For months we’ve speculated on the launch window for AMD’s next-gen CPU platform, and now we have a date. The company has posted an online registration portal for an August 5th (Taipei time) “Meet The Experts” event. The topic of discussion will be the new flagship X670 motherboards from AMD’s partners. However, even though it’s
Read MoreBloomberg: Sony beats estimates with Q1 operating profit of $2.3B, PS5 sales of 2.4M, up from 2.3M YoY, cuts profit outlook from $8.7B to $8.3B for FY ending March 2023 — Sony Group Corp. cut its profit outlook as its PlayStation division faltered and game sales slumped.
Read MoreAffleck at the premiere of Batman v Superman. | Photo by Hector Vivas/LatinContent via Getty Images Ben Affleck is reprising his role as Batman in the forthcoming Aquaman sequel, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. His return was announced by the film’s star Jason Momoa in an Instagram post, featuring a selfie of the two actors.
Read MoreHundreds of people flocked to Apple’s new store in Knightsbridge on Thursday afternoon for the store’s opening.
Read MoreSamsung is still better known for its smartphones than its true wireless earbuds, but its increasingly popular Galaxy Buds range has continued to grow since the first pair arrived in 2019. Now, we are close to the release of the latest “Pro” model, which should bring a number of improvements and new features over the
Read MoreArtist’s depiction. Colored light trails sold separately. Living room decor will not transform to match image It’s the PC vs. Mac war all over again, but this time it’s Meta vs. Apple. At least, that’s what’s about to unfold according to Mark Zuckerberg. In a recent all-hands meeting, the Meta CEO stated the coming battle
Read MoreBack in January EVGA showed off a concept ATX chassis it was working on named the E1. It’s a pretty unique design, to say the least. It uses a carbon fiber frame that “hangs” the motherboard inside of it like an insect caught in a web. This makes it unlike other “open air” case designs,
Read MoreWhen Johnny Cash wrote “Ring of Fire”, he was talking about love. But when an unnamed follower of [TheBackyardScientist] took it literally and suggested making actual rings of fire — underwater — they rose to the challenge as you can see in the video below the break. Of course there are several ingredients to underwater
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony has cut its annual profit outlook, warning of weaker PlayStation game sales. The forecast comes as Sony revealed it shipped 2.4 million PlayStation 5 consoles in its recent quarter, up only 4 percent from the 2.3 million shipped during the same period last year. PS5 lifetime shipments
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority We generally have different habits when it comes to charging our smartphones, as some prefer overnight charging while others prefer charging when the phone is completely dead. But what about charging a wearable device? Well, we wondered when you charged your fitness tracker or smartwatch; asking this question in
Read MoreApple’s latest iOS 16 beta includes a new type of wallpaper with multi-layered vectors and a sleep mode, a clear indication they are being prepared for an always-on display.
Read MoreNathan Grayson / Washington Post: As inflation rises and the economy contracts, some US Twitch streamers are losing promotional deals, forcing them to rely on meager ad earnings from the service — Khairi Harris, who goes by the handle “KDotDaGawd” on Twitch, is hanging onto his career as a full-time streamer by a thread.
Read MoreThe Z Flip 4. | Image: Evan Blass / 91 Mobiles We’re still over a week away from the official launch of Samsung’s latest foldables — the Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 — so naturally it’s time for the devices’ designs to leak in full online. Leaker Evan Blass has published a bevy
Read MorePhoto by Sean Hollister / The Verge 160-plus hours into Elden Ring, I’m sure of one thing: the single most annoying thing about my Steam Deck is its whiny fan. And now, I’m so happy to report there’s a way to fix it. It takes roughly 15 minutes and $30 — depending on where you
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung has introduced a new Repair Mode for Galaxy phones. It will restrict access to your phone’s personal data while it’s out for repairs. The feature will first roll out in South Korea on the Samsung Galaxy S21 series. Samsung is adding a new Repair Mode to Galaxy phones
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The first Pixel 6a update is out. It brings the August security patch to the phone ahead of all other Pixels. Google is updating the Pixel 6a just as it’s reaching the hands of customers. The OTA update includes the August 2022 security patch, which is a first for
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Battle-royale game BGMI, with 16.5M MAUs in India, delisted from iOS and Android app stores after Indian government ban, two years after a ban of Krafton’s PUBG — Google has pulled the popular battle royale game Battlegrounds Mobile India, more popularly known as BGMI …
Read MorePete Schroeder / Reuters: US banking regulators order Voyager Digital to cease and desist from making “false and misleading” claims that its customers’ funds were insured by the FDIC — U.S. banking regulators have ordered crypto firm Voyager Digital to cease and desist from making “false and misleading” …
Read MoreThe Commodore 64 was a revolutionary computer for its day and age. After four decades, though, it gets harder and harder to use these computers for anything more than educational or hobby electronics projects. [Gregory Nacu] is fiercly determined to challenge this idea, though, and has gone to great extremes to make this hardware still
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: Snap announces Sounds Creator Fund to provide monthly grants of up to $100K to artists who are distributing music on Snapchat via DistroKid, starting in August — Snap has announced the Snapchat Sounds Creator Fund: Its first fund designed to support emerging and independent artists who distribute their music on the
Read MoreWe think of data storage as a modern problem, but even ancient civilizations kept records. While much of the world used stone tablets or other media that didn’t survive the centuries, the Incas used something called quipu which encoded numeric data in strings using knots. Now the ancient system of recording numbers has inspired a
Read MoreApple is now offering configurations of its iPhone 12 mini through its Certified Refurbished Store.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge People frequently express their amazement that Twitter is free, but for some people, it isn’t — Twitter Blue launched last year in several countries, tacking on a few extra features for anyone willing to pay $2.99 per month. Today the service told subscribers it’s increasing the price (via
Read MoreThe company’s really pushing Shorts right now. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is trying to make it even easier for creators to turn their longer videos into Shorts formatted for the platform’s TikTok competitor, by adding a new “Edit into a Short” tool to its iOS and Android app. It’ll let
Read MoreRichard Lawler / The Verge: In an email to Twitter Blue subscribers, Twitter says it’s raising the price of the service; in the US the price will jump from $2.99 to $4.99 per month — Who would pay for Twitter? — People frequently express their amazement that Twitter is free, but for some people, it
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