Credit: Netflix Netflix is ending its mail-order DVD business. The final shipment will happen on September 29, 2023. Netflix points to its dwindling revenue as the reason for shutting down the service. Remember when Netflix used to send DVDs through the mail? You don’t actually have to think back that far because Netflix’s DVD business
Read MoreShirin Ghaffary / Vox: Sources: Meta is expected to conduct another mass round of layoffs on April 19, a source says possibly in the range of 4,000 jobs, out of the planned 10,000 — The company plans to lay off employees on Wednesday, according to sources. — Meta is expected to conduct another mass round
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix is pushing back its plans to crack down on password sharing in the US until sometime before July. In an earnings report released on Tuesday, the streamer says it “shifted out the timing of the broad launch from late Q1 to Q2.” Earlier this year, Netflix committed
Read More[Nicholas DiPatri] very much loves his Gaggia Pro. It’s an amazing espresso machine, but it’s also kind of fussy and requires a lot of manual attention to brew a cup. As an engineer, he set about fettling the machine to run with a little less oversight. Enter RoboGaggia. Stock, the Gaggia Pro requires regular water
Read MoreJennifer Elias / CNBC: Docs: Google plans to unveil the Pixel Fold on May 10, offering a 7.6″ main screen, a 5.8″ outside screen, and Tensor G2, launching in June for upward of $1,700 — – Google is planning to launch its first foldable smartphone at upward of $1,700, making it the highest price-point product
Read MorePhoto by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images The Fox News defamation case was not, in fact, as entertaining as Succession. On the first day of trial, Fox settled with Dominion Voting Systems, heading off a process that could have aired embarrassing revelations about the news giant. Dominion says the settlement included a $787
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: Netflix plans a “broad rollout” of its paid sharing plan in Q2 2023, including to the US, after its Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain launch in February — Netflix said it would stage a “broad rollout” of its paid-sharing plan in the second quarter of 2023, including in the U.S.
Read MoreCredit: Chase Bernath / Android Authority Apple submitted two FCC fillings at the beginning of April, which we assume are for the Beats Studio Buds Plus. The filings are for wireless earbuds with model numbers A2871 and A2872. We suspect an official announcement this summer. It seems Apple’s next set of earbuds won’t be a
Read MoreImagine a world where your most fantastical visions and creative ideas could be realized visually in less than sixty seconds. — like an airship floating through a technopunk landscape. An image for a print ad complete with smiling models holding up your product. Or a selection of new logos for your business ready to stamp
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Netflix is making its $6.99 per month ad-supported plan a much better value. The company is upping the video quality from 720p to 1080p and will let subscribers watch two streams at once, Netflix said in its Q1 2023 letter to investors. Subscribers in Canada and Spain will
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta opens up Horizon Worlds to teens in the US and Canada, despite objections from some lawmakers and activists, alongside new age-appropriate safety features — Meta announced today that it’s opening up Horizon Worlds to teen users in the U.S. and Canada, after previously restricting …
Read MoreThe new HomePod and the HomePod Mini can now alert you to the sound of a smoke or CO alarm in your home. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Starting today, Apple HomePod smart speakers can alert you if a smoke or CO detector goes off in your home. The Sound Recognition
Read MoreImage: Intel Intel just shipped its first Bitcoin-mining chip last June, the Blockscale 100 ASIC, but it’s already dead — the company has discontinued it less than a year later, reports Tom’s Hardware, without announcing a new chip to succeed it. Does that mean Intel’s already done with crypto chips after pumping the idea last
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge A group of Republican lawmakers are calling on their colleagues to stop using TikTok as pressure mounts to ban the app nationwide. In letters to the Senate and House rules committees, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Dan Crenshaw, and more than a dozen other Republicans demanded that the
Read MoreCredit: Walmart Summer is coming, and if you’re looking to work on your beach body ahead of the sunshine, you’re unlikely to see a better smartwatch deal all week than this. Walmart currently has the excellent Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic on sale for just $129 ($221 off). The Galaxy Watch 4 range may not
Read MoreChris Matthews / MarketWatch: During a hearing, House Republicans grilled SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, who refused to state whether ether is a security, despite saying bitcoin is a commodity — SEC chief has argued laws clearly outline definition of security — House Republicans took aim at the nation’s top markets regulator Tuesday …
Read MoreIllustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for its transgender users, as spotted by the nonprofit organization Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). In a section that prohibits attacking other users with “repeated slurs, tropes or other content that intends to dehumanize, degrade
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Apple’s long-rumored VR / AR headset might run adapted versions of iPad apps, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The mixed reality device’s new interface will also apparently let users access “millions” of already-available apps on the App Store. This, in my opinion, is very good news: a bunch of great
Read MoreDepending on the chef’s skill, many exciting things can happen in the kitchen. Few, however, grab as much immediate attention as when a piece of foil or a fork accidentally (?) makes it into the microwave oven. That usually makes for a dramatic light show, accompanied by admonishment about being foolish enough to let metal
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google has updated Google Play Points to add more redeem options. One option will give you $10 off on DoorDash and Instacart. Another option lets you spend your points on Google merchandise. Google introduced its Google Play rewards program — Google Play Points — in the US back
Read MoreCredit: WinFuture A new leak gives us a look at the Galaxy A24 in three colorways. The leak may have also revealed the price and some of the specs. The phone may launch with Android 12. Last month, leaked promotional renders of the Galaxy A24 gave us a first look at Samsung’s next budget phone.
Read MoreTim Keary / VentureBeat: SpecterOps, which analyzes potential attack paths hackers could exploit on platforms like Active Directory and Azure AD, raised a $25M Series A led by Decibel — Today, adversary simulation, detection and training services provider SpecterOps announced it has raised $25 million as part of a series A funding round led by
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge General Motors recently made a decision that, depending on how you look at it, may come back to bite them in the ass. The company announced that for its future lineup of electric vehicles, it would no longer offer access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. That
Read MoreMike Isaac / New York Times: Reddit to charge companies for API access, which many have used to train AI systems; the API will remain free for devs building apps that help people use Reddit — The internet site has long been a forum for discussion on a huge variety of topics, and companies like
Read MoreImage: Guerrilla Games The team at Guerrilla Games has released patch 1.21 for Horizon Forbidden West in the lead-up to the release of the Burning Shores DLC. The patch adds some neat quality-of-life updates including a sorely needed auto item pickup feature and the ability to increase subtitle size for increased legibility. But perhaps the
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