Credit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority A new feature called Samsung RAM Plus is landing on the Galaxy A52S. The feature gives you up to 4GB of virtual memory, which could give you better performance. However, virtual memory is no substitute for physical memory, so temper your expectations. For years now, there’s been an old
Read MoreiPadOS 15 doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it’s a huge quality-of-life upgrade. Working from an iPad full-time is not a new idea. It’s been possible for years now, and with advancements in iPadOS 15, it’s about to get much easier for a lot of folks. Even if you don’t have the absolute best iPad hardware,
Read MoreMarc Ellenbogen Contributor Share on Twitter As general counsel of Foursquare, Marc Ellenbogen is responsible for guidance regarding litigation risks, corporate initiatives, risk management, equity, employment, regulatory and all other legal and compliance matters. As a parent of teenagers, I’m used to having tough, sometimes even awkward, conversations about topics that are complex but important.
Read MoreCredit: Huawei There is a new Huawei event scheduled that is very likely the global launch of the Huawei P50 series. The event happens on October 21 in Vienna. Huawei already launched the phones in China almost two months ago. In the smartphone industry, Huawei is down but certainly not out. Its roster might be
Read MoreWhatsApp said on Friday it will give its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat backups to the cloud, taking a significant step to put a lid on one of the tricky ways private communication between individuals on the app can be compromised. The Facebook-owned service has end-to-end encrypted chats between users for
Read MoreThe lawsuit accuses two anonymous users of “targeting black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist and other harassing content” in violation of its terms of service.
Read MoreCrowberry Capital, operating in Reykjavik and Copenhagen, has launched Crowberry II: a $90 million seed and early-stage fund aimed at startups in the Nordic region. A second close — bringing in an additional $40 million — is planned for July 2022. The EIF (European Investment Fund) is the lead LP on the fund, after putting
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers issued a permanent injunction in the Epic v. Apple case on Friday morning, handing a major setback to Apple’s App Store model and bringing months of bitter legal jousting to a conclusion. Under the new order, Apple is: permanently restrained and enjoined from prohibiting developers
Read MoreRussell Brandom / The Verge: Court issues permanent injunction in Epic v. Apple, ruling that Apple can’t prohibit developers from linking to external purchase options in addition to IAP — A major win for Epic Games and Fortnite — Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers issued a permanent injunction in the Epic v. Apple case …
Read More“[Apple is] permanently restrained and enjoined from prohibiting developers from including in their apps and their metadata buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms” What you need to know Epic Games has won a partial victory against Apple. A judge has ruled Apple cannot stop developers from directing
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority A judge in the Apple/Epic Games trial issued a permanent injunction against Apple today. The judge declares that Apple must allow alternative payment methods on the App Store. This is a huge win for Epic Games, but also a big threat to Google, which is facing similar charges from
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The iPhone 12 and 12 Pro launched last year with the ability to shoot video in Dolby Vision HDR — but for the most part, there hasn’t been anywhere to actually post or share those files. But now, almost a year after they were first announced (and just
Read MoreA judge this morning issued a ruling in California’s Epic v. Apple case, siding with the Fortnite maker on the topic of third-party payments. Effectively, the judge has ruled that Apple cannot prohibit developers from adding links for alternative payments beyond Apple’s App Store-based monetization. The mobile giant’s control over fees on iOS has long
Read MoreDavid Lowery’s new film puts a modern, surreal spin on a classic Arthurian tale.
Read MoreQuality sound, ANC, and transparency for less. I love listening to my favorite tunes and podcasts while I’m out and about, so I always have a pair of wireless earbuds on me. I’m also one of those people that must listen to music while working out — I need the motivation, so sweatproof headphones are
Read MoreHackaday editors Mike Szczys and Tom Nardi go over the best stories and hacks from the previous week, covering everything from sidestepping rockets to homebrew OLED displays. We’ll cover an incredible attempt to really emulate the Nintendo Game Boy, low-cost injection molding of rubbery parts, a tube full of hypersonic shockwaves, and how a hacked depth
Read MoreJust about every company is sitting on vast amounts of data, which they can use to their advantage if they can just learn how to harness it. Data is actually the fuel for machine learning models, and with the proper tools, businesses can learn to process this data and build models to help them compete
Read MorePhoto by Amanda Lopez for The Verge Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. This week on The Vergecast, Nilay and Dieter are joined by Verge managing editor Alex Cranz
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority WhatsApp has announced it will soon add support for encrypted message backups. That means users of the app can encrypt any backup messages that they send to cloud storage services. The new feature will roll out in the coming weeks to iOS and Android users of the app. WhatsApp
Read MorePhoto by Tom Warren / The Verge Customizing your iPhone’s homescreen took off last year when iOS 14 introduced widgets and the ability to hide default app icons in favor of your own cool, customized ones. But iOS 15 opens up a new dimension to homescreen customization, thanks to Focus modes — which give a
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Read MoreHello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Mary Ann took over this week’s show with Chris and Grace, which meant that our overdeveloped senses of curiosity filled up the script just fine (even on a somewhat short week). Unintentionally, today’s episode was built around
Read MoreA PoC was just published for a potentially serious flaw in the Ghostscript interpreter. Ghostscript can load Postscript, PDF, and SVG, and it has a feature from Postscript that has been a continual security issue: the %pipe% command. This command requests the interpreter to spawn a new process — It’s RCE as part of the
Read MoreTCL has confirmed it will not be launching a foldable smartphone in the near future. The company says that it will not launch that kind of phone until the price point is “accessible to as many consumers as possible.” TCL was working on a smartphone, under the code name “Project Chicago,” when the decision was
Read MoreThe three food delivery services are suing NYC for capping the amount they can collect in fees from restaurants. | Getty Images Delivery service platforms DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats are suing New York City for capping the amounts they can collect in fees from restaurants. In a complaint filed in US District Court court
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