Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge New internal documents released Tuesday detail how three of Big Tech’s most prominent companies favored their own products as a means of stamping out competition. Their release comes as lawmakers push to approve stronger antitrust legislation by the end of the year. The documents were obtained by the
Read MorePlease just tell me where my phone is. | Photo by Jay Peters / The Verge If you own a Fitbit Charge 5 and are chronically forgetful, there’s good news — according to 9to5Google and Android Police, the fitness tracker’s latest update adds an app that lets you ring your phone from your wrist. This
Read MoreToday’s Diminutive Device is a small castellated System-On-Module (Twitter link, nitter proxy)from [MangoPi] called M-Core, with a quad-core A53 CPU and 1 GB of RAM. As such, it’s very capable of running Linux, and even sports an HDMI output! Taking a closer look at the devboard picture, we can spot traces for three USB 2.0
Read MoreOrganizations must improve their ability to have productive meetings to become more successful. How can managers help bring meetings with a better outcome? Meetings take up a lot of our time at work, but how much do they truly accomplish? According to Korn Ferry’s study, meetings rarely do what we set out to accomplish. Furthermore,
Read MoreHenry Ren / Bloomberg: Three European food delivery stocks, Delivery Hero, Just Eat, and Deliveroo, lost a combined $23.7B, more than half their market value, in the first quarter — In a market gripped by concerns over rising interest rates and soaring inflation, investors are avoiding European food delivery companies …
Read MoreAn example of what a co-authored tweet could look (though, confusingly, in this example both accounts are the same). | Image: Alessandro Paluzzi / Twitter Twitter has confirmed it’s “exploring” a new feature that would allow two account to co-author a single tweet, TechCrunch reports. App researcher Alessandro Paluzzi has been posting evidence of the
Read MoreNew figures from Variety indicate ‘CODA’ hype is driving Apple TV+… What you need to know Apple TV+ movie CODA won an Oscar on Sunday. It has seen a 300% increase in views since the win. It has also driven new viewers on the platform up to 25%. Apple TV+’s CODA Oscar win is already
Read MoreSmart Pear’s self-cleaning Leo’s Loo Too also helps you keep your cat well for all nine lives.
Read MoreThis week we discuss Lapsus$, the group claiming to have pulled the recent hack on Okta.
Read MoreYou don’t even need an IRL board to play this classic game of wits and war.
Read MoreThe OnePlus 10 Pro has taken a different launch approach from its predecessors. It arrived exclusively in China in January 2022, and now it’s ready to take on the rest of the world. That, of course, means going toe to toe with the best that Samsung has to offer. We’ve had plenty of praise for
Read MoreCredit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority If you’ve picked the Apple Watch as your primary health tracking device, you’ve made an excellent choice. It’s well regarded by us as one of the best smartwatches, running watches, and heart rate monitors you can buy. But if you just purchased an Apple Watch and haven’t quite figured
Read MoreCredit: apple What’s new on Apple TV Plus in April 2022? The streaming service launches its first live sports event with MLB Friday Night Baseball. It will also debut several new series, including three dramas, a children’s show, and a docuseries about one of the greatest basketball stars of all time. You can sign up
Read MoreAnna P. Kambhampaty / New York Times: A look at @depthsofwikipedia, a viral social media account created by 22-year-old Annie Rauwerda that shares bizarre, amusing, and surprising Wikipedia snippets — On @depthsofwikipedia, Annie Rauwerda is compiling some of the crowdsourced site’s most bizarre pages.
Read More“There’s a lot going on in the world, so for many people, a touch of the familiar is a welcome part of their day. The iPhone SE is just that.” Apple’s iPhone SE (2022) has been around for a couple of weeks now, sporting a brand new A15 processor and 5G for those who want
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Dual app functionality has been around on smartphones for several years now, first appearing in Huawei and Xiaomi‘s Android skins back in 2016. It’s become a fixture on plenty of Android skins since then, being called Dual Apps, App Twin, Parallel Apps, Dual Messenger, or something different altogether. In
Read MoreThe Apple Watch has several heart-related health features. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Modern smartwatches have a wide array of heart-rate monitoring features. That includes passive all-day monitoring as well as spot checks for specific metrics. Some will even alert you if your heart rate suddenly spikes when it shouldn’t. The most
Read MorePlus: A conversation with Ted Turner, an army of hackers, and Russia’s killer drones.
Read MoreLearn how to customize your Apple TV Home screen, quit bothersome apps, delete apps and games you no longer need, and more. The Apple TV offers a plethora of third-party apps and games via its App Store in addition to the Apple-made apps that come pre-installed. With hundreds of apps available, you’re going to want
Read MoreSocial media all but demands people have hot takes. That doesn’t mean they need to share them.
Read MoreGasoline prices are over $4 a gallon at the pump. If you want to save some cash on your commute, maybe you need to slow down.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Beats has launched its latest collaboration for its Studio3 Wireless headphones. The company partnered with Kerwin Frost with a new design called “Cosmophones.” The new design is available now at Kerwin’s Store and SSENSE. Kerwin Frost has made his mark on Beats. Beats has launched its latest collaboration with its
Read MoreEleni Courea / Politico: Sources: the UK government has quietly approved the sale of Welsh semiconductor factory Newport Wafer Fab to the Dutch subsidiary of China’s Wingtech — LONDON — The U.K. government has quietly approved the controversial sale of a Welsh microchip factory to a Chinese-owned firm.
Read MoreEthan Gach / Kotaku: A dozen current and former employees at Undead Labs, the Xbox studio behind State of Decay 3, describe sexism, mismanagement, and a toxic workplace culture — Staff say Undead Labs’ transition to Xbox studio was hampered by toxic workplace conditions and lack of direction
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