What you need to know Apple TV+ has shared a clip from “Make or Break.” The new surfing documentary series follows the stories of a group of professional surfers. It will premiere on Apple TV+ on Friday, April 29. This one’s all about the Gabriel Medina and Italo Ferreira rivalry. Apple has shared a new
Read MoreCorin Faife / The Verge: Analysis: in the two days since Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, conservative accounts gained ~17,000 followers, and liberal accounts lost ~6,000 followers — Social media data analyzed by The Verge shows conservative accounts winning and liberals losing out — It’s not your imagination …
Read MoreGraalVM 22.1, the latest release of the Oracle-built polyglot runtime, features an early iteration of quick build mode for Native Image, the platform’s technology for ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation of Java code into a standalone executable. GraalVM 22.1 was introduced April 26. With quick build mode, the compiler works in economy mode with fewer optimizations, resulting
Read MoreIf you’re a business owner, you need to write your own book. It might be one of the most brilliant things you ever do for yourself or your business. The question is, where do you begin? Let this article serve as a guide — showing you how to go from idea to execution to published
Read MoreReuters: Pinterest reports Q1 revenue of $575M, up 18% YoY, vs. $572.5M est., 433M MAUs, down 9% YoY, global ARPU of $1.33, up 28% YoY; stock jumps 5%+ after hours — Pinterest Inc (PINS.N) topped market estimates for first-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday as the image-sharing platform benefited …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ has landed a new feature film about Michael J. Fox. The film will be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. It will take an intimate look at the life of the beloved actor. Michael J. Fox is coming to Apple TV+. Apple TV+ has landed a new feature
Read MoreNelson Wang / CoinDesk: Meta’s Reality Labs division posts a $2.96B loss in Q1 2022, up from a $1.8B loss in Q4 2021, on revenue of $695M, and says Reality Labs has ~17,000 employees — The company formerly known as Facebook also reported revenue of $695 million the quarter for the recently broken out division.
Read MoreKite Man and another Gothamite knocking back a few beers at Noonan’s. | HBO Max Between his lack of superpowers and proper fighting skills, the Kite Man of HBO Max’s Harley Quinn series is barely anyone in Gotham’s idea of a real supervillain, but that isn’t stopping him from starring in his own spinoff show.
Read MoreThis morning, we heard some news that would be exciting if true — that Belkin is working on what could be the very first consumer gadget with truly wireless charging, the kind that actually beams a small amount of power through the air and across a room. That’s what Wi-Charge founder and chief business officer
Read MoreThe midrange Edge 30 includes a Snapdragon 778 chipset and a lower price tag than the premium 30 Pro. | Image: Motorola Motorola has announced the Edge 30, a pared-down version of its pricier Edge 30 Pro, coming to Europe for €449 (about $475) before reaching other markets in Asia and the Middle East later
Read MoreBBC: Central African Republic lawmakers vote unanimously to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, the second country to use bitcoin as official currency after El Salvador — The Central African Republic (CAR) has approved Bitcoin as legal tender – just the second country to do so.
Read More91 games and counting… | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In the past year, Ubisoft has ceased online support for a list of games that has grown to 91 titles. This means that any multiplayer components associated with these games will no longer be accessible, along with any achievements or unlockables attached to
Read MoreAn Aqara smart home essential gets a battery and connectivity boost. What you need to know Aqara has launched an updated HomeKit-compatible motion sensor. The Aqara Motion Sensor P1 features a five-year battery life and Zigbee 3.0. New motion sensor is available now through Amazon in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and France. Aqara has announced
Read MoreAs one becomes more and more involved in hobbies that involve electronics of almost any kind, it becomes necessary to graduate from wall warts and USB power breakout boards and move up to something more substantial. One great way to do this is to repurpose an old computer PSU, and that’s exactly what the excellent
Read MoreSequel to the ever-popular Bose QC 35 II headphones, the Bose Quietcomfort 45 slot in alongside the company’s existing flagship Noise Cancelling Headphones 700. The newest edition to Bose’s esteemed noise-cancelling headphone lineup brings USB-C support, a new sound signature with some quirks and, well, not a whole lot else. If you plan to spend
Read MoreMeta: Meta reports Q1 revenue of $27.9B, up 7% YoY, net income of $7.5B, down 21% YoY, Family of Apps daily active people of 2.87B, up 6% YoY; stock jumps 14%+ — MENLO PARK, Calif., April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31,
Read MoreWhile CNN Plus already accelerated through the Go90 Scale of Doomed Streaming Services in record time, it has somehow managed to shave another two days off of its lifespan. Warner Bros. Discovery originally announced that the streaming video news service would close on April 30th, but Digital Trends reports that subscribers have received an email
Read MoreKif Leswing / CNBC: Qualcomm reports Q2 revenue of $11.16B, up 41% YoY, vs. $10.6B est., net income of $3.7B, up 68% YoY, and chip segment revenue of $9.55B, up 52% YoY — – Qualcomm reported second-quarter earnings Wednesday after the bell. — All four of Qualcomm’s major chip markets grew during the quarter ending
Read MoreReuters: PayPal reports Q1 revenue of $6.48B, up 8% YoY, vs. $6.6B est., net income of $1.03B, down from $1.46B YoY, Total Payment Volume of $323B, up 15% YoY — PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) lowered its full-year profit view on Wednesday, signaling that payments volumes at the company could take a hit …
Read MoreDaniel Howley / Yahoo Finance: Meta reports Q1 ad revenue of $27B vs. $27.5B est., and says it expects FY 2022 expenses between $87B and $92B, less than the previously announced $90B to $95B — Facebook parent company Meta (FB) reported its Q1 2022 earnings on Wednesday, meeting expectations for revenue, but falling short on
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple’s Self Service Repair program is now live. Customers can order manuals, parts, and tools to repair their devices. The first supported devices are the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and 3rd generation iPhone SE. Cracked your screen? There’s a store for that. Apple’s long-promised Self Service Repair program is finally
Read MorePhotography by Vjeran Pavic / Treatment by Alex Castro / The Verge Chinese drone maker DJI has confirmed to The Verge that it is halting all shipments of its products to both Russia and Ukraine and will no longer provide aftersales support because it’s worried about its products being used for combat purposes during Russia’s
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images It’s not your imagination: follower counts on Twitter really have been shifting wildly in response to news that Elon Musk had finalized a deal to acquire the platform. Data compiled by The Verge from social media statistics site Social Blade shows that in the two days
Read MoreCharacters from the first season of Star Wars Visions. | Lucasfilm/Disney Plus In addition to being an anthology, Star Wars Visions was a brilliant testament to how refreshing and exhilarating the Star Wars franchise can still be when it dares to loosen up a bit and wander off the beaten path of its core saga.
Read MoreAvatar: The Way of Water is coming to theaters in December. | Image: 20th Century Fox The first Avatar sequel will be called Avatar: The Way of Water, Disney announced Wednesday at CinemaCon, perhaps the biggest indication yet that the long–delayed movie is actually going to be released on December 16th. And we might have
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