Image: Meta Xbox Cloud Gaming is arriving on Meta’s range of VR headsets today. A beta version of the cloud gaming app is now available for the Meta Quest 2, 3, or Pro headsets, allowing you to stream hundreds of Xbox games with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, a controller, and a Quest headset.
Read MoreCredit: Adam Birney / Android Authority A General Motors executive has explained why the company is dropping Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. The executive claimed that this was due to safety concerns regarding poor wireless connections. However, GM previously noted subscription “opportunities” when first announcing the move. Update, December 13, 2023 (01:45 PM ET): A
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available in beta on the Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest Pro, for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers — Xbox Cloud Gaming is arriving on Meta’s range of VR headsets today. A beta version of the cloud gaming app is now available for the
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple will require law enforcement to obtain a court order before the company hands over details of customers’ push notifications from now on. As Reuters reports, Apple quietly updated its guidelines for law enforcement page on Monday with language specifying that search warrants and court orders are
Read MoreIn the US, we’re starting to see some pushback against hostile architecture, and in this vein, [benhobby] built a swanky public power and Wi-Fi access point. This beautiful piece of infrastructure has 400 watts of solar plugged into 1.2 kWh of battery storage, and can dispense those electrons through any of its 120 VAC, USB-C,
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google has announced the Pixel Buds Pro can now use Quick Phrases for Google Assistant. Quick Phrases allows Assistant to perform tasks without the voice prompt “Hey, Google.” You’ll now be able to answer or decline calls just by saying “answer” or “decline.” Tired of having to say “Hey,
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Threads that the platform is beginning to test making Threads posts available on Mastodon and other ActivityPub-supporting services. Zuckerberg wrote that making Threads work with the interoperable standard “will give people more choice over how they interact and it will help content reach more people.” Joining
Read MoreWe’ve seen a lot of PCIe hacks on Hackaday, and a fair few of them boil down to hackers pulling PCIe somewhere it wasn’t meant to be. Today, we routinely can find PCIe x1, x2 and x4 links sitting around in our tech, thanks to the proliferation of things like NVMe SSDs, and powerful cheap
Read MoreThe height of the holiday season is upon us, and Etsy is cutting 11% of its staff, looking to restructure the business and cut costs. Josh Silverman, Etsy CEO, said, “We must streamline costs against a “very challenging” macro and competitive environment.” This cut will affect about 225 employees who will be cut from the
Read MoreJacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: Abu Dhabi-based Andalusia Labs, which offers risk management services for digital assets, raised a $48M Series A led by Lightspeed at a valuation “north of” $1B — Digital asset risk infrastructure-focused Andalusia Labs, formerly known as RiskHarbor, has raised $48 million …
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg / @zuck@threads.net: Starting a test where posts from Threads accounts will be available on Mastodon and other services that use the ActivityPub protocol. Making Threads interoperable will give people more choice over how they interact and it will help content reach more people. I’m pretty optimistic about this.
Read MoreEpic’s Holiday Sale is now with us until 10th January and it looks like there are some decent offers available. Of course, Steam’s Winter Sale has not started yet, so we don’t know if any of these deals will be undercut, but Epic is also giving away a coupon for 33% off which can be
Read MoreCrypto company Worldcoin now has integrations with Minecraft, Reddit, Telegram, Shopify and Mercado Libre. Worldcoin – a project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman – was launched earlier this year and its recent update of World ID offers a service that helps better distinguish between bots and ‘verified humans’ online. Through creating a World ID
Read MoreGoogle has announced a range of upgraded artificial intelligence features for its cloud-computing clients, with Gemini Pro for enterprises standing out as a flagship release. As reported by Bloomberg, the tech giant is aiming to keep up with the pace of its rivals with the twin-pronged approach of Microsoft and OpenAI making big strides in
Read MoreThe festive season is about goodwill and family, but there’s no reason why it can’t also be about treating yourself to a kickass new 50-inch smart TV. The Amazon Fire 50-inch Omni Series 4K UHD smart TV fits the bill and is down to a fantastic price of just $309.99 in the holiday sales. Amazon
Read MoreImage: Bungie Epic Games plans to give away 17 free games during its annual holiday sale for the Epic Games Store, the company announced on Wednesday. The first free game you can snag is Destiny 2: Legacy Collection (2023), which includes three expansions: The Witch Queen, Beyond Light, and Shadowkeep. If you want to catch
Read MoreImage: Apple Apple has begun selling the USB-C charging case for its second-generation AirPods Pro as a standalone purchase. But it doesn’t come cheap. The MagSafe-compatible case, available immediately, is priced at $99. Still, if you’re dead set on switching all of your gadgets to USB-C and already own a pair of second-gen AirPods Pro
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla will have to skip trash day in Sweden as the country’s labor groups continue to protest the company’s anti-union policies. Reuters reports the country’s Transport Workers’ Union will refuse to pick up waste at the automaker’s workshops in solidarity with Tesla autoworkers who’ve been on strike since
Read MoreCredit: Google Google is rolling out Gemini Pro for developers and enterprises to build off of. It will be free to use until Google rolls out general availability. Gemini Pro will be cheaper to use than GPT-4 when the free period ends. After announcing its new large language model (LLM) Gemini, Google started rolling the
Read MoreIf you’ve been thinking about giving a folding phone a try, Samsung’s big sale might be your chance.
Read MoreA great affordable entry in the ever-growing market of portable monitors.
Read MoreThe Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro sound good, are compact, and — most importantly — purple. (Yes, they also come in white and black.) | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are once again selling for their best price of $159.99 ($70 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. The
Read MorePhoto by Sjoerd van der Wal / Getty Images Tesla issued a recall notice today for 2 million vehicles in the US to address a “defect” with Autopilot, the company’s groundbreaking and controversial advanced driver-assist system. Safety experts say the recall will likely make Autopilot harder to misuse. Harder, but not impossible. “It’s progress,” said
Read MorePianos use little hammers striking taut strings to make tones. The Mellotron used lots of individual tape mechanisms. Meanwhile, the Trans-Harmonium from [Emily Francisco] uses an altogether more curious method of generating sound — each key on this keyboard instrument turns on a functional clock radio. Electrically, there’s not a whole lot going on. The
Read MoreBiometric AI tech like facial recognition software was one of the major sticking points contributing to negotiation delays. | Image: The Verge When European lawmakers reached a provisional deal on landmark artificial intelligence rules last week, they had reason to celebrate. The EU AI Act reached a long-awaited climax on Friday following not only two
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