Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge When Google announced its new Pixel 7 and 7 Pro smartphones, it promoted a feature called Clear Calling that would improve audio on hard-to-hear phone calls. The feature wasn’t ready when the phones went on sale, but in December 2022, Google made it available for its two latest
Read MoreIf decades of cheesy sci-fi and pop culture have taught us anything, it’s that radiation is a universally bad thing that invariably causes the genetic mutations that gifted us with everything from Godzilla to Blinky the Three-Eyed Fish. There’s a kernel of truth there, of course. One only needs to look at pictures of what
Read More(Image: CHUTTERSNAP/Unsplash)California seems to be taking its role at the forefront of US electric vehicle adoption seriously. According to a new report, zero-emission vehicles made up nearly 19 percent of new car sales that occurred within California in 2022. Each quarter, the California Energy Commission (CEC) calculates how many zero-emission vehicles have been sold in
Read MoreIsaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post: Google plans to end a pilot program to let political campaigns evade its email spam filters and says in a filing the RNC did not join the pilot before midterms — The technology giant introduced the exemption after the GOP blamed Gmail spam filters for the party’s poor fundraising performance
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A rumor suggests that all models of the Galaxy S23 will have a brightness of 1750 nits. This would be a bump up for the base model. If you liked the Samsung Galaxy S22, but thought the screen could be brighter, you may get your wish in the next
Read MoreAn unknown AirTag was discovered under the hood of an NYPD car and nobody knows why it was there.
Read MoreNikkei Asia: Taiwan’s Foxconn and Apple suppliers Pegatron, Quanta, and Compal plan to grow their manufacturing presence in Mexico in 2023 to diversify from China — Supply chain shifts westward thanks to U.S. policy and client requests — TAIPEI — Taiwanese tech suppliers are increasing …
Read MoreReviews have gone live for Apple’s newest MacBook Pro with updated M2 silicon. As expected, the new machines are ravaging benchmarks across the board compared with their M1 predecessors. What’s even more impressive is Apple has seemingly made huge gains in efficiency as well. Our colleagues at PCMag took the 16-inch Pro with the M1
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google’s phones have long stood out thanks to their unique camera experiences and impressive image quality. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 range upped the ante in this regard thanks to a relatively large 50MP main camera, impressive periscope lens on the Pro models, and a host of neat
Read MoreJacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: QuickNode, which offers blockchain deployment tools used by Twitter, OpenSea, Coinbase, Adobe, and others, raised a $60M Series B at an $800M valuation — QuickNode, a blockchain deployment platform, has raised $60 million in a Series B round for an $800 million valuation …
Read MoreBrian Tyree Henry has been awarded a surprise nomination for best-supporting actor for his role in Causeway alongside Jennifer Lawrence on Apple TV Plus.
Read MoreBill Toulas / BleepingComputer: LastPass parent GoTo confirms hackers stole encrypted backups, an encryption key for some data, billing info, and more, in a breach first disclosed last year — GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) is warning customers that threat actors who breached its development environment in November 2022 stole …
Read MoreIn a surprising about-face, AMD will be offering its upcoming X3D Ryzen CPUs “unlocked” to allow for overclocking. This is a complete and welcome reversal from the situation with its previous X3D CPU, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. That chip didn’t allow for any overclocking whatsoever. Zen 4 with V-Cache will be the first AMD CPUs
Read MoreThe flat monthly $5 fee for RxPass doesn’t increase even if users need multiple prescription medications each month. | Image: Amazon Amazon is launching RxPass in the US, a new drug subscription exclusive to Prime members that charges users a $5 monthly fee to ship eligible prescription medications to their doorstep. Announced on Tuesday in
Read MoreCredit: David Imel / Android Authority You’d be forgiven for thinking that smartphones look the same these days. After all, so many devices use a combo of glass or plastic backs, feature punch-hole cutouts, and offer triple or quad rear camera setups. Nevertheless, one thing smartphone brands can’t seem to agree on is the placement
Read MoreJoseph Menn / Washington Post: A second Twitter whistleblower told the FTC and Congress last year that engineers can access “GodMode” and tweet from any account, supporting Mudge’s complaint — Too many people can still access a program that lets them tweet under any account, he says in a complaint
Read MoreBerber Jin / Wall Street Journal: New York-based VC firm Thrive sells a 3.3% stake for ~$175M to Disney CEO Robert Iger and others, valuing Thrive at $5.3B, a rare move to expand its reach — Group of five investors is paying about $175 million for 3.3% of venture firm — Venture firm Thrive Capital
Read MoreNew York Times: A look at Sam Bankman-Fried’s $400M investment in obscure hedge fund Modulo, shortly before FTX collapsed; Modulo’s executives had close ties to SBF and FTX — After the collapse of FTX, prosecutors and lawyers have scrutinized its discredited founder’s huge investment in Modulo Capital.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: increased SEC scrutiny of Circle, eToro, Galaxy Digital, and other crypto companies have blocked them from going public in the US over the past year — Companies including Circle Internet Financial and eToro have failed to secure the regulator’s approval — Crypto’s Crash Has Been Swift but Largely Self-Contained.
Read MoreThe history of astronomy has been all about recognizing that our place in the universe isn’t all that special. We’ve gone from the center of all existence to just another planet orbiting an average star in one of billions and billions of galaxies. It turns out there might be something special about our galaxy, though.
Read MoreAfter seven years and 300 episodes, the podcast’s host tells WIRED about his nine favorite episodes.
Read MoreLithium sulfur batteries are often touted as the next major chemistry for electric vehicle applications, if only their cycle life wasn’t so short. But that might be changing soon, as a group of researchers at Drexel University has developed a sulfur cathode capable of more than 4000 cycles. Most research into the Li-S couple has
Read MoreCredit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority Garmin announced a new clinically-tested ECG app with FDA approval. The app will be available on the Garmin Venu 2 Plus to users in the US. With on-the-spot ECG recording capabilities, the app will help users check for signs of atrial fibrillation (aFib). Garmin is after users’ hearts with
Read MoreInstalling protected routes tends to boost local shops. But many store owners remain attached to their street parking—and fight to protect it.
Read MoreGoogle Research spinout Osmo wants to find substitutes for hard-to-source aromas. The tech could inspire new perfumes—and help combat mosquito-borne diseases.
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