Imagine if you had some magic glowing beads, that would emit beautiful colors without any wires tangling them up. They exist, in the form of wireless induction-powered LEDs, and [Debra] of Geek Mom Projects has been experimenting with them in a new way. The build takes the wireless LEDs and wraps each one up in
Read MoreBusiness Wire: Amazon reports Q1 revenue up 7% YoY to $116.4B, $3.8B net loss vs. $8.1B net income in Q1 2021, and AWS revenue up 37% YoY; stock down 10%+ on weak Q2 guidance — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon Prime Day, the company’s annual shopping holiday that targets subscribers to its premium shipping / entertainment package, will take place in July this year. The manufactured holiday for discount shopping has moved around a bit after Amazon delayed it to October for 2020 and then moved it
Read MoreWhat you need to know “The Year Earth Changed” is a recipient of its 15th Television Academy Honors. The award goes to programs that have “leveraged the immense power of television to fuel social change.” Of course it should be honored. It’s David Attenborough. Apple TV+ continues to rake in the awards. In a press
Read MoreAnnie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon reports Q1 advertising services revenue grew 23% YoY to $7.88B vs 8.17B est., and subscription services grew 11% to $8.4B — – Amazon on Thursday gave a revenue forecast that trailed analysts’ estimates. — Growth rates are at their slowest since the dot-com bust in 2001.
Read MoreEmployees and moderation advisers say loosening the platform’s rules would bring on an era of increased toxicity, causing users from marginalized backgrounds to flee.
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: Intel reports Q1 revenue down 7% YoY to $18.35B, vs. $18.31B est., Datacenter and AI revenue of $6B, up 22% YoY, and Client Computing revenue of $9.3B, down 13% — – Intel beat on the top and bottom lines for the first quarter but forecast weak quarterly guidance. — The company’s
Read MoreBusiness Wire: Apple reports Q2 revenue of $97.3B, up 9% YoY, $25B net income, up from $23.6B YoY, authorizes $90B share buyback, and hikes dividend by 5%; stock is up 2%+ — Revenue up 9 percent to new March quarter record — Services revenue reaches new all-time high
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ has shared a new clip from “Make or Break.” The surfing docuseries follows the stories of a group of professional surfers. It will premiere on Apple TV+ on Friday, April 29. Learn how to master the craft in this latest clip. Apple has shared a new clip from
Read MoreJesse Pound / CNBC: Robinhood reports Q1 revenue of $299M, down 43% YoY, vs. $355.8M est., net loss of $392M, MAUs of 15.9M, down from 17.7M YoY; stock drops 8%+ — Retail brokerage firm Robinhood reported a wider-than-expected loss and shrinking revenue for the first quarter, showing signs that the small-dollar trading boom …
Read MoreThe Bethesda game launcher is no more. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Bethesda.net game launcher is giving up the ghost as of May 11th, so Bethesda is allowing anyone who has purchased games on their exclusive platform to migrate their purchases to Steam. The launcher and your library will remain accessible
Read MoreA report finds evidence that Amazon and third parties use voice data from Alexa-enabled devices to serve targeted ads. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge A report released last week contends that Amazon uses voice data from its Echo devices to serve targeted ads on its own platforms and the web. The report,
Read MoreKif Leswing / CNBC: Apple Q2: $50.57B iPhone revenue, up 5.5% YoY, $10.44B Mac revenue, up 14.7%, $7.65B iPad revenue, down 1.92%, and other products revenue of $8.8B, up 12.4% — – Apple’s revenue grew nearly 9% on an annual basis in the quarter ending in March. — Apple did not provide a forecast for
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Even as it deals with continued supply constraints and consumers wary of inflation, Apple today reported the best March quarter in its history. The company tallied $97.3 billion in revenue in Q2, up 9 percent over the year-ago quarter. That amounted to a profit of $25 billion, with
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has reported another record-breaking quarter. The company posted a revenue record of $97.3 billion in the March quarter. Apple’s record-breaking quarters won’t stop. Apple has reported another record quarter. In a press release, the company announced that it has released its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ending
Read MoreSquare Enix In a candid Twitter thread, celebrated video game developer Yuji Naka revealed details about a lawsuit he filed against Square Enix and his struggle to make the ambitious but ultimately atrocious Balan Wonderworld a better game. In the thread, written in Japanese and translated by The Verge, Naka wrote that he was removed
Read MoreReuters: Apple’s Q2 Services revenue grew 17% to $19.8B and it had 825M paying subscribers globally across all services, up from 785M in Q1 — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Thursday reported record fiscal second-quarter sales and profit that beat Wall Street estimates as it managed chip shortages and consumers snapped up new iPhones.
Read MoreThe retailer’s annual sale has some good discounts, but they’re slated to expire tonight.
Read MoreKirby has been a big name for Nintendo fans for many years. The adorable pink puffball has a few adventures out on Switch including the latest: Kirby and the Forgotten Land. There are some cute ways to accessorize your Switch to match this cute and round character! Here are our favorite Kirby accessories for Switch.
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: Snap launches Lens Cloud, a free collection of backend services to help Snap AR developers build dynamic, location-based multiuser augmented reality experiences — Snap isn’t just the company behind popular social app Snapchat. It has also built a powerful augmented reality developer …
Read MoreDespite supply problems, it seems the Spark EV shall endure. | Photo by Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images General Motors has denied reports that it’s no longer providing battery replacements for the all-electric version of the Chevy Spark, according to Kevin Kelly, a spokesperson for the company. Kelly told The Verge in an email that
Read MoreA quarter of a billion years ago, rising temperatures emptied the oceans of life. The planet now faces a similar threat, but the outcome is in human hands.
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Last month, Ukraine Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov accused DJI of helping Russia to kill Ukrainian civilians in an unusual way — by allowing Russia to freely use a drone-tracking system called DJI AeroScope to target the exact location of Ukrainian drone pilots and, allegedly, kill them with
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: DJI admits that AeroScope drone tracking signals aren’t encrypted, after claiming otherwise for almost a month, letting anyone track its drones and their pilots — The packets are in the air for anyone to grab — Last month, Ukraine Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov accused DJI …
Read MoreWhat you need to know A newly leaked image confirms new details about the iPhone 14 lineup. The image shows that the new notch design might be reserved for the iPhone 14 Pro models. It also sides with rumors that Apple may drop the iPhone mini from its lineup this year. A slow death to
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