NASA needs your help. The next time you settle in for a Netflix binge, you might instead consider joining the newly expanded Exoplanet Watch. It gives you access to the data and tools used by NASA scientists to hunt exoplanets. It’s an involved project that requires a little bit of homework, but you could end
Read MoreNetflix has a new interface on the iPhone — and it’s so much better it’s difficult to know where to start.
Read MoreEmma Roth / The Verge: Twitter says it’s enforcing “long-standing third-party API rules” that “may result in some apps not working” but does not specify the rules allegedly broken — Twitter confirmed that it’s purposefully blocking third-party apps like Tweetbot and Twitterific following days of silence.
Read MoreGoogle is now allowing users to switch their Stadia controllers to Bluetooth. Once enabled, the controller will start using Bluetooth Low Energy connections. The update will only stay available until December 31, 2023. Google revealed that at some point this week it was going to allow Stadia controller owners to enable Bluetooth, allowing the controller
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Discord acquires Gas, a poll-based app with 1M+ DAUs that’s popular among teens for helping them share compliments with each other — Discord has acquired the Gas social app. The poll-based app has become popular among teens in recent months, allowing friends to share compliments with each other.
Read MoreMark Kleinman / Sky News: Source: Microsoft is contemplating cutting roughly 5% of its workforce, or ~11,000 jobs, and could announce the layoffs in the coming days — Microsoft is finalising plans to become the latest technology giant to reduce its workforce amid a global economic slowdown, Sky News learns.
Read MoreBack in April last year, Dell introduced an all-new type of memory module for some of its mobile workstations. It was dubbed CAMM, which stands for Compression Attached Memory Module. We publicly complained that it was something “proprietary” to Dell at the time, which it was. However, it now appears it’ll be adopted across the
Read MoreWhile the new models with M2 look great, they weren’t quite cool enough to make me feel bad about my new MacBook.
Read MoreBattery life was the most disappointing thing about the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 at launch. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Battery life was one of the most disappointing things about the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5. Despite Samsung touting bigger upgraded batteries for the Watch 5 series, the claims didn’t hold up
Read MoreApple now has two heavy-hitting lines of Apple silicon chips in the form of the M1 and M2 chip, here are the main differences.
Read MoreHow do you figure out what is in a moving body of water over a mile wide? For those in charge of assessing the water quality of the Delaware river, this is a real problem. Collecting the data required to evaluate the water quality was expensive and time-consuming, taking over six years. Even then, the
Read MoreNumerous leaks have pointed to a major camera upgrade for Samsung’s upcoming flagship smartphone, and although the Galaxy S23 Ultra won’t be revealed for a few more weeks, we know everything about its new primary camera sensor. Samsung has taken the wraps off its new ISOCELL HP2, which has a whopping 200 megapixels of resolution.
Read MoreThere are three new Macs now available to order. Each contains either an all-new M2 Pro or an M2 Max chip. Here’s our early take on each of these.
Read MoreRob Pegoraro / PCMag: In a first, Samsung adds laptops to its Self-Repair Program, now covering the 15-inch Galaxy Book Pro and 15-inch Book Pro 360 PCs, following Apple and Google — DIY-minded Samsung owners now have officially supported options to repair more smartphones and, for the first time, laptops from that firm.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Elections Commission dismissed a Republican-led complaint that Google’s filters in Gmail unfairly send GOP fundraising emails to spam folders at a higher rate than those from Democrats. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the FEC’s dismissal on Tuesday, citing a commission letter to
Read MoreImage: Google Google’s Stadia Controller Bluetooth support tool is now live, allowing all Stadia controllers to connect to PCs and other devices with Bluetooth Low Energy. Google’s tool to update Stadia controllers works over the web using Chrome, so it should work for both Windows and macOS users without the need to download an app.
Read MoreApple fans, rejoice: The company’s long-awaited M2-class MacBook Pros have finally been unveiled. Apple also updated the Mini as well, so the company can cross that one off its to-do list, as there still remained a version of it using Intel silicon. Apple announced new M2 Pro and M2 Max SoCs, which will be going
Read MoreBritishvolt promised investors it would be the cornerstone of the country’s battery industry. Now it faces bankruptcy.
Read MoreGoogle is reportedly readying a competitor to Apple’s AirTag item tracker, with a launch possibly happening at some point this year.
Read MoreTelework is a long-running trend in the business world, and it has reached unprecedented heights because of the Coronavirus emergency. As a result, numerous companies have been forced to plunge headlong into implementing the remote work model, and predictably enough, this process is not always smooth. One of the issues is that employees’ security is
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter confirmed that it’s purposefully blocking third-party apps like Tweetbot and Twitterific following days of silence. In a post on Twitter, the company writes that it’s “enforcing its long-standing API rules,” which “may result in some apps not working.” While the statement confirms suspicions that Twitter had been
Read MoreXbox finally announced that the esteemed strategy civilization builder, Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, is finally coming to Xbox Game Pass and modern Xbox consoles.
Read MoreThe updated Google Home app can now be used as a digital remote for Works with Google partner TVs and other compatible streaming devices. | Image: Google The Google Home app for Android and iOS has been updated with an improved mobile-based remote for compatible smart TVs and “connected streaming or media devices.” In a
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority A bug appears to be affecting the Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. The bug is activated when users exit the YouTube or YouTube TV app after watching in fullscreen mode. The issue only seems to happen occasionally. Since it launched back in October 2022, the Pixel
Read MoreAs disruptive and generally unpleasant as the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 were, they often ended up being a catalyst for significant personal growth. That was often literal growth, thanks to stress eating, but others, such as [Eric Badger], used the time to add skills to his repertoire and build a breadboard 6502 computer and so
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