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Sources: PayPal is closing close its SF office, which housed its Xoom unit, as it evaluates its global footprint, and staff from the office will work virtually (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Sources: PayPal is closing close its SF office, which housed its Xoom unit, as it evaluates its global footprint, and staff from the office will work virtually — PayPal is shuttering its San Francisco office as it evaluates its global office footprint. — Multiple sources say the payments giant …

11 Great Deals on Monitors, Laptop Stands, and Other WFH Gear

If you’re tinkering with your work-from-home setup, these gadgets might help.

Sennheiser CX Plus True Wireless review: Reliable noise-cancelling buds

Sennheiser has been moving in a more reasonably priced direction with its CX True Wireless line for a while now, but this new entry is a bit pricier. The Sennheiser CX Plus True Wireless are almost identical to the CX True Wireless, except now these true wireless earbuds have active noise-cancelling (ANC). Is that enough

It’s Time to Nurture Your Chatbot

In 1966 at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum developed ELIZA, one of the first rudimentary chatbots. Created to simulate a conversation through basic pattern matching and substitution, ELIZA was able to follow scripts and directions in order to contextualize events. Eliza’s most famous script, DOCTOR, was able to interact with users

Microsoft says at least six Russia-aligned actors launched 237+ attacks against Ukraine between Feb. 23 and April 8, including ~40 threatening civilian welfare (Tom Burt/Microsoft On the Issues)

Tom Burt / Microsoft On the Issues: Microsoft says at least six Russia-aligned actors launched 237+ attacks against Ukraine between Feb. 23 and April 8, including ~40 threatening civilian welfare — Tom Burt – Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust — Today, we released a report detailing the relentless …

YouTube is testing ads on its short-form answer to TikTok, Shorts

Image: YouTube YouTube is starting to test advertisements on Shorts, a short-form video feature the company introduced in 2020 that’s similar to what TikTok and Instagram offer. The company is specifically experimenting with app-install ads and other promotions, Google’s chief business officer, Philipp Schindler, told investors on Tuesday. “We are experiencing a slight headwind to

Judge’s refusal to let Elon Musk out of his SEC settlement notes the limits of his right to free speech

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Twitter’s prospective new owner Elon Musk still has some restrictions on his tweets that most of us do not. They’re as a result of a 2018 settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over his infamous “funding secured” tweet about taking Tesla private. Even considering

Amazon’s Alexa can now tell you if your security camera sees a person or package

Amazon’s Alexa can now tell you when your Ring, Google Nest, or Abode camera sees a person. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Alexa has always had aspirations to be a type of digital butler, and today, it’s getting closer to that goal. Amazon’s voice assistant can now announce when there’s a

Hackaday Prize 2022: Glass Tube Solar Thermionic Converters

Typically, if you want to convert solar energy into electrical energy, you use either photovoltaic (PV) cells, or you use the sunlight to create steam to turn a turbine. Both of these methods are well-established and used regularly in both small- and grid-scale applications. However, [Nick Poole] wanted to investigate an alternative method, using thermionic

Musk’s Plan to Reveal the Twitter Algorithm Won’t Solve Anything

Simply uploading code won’t explain the platform’s inner workings—and it could introduce more serious issues.

Google may now remove search results that dox you

It’ll remove links to your address, phone number, and more. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google says it’s expanding the types of personal information that it’ll remove from search results to cover things like your physical address, phone number, and passwords. Before now, the feature mostly covered info that would let someone

Finding your shared content in macOS Monterey is easy — here’s how

The tool makes it simple to find photos, links, podcasts, and other items shared with you through Messages. Shared with You is a macOS Monterey feature that launched with iOS/iPadOS 15. As designed, it keeps track of certain attachments sent to you by people or groups through the Messages app. You can find a running

See something? Report it in Maps on iPhone to help out other drivers!

See something on the road? Make sure to report it in Apple Maps to help others. In iOS 14.5, Apple added some new features to the Maps app that make it easy to report certain incidents and events on the road, which in turn helps other drivers. With the Report an Incident feature, users of

Here’s what the updated Apple Studio Display webcam looks like

The ultrawide lens on the Studio Display might be the limiting factor in the end. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Apple’s $1,599 Studio Display arrived last month with big promises about its webcam, which features a 12-megapixel sensor, an f2.4 ultra-wide lens, and the same A13 chip running the whole thing as

Apple Studio Display review: nothing to see here

A 5K iMac’s panel, six speakers, three mics, and one terrible camera Continue reading…

2022 Hackaday Prize: Get Your Planet-Friendly Power On!

Time flies! This weekend marks the end of the first stage of the 2022 Hackaday Prize, and your chance to enter your alternative-energy projects. There are ten $500 prizes up for grabs, and there’s still time to whip up a project page over on Hackaday.io to showcase it. In this round, we’re looking for projects

Go listen to this podcast about the history of the Windows startup sound

Image: Microsoft The Windows XP startup sound is forever engrained in my mind, those tinkling chimes bringing back memories of AIM, Civilization III, and endless hours spent trying to download music through Napster and Kazaa followed by endless hours spent trying to remove the viruses I accidentally downloaded through Napster and Kazaa. The sounds of

Apple’s self-repair system revealed, likely similar to Samsung’s and Google’s

Apple is the first major company to launch its self-repair service. Customers can order parts and tools and can access manuals and instructional information. The service is launching in the US and will expand later this year. Apple has unveiled its much-anticipated self-repair program, rolling it out first to its US customers. Apple is one

New HPE offerings aim to turbocharge machine-learning implementation

HPE has released a pair of systems designed to broaden the uptake and speed deployment of machine learning among enterprises. Swarm Learning is aimed at bringing the wisdom of crowds to machine learning modeling without sacrificing security, while the Machine Learning Development System is meant to offer a one-box training solution for companies that would

Peacock is getting a new comedy series based on Pete Davidson’s life

Photo by: Rosalind O’Connor/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Saturday Night Live star and almost space tourist Pete Davidson will soon star in a Peacock series based on his own life. Called Bupkis, the half-hour comedy series is described as a “heightened, fictionalized version of Pete Davidson’s real life” that “will combine grounded storytelling with

Right-Wing Trolls Are Trying to Break Back Into Twitter

Elon Musk’s “free speech” promise is igniting an extremist revival, but the “replatforming” has only just begun.

At least two across-the-room wireless charging products coming this year

Credit: WiCharge A company called WiCharge is working with Belkin to release across-the-room wireless charging products. At least two of these products will launch in 2022. The technology uses IR beams to “beam” power straight to a device from a power node in some other location within a room. Wireless charging is great. However, is

Siri can make your life easier — here’s how to get Siri up and running!

“Hey Siri, how do I get you to work?” Here’s how to customize the digital assistant. If you have an Apple device, such as the best iPhone or iPad, then you have access to Siri, which is Apple’s digital voice assistant. Though it’s not perfect, it can be handy to have when you need to

What’s on your desk, Sean Hollister?

Between stints at Engadget, Gizmodo, and CNET, Sean Hollister became part of the small group that co-founded The Verge back in 2011. He has worn a lot of hats in the past decade: reviewing products, running the newsroom, training and editing new writers, putting spicy editorials on the site, starring in a few videos, liveblogging,

Enveil, which is working on tools that use homomorphic encryption, raises a $25M Series B led by USAA, after a $10M Series A in February 2020 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Enveil, which is working on tools that use homomorphic encryption, raises a $25M Series B led by USAA, after a $10M Series A in February 2020 — Collectively, as we mature as a digital society, many of us are getting more aware, and more wary, of how our profiles and information

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