various upheavals that we are facing, most of us have to deal with our annual income taxes. (The usual quote about death and taxes goes here.)While we were able to wait until April 18th in 2023, this year, tax day is back to the traditional April 15th, which is a Monday. That is, unless you live in Maine or Massachusetts - then you have until Wednesday, April 17th, because of the Patriots' Day and Emancipation Day holidays.Despite the stress that many of us feel at the thought of tackling our yearly taxes, try not to worry - we're going to list some resources that are available so that you can prepare your taxes. As always, it might not be a bad idea to start working on... Continue reading...
The Lightning-based Backbone One controller is down to its best price yet
The BackBone One might help you realize hidden savings by staving off carpal tunnel treatments. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge If you want to reliably hit headshots and combos on your smartphone, there's no substitute for a mobile gaming controller that adds proper physical controls. Our favorite for the task is still the Backbone One, and now through March 10th, you can save 30 percent on the original Lightning version in black, which is down to $69.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Target, and direct from Backbone. You can also pick up the PlayStation Edition, which comes in white and has button labels corresponding to Sony's controllers, for $69.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Target, and Backbone.The original Backbone One supports the iPhone 14 and older, Lightning-based models. (If you own an iPhone 15 variant, you'll need the Backbone One with USB-C, which isn't on... Continue reading...
Now everyone can edit their Instagram DMs
Instagram We've all sent DMs on Instagram that we wish we had phrased differently or that included an awkward typo. Now, Meta has announced Instagram is giving users the ability to edit their direct messages up to 15 minutes after sending them. Prior to this update, the only option to undo the past was to delete the entire message.In order to edit a DM on Instagram, simply press and hold the sent message until the dropdown menu appears. Then, select Edit." The revised message will display the word Edited" in the conversation, so if you're hoping they just hadn't noticed, you still might be better off deleting the original and resending. Image: Instagram A screenshot of a user's chat history on Instagram in which they... Continue reading...
Ikea begins beta-testing Matter on its Dirigera hub
Ikea is finally bringing Matter to its new smart home hub. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Ikea's Dirigera hub, its new hub for controlling its line of connected devices, may soon get support for the Matter smart home standard. While promised when the hub was announced in May 2022, Matter for the Dirigera didn't materialize within a couple of months" of the product launching, as initially announced. It was then delayed again last November. But the company has now announced the rollout of Matter for the hub in beta.We are excited to unveil the first version of Matter support for the Dirigera hub, available now for beta users through the Ikea Home Smart app," David Granath, range manager at Ikea Home Smart told The Verge.The initial release transforms the Dirigera hub into a Matter bridge, allowing Zigbee devices to be... Continue reading...
Google Pixels add support for Instagram’s Ultra HDR photos
Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Soon, Google Pixel devices will be able to upload and view Ultra HDR pictures on Instagram. It's part of Google's March feature drop that rolls out to supported Pixel 7, Pixel 8, and Pixel Fold phones starting today, while a post in Google's support forum for Pixels says the update will roll out for US carriers starting next week.Samsung's Galaxy S24 was the first to support Ultra HDR photos on Instagram, allowing you to show off photos taken with the device's upgraded camera in full color and contrast. But now, Pixel owners will soon be able to do the same as well as capture and share 10-bit HDR videos to Instagram Reels.Next week's feature drop will also bring Circle to Search to the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro. This feature lets you l... Continue reading...
The Verge Promotes Jake Kastrenakes, Alex Cranz, and Kara Verlaney
Alex Cranz, Jake Kastrenakes, and Kara Verlaney The Verge's editor-in-chief Nilay Patel announced several changes to the industry-leading tech publication's masthead today, starting with the promotion of Jake Kastrenakes to executive editor.Kastrenakes first joined The Verge as an intern in 2014 and has spent 10 years as a reporter and editor at the site, overseeing the news team, creators coverage, and the Hot Pod and Command Line newsletters. As executive editor Kastrenakes will be responsible for making sure The Verge's newsroom meets the highest standards of rigor and quality every single day.The Verge audience has incredibly high expectations of us and our work, and Jake has spent his career overdelivering on those expectations," says Patel. Jake has already been instrumental... Continue reading...
Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu will utterly fold and pay $2.4M to settle its lawsuit
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Just over a week ago, Nintendo sued the developers of the leading Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, for facilitating piracy at a colossal scale." Now, it appears that Yuzu will give up without a fight - and give Nintendo everything it wanted. And it affects the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra, too.According to a joint filing, Tropic Haze has not only agreed to pay $2,400,000 to Nintendo but also says Yuzu is primarily designed to circumvent and play Nintendo Switch games." The company agrees to be permanently enjoined from working on Yuzu, hosting Yuzu, distributing Yuzu's code or features, hosting websites and social media that promote Yuzu, or doing anything else that circumvents Nintendo's copyright protection.Piracy was never our... Continue reading...
Arrakis looks dangerous as ever in survival game Dune: Awakening
Image: Funcom If Dune: Part Two has left you, uh, thirsting for more of Frank Herbert's world, Dune: Awakening might just be the thing. First revealed in 2022, Awakening is a survival MMO from Funcom set on the harsh desert planet of Arrakis - and a brief new gameplay trailer gives a sense of just how harsh it can be.That includes the giant worms, which apparently can't be killed, but which you'll definitely want to avoid. There's also some ornithopter combat and what looks like fairly extensive base-building options. Of course, if you're trying to eke out a living on a planet like Arrakis, you'll want to make a nice getaway. The trailer doesn't get much into the pure survival element, but given this is Dune, you can bet you'll spend a lot of time... Continue reading...
Wix’s new AI chatbot builds websites in seconds based on prompts
Image: Wix You can now build a website, images and all, using only prompts in Wix's new AI website builder. Creating a website is free, but you'll have to upgrade to one of Wix's premium plans if you want to do things like accept payments or don't want to be limited to using a Wix domain name.Wix's prices range from $17 per month for the Light plan, which comes with things like 2GB of storage, support for two collaborators, and some basic marketing tools, to $159 for the Business Elite plan, which supports up to 15 collaborators and offers advanced analytics and e-commerce features.To create a site, you'll click on the Create with AI" button and answer a few of the chatbot's questions, like what you want to call the site, what it's about, and... Continue reading...
Microsoft’s Mistral deal beefs up Azure without spurning OpenAI
The Verge Microsoft's multiyear deal with French AI company Mistral signaled that the company wants longevity in the space.The company invested 2 billion ($2.1 billion) into Mistral and announced it would bring Mistral's newest AI model, Mistral Large, to Azure. But the investment into Mistral, mainly a developer of open-source AI models, doesn't mean Microsoft lost faith in its first AI child, OpenAI. Instead, Microsoft is laying the groundwork to build Azure as a model garden and give itself a foothold in Europe.Arun Chandrasekaran, an analyst at Gartner, tells The Verge the deal emphasizes the managed services business of AI, one in which Azure can play a role.Even before the Mistral announcement, Microsoft has been talking about... Continue reading...
A tech-backed mission to monitor methane pollution launches today
MethaneSAT is scheduled to launch on March 4th. | Image: MethaneSAT via EDF A mission to map and track global methane pollution, a powerful greenhouse gas, is scheduled to launch today after years of collaboration between some of the biggest names in tech. It's called MethaneSAT, a satellite that's garnered funding and support from Jeff Bezos, Google, and SpaceX, among others.MethaneSAT is expected to launch today from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 2:05PM PT. Liftoff will be livestreamed on the SpaceX website and on the company's X profile. The nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund that developed MethaneSAT is also promising a special program starting at 1:40PM PT with key experts and supporters" to talk about the mission.Methane pollution is responsible for... Continue reading...
Lenovo Legion Go review: the Swiss Army knife of handhelds
It's not better than a Steam Deck or ROG Ally - but it's different. Continue reading...
Anthropic says its latest AI bot can beat Gemini and ChatGPT
Image: The Verge Anthropic, the AI company started by several former OpenAI employees, says the new Claude 3 family of AI models performs as well as or better than leading models from Google and OpenAI. Unlike earlier versions, Claude 3 is also multimodal, able to understand text and photo inputs.Anthropic says Claude 3 will answer more questions, understand longer instructions, and be more accurate. Claude 3 can understand more context, meaning it can process more information. There's Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Sonnet, and Claude 3 Opus, with Opus being the largest and most intelligent model." Anthropic says Opus and Sonnet are now available on claude.ai and its API. Haiku will be released soon. All three models can be deployed on chatbots,... Continue reading...
JetBlue and Spirit abandon their $3.8 billion merger
Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images JetBlue and Spirit Airlines are throwing out their $3.8 billion merger agreement. Both airlines agreed to terminate the deal, citing legal and regulatory approvals" that were unlikely to be met" by the merger's July 2024 deadline.A federal court blocked the deal in January over concerns that the merger would stifle competition in the airline industry. JetBlue and Spirit filed an appeal shortly after, and a court was set to hear the appeal in June. Now that the deal is off, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland calls the decision a victory for the Justice Department's work on behalf of American consumers," adding that the merger would've caused higher fares and fewer choices."
Guest host Hank Green makesNilayPatel explain why websites have a future
Photo illustration: The Verge / Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales On this special episode of Decoder, Complexly co-founder and YouTuber Hank Green turns the tables on Nilay Patel. Continue reading...
Today’s smart homes: the hopes and the realities
Illustration by Adrian Astorgano At The Verge, we work hard to bring you the most recent news and expert hands-on reviews. But another way, and sometimes the best way, to judge smart home technology is to learn about it from those who have used the tech on a day-to-day basis in real-life situations.In these articles, we've concentrated on how our own experiences, and the experiences of others, have affected how we regard smart home tech. We've got personal accounts by one reporter who decided to put together a brand-new smart home and another whose brother moved into a home haunted by the ghosts of someone else's smart tech. Several of our staffers wax enthusiastically about their favorite devices and automations. A writer describes how smart tech makes... Continue reading...
How to keep your smart cam footage safe and private
Illustration by Adrian Astorgano If you're shopping around for a baby monitor, a pet camera, or a video doorbell, just a little research can make the world of network security cameras feel insecure. You don't have to look far to find examples of companies breaking the trust of their customers.
The Verge’s favorite smart home devices
Illustration by Adrian Astorgano With a staff so involved with and fascinated by tech news and devices, you've got to believe that many members of The Verge staff have their own stash of smart stuff. We asked them to write about some of the smart devices they use themselves - and why - and here are some of the answers that we received.An efficient and inexpensive robovacEmma Roth, news writerI stumbled upon the Eufy Clean G30 Verge robovac during a trip to Walmart - and no, I didn't just buy it for the name. At the time, I'd been wanting a robovac so I could stop lugging my hefty Kenmore around the house, but I also didn't want to pay hundreds of dollars just to get one. With a price of just $150, the G30 Verge fit my budget without being too basic, so... Continue reading...
The MacBook Air gets an M3 upgrade
Image: Apple Apple has taken the wraps off a pair of new M3-equipped MacBook Air models. The 13- and 15-inch laptops are up to 60 percent faster" than the M1 MacBook Air, according to Apple, and sport up to 18 hours of battery life. You can preorder both devices starting today, and they start shipping on Friday, March 8th.The 13-inch MacBook Air will cost $1,099, while the 15-inch model will cost $1,299. Both devices come with a Liquid Retina display and up to 500 nits of brightness, along with support for up to two external displays when the laptops are closed. They also include an upgrade to Wi-Fi 6E, which adds support for the 6GHz band and faster download speeds. The M3 MacBook Air models come with MagSafe charging and two Thunderbolt ports as... Continue reading...
Apple hit with first-ever EU fine following Spotify complaint
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has been hit with a fine of 1.84 billion (about $2 billion) by European Union antitrust regulators over its App Store rules, and has been told it cannot stop music services from advertising cheaper subscription deals outside of Apple's store. News of today's fine was earlier reported by the Financial Times, and comes ahead of Apple's huge shakeup of the iPhone's app distribution rules due to the EU's Digital Markets Act.In a press release on Monday, the EU Commission said its investigation found that Apple bans music streaming app developers from fully informing iOS users about alternative and cheaper music subscription services available outside of the app," in addition to preventing app providers from sharing instructions on... Continue reading...
Google Drive search on iOS gets better filtering options
Image: Google Google Drive for iOS now lets you filter searches using dropdown menus for File Type, Owners, and Last Modified, the company wrote on Friday in its Workspace Updates blog. The dropdown menus show up before and after a search, and relevant filter recommendations will show up as well as users type.Google says the update is available to Google Workspace customers and individual subscribers, as well as anyone with a personal Google account on iOS. The feature hasn't been rolled out for Android users yet, but Google says that's coming, too.Here's a screen recording I made to show how it works: Screen recording: Wes Davis / The Verge Dropdown menus are GOAT, as the youths say. The new filter update makes it much... Continue reading...
Crash of the Titan: a short history of Apple’s doomed car project
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Nothing is real until it ships. Continue reading...
How smart is the smart kitchen, really?
Image: Samar Haddad for The Verge The smart fridge is the dream. You're telling me there's a gadget in my kitchen that can know all about the food I have in my house, what goes well together, and what I need to cook before it starts to stink up the whole house? A truly smart fridge could help you meal plan, keep your grocery bills down, reduce your food waste, and just make life better.But there are dreams and there's reality. And on this episode of The Vergecast, for the second in our two-part series on the smart kitchen, we're putting the dream to the test.The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has as smart a kitchen as any reasonable person possibly could. She has smart appliances, a smart sink, a smart fridge, and more voice assistants than anyone could ever talk... Continue reading...
Apple may not do a spring event this year
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple has plenty of releases planned for the spring, by the rumor mill's reckoning, but one thing it may not do is make a big production out of it, according to Mark Gurman in today's Power On newsletter for Bloomberg. It's not all that unusual for Apple to skip a spring event - it didn't have one last year, and it's skipped it in years past, too. Even so, it's a little surprising, given the plethora of devices the company is expected to launch.The biggest thing is a revamped iPad Pro with an OLED screen and an M3 chip. For the most part, Apple's highest-end tablet's design has been unchanged since its 2018 refresh, when it took on the flat-sided design language that also defines the company's phones, laptops, and even the iMac. The... Continue reading...
The very best food stuff on the internet
Illustration: William Joel / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 28, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome to the Installerverse, so glad you found us, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)This week, I've been reading about that wacky AI Willy Wonka event and what happened to the Apple Car, dying laughing at Indiana Jones and the $3,500 Headset," testing Twodos as a new tasks app for iOS, giving both Notion and Notion Calendar another shot, and trying to figure out how to import the adorable Microlino Lite into my driveway.I also have for you the new Dune movie, a new smartwatch, a buzzy new tech book, and oh so many food-related YouTube channels. It's food week here at I... Continue reading...
HP is in the rent-a-printer business now
Rent-a-print. | Image: HP HP has a new proposition in a time when (companies like it have made sure) you don't really control much about your computer anyway: why don't you just let HP rent you one? The company debuted a subscription service today - just like CEO Enrique Lores said it would last month - called the HP All-In Plan. It's essentially an extension of HP's Instant Ink, and like that plan, you'll have ink sent to you as you approach empty, but unlike it, your monthly fee also covers the printer itself.Which printer you get depends on the plan you choose. They start at $6.99 per month for 20 pages' worth of prints and whatever the current HP Envy model is, and go all the way up to a $35.99-a-month affair that gets you an OfficeJet Pro and 700 pages. If... Continue reading...
California gives Waymo the green light to expand robotaxi operations
Photo by Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Waymo is now allowed to operate its self-driving robotaxis on highways in parts of Los Angeles and in the Bay Area following a California regulator's approval of its expansion (PDF) plans on Friday. This means the company's cars will now be allowed to drive at up to 65mph on local roads and highways in approved areas. In a statement to The Washington Post, Waymo spokesperson Julia Ilina said the company's expansion will be careful and incremental," and that it has no immediate plans" to extend service to highways.Last month, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) put the company's expansion on hold until June for further staff review," following protests from several San Francisco city agencies and other groups. Concerns... Continue reading...
Apple is taking up to $150 off the Beats Studio Pro and Studio Buds Plus
The Apple-owned Beats Studio Pro support both iOS and Android devices. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple rarely discounts its own products, which is why I was pleasantly surprised to find Apple welcoming the weekend with some terrific deals on Beats headphones and earbuds. Both the Beats Studio Pro and Beats Studio Buds Plus are down to some of their best prices to date, with numerous third-party retailers matching Apple's pricing. That means you can pick up the Beats Studio Pro for $199.95 ($150 off) directly from Apple, or at Amazon and Best Buy for around the same price. The Beats Studio Buds Plus, meanwhile, can be had starting at $129.95 ($40 off) from Apple, Amazon, and Best Buy.Compared to Apple's AirPods lineup, the Studio Pro and Studio Buds Plus offer more flexibility, with native support for both iOS and Android software... Continue reading...
Halo’s latest episode showed us the best a Spartan could be
Image: Adrienn Szabo / Paramount Plus When Halo season 2 finally covered the fall of the planet Reach - a foundational, emotional moment in Halo lore - I figured that I'd write a few words of praise about it. But then I saw the episode after, Aleria," and that episode, not Reach," is the one that truly delivers a Halo experience worthy of the games yet so wonderfully unlike them.Spoilers for Halo season 2 to followOne of the elements missing from Halo season 1 was the camaraderie between Spartans. The first half of Halo's second season better developed and defined the relationships of Silver Team (Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, Riz-028, Kai-125, and Vannak-134); specifically, Riz-028 (Natasha Culzac) and Vannak-134 (Bentley Kalu), who were all but neglected in... Continue reading...
How to manage app permissions on your iPhone
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Every time you install an app on your iPhone, it comes with permissions attached - permissions that determine what it can and can't do. These permissions cover some pretty fundamental parts of iOS, including access to the iPhone camera, microphone, and current location. The permissions get asked for one by one as they're needed, so you've got plenty of control over how your apps are behaving.But sometimes, especially when you're in a hurry, it's easy to accidentally give permission for an app to access data it doesn't really require. Does your note-taking app really need to see your contact list, for example?As a result, it's well worth your while to do a regular audit of these permissions just in case you've previously allowed a... Continue reading...
Roblox says it hasn’t blocked Linux or Steam Deck, but it’s reportedly toast there
Image: The Verge Bad news for Roblox fans on Linux - the workarounds are dead. GamingOnLinux reports that the latest version of Roblox forcefully blocks it from working with Wine," throwing a Wine is not supported" error message even when Roblox-specific tools like Vinegar and Grapejuice are added. Wine is the compatibility layer that lets many Windows games run on Linux systems.But Roblox claims it's not personal. Confirming there has been no change on our end to specifically block Linux or Steam Deck since Roblox never supported Linux or Steam Deck officially," spokesperson Samantha Spielman tells The Verge.We're constantly improving our Hyperion anti-cheat functionality, so it's possible whatever the author was doing was no longer compatible... Continue reading...
Copilot for OneDrive will fetch your files and summarize them
The Verge In a blog post, Microsoft gave users a sneak peek into Copilot for OneDrive, which it plans to release in late April. Copilot for OneDrive will take on the role of a research assistant of sorts, being able to both find, summarize, and extract information from a wide range of files. These include text documents (Word and rich text), presentations, spreadsheets, HTML pages, PDF files, and more. Users can ask Copilot to tailor summaries to their liking, such as only including key points or highlights from a specific section.We knew an AI overhaul of OneDrive was coming since last fall, when Microsoft announced the third generation of the cloud storage service. The company promised that AI would make searching for files easier and faster,... Continue reading...
Threads’ API is coming in June
Image: The Verge Threads plans to release its API by the end of June after testing it with a limited set of partners, including Hootsuite, Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Social News Desk, and Techmeme. The API will let developers build third-party apps for Threads and allow sites to publish directly to the platform.The API will let users authenticate, publish threads, and fetch the content they posted through these tools," according to Threads developer Jesse Chan in a post on the social platform, with more features coming later.In a post last October, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that the team was developing an API while worrying that an API would result in more publisher content on Threads instead of user-created posts.For years, users have... Continue reading...
Apple TV Plus adds over 50 movies, including some in 4K and 3D
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple TV Plus subscribers in the US can now stream over 50 new movies from various studios, including Mad Max: Fury Road, A Star Is Born, Titanic, Con Air, The Bodyguard, Zoolander, and more. If that sounds like a random assortment of films, well, you're not wrong. But it seems that Apple is experimenting with including some catalog content as part of its video subscription service. Normally, the appeal of Apple TV Plus centers on the company's original programming (and increasingly, live sports).Many of the movies can be streamed in 4K, and there are even a few - Jurassic World, Edge of Tomorrow, Gravity, and others - available in 3D for you early Apple Vision Pro adopters out there. Unfortunately, international subscribers won't be... Continue reading...
Meta says it’s deleting all Oculus accounts at the end of the month
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge If you still haven't migrated your Oculus account to a Meta one, you might want to do that soon. In an email sent to users, the company says it will delete Oculus accounts on March 29th, 2024, preventing you from reactivating or retrieving your apps, in-app purchases, store credits, and more. You'll lose your achievements, friends list, and any content created with your Oculus account if you don't migrate to a Meta account before then.Oculus accounts have been on the way out since 2020, when the company then known as Facebook started requiring new users to sign up with Facebook accounts instead. However, it added the ability to create a Meta account in 2022, offering an alternative to users who didn't want to link their Facebook account... Continue reading...
Balatro bumped from some console storefronts due to ratings change
Image: Playtonic Balatro, the card game everyone's talking about right now that's not named Queen's Blood, has apparently been removed from console storefronts in certain countries. The game's publisher, Playstack, addressed the removals, attributing it to Balatro's ratings suddenly changing from a game for players three and up to a game for players 18 and up.Playstack wrote that the change happened due to a mistaken belief that the game contains prominent gambling imagery and material that instructs about gambling.'" Playstack went on to vehemently deny that Balatro contains gambling of any kind, affirming that its developer is staunchly anti-gambling."
The Samsung Galaxy Ring may get up to nine days of battery
Five to nine days is slightly better than average for the category. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge When we got some hands-on time with Samsung's Galaxy Ring earlier this week at Mobile World Congress, battery life was still a mystery. However, Samsung has since confirmed that the smart ring will get between five and nine days on a single charge.The estimate comes from a few sources. As spotted by 9to5Google, Korean outlet Financial News reports that Dr. Hon Pak, Samsung's VP of digital health, gave reporters that figure during a briefing. Android Authority also spotted a TechM report quoting Samsung Electronics chief Roh Tae-moon as saying the ring can be used for up to nine days.But don't put too much stock in Samsung's battery estimates yet. The Oura Ring claims up to seven days of battery, but in practice, I only ever get three... Continue reading...
Elon Musk’s legal case against OpenAI is hilariously bad
Illustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images Elon Musk sued OpenAI today, alleging a wide range of incendiary things, including that GPT-4 is actually an artificial general intelligence. It's a fun complaint to read; it fundamentally accuses OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, of pretending to run a nonprofit designed to benefit humanity while actually running a regular ol' tech company and trying to make a lot of money. That's a pretty good criticism of the entire OpenAI situation, actually! Someone with some intellectual honesty and a competent lawyer should run at that sometime.Sadly, Musk is not that person, and his lawyers have figured out that letting the world's richest man rack up billable hours filing nonsensical lawsuits is more lucrative than fitting the facts" to the... Continue reading...
Netflix’s Spaceman is slow, sad sci-fi — with a lovable space spider
Image: Netflix Truly alien creatures are hard to relate to because they're so, well, alien. The best-realized ones have different cultures and biologies and belief systems that make them distinct from humanity and, thus, hard to understand. The alien in the Netflix film Spaceman is one recent example: a giant spider with squirming tentacles, a disturbingly human mouth, the calming voice of Paul Dano, and the ability to experience time nonlinearly. And yet, the weird critter is also very relatable. He's nosy and perceptive and prone to creature comforts to ease stress; he's creepy, sure, but I kind of love him. And paired with a remarkably restrained Adam Sandler as a burned-out astronaut, his presence makes for some sad and soothing science fiction.D... Continue reading...
You can pick up Apple’s iPad Magic Keyboard for under $200 right now
It's still an absurd price for a tablet keyboard, but it's well worth it for iPad power users. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Years ago, I was firmly in the camp that swore an iPad can't be your primary computer," mainly because iPadOS wasn't nearly as conducive to a professional workflow as it is now. I can't say the same with the latest iPads, though, especially when paired with a Magic Keyboard. Many rightfully balked at their $299.99 and $349.99 starting prices, but now through March 9th, Woot is offering new open-box Magic Keyboards for the 11-inch iPad Pro and newer iPad Airs with a 90-day warranty in white for $189.99 ($110 off). You can also grab one that's compatible with third-gen or later 12.9-inch iPad Pro models in white or black for $199.99 ($150 off).Apple's Magic Keyboard uses strong magnets to keep your iPad propped up. It almost appears as... Continue reading...
Dune: Part Two is a pointed examination of the books’ most subversive ideas
Warner Bros. Denis Villeneuve's second Dune film brilliantly lays bare the dark truths central to Frank Herbert's operatic opus. Continue reading...
A brief history of Elon Musk sabotaging Matt Levine’s time off
My life has not been ruined by having to write about Elon Musk on Saturdays." | Image: Laura Normand / The Verge This story, originally published October 28th, 2022, and updated July 11th, 2023, has been updated again because, well, you are never going to guess what happened.Matt Levine would like you to know that Elon Musk does not actually ruin all of his vacations. Sure, he was at Sesame Place, the theme park just outside Philadelphia, with his kids when Musk announced his Twitter bid, and then stayed up until midnight that night to get his newsletter, Money Stuff, out. But that was kind of fun! My life has not been ruined by having to write about Elon Musk on Saturdays," the former mergers and acquisitions lawyer told me. And in M&A, everything happens on the weekend.The main problem, actually, was that he was working on a 40,000-word B... Continue reading...
Cleanenergyis growing, but so is planet-heatingpollution
Lake Mead, formed by the dam on the Colorado River in the southwestern United States, at 47 percent capacity as viewed on August 14th, 2023. | Photo by George Rose / Getty Images 2023 can now boast a terrifying record: planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions from global energy use hit a record.It's been almost a decade since the adoption of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to stop global warming. To fulfill the most ambitious goals in the agreement, countries are supposed to slash global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, reaching net zero by the middle of the century.But we're moving in the opposite direction. Energy-related emissions rose by 410 million metric tons in 2023, according to a new analysis by the International Energy Agency (IEA). That's roughly equivalent to the annual pollution from adding more than 1,000 new gas-fired power plants.Last year also happened to be the hottest year on recordD... Continue reading...
Now Apple says it won’t disable iPhone web apps in the EU
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple is reversing course on a plan to discontinue supporting the installation of progressive web apps in the European Union. In an update to a developer support page spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple says it will continue to offer the existing Home Screen web apps capability in the EU" in iOS 17.4.However, Apple notes that homescreen apps will still be built directly on WebKit," the engine used by Safari. This means web apps downloaded from third-party browsers like Google Chrome or Firefox may not be powered by their own engines - despite Apple adding support for third-party browser engines in the EU in the same update.Developers and users who may have been impacted by the removal of Home Screen web apps in the beta release of iOS in the... Continue reading...
Google cuts team of contractors who went on strike
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge A union representing contractors for YouTube Music claims that Google cut the workers' contract after they went on a prolonged strike.The Alphabet Workers Union-CWA, which represents the contractors, said the team consisted of moderators employed by Google contractor Cognizant in Austin, Texas, that was responsible for approving music content for YouTube Music.In a statement emailed to The Verge, Google spokesperson Courtenay Mencini maintained the decision to cut the team did not lie with them but, rather, with Cognizant and said, Contracts with our suppliers across the country routinely end on their natural expiry date."The team of more than 40 went on strike in February last year, demanding changes to Google's return-to-work... Continue reading...
Go ahead and alter the atmosphere, no one’s going to stop you — probably
A skyline at sunset in Mexico City, Mexico, Lomas de Chapultepec. | Photo by Jeffrey Greenberg / Universal Images Group via Getty Images A de facto moratorium on solar geoengineering will stay in place after heated talks at the United Nations Environment Assembly ended in a stalemate. The debate is over whether to let people launch particles into the sky that would reflect sunlight back into space, ostensibly cooling down the planet.It's a hotly contested tactic for tackling climate change. Geoengineering does nothing to stop what's actually causing the problem: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. And tinkering with the makeup of our planet and its atmosphere in order to reflect solar radiation could lead to unforeseen consequences that scientists are still trying to understand. After all, the climate change we're already experiencing - in the form of rising... Continue reading...
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