Water rockets are one of those projects that never get old, and bumping the size just adds to the challenge. In the video after the break, [ARRO Rockets] takes us through the launch of Gamma IV, his most ambitious water rocket project yet. Crafted with spliced soda bottles and standard household materials, this rocket is
Read MoreMeanwhile, the company’s revenue just beat Wall Street expectations and paid membership is at its highest ever. Read more: Netflix has had a rockstar year in gaming after GTA launch
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 MoreWho doesn’t love watching videos on YouTube? Of course, everyone! The biggest motivation behind relying on YouTube to satisfy video streaming needs is that it’s free, and everyone with a Google Account can access it. Secondly, the YouTube app is available on all sorts of platforms you can think of, including Android, iPhone, Firestick, SmartTVs,
Read MoreRetrocomputing often involves careful restorations, rare components, and white gloves. This story involves none of those. This is the story of two people who sought to answer one of the greatest questions in the universe: What does it take to kill a Mac SE? Crusty’s mainboard as found The star of the show here is
Read MoreThe diverse group of founders, who were paired up over the course of the accelerator last year, are now preparing for an in-person investor showcase in April. Read more: Dogpatch reveals top eight start-ups born out of Founders
Read MoreCredit: 91 Mobiles The Zenfone 11 has appeared on the Google Play Console. The listing creates confusion about its chipset. The phone could come with 16GB RAM, an FHD+ display resolution, and Android 14. Last year, we heard rumors about ASUS possibly shuttering the Zenfone division. However, the company vehemently denied the report and said
Read MoreAlaska Air Group found loose bolts on “many” of its Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft following the midair blowout of a panel on one of its planes earlier this month, the carrier’s chief executive officer said in an interview with NBC. Bloomberg: The accident has prompted some “very tough, candid conversations” with Boeing about the
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has added new generative AI features to Chrome for Macs and Windows PCs. The features are now available with the release of Chrome (M121). The additions include a Tab Organizer, Generative AI themes, and a Help Me Write option that works across the web. Chrome is getting three
Read MoreEbay said Tuesday that it plans to lay off 9% of the company’s workforce, equal to about 1,000 full-time jobs, as the tech industry continues to downsize to start 2024. From a report: Jamie Iannone, Ebay’s CEO, told employees in a letter published on a corporate blog, that the company will also “scale back the
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Netflix is completely retiring its Basic plan, even for existing subscribers who are already using it. The platform also plans to “occasionally” hike subscription prices as it invests more towards its growth. Netflix has released its Q4 earnings report, and in a letter to its shareholders, the streaming giant
Read MoreApple, reaching a make-or-break point in its decade-old effort to build a car, has pivoted to a less ambitious design with the intent of finally bringing an electric vehicle to market. Bloomberg: After previously envisioning a truly driverless car, the company is now working on an EV with more limited features, according to people with
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge We now know the date and time when Nintendo will disconnect online services for 3DS and Wii U software, which is scheduled for April 8th, 2024, at 4PM PT / 7PM ET. If you’re in Japan, it will be the morning of April 9th, at 9AM. If you’ve
Read MoreThis week’s best deals from B&H Photo have AppleInsider readers saving up to $1,200 on Apple desktop and laptop computers. MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and iMac on sale through B&H Photo. Shoppers looking for a new desktop computer can find the closeout M1 iMac with upgraded internal hardware for $300 off retail. Also on sale
Read MoreApple has made visionOS 1.0.1 available as a day-one update for Apple Vision Pro owners, likely with various bug fixes and minor changes. visionOS Since Apple Vision Pro hasn’t officially launched to the public, Apple doesn’t disclose when updates are available or what they might contain. Until late Tuesday, January 23, visionOS had remained on
Read MoreWe tend take GPS navigation for granted these days, so it’s easy to forget that it became only available in the last few decades. Aviation navigation used to be significantly more challenging, so how was the Hawker Siddeley Trident, a 1960s airliner, fitted with a live updating map display? In a fascinating dive into aviation
Read MoreAlthough Netflix no longer allows new or returning members to sign up for the ad-free Basic subscription that costs $11.99 per month, company executives told investors while reporting its earnings results today that it’s retiring the plan in some countries where ad-supported plans are available. It’s starting with Canada and the UK in the second
Read MoreThe Verge eBay is following in the footsteps of Google, Discord, Twitch, Unity, and more — by laying off loads of workers this January instead of right before the holidays. The company writes it’s laying off around 1,000 workers, or 9 percent of the company’s full-time employees, and that’s just the start: eBay will also
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge X is now supporting passkey log-ins on iPhones and iPads, granting members access to the security feature regardless of their “Premium” status. Generating a passkey for X allows users to completely skip entering a password when they log in to their accounts and instead rely on the device’s security (with Face ID,
Read MoreADT has a new smart home security on the works that looks like it will launch next month. | Screenshot: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge All signs are pointing to an imminent launch of ADT’s new Smart Home Security System, a DIY security system born of a collaboration between Google and ADT. This could
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge This last weekend I was sitting in a hotel room in Memphis, staring out at the parking lot turned ice skating rink, wanting to just have a couple of hours with my brain turned off. I opened Netflix hoping to find a movie that would give me an
Read MoreImage: Google Google ended its contract with Appen, an Australian data company involved in training its large language model AI tools used in Bard, Search, and other products, even as the competition to develop generative AI tools increases. “Our decision to end the contract was made as part of our ongoing effort to evaluate and
Read MoreThe Apple Touch Bar was an oddity on a fairly small number of Apple laptops which replaced the function key row with a touch display. Yet what is special about this display other than its odd form factor when you consider it as a generic touch display? As [Wenting Zhang] describes in a recent reverse-engineering
Read MoreAfter the SEC’s X account was hacked, the company quickly implemented passkey support for improved account security. X on the App Store Passkeys are a relatively new standard implemented by Apple, Google, and Microsoft in partnership with the FIDO Alliance and the W3C. The system pairs a cryptographic key with a device secured via biometrics
Read MoreTime has advanced far enough that 5G has gone from pure luxury to something many of us take for granted — except, of course, when it suddenly disappears, forcing us to connect to slower 4G (LTE) or even 3G networks. If 5G is missing on your phone, here’s what’s probably going on, and how you
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