Image: iFixit Right-to-repair proponents are asking the FTC to introduce new rules for electronics manufacturers that aim to make it easier for consumers to fix their own devices. The repair guide site iFixit and the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) on Tuesday submitted a petition to the federal agency, with the end goal of
Read MoreOnePlus Open Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Opinion post by Robert Triggs There’s been plenty of criticism leveled at the closer relationship between OPPO and OnePlus in recent years (I’ve had plenty of my own thoughts too). However, the OnePlus Open, with hardware built essentially by OPPO, has revealed a potentially exciting future for
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The Apple Watch Series 9 represents the latest model of one of the market’s leading smartwatch lineups. It’s packed with sensors, tools, and features, including new user interactions and a redesigned interface. We rounded up our top Apple Watch Series 9 tips and tricks to make the most of your
Read MoreDespite our predilection for creature comforts like electricity, it can be nice to get away from it all from time-to-time. Students from Eindhoven University of Technology developed Stella Vita to let you glamp from the power of the sun alone. Solar-powered vehicles have been plying the highways for decades, but we’re only now getting vehicles
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Sources: Anu Hariharan, the former head of YC Continuity, which Y Combinator scrapped in March 2023, started Avra, a “YC for growth” fund aiming to raise ~$350M — Anu Hariharan, who led YC Continuity before the storied accelerator scrapped the program, has partnered …
Read MoreJonathan Stempel / Reuters: A US judge rejects efforts by Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta, and Snap to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits accusing them of enticing and addicting children to their apps — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected efforts by major social media companies to dismiss nationwide litigation accusing …
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: WhatsApp for Android’s chat and media backups will count toward the Google Account storage limit for beta users as of December 2023, and for all users in 2024 — Google and WhatsApp today announced a change wherein WhatsApp chat and media backups on Android will “start counting toward …
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A Samsung official has shot down rumors of cheap foldables coming from the brand. A recent rumor suggested there could be foldables from Samsung in the $500 range as early as next year. The same official also shot down the idea of an “FE” model in the Galaxy Z
Read MoreAmid all the hype about AI it sometimes seems as though the world has lost sight of the fact that software such as ChatGPT contains no intelligence. Instead it’s an extremely sophisticated system for extracting plausible machine generated content from the corpus on which it is trained. There’s a long history behind machine generated text,
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta, ByteDance, Alphabet, and Snap must proceed with a lawsuit alleging their social platforms have adverse mental health effects on children, a federal court ruled on Tuesday. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected the social media giants’ motion to dismiss the dozens of lawsuits accusing the
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Despite its previous history with hardware, Valve is reaffirming its commitment to the Steam Deck. Valve says it hopes to release a Steam Deck 2 in the next two or three years. Valve is considering making different-colored Steam Decks. Last week, Valve surprised us with an OLED version of
Read MoreImage: The Verge The will-they-won’t-they of Threads direct messages has been going on for a while now. Last we heard, Instagram (and Threads) head Adam Mosseri said that Threads was not planning to build DMs. That still appears to be true — but it’s not the whole story. Mosseri said on Tuesday, in a Threads
Read MoreImage: Daniel Golson Last week, I attended Polestar Day, a massive event put on by the Geely-owned Swedish brand in a hangar at the Santa Monica airport. The Volvo offshoot company invited hundreds of media, investors, and owners to experience the latest products and upcoming models and learn about a bunch of new technology innovations
Read MoreImage: Getty American car buyers can’t get enough big, tall SUVs and trucks — but new data suggests that the downsides of this trend are growing increasingly deadly. Crashes involving vehicles with hood heights that are 40 inches or higher are 45 percent more likely to result in a fatality as compared to vehicles with
Read MoreCheck out REI, one of our favorite outdoor gear retailers, to shop the best fitness trackers and base layers for your outdoor winter escapes.
Read MoreWhether you’re a student on a budget or a gamer looking to upgrade your rig, the Samsung monitor holiday deals will have something to pique your interest. There are price drops of up to 40% on monitors of all shapes and sizes, with the star attraction being a record $500 discount on the Samsung 49-inch
Read MoreNothing says that it brought iMessage to Android but all it really did was make your Apple ID less safe.
Read MoreThe Asus ROG Azoth (top) and Razer BlackWidow V4 75% (bottom) aren’t your typical gaming keyboards. The new Razer BlackWidow V4 75% and Asus ROG Azoth play to traditional gaming strengths, while feeling and sounding significantly nicer to type on. Continue reading…
Read MoreBerber Jin / Wall Street Journal: Khosla Ventures is raising a $500M seed fund, a $1.6B venture fund, and a $900M growth fund, larger than their $300M, $1B, and $550M predecessors, respectively — The fundraise is one of the largest completed by a VC firm this year, defying startup slump — Khosla Ventures is in
Read MoreThe third-generation Echo Show 5 is running a new OS 1.1 instead of the standard Fire OS. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Last week, it was reported that Amazon is quietly developing its own operating system that will replace Android on its Fire TV devices before expanding to other products, including
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is slowly rolling out “Profile Discovery” for Google Messages. The feature allows you to create a profile with your name and photo to help those with your phone number or email recognize you in Google products. It’s unclear what other Google products or services will use this profile.
Read MoreImage: Daniel Golson Last week, I attended Polestar Day, a massive event put on by the Geely-owned Swedish brand in a hangar at the Santa Monica airport. The Volvo offshoot company invited hundreds of media, investors, and owners to experience the latest products and upcoming models and learn about a bunch of new technology innovations
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you buy something from a merchant that uses Amazon’s Buy with Prime button, you’ll now be able to track those orders on your Amazon account, access 24/7 customer service over live chat, and be able to return “eligible” orders at “more drop-off locations” without having to box
Read MoreClive Cookson / Financial Times: Google DeepMind details weather forecasting AI model GraphCast AI, more accurate than the best conventional systems for three to 10 day predictions, an AI first — Google DeepMind’s model beat world’s leading system in 90% of metrics used and took only a fraction of the time
Read MoreChris Velazco / Washington Post: Nothing plans to roll out an early version of Nothing Chats, a Sunbird-based app that lets Phone (2) users send iMessages to iPhone contacts, on November 17 — Nothing, Sunbird and other upstarts are taking iMessage where it’s never been before — Here’s a glimmer of hope for anyone …
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