Apple Watch Series 6 | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple apparently has a growing wishlist of health features for future versions of the Apple Watch, some feasible and some far-fetched. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Apple’s plans include various types of monitoring, including blood pressure, temperature, sleep, and blood sugar.
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Read MoreParamount is delaying the rest of its 2021 film slate, moving Top Gun: Maverick from its Thanksgiving weekend release date to May 27th, 2022, close to three years after it was first announced. It’s also moving Jackass Forever to release on February 4th, 2022, instead of the originally planned October 22nd, 2021, via Deadline. Additionally,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Texas is one step closer to enacting a law that would make it more difficult for social media companies to moderate political content. Both Texas’ House and Senate approved the bill earlier this week, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. The bill would make it unlawful for
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ has debuted a new behind-the-scenes video for Lisey’s Story. The new clip takes a deep dive into ‘The Fantasy of Boo’ya Moon’ in the series. Apple TV+ wants to tell you all about ‘The Fantasy of Boo’ya Moon’ in its Stephen King thriller. Apple wants to tell you
Read MoreIt hasn’t even been two months since Amazon CEO Andy Jassy took the reins from founder Jeff Bezos, but the company’s new chief executive is already facing a potential scandal. Two anonymous sources have accused Jassy of stepping in to overrule the company’s own HR department when it recommended that an executive be fired for
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ has debuted ‘You’re All I Need To Get By,’ a new music video from ‘CODA.’ The award-winning film is streaming now on Apple TV+. ‘CODA’ gets its first music video. Apple TV+ has released its first music video from ‘CODA’ to its official YouTube channel. Today, the company
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit has banned anti-vaccine and anti-mask subreddit r/NoNewNormal and has quarantined 54 other subreddits associated with COVID denial. A week ago, the company’s CEO said in a post that Reddit was meant to be a place of “open and authentic discussion and debate,” even for ideas that “question
Read MoreJoe Williams / Protocol: Sources: Andy Jassy overruled an internal recommendation to fire a top AWS executive after a probe of claims the executive made discriminatory comments in 2019 — The parameters of the case involving AWS’ Joshua Burgin are similar to other ones filed by current and former AWS executives.
Read MoreThe upheaval brought on by COVID-19 makes previous shifts seem glacial in comparison. Yet, perhaps no change was as sudden as the need to minimize human contact. Consumer and business behaviors changed virtually overnight, remote work was preferred (if not required), and digital spending became the new normal. Customers today aren’t just buying convenience goods online; they’re
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple says it has asked all of its US employees to report their vaccination status voluntarily by mid-September, but stops short of mandating COVID-19 vaccines — – Company is still stopping short of mandating Covid-19 shots — It previously ramped up an optional virus testing program
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Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is starting to roll out Super Follows, its new feature that lets users charge for subscriber-only content. Creators can set their tweets to go out to Super Followers only, and the tweets will appear in the timelines of just those subscribers. The feature, announced in February, is
Read MoreA new study finds that small groups of laypeople can match or surpass the work of professional fact checkers—and they can do it at scale.
Read MoreAfter opening applications in June, Twitter is rolling out Super Follows, its premium subscription option, starting today. The feature, first revealed in February, will allow users to subscribe to accounts they like for a monthly subscription fee in exchange for exclusive content. For creators, Super Follows are another useful tool in the emerging patchwork of
Read MoreEV startup Workhorse has been accused of touting fake preorders, accounting fraud, and hiding a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation from its investors in a new report published by short-selling research firm Fuzzy Panda. The report also contains allegations that Workhorse’s new electric vans are already breaking down for customers like Ikea. Workhorse announced just
Read MoreImage: Netflix Netflix has announced that the entirety of Seinfeld is coming to the streaming service starting on October 1st. The show hasn’t been available on a streaming service since it went of Hulu on June 23rd, according to Vulture, so there’s probably some pent-up demand. Not only will Seinfeld be available to view again,
Read MoreHere’s what Safety Mode settings look like. | Image: Twitter Twitter is launching a new feature called Safety Mode that will temporarily autoblock accounts sending harmful or abusive tweets to you. Safety Mode is launching in beta with a “small feedback group” of accounts on iOS, Android, and Twitter.com with English-language settings enabled and plans
Read MoreVildana Hajric / Bloomberg: How Ethereum’s increase in value, up 350% this year, and the rise of NFTs and DeFi have dampened enthusiasm for Bitcoin as the most essential crypto — – Ether has gained 350% this year versus Bitcoin’s 60% advance — August marked Ether’s second monthly rise and best since April
Read MoreA new video from Agility Robotics showcases an increasing familiar sight: advanced, autonomous robots performing boring warehouse tasks. It’s not the sort of video that tends to be hugely viral for a company, rather, it’s the sort of meat and potatoes proof of concept that companies like Boston Dynamics wedge between flashy videos of parkour
Read MoreThe average Hackaday reader likely knows, at least in the academic sense, what a magnetic field looks like. But as the gelatinous orbs in our skull can perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum, we have to take those textbook diagrams at face value. That is, unless you’ve got one of these nifty
Read MoreCredit: Amazon If you’re on the hunt for a new TV, you may have already noticed that 4K is everywhere. It’s becoming a standard feature, and prices have slowly started to come down. However, it can still be a challenge to decide just what you need on your next TV. We’ve done our best to
Read MoreKait Sanchez / The Verge: Twitter launches Super Follows for iOS users, allowing a select group of US test users to charge either $2.99, $4.99, or $9.99 per month for their tweets — Select users in the US can now charge for tweets — Twitter is starting to roll out Super Follows, its new feature
Read MoreControl Center has more customizations than ever before! Control Center is your one-stop-shop for quick access to dozens of the best iPhone features, like HomeKit controls, music playback, Apple TV remote, a QR scanner, and a whole lot more. For most controls, you don’t even need to open an app. You can perform actions right
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