Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A leak suggests Samsung’s One UI 6.1 update could give you more control over how your Galaxy phone charges. It’s rumored that Samsung’s “Protect battery” feature may add three new options: Basic, Adapt, and Max. The update could also introduce a wallpaper feature like Google’s AI-generated wallpapers. It’s been
Read MoreMicrosoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.85, aka the November 2023 edition of the company’s signature open source code editor. This latest update to Visual Studio Code features floating editor windows and the ability to visualize JavaScript heap snapshots. Introduced December 7, Visual Studio Code 1.85 can be downloaded for Windows, Linux, or Mac. With
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is suing a naughty but enterprising group called REKK for offering a paid service to willing shoppers looking to get big-ticket items like laptops and game consoles for cheap by exploiting its return and refund system. This isn’t like the times you try to return a small
Read MoreNitasha Tiku / Washington Post: Sources: complaints from some senior OpenAI leaders that Sam Altman had been psychologically abusive were a major factor in the board’s decision to fire Altman — The senior employees described Altman as psychologically abusive, creating chaos at the artificial-intelligence start-up …
Read MoreMeta has introduced Purple Llama, a project dedicated to creating open-source tools for developers to evaluate and boost the trustworthiness and safety of generative AI models before they are used publicly. Meta emphasized the need for collaborative efforts in ensuring AI safety, stating that AI challenges cannot be tackled in isolation. The company said the
Read MoreWe all know that solderless breadboards have their limitations. All that stray capacitance can play hell with circuits, especially high-speed stuff, but they’re so darn useful that avoiding them in favor of some other prototyping method can be really hard. So we often just forge ahead, plugging in our parts and hoping for the best
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Tracxn: Indian startups raised ~$7B in 2023, the lowest since 2018 and down from ~$25B in 2022 and ~$37B in 2021; Bessemer made only one deal in India in 2023 — Indian startups have raised about $7 billion this year, according to market intelligence platform Tracxn, down from about $25 billion
Read MoreChinese semiconductor factory Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) may have surpassed the 5nm process barrier despite U.S. restrictions — by developing a cutting-edge chip for Huawei. This breakthrough is a significant step forward for both SMIC and Huawei amidst ongoing geopolitical tensions and technological competition. As the demand for advanced chips continues to rise, this
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is reorganizing its hardware engineering group as Tang Tan, its VP in charge of iPhone and Watch product design, plans to leave in February 2024 — – Tang Tan is set to leave the tech company in February — Departure will spur changes at hardware engineering group
Read MoreJosh Eidelson / Bloomberg: Microsoft agrees to convert 77 TCWGlobal contract staff at ZeniMax into unionized employees, as part of negotiations with CWA-affiliated ZeniMax Workers United — – Move expands organized labor’s foothold at software giant — As direct employees, staffers will also receive raises, perks
Read MoreCredit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority An APK teardown of the Fitbit app reveals strings seemingly related to the Pixel 8 Pro’s thermometer. The teardown suggests that body temperature measurements will sync automatically and show up on the app. The Fitbit app would be able to track your body temperature over time with graphs. Before
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge With iOS 17.2, you’ll be able to share passes from the Wallet app by bringing two iPhones next to each other, according to MacRumors. I haven’t tested the feature myself, but it sounds a lot like Apple’s NameDrop contact-sharing tool it introduced with the first release of iOS
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Say goodbye to the Chevy Bolt EV… again. General Motors won’t be bringing over the original hatchback Bolt to the automaker’s Ultium platform, just the larger Bolt EUV, GM confirmed after InsideEVs first reported the news. That comes after GM said it was discontinuing Bolt production but
Read MoreAmazon is dropping holiday cheer left, right, and center this week, with the latest treat being a record price drop on the Apple Watch Ultra 2. The flagship smartwatch is down to $699 for the first time ever today, saving you $100 on the hefty price tag. It’s ideal if you have fitness goals to
Read MoreJess Weatherbed / The Verge: An untitled countdown timer viewable only on the Threads.net homepage in EU countries suggests that the service will be expanded to EU users on December 14 — Following its rollout in countries like the US and UK this past July, Threads will finally be expanded to users in the European
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google and McDonald’s have announced a partnership that will bring Google’s AI technology to the fast food chain. In 2024, hardware and software in “thousands” of stores will get an upgrade. McDonald’s plans on using the technology to analyze massive amounts of data to optimize its service. Even
Read MoreThe one-time gene editing fix is meant to halt debilitating pain crises for sickle cell patients, who formerly could only be cured with a risky stem cell transplant.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: X has held preliminary talks with Amazon to make ads available via Amazon’s ad-buying software, and PubMatic, seeking to attract more small advertisers — Social-media platform has had preliminary talks with Amazon to sell ads through e-commerce giant’s ad-buying software
Read MoreAs both beginning hackers and Silicon Valley investors alike keep discovering, there are a lot of differences between hardware and software. One important difference is cost of iterating over a design. In software, you can comfortably rerun your build process and push updates out near instantly to tons of users. In hardware, all of that
Read MoreApple is rumored to have spring 2024 in mind for a slew of new USB-C accessories.
Read MoreThe lengthy delay in Threads European rollout has been attributed to the EU’s DMA rules. | Illustration: The Verge Following its rollout in countries like the US and UK this past July, Threads will finally be expanded to users in the European Union on December 14th. Meta hasn’t made an official announcement yet, instead opting
Read MoreThe Apple M2 MacBook Air is only $1,099 right now, a fantastic $200 discount.
Read MoreThis week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up to discuss the best hacks of the previous week. We have no nerdy news this week, but is that necessarily a bad thing? Speaking of nothingness, we have no winner for What’s That Sound because all six people who responded were wrong. Was the sound
Read MoreIf you’re in need of new high-end earbuds or relatively inexpensive headphones, Final Audio has your back.
Read MoreAllison Johnson / The Verge: Mobile network companies have backed themselves into a corner by racing to roll out 5G, taking on piles of debt with few returns to show for their investments — Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found …
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