Illustration by Nico H. Brausch for The Verge The effort to climate-proof our housing is running into a mess of problems, including aging housing stock, out-of-date zoning laws, and NIMBY-ism. Can we build our way to a better future? Continue reading…
Read MoreThomas Black / Bloomberg: UPS announces a new $79M, 20-acre facility near Louisville, set to be staffed by over 3,000 robots handling manual tasks and around 200 human workers in 2024 — – Facility near Louisville is part of warehouse services push — Robots help retain workers, reduce injuries, company says
Read MoreThe iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro support wireless charging, but not if you have one of these cars after updating to iOS 17.1.
Read MoreSony is offering PS5 owners up to six months of Apple Music for free right now.
Read MoreThe Apple Music Classical app is now available on the iPad for the very first time.
Read MoreApple’s watchOS 10.2 beta 3 update brings back a feature that lets you swipe between watch faces after it was removed in watchOS 10.
Read MoreAnker’s 647 charging station uses retractable USB-C cables to keep my floor and drawers tidy.
Read MoreJane Zhang / Bloomberg: Alibaba reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$31B, beating ~$30.9B est., a ~$3.8B net income, up from a ~$3B loss in Q2 2022, and calls off its cloud spinoff — – The decision marks a dramatic reversal on a signature move — Alibaba’s historic six-way restructuring is now in doubt
Read MoreAkash Sriram / Reuters: Alibaba filing: Jack Ma’s family trust plans to sell 10M American Depository Shares of Alibaba for around $871M; BABA drops 8%+ — Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s family trust is set to sell 10 million American Depository Shares of Alibaba Group Holdings (9988.HK), for about $871 million …
Read MoreZac Bowden / Windows Central: Microsoft launches a Windows App on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows, and the web, letting enterprise customers stream a copy of Windows, available in preview — Microsoft brings Windows to non-Windows devices. — What you need to know — Microsoft is launching the “Windows app” …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Code within the Google Play Store indicates that Google is working on a feature internally called “Cubes.” From the code available so far, it appears that the feature would help with content discovery across various categories, like what to watch, what to game, what to read, what to listen
Read MoreSecretlab’s annual Black Friday sale has kicked off with savings on all of its desks, chairs, and accessories.
Read MoreYou can pick up a 27-inch Samsung monitor for 40% off right now, and I’m tempted.
Read MoreJess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google’s Search Generative Experience adds shopping tools to help find niche or unique items and expands virtual try-ons to men’s tops from hundreds of brands — Google’s AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) is behind a bunch of new shopping features that aim to help users find niche …
Read MoreLeo Schwartz / Fortune: Proton Mail CEO Andy Yen announces Key Transparency, a blockchain-based tool build on Proton’s private chain to verify email addresses, in beta — Proton Mail, the leading privacy-focused email service, is making its first foray into blockchain technology with Key Transparency, which will allow users to verify email addresses.
Read MorePhotos by Tim Sutton, Mayfield Media, courtesy of Rebelle Rally Sustainably charging electric vehicles and providing power to over 250 people for eight days in the middle of the desert is no easy task. Renewable Innovations has the answer. Continue reading…
Read MoreSupantha Mukherjee / Reuters: TikTok joins Meta in challenging its EU DMA “gatekeeper” status, saying the service is “arguably the most capable challenger to more entrenched” rivals — TikTok on Thursday joined Meta (META.O) in appealing against the “gatekeeper” status under the Digital Markets Act …
Read MoreApple’s Chinese rival Xiaomi is launching a car before Apple, and there’s a Pro and Max version of it just to make it sting more.
Read MorePhoto by: Trae Patton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images Google is testing new generative AI features for YouTube that’ll let people create music tracks using just a text prompt or a simple hummed tune. The first, Dream Track, already seeded to a few creators on the platform, is designed to auto-generate short
Read MoreThe Ring Video Doorbell is one of the best purchases I’ve ever made and it’s currently 45% off for Black Friday.
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: At its conference, Unity says the company plans to launch Unity 6 in 2024, details Unity Muse, an AI suite for content creation, and announces Unity Cloud — Unity, the global game engine and monetizationplatform, said that its Unity 6 platform will launch in 2024 with AI innovations and platform updates.
Read MoreThe new Windows App. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft has created a Windows App for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows, and web browsers. The app essentially takes the previous Windows 365 app and turns it into a central hub for streaming a copy of Windows from a remote PC, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Microsoft Dev Box,
Read MoreK.J. Yossman / Variety: Embracer reports Q2 net sales up 13% YoY to ~$1B, layoffs impacted 900 employees, or 5% of its workforce, and 36 fewer games are in development than Q2 2022 — “Lord of the Rings” owner Embracer Group has reported a 13% increase in net sales year-on-year in Q2, in part thanks
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Read MoreFor some people of color, crypto isn’t in crisis. In the midst of the FTX trial, I went to the Black Blockchain Summit to talk to the movement’s biggest believers.
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