Arlo’s cloud subscription plan for a single camera or video doorbell is increasing to $7.99 a month. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge In more “things are just getting expensive” news, the Arlo Secure subscription service is climbing. Again. This time, it’s going from $4.99 to $7.99 for a single camera or
Read MoreMeta’s latest update to its code generation AI model, Code Llama 70B, is “the largest and best-performing model” yet. From a report: Code Llama tools launched in August and are free for both research and commercial use. According to a post on Meta’s AI blog, Code Llama 70B can handle more queries than previous versions,
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Read MoreThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that it’ll start reimbursing local governments for installing solar panels and more efficient appliances after a disaster strikes. From a report: The move can help communities prepare for another calamity by equipping them with tools that just might keep the lights on when they would otherwise suffer
Read MoreA wave of a Apple Vision Pro reviews have highlighted a number of details. Here’s what you need to know before you buy Apple’s $3499 headset. Apple Vision Pro and visionOS The Apple Vision Pro release is happening soon, and pre-release reviews have started to surface. Opinions have been generally positive about Apple’s headset, with
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Read MorePre-orders for the Galaxy S24 series went live shortly after Galaxy Unpacked on January 17. If you haven’t already pre-ordered Samsung’s latest flagship, time is running out for you to take advantage of the benefits. In fact, pre-orders end tonight and availability opens up on January 31. Of course, the main reason for pre-ordering is
Read MoreStarbucks is taking its extra virgin olive oil-infused drinks — which some customers previously complained of sending them straight to the bathroom ï– nationwide beginning Tuesday. CNN: The lineup, called Oleato, launched in a few US cities last year before slowly expanding to more stores. Tuesday’s launch across its US and Canada locations signifies that
Read MoreMeta-owned Instagram has confirmed that it is testing a new feature called ‘Flipside’ that will allow users to create a secondary profile to share private posts with close friends and family. Instagram Is Testing New ‘Flipside’ Feature This experimental feature essentially aims to convert users’ separate, private, and more personal accounts or “finstas” (fake Instas) into an official product feature directly integrated
Read MoreAuracast is a feature of the Bluetooth LE Audio standard that enables broadcasting audio to nearby devices. Android added basic support for Bluetooth LE Audio in Android 13, including support for starting and connecting to audio streams. Android 15 could get a dedicated page for audio sharing, signaling that Auracast could be a key feature
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A report suggests that ChatGPT has been leaking private conversations to unrelated individuals. These conversations include many sensitive details, such as usernames and passwords, unpublished works, and more. OpenAI’s investigation suggests this is not a “leak” of data. Update, January 30, 2024 (02:20 PM ET): After publishing this article, OpenAI
Read MoreRussia is facing a widespread internet outage that’s affected users across the country, with access to websites on the local .ru domain down. From a report: The issue was linked to a technical problem with the .ru domain’s global Domain Name System Security Extensions, or DNSSEC, which is used to secure data exchanged in internet
Read MoreThe team of [Michael] and [Chimdi] from Cornell’s Designing with Microcontrollers (ECE 4760) Fall 2023 session designed a version of Simon Says on an RP2040 which they call Pico Says. It uses UDP packets over WiFi to communicate between the players, and supports VGA graphics for output. Each player’s hardware consists of a Pico W
Read MoreApple has released a new firmware update for the AirPods Max, focusing on general improvements and bug fixes. AirPods Max On Tuesday, Apple released new AirPods Max firmware, which featured the build number 6A324. This is up from 6A300 which came out in September. Apple hasn’t provided any detailed release notes for the firmware update.
Read MoreToday, we’ll build our own input devices. And they will be easy to create and write firmware for, they will work perfectly, and they will be cross-platform. We can do that with help of the Human Interface Device (HID) standard, and by way of introduction, so that you never get confused by what a “descriptor”
Read MoreMacworld At WWDC in June, Apple will as ever announce new versions of its operating systems for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. (There might also be an update for Vision Pro, but that’s another story.) This is all very important for software developers, who will be learning about the new system features they can
Read MoreSome users are starting to see a “Build a Multiview” function in YouTube TV. These viewers were able to pick the games they wanted to see in Multiview. It appears Build a Multiview is limited to only preselected games at the moment. If you’re a sports fan with YouTube TV, then you’ve likely used, or
Read MoreThe New York Times will begin building a team to explore the use of generative AI in its newsroom. Zach Seward, who was recently hired by the publication to head AI initiatives, posted on Threads that the team will be “focused on prototyping uses of generative AI and other machine-learning techniques to help with reporting
Read MoreAfter restarting the beta process a week ago, and in parallel with the public beta, Apple has an update for the first beta of iOS 17.4 with so-far undisclosed fixes. iOS 17 Developers taking part in the beta program can acquire the latest builds through the Apple Developer Center or by updating their iPhone via
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Read MoreTom Warren, writing for The Verge: Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I don’t use Microsoft Edge regularly, and I have Google Chrome set as my default browser. Bleary-eyed at 9AM,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Location tracking can be very handy — it’s convenient when an app can tell you, say, where the nearby restaurants or gas stations are — but it’s also a privacy issue (something that at least one of Google’s competitors has used in its sales pitch). You probably know
Read MoreMacworld We here at Macworld used to complain that the MacBook lineup was too complicated, but Apple has now simplified it so it makes more sense. But what if Apple had gone even further–what if there was only one laptop line, the MacBook Pro, and nothing else? That’s what former Apple design guru Jony Ive
Read MoreMeta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow it to receive messages from third party chat platforms, such as Signal, Telegram and Discord. WhatsApp Could Soon Allow Third-Party Chats WABetaInfo, a known WhatsApp tipster publication, discovered the new feature in the latest WhatsApp Beta for iOS 24.2.10.72 update, which is
Read MoreThe ad, which appears to be made using generative AI, shows how the technology can be used not just to mislead, but to more subtly influence.
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