Bloomberg is a limited edition ice cream at Mikey Likes It. | Image: Mikey Likes It Ice Cream Microsoft has teamed up with Mikey Likes It Ice Cream in New York City to give away free frozen dessert today. The collaboration marks the release of Windows 11 and part of what would normally, before the
Read MoreThe Apple Watch makes communication more convenient. Need to quickly let someone know you’re running late for a meeting, or place a quick call? The best Apple Watch enables you to stay in touch with those most important to you without reaching for your iPhone. Plus, if you plan on getting an Apple Watch Series
Read MoreAnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Visa plans to trim the fee banks pay Apple for recurring automated payments next year amid discontent in the banking industry; Apple opposes the change — Banks are nudging Visa to change the way it processes some Apple Pay transactions, according to people familiar with the matter
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Facebook has chosen to respond to whistleblower Frances Haugen in the most cowardly way possible: by hiding Mark Zuckerberg, the man ultimately responsible for Facebook’s decisions, and beginning the process of trying to smear and discredit Haugen. This is some Big
Read MoreAlex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: Online course provider Udemy files for IPO, says its revenue grew from $276.3M in 2019 to $429.9M in 2020, and H1 2021 revenue was up 24.5% YoY to $250.6M — After digging into the Rent the Runway IPO filing this morning, we’re turning to Udemy. — The Udemy offering comes in
Read MoreThe TrackingFox GPS tracker for your car is a great way to feel safe about where your vehicle is located at any given time. Sure, I wish I’d had this when my teenagers were at home! Parents have it so easy raising kids nowadays. (Just kidding!) — Don’t write in and bash me and tell
Read MoreScroll’s ad-free subscription web service is shutting down as an independent entity in “approximately” 30 days, the company announced in an email to subscribers. The service — which was purchased by Twitter earlier this year — will instead be rolled into the burgeoning Twitter Blue premium subscription as “Ad-Free Articles.” In its current form, Scroll
Read MoreNuclear explosives were first developed as weapons of war in the pitched environment of World War II. However, after the war had passed, thoughts turned to alternative uses for this new powerful technology. Scientists and engineers alike dreamed up wild schemes to dig new canals or blast humans into space with the mighty power of
Read More(Photo:Balkouras Nicos/Unsplash)If you have stock alerts turned on for the perfect 4K ultrawide monitor, don’t go refreshing your inbox. It’s not about to get any easier to find your ideal monitor or PC part in stock. Recent data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) says to expect at least four more years of increased gaming
Read MoreJosh Ye / South China Morning Post: China’s top court ruled in September that a consumer’s antitrust suit against Apple can proceed to Shanghai court, a move that some say may bring more lawsuits — Supreme People’s Court in China ruled that a lawsuit filed by a Chinese consumer against Apple’s China entity on antitrust
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: D-Wave says it aims to build a gate-model quantum computer, but will keep investing and developing the quantum annealing tech that it has pursued for 20+ years — For more than 20 years, D-Wave has been synonymous with quantum annealing. Its early bet on this technology allowed it to become …
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Read MoreLauren Feiner / CNBC: Haugen’s testimony: Facebook puts growth above public safety and must be more transparent, Section 230 reform is not enough, the buck stops at Zuckerberg, more — – Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before a Senate panel Tuesday, telling lawmakers they must intervene to solve the …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The massive outage that took down Facebook, its associated services (Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, Messenger), its platform for businesses, and the company’s own internal network all started with routine maintenance. According to infrastructure vice president Santosh Janardhan, a command issued during maintenance inadvertently caused a shutdown of the backbone
Read MoreCredit: Adam Dachis Chrome is getting more bells and whistles. They’re great for behavioral targeting and terrible for privacy — but what else is new? Gentle reader, be warned. I’m a curmudgeon about this. The features in question are two search adjuncts, both on early rollout in the developer-focused Chrome Canary browser. One is an
Read MoreApple’s recent new ranges of iPhones come equipped with innovative magnetic charging technology. MagSafe accessories can make life a lot easier for iPhone users. Here are 15 accessories that use MagSafe technology that are all now an extra 15 percent off. Get MagSafe Wireless Charging Cable + 20W Adapter for iPhone 12 for $28.04 (reg.
Read MoreStar Trek: The Original Series can be a polarizing thing within the original fandom. It’s like magnetic poles, where you always get one with the other. TOS is rightly the butt of many jokes. Even diehard fans can roast the heck out of it, and for good reasons. But there’s also a good reason that
Read MoreFaZe Clan Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff, one of the biggest streamers on Twitch, has signed a deal to continue streaming exclusively on the Amazon-owned streaming platform. The deal locks down one of Twitch’s most important creators for the foreseeable future, and it comes at a particularly important time, since Twitch lost two major streamers to YouTube
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Instagram ditches the IGTV brand and combines IGTV’s long-form videos and Instagram Feed videos into a new Instagram Video format; Reels is unaffected — Instagram head Adam Mosseri recently said was “no longer a photo-sharing app,” noting the company was prioritizing a shift …
Read MoreImage: Google Google traditionally holds an October hardware event to reveal its new Pixel phones. This year, it already announced them — here’s the Pixel 5A and the Pixel 6. But the company clearly hasn’t said everything it wants to say publicly quite yet, because it just announced a virtual event for October 19th at
Read MoreScentronix When I cook, I typically just Google a recipe or try one out on the fly. But in the future, it’s possible artificial intelligence might help me concoct a meal or assist a chef as they write their next cookbook or design a menu. In today’s Vergecast AI episode, we explore the world of
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Google announces the Pixel 6 virtual launch event will be on October 19 at 10am PT — The Pixel Fall Launch is on — Google traditionally holds an October hardware event to reveal its new Pixel phones. This year, it already announced them — here’s the Pixel 5A and the
Read MoreCredit: Google The Google Pixel 6 will launch on October 19, 2021. This is the same leaked launch date we’ve heard from multiple sources. Google will announce at least two new Pixel phones, but could also reveal more. After months of speculation and rumors, we finally have a confirmed launch date for Google’s next slate
Read MoreThe AssistiveTouch feature in watchOS 8 aims to help those with limb differences. Here’s how to get it set up. With AssistiveTouch on Apple Watch, you can control apps and navigate through menus without touching the screen. The tool uses the Apple Watch’s gyroscope, accelerometer, and optical heart rate sensor. It’s designed for people with
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro Facebook is adding co-streaming to Facebook Gaming, a useful feature the Twitch competitor has lacked since it launched in 2018. Additionally, while Twitch’s version of a co-streaming feature — “Squad Stream” — requires you to be a Twitch Partner, Facebook is making co-streaming available to everyone. “With co-streaming, we aim to
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