Global regulators, aviation security specialists and manufacturers failed to reach an agreement on a quick technical fix to the problem of GPS spoofing near war zones, instead calling for better training of pilots to deal with the issue, Reuters reports, citing sources briefed on the talks. From the report: Airlines have been urging quick action
Read MoreApple has made it clear that no matter how a developer chooses to sell or distribute an app in the European Union, the TestFlight beta distribution system will remain available. Apple’s TestFlight on Mac and iPhone There have already been a number of questions and debates about Apple’s concessions to the European Union’s Digital Markets
Read MoreIn response to new rules, the iPhone maker announced drastic changes for users in Europe. But criticism is mounting that Apple’s new system only recreates old problems.
Read MoreUS spy agencies purchased Americans’ phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Microsoft revealed last week that it had discovered a nation-state attack on its corporate systems from the Russian state-sponsored hackers that were behind the SolarWinds attack. Hackers were able to access the email accounts of some members of Microsoft’s senior leadership team — potentially spying on them for weeks or months. While
Read MoreApple faces strong action if changes to its App Store do not meet incoming European Union regulations, the bloc’s industry chief said on Friday. Reuters: In a move designed to comply with the EU’s incoming Digital Markets Act (DMA), the company will soon allow software developers to distribute their apps to Apple devices via alternative
Read MoreFor the past few years, Lionsgate has dominated the stylish, hyper-choreographed, bullet-hole-ridden action-thriller genre with a steady stream of John Wick movies as well as a spinoff series. But the first trailer for Universal and Blumhouse’s Monkey Man from director Dev Patel makes it seem like a glorious challenge to viewers to understand how much
Read MoreThe new Omega and Swatch collaboration needs to atone for those lackluster Moonshine Golds.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Apple is finally opening the iPhone to third-party app stores in the European Union, kicking off a potentially vibrant, unwieldy, and eclectic new era for its app ecosystem. At least, it might, depending on how developers respond to a hurdle that is at once tiny and immense: a €0.50 fee. Apple is
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Apple is finally opening up the iPhone to sideloading and alternative app stores — at least in the European Union. It’s also allowing developers to use third-party payment processors in their apps. This is all part of Apple’s efforts to comply with the EU’s new Digital Markets Act
Read MoreApple has started lifting iMessage bans on Mac users who previously lost access after granting access to Beeper, but it remains unclear why the bans were imposed in the first place. In mid-January, Apple began banning a handful of Mac owners from the iMessage platform after granting Beeper access to Apple’s messaging platform. As of
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Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm can relate to Americans’ anxiety over electric vehicles. The former governor of Michigan and longtime EV owner (who currently drives a Ford Mach-E) says she has experienced her own challenges with public charging on road trips. She has heard from drivers who are reluctant to
Read MoreThe third book in the Dune series has far less action than the original novel.
Read MorePutting the temperature sensor on the rear… was certainly a choice for body temperature scans. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Earlier this week, Google updated the Pixel 8 Pro to let its strange new temperature sensor finally take readings of human bodies. I regret to inform you that, having used it, it
Read MoreMacworld If you want Apple’s best tablet, the unquestionable leader is the 12.9-inch M2 iPad Pro. But the M1 version from 2021 is essentially the same other than the chip and Apple Pencil Hover, and it’s a steal at this price: Wellbots is selling the 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro with 128GB of storage and cellular
Read MoreIf your Friday vibes playlist isn’t hitting quite how you’d like, it might be time for a headphones upgrade. Amazon has just the deal right now, with an all-time low price on the Skullcandy Crusher ANC 2 headphones. They’re down to just $172.99 in this sale. Skullcandy Crusher ANC 2 for $172.99 ($57 off)
Read MoreUsed by engineers, scientists and others who work with numbers and algorithms, Matlab is a programming language and computing environment. Read more: How to get to grips with Matlab
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Read MoreUS intelligence and defense organizations are perhaps operating outside mandates to spy on American citizens by buying a wealth of personal data harvested from smartphones through brokers, and a senator wants the practice stopped. The U.S. government is a key customer of data brokers Senator Ron Wyden says in a letter that, thanks to a
Read MoreImage: Samar Haddad / The Verge I fully get why some people might be wary of letting other people see their location constantly, but for me, location sharing tools such as Find My and Google Maps have only had advantages. They mean not having dozens of back-and-forth texts about which bar everyone is currently at,
Read MoreThe first beta of iOS 17.4 has arrived and is an unusually large update. Aside from new features and new emoji, Apple is also allowing third-party app stores for the EU, and there are references to unreleased devices. Here’s what’s in the update. Developers got their first look at iOS 17.4 this week, ahead of
Read MoreIn this marshy coastal region between Texas and Louisiana, the proliferation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal projects, massive facilities that receive and liquefy gas from pipelines, then transfer the LNG to ships for export, unsettles residents, who consider the plants to be a threat to their coast. | Photo by FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via
Read MoreAs part of what the European Union is requiring as part of the Digital Markets Act, Apple is allowing browsers other than Safari to be set as a default in iOS 17.4. Here’s what can be chosen. Apple must offer alternatives to Safari within the EU The first time that an iOS 17 iPhone user
Read MoreThis week, news has broken of the Mother of All Breaches, MOAB. It’s 12 terabytes and 26 billion records, averaging about 500 bytes each. Now note that a record here is likely not a discrete email address, but simply a piece of data — a row on the database. Now before we all lose our
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