The Amazon-owned home surveillance company says it is shuttering a feature in its Neighbors app that allows police to request footage from users. But it’s not shutting out the cops entirely.
Read MoreThis week Jonathan Bennett and Jeff Massie talk with JP Mens about Owntracks, the collection of programs that lets you take back control of your own location data. It’s built around the simple idea of taking position data from a mobile phone or other data source, sending it over MQTT to a central server, and
Read MoreImage: Google A “fresh” new color for the Pixel 8 series isn’t the only thing Google is announcing today. The company is also detailing its latest feature drop, which brings the brand-new Circle to Search feature — first seen on Samsung’s Galaxy S24 — to both the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro. Google says Circle
Read MoreMacworld On Monday, Apple released the latest round of updates to iOS and iPadOS (17.3), macOS (14.3), watchOS (10.3), and tvOS (17.3), which include a few new features, a smattering of bug fixes, and some pretty important security patches. Among them is a patch for a vulnerability that may have been exploited in the wild—in
Read MorePhoto by Daniel Golson for The Verge City council members in Laguna Beach, California met last night prepared to approve a request (PDF) from Rivian to park six vehicles on the grass in a city park for a March 7th “R2 launch.” The company appears to be planning to officially announce its forthcoming electric SUV,
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The PlayStation 5’s latest update blocks players from using the Cronus Zen — a device cheaters use to get an unfair advantage in first-person shooters and other games — as spotted by Call of Duty news site CharlieIntel. A notice on the Cronus website warns players that the
Read MoreSeveral gene therapies aim to restore a protein necessary for transmitting sound signals from the ear to the brain.
Read MoreThe flute player automaton by Innocenzo Manzetti (1840) With many words which are commonly used in everyday vocabulary, we are certain that we have a solid grasp of what they do and do not mean, but is this really true? Take the word ‘robot’ for example, which is more commonly used wrongly rather than correctly
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge As predicted, Verizon has swooped in with a new streaming bundle deal — and now that Netflix has once again raised prices for some customers, this one might be worth a look. Right now, Verizon customers can get Netflix Premium and Starz together for $25.99 per month, the
Read MoreSamsung’s latest Galaxy launch is upon us, and with this S24 pre-order deal, you can upgrade to the newest devices with up to $870 in savings when turning in a qualified trade-in. Plus, land a $150 e-gift card when you shop through Best Buy. Shop the S24 lineup and save up to $870. The Samsung
Read MoreA new study of single-vehicle, single-pedestrian crash data for 2016–2021 finds high hoods on pickups and SUVs are more dangerous.
Read MoreImage: ESR A new car mount for your smartphone just launched that offers a rare combo: Qi2 wireless charging at high speeds — and at a reasonable price. The Qi2 car mount, from accessories maker ESR, offers 15W wireless charging to fast-charge your iPhone 15 and 15 Pro at its maximum capacity while you’re en
Read MoreMicrosoft has introduced MSTest runner, a lightweight, portable runner for the MSTest unit testing framework. Unveiled January 24, MSTest runner is extensible and makes tests more portable and reliable as well as making them run faster. Described as “a performant, hostable, extensible, reliable, and integrated solution” for running MSTests, MSTest runner is based on a
Read MoreForty years before Apple Vision Pro, practically to the day, Apple launched the Macintosh — and it eventually changed the world. The original Macintosh There wouldn’t be an Apple Vision Pro and Apple would not be a trillion-dollar company if it weren’t for the Mac that was launched on January 24, 1984. Even though Apple
Read MoreIllustration: Alex Castro / The Verge The National Science Foundation (NSF) and 10 other agencies are partnering with artificial intelligence developers to fulfill part of President Joe Biden’s executive order on AI, launching a pilot program the administration says will democratize access to research. The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) provides access to AI
Read MoreImage: Moft Every year, major phone manufacturers such as Apple, Google, and Samsung hold elaborate events meant to introduce and publicize their upcoming phones. Well, buying a new phone is all well and good, but things don’t stop there. Once you’ve got the phone, you have to buy yourself a case (so you won’t crack
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung is making parts and repair guides available for a bunch more of its devices, including three sizes of this year’s The Frame TV and both of its flagship foldable phones. The company says that for many of the TV and other display repairs, you’ll only need simple
Read MoreA new rumor suggests that Apple has already queued up for the majority of TSMC’s early 2nm production, but it is perhaps the most obvious report to come out of the supply chain yet. M3 is built with the 3nm process Apple saturated TSMC’s 3nm production with its A17 Pro and M3 processor family, so
Read MoreMissing the feel of physical keys on your phone, but not ready to give up your fancy new touchscreen phone? [Dakkaron] has attached a BlackBerry keyboard to a slightly more recent device. Designed for the FairPhone 4, [Dakkaron]’s hack should be transferable to other smartphones as it connects to the phone over USB without any
Read MoreDollars and sense? | Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge Great news for those of you already experiencing subscription fatigue: you can subscribe to buy now, pay later (BNPL) service Klarna for $7.99 a month. At first glance, this seemed pretty fucking weird to me. I mean, the entire point of Klarna is that
Read MoreApplication security company Mobb has released an automatic vulnerability fixer for GitHub users. The tool monitors GitHub pull requests and offers code fixes within software development workflows. Unveiled January 23, Mobb Fixer provides developers with code fixes for security alerts when code is committed in GitHub pull requests. Developers do not need to leave their
Read MoreFrom its founding, OpenAI said its governing documents were available to the public. When WIRED requested copies after the company’s boardroom drama, it declined to provide them. Wired: Wealthy tech entrepreneurs including Elon Musk launched OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit research lab that they said would involve society and the public in the development
Read MoreAfter facing a short delay, “Death Stranding: Directors Cut” is slated to release on iPad, Mac, and iPhone 15 Pro in the last days of January. Death Stranding Director’s Cut In December, it was learned that the much anticipated Apple-centric release of Death Stranding would be delayed until “early 2024.” While no date was initially
Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority Starting today, all T-Mobile subscribers using the Netflix On Us promo will be down- or side-graded to the Standard with Ads plan. That means ads will start appearing in your Netflix streams, and some content will become wholly unavailable. You can get back to the Standard or Premium plan
Read MoreThe Apple we know today is far removed from the one that created the first Macintosh computer that Steve Jobs showed off in a very silly presentation on January 24th, 1984. It’s been the most valuable company in the world for most of the last decade. It has a global, meticulously curated supply chain, retail
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