Apple’s “Scary Fast” showcase has come to a close. During the launch event, Apple took the wraps off of some brand-new Macs that come equipped with the latest version of the company’s in-house chip. If you’re curious about all the new products, here’s a roundup of the major announcements from the event. A more powerful
Read MoreReuters: Tesla wins its first trial in the US over allegations that Autopilot led to a death, in a jury trial in California state court — Tesla (TSLA.O) on Tuesday won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, as a jury found there was not a
Read More[Rural Heritage TV] has video of a private tour of a working, two-story, steam-powered sawmill at Lake Itasca, Minnesota. This is believed to be one of the only working steam-powered band-sawmills in the country with a shotgun (or reciprocating) feed carriage. The carriage moves back and forth with a log while a monstrous 44-foot long
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The newest version of Chrome for mobile allows you to move the address bar to the bottom of your phone’s display. Unfortunately, this only works on iOS for now. There is no word on when this will come to Android. Given that Google owns Android, most major updates to
Read MoreJava Development Kit 22, set to arrive in March 2024 as the next planned version of Java Standard Edition now has three features planned so far. A seventh incubator of a vector API and unnamed variables and patterns have just joined a foreign function and memory API as features due in JDK 22. The vector API
Read MoreIonut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: Infoblox discovers a threat actor that has provided link shortening services to cybercriminals for over four years, registering ~75K domains since April 2022 — An actor that security researchers call Prolific Puma has been providing link shortening services to cybercriminals for at least four years …
Read MoreJoe Biden’s new executive order is billed as the biggest governmental AI plan ever. Unless he can convince a dysfunctional US Congress and overseas rivals to play along, its effects will be limited.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority If you’re having Pixel phone problems, seeking help on Reddit might be a good idea. The official Google support account, u/PixelCommunity, is much more active on various Pixel-related subreddits. This might be a faster and more efficient way to get help compared to other means. Pixel smartphones are notorious
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers. The platform has “launched a global effort” to encourage users to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton says in a statement provided to The Verge. If you run into YouTube’s block, you
Read MorePhoto by Demetrius Freeman / The Washington Post via Getty Images President Joe Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence is a first-of-its-kind action from the government to tackle some of the technology’s greatest challenges — like how to identify if an image is real or fake. Among a myriad of other demands, the order, signed
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla was found not to be liable for the death of a Model 3 owner whose vehicle crashed while driving in Autopilot, a jury decided Tuesday. The case centered on a crash in California in 2019 in which a Tesla Model 3 veered off the road, crashing into
Read MoreMaking hardware is hard. This is doubly true when you’re developing a niche hardware device that might have a total production run in the hundreds of units instead of something mass market. [Carrie Sundra] has been through the process several times, and has bestowed her wisdom on how not to screw it up. The internet
Read MoreMaria Heeter / The Information: Health care automation startup Olive, which was valued at $4B in July 2021, plans to shut down and has sold parts of its business to Waystar and Humata Health — Olive AI, the healthcare automation company once valued at $4 billion, has sold itself off in pieces to healthcare companies
Read MoreSoftware developer Travis Brown’s X account was banned after his research alleged far-right influencers were becoming more prominent on the platform. He’s taking X to court in a bid to reverse the decision.
Read MoreThe Magic Mouse continues to be a helpless turtle. | Image: Wes Davis / The Verge It’s 2023, and I have a port complaint. Apple’s “Scary Fast” event came and went, and new M3-powered iMacs were born. Yet there was a curious tidbit the company didn’t mention: the Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Trackpad
Read MoreRyan Browne / CNBC: DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis pushes back on claims by Meta’s Yann LeCun that he, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei are fearmongering to achieve AI regulatory capture — – Google DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis told CNBC that the company wasn’t trying to achieve “regulatory capture” when it came to the discussion on
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google Registry is launching a new and really fun top-level domain: .ing. I am guessing you are already think.ing about some of the domains you might end up buy.ing. You can now register .ing domains as part of Google’s early access period, though you’ll have to pay “an additional one-time fee,” Google’s
Read MorePairing your iPhone with the Apple Watch and AirPods is pretty cool until they all need charging simultaneously. The ESR 3-in-1 Charger Stand for MagSafe solves this issue in one sleek device, and right now, the Apple charger stand is at a record-low price of just $55.99, thanks to an on-page Amazon coupon. ESR 3-in-1
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Independent artists using DistroKid to share their music will now have another avenue on TikTok. A deal announced today between the video platform and DistroKid could bring millions of songs by independent artists to TikTok Music, the platform’s subscription-driven streaming service launched earlier this year. The service, so
Read MoreNo sunlight? No problem. This lamp brings dim rooms the next best thing to natural light.
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Palo Alto Networks acquires Tel Aviv-based Dig Security, which helps organizations track cloud assets, sources say for $400M — We reported in September that Palo Alto was getting ready to make yet more security acquisitions out of Israel, specifically of Dig Security and Talon.
Read MoreThe Pixel Watch 2 adds some new personal safety features. | Image: The Verge With the Pixel Watch 2, Google introduced Safety Check and Safety Signal — two personal safety features that are a little different from the typical emergency SOS features we see on smartwatches. Safety Check is a proactive timer that alerts your
Read MoreThe 24-inch iMac is back with a refresh, and it’s bringing a slate of M3 MacBook Pros with it. | Image: Apple Apple’s first foray into the world of prime-time product launches (for those of us on the East Coast, that is) kicked off with a new generation of Apple Silicon, the M3 processor. And
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge [Note: we’ve gotten reports that a recent Chrome update has removed the Enable download bubble flag — so you may find that this fix is no longer available.] The issue Suddenly, Chrome downloads are no longer showing at the bottom of the window. Quick fix Change a download
Read MoreTaylor Lorenz / Washington Post: A look at the creators who report and aggregate news on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and others, as people under 35 move away from traditional news sources — One recent study concluded consumers are looking for news that “feels more relevant,” giving a boost to creators on social media
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