Photo by Justin Casterline / Getty Images The Houston Texans, the NFL team reppin’ the city that’s arguably the oil and gas capital of the world, says it wants to go green. So of course the team is working with an oil and gas giant to try to tackle climate change. A subsidiary of Occidental
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is taking another shot at bringing new features to phones that haven’t gotten OS updates in years. It’s releasing something called the “Extension Software Developer Kit,” which should let developers use features like Android 13’s new photo picker in apps running on some versions of Android 11
Read MoreIllustration by Lille Allen / The Verge The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reached out to Tesla with questions about a tweet by Elon Musk suggesting he would remove an important safeguard from the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. The news was first reported by the Associated Press. An NHTSA spokesperson confirmed that the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram users will soon have a revamped navigation bar on their home feed. Beginning next month, Instagram will remove the shopping tab from the main bar at the bottom of the screen, and the button to create a new post will move down. The Reels tab, which is
Read MoreThe NYZX Wizard Wireless Joy-pad, with Hall effect sensors. | Image: NYZX How many joy-cons have you gone through? I think I have like three with some degree of drift, and I am not that hard on my Switch. That’s why I’m pumped that NYXI has jumped on the bandwagon along with Gulikit and 8BitDo,
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: In February, Instagram plans to replace the Shop tab with a Reels button in the app’s bottom navigation bar and return the Compose button to the center — Instagram announced today it will simplify its in-app navigation after years of confusing changes designed to push various products like Instagram Shop and
Read MoreBusiness is good at Valve. Over the weekend, Steam reached the exciting milestone of 10 million concurrent in-game players—the highest number of players the distribution platform has ever seen at one time. SteamDB, a third-party Twitter bot that tracks and shares Steam statistics, marked the occasion on Saturday at 9 a.m. EST as gamers were
Read MoreSami Fathi / MacRumors: A shady iOS app selling IAP subs called “ChatGPT Chat GPT AI With GPT-3” that is not affiliated with OpenAI has been a top paid app on the App Store for days — A sketchy app claiming to be the bot ChatGPT has soared up App Store charts, charging users a
Read More(Photo: John Burek/PCMag)We’ve been anticipating the arrival of super-fast PCIe 5.0 SSDs for ages now. As with previous advancements in the spec, going from Gen 4 to Gen 5 includes a doubling of bandwidth. That means going from roughly 7GB/s transfers all the way up to 14GB/s, which would be an astonishing leap. Since both
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Report: Apple VP of Services Peter Stern, who helped build Apple TV+’s business operations, is leaving, as Apple reorganizes its Services unit — One of Apple’s top services executives is departing the company. Peter Stern, Apple’s vice president of Services, is reportedly telling …
Read MoreGapless playback isn’t working correctly for some users in Apple Music on iPhone and iPad.
Read More[Duncan McIntyre] lives in the UK but participated in a secret Santa gift exchange for his Dutch friends’ Sinterklaas celebration. In traditional maker fashion, [Duncan] went overboard and created a miniature gym gift box, complete with flashing lights, music and a motorized lid. [Duncan] used [TanyaAkinora]’s 3D printed tiny gym to outfit the box with
Read MoreIn this digital world, dependency on professional tools is prevalent. But, what do you lose while relying on these tools? Productivity. Yes, the increased dependency on technical tools can restrict your creative mind in the organization. Your ability to brainstorm for a project, and work on your weak areas can get hampered by it. Further,
Read MoreReuters: Montreal-based payments company Nuvei enters a deal to acquire Atlanta-based rival Paya for ~$1.3B, a ~25% premium to Paya’s last close; Paya stock jumps 24%+ — Nuvei Corp (NVEI.TO) has agreed to buy Paya Holdings Inc (PAYA.O) in a deal valuing its smaller peer at $1.3 billion …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google released the public version of its Extension Software Developer Kit. Extension SDK allows older versions of Android to use new features. Extension SDK is mostly aimed at developers. Google has been working on a way to bring updates to core components of Android through the Play Store for
Read MoreJohn Deere has stood at the center of the right to repair debate for years. | Image: Getty Images John Deere has finally committed to giving farmers the tools they need to fix their own equipment. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the agricultural lobbying group, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), on Sunday,
Read MoreImage: MSI The future of popular overclocking utility MSI Afterburner has been called into doubt after developer Unwinder claimed MSI has “semi abandoned” the project and has “stopped performing [its] obligations.” Unwinder, who TechPowerUp reports is Russian national Alexey Nicolaychuk, suggests that MSI hasn’t been paying him for the better part of a year and
Read MoreNew laws have also been introduced to make it easier to install gigabit internet into existing flats and apartments across the UK. | Image: The Verge My years-long battle to get gigabit internet installed may soon be over, thanks to new rules introduced by the UK government that make it easier to install faster broadband
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge As Twitter slashes staff and pares back moderation under Elon Musk, it may soon run into a problem it can’t ignore: its potential liability for copyright infringement. TorrentFreak reported last week that the company faces a lawsuit by celebrity photo agency Backgrid. Backgrid says that Twitter systematically failed
Read MoreUSB-C eliminates proprietary barrel plug chargers that we’ve been using for laptops and myriads of other devices. It fights proprietary phone charger standards by explicitly making them non-compliant, bullying companies into making their devices work with widely available chargers. As a hobbyist, you no longer need to push 3 A through tiny MicroUSB connectors and
Read MoreWe are in an advanced age where new technologies and tools are developed daily and new versions of existing ones are released. IT professionals must constantly update their skills in accordance with the current technology in the market. This is the new normal; knowing the new technological trends every day and adapting them to make
Read MoreBrian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Up until late December 2022 hackers were using a flaw on Experian’s site to get people’s entire credit reports using only their name, SSN, address, and birthday — Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three consumer credit
Read MoreApple’s focus on its upcoming AR/VR headset has reportedly caused iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS 14 features to be canned.
Read MoreApple’s 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro refreshes aren’t expected to be big this year based on a new report.
Read MoreMany gearheads dream of owning a supercar, but their exorbitant prices make them unattainable for all but the most affluent. [Andrzej Burek] decided to make his dreams come true by building his own supercar with a human-powered twist. [YouTube] At first glance, [Burek]’s SLS AMG looks like the real thing. Pop the hood, and you’ll
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