Image: Rockstar Games The 18-year-old Lapsus$ hacker who played a critical role in leaking Grand Theft Auto VI footage has been sentenced to life inside a hospital prison, according to a report from the BBC. A British judge ruled on Thursday that Arion Kurtaj is a high risk to the public because he still wants
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Safety Check will now run automatically in the background and warn you if you have compromised passwords, harmful extensions, and more. Memory Saver will tell you if a tab should remain active and how much memory can be saved if a tab goes inactive. Tab groups can now be
Read MoreBed sensors do sort of sound like a gimmick — after all, who cares whether someone is occupying the bed? But if you think about it, that information is quite useful from a home automation standpoint. A person could do all sorts of things in this state, from ensuring the overhead lights in the room
Read MoreThe Vision Pro could now launch as soon as February as Apple warns developers its’ time to get their apps ready.
Read MorePhoto by Brandon Bell/Getty Images On the surface, electric scooter pioneer Bird filing for bankruptcy would seem to be a nail in the coffin for shared micromobility — that nebulous term often used to describe rentable electric bikes and scooters in cities. After a number of mergers and some bad financial management, the OG scooter
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: Cisco acquires cloud-native security and networking startup Isovalent, which had raised $69M and has helped develop open-source projects eBPF and Cilium — Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Isovalent, a cloud-native security and networking startup that should fit …
Read MoreI’ve talked about HD44780 displays before – they’ve been a mainstay of microcontroller projects for literal decades. In the modern hobbyist world, there’s an elephant in the room – the sheer variety of I2C and SPI displays you can buy. They’re all so different, some are LCD and some are OLED, some have a touchscreen
Read MoreSarah Wynn / The Block: Prometheum says it received the first-ever FINRA approval to offer digital asset securities clearing services through its special purpose broker dealer license — – Prometheum announced on Thursday that it received the first-ever approval from FINRA to allow for digital asset securities clearing …
Read MoreCars, trucks, SUVs, and other vehicles drive in traffic on the 405 freeway through the Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles, California, on August 25th, 2022. | Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images The US saw record gains in fuel efficiency last year, but it still falls short of what’s needed to
Read MoreBeeper, the outfit behind the Beeper Mini iMessage-on-Android app, says that it doesn’t plan to work around Apple if it blocks its access once more. And it doesn’t seem happy about it.
Read MoreThe Sony WH-1000XM4 wireless noise-canceling headphones are available at their lowest-ever price.
Read MoreGoogle’s holiday season deals have been mightily impressive, but Amazon has outdone even the Black Friday offers on the brand’s top wireless earbuds. The Google Pixel Buds Pro just dropped to a record-low price of $113.94, saving you $86 on the audio hardware. Google Pixel Buds Pro for $113.94 ($86 off)
Read MoreKatharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: A UK judge sentences Arion Kurtaj, the 18-year-old who leaked GTA VI code and hacked Nvidia, to a secure hospital until a mental health tribunal lets him leave — – Arion Kurtaj placed in hospital to protect public from harm — Two teens sentenced for hacking, blackmailing tech firms
Read MoreImage: Samar Haddad / The Verge The Philips Hue smart lighting system offers a wide range of excellent smart bulbs, from color-changing and tunable white bulbs in every shape and size to LED light strips, outdoor lanterns, and holiday lights. Hue is well known for its interoperability with a wide array of smart home ecosystems
Read MorePhoto by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge I’ve used Philips Hue smart lights for close to a decade. The company’s colorful bulbs, dimmer switches, and motion sensors have been among the most reliable, responsive smart devices in my home. Hue’s stuff is expensive, but due to its bridge and Zigbee mesh network, the lights,
Read MoreThe gadget that saved Christmas. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge I thought I could hold out until Friday, but as I stared at my Christmas tree’s unlit midriff, I realized that was too long to wait. I’d ordered a set of spare incandescent bulbs for my Christmas tree on Amazon, but the
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Beeper has rolled out a new update that will bring back phone number registration to Beeper Mini. You’ll now need access to a Mac or an old jailbroken iPhone to use the iMessage on Android app. Beeper says it will stop trying to find workarounds if this last attempt
Read MoreDavid Shepardson / Reuters: The US plans to launch a review of the US semiconductor supply chain in January to assess national security concerns about sourcing of legacy chips from China — The U.S. Department of Commerce said Thursday it will launch a survey of the U.S. semiconductor supply chain and national defense industrial base
Read MoreRyan Browne / CNBC: France’s AMF watchdog gives Coinbase virtual asset service provider approval, as the company pushes deeper into Europe amid a rift with the US SEC — – France’s AMF watchdog gave Coinbase virtual asset service provider (VASP) approval, which is effectively a green light for the company to operate crypto services in
Read MoreIt’s hard to beat the MacBook Air for value and performance when it comes to larger laptops for productivity. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Apple MacBook Air 15 has been frequently discounted since it first came out last summer, but the large yet thin laptop has once again reached a
Read MoreAs you use your phone, its battery naturally loses some of its capacity over time. Android is preparing to give you an estimate of your battery’s remaining capacity. Android’s new battery health settings could also tell you whether your device’s battery has been replaced. Android phones are receiving software updates for longer than ever, with
Read MoreImage: SiriusXM SiriusXM is getting sued by the state of New York for making it too difficult for subscribers to cancel their plans. The suit claims that customers who want to cancel are required to chat over the phone or online with an agent who bombards them with questions and offers. “Sirius deliberately wastes its
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Beeper is throwing in the towel in its fight to bring iMessage to Android — mostly. Although it just announced yet another fix to let Android users send iMessages from its messaging apps, Beeper announced that it’s going to stop finding workarounds and instead focus on its
Read MoreYou know it’s a good teardown when [Michel] starts off by saying to not ask him where exactly he got the guidance section of an FGM-148 Javelin from. This shoulder-launched anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) is a true marvel of engineering that has shown its chops during recent world events. As a fire-and-forget type guided missile
Read MoreImage: The Verge Decoder is my show about big ideas and other problems. And today, we’re bringing you a special episode where we’re just going to talk about one very big problem: Twitter. 2023 will go down as the year that Elon Musk killed Twitter. First, he did it in a big way by buying
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