Bubble. | Image: Netflix In Bubble, a new anime film on Netflix, there are plenty of the typical hallmarks of a dystopic city. The movie takes place in a version of Tokyo that’s been almost entirely abandoned, and there are lots of rusted cars, crumbling buildings, and greenery reclaiming its place amongst the urban sprawl.
Read MoreFrank Konkel / Nextgov: The NSA says it has re-awarded its $10B cloud computing contract, codenamed “Wild and Stormy”, to AWS, after Microsoft contested the decision — Amazon Web Services beat out Microsoft for the contract after a bid protest battle. — The National Security Agency has re-awarded …
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Nothing has launched a public beta of Nothing Launcher. This will be the default launcher of the upcoming Nothing Phone 1. So far, the launcher doesn’t have much going on, but it gives a taste of things to come. Earlier this year, Carl Pei’s new company Nothing formally
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Read MoreYou can customize some of the data that is or isn’t stored in iCloud. Strike a balance between the hard drive and iCloud storage. If you’ve learned how to use Optimized Storage on the Mac, you know it can help reduce the amount of space that data takes up on your hard drive. However, what
Read MoreBringing a AAA gaming experience to mobile. Mobile gaming gets better and better every year. Just look back even five years ago and you’ll see that a massive shift has taken place in the mobile space, with more studios bringing larger, more high-quality experiences. There are more control options, gameplay has become more elaborate, and
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Read MoreMore choices about the ads you see. | Image: Google Google is expanding its sensitive ad categories options, letting users limit how many ads they see about dating, pregnancy, parenting, and weight loss, and making those settings apply to more places. The feature was introduced as a way to let people see fewer ads on
Read MoreFrom extra game storage to a fancy new 120 Hz TV, here are our favorite WIRED-tested complements to your PS5.
Read MoreLauren Feiner / CNBC: Twitter reports Q1 revenue of $1.2B, up 16% YoY but below estimates, and $513M net income; mDAUs reached 229M; Twitter will offer no guidance pending Musk’s bid — – Twitter reported earnings for the first quarter of 2022. — It could be one of its last as a public company …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The rapid rise of the Twitter account Accidentally Based surprised even the person who created it. One of many so-called gimmick accounts, Accidentally Based was started as a left-wing response to conservative meme accounts that the creator noticed tended to grow quickly. Just a month after making Accidentally
Read MoreMitchell Clark / The Verge: Google expands its sensitive ad categories, letting users limit ads for dating, parenting, weight loss, and more across its Display network, not just YouTube — The company is adding to its sensitive ad categories — Google is expanding its sensitive ad categories options …
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Twitter overstated the number of daily users on its service for three years straight, overcounting by up to 1.9 million users each quarter. The error was due to Twitter inadvertently counting multiple accounts as active when they were all tied to a single user, even if they weren’t
Read MoreJacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Twitter says it overstated DAUs from Q1 2019 to Q4 2021 by up to 1.9M per quarter because it counted multiple accounts owned by one user — How did this happen twice? — Twitter overstated the number of daily users on its service for three years straight, overcounting by up
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Read MoreYou just lost your AirTag, now what? Just put it into Lost Mode so someone can contact you when they find it! Though it took years of rumors, Apple launched AirTag in 2021. AirTag is Apple’s first entry into the item tracker market, which had already been established by competitors like Tile and Chipolo. But
Read MoreApplied VR Virtual reality company AppliedVR is taking an innovative approach to a new trial for its chronic pain treatment. Rather than try to find a group of people with chronic back pain to sign up for the trial and not get the treatment, they’ll pull data from an existing database of chronic pain patients
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In a new blog post, the developers behind Call of Duty’s Ricochet anti-cheat system have outlined a new “cloaking” measure which makes legitimate players invisible to cheaters. It effectively makes it impossible for cheaters to be competitive during a match, regardless of any illicit software they might be
Read MoreMegha Paul / Tech.eu: German soccer media service OneFootball, which has 100M+ MAUs, raises a $300M Series D and says it plans to expand into blockchain-based experiences — The fundraise underpins the Berlin-based platform’s commitment to real-world fans, taking millions of football supporters from Web2 to Web3
Read MoreGood morning! A hot-baked croissant was a great way to start the day. (Why don’t I live in France?) Samsung’s foldable dreams
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has reportedly contacted advertising agencies to reassure them that Elon Musk’s plans for the platform won’t make it an inhospitable place for brands. Musk has promised that under his watch, Twitter will take a maximalist approach to “free speech” — perhaps only removing content that is actively
Read MoreJavier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: the EU will file antitrust charges against Apple next week for allegedly blocking third-parties from using NFC for Apple Pay — EU will accuse the tech giant of blocking financial groups from its Apple Pay mobile system — Apple is set to face fresh antitrust charges …
Read MoreThe JavaScript language specification, also known as ECMAScript or ES, is a living document, modified every year in response to evolving needs. While JavaScript started as a scripting language, the ECMAScript specification overview notes that the language “is now used for the full spectrum of programming tasks in many different environments and scales.” Because of this,
Read MoreWhile still the industry’s leading Java distribution, Oracle Java’s popularity is half what it was just two years ago, according to a report from application monitoring company New Relic. The finding was included the company’s 2022 State of the Java Ecosystem report, released April 26, which is based on data culled from millions of applications
Read MoreAzure Functions is the serverless compute offering in the Microsoft Azure cloud. Essentially, “serverless” means you don’t even need a virtual machine to run an Azure Function. Azure Functions are just an implementation of platform as a service (PaaS), one that is based on an event-driven programming model. This article presents an introduction to Azure
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