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by Wes Davis on (#6S194)
Illustration: The Verge Apple has released iOS / iPadOS 18.2 into public beta, as spotted by MacRumors. It includes access to the second wave of Apple Intelligence features that were already available to developers, like the AI-generated custom emoji feature Genmoji and the Image Playground feature that generates pictures.It also adds ChatGPT integration, Visual Intelligence for searching using iPhone 16 cameras, a more robust Siri with improved responses to queries, and OpenAI's ChatGPT is an option to step in and answer instead. ChatGPT access is free and doesn't require an account to use it.Access to some of the Apple Intelligence features is still behind a secondary waitlist - if you already had access to test them, you will immediately be able to use... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6S195)
Striking New York Times tech workers have created a custom Connections puzzle so fans can get their daily fix without crossing the digital picket line.The Strike Edition" puzzle was made on a website that lets people create their own Connections. The workers, part of the New York Times Tech Guild, specifically asked NYT readers not to play NYT games when the strike began on Monday, so the custom puzzle offers a way to play while still respecting the Guild's wishes.We have seen a groundswell of support from subscribers who have been proudly tweeting about purposely breaking their game streaks to support our strikers," says Jen Sheehan, spokesperson for the NewsGuild of New York.The Guild didn't make the website themselves; the site... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Webster on (#6S16T)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Nintendo's next console is going to have a kickass library of games to start. Last night, when there was absolutely nothing else of note happening in the world, Nintendo announced that its still-unannounced Switch successor would be backward-compatible with existing Switch games. The announcement is an early sign that Nintendo might be able to avoid the painful transition between consoles and better unify its growing ambitions.Backward compatibility is not a guarantee of success. The Wii U could play most Wii games, and it still ended up being a failure. But it's a feature that benefits both consumers and the industry at large. In Nintendo's case, its inclusion was never a sure thing. While bestselling hardware like the Wii and DS were... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6S16V)
Image: Laura Normand / The Verge Big Tech leaders from across the industry are lining up to congratulate Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election. Trump has butted heads with many of the executives now cozying up to the soon-to-be president, who recently threatened to throw Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in prison and said Google could be broken up because its search results are rigged."Despite these comments (and the conflicts during Trump's previous presidency), many of the tech CEOs targeted by Trump in the past are now coming forward with statements about his win. Here's what some of the biggest names in tech are saying:Apple CEO Tim CookCongratulations President Trump on your victory! We look forward to engaging with you and your administration to... Continue reading...
by Khee Hoon Chan on (#6S16W)
Image: Square Enix The game's final episode also teases a larger Life is Strange universe to come. Continue reading...
by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6S141)
Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge On the campaign trail, Donald Trump said a lot of things about electric vehicles. He said he would end the electric vehicle mandate on day one," that EVs don't work," and that they benefit China and Mexico while hurting American autoworkers.But he has also closely aligned himself with Elon Musk, who runs the biggest EV company in the US. And he will likely have Musk continuing to whisper in his ear on important policy matters moving forward, even going so far as to promise to appoint the mercurial billionaire to a role in his administration.So now that he's the president-elect, what will he actually do that will affect the auto industry and its tenuous shift to electric vehicles?First off, he said he would rescind all unspent... Continue reading...
by Sheena Vasani on (#6S142)
Google's Pixel Watch 3 is an excellent upgrade over its predecessor, with a wealth of new fitness features and smarts. | Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you thought you needed to wait until Black Friday to score a steep discount on the new Google Pixel Watch 3, we've got some good news: right now, Wellbots is giving readers of The Verge an exclusive $75 discount, dropping the wearable down to a new all-time low price until November 12th. The 41mm, Wi-Fi-enabled configuration starts at $274 ($75 off) from Wellbots when you apply code VERGEBF75, while the same code drops the price of the 45mm Pixel Watch 3 with Wi-Fi down to $324 ($75 off).Google managed to pack an impressive number of noteworthy features into its latest wearable, which is why it's our favorite fitness smartwatch for Android users. It's an even better fitness and health tracker than before, with custom running... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6S143)
Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge You can now buy a USB-C charger that finally hits the promised power spec for beefy laptops at a max rate of 240W. You probably do not need this charger, and you may not have a device that even supports its peak power, but it's here now if you want one to future-proof your office setup.Delta Electronics' ADP-240KB charger is an AC power supply that supports the maximum charge speeds possible on the USB-C Power Delivery (USB-PD) standard. It's available from US component distributor Mouser Electronics for $126.37 plus shipping, or slightly less if you want at least 10. It's advertised as a desktop AC adapter and comes as a dull black brick with a standardized three-prong AC in port (the AC cable is not included). Image:... Continue reading...
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by Justine Calma on (#6S11H)
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Scott Olson, Getty Images Donald Trump clinched a presidential victory, ushering in another term of environmental rollbacks that'll make it more difficult to safeguard our air, water, and climate.Environmental [regulation] is the biggest tool for stopping growth ... it costs much more to do things environmentally clean," Trump said in a rambling three-hour interview with Joe Rogan on October 25th, when he falsely claimed the US had the cleanest air and cleanest water" under his watch.The last time he was president, Trump slashed air and water protections, replacing them with weaker rules that, over time, were expected to lead to thousands more deaths from pollution. Now, his administration could take even more extreme action if it follows eye-popping... Continue reading...
by Wes Davis on (#6S11K)
Mac Mini power button got you down? Try a power schedule! | Screenshot: YouTube Apple's new Mac Mini looks like someone hit the Mac Studio with a shrink ray, and I love it. But there is at least one, uh, hot-button issue: you have to reach underneath it to power it on. If that bothers you (and you're not into flipping it upside down so it looks like it's wearing a little hat), you can automate when it starts up and shuts down by creating a power schedule. I'll tell you how.There are plenty of reasons you might want to do this. I did it on my MacBook Air because I don't use it that often, and I got tired of opening its lid only to find a dead laptop. Someone else might want their computer to wake up in the middle of the night to perform scheduled backups. Others might need to shut down their Mac for business... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Webster on (#6S11M)
Image: Netflix We still don't have a firm premiere date, but Netflix has officially confirmed that the fifth - and final - season of Stranger Things will start streaming next year. Aside from that, the streamer also released the titles for all eight episodes in the new season, which might provide some hints as to what to expect:
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6S11P)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Lyft is teaming up with a trio of autonomous driving startups as it races to keep up with Uber, which has also struck a number of deals to put robotaxis on its platform.Today, the ridehail company said it was teaming up with three different autonomous driving companies: Mobileye, May Mobility, and Nexar. Mobileye and May Mobility plan on deploying autonomous vehicles on Lyft's network, while Nexar, which makes smart dash cams, will work with Lyft on using its video telematics to create data-driven solutions that accelerate the deployment of AV technologies."Nexar said it has over 45 petabytes of real-world footage, spanning 200 million miles driven monthly, with over 5 trillion images and over 59 million videos," which it says... Continue reading...
by Tom Warren on (#6S11N)
AMD's 7800X3D successor is also better at non-gaming workloads this time around. Continue reading...
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by Sean Hollister on (#6S0Z5)
The DJI Goggles N3 headset, DJI Neo drone, and RC Motion 3 controller. | Photo: The Verge I'm hoping DJI's affordable new FPV goggles will be the missing puzzle piece - a way to cheaply buy the It feels like I'm flying!" experience I had with the DJI Avata for maybe $400 or $500 tops, rather than the current $800 to $1,000 you might have to pay.See, the company announced its budget $199 Neo drone in September that works with goggles, and today it's announcing the $229 DJI Goggles N3. Add a $99 RC Motion 3 controller and you get airplane-like flight, with first-person video that puts you in the virtual cockpit.But I can't quite confirm that it's worth your money yet - because DJI says my unit likely shipped with a defect, and I'll need a little more testing time. More on that below.At $229, the Goggles N3 are definitely... Continue reading...
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by Tom Warren on (#6S0Z6)
Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Corning to determine whether it has broken antitrust rules with its dominant Gorilla Glass product. Corning's Alkali-aluminosilicate glass is used to protect most of the top phones and tablets, with both Samsung and Apple using it extensively across their range of devices. The EU is concerned that Corning has used a variety of exclusivity contracts to exclude rival glass makers from the phone market.It is very frustrating and costly experience to break a mobile phone screen. Therefore, strong competition in the production of the cover glass used to protect such devices is crucial to ensure low prices and high-quality glass," says outgoing EU competition chief Margrethe... Continue reading...
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by Gaby Del Valle on (#6S0X1)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election. Trump, who announced his reelection campaign in 2022, is the second president in US history to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms. Trump declared victory early on Wednesday, followed by The Associated Press, The New York Times, and other outlets.Trump has made immigration, the border, and the economy hallmarks of his reelection campaign. As the Republican nominee, he promised mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, suggested that he'd sign a ban on abortion after 15 weeks, and pledged to embrace Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. His allies at the Heritage Foundation and the America First Policy Institute have drafted hundreds of executive orders... Continue reading...
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by Sean Hollister on (#6S0X2)
Sony's $700PlayStationis here for people who don't want to muck around. Continue reading...
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by Sarah Jeong on (#6S0PF)
Some iOS users with the Washington Post app installed may have looked down at their device tonight only to find an undismissable black toggle hovering on their screen, with electoral vote counts in the 2024 presidential race slowly ticking upwards. (On my own iPhone it appears as the dynamic island.) If you tap on it it merely expands to give you more information about the race, along with little drawn portraits of the candidates, which is decidedly not the content you want if you were just trying to find the button to make the whole thing go away.
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by Ash Parrish on (#6S0NA)
Image: The Verge Nintendo hasn't announced its Switch successor yet, but we do know one thing for sure: it will be able to play current Switch games and have carryover for your Nintendo Switch Online services and account. The news was announced during Nintendo's midyear policy briefing, with further information promised at a later date."Nintendo also talked about numbers for the current Switch (PDF), noting that it sold 4.72 million units in the past three months, a drop of 31 percent compared to the same period last year but well above previous consoles eight years after they launched.That adds up to 146 million Switch units sold and a new record for software sales on a Nintendo platform, which reached 1.3 billion units as of September 30th, 2024.... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6S0KQ)
Suzuki is finally making an EV. | Image: Suzuki Suzuki and Toyota have been working together on a new 4WD-capable electric SUV, and in Italy yesterday, Suzuki revealed the fruits of the collaboration: a new compact called the E Vitara. It's the automaker's first EV, and it's scheduled for production at Suzuki Motor Gujarat in India starting next spring.The E Vitara will launch in Europe, India, and Japan around" the summer of next year, and there will be a Toyota-badged version, which will probably look a lot like the Urban SUV Concept Toyota revealed in 2023. Toyota similarly shares its mediocre bZ4X EV with Subaru, which is rebadged as the Solterra EV. Image: Suzuki Toyota and Suzuki have been slow to adopt EVs into their lineups, with Toyota refocusing on... Continue reading...
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by Gaby Del Valle on (#6S0KR)
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Arizona resident Jacqueline McAferty is suing Elon Musk and his pro-Trump America PAC in a Texas federal court, alleging that the PAC's $1 million-a-day lottery to registered voters in swing states was fraud. The proposed class-action lawsuit was filed a day after a Philadelphia judge denied the city's request to order Musk to end the lottery - and seems to have been spurred by Musk's legal defense in the Philadelphia case.The complaint, filed in a federal court in Austin, alleges that Musk falsely claimed the PAC would choose sweepstakes winners randomly when the selections were, in fact, predetermined. The complaint cites comments made yesterday by Chris Gober, a Republican lawyer CNBC identified as America PAC's former treasurer.... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6S0KS)
Image: The Verge Steam Game Recording is officially out of beta and available to all users, giving PC, Mac, and Steam Deck players a built-in way to record and share audio and video from their gaming sessions. It joins many other ways PC gamers have been able to record their highlights, including as a feature of tools like the Xbox Game Bar, Nvidia GeForce, and AMD's Adrenalin.This version of the Steam client is also the first to drop support for Windows 7 and 8 machines, as well as Macs running macOS 10.13 and 10.14 after Valve announced the move at the beginning of this year. Image: Valve After an automatic update, players can start recordings manually using a hotkey (Ctrl + F11 is the default) or set it to trigger automatically,... Continue reading...
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by Alex Heath on (#6S0KT)
Sundar Pichai. | Image: Laura Normand / The Verge Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees ahead of Election Day to make sure the products we build" are a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief."As with other elections, the outcome will be a major topic of conversation in living rooms and other places around the world," Pichai said in an internal memo on November 4th obtained by The Verge and first reported on by The Washington Post. And of course, the outcome will have important consequences."Whomever the voters entrust, let's remember the role we play at work, through the products we build and as a business: to be a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief. We will and must maintain that."Naturally, Google has... Continue reading...
by Emma Roth on (#6S0KV)
Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is pushing back on claims that his return-to-office mandate was a backdoor layoff." In a transcript of an all-hands staff meeting seen by Reuters and CNBC, Jassy said the move is very much about our culture and strengthening our culture."In September, Amazon announced that it would start making employees return to the office five days per week starting January 2nd, 2025. The e-commerce giant previously required employees to work in the office three days per week. Some speculated that the five-day-per-week mandate is a layoff in disguise," intended to push out employees who couldn't or wouldn't make the full return.A number of people I've seen theorized that the reason we were doing this is, it's a backdoor... Continue reading...
by Gaby Del Valle on (#6S0HF)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Mozilla Foundation laid off 30 percent of its workforce and completely eliminated its advocacy and global programs divisions, TechCrunch reports.While Mozilla is best known for its Firefox web browser, the Mozilla Foundation - the parent of the Mozilla Corporation - describes itself as standing up for the health of the internet." With its advocacy and global programs divisions gone, its impact may be lessened going forward.Fighting for a free and open internet will always be core to our mission, and advocacy continues to be a critical tool in that work. We're revisiting how we pursue that work, not stopping it," Brandon Borrman, the Mozilla Foundation's communications chief, said in an email to The Verge. Borrman declined to... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6S0HG)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple will soon become the first company to incur a fine for violating the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), reports Bloomberg. Sources tell the outlet that the Commission is getting ready to levy the penalty after it found that Apple's anti-steering" practices harmed competition on the App Store.This follows the EU's 1.84 billion (around $2 billion) fine imposed on Apple in March. After investigating a complaint from Spotify, the EU Commission ruled that Apple restricted developers' ability to point users to cheaper purchases outside the App Store in March - a practice that's illegal under the DMA.We still don't know how much the EU will fine Apple, but the DMA rules say companies can be charged up to 10 percent of annual... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6S0HH)
Sony will stop selling its Airpeak S1 drone on March 31st, 2025. | Image: Sony Almost four years after teasing it at CES 2021, Sony is discontinuing the Airpeak S1 drone that was designed to work with Sony's mirrorless cameras. According to a notice posted to Sony Japan's website on November 1st, sales of the $9,000 drone will end on March 31st, 2025, while all support will end five years later, as reported previously by PetaPixel.Sony will also stop selling Airpeak S1 accessories like the drone's gimbal, battery charger, and remote control next year. However, it will continue to sell replacement batteries and propellers until March 31st, 2026, and will offer inspections, repairs, and software maintenance until March 31st, 2030.The AirPeak S1 promised capabilities including a top speed of 55.9mph, flight times up... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6S0HJ)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The iPhone could finally show you how long it'll take to finish charging. Code spotted in the second iOS 18.2 beta by 9to5Mac shows a new BatteryIntelligence" feature that will let you receive a notification with the iPhone's estimated charging time.Some Android phones already show how long it takes to charge - a feature that has become increasingly helpful considering the many different types of chargers, cables, and charging protocols that are available. The iPhone's BatteryIntelligence" feature still appears to be a work in progress, though, which means might have to wait a little longer until its official release, according to 9to5Mac.Newer iPhones already have some helpful battery health features. Last year, Apple added a new... Continue reading...
by Lauren Feiner on (#6S0F3)
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Stephen Morton, Getty Images The technology that powers Election Day has hit some expected hiccups, but as of early afternoon on Tuesday, nonpartisan groups say that the voting system is mostly holding up. Where it has faltered, they stress, there are robust backup plans that will ensure voters can still cast their ballots and that their votes will be counted.Members of the nonpartisan Election Protection coalition, which runs a hotline for voters seeking information or help at the polls, said they're so far seeing reports of pretty standard tech issues. That includes spotty Wi-Fi connections impacting electronic poll books used to check voters in more efficiently, imprecise calibration on voting machine touchscreens, and ballot scanners that are down. These... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6S0F4)
Illustration: The Verge There's no evidence Google is hiding a map of polling places from Trump voters, despite the suggestions of a video reposted by Elon Musk.In the video, originally shared by X user DogeDesigner, a user searches Google for where can I vote for Harris" and where can I vote for Trump." The Harris search shows Google's 2024 US elections panel, which includes a map you can use to find where to vote. The Trump search does not. Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge A screenshot of Elon Musk's post. But there's a complicating factor here: Harris is also the name of a county in Texas. And the polling map pops up when people search terms like where can I vote" and a location - try searches like where can I vote for... Continue reading...
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by Mia Sato on (#6S0F5)
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge It takes me a minute to figure out what's going on in this TikTok livestream happening on the morning of the US presidential election.The screen is split in two. On the top, a man is streaming himself from the chest up, shouting at viewers. On the bottom is an electoral map of the US, with each state colored red (Republican), blue (Democrat), yellow (third-party), or tan (unclaimed). The man appears to be auctioning off the Electoral College.Uh oh! Two Texas blues just came in, ladies and gentlemen!" he shouts, clicking to change the state of Texas from red to blue. A few seconds later, Texas goes red again. It's a neck and neck game right here!" he says. It's anybody's game right here! Oh! I just got an Arizona blue!" ... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6S0F6)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning that fake bomb threats are being emailed to US polling locations in multiple states that appear to originate from Russian email domains."None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far," the FBI says. The agency says it is working closely with state and local law enforcement to respond to any election threats and urges the public to remain vigilant" and report suspicious activity to state and local authorities.Fake bomb threats were sent to polling locations in Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, prompting at least two" sites in Fulton County, Georgia, to be evacuated on Tuesday, according to Reuters. Officials said both locations were re-opened after about 30... Continue reading...
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6S0F7)
Image: Swisspod About a year ago, I wrote a story with the headline The hyperloop is dead for real this time," based on the news that Hyperloop One, one of the biggest companies pursuing Elon Musk's dream of tube-based, 700mph travel, had shut down.Well, I stand corrected. The hyperloop, in fact, lives on - as a 1/12th scale model in Switzerland.Sure, this isn't exactly the full realization of Musk's 2013 white paper, in which he theorized that aerodynamic aluminum capsules filled with passengers or cargo could be propelled through a nearly airless tube at speeds of up to 760mph. These tubes, either raised on pylons or sunk beneath the earth, could be built either within or between cities. Musk called it a fifth mode of transportation" and argued... Continue reading...
by Umar Shakir on (#6S0F8)
Watch the game, set up a Halo 2 LAN party, or look at footage of other trucks. | Image: Toyota Toyota revealed a custom Tundra pickup truck that can pop out five big-screen TVs from its bed for a wild tailgating experience designed to let you watch football from any angle." The one-off vehicle is a prototype built for the 2024 SEMA show in Las Vegas, where it's on display alongside many other cool concepts, including Toyota's Jeepy open-air Land Cruiser.This Ultimate Tailgate Tundra," however, is unlike anything else at the show in terms of gadgety engineering:
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by Ash Parrish on (#6S0CT)
Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Elon Musk is a busy man right now. He's supposedly running X, SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink, all while actively campaigning for Trump. But despite those myriad concerns, Musk still finds the time to play Diablo 4. He's even said he's pretty good at it, claiming in a recent interview with Joe Rogan that he's in the top 20 of Diablo 4 players - a feat that apparently only two Americans can claim. If this sounds like the unearned boasting from the same guy who claimed his Cybertrucks are bulletproof... it is.The Pit is a timed dungeon in Diablo 4. Players are given 15 minutes to clear out monsters and the final boss, with each death shaving an increasing amount of time off the overall timer. Players who can complete The Pit earn endgame... Continue reading...
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by Gaby Del Valle on (#6S0CV)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Swing state voters are being inundated with text messages seemingly designed to look like they're coming from supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris or even from her campaign itself. Some of the messages imply that Harris is misleading the public about her efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, while others say she has pledged to support Israel as they wage their war in Gaza." Although the texts are written to sound like standard campaign mass messaging, they contain no call to action or URL to a campaign site. But most bizarrely, the sender will reiterate and emphasize that Harris will always stand with Israel" if the recipient replies identifying themselves as pro-Palestinian.I want to make sure we set... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6S0CW)
A mild yellow band appears on The Verge's Colorsoft review unit. | Image: Andrew Liszewski / The Verge Amazon says it's working to fix issues with the Kindle Colorsoft, its first color e-reader, following complaints from early buyers that a yellow band of discoloration appears on the bottom of the display. The company is making adjustments" so that new devices" will not have the yellow band; people who already own a unit can contact Amazon for a refund or replacement.We take the quality of our products seriously," Amazon spokesperson Jill Tornifoglio wrote in an email to The Verge. Customers who notice this [yellow band] can reach out to our customer service team for a replacement or refund, and we're making the appropriate adjustments to ensure that new devices will not experience this issue moving forward."Existing customers can... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6S0CX)
Image: The Verge Members of Reddit's r/ThatMysteriousSong community have finally identified what they call The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet," a new wave tune that a teenager recorded to cassette sometime around 1984, as reported yesterday by 404 Media.The mysterious song's digital trail goes back to 2004, when Darius S., the teenager who recorded it from a radio broadcast in Germany, posted it on a website along with other unknown songs, hoping others could help identify them. The search for its origins went viral back in 2019 when a Brazilian teen uploaded the song to YouTube.Now we know that the song is called Subways Of the Mind" by a band named FEX. Here's a recording provided by Michael Hadrich, a 68-year-old former band member.H... Continue reading...
by Sheena Vasani on (#6S0CY)
The budget-friendly TV delivers good color and contrast for the price, with support for full-array local dimming and Dolby Vision HDR. | Image: Hisense To say the news is a lot right now might be the understatement of the year. Luckily, if you're looking for ways to distract yourself from the 2024 election in the days - or, god forbid, weeks - ahead, Hisene's 55-inch U6N Series TV is on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy starting at $347.99 ($200 off), which is a new all-time low.The 4K-ready TV's got everything you need to unplug and comfortably stream your stress away, all without spending a fortune. Notably, it comes with Google's TV software built-in, so you can quickly find the perfect show and peruse content recommendations across a multitude of streaming services. The 55U6N also offers a slew of Gemini-powered AI features thanks to a recent software update - allowing you to... Continue reading...
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6S09X)
Image: Kia The Specialty Equipment Market Association, or SEMA, held its annual conference in Las Vegas this week. Billed as one of the biggest car shows in the world, the event typically brings together more than 135,000 attendees in the automotive aftermarket industry to see the newest trends in vehicle repairs and modifications.And while there weren't as many electric vehicle concepts and one-offs as years past - after all, we're in the midst of a historic transition in the auto industry that is equal parts momentous and slower going than we expected - there were still a handful of interesting plug-in models worth highlighting.MoparThe Stellantis-owned parts and accessories division brought a number of compelling concepts to this year's... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6S09Y)
Anova has upgraded its multi-function countertop oven with an interior camera that can recognize food and making cooking suggestions. | Image: Anova Knowing what you're trying to cook, thanks to an interior high-def camera, allows the Anova Precision Oven 2.0 to suggest which modes and temperatures will produce the best results. The original Anova Precision Oven debuted at $599, but the 2.0 version launching today for $1,199 adds a welcome upgrade to the countertop convection and steam combi oven that can prep food using a unique combination of both wet and dry heat. Anova says it will be available directly, but it currently lists only a placeholder registration page.Combi ovens like the Anova Precision Oven 2.0 are more commonly used in restaurants by professional chefs, so giving home cooks suggestions on how to use it most effectively will potentially help reduce its learning... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6S09Z)
Image: Hori Hori is bringing its officially licensed Steam controller to the US. The company quietly listed the $60 gamepad for preorder on Amazon, with availability starting December 16th.Hori originally released its Wireless Horipad for Steam in October - but only in Japan. The controller features dedicated buttons you can use to pull up menus in Steam, whether you're playing in Big Picture Mode, or on the company's handheld. Just like on the Steam Deck, the gamepad comes with touch sensors on its joysticks for motion controls and mappable back buttons.The controller can connect to your computer or Steam Deck with Bluetooth or the included USB-A Bluetooth receiver. Hori says the wireless gamepad will last up to 12 hours on a full charge, but... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6S0A0)
Amazon's MK30 drone. | Image: Amazon Amazon is starting up drone delivery operations at its Tolleson, AZ, same-day delivery site. Customers who live in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area are eligible to receive packages via Prime Air and will have access to the over 50,000 everyday essentials" that include household, beauty, and office/tech supplies - which Amazon claims is its largest selection yet for fast drone deliveries.The news came after Amazon announced it was shutting down its testing zone location in Lockeford, California. The new Tolleson location integrates drone deliveries into Amazon's delivery network for the first time, and the drones will deploy right next to the fulfillment center.Amazon is using its latest MK30 drones that can carry up to 5 pounds... Continue reading...
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by Justine Calma on (#6S0A1)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge For anyone obsessively watching election results in the US, Apple News will bring live updates to iPhone and iPad users' lockscreens. And if you've got a recent iPhone, you can keep tabs on the electoral count right in the Dynamic Island while doing other things on your phone.To get the updates on your lockscreen, you'll have to register first. Open up Apple News and tap on the Follow the 2024 election live" banner. If you don't see the option right away, look for Election 2024" under the Special Coverage" section of the menu. You should get a notification that the Live Activity has been enabled.The widget will be available on iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches starting tonight as votes in the US presidential and congressional... Continue reading...
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by Justine Calma on (#6S0A2)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images A shorter-than-usual US presidential election season comes to a head. Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6S06P)
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Listening to Nintendo music isn't easy. It's not available on streaming platforms, so I usually end up scouring YouTube for songs from Animal Crossing and Metroid. Because of this, I was hoping that Nintendo Music, a new app that surprise-launched last week, would be my one-stop shop for listening to Nintendo soundtracks. But while it features some clever ideas, there are lots of frustrations and weird choices from Nintendo that mean it isn't quite what I was hoping for.Navigating the app, which is available on iOS and Android but only accessible to Switch Online subscribers, feels a lot like other music services like Apple Music or Spotify. You can browse tracks from individual games or hand-curated playlists themed around things like... Continue reading...
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by Justine Calma on (#6S06Q)
Artistic representation of Lignosat wooden satellite. | Art: KyotoU/Gakuji Tobiyama In a first for the world, scientists launched a satellite made from wood into space. As it orbits the planet from some 250 miles away, researchers will study whether wood is sturdy enough for space.Called LignoSat, after the Latin word for wood, the satellite launched Monday night aboard a SpaceX mission bound for the International Space Station. It'll eventually be released into orbit, where instruments will measure how the wood fares under the harsh conditions of space over six months.With timber, a material we can produce by ourselves, we will be able to build houses, live and work in space forever," Takao Doi, an astronaut and professor at Kyoto University, told Reuters.
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by Emma Roth on (#6S037)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Authorities in Canada have arrested a man suspected of stealing information from around 165 companies using Snowflake's cloud storage services, as reported earlier by Bloomberg and 404 Media.In a statement to The Verge, Canada Department of Justice spokesperson Ian McLeod confirmed that authorities arrested Alexander Connor" Moucka on October 30th following a request from the US government. He appeared in court later that afternoon and his case was adjourned to Tuesday November 5, 2024," McLeod said. As extradition requests are considered confidential state-to-state communications, we cannot comment further on this case."In May, Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation revealed that it had suffered a massive data breach after alleged... Continue reading...
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by David Pierce on (#6S038)
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Alexa didn't get a big splashy launch event, or come with a bunch of grand proclamations about being the future of anything. Instead, like a phone charger with a made-up name or a knockoff version of your favorite blush, it just kind of appeared on Amazon one day.Ten years ago this week, on November 6th, 2014, Amazon launched the Echo and the smart speaker era. The device quickly spawned countless more, from Amazon and others. It became the emblem of a voice-first way of using technology, the ambient computing" revolution Amazon and others came to believe would change how we do everything. Now there are Alexa devices in millions of homes, just listening and chirping away all day.On this episode of The Vergecast, we wrestle with what... Continue reading...
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by Sheena Vasani on (#5ARFY)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Black Friday officially kicks off on November 29th, but if you plan to make that the only day you buy gifts this holiday season, you're missing out. Several prominent retailers, including Best Buy and Target, have already started rolling out their holiday discounts online and in-store. Both retailers are offering price protection through most of the holiday shopping season as well, so if you buy early and the same item drops to a lower price, you can retroactively get that better deal.Whether you take advantage of the slew of early holiday deals or hold off until the day after Thanksgiving, it's important to know how every major retailer is handling the shopping event this year. If you plan to spend some cash, here are the schedules... Continue reading...
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