Apple Corporate Treasurer Gary Wipfler is now leaving the company, according to sources familiar with the matter. Wipfler, who is 62 years old, worked for Apple for more than 35 years and was responsible for managing the company’s $194 billion in cash. more… The post Apple Treasurer Gary Wipfler reportedly retires after 35 years appeared
Read MoreAmazon has settled a dispute with two workers that the National Labor Relations Board said were fired for their activism. In April 2020, the company fired Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa after they had organized a protest against Amazon’s work with oil and gas companies, as well as raising concerns with the company’s coronavirus measures
Read MoreThe Verge: Facebook shares its internal research about Instagram’s impact on teen mental health reported on by WSJ, with annotations for context — The company shared the PDFs Wednesday night — Facebook has shared the internal research about the impact of Instagram on teenage mental well-being reported …
Read MoreWhat you need to know iFixit has posted its teardown video of the new iPad mini. The video takes a deep dive into the “jelly scroll” issue with the display of the new mini. The iPad mini got a 3 out of 10 repairability score. iFixit has a lot to say about “jelly scrolling.” iFixit
Read MoreOne of the new features of the iPhone 13 Pro is the addition of a new Macro mode for capturing very close-up photos and videos with the camera. While most users have been using the new mode to capture details of nature, Doctor Tommy Korn has discovered that the iPhone 13 Pro’s Macro camera can
Read MoreImagine you’re sending a piece of hardware to space on a satellite. Unless you’re buddy-buddy with NASA, it’s pretty unlikely you’ll ever be able to head up there and fix something if it goes wrong once it’s launched. Robust design is key, so that even in the event of a failure in one component, the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Several Chinese companies have filed a class-action complaint against Amazon for banning them from the Amazon marketplace over their use of paid reviews, a new complaint filed on September 13th claims. In the last year, Amazon has cracked down on companies soliciting paid reviews on its platform, claiming
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: ViacomCBS-owned Pluto TV will pay $3.5M to settle an FCC investigation that found the video streaming service violated closed captioning rules — According to the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, in addition to paying the civil penalty, Pluto TV agreed to enter into a compliance plan to ensure …
Read MoreWhat you need to know More talent has signed on to star in the upcoming Apple TV+ film “The Greatest Beer Run Ever.” Jake Picking, Will Ropp, Archie Renaux, and Kyle Allen have all signed on to star. The film also stars Zac Efron and Russell Crowe. The greatest movie has added four new cast
Read MoreApple announced a major upgrade to Siri this year with iOS 15, which is now able to process on-device requests without an internet connection. However, it seems that Apple’s virtual assistant has also lost some functionality, as users have been complaining about Siri no longer being able to send emails or check call history. more…
Read MoreBloomberg: Employees at 11 video game companies say their teams had a 4K Switch dev kit, despite sources saying a 4K Nintendo console won’t go on sale until late 2022 — At least 11 companies, including Zynga, have tools from Nintendo to make 4K Switch games. — Many people were surprised to learn …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Jon Stewart took to Twitter to dunk on Apple TV+ a day before his new series premieres on the streaming service. “The Problem with Jon Stewart” will premiere on Apple TV+ on Thursday, September 30, 2021. It’s John Oliver and HBO all over again. Jon Stewart’s first motion as the
Read MoreToday you can save over $400 on a gaming desktop from Dell that comes equipped with an Intel Core i5 processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card. This makes the system well suited for gaming at 1080p and 2K resolutions. Dell XPS 8940 SE Intel Core i5-11400 Gaming Desktop w/ Nvidia GeForce RTX
Read MoreGame developers are reportedly making titles for this yet-unannounced revision. What you need to know Rumors continue to circulate regarding a potential 4K-capable Nintendo Switch. Bloomberg reports that Nintendo asked some third-party game developers to make 4K games. Bloomberg spoke with sources across 11 different teams that have access to 4K Nintendo Switch dev kits.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok has agreed to settle a lawsuit with Bev Standing, the voice actress who said she was behind the app’s original text-to-speech voice. Standing sued TikTok in May, saying that the app was using her voice without permission. A robotic version of what sounded like Standing’s voice had
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple is warning developers of upcoming regulatory changes in India. The changes could impact the processing of auto-renewable subscriptions. Specifically, there are new requirements for auto-renewable subscriptions with debit and credit cards. Make sure you are prepared so you don’t lose customers! There are some changes coming to the App
Read MoreNetflix has bought video game creator Night School Studio and rolled out five mobile gaming titles in select European markets, the company said on Tuesday, as it looks to diversify revenue sources amid intensifying competition in the streaming space. Night School Studio, the company’s first gaming studio purchase, is best known for its debut game,
Read MoreJennifer Lynch / Electronic Frontier Foundation: Ninth Circuit court confirms police need a warrant before opening people’s email attachments, even if containing potentially illegal content such as CSAM — In a powerful new ruling for digital privacy rights, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed that the police need to get a warrant …
Read MorePhoto by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Don’t get me wrong; we’re excited about Nintendo’s new OLED Switch — the number of preorders in The Verge newsroom confirms it. But what about the more powerful Switch that so many of us thought was around the corner? A new Bloomberg report suggests that the global chip
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has shared a sneak peek of “The Problem with Jon Stewart.” The new talk show will premiere on Apple TV+ on Thursday, September 30, 2021. Get a quick look at what to expect from the new series. Ahead of its Thursday debut, Apple TV+ has shared a quick look
Read MorePhoto by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Virgin Galactic is cleared to resume flights of its SpaceShipTwo space plane, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday, after capping a safety investigation into issues that came up during the company’s July flight carrying its founder Richard Branson. During that mission, SpaceShipTwo strayed from its designated
Read MoreAna Diaz / Polygon: Twitch rolls out the option for streamers to require phone and email-verified accounts in chat, as part of the company’s effort to reduce targeted harassment — Curbing harassment continues to be a “top priority” for Twitch — After an upswell in targeted harassment on the streaming platform Twitch …
Read MoreWith its copious number of GPIO pins and native USB, the Raspberry Pi Pico is arguably the ideal microcontroller for developing your own platform agnostic USB Human Input Devices. But you don’t have to take our word for it. Check out how quickly the $4 USD board allowed [Alberto Nunez] to put together a pair
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitch is adding new tools in the fight against harassment on the platform. Twitch announced it will be adding phone verification chat controls that will allow streamers to require a viewer to have a verified phone number in order to chat. Additionally, Twitch is tweaking the existing email
Read MoreA new version of the excellent Nest Hello video doorbell (pictured) will arrive in 2022. | Photo by Florence Ion for The Verge Google is working on a successor to the excellent Nest Hello doorbell, which it recently rebranded the Nest Doorbell (wired). The new Nest Doorbell will support 24/7 recording, will work with the
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