Robotic pets are sci-fi material, and [Kevin McAleer] from [Kev’s Robots] is moving us all ever so closer towards a brighter, happier, more robotic future. One of his latest robot builds, PicoCat, is a robot cat with servo-driven paws. It follows in the footsteps of the OpenCat project made by Dr. Rongzhong Li back in
Read MoreImage: Mishaal Rahman Google seems to be working on bringing Wallet back in some form after it made the app part of Google Pay (via Android Police). According to Mishaal Rahman, the company is creating a Wallet interface for Google Play Services that will act as a way to access and manage your payment and
Read MoreThe creative yet challenging games in this handheld console will help you pass the time—if you can get your hands on one.
Read MoreSo we’re two plus years into the pandemic at this point. Are you still working from home in the most comfortable clothes ever sewn? We figure that of the lot of you who said goodbye to that drab, tiled carpet in 2020, most have probably heard rumblings about returning to the office. And probably a
Read MorePhoto by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images American Bridge, a Democratic super PAC, is jumping into the 2022 midterm elections with an eight-figure paid media program that includes big investments in podcast and influencer media to brandish support for President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. American Bridge’s six-figure influencer program runs paid digital ads behind
Read MoreNot only is TikTok one of the most popular apps in terms of users and downloads, but it’s also the app that people are spending the most time on. Thanks to an infinite scrolling feed of algorithmically determined content based on your likes and viewing time, TikTok users easily spend an average of 68 minutes
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In a new update, Telegram announced it’s letting users set any sound as their notification tone. You can use short audio files uploaded from your phone and save voice messages as notification tones from a chat. Telegram says it currently supports audio files and voice messages under 300KB
Read MoreSony PlayStation 5 restocks are still trickling in. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge It’s time for another chance to buy the most sought-after console currently on the market: Sony’s PlayStation 5. Walmart once again has a restock of PS5 consoles coming up for Walmart Plus subscribers. The members-only drop is scheduled for
Read MoreGo back to a previous version of your document and prevent yourself from stressing over a major mistake. Have you ever worked on a document and made too many changes? Have you had that moment of panic where you start feverishly mashing the undo button, desperately trying to get back to the older version of
Read MoreThe game will be included with a Netflix subscription. | Image: Netflix Netflix is expanding its work in gaming by partnering with the makers of the silly card game Exploding Kittens on a mobile title and a TV series based on the popular franchise. Exploding Kittens — The Game, described as “an exclusive version of
Read MoreIf you have an iPhone that supports wireless or Qi charging (iPhone 8 or newer), you might consider one of these wireless iPhone charging pads to go along with it. Wireless charging offers the convenience of just setting your iPhone down to charge without having to fumble with a Lightning cable. While the iPhone 8
Read MoreParcast Union Unionized workers at Parcast, a podcast production company owned by Spotify, shared details of their new three-year employment contract today. The contract covers workplace issues like pay, diversity, healthcare, severance, and more. It’s rare for a tech company to have one union, let alone three, as is the case with Spotify. The Parcast
Read MoreJoin us on Wednesday, April 20 at noon Pacific for the Movie Prop Electronics Hack Chat with Ben Eadie! It wasn’t too long after the invention of cinema that the need for special effects became apparent. If you want to tell stories, especially the science fiction type of story, you need to build a plausible
Read MoreRobot vacuums have come a long way in the last decade. From frequent furniture bumping and erratic cleaning patterns to automatic object detection and self-emptying dust bins, we’ve slowly seen them become more worthy of the “robot” moniker. But while full autonomy is still a ways off, the latest Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra is as
Read MoreBen Thompson / Stratechery: To unlock its vast potential, Twitter should go private and split into two: one company to manage the social graph and the other its apps and ad business — Elon Musk wrote in a letter to Twitter’s board: … The vast majority of commentary about the Musk-Twitter saga has focused …
Read MoreNick Kostov / Wall Street Journal: French music streaming service Deezer will go public through a SPAC merger at a €1.05B valuation and says it had 9.6M subscribers and €400M in revenue in 2021 — French music streaming service is merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, aiming to go public
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Panic’s Playdate, its quirky Game Boy-like handheld with a crank, will finally begin shipping today, April 18th, the company announced. “The first Playdate systems for customers in Group One will be shipped out gradually today and in the coming weeks,” Panic said in a press release. “Panic will
Read MoreHaving issues with your AirPods Max? A factory reset may be what you need. When Apple debuted the AirPods Max, they quickly became the favorite noise-canceling headphones for many people, myself included. The headphones feel incredibly premium (they better, for that price point) and comfortable, and they have an incredible sound stage with high-fidelity audio
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s AirDrop is a hugely convenient feature for transferring photos, videos, documents, and other files between the company’s devices, including iPhones, iPads, and Macs. You can easily send something to a friend — or use AirDrop as a handy way of transferring files between your own products.
Read MoreA proper gun safe should be difficult to open, but critically, allow instant access by the authorized party.[Dr. Gerg] got a SnapSafe and discovered that, while it was quite easy to use, it would also lock the owner out easily whenever the batteries would run out. Meant to be used with four AAA batteries and
Read MoreWhat you need to know “It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown” is now streaming on Apple TV+. The new Peanuts special tells a story about environmentalism to celebrate Earth Day. Apple TV+ has released a new lyric video featuring music from Ben Folds. Watch the new lyric video from “It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown.”
Read MoreThe HP Chromebook x2 11 tablet comes with its keyboard and pen in the box. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Almost anything becomes a little more appealing once the price goes down. Take HP’s Chromebook x2 11 tablet, for example. It’s currently selling for $299.99 at Best Buy, a price cut that’s
Read MoreDo you know how many USB charging standards are out there? The answer is too many. Even worse is that it’s often tough to tell which standards your charger supports. It might boast solid speeds, but only for a select set of devices. Now, Baseus is ready to make life easier with its ultra-compact Super
Read MoreThe field of space vehicle design is obsessed with efficiency by necessity. The cost to do anything in space is astronomical, and also heavily tied to launch weight. Thus, any technology or technique that can bring those figures down is prime for exploitation. In recent years, mercury thrusters promised to be one such technology. The
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