Flipboard has been experimenting with fediverse integration for months now. | Image: Flipboard Flipboard is taking its biggest step yet into the fediverse. The company announced on Monday that it is beginning to switch its user accounts to ActivityPub, which means that everyone curating stuff on Flipboard is now doing so in a way that
Read MoreCredit: Max Jambor A leaker may have uncovered the camera specs for the OPPO Find X7 series. Another leak may have revealed marketing material for the OPPO Find X7 series. The image shows two phones with a leather back, a prominent circular camera bump, and a four-camera setup. It’s been a busy 24 hours for
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple plans to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US starting this week, to “preemptively” comply with an ITC patent ruling now under US review — In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple has announced that it will soon halt sales of its flagship Apple Watch models
Read MoreGenerative AI is only one way of creating deceptive and manipulated media—and experts are concerned that not enough attention is paid to “cheapfakes” and other forms of digital manipulation.
Read MoreImage: Beeper Following a tumultuous few weeks for Beeper, which has been trying to provide an iMessage-compatible Android app, a group of US lawmakers are pushing for the DOJ to investigate Apple for “potentially anticompetitive conduct” over its attempts to disable Beeper’s services. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Lee (R-UT) as well as Representatives
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Apple will temporarily halt sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the US. Online sales cease from December 21, while retail locations will stop selling these watches after December 24. This decision follows a patent dispute ruling that stops the sales and imports
Read MoreApple will pause selling the Series 9 and Ultra 2 starting December 21st. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge After 3PM ET on December 21st, you won’t be able to buy the Apple Watch Series 9 or Ultra 2. The last day for pickup or delivery of these models from Apple’s retail
Read MoreReuters: Sources: Chinese chip design companies are increasingly using Malaysian firms to assemble a portion of their high-end GPUs; the move does not break US rules — A growing number of Chinese semiconductor design companies are tapping Malaysian firms to assemble a portion of their high-end chips …
Read MoreSpike Jonze’s Her turns 10 today. The futuristic film is now an optimistic time capsule.
Read MorePerhaps the most-cited downside of renewable energy is that wind or sunlight might not always be available when the electrical grid demands it. As they say in the industry, it’s not “dispatchable”. A large enough grid can mitigate this somewhat by moving energy long distances or by using various existing storage methods like pumped storage,
Read MoreImage: Jason Fochtman / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Southwest Airlines is facing a $140 million fine after last year’s holiday meltdown left millions of passengers stranded at airports across the US. On Monday, the Department of Transportation announced it’s imposing the civil penalty over “numerous violations of consumer protection laws” during and after the
Read MoreImage: Chris Harris / Netflix Netflix is kicking off 2024 with a vision of our dystopic future. The streamer just released a new trailer for The Kitchen, which imagines a near-future version of London, complete with reckless biker gangs and lots of holographic displays to complete the cyberpunk look. The film is helmed by Kibwe
Read MoreA very good morning to all, especially whoever at Amazon decided that today was a good day for some all-time low prices on previous-generation Samsung phones. Both the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus and the Galaxy Z Flip 4 are at least $450 off for the first time ever — just in time for a Christmas
Read MoreBloomberg: In 2020, two Black Nvidia staff met with Jensen Huang to warn over AI discrimination for minorities, but did not feel that he listened or prioritized the issues — As the chipmaker’s AI technology has become ubiquitous, it’s working to make it more inclusive
Read MoreSenators and US Representatives have written to the Department of Justice demanding an investigation in Apple’s treatment of the Beeper Mini app on Android.
Read MoreEve is releasing a Thread smart switch that works with the Matter smart home standard. | Image: Eve Systems There’s finally a Thread-enabled, Matter-compatible wall outlet, and it has energy monitoring! (But there’s a catch). Today, Eve Systems, maker of the excellent Eve Energy smart plug, announced the Eve Energy Outlet, which will launch on
Read MoreWhether you’re a water sports fanatic or a seasoned wild swimmer, these changing robes will make you feel like royalty.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority There were plenty of great smartphones launched in 2023, such as the Galaxy S23 series, the Pixel 8 range, the Pixel 7a, and the Motorola Razr Plus. But there were also quite a few great phones that flew under the radar this year, be it due to unfortunate launch
Read MoreApple is suspending sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the U.S.
Read MoreCredit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority OnePlus has confirmed that the OnePlus 12R will be available in North America and Europe. The company revealed these launch details in a fireside chat. This is a departure from previous R-series phones, which were exclusive to India and China. OnePlus confirmed last week that the OnePlus 12 would
Read MoreA claim made to iMore suggests that iPhones will not be affected by active listening but there’s no sign on other phones yet.
Read MoreThe CMA has a deadline of February 25th to make a final decision. | Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Update December 18th, 8:30AM ET: Adobe and Figma announced they have terminated their merger agreement — get all the latest details here. Our original article follows below. Adobe is, unsurprisingly, standing its ground after
Read MoreMatt Day / Bloomberg: Inside Amazon’s Mission Operations Center during Project Kuiper’s launch, part of an ambitious $10B effort to launch 3,000+ satellites and challenge Starlink — Project Kuiper could transform Amazon into a telecommunications giant, but first the company needs to loft more than 3,000 satellites into orbit.
Read MoreThe Verge / Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales This year has been a relatively quiet one for smartwatches. It makes sense. The smartwatch renaissance of 2022 was always going to be a hard act to follow, let alone top. But among the slew of iterative updates, there was one thing that kept catching my eye:
Read MoreRaising a range of concerns into the way X has been run under Elon Musk, EU officials will also probe whether graphic content from Hamas’ attack on Israel was allowed to spread across the site.
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