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by Victoria Song on (#6NC4Q)
National Samsung Electronics Union members strike outside of Samsung's office building in Seoul, South Korea. | Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP via Getty Images Samsung Electronics workers went on a strike on Friday for the very first time in the company's history. The move comes at a time when the Korean corporation faces increased competition from other chipmakers, particularly as demand for AI chips grows.The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), the largest of the company's several unions, called for the one-day strike at Samsung's Seoul office building as negotiations over pay bonuses and time off hit a standstill. The New York Times reports that the majority of striking workers come from Samsung's chip division. (Samsung Electronics is technically only a subsidiary comprising its consumer tech, appliances, and semiconductor divisions; Samsung itself is a conglomerate that controls... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6NC4R)
Image: Adata Adata has become the latest company to join the hype surrounding PC gaming handhelds - but the XPG Nia prototype it revealed during Computex 2024 is completely different from what we've seen so far. The handheld is the first to come with LPCAMM2 memory, making it far easier to swap out and upgrade RAM.As reported by Liliputing, you'll be able to access the device's storage beneath the kickstand on the back of the device. You can also remove and replace the device's M.2 2230 SSD. These aren't the only things you'll be able to mod, either.During an interview with YouTuber GGF Events, XPG product head Luca Di Fiore said the company is building the handheld for the modding market" and will use a circular computing platform." This means... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6NC4S)
Photo by Sarah Stier / Getty Images for Netflix Netflix's fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, which was originally set to take place in July, will now stream live on Friday, November 15th. Last week, they announced the event would be postponed after Tyson suffered an ulcer flare-up during a flight, affecting his ability to train ahead of the original date.Although we had to postpone the fight, I will resume training shortly," Tyson said in a statement. While we have a new date, the result will be the same no matter when we fight. Jake Paul is getting knocked out." The fight will still be held in the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, marking Tyson's first officially sanctioned match since 2005.
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6NC1T)
Fiona Harvey is suing Netflix and Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd, saying her life has been destroyed" by the show after being identified as the inspiration for Martha (pictured, portrayed by Jessica Gunning). | Image: Netflix A Scottish woman who says it only took thousands of Reddit and TikTok users a matter of days" to identify her as the inspiration behind a stalker in Netflix's Baby Reindeer series has filed a $170 million defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the show's creator, Richard Gadd. Fiona Harvey alleges her identity and likeness" were used for the character Martha Scott, played by Jessica Gunning, telling brutal lies" out of greed and lust for fame" that have destroyed her reputation, her character, and her life."In the series, which claims in its title card that it's a true story" based on Gadd's personal experiences, the comedian plays a fictionalized version of himself being stalked by Martha. While Harvey isn't mentioned in the show... Continue reading...
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by Quentyn Kennemer on (#6NC1V)
Let's normalize not paying $100-plus for these Qi2 chargers. | Image: Anker As might have been expected, mobile accessory makers used Qi2's arrival as an opportunity to fill out their charger lineup with the new wireless fast charging standard. Equally predictable was that many of those products started in a price tier quite a bit higher than their equivalent previous generation models - and that prices would eventually drop. Anker was one of the earliest to appear, and it's one of the first to bring its 3-in-1 MagGo Wireless Charging Station well under $100 - you can now pick the charging station up for $69.99 ($30 off) at Amazon when clipping the coupon or directly from Anker with code WSCPV2KWZ3XE.The tree-like design props up your Qi2 / MagSafe iPhone at an angle, and ditto for your Apple Watch - it... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6NC1W)
Image: Summer Game Fest It's that time of year again. Summer Game Fest kicks off this week, and we're expecting to see new game trailers and other exciting updates during the two-hour-long presentation.There might not be as many new game reveals as previous years, as Summer Game Fest host Geoff Keighley says this event is largely focused on announced stuff." Even still, the event is bound to have a few surprises. Here's how and when you can catch the show.What time does Summer Game Fest start?Summer Game Fest starts on Friday, June 7th, at 5PM ET / 2PM PT.That's not the only gaming-focused show happening, either, as the indie game showcase Day of the Devs will air right after Summer Game Fest, followed by Devolver Digital's game presentation at 8PM ET /... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6NC1X)
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple is gearing up to reveal a new AI system on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac next week at WWDC 2024 - and it will be called Apple Intelligence, according to a report from Bloomberg. In addition to providing new beta" AI features across Apple's platforms and apps, it will reportedly offer access to a new ChatGPT-like chatbot powered by OpenAI.Apple reportedly won't focus on buzzy AI features like image or video generation and will instead focus on adding AI-powered summarizations, reply suggestions, and an AI overhaul for Siri that could give it more control over apps while chasing applications with broad appeal."Apple will use its own technology and tools from OpenAI" to power its new AI features, according to Bloomberg. The company... Continue reading...
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by David Pierce on (#6NC1Y)
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Starting this fall, it appears Siri is going to be much more powerful. Whether this is good news or a harbinger of infinite technological frustration depends on how you feel about Siri, AI, virtual assistants, and the whole idea that your devices should be able to do stuff on your behalf. Either way, it seems virtually certain that at Apple's WWDC event on Monday, we're going to hear an awful lot about how Siri can make your life better.This year's WWDC is actually an important one for Apple. CEO Tim Cook and others have been hinting that this is when Apple will reveal its grand plans for AI and end the notion that Apple is somehow behind Google, OpenAI, and the rest. What will it look like, though? Who knows! But it's going to be AI,... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6NBZD)
Image: The Verge Every year, Apple's WWDC comes third after Google's I/O and Microsoft's Build developer conferences, and Apple has hardly ever needed to announce a product in response. This time, however, things are different.Over the past month, Apple's biggest rivals presented bold plans for AI, with Google showing its latest Gemini models and Microsoft revealing powerful Copilot features like Recall. Now, Apple has to step up to the plate and show that it isn't far behind in bringing its customers useful generative AI experiences.Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference starts on Monday, June 10th with a presentation at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. Here's what you can expect at Apple's WWDC 2024 keynote.AI, AI, and more AIAt WWDC, Apple is rumored to infuse... Continue reading...
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by Justine Calma on (#6NBZF)
Workers plant trees at an ecological afforestation demonstration zone on April 11, 2023. | Photo: Getty Images Big tech companies are increasingly turning to nature to do the dirty work of cleaning up their greenhouse gas emissions. The idea is to use plants and ecosystems that naturally absorb CO2 to compensate for industry pollution, a tactic brands have come to call nature-based carbon removal."At first glance, these attempts sound a lot like carbon offset projects that have a checkered past. For decades, companies have purchased credits from offset projects to try to cancel out some portion of their carbon footprint, typically by planting trees, restoring or protecting ecosystems that sequester CO2 through photosynthesis.It all sounds green and dandy on paper. But studies have shown that this strategy repeatedly fails to have any... Continue reading...
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by Emilia David on (#6NBZE)
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Since the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act last August, eight companies have already received more than half of the planned government direct funding.These companies have collectively received $29.34 billion in funding through the CHIPS Act for semiconductor factories across the country. The law, a $280 billion package to support innovation in the US, includes $52 billion in subsidies for semiconductor manufacturing and was passed last year.These investments only concern the construction or expansion of semiconductor fabrication facilities and do not include government funding for other chip research facilities.As of writing, Intel, Micron, Global Foundries, Polar Semiconductor, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC),... Continue reading...
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by Tom Warren on (#6NBXM)
Illustration: The Verge Microsoft is launching a new Automatic super resolution (Auto SR) feature on its upcoming Copilot Plus PCs that will compete with upscale technologies like Nvidia's DLSS. The AI-based Auto SR feature will automatically upscale game resolutions and improve frame rates, and Microsoft is now detailing exactly how it's different to DLSS, XeSS, and FSR.Auto SR will be integrated into Windows 11, and available on Copilot Plus devices that have a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU). It's designed to work with existing games with no manual configurations required and no need for game developers to change how their games are rendered.Auto SR is different from super resolution technologies like AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, Intel XeSS,... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6NBJM)
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Apple is planning to introduce a new app called Passwords to help users manage their login information, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company will reportedly introduce the device at its Worldwide Developers Conference event next week.Apple already lets you save your passwords across your iPhone, iPad, or Vision Pro using iCloud Keychain. The new app would sync the same way but with logins separated into different categories, such as accounts, Wi-Fi networks, and passkeys. However, Bloomberg says the new Passwords app would extend support for Windows as well - there's no word about support for Android.The new app is expected to make its debut in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15. As noted by Bloomberg, Passwords will be able... Continue reading...
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by Kevin Nguyen on (#6NBJN)
Photo: Janus Films To celebrate its 70th anniversary, Akira Kurosawa's black-and-white epic Seven Samurai is coming back to theaters with a new 4K restoration.Arguably the crowning achievement of one of the world's most lauded filmmakers, the film depicts a small village in the 16th century that is threatened by bandits. To protect themselves from the invaders, the farmers go in search of ronin - master-less samurai for hire - who can ward off the marauders and keep the village safe.One of the film's co-writers, Shinobu Hashimoto, found the process of putting together Seven Samurai so exhausting that he checked himself into a hospital. I thought I'd never be able to write anything as good ever again," he said. On the other hand, I thought since... Continue reading...
by Emma Roth on (#6NBJP)
Illustration: The Verge eBay will no longer accept American Express payments starting August 17th, the company announced on Wednesday. It blames the change on the unacceptably high fees" for Amex credit card transactions.Credit card transaction fees continue to rise unabated because of a lack of meaningful competition," eBay writes in a notice to customers. There is a need for more robust regulations to drive greater competition to credit card networks and help reduce transaction processing costs." eBay still accepts Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and other payment methods, like PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Venmo.Amex disagrees with eBay's move, stating on its website that its fees are similar to other cards accepted by eBay. We find eBay's decision to... Continue reading...
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by Sean Hollister on (#6NBJQ)
Image: Microsoft Microsoft's new Windows AI features, like Auto Super Resolution for smoother gaming, aren't exclusive to Qualcomm - Intel's Lunar Lake and AMD's Strix Point chips will have enough AI co-processing performance, too. But when Intel and AMD's new Copilot Plus PCs arrive this fall, no one is promising they'll ship with all or even any of the new AI features.Each of those laptops will require free software updates before they get Microsoft's Copilot Plus AI features, and those updates won't necessarily even arrive before the end of 2024.Intel Lunar Lake and AMD Strix PCs are Windows 11 AI PCs that meet our Copilot+ PC hardware requirements. We are partnering closely with Intel and AMD to deliver Copilot+ PC experiences through free... Continue reading...
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6NBFZ)
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Grzegorz Wajda, Getty Images Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm is calling on the company's shareholders to approve Elon Musk's massive $56 billion pay package or risk driving the billionaire CEO to greener pastures.On June 13th, Tesla shareholders will decide the fate of Musk's compensation package, which is estimated to be worth as much as $56 billion. It will be the second time that shareholders will vote on the CEO's pay, after a Delaware judge voided the first one earlier this year on the grounds that the approval process was deeply flawed." And now the company is engaged in a full-court press to convince shareholders to approve the proposal a second time.Elon is not a typical executive, and Tesla is not a typical company," Denholm writes in a letter to... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6NBD2)
Image: Warner Bros. Games Warner Bros. Discovery took a $200 million hit after the launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the troubled looter shooter released in February - and now we have a sense of what went wrong. A new report from Bloomberg details some of the studio's struggles behind the scenes, including inexperience with the multiplayer genre and a constantly changing vision."Rocksteady, the UK-based studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, was tasked with developing a Suicide Squad game in 2016. At this time, new Rocksteady employees were reportedly unaware that the studio was developing a multiplayer game, as Rocksteady is known for its single-player action-adventure games like Batman: Arkham Knight. This caused many employees to leave, B... Continue reading...
by Wes Davis on (#6NBD3)
It's getting harder to get a Samsung phone fixed. | Image: Best Buy It's been an interesting couple of weeks for people who want ways to get their Samsung phone fixed, between revelations about the company's onerous repair shop contracts and a failed iFixit contract renegotiation. To add to that, Best Buy's Geek Squad is in the middle of shutting down its Samsung authorized service provider program (ASP), which lets certain Best Buy stores repair your phone with genuine Samsung parts, tools, and training.The Verge was initially tipped off to a Geek Squad subreddit thread saying the company was leaving the program. Several others in that thread and another r/BestBuyWorkers one appeared to confirm the same.Next, we spoke with a Geek Squad employee who not only corroborated those reports but also... Continue reading...
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by Justine Calma on (#6NBD4)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a special address on climate action at the American Museum of Natural History on World Environment Day in New York on June 5th, 2024. | Photo: Getty Images United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an end to fossil fuel advertising yesterday in a fiery call to action following the release of alarming new climate data.I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising," Guterres said during a speech in New York City yesterday.Guterres called out tech, media, and PR companies for accepting ad money from the fossil fuel industry even though a safe climate depends on replacing coal, oil, and gas with cleaner energy. Each of the past 12 months has smashed heat records, the European Commission's Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed yesterday.I call on these companies... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6NBD5)
Image: Netflix Netflix is testing a big homepage redesign on its TV app. The new look replaces the static tiles containing the shows and movies you want to watch with boxes that extend as soon as your remote lands on them.It's a change from how Netflix's existing homepage works, which currently surfaces a title's trailer and other information at the very top of its interface when you scroll over it. The new design, on the other hand, consolidates things - making all the information you're looking for much more prominent on your screen.Hover over a TV show or movie long enough, and Netflix will begin playing a short preview directly within the tile. Below the box, you'll find all the information about a title, including its synopsis, the year it was... Continue reading...
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by Sheena Vasani on (#6NBD6)
Image: Grubhub Grubhub will partner with Starbucks to deliver beverages and food to US customers starting this month, the food delivery app announced on June 6th.Starbucks will be accessible through the Grubhub mobile app and website in Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Illinois first, starting this month before expanding nationwide by August. Customers will be able to buy most beverages and food available on the Starbucks menu and can customize their orders as well.According to Grubhub, Starbucks is the most searched for business not yet available on its marketplace. With this partnership, Grubhub is now catching up with rivals like DoorDash, which started offering Starbucks delivery in the US last year. Customers can also order Starbucks via Uber Eats... Continue reading...
by Victoria Song on (#6NBD7)
Despite what the haters say, screen protectors are always a good investment. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Bad news if you spot a tiny crack on your iPhone or Apple Watch display. They're no longer covered under Apple's standard warranty, according to a 9to5Mac report.Technically, the standard one-year warranty has never covered cosmetic damage" such as scratches, dents, and broken plastic on ports unless you could prove that it was defective materials or workmanship from Apple. However, single hairline cracks - as in, a crack that doesn't spiderweb or have an obvious point of impact - have historically been considered screen defects. As such, repairs could be covered for free. (Though, in reality, your mileage may have varied depending on which Apple Store or repair shop you went to.)Citing unnamed sources, the 9to5Mac report says Apple... Continue reading...
by Emilia David on (#6NB91)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly agreed to split duties in investigating potential antitrust violations of Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia, The New York Times reported.The DOJ will lead inquiries into Nvidia, while the FTC will look into the deal between OpenAI and its largest investor, Microsoft.The FTC began looking into potential antitrust issues related to the investments made by technology companies into smaller AI companies in January this year. The agency sent letters to Alphabet, Amazon, Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, and Amazon are both investors in Anthropic.The FTC is already investigating OpenAI's data collection practices, having... Continue reading...
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6NB95)
Image: Rivian The exterior design of the R1T and R1S may look the same, but everything beneath the surface has changed,' CEO says. Continue reading...
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by Tom Warren on (#6NB94)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The last six months have been turbulent for Xbox. Microsoft started the year by laying off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees, then announced four in-house games would drop their exclusivity and ship on PS5 and Nintendo Switch. More recently, the company shut down three game studios, including Tango Gameworks, maker of the award-winning and widely praised Hi-Fi Rush.The moves have rattled fans. Hardcore Xbox customers are upset that exclusives are available on rival consoles, with many wondering why they should continue to invest in the Xbox ecosystem when Microsoft is shutting down studios and its games are appearing on rival platforms anyway. Sunday's Xbox Games Showcase is a chance for Microsoft to try and get fans excited... Continue reading...
by Allison Johnson on (#6NB93)
Enhanced messaging with emergency services is coming to Android phones. | Image: Google Texting with emergency services is about to get an upgrade. Starting this winter, Google Messages will support texting 911 through RCS.Using SMS to contact 911 is available at just over half of all emergency dispatch centers in the US, but in those areas, people using RCS will benefit from a handful of new features like location sharing and read receipts. The timing of the announcement - just days before Apple is expected to announce RCS support in iOS 18 - is probably no coincidence, either.Google is working with a company called RapidSOS, which can already relay certain medical information to emergency responders for both iPhone and Android users. Once enabled by an emergency dispatch center, people texting that center via Google... Continue reading...
by Mia Sato on (#6NB92)
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Livestreaming platform Twitch announced a new program aimed at DJs today that will allow creators to use copyrighted music in their streams by paying a fee.Twitch signed deals with major record labels like Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music as well as hundreds" of independent labels, the company says. CEO Dan Clancy hinted in April that the company was working on building an official system for DJs.In order to cover the cost of the rights, streamers will pay a percentage of their earnings from a stream to rights holders. The percentage, which Twitch hasn't shared publicly, will vary slightly depending on which monetization methods streamers use. They'll share that cost with Twitch in a 50 / 50 split, though... Continue reading...
by Emma Roth on (#6NB96)
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple has committed to providing a minimum of five years of iPhone security updates, as reported earlier by Android Authority. The disclosure comes as part of Apple's plan to comply with the UK's Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act, which requires companies selling internet-connected products to meet new security standards.The law, which went into effect in April, compels companies to define the minimum length of time it will provide security updates for a product. This doesn't necessarily mean that Apple will cap security updates at five years, as it's only a minimum. Apple sometimes pushes security updates to older phones, too. In January, the company issued a security update to the nearly 10-year-old... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Webster on (#6NB97)
Image: EA The game formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf has a new name - BioWare is calling its next RPG The Veilguard. In a blog post, the studio explained that the change was made in order to capture what this game is all about," as the previous name didn't show just how strongly we feel about our new heroes, their stories and how you'll need to bring them together to save all of Thedas."The studio didn't reveal much else about the game but did have this to say:
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6NB98)
The Starship successfully splashed down in the Indian Ocean after launching from Texas on Thursday. | Image: SpaceX / The Verge The fourth Starship Super Heavy flight test has ended with a splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The vehicle launched from its pad in Texas at 8:50AM ET, before successfully performing a hot-stage separation from its booster rocket. The Super Heavy booster then performed a landing burn as planned before it came down in the Gulf of Mexico.The Starship vehicle continued along its planned flight path before reentry. Live camera views showed a damaged flap burning and starting to come apart. However, the vehicle stayed in one piece long enough for the engines to relight and perform a soft landing." In a tweet, Elon Musk said, Despite loss of many tiles and a damaged flap, Starship made it all the way to a soft landing in the ocean!"
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by Chris Welch on (#6NB64)
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Hopefully, by now, you've read through my written review of the Sonos Ace headphones. They're an extremely impressive first effort from the company, but with several features still in the coming soon" column, it feels like they were rushed.In this video review, I go deeper into what Sonos got right with the Ace and what still needs work. There's also a segment where I cover why these aren't quite the magical Wi-Fi headphones that many of the brand's most loyal customers had long dreamed of. Crucially, the Ace can't be grouped with other Sonos speakers, but at one point, the company prototyped headphones that could.It turns out, they sucked - at least within the confines of today's technology. This Reddit AMA post goes into more... Continue reading...
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by Nilay Patel on (#6NB63)
Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge Today, we're talking about the state of the video game industry, which is honestly kind of all over the place. We don't talk a lot about video games here on Decoder, but we should do more of it. Games are an enormous slice of both the tech and media industries. Here in the US, according to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) - the big industry trade group - more than 212 million people played games last year, and they spent more than $47 billion on the games and the content inside of them.A lot of those games get announced here in June, which is absolutely hype season for pretty much the entire video game industry. We're about to hear about a lot of very cool projects. After the next few days, almost every major game maker will... Continue reading...
by Ash Parrish on (#6NB62)
Image: Ubisoft It seems like roguelikes, early access games, and Prince of Persia are all the rage this year. So, it makes sense to release a game that combines all three. The Rogue Prince of Persia, developed by Dead Cells studio Evil Empire, released in early access late last month after being delayed by a week to get out of the way of the Hades 2 stealth drop.The game takes the elements the Prince of Persia series is known for - combat, platforming, and time manipulation shenanigans - and remixes them to fit the roguelike format while also remixing the roguelike format itself into something interesting and different. You play as the Prince desperate to stop an invading force of Huns that have devastated his home and people. Whenever the Prince... Continue reading...
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6NAYW)
SpaceX is aiming to perform a controlled reentry for Starship, with a splashdown in the Indian Ocean. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX sent the Starship vehicle on its fourth flight test on Thursday. The vehicle lifted off at 8:50AM ET and separated from its Super Heavy booster rocket without issue. While the Starship continues on its path toward the Indian Ocean, a livestream from SpaceX showed the booster rocket executing a landing burn and splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico as planned.As of 9:42AM ET, the stream is live once again, showing views from the Starship during reentry.You can watch the livestream via SpaceX's account on X or via third-party streams like the NASASpaceflight channel broadcasting from near the launch site.
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by Emma Roth on (#6NB65)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DuckDuckGo has launched private AI chats, allowing you to anonymously access AI models like GPT-3.5 Turbo and Claude 3 Haiku. It won't store your chats, nor can the companies behind each AI model use them for training - saving you from jumping through a settings menu just to opt out.To keep your chats anonymous, DuckDuckGo calls the chat models on your behalf, replacing your IP address with its own. This way it looks like the requests are coming from us and not you," DuckDuckGo says. However, DuckDuckGo notes that the AI providers may store chats temporarily," but they can't trace them back to you. Image: DuckDuckGo As noted in DuckDuckGo's privacy policy page, it removes all metadata containing your personal... Continue reading...
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#6NB66)
Screenshots from the Leica Lux camera app. | Images: Leica Leica wants in on Fujifilm's film simulation hype, so it's bringing its own color profiles to iPhone users by way of a new Leica Lux app - complete with a paid subscription.Leica Lux is a new camera app available on the App Store loaded with 11 color profiles (dubbed Leica Looks") designed to match current Leica cameras and classic film-inspired aesthetics. The Lux app can be used in a fully automatic mode like Apple's own camera app, but it also has an Aperture mode" using software to mimic the style and bokeh of multi-thousand-dollar lenses like the Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH and classic Noctilux-M 50mm f/1.2 ASPH of 1966. Image: Leica The Lux app's manual exposure controls, which are restricted to paying... Continue reading...
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#6NB67)
The best deal is on the black version, but the white and blue options are also on sale right now. | Image: Bose There are many wireless earbuds to choose from these days, but the best ones for those prioritizing noise cancellation are on sale for less than ever before. Right now, you can get the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds at Amazon in black for just $239 ($60 off), an all-time low. If you prefer a brighter shade, Amazon, Best Buy, and Target are selling the white and blue models starting at $249 - just $10 more.The QC Ultra Earbuds are our top pick among wireless buds for drowning out loud noises and everyday sounds. They have the best ANC you're going to find in a pair of wireless earbuds right now and are only eclipsed by full-size noise-canceling headphones that fully cover up your ears. Although they're similar to the last-gen Q... Continue reading...
by Jess Weatherbed on (#6NB68)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Following rumors that Humane is hunting for a potential buyer for its AI Pin business, a new report suggests that HP may be a contender. According to The New York Times, Humane started talking to HP about selling itself for more than $1 billion around a week after reviews emerged that widely panned its $699 wearable AI computer pin.That figure is also reflective of a similar report from Bloomberg last month that said Humane is seeking a price of between $750 million and $1 billion." It also isn't inconceivable for HP, which previously acquired Palm hardware and its webOS operating system for $1.2 billion in 2010. HP killed all Palm-related production and support the following year, citing poor sales. LG now owns webOS.Humane... Continue reading...
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by Sean Hollister on (#6NB2X)
The first four Nerf N-Series blasters shipped to reviewers. When I was a kid, It's Nerf or nothing" meant you couldn't find a better dart blaster. Starting today, it means you'll have to buy Hasbro's own overpriced darts if you buy Hasbro blasters for your kids.The company is revealing its new Nerf N-Series lineup today, and a new N1" dart it's calling the future" of the Nerf brand - a future where Hasbro blasters for 8- to 14-year-olds only fire Hasbro darts that cost three to five times the competition. Lose a dart? That'll be 25 cents, because only official darts have the patented nub that pushes a safety mechanism out of the way. Nerf says it literally built 1,000 different darts to get the range, accuracy, and safety it wanted. The integral nub... Continue reading...
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6NB2W)
Photo by Mu Yu / Xinhua via Getty Images Good luck finding a bicycle - an especially an e-bike - made in the US.It only took 30 years for the US to lose its entire bike manufacturing industry. China dominates global bike manufacturing, with imports accounting for 97 percent of bikes purchased in the US, according to one report. Indeed, China has captured some 86.3 percent of the US bike market. And now tariffs threaten that market.Congressman Earl Blumenauer sees an opportunity. The 75-year-old Democrat from bike-friendly Portland, Oregon, is introducing a new bill that aims to re-shore domestic bike manufacturing by stealing it back from China while also helping protect electric bikes from high tariffs that could put them out of reach for many Americans.China dominates... Continue reading...
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by Emilia David on (#6NB2Y)
Illustration: The Verge Google launched its note-taking app NotebookLM last year for researchers, students, and anyone who needs to organize the information they've gathered. Now, users can now upload Google Slides and web URLs as sources, not just the Google Docs, PDFs, and text files it accepted previously.The new Notebook Guide also reads sources in NotebookLM and creates study guides, FAQs, or briefing documents, and inline citations can point to your own sources to fact-check AI responses - up to 50 sources per notebook," or project, and each source can be 500,000 words long. Previously, people could only upload five sources.Users can also now ask questions about charts, images, and diagrams they uploaded to the platform because NotebookLM is running... Continue reading...
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by Callum Booth on (#6NAYV)
The Aptoide iOS game store launches in closed beta today in Europe. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Aptoide is the fourth third-party iOS marketplace to launch in Europe. Will its unique model find success where others have struggled? Continue reading...
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by Sean Hollister on (#6NAR0)
The Brick Cross Train Station. | Image: Brickester (Lego BrickLink) Four months ago, a Lego fan earned around half a million dollars when Lego put his limited-edition set on sale. Now, Lego is opening orders for round two of the BrickLink Designer Program at 8AM PT / 11AM ET on Thursday, June 6th - featuring five more limited-edition sets, each a fan's dream come true.They're charming, quaint, look like wonderful playsets, and the fan designers will get 5 percent of the proceeds from each sale! My eye's on the incredibly detailed Brick Cross Train Station... but wife and I already splurged on last time's Parisian Street so I'd probably best not!Ready for high-res images, prices, and designer video interviews around each new set? Here you go:Ominous Isle - $239.99I am in awe of how many Lego hot... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6NAKW)
Samsung's MicroLED TV has an almost bezel-free design and comes in 89-, 101-, and 114-inch sizes. | Image: Samsung Samsung started on a quest to sell massive and massively expensive MicroLED TVs with its modular The Wall design in 2018, and now we have these three options: 89, 101, and 114 inches.The most affordable" MicroLED TV offering in the lineup is the $109,999.00 89-inch model, then the 101-inch for $129.999.00, and the biggest one at 114 inches for a whopping $149,999.00. That's enough to buy a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen.Each MicroLED is self-emitting, with no backlight, so it works similarly to OLED but without a similar risk of burn-in while still delivering deep blacks and high contrast. The LEDs are assembled in bezel-less panels so that can also be set up in almost any , as we saw with The Wall displays intended for commercial applications... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Webster on (#6NAKX)
Image: HBO The first season of HBO's The Last of Us covered the first game in the series, but it looks like season 2 will need a little more time to explore the sequel. In an interview with Deadline, co-creator Craig Mazin explained that the story of The Last of Us Part II will take at least two, and possibly three, seasons to fully cover. And as a result, the show's second season will be a few episodes shorter than the first.The story material that we got from Part II of the game is way more than the story material that was in the first game, so part of what we had to do from the start was figure out how to tell that story across seasons," Mazin explained. When you do that, you look for natural breakpoints, and as we laid it out, this season,... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6NAKY)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Nvidia has become the second most valuable company in the world. On Wednesday afternoon, the chipmaking giant's market capitalization hit $3.01 trillion, putting it just ahead of Apple at $3 trillion.As Nvidia dominates the AI race with its flagship H100 chip, the company's market cap has only continued to rise. Nvidia became a $1 trillion company in May 2023, then skyrocketed past $2 trillion in February of this year, making it more valuable than both Amazon and Alphabet. Screenshot: The Verge In May, Nvidia reported making a whopping $14 billion in profit on account of all the chips it's selling. Nvidia now only trails behind Microsoft, which currently has a market cap of $3.15 trillion. The chipmaker's stock... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6NAKZ)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Humane is telling AI Pin owners today that they should immediately" stop using the charging case that came with its AI gadget. There are issues with a third-party battery cell that may pose a fire safety risk," the company wrote in an email to customers (including The Verge's David Pierce, who reviewed it when it came out).Humane says it has disqualified" that vendor and is moving to find another supplier. It also specified that the AI Pin itself, the magnetic Battery Booster, and its charging pad are not affected." As recompense, the company is offering two free months of its subscription service, which is required for most of its functionality. The company didn't say if it will offer a replacement charging case, only that it will... Continue reading...
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by Sheena Vasani on (#6NAM0)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google Sheets now offers conditional notifications, a new feature that lets users set up rules to receive an email notification when certain spreadsheet cells change in any document where they have editing access.From now on, users can set rules in Google Sheets to receive notifications when certain criteria are met, like an updated column value or changes to a specific range of cells.Sheets recently snagged a few features Excel users have had for years, like letting users create easily formatted tables in Sheets and adding smooth scrolling. Now, with conditional notifications, Sheets adds a feature associated with project management tools like Airtable. It also seems pretty easy to set up compared to Excel, which also has more... Continue reading...
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by Allison Johnson on (#6NAHB)
Internet for when your internet goes down. | Image: T-Mobile T-Mobile's big home internet push continues, now with a new way to sign up for the service: as a backup option.The company is offering a new Home Internet Backup plan starting at $30 per month (including an autopay discount) that's designed to supplement your cable or fiber internet connection in the event of an outage. Seems handy if your internet is down a lot! But it also seems like overkill for most people, especially considering that most of T-Mobile's phone plans already come with plenty of mobile hotspot data.Like T-Mobile's standard home internet service, the backup plan comes with a gateway router that connects to T-Mobile's cellular data network. The backup internet plan comes with up to 130GB of 5G data each month, which... Continue reading...
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