HomePod software version 16.3 now available. Here’s what’s new
Apple has released HomePod software version 16.3, launching a number of new features for the company’s smart speaker.
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Read MoreElectric vehicles are selling fast. But unless people change how they get around, the demand for battery materials threatens its own environmental disaster.
Read MoreIllustration by Laura Normand / The Verge In testimony that was at times fiery and combative, Elon Musk came extremely close to expressing regret that Tesla investors lost money as a result of his tweets. Musk took the stand for a third day of testimony in a lawsuit brought by a class of Tesla investors
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge GoTo, the remote collaboration and IT software company that owns LastPass, has confirmed that, along with LastPass’ password vaults, it had customer data taken by attackers during a November 2022 security breach (via TechCrunch). The company, which was formerly known as LogMeIn, is updating its blog post
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Microsoft has just posted the second quarter of its 2023 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $52.7 billion in revenue and a net income of $16.4 billion during Q2. Revenue is up 2 percent, but net income has dropped by 12 percent. The results come just days after Microsoft announced 10,000
Read MoreSamar Haddad / The Verge It’s a new year, and while we may have a variety of hopes for the coming year — a cessation or at least a lessening of disease and war might top some lists — one of the things that you can be sure you’ll have to deal with are your
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft reports Q2 devices revenue down 39% YoY, Xbox hardware revenue down 13%, Xbox content and services revenue down 12%, and Windows OEM revenue down 39% — Microsoft has just posted the second quarter of its 2023 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $52.7 billion …
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: Microsoft Cloud revenue grew 22% YoY to $27.1B, including Intelligent Cloud up 18% YoY to $21.5B, which was driven by Azure and other cloud services up 31% YoY — – Microsoft’s Azure cloud growth slowed to 31%, barely beating analysts’ projections. — The software maker took …
Read MoreGoogle’s Optimize and Optimize 360 website testing and analytics tools will no longer be available after September 30, 2023. Customers’ personalizations and experiments on Optimize and Optimize 360 can continue to run until September 30, but any still active on that date will end, the company said. In a bulletin published January 20, Google said
Read MoreA see-through Steam Deck, with JSAUX’s backplate. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Silly me. I thought I was buying JSAUX’s transparent backplate for the Steam Deck for the bragging rights. Transparent gadgets are fun! But you know what’s cooler than seeing inside your Steam Deck? Having a Deck that runs cooler, too.
Read MoreThe Lightyear 2. (Image: Lightyear)Lightyear, the Dutch automaker responsible for the world’s first production solar electric vehicle, is undergoing quite a transformation. Just two months after shipping the Lightyear 0, Lightyear has announced that it’s suspending production of its flagship model to focus fully on its newest iteration, the Lightyear 2. After more than two
Read MoreEverything in Python is an object, or so the saying goes. If you want to create your own custom objects, with their own properties and methods, you use Python’s class object to make that happen. But creating classes in Python sometimes means writing loads of repetitive, boilerplate code to set up the class instance from
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google could make it easier to set up your next Android phone. Lines of code hint that Google could add Android phones to the list of devices supported by Fast Pair. Google may be planning to roll out support on the same day as the Galaxy S23 launch
Read MoreImage: Samsung Samsung’s Galaxy Book 3 will feature an OLED panel that uses on-cell technology that embeds sensors directly into the display to create a thinner and lighter touchscreen. The company’s display-making arm announced that it has started to mass-produce the technology for notebooks and says it will come with “some models” of the “next-generation
Read MoreA vintage iPhone is getting an important security update well past its “fresh by” date. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge The iPhone 5S got its last OS upgrade in 2018 with the release of iOS 12, but it’s not totally down for the count. As AppleInsider points out, the 2013-vintage device got
Read More(Image: Robina Weermeijer/Unsplash)About one in 11 Americans will experience the discomfort of a kidney stone in their lifetime. While some might think of these pesky mineral clumps as earthly inconveniences, they’re a problem up in space, too, prompting NASA to devise a treatment solution appropriate for those suffering among the stars. Their technique could be
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google’s facing a lawsuit from the US Department of Justice and eight states over its alleged monopoly on the digital advertising market. The agency accuses the company of abusing “monopoly power” at the disadvantage of websites and advertisers who use other advertising tools, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday (PDF). “Google’s
Read MoreRuth Olurounbi / Bloomberg: Research: African tech startups raised $1.55B in 71 debt deals in 2022, up from $767M in 2021, and VC funding rose 8% YoY in Africa, vs. a 35% drop globally — African startups more than doubled the amount of debt they raised last year, a surge that may continue as an
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google plans to end a controversial pilot program that allows political groups to bypass Gmail’s spam filters later this month, as first reported by The Washington Post Tuesday. Google launched the program last September in response to Republican accusations that the company’s algorithms disproportionately flag conservative fundraising emails
Read MoreBarely a week goes by without another hack blessing the RP2040 with a further interfacing superpower. This time it’s the turn of the humble PAL standard composite video interface. As many of us of at least a certain vintage will be familiar with, the Phase Alternate Line (PAL to friends) standard was used mainly in
Read MoreMicrosoft: Microsoft Q2: revenue up 2% YoY to $52.7B, net income down 12% YoY to $16.4B, Dynamics 365 revenue up 21% YoY, LinkedIn revenue up 10% YoY; stock rises 4%+ — Earnings Release FY23 Q2 Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 24, 2023 …
Read MoreSamsung is known for making some of the fastest, most reliable solid-state drives (SSDs), but owners of the company’s latest high-end drive might disagree. Some folks running the Samsung 990 Pro SSD, including yours truly, claim their drives are degrading at a vastly increased rate. This suggests the spendy new drives may not last more
Read MoreSeems like this person has everything they need for Apple’s just-launched security key support. | Image: Yubico Apple just added support for security keys to secure your Apple ID with its latest iOS and macOS updates, but to actually set up your keys with your account, you’ll need to have at least two security keys
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter should now be less annoying about pushing its “For You” algorithmic timeline. The company announced that the web version will now remember which timeline you were using last and default to it when you open it again. The feature should also be coming to iOS and Android
Read MoreFederico Viticci / MacStories: A review of Ivory, a new Mastodon iOS app from Tapbots, maker of the now-defunct Tweetbot: an inspired design, Tweetbot-like gestures, custom filters, and more — There’s an intangible, permeating quality about Tapbots apps that trascends features and specs: craftsmanship.
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