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by Umar Shakir on (#68YP6)
Illustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge Apple has pushed its latest iOS developer beta version 16.4, and it contains some interesting updates, including expanded emoji support, keyboard updates for certain languages, and support for web app notifications.The new emoji come from Unicode version 15.0, introduced in September. Some notable icons include a shaking face emoji, a pushing hand that could totally be used as an “imma stop you right there,” and a Khanda emblem representing Sikhism.International keyboards are getting updates, too, including autocorrect being enabled by default for the Korean keyboard and predictive text support for Ukrainian. Image: Emojipedia.org New emoji in Unicode 15.0. In addition, some South Asian languages, including... Continue reading…
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by Jay Peters on (#68YP7)
Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images Earlier on Thursday, comments from Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot had indicated E3 2023 may not take place after all, but the president of ReedPop, the company organizing the event this year, assures The Verge that planning is still moving forward.According to VGC, during Thursday’s Ubisoft earnings call, Guillemot had said that “if E3 happens, we will be there and we will have a lot of things to show.” That, to me, was somewhat surprising to read: the show was confirmed to return in person in Los Angeles in 2023 last year, but after IGN’s recent report that Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony are all skipping the event, it didn’t feel outside the realm of possibility that the show may not go on after all.“We are pleased with the progress and... Continue reading…
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by Jay Peters on (#68YP8)
Here’s what a web app push notification will look like. | Image: Apple Apple’s new iOS and iPadOS 16.4 betas will let Safari web apps on your homescreen send you push notifications, according to a new post on the WebKit blog.As far back as the first iPhone, you’ve been able to add a shortcut to websites to your homescreen represented as app-like icons, but the web apps haven’t been able to send you notifications or show notification badges. With iOS and iPadOS 16.4, however, that will change.Here’s how the push notifications will work, according to the blog post by Brady Eidson and Jen Simmons — though it sounds a lot like how they work with native apps already:
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by Victoria Song on (#68YJA)
Whoop’s subscriptions are at its lowest yet... which is still pretty expensive. | Image: Victoria Song / The Verge Whoop is hoping everyone will give a whoop that it’s lowering subscription prices — an admittedly rare thing to see from companies in the current economy. Annual subscription prices will drop from $300 to $239, while 24-month subscriptions will decrease from $480 to $399. That’s a $61 and $81 decrease, respectively. However, the monthly membership will remain at $30 with a 12-month commitment.“We’re a premium product but we would never want price alone to be a reason someone can’t sign up for WHOOP,” Whoop CEO and founder Will Ahmed told The Verge in an email. “We see a lot of other companies raising prices right now and given the economic climate and pressure on household budgets we just don’t think it’s the right call. Our bet is that... Continue reading…
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by Ash Parrish on (#68YJB)
Photo by Robin L Marshall / Getty Images Twitch has announced the US and European host cities for this year’s TwitchCon event. Paris will host TwitchCon EU on July 8th and 9th, and in October, TwitchCon US will be held in Las Vegas.
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by Richard Lawler on (#68YJC)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla will recall nearly 363,000 vehicles equipped with the company’s controversial Full Self-Driving (FSD) software after the top federal safety agency identified the driver-assist program as a “crash risk.”Tesla issued a recall notice for the following vehicles equipped with FSD beta based on a directive by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA): 2016-2023 Model S and Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, and 2020-2023 Model Y. The recall means that Tesla will push out an over-the-air (OTA) software update, free of charge, to address the issues identified by NHTSA.The recall means that Tesla will push out an over-the-air software update, free of chargeDocuments filed regarding the recall (included below) don’t call out... Continue reading…
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by Emma Roth on (#68YJD)
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge The creator of WallStreetBets, the online community that helped send the GameStop stock soaring in 2021, is suing Reddit. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Jaime Rogozinski claims Reddit wrongfully banned him from moderating the subreddit and violated his rights to a trademark, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal.Rogozinski first created r/WallStreetBets in 2012 with the intent of establishing a community for everyday investors who may not know the ins and outs of stock trading. It exploded in popularity around 2020, encouraging traders to buy various “meme” stocks like GameStop and AMC and chastising those with “paper hands” for selling too early.As the subreddit started to add more members, Rogozinski claims Reddit... Continue reading…
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by Jay Peters on (#68YJE)
Screenshots of the new Instagram channels. | Image: Meta Meta is introducing its own take on Telegram channels with broadcast channels on Instagram, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday via, well, one of the new channels. (Note that they only work on mobile right now, so you’ll have to be on your phone to see Zuck’s channel.)With the new format, creators can broadcast messages and updates to a broad audience of followers that opt in to following the channel. Followers will not be able to post in the channels, though they can emoji react to posts and vote in polls. Image: Meta Here’s what Zuckerberg’s “Meta Channel” looks like. Zuckerberg’s channel, called Meta Channel (yes, with the emoji), will be a place where he shares “news and updates on all the... Continue reading…
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by Jay Peters on (#68YCX)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down from her post, she announced in an email sent to employees that YouTube posted publicly on Thursday. Wojcicki has been at Google for nearly 25 years but will be stepping back to “start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.”Neal Mohan, currently YouTube’s chief product officer, will be taking over as head of the video streaming service. After serving as Google’s senior vice president of display and video ads for many years, Mohan joined YouTube in 2015 and has been one of Wojcicki’s primary lieutenants ever since. According to Wojcicki, Mohan played “pivotal roles” in the development of several YouTube products, including YouTube TV, YouTube... Continue reading…
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#68YCY)
Nikita Efremov as Alexey Pajitnov in “Tetris,” premiering March 31, 2023 on Apple TV+. | Image: Apple TV Plus The Tetris movie that’s been in the works for almost a decade is actually happening, and Apple has finally unveiled an official trailer ahead of its SXSW premiere. This upcoming Apple Original Films “blockbuster” (sorry) is based on a true story, starring Taron Egerton as Henk Rogers, a Dutch entrepreneur who becomes so enamored with the titular game that he travels to the Soviet Union during the end of the Cold War in order secure its distribution rights.There, he encounters the game’s inventor, Alexey Pajitnov (portrayed by A Good Man’s Nikita Efremov), and villainous KGB agents, all while navigating the increasing tensions between the Soviet government and the West. It’s certainly a different approach from previous films we’ve seen... Continue reading…
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by Mia Sato on (#68YCZ)
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is taking a page out of HQ’s playbook and launching a series of live trivia games, the company announced today. Like the doomed trivia startup, TikTok’s trivia rounds will happen via livestream each day, and users can log in to play between February 22nd and February 26th.To entice players, TikTok is offering a $500,000 cash prize pool that’s split between winners. Users must be 18 years old and in the US to participate in the multiple-choice trivia rounds, which will be livestreamed on the official @TikTok account. Categories include lifestyle, beauty, sports, and music, according to TikTok, along with John Wick questions (the event is sponsored by Lionsgate and its upcoming film John Wick: Chapter 4).Like HQ, TikTok has... Continue reading…
by Charles Pulliam-Moore on (#68YD0)
Murray Close/Lionsgate By the end of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, most every assassin affiliated with the High Table had every reason to believe that John Wick was quite dead and no longer a problem they needed to be concerned about. The biggest takeaway from the new John Wick: Chapter 4 trailer: the High Table was very, very wrong.After three movies of mowing down droves of other hired killers in hopes of putting that life behind him, John Wick’s fourth chapter finds Wick (Keanu Reeves) suiting up with the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne), and seemingly Winston Scott (Ian McShane) as the group plan to take down the High Table once and for all.The trailer makes it unclear whether Scott’s working directly with Wick and the Bowery King to help them... Continue reading…
by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy on (#68YD1)
The new Tovala Smart Oven Air Fryer costs just $99 when you sign up for six weeks of meals. | Image: Tovala My first experience with smart ovens was the $1,500 June Oven, a high-tech cooking machine powered by computer vision algorithms. And while I loved the ease its vast array of connected features added to the whole meal-making process, I could not get behind that price tag for what is essentially a glorified toaster oven. Thankfully, competition has caused prices to plummet, and you can now buy a June for “only” $600. But today, connected cooking competitor Tovala has come roaring in with a new option for just $99.The new 5-in-1 Tovala Smart Oven Air Fryer joins the company’s original oven, now called the Smart Oven Pro, and adds souped-up air frying capabilities thanks to a new dual-speed fan that can crispy fry your veggies and more... Continue reading…
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by Jon Porter on (#68YD3)
Razer’s BlackWidow V4 Pro. | Image: Razer While enthusiast mechanical keyboards are getting more compact with each passing year, Razer is going in the opposite direction with its new BlackWidow V4 Pro. It uses a full-size keyboard layout as its base (complete with a numpad) but adds over half a dozen extra buttons and dials that can be programmed for use in games and productivity programs alike.So, for starters, on the far left of the keyboard, there are five macro keys. They’re joined by an additional three buttons on the left edge that kind of look like the thumb buttons you’d find on a mouse. On the top right, there’s a volume roller like the one Razer included on its last-generation BlackWidow V3, but this time, it’s joined by four programmable media keys that, by default,... Continue reading…
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#68YD2)
Image: Trek Trek announced two new electric cargo bikes — Fetch Plus 2 and Fetch Plus 4 — aimed squarely at the growing number of families who are looking to replace a car with a more sustainable mode of transportation.The two models are pretty distinct from each other. The Fetch Plus 2 is a long-tail cargo bike with an extended rear rack for carrying children, cargo, or a mix of both. And the Fetch Plus 4 is a box bike, also known as a bakfiets, with a long wheelbase and a generous front cargo area. Whether you prefer to have your kids and cargo in the front or the back, Trek has you covered with these two different styles of e-bike. Image: Trek As e-bike sales continue to grow by leaps and bounds, motorized cargo bikes are... Continue reading…
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by Sheena Vasani on (#68YD4)
The hardwired model is selling for $77.16 ($73 off) at Amazon | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Whether you’re planning to travel this long weekend or to just curl up on the couch binging The Last Of Us, today’s Arlo’s Essential video doorbell deal will help you relax. Right now, the wired version is selling for $77.16 ($73 off) at Amazon, which is nearly its best price yet, while it’s $79.99 at Best Buy and Arlo. You can also buy the wireless model — which is easier to set up — for half off at $99.99 from Amazon, Best Buy, and Arlo.These are amongst the best video doorbells and will allow you to keep tabs on who’s at the door using your smartphone so you don’t have to leave the comfort of your couch or even be at home. They also share the same 1536p HD video resolution as our favorite video doorbell, the Ring Pro 2, while... Continue reading…
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by Adi Robertson on (#68Y7N)
Image: The Verge The Supreme Court is about to reconsider Section 230, a law that’s been foundational to the internet for decades. But whatever the court decides might end up changing the rules for a technology that’s just getting started: artificial intelligence-powered search engines like Google Bard and Microsoft’s new Bing.Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, one of two complementary legal complaints. Gonzalez is nominally about whether YouTube can be sued for hosting accounts from foreign terrorists. But its much bigger underlying question is whether algorithmic recommendations should receive the full legal protections of Section 230 since YouTube recommended those accounts to others. While everyone from tech... Continue reading…
by Tom Warren on (#68Y7R)
Neomuna is a new area in Destiny 2 unlike anything we’ve seen before. | Image: Bungie Destiny 2 players get to wield another Strand darkness ability as the story of light vs. dark draws close to its conclusion. Continue reading…
by Allison Johnson on (#68Y7Q)
Samsung puts a whole lot of camera customization options at your fingertips — if you know where to find them. | Image: Samar Haddad; Allison Johnson / The Verge Right out of the box, Samsung Galaxy phones provide a lot of ways to customize their cameras to your liking. You want an extra shutter button you can move around the screen or have the camera take a picture whenever you say “cheese”? You can do that. But it doesn’t stop there: Samsung provides even more camera settings for those who want maximum control — if you know where to look.Samsung offers an app called Camera Assistant for recent Galaxy phones that goes deep into camera settings. You can disable automatic switching between lenses in low light and adjust whether the phone takes a picture as soon as you put your finger on the shutter or when you take it off. It’s not exactly the kind of stuff a casual snapshooter is looking for,... Continue reading…
by Andrew Webster on (#68Y7P)
Image: EA About a year ago, Fortnite introduced a new way to play, with a mode that eschewed its building gameplay for something more like a regular shooter. Now that style of building has appeared in the most unlikely of places: Wild Hearts, a new take on the hunting genre that Monster Hunter has firmly established.Wild Hearts — which is developed by Dynasty Warriors studio Omega Force and published by EA — is, at its core, a riff on Monster Hunter World. Like that game, it takes place in a vast wilderness that’s not an open world, per se, but rather a series of connected spaces. In this case, they’re large islands, each with its own ecosystem and, naturally, different creatures to hunt and battle. There’s also a sprawling human city where you... Continue reading…
by Emma Roth on (#68Y7S)
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge The price of Paramount Plus is about to go up. In an earnings call on Thursday, Paramount chief financial officer Naveen Chopra announced that the price of Paramount Plus’ essential plan would increase from $4.99 to $5.99 per month, while the premium plan will go from $9.99 to $11.99 per month.This news comes as Paramount Plus is combining the Paramount Plus and Showtime offerings to form the predictably named “Paramount Plus with Showtime.” While the readjusted essential plan will not include content from Showtime, the premium plan will. The price increase will go into effect “upon launch of the integrated service,” which is set to occur “early” in the third quarter of 2023. Paramount Plus currently offers Showtime content as part of... Continue reading…
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by Victoria Song on (#68Y7T)
The Recommended Routes photos are meant to help you when planning future activities. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Route planning can be easy if it’s in your neighborhood but a pain when you’re planning for a weekend hike or a run when traveling overseas. But if you’re a Strava user, the fitness platform is rolling out a new route-planning feature that might help. Starting from 8AM PT / 11AM ET today, you’ll be able to view recent photos of a route or trail’s views, highlights, and conditions in the mobile app.The company is using machine learning to exclude photos that include identifiable faces or gear, and it only includes photos posted publicly in the app. Users who don’t want photos from their public activities shared as part of the feature will have to opt out.You can find route photos for any sport featured in the Routes section of the... Continue reading…
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by Sean Hollister on (#68Y7V)
Sony has the technology — and a 14.7-foot cord. Will it get the games? Continue reading…
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by Tom Warren on (#68Y3E)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Sony’s new PlayStation VR2 headset is designed to work exclusively with a PS5, but will it ever work on PCs? That’s a big question that I can’t answer just yet, and one that even Sony is dodging right now. While the original PSVR got unofficial support for PC, the PSVR2 could be just as complicated to get working with SteamVR without help from Sony.“The PSVR2 is created for use with the PS5 console,” says Sony PR representative Beca Truong in a statement to The Verge. We asked whether Sony would ever officially support the PSVR2 on PC, but the company failed to answer.So, what does happen when you plug the PSVR2 into a PC? During our review testing I tried connecting the PSVR2 to a PC directly into a USB-C port on an AMD Radeon RX... Continue reading…
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by Adi Robertson on (#68Y3D)
Archery in Horizon Call of the Mountain. Finally, a Horizon VR you’ll want to hang out in. Continue reading…
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#68Y3F)
You can check if you own a recalled variant of the Anker 535 by checking the bottom of the device for model number A1366. | Image: Anker Anker has issued a recall of select Anker 535 Power Banks following the discovery of a manufacturing defect that can result in the device overheating, posing a potential fire hazard. According to the recall notice, the Chinese electronics manufacturer discovered a fault on a “small number” of Anker 535 Power Bank (PowerCore 20K) batteries, model A1366, and is now working with local government agencies to facilitate a full voluntary recall of the product.The power bank is believed to be the “most probable cause” of a house fire in Washington County, Maryland last week (seen via Macrumors). The fire originated from, or around, a packed suitcase that contained an Anker 535 Power Bank now subject to recall. The suitcase did not contain any... Continue reading…
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by Tom Warren on (#68XZ9)
Image: The Verge Plus more environmentally friendly Xbox downloads, and a new BTS-themed Lego set. Continue reading…
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by Tom Warren on (#68XZA)
The Verge Microsoft has responded to widespread reports of Bing’s unhinged comments in a new blog post. After the search engine was seen insulting users, lying to them, and emotionally manipulating people, Microsoft says it’s now acting on feedback to improve the tone and precision of responses, and warns that long chat sessions could cause issues.Reflecting on the first seven days of public testing, Microsoft’s Bing team says it didn’t “fully envision” people using its chat interface for “social entertainment” or as a tool for more “general discovery of the world.” It found that long or extended chat sessions with 15 or more questions can confuse the Bing model. These longer chat sessions can also make Bing “become repetitive or be prompted /... Continue reading…
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#68XZB)
Plex’s new Credit Detection feature uses a machine-learning algorithm to automatically gauge where a credit sequence begins and finishes. | Image: Plex Good news content bingers: Plex has just released Credits Detection, a new feature that allows users to automatically skip the credit sequences for TV shows and movies. Announced via a blog post on Wednesday, Credits Detection is now live and will display a Skip Credits button on a number of different Plex players running on Apple TV, Android TV, iOS, macOS, Windows, Xbox, Roku, and beyond.If you’re a Plex user then you may have noticed that the service already had the ability to skip intros for multi-episode shows. The new Skip Credits feature works similarly for TV shows and movies — automatically detecting where an outro or credits sequence starts and displaying an on-screen button that allows you to skip them, either directly to the... Continue reading…
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by Jon Porter on (#68XZC)
Tesla’s Buffalo, New York facility, aka ‘Gigafactory 2.’ | Image: Getty The Workers United union has alleged that Tesla fired over thirty employees from its Buffalo, New York plant just one day after workers there made public their plans to form a union, the organization said in a press release. At least one of the workers was part of the 25-employee organizing committee, while several others had taken part in labor discussions, according to a complaint filed with the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).The complaint, which was reported first reported by Bloomberg, alleges that the firings came “in retaliation for union activity and to discourage union activity.” The Workers United union is seeking a federal court injunction to protect employee rights in its NLRB filing. “This is a form of collective... Continue reading…
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by Monica Chin on (#68XR3)
You, too, can recreate Jimin’s dance break. | Image: Lego Lego teased a collaboration with BTS earlier this month and, needless to say, the fans had questions. Would the set come with photo cards? Will Jimin play with it on a livestream? Does this mean we’ll see BTS in the next Lego Movie?We don’t have all the answers to those questions yet (although I need an answer on the Lego Movie stat). We have, however, finally gotten our first glimpse of this highly anticipated Lego set, which (fairly accurately) replicates the set of the Dynamite music video, complete with mini-figs of the seven group members. The set was based on a fan-submitted idea from two BTS fans and Lego builders. “I watched the music video over and over and tried to capture its essence in the LEGO bricks,”... Continue reading…
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by Tom Warren on (#68X4D)
Image: Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft is rolling out a new February update to its Xbox consoles that adds one of several planned sustainability updates and Google Home app support.With the update, Xbox consoles are able to be “carbon aware” of when to perform game downloads and updates by connecting to the internet and checking for regional carbon intensity data. Microsoft says it will schedule updates during the nightly maintenance window for times that result in lower carbon emissions because more available electricity is coming from lower-carbon sources.While the blog post encourages gamers to “choose what works best for you,” Xbox hasn’t yet rolled out the one-time switch pushing users to the “Shutdown (energy saving)” setting that uses significantly less... Continue reading…
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by Jay Peters on (#68XM0)
Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA / Getty Images The Major League Soccer (MLS) season kicks off on February 25th, and if you were hoping Apple and MLS’s streaming service would give you the games in 4K, I have some bad news: the streams will top out at 1080p, according to a press release from MLS (via Engadget).We probably shouldn’t have hoped for anything different; the Major League Baseball games on Apple TV Plus also peak at 1080p. But for the many sports fans who have been waiting for more sports games to stream at true 4K — this year’s Super Bowl, for example, was upscaled to 4K — MLS’s streaming service, MLS Season Pass, won’t be the place to see those.That said, for soccer fans, MLS Season Pass seems like it will be a pretty good deal. You’ll be able to watch every live... Continue reading…
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by Mia Sato on (#68XHA)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter will allow cannabis ads on the platform starting today, the company announced in a blog (per Axios).The company previously allowed CBD topical ads targeting some US users. The policy change means Twitter — where major ad firms have cautioned clients against buying ads following Elon Musk’s takeover — will allow more cannabis ads than other platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.On Meta-owned platforms, advertisers can promote hemp products with restrictions around geographic targeting and content, but THC and CBD products aren’t allowed. TikTok also has strict rules around drugs, even refusing to allow public service announcements from New York state after cannabis was legalized for adults.“Going forward, Twitter is... Continue reading…
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by Jay Peters on (#68XHB)
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple plans to introduce its long-rumored mixed reality headset at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.The reveal date has apparently been pushed back multiple times — most recently, the aim was to first show it in the spring — but now, it will be introduced at WWDC ahead of a planned release by the end of the year, Gurman reports.
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by Monica Chin on (#68XBY)
Stressed about this choice? We’re here to help. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge I recently published my review of the MacBook Pro 16 with M2 Max, which Apple released at the beginning of 2023. Now I’ve finally gotten my hands on the less powerful (and less expensive) MacBook Pro 16 powered by Apple’s M2 Pro chip. I’ve run the various benchmarks and done the various tasks, and I’ve even (finally) run the battery into the ground. Today, I’m here to talk to you about how these chips stack up to each other to help you decide which MacBook Pro model is right for you.Behold, the benchmarks (scroll to the right to see more):M2 Pro vs. M2 Max: priceSixteen-inch M2 Pro models start at $2,499, while M2 Max models start at $3,099. The base M2 Pro model has 16GB of memory and 512TB of storage, while the base M2 Max has... Continue reading…
by Alex Cranz on (#68XBZ)
Picard and Riker hang out with Seven of Nine. | Image: Trae Patton / Paramount Plus The last season of Picard is truly wild, and while it’s filled with action, it never seems to lose that sense of wonder that makes Star Trek Star Trek. Continue reading…
by Umar Shakir on (#68XC0)
The WD My Book Duo chonker now has 44TB max of capacity. | Image: Western Digital Western Digital has managed to cram even more space into its My Book external drives, this time with a 22TB version and up to 44TB for the chonkier Duo model (via AnandTech). The company says the new models are available now at retailers, perfect if you’re constantly recording 8K footage on a Samsung phone and need to store about 1,222 hours of footage somewhere.WD’s previous My Book drives maxed out at 18TB / 36TB (Duo). The company is selling the new My Book with a single 22TB drive inside for $599.99. The new behemoth in Western Digital’s lineup, the My Book Duo 44TB, costs $1,499.99.If you need an indicator of how far hard disk capacity has come, Western Digital’s largest My Book in 2017 was a 20TB Duo, and it retailed for $849 — a... Continue reading…
by Jess Weatherbed on (#68XC1)
Tensions are already high in the global semiconductor market following restrictions imposed by the US, Japan, and the Netherlands to curb exports to China. | Illustration: Beatrice Sala ASML, one of the largest suppliers to the global semiconductor industry and the only supplier of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography photolithography machines, has revealed that a former employee in China stole information pertaining to its proprietary technology in a data breach. Within its recently published 2022 annual report, the Dutch tech firm said it had discovered “unauthorized misappropriation of data” that was promptly investigated in an internal review.ASML is a significant cornerstone of the global technology supply chain, controlling over 90 percent of the global market for chipmaking lithography equipment as of 2021, according to a study by Gartner (seen via Bloomberg). More crucially for anyone with a fancy phone or... Continue reading…
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by Jay Peters on (#68XC2)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is back after an outage for many on Wednesday. The full extent of the issues was unclear, but the problems were centered on the iOS app. If I tried to refresh my “For you” feed, for example, I got a message that says “tweets aren’t loading right now.” My “Following” feed loaded once but showed the same error message later.“Pardon the interruption!” Twitter’s support account tweeted Wednesday afternoon. “iOS users may have experienced some trouble using Twitter earlier. Things should be back to normal now.”
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by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy on (#68XC3)
This dual-camera dash cam can detect break-ins when your car is parked and record every second of your time on the road. If you have a specific need for a device like this, it’s a good option. But integration with other Ring devices and Alexa is lacking. Continue reading…
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#68XC4)
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Ford said it will maintain its temporary pause on production and shipment of its electric F-150 Lightning through at least the end of next week as it continues to investigate an issue with the truck’s battery. The full investigation, though, could “take a few weeks.”Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg said in an email:
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by Jay Peters on (#68XC5)
Image: Riot Games Riot Games announced a new title in its growing lineup of League of Legends spinoffs on Wednesday, and you won’t have to wait too long to be able to play it. The new game, called The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story, is a 2D action RPG developed in partnership with Moonlighter developer Digital Sun, and it’s set to launch in the spring on PC and consoles.The Mageseeker is a “gritty indie 2D hi-bit pixel action RPG that lets players raise a rogue mage army and lead a revolution,” according to a press release from Riot, and you’ll play as Sylas, one of the champions featured in League of Legends. The company provided a very brief glimpse of the game as part of a trailer about its League spinoffs in development, but even that short... Continue reading…
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by Charles Pulliam-Moore on (#68X7P)
Halle Bailey as Ariel, the mermaid. | Disney Disney has been very careful about keeping details about its upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid from director Rob Marshall under wraps ahead of its May 26th debut. Aside from one shadowy trailer and a couple of promotional images, we haven’t really been able to see that much of Halle Bailey’s Ariel and the underwater world she calls home. But a new short teaser spotlights the small mermaid princess in action, and while The Little Mermaid certainly looks magical, it also seems a bit muted in a way that has nothing to do with Ariel’s voice.For people with sense, there’s never been any question about Halle Bailey’s ability to bring to life a new yet very classic version of Disney’s Ariel to life, and she both looks and... Continue reading…
by Richard Lawler on (#68WMW)
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Plus a look inside the upcoming PSVR2. Continue reading…
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by Charles Pulliam-Moore on (#68X48)
Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale. | Image: Peacock Rian Johnson’s Poker Face starring Natasha Lyonne is easily one of — if not the — best original series Peacock’s ever produced, which is why it comes as no surprise that it’s been renewed for a second season.Ahead of Poker Face’s seventh episode hitting Peacock tomorrow, the streamer announced today that it’s ordered a second season about Lyonne’s Charlie Cale, a woman who uses her uncanny ability to detect lies to solve murder mysteries from week to week.In a statement about the season 2 order, Susan Rovner, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming’s head of content, said that while the streamer’s hopes for Poker Face were always high, “the critical acclaim and viewer response has been beyond our wildest dreams” and that it plans to... Continue reading…
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by Tom Warren on (#68X49)
Image: Sony Sony is bringing Horizon Forbidden West to its PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscription service on February 21st. It’s arriving just a year after it was first released on PS4 and PS5.PS5 owners who haven’t played Horizon Forbidden West are in for a treat, both visually and in the storyline of the successor to Horizon Zero Dawn. It was one of Sony’s biggest PlayStation games of the year in 2022, with a PS5-exclusive expansion, Burning Shores, set to debut on April 19th.My colleague Ash Parrish reviewed Horizon Forbidden West and spent more than 60 hours hunting, exploring, crafting, and fighting in a world that’s “easy to get lost in.”PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers will also get access to two horror games next... Continue reading…
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#68X4A)
Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge You may still be full of chocolates, candy hearts, and red wine, but every holiday hangover can be remedied with some good deals.Kicking us off, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 smartwatch can be found for $50 off in both sizes and in various colors. The base 40mm version with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi is now around $229.99 at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. Meanwhile, the 44mm version with both a bigger screen and bigger battery is around $259 at Walmart, Amazon, and Best Buy.The Galaxy Watch 5 is a fine smartwatch for Android users and the prime choice for Samsung phone owners. It does the usual bevy of health and fitness tracking, sleep tracking, and integrated notifications, and it has a new sapphire crystal glass cover for improved durability.... Continue reading…
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by Jay Peters on (#68X4B)
Characters from Fortnite. | Image: Epic Games Epic Games’ annual State of Unreal presentation will take place on March 22nd, the company announced on Wednesday. The event and many additional sessions about Epic’s hugely popular Unreal Engine are happening alongside the Game Developers Conference, which is scheduled for March 20th through 24th.Epic is keeping the specific announcements close to the vest for now. “Get a glimpse at what’s in store for the future of game development as the Epic Games team takes the stage with our talented partners,” the company writes on its event page. “We’ll take a look at some new projects, dive into the latest Epic tech, and have some fun along the way.”Based on the full event agenda, however, it looks like we’ll be getting details about Unreal... Continue reading…
by Andrew Marino on (#68X4E)
Illustration by Alex Park / The Verge This week on The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of home theater remotes, we dedicate an episode to the right to repair the technology you own.We live in a world where our most important gadgets are with us at all times. Because of this, we expect them to last as long as physically possible. Unfortunately, the reality of consumer tech today is that a lot of gadgets are not built with the intention of being easily fixable when they break. On today’s episode, we talk to people who are figuring out how to repair the tech we use every day so we can use it even longer, even after manufacturer support stops.First, we chat with Nic Splattstoesser, a technician who is running his own business repairing Apple’s first-generation HomePods... Continue reading…