New running features won’t matter without multi-day battery. At this point, a rugged Apple Watch “Pro” has been all but officially confirmed. Not only did we start hearing whispers of this device over a year ago but also the rumor mill has been amping up as of late with new details about potential specs and
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Read MoreAnker 733 Power Bank (GaNPrime PowerCore 65W). | Image: Anker Anker just showed off a slew of new gallium nitride (GaN) chargers dubbed GaNPrime, which adopt the latest GaN 3 fast-charging tech to push up to 150 watts of power while taking up even less space than the previous generation. Anker points out that its
Read MoreThe Víctor M. Blanco 4-m Telescope and other telescopes on a mountain peak in Chile at sunset | Image: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Tafresh For decades, the standard way to search for asteroids in our Solar System has been to scan the night sky for fast-moving specks of light — but a new method of hunting for these space rocks
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Abortion rights, gun control, and climate change have taken center stage for Democrats running in this year’s midterm elections. But the popular streaming service Hulu has repeatedly rejected Democratic ads focusing on these central campaign issues over the last few weeks, as first reported by The Washington Post
Read MoreImage: Google Google Play is getting a new logo today to celebrate its 10-year anniversary. Google has slightly tweaked the overall shape of its Google Play logo, but the most notable changes are the less vibrant colors that more closely match the green, yellow, blue, and red hues that Google uses for many of its
Read MoreText or images can now be dragged between apps. | Image: Google Google is rolling out some much-needed upgrades to its Android tablet apps, the company has announced, as it attempts to make them work better on devices with larger screens. Updates are coming for apps including Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Keep, and Google’s
Read MoreJoseph Cox / VICE: Internal docs from 2017 show Roblox’s plan for China expansion: censorship compliance, expecting to be hacked and copied by partners like Tencent, and more — Filtering games. Blocking maps with Taiwan. Handling “historical facts.” Roblox was prepared to go all in on Chinese censorship …
Read MoreThe compact Apple TV 4K box and its improved Siri remote with a touch-enabled clickpad | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge It’s another week of deals here at The Verge, and we’ve got some bangers ranging from the greatest hits to some of the most fun niches. First off, the Apple TV 4K
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales If your Chromebook supports mobile connectivity, you may be able to start using it as a hotspot. The upcoming change was spotted by 9to5Google in Chromium Gerrit, the web-based code review system Google’s developers use to work on future updates. When the feature is available for testing, you will be
Read MoreJoel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: The trial of Ahmad Abouammo, once a rising star at Twitter, is underway; he is charged with spying for Saudi Arabia, outing dissidents who likely faced torture — Twitter Inc. cultivated Saudi Arabian leaders to boost the use of its platform in the Middle East.
Read MoreSome assembly required. Blue Apron’s new Ready to Cook meals mean even less effort on your part. | Image: Blue Apron Struggling meal kit company Blue Apron has launched a new line of ready-to-make meals, addressing the complaint that its home-delivered, pre-portioned recipes still require too much work to make and too much cleanup afterward.
Read MoreIntel has been trying to get its foundry services business off the ground since it launched in 2021, and today it’s reached a milestone in that effort. Intel Foundry Services has announced a new partnership with Mediatek to fab some of its future products. Mediatek has been known to previously use TSMC as its fab
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber admitted to covering up a massive cybersecurity attack that took place in October 2016, exposing the confidential data of 57 million customers and drivers, as part of a settlement with the US Department of Justice to avoid criminal prosecution. In order to not be prosecuted for the
Read MoreWhen it comes to an engineering marvel like the James Webb Space Telescope, the technology involved is so specialized that there’s precious little the average person can truly relate to. We’re talking about an infrared observatory that cost $10 billion to build and operates at a temperature of 50 K (−223 °C; −370 °F), 1.5
Read MoreThe ChronoSwoop company has appeared out of nowhere and dropped an addictive new app, with “Swoop left/Swoop right” functions.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Opinion post by Robert Triggs I’m going to miss the Google Pixel 6 Pro, I really am. On its good days during the nine months it has served as my daily driver, it’s been one of my favorite handsets of all time. But the constant issues have finally worn
Read More(Photo: Taylor R/Unsplash)An educational institution in Canada is now able to offer students a firsthand tour through video game history, thanks to the recent acquisition of a famous 14,000-title collection. The University of Toronto Mississauga was recently gifted what’s known as the Syd Bolton collection, an assemblage of thousands of video games and gaming-related magazines.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The White House wants to accelerate the development of next-generation COVID-19 vaccines, Stat News reported Monday. Ideally, future vaccines would offer longer-lasting protection against infection with and transmission of the virus, not just serious illness and death. Federal officials, researchers, and representatives from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna
Read MoreNikkei Asia: Analysis: between 2000 and June 1, 2022, Apple applied for and published 248 automobile-related patents, most related to communication and navigation — TOKYO — A joint investigation by Nikkei and a Tokyo analytics company found that Apple has jumped into automobile-related technologies …
Read MoreNFL Plus iPhone app | Image: NFL The National Football League (NFL) has finally launched its mobile streaming service, NFL Plus. The service is available in two different tiers: NFL Plus and NFL Plus Premium, for $4.99 / month ($39.99 / year) or $9.99 / month ($79.99 / year), respectively. Both NFL Plus and Premium
Read MoreCertain chips have caught up with demand, thanks to stockpiling and reduced consumer spending, but the semiconductor supply chain is still snarled up.
Read MoreCredit: Zarif Ali / Android Authority A new report claims that the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 could use three battery makers. In addition to Samsung itself, the foldable phones could have batteries made by ATL and LG. The phones are scheduled to be revealed at Samsung’s Unpacked event on August 10. As
Read MoreNvidia has been tinkering with cloud gaming longer than just about anyone, but its GeForce Now service is often overlooked in the era of Xbox Cloud Gaming and Stadia. If you’ve already got a library of games, GeForce Now could be the best way to stream them, particularly now that it supports higher frame rates
Read MoreHiring for cultural fit is critical for the long-term success of your business, and hiring remotely is even more difficult. After all, company culture defines how employees interact with each other and work together towards common goals. But what does “cultural fit” actually mean? And how can you tell if someone is an excellent cultural
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