Here are some steps that can make layoffs slightly less stressful. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge There’s no sugarcoating it: getting laid off stinks. And while there’s no such thing as a “good” layoff, a bad one can absolutely be made worse if your now ex-company cuts off your access to contacts,
Read MoreEdward Ludlow / Bloomberg: Bosch plans to buy US chipmaker TSI Semiconductors and invest $1.5B+ in its Roseville, California foundry, aiming to make silicon carbide chips there by 2026 — Robert Bosch GmbH is acquiring US chipmaker TSI Semiconductors and plans to invest more than $1.5 billion in its California foundry …
Read MoreThe law says you can’t falsely claim that celebrities are paying for Twitter Blue.
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft is now rolling out a new update to its Phone Link app that includes iOS support for the first time. The Phone Link app now allows iPhone owners to connect to a Windows 11 PC and send and receive messages via iMessage, make and receive calls, and see their notifications on a
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola will cost $699. This is a lower price than we saw leaked earlier this year, which had it more in the $1,000 range. It is available now for enterprise customers, but anyone can buy one starting April 28. When we first saw the ThinkPhone
Read MoreFair warning: if you’re going to try to mold uranium glass in a microwave kiln, you might want to not later use the oven for preparing food. Just a thought. A little spicy… Granted, uranium glass isn’t as dangerous as it might sound. Especially considering its creepy green glow, which almost seems to be somehow
Read MoreThe Tile for Cats tracker is basically a Sticker tracker with a collar attachment. | Image: Tile Tile is now selling a cat-tracking bundle that includes one of the company’s Sticker trackers and a new collar attachment to truly secure it to your pet. The combo is designed to keep tabs on your tabby (or
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority The UK’s competition watchdog has blocked Microsoft’s bid to buy Activision Blizzard. The regulator largely cited concerns about the cloud gaming sector. Activision Blizzard has confirmed that it plans to appeal the decision. Update, April 26, 2023 (11:37 AM ET): We have received a statement from Microsoft about the
Read MoreImage: Netflix We knew a sixth season of Netflix’s Black Mirror was on the way, but now, we know a lot more about it: a new teaser trailer shared Wednesday reveals that the season will be out in June and features big actors like Aaron Paul, Kate Mara, and Salma Hayek. In a blog post,
Read MoreImage: Enhance Some of the most memorable games in PlayStation history have been downright strange, whether about dancing wireframe rabbits, deadly cubes, or mannequins traversing impossible architecture. These “very designer-led games,” as Mark MacDonald from Tetris Effect studio Enhance describes them, were often iconic — but they’ve also largely fallen out of favor. That’s where
Read MoreYaling Jiang / Wired: Experts say China’s mostly government-led metaverse efforts are less about consumer activities and more about supporting the country’s economy and industry — The government wants the metaverse to be less about having fun and shopping and more about health care and industry.
Read MoreTinkercad is like the hamburger helper of 3D design. You hate to admit you use it, and you know you should put in more effort, but — darn it — it’s easy, and it tastes pretty good. While I use a number of CAD programs for serious work, sometimes, when I just want a little
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Rural customers subscribed to Verizon’s 5G network could see a jump in their speeds later this year. The telecommunications giant revealed plans during its quarterly earnings call this week to extend its C-band 5G network — which uses a radio spectrum that enables faster speeds on a wide
Read MoreThese hair dryers and straighteners can make every day a good hair day.
Read MoreAngus Loten / Wall Street Journal: PricewaterhouseCoopers plans to invest $1B in generative AI in its US operations over the next three years, working with Microsoft and OpenAI — Multiyear investment in U.S. business includes accessing ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s language model, training staff in AI capabilities
Read MoreImage: Snowman Tears of the Kingdom isn’t the only upcoming game about soaring through the skies. Today, developer Snowman, the studio behind the Alto series, properly unveiled its next release: Laya’s Horizon, which was first teased last month. The debut trailer shows off a beautiful world where players soar through forests, mountains, and towns utilizing
Read MoreImage: EA The sequel doesn’t do a lot new, and it’s still a mashup of other action-adventure games — but that’s easy to forget when you’re tossing stormtroopers around with your Force powers. Continue reading…
Read MoreDoes your company value and encourage remote work? As a response to the coronavirus, this issue is at the forefront of many leaders’ minds right now. Is it just a fad that will disappear when things get “back to normal?” Not in my opinion. As the founder of a fully remote digital PR subscription service,
Read MoreIn an aerial view, Tesla cars sit parked in a lot at the Tesla factory on April 20th, 2022, in Fremont, California. | Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Tesla released its 2022 Impact Report this week, and it gives the clearest picture yet of the electric car company’s carbon footprint. Tesla disclosed numbers
Read MoreThe ThinkPhone features a big 6.6-inch screen and top-notch build quality. Nine years after Lenovo purchased the Motorola brand, the first co-branded phone is hitting store shelves. The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola is available in the US starting today for $699, offering a suite of productivity features designed to work with ThinkPad laptops. But don’t
Read MoreAdoption of Java 17, the most recent Long Term Support (LTS) version of Java, has skyrocketed, growing 430% in the past year, according to New Relic’s latest report on Java usage. The report also found that Amazon Corretto is now the most-used Java Development Kit (JDK), with a 31% share of Java instances. More than
Read MoreThe Hero of Time gazing at his fancy new hand. | Image: Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom builds on Breath of the Wild’s brilliance by turning everything into an open-ended puzzle of the imagination. Continue reading…
Read MoreBaby monitors and nanny cams justify hawk-eyed supervision as a security necessity. In fact, they’re a political choice.
Read MoreWith summer quickly heading our way, it’ll soon be time to start planning outdoor road and camping trips. Beyond packing the essentials to camp in the middle of nowhere or head out on an exciting road trip across the country, it’s important to make sure that you’re able to meet your power needs while on
Read MoreAllison Johnson / The Verge: Lenovo announces the Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola, available for $699 with ThinkPad-compatible productivity features, coming first to enterprise on April 28 — The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola is available in the US starting today for $699, offering a suite of productivity features designed to work with ThinkPad laptops.
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