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An updated version of the iOS app is available that should resolve the issue for impacted Tandem Diabetes Care customers. | Photo Illustration by Matt Harbicht/Getty Images for Tandem Diabetes Care At least 224 people with diabetes have reported injuries linked to a defective iOS app that caused their insulin pumps to shut down prematurely, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).On Wednesday, the agency announced that California-based medical device manufacturer Tandem Diabetes Care has issued a recall for version 2.7 of the iOS t:connect mobile app, which is used in conjunction with the company's t:slim X2 insulin pump. Specifically, the recall relates to a software issue that can cause the app to repeatedly crash and relaunch, resulting in the pump's battery being drained by excessive Bluetooth communication.This battery drain can cause the pump to shut down earlier than typically expected" according to Tandem,... Continue reading...

WiiM has announced two new audiophile streaming devices for the high end of its wireless audio streaming devices. Called the WiiM Ultra and the WiiM Amp Pro, both support AirPlay 2, Chromecast, DLNA, and several other streaming protocols and will be available this summer.Both devices are equipped with a 32-bit / 384kHz ES9038 Q2M Sabre DAC. (Last year's Wiim Amp used an ES9018 Sabre DAC instead). They also use Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 for wireless connectivity, and they each sport the same shrunken-down Mac Studio look. WiiM says the two devices also automatically tune audio output to the room they're in. Image: Courtesy of WiiM The WiiM Ultra, front and back. But the WiiM Ultra has a 3.5mm touchscreen on... Continue reading...

Image: Tango Gameworks Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, held a town hall to discuss the division's future goals. We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards," Booty told employees, according to internal remarks shared with The Verge.For some listeners on the call, it was a surprising goal: Microsoft had just shut down the Japanese developer Tango Gameworks, which was coming off the small, prestigious hit title Hi-Fi Rush.Hi-Fi Rush, which was a surprise release last year, was praised for its innovation and charm. The rhythm action game featured music by The Black Keys and Nine Inch Nails, with an art style that evoked the hyper-stylized games of the... Continue reading...

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Recently, motherboard makers have issued BIOS updates to improve the stability of Intel 13th and 14th Gen i9 chips in crashing games. But Intel, which announced last month that it was investigating these issues, is now asking gamers not to implement those settings.The companies now seem to be at odds on how to adjust your CPU. Motherboard makers like Asus are recommending an Intel Baseline Profile" with basic functionality" and lower power limits," while Intel says you should go with a higher power profile depending on your motherboard and chip.Here's Intel's full statement, from Anandtech:

Image: The Verge Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology CTO William Chappell announced that it's deployed a GPT-4 large language model in an isolated, air-gapped environment on a government-only network. Bloomberg first reported the setup, citing an unnamed executive who claimed that the Azure Government Top Secret cloud-hosted model represents the first time a major" LLM has operated separated from the internet.Chappell announced the AI supercomputer on Tuesday afternoon at the first-ever AI Expo for National Competitiveness" in Washington D.C. Unlike the models behind ChatGPT or other tools, Microsoft says this server is static," operating without learning from the files it processes or the wider internet.Chappell told Bloomberg, It is now... Continue reading...

Check out the little wheels on the upper left side. | Image: CAST China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe mission is bound for the far side of the Moon, and there seems to be a small rover affixed to the side of the lander, as seen in new images released by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).China's National Space Administration announced today that the probe, which launched last week, has successfully entered the Moon's orbit, a big step toward landing the spacecraft early next month.

Illustration: The Verge AI tools behaving badly - like Microsoft's Bing AI losing track of which year it is - has become a subgenre of reporting on AI. But very often, it's hard to tell the difference between a bug and poor construction of the underlying AI model that analyzes incoming data and predicts what an acceptable response will be, like Google's Gemini image generator drawing diverse Nazis due to a filter setting.Now, OpenAI is releasing the first draft of a proposed framework, called Model Spec, that would shape how AI tools like its own GPT-4 model respond in the future. The OpenAI approach proposes three general principles - that AI models should assist the developer and end-user with helpful responses that follow instructions, benefit humanity... Continue reading...

The LG C3 is still one of the best gaming OLEDs you can buy in 2024. | Image: LG With eBay's spring sale going on right now and running through May 12th, you can save an extra 15 percent on purchases when you use code SPRING15OFF. There's no minimum purchase amount required, but you can only save up to $500 on each of the two maximum purchases you're allowed to make.There are thousands of electronics you can purchase in the sale, but I want to shout out the 48-inch LG C3 today. Its usual $996.99 sale price was already beating traditional retailers by a few dollars, but with the code above, you can save another $149.55 and bring your total down to $847.44. You can use the same code on the 65-inch model, which then drops from $1,596.99 to $1,357.44 (around $240 off). The listings are by Electronic Express, a Verge-... Continue reading...

Say Aloe to my little friend. | Photo: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple and Sonos aren't the only companies dominating the headlines with new devices this week. Google also officially announced the Pixel 8A following weeks of rumors, introducing the forthcoming handset a full week ahead of Google I/O 2024. The phone launches on May 14th, but you can preorder an unlocked model from Amazon, Best Buy, and the Google Store starting at $499 with a $100 gift card.As expected, the upcoming Pixel 8A is aimed squarely at the midrange market. Google's Pixel 7A ended up being our favorite Android phone for under $500 despite its $50 price bump, with much of its success riding on its 64MP main camera and a number of features typically reserved for more premium phones (ahem, wireless charging). The 8A only builds... Continue reading...

Illustration: The Verge Google DeepMind is introducing an improved version of its AI model that predicts not just the structure of proteins but also the structure of all life's molecules." The work from the new model, AlphaFold 3, will help researchers in medicine, agriculture, materials science, and drug development test potential discoveries.Previous versions of AlphaFold only predicted the structures of proteins. AlphaFold 3 goes beyond that and can model DNA, RNA, and smaller molecules called ligands, expanding the model's capability for scientific use.DeepMind says the new model shows a 50 percent improvement in prediction accuracy compared to its previous models. With AlphaFold 2, it was a big milestone moment in structural biology and has unlocked... Continue reading...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In 2023, Uber achieved an important milestone, earning more money than it spent for a full year for the first time. It was widely seen as a sign that the perennially cash-strapped business was finally on a more sustainable path.Today, there are signs that the journey may be longer than we thought.The ridehailing and delivery company reported a surprise net loss of $654 million for the first quarter of the year, as legal settlements and equity investments proved to be more of a drag on Uber's business than many expected.The ridehailing and delivery company reported a surprise net loss of $654 millionWall Street analysts had been expecting a profit of $474 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. In particular, the company's... Continue reading...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Intel expects new export restrictions to China to impact its revenue for the next quarter, according to a new financial filing.The US Department of Commerce said Tuesday it had revoked certain licenses for chip exports to sanctioned Chinese company Huawei. Intel said in its filing that the Commerce Department informed it Tuesday of the license change, which it said impacted the export of consumer-related items to a customer in China, effective immediately." Intel did not list Huawei by name in the filing.Intel said its revenue for the second quarter of 2024 will still fall within the original range it outlined of $12.5 billion to $13.5 billion but below the midpoint.Huawei has been on a US trade blacklist since 2019, limiting its... Continue reading...

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge One of Android's best new features, Circle to Search, is unfortunately not available to iPhone users. But Google is throwing Apple fans a bone with a solution that essentially replicates the function.Google's design manager for Google Lens, Minsang Choi, shared a new iOS shortcut in a post on X that's designed to leverage the Action button on iPhone 15 Pro devices. When activated, the shortcut takes a screenshot of whatever you're looking at and immediately funnels it into the Google app and runs a Lens scan. It's basically Circle to Search, but faster," Choi exclaims. GIF: Umar Shakir / The Verge The Google app shortcut in action. Over on 9to5Mac, author Abner Li discovered that the shortcut can also be... Continue reading...

Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos: Getty Images Stack Overflow's new deal giving OpenAI access to its API as a source of data has users who've posted their questions and answers about coding problems in conversations with other humans rankled. Users say that when they attempt to alter their posts in protest, the site is retaliating by reversing the alterations and suspending the users who carried them out.A programmer named Ben posted a screenshot yesterday of the change history for a post seeking programming advice, which they'd updated to say that they had removed the question to protest the OpenAI deal. The move steals the labour of everyone who contributed to Stack Overflow with no way to opt-out," read the updated post.The text was reverted less than an hour later. A... Continue reading...

Image: Nintendo Nintendo is embracing the world of speedrunning in its own way. The company announced a new collection of NES games for the Switch called Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, but the twist is the bundle is built entirely around playing really fast.The collection features 13 different games - including Metroid, The Legend of Zelda, and a whole lot of Super Mario Bros. - but instead of playing through the entire thing, players are tasked with completing bite-sized bits of classic blockbusters," with the goal of getting the best possible time. Nintendo says there are more than 150 time-based challenges spread across the included games, and the collection will include a single-player mode and local multiplayer with support for up to... Continue reading...

The new Prime Video ad formats will arrive sometime later this year. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge It's barely been four months since Amazon placed ads in its Prime Video streaming service, but the retail giant is already introducing more annoying promotional tactics - such as displaying ads whenever someone hits the pause button.On Tuesday, Amazon announced it will roll out three new ad formats for Prime Video later this year to tempt subscribers to purchase promoted items while watching content. Shoppable carousels will soon appear during ad breaks in shows and movies that present viewers with a sliding lineup" of products they can buy on Amazon. That essentially makes this an ad within another ad, and it even automatically pauses" if interacted with to give viewers time to browse.TV shows, movies, and live sports will also... Continue reading...

Photo by Matt Jewell President Joe Biden is traveling to Racine, Wisconsin, today to announce a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft, which will build an AI data center on the same site as the failed Foxconn project, according to a White House press release.The Microsoft project, which the White House estimates will create an estimated 2,300 union construction jobs and up to 2,000 permanent jobs, is part of Biden's Investing in America initiative. Microsoft will roll out the investments in a four-part strategy designed to create long-term benefits for the state's economy and job market," the company said in a press release.Microsoft will also develop an AI innovation lab at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Data Center Academy" at Gateway... Continue reading...

Dark Matter. | Image: Apple Since it launched in 2019, Apple TV Plus has won awards and generated hits, but it still sits in an odd spot in the streaming landscape. It's not as big as competitors like Netflix or Disney Plus, nor is it as prolific. Instead, the service seems intent on focusing on quality over quantity, which has led to some likening it to the HBO of old (you know, when it was still called HBO). In reality, Apple TV Plus has a somewhat scattershot library that includes everything from Charlie Brown to Martin Scorsese. Some of it is great; some of it is Argylle.But there's one place where the service is really nailing it: science fiction.For whatever reason, the lineup of sci-fi shows on Apple TV Plus has steadily grown over the years, not just in... Continue reading...

Image: The Verge FTX says most customers affected by the cryptocurrency exchange's collapse will get all their money back. Bankruptcy lawyers for the fallen firm say they've collected assets valued at up to $16.3 billion - more than they will need to repay the company's estimated $11 billion debt.John Ray III, the chief restructuring officer of FTX, says the company is pleased to be in a position to propose a chapter 11 plan that contemplates the return of 100% of bankruptcy claim amounts."Once the court approves the plan, FTX will begin distributing the funds within 60 days. Customers will receive the amount their assets were worth at the time of FTX's collapse. FTX's lawyers said earlier this year that they expect customers to eventually be paid... Continue reading...

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Photo by STR / NurPhoto, Getty Images The Department of Justice is looking into whether Tesla committed securities and wire fraud around its self-driving vehicle claims, Reuters reports today, citing three sources familiar with the matter.The investigation, which was first reported in October 2022 but has been going on since at least late 2021, involves federal prosecutors in Washington and San Francisco who are examining whether Tesla executives misled consumers, investors, and regulators by making unsupported claims about its autonomous capabilities. Now, it appears that investigators are zeroing in on specific charges against the company: securities and wire fraud.According to Reuters, the probe is looking into statements made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk in particular. For... Continue reading...

Farewell to a real one. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge It's versatile, doesn't weigh much, and no one else makes anything quite like it for the iPad Pro. Hopefully it's not gone for good. Continue reading...

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The latest Matter spec brings a number of improvements to the smart home standard founded by Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung. Released this week by the Connectivity Standards Alliance, Matter 1.3 brings support for more appliances, including ovens and cooktops, adds energy and water management, and introduces new features for Matter's universal casting protocol that could be a competitor to AirPlay and Google Cast.This is all great progress, but as none of the major platforms have added support for Matter 1.2 yet, who knows when they'll get around to supporting 1.3? But I digress. First, let's dig into what's new.The 1.3 update adds microwave ovens, ovens, electric cooktops, extractor hoods, and electric dryers, which join washing... Continue reading...

The 2024 iPad Air still offers a nice display, though, not as nice as the OLED display on the new iPad Pro. | Screenshot: Apple After nearly a two-year wait, Apple finally updated its iPad lineup with a thinner iPad Pro and new iPad Air. The new tablets start at $999 and $599, respectively, and both are already available for preorder ahead of their May 15th release date.These are no iterative spec updates, either. For the first time, Apple added an OLED display to the iPad Pro, along with a new M4 chip. Apple also added a 13-inch Air to the lineup, so both models are now available in 11- and 13-inch sizes. Combine that with their support for the same styli - specifically the Apple Pencil with USBC and forthcoming Apple Pencil Pro - and you now have more options to consider if you need a big tablet for work or play.Yet, while the iPad Air and iPad Pro now... Continue reading...

Solar panels point to the sky at the Weesow-Wilmersdorf solar park on May 3rd, 2024, near Grischow, Germany. | Photo by Maja Hitij / Getty Images The amount of electricity and greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants likely peaked in 2023, according to the annual global electricity review by energy think tank Ember. That means human civilization has likely passed a key turning point, according to Ember: countries will likely never generate as much electricity from fossil fuels again.A record 30 percent of electricity globally came from renewable sources of energy last year thanks primarily to growth in solar and wind power. Starting this year, pollution from the power sector is likely to start dropping, with a 2 percent drop in the amount of fossil fuel-powered electricity projected for 2024 - a decline Ember expects to speed up in the long term.A major... Continue reading...

Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Department of Justice has unsealed charges against a Russian national accused of developing and administrating LockBit ransomware. In a filing on Tuesday, the DOJ claims the 31-year-old Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev helped make LockBit one of the most prolific and destructive ransomware group[s] in the world."Khoroshev has allegedly had involvement in LockBit since it first emerged in September 2019. Over the years, LockBit ransomware attacks have claimed over 2,500 victims in at least 120 countries, with Khoroshev and other co-conspirators allegedly collecting at least $500 million in ransom payments. Image: UK National Crime Agency US and UK authorities seized LockBit's data leak site in February. LockBit... Continue reading...

Illustration: The Verge OpenAI has added a new tool to detect if an image was made with its DALL-E AI image generator, as well as new watermarking methods to more clearly flag content it generates.In a blog post, OpenAI announced that it has begun developing new provenance methods to track content and prove whether it was AI-generated. These include a new image detection classifier that uses AI to determine whether the photo was AI-generated, as well as a tamper-resistant watermark that can tag content like audio with invisible signals.The classifier predicts the likelihood that a picture was created by DALL-E 3. OpenAI claims the classifier works even if the image is cropped or compressed or the saturation is changed. While the tool can detect if images... Continue reading...

EMBARGO: June 15, 2021, 10:30am ET | Image: Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge Elon Musk doesn't like lidar, the laser sensor that powers many companies' self-driving ambitions. He previously called it a crutch" and said any company that relies on lidar for its autonomous capabilities was doomed."Well, apparently Tesla is stocking up on crutches.In its quarterly earnings report released today, Orlando-based lidar manufacturer Luminar disclosed that Tesla was its largest LiDAR customer in Q1," comprising more than 10 percent of the company's revenue for the quarter. That translates to around $2.1 million worth of lidar, based on Luminar's $21 million in revenue for the quarter.Tesla is stocking up on crutchesIn fact, Tesla bought so much lidar from Luminar, it helped offset a quarter-over-quarter drop in... Continue reading...

Image: iFixit The first laptop with LPCAMM2 memory is finally here. The folks at iFixit got their hands on the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 (Gen 7), which uses LPDDR5X memory in an LPCAMM2 module that you can upgrade or replace by simply unscrewing from the laptop's motherboard.That's a major change from existing LPDDR memory in most modern laptops. This type of memory is typically soldered onto the motherboard, making it much more difficult to upgrade. LPCAMM2 - or Low-Power Compression-Attached Memory Module - offers modularity without losing the power efficiency of LPDDR.Traditional DDR RAM uses SODIMM sticks that slot into the motherboard, much like on desktop PCs. As pointed out by iFixit, LPDDR is much more power-efficient, but it needs to be soldered... Continue reading...

Image: The Verge The most important upcoming hardware product for Sonos is undoubtedly its long-anticipated Sonos Ace headphones. They will mark the company's debut in a massive (and highly competitive) new category. But spring and summer are always the seasons of new portable speakers, and Sonos hasn't forgotten about that part of its business.The company has been developing a sequel to the Sonos Roam, the tiny portable speaker it released three years ago. I've obtained images of a prerelease Sonos Roam 2 and can share a little more about the differences between it and the original model, which has been criticized by some owners for unreliable battery performance and other issues.In terms of design, the Roam 2 is basically a carbon copy of the... Continue reading...

Say goodbye to your physical SIM card. | Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge If you've purchased an iPhone 14 or 15 series phone in the US - or one of the latest iPads - you'll notice it's missing one key feature: a SIM tray. That's because Apple's gone all in on eSIM, which is a digital version of the tiny card that allows you to use your wireless provider's network.There's good news and bad news here. If you're switching from an older iPhone, activating an eSIM on your new iPhone is incredibly easy. If you're switching from an Android phone to an iPhone 14, well, it's less straightforward.Whichever path you need to take, we've got some guidance for you.iPhone with physical SIM to iPhone 14 or 15To switch from an iPhone with a physical SIM card to an eSIM iPhone, follow these steps:

Image: Amazon Amazon is deploying 50 battery-electric heavy-duty trucks in California, which it claims is the largest such fleet in the country. The company says the new trucks represent an important step in its mission to eliminate pollution from its global operations - even as its carbon emissions have spiked in recent years.Amazon says the trucks will be integrated into first-mile operations, in which goods are moved from container ships at the ports to fulfillment centers, as well as middle-mile operations, in which packages are transported from fulfillment centers to delivery centers. From there, the packages will be loaded into Amazon's last-mile fleet, a portion of which are electric delivery vans produced by Rivian. The... Continue reading...

Not a SIM tray in sight on the new iPad Pro. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge Apple giveth OLED screens, and Apple taketh away... SIM cards. As spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple has removed the physical SIM slot on the cellular versions of the new iPad Air and iPad Pro models. First the iPhone, now the iPad - Apple is all in on an eSIM future, it seems.The iPhone 14 was the first model to lose the SIM slot, but only in the US - versions sold in other countries still include a physical SIM tray. That doesn't seem to be the case with the new iPad Air and iPad Pro; Apple's UK and Canadian retail sites state that the new models use eSIM and are not compatible with physical SIM cards."eSIM has been catching on in popularity over the past few years. Most smartphone flagships support the technology, but only Apple has taken... Continue reading...