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US DHS OIG report covering April 27 to August 17: “thousands” of apps installed on ICE-managed devices, likely including TikTok, may compromise DHS security (Jessica Lyons Hardcastle/The Register)

Jessica Lyons Hardcastle / The Register: US DHS OIG report covering April 27 to August 17: “thousands” of apps installed on ICE-managed devices, likely including TikTok, may compromise DHS security — Audit: Craptastic security could potentially put govt info in hands of enemies — America’s immigration cops have pushed …

15 Best Mattresses You Can Buy Online (2023)

We’ve spent months and years testing dozens of bed-in-a-box hybrid, foam, innerspring, and certified organic mattresses.

The CFTC says 47 of its 96 enforcement cases brought in 2023 were related to digital assets, including against SBF, Binance, CZ, Celsius, and Alex Mashinsky (Sarah Wynn/The Block)

Sarah Wynn / The Block: The CFTC says 47 of its 96 enforcement cases brought in 2023 were related to digital assets, including against SBF, Binance, CZ, Celsius, and Alex Mashinsky — – The CFTC brought 47 digital asset-related actions out of 96 total its 2023 fiscal year — Notable cases included …

Airbnb is finally adding support for smart locks to its app

Hosts can soon integrate smart locks to Airbnb, and guests will get clearer-than-ever instructions. | Image: Airbnb Airbnb launched a new software update that enables the integration of smart locks so hosts don’t need to worry about issuing new door codes and guests can find them without hassle. The update could alleviate some stressors when

Reliving the Authentic 90s Linux Experience

Installing Linux on a modern PC has never been easier. There are tons of tools available that will nearly-automatically download your Linux distribution of choice, image a USB drive, and make it bootable so you can finally ditch your bloated, privacy-violating operating system and get the free performance boost that comes along with it. This

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’s first trailer has too much chill

Image: Sony Pictures Things are going to get a little frigid in New York City — at least in the Ghostbusters universe. The first teaser trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire centers on a (literally) killer storm that descends on the city, which apparently carries something known as the “death chill.” Good thing we all know

A PlayStation 5: Spider-Man 2 Bundle makes a great gift (to yourself)

The PlayStation 5: Spider-Man 2 Bundle might be the ideal gift for the gamer in your life, but don’t feel guilty if that’s you. After all, there are many long winter nights and family social events ahead to get through. This deal gives you an extra incentive, with the console-and-game bundle on sale for the

You can now get a PlayStation 5 with Spider-Man 2 thrown in free

Prices are dropping like Miles in a cool pose. | Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment The smaller PlayStation 5 with a detachable disc drive is expected to land soon, but why wait and pay full price when you can get the current console with one of its best new games thrown in for free? As part

Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It

Once a fan favorite, Max shed 700,000 subscribers in the past three months, even as it made money. That might work for Warner Bros. Discovery, but what about viewers?

Cruise recalls all 950 of its autonomous cars to update their software after one dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October (Tom Krisher/Associated Press)

Tom Krisher / Associated Press: Cruise recalls all 950 of its autonomous cars to update their software after one dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October — General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update software after one of them dragged

ChatGPT is back online after a 90-minute ‘major’ OpenAI outage

Illustration: The Verge OpenAI’s ChatGPT service is back online after being down and inaccessible for its 100 million weekly active users. ChatGPT went down shortly before 9AM ET / 6AM PT and remained inaccessible for more than 90 minutes. OpenAI said it was experiencing a major outage that also impacted the company’s API services. ChatGPT

Apple iMac M3 review: searching for a purpose

The latest version of Apple’s venerable all-in-one desktop is an excellent and beautiful computer. It just doesn’t fit most modern computing needs. Continue reading…

Jenny’s Daily Drivers: RiscOS 5.28

On a mundane day at some point in late 1987, though I didn’t grasp exactly what it would become at the time, I sat in front of the future. My school had a lab full of BBC Micros which I’d spent the previous few years getting to know, but on that day there was a

OpenAI fixes an issue that caused a “major outage” across ChatGPT and its API for around 90 minutes, starting at 6AM PT (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: OpenAI fixes an issue that caused a “major outage” across ChatGPT and its API for around 90 minutes, starting at 6AM PT — OpenAI’s ChatGPT service is back online after being down and inaccessible for its 100 million weekly active users. ChatGPT went down shortly before 9AM ET / 6AM

Google staff sign an open letter accusing the company of limiting pro-Palestinian speech and objecting to Project Nimbus, a $1.2B contract to supply Israel (New York Times)

New York Times: Google staff sign an open letter accusing the company of limiting pro-Palestinian speech and objecting to Project Nimbus, a $1.2B contract to supply Israel — Google has long been a hub for employee activism, including over the company’s business with Israel.

Google gave $360M in incentives to ensure you could download games from the Play Store

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google allegedly gave $360 million in ad credits and co-marketing incentives to Activision Blizzard to ensure that its games launched on the Google Play Store alongside rival platforms. Further, Google allegedly had a campaign internally called “Project Hug,” which attracted developers to the Play Store. Some internal emails indicate

WhatsApp can now hide your IP address during calls for added security

Image: WhatsApp Calls on WhatsApp are (optionally) getting even more secure for the app’s most privacy-minded users. As outlined in this blog post, WhatsApp just added a new “protect IP address in calls” toggle to its settings that shields your IP from whoever’s on the other side of a call. When activated, calls will be

Ikea launches its first smart LED strip at the right price

The Ormanäs RGB LED smart light strip looks like it has the right balance of features. | Images: Ikea Ikea launched the Ormanäs, its first smart RGB LED light strip, in the Netherlands. The news comes by way of Dutch tech site Tweakers, which notes that the Ormanäs is a four-meter, or roughly 13-foot, dimmable

Captain Laserhawk’s Adi Shankar on multiverses, AI, and Rayman propaganda

Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Dominique Charriau, Getty Images As wild as the world of Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix might seem, it all makes perfect sense in creator Adi Shankar’s mind. Continue reading…

Rockstar plans to begin promoting Grand Theft Auto VI, expected to be one of the decade’s biggest video games, in December, coinciding with its 25th anniversary (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: Rockstar plans to begin promoting Grand Theft Auto VI, expected to be one of the decade’s biggest video games, in December, coinciding with its 25th anniversary — The company plans to release a trailer for the game in December, according to a blog post by Rockstar’s president Sam Houser.

Kicked Off Mint? Try These 5 Saving and Budgeting Apps

These smartphone apps can help you penny-pinch your way to financial peace of mind.

Amazon’s latest Prime perk is a $100 discount on One Medical

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon announced that Prime subscribers can now join One Medical, the primary care service that Amazon acquired for $3.9 billion, at a steep discount. A membership normally costs $199 per year, but the company has dropped that price to $99 annually (or $9 monthly) for its Prime customers.

HSBC partners with Ripple to offer institutional clients a custody service for digital assets, expected to launch in 2024, complementing its HSBC Orion service (Anna Irrera/Bloomberg)

Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: HSBC partners with Ripple to offer institutional clients a custody service for digital assets, expected to launch in 2024, complementing its HSBC Orion service — – Latest blockchain offering is expected to go live in 2024 — HSBC Holdings Plc plans to offer institutional clients …

This smart garage door controller is no longer very smart

The Chamberlain MyQ smart garage door controller connects to a garage door opener so you can control it from anywhere. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge The Chamberlain Group — owners of the MyQ smart garage door controller tech — has announced it’s shut off all “unauthorized access” to its APIs. The

Sources: ex-NYSE President Tom Farley’s crypto exchange Bullish, fintech startup Figure, and crypto VC Proof Group are competing to buy FTX (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: ex-NYSE President Tom Farley’s crypto exchange Bullish, fintech startup Figure, and crypto VC Proof Group are competing to buy FTX — Tom Farley’s new firm joins two other suitors in auction for bankrupt crypto exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried

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