Sam Tobin / Reuters: Apple loses a bid to block a mass UK lawsuit over allegedly hiding battery issues in iPhones and “throttling” them via updates; Apple calls the suit “baseless” — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Wednesday lost a bid to block a mass London lawsuit accusing it of hiding defective batteries …
Read MoreImage: The Verge Apple must face a UK class action lawsuit that accuses the company of knowingly using defective batteries in certain iPhone models, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a ruling on Wednesday, London’s Competition Appeal Tribunal denied Apple’s request to block the lawsuit. Last year, Justin Gutmann filed a lawsuit against Apple that
Read MoreBen Thompson / Stratechery: Accepting regulation locks in incumbents, OpenAI and other early winners, which signed the Center for AI Safety’s letter, seem most invested in creating alarm — In 2019, a very animated Bill Gates explained to Andrew Ross Sorkin why Microsoft lost mobile:
Read MoreWe imagine many of you have seen the ridiculous scene from the TV series NCIS in which a network intrusion is combated by two people working at the same keyboard at once. It’s become a meme in our community, and it’s certainly quite funny. But could there be a little truth behind the unintentional joke?
Read MoreForget the bundles, trade-in offers, and carrier deals — Samsung’s latest smartphone just got its first cash discount on Amazon. By clipping the on-page coupon, this Samsung Galaxy S23 FE deal lets you pick up the new Android phone for just $499.99. Samsung Galaxy S23 FE for $499.99 ($100 off)
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority A report claims that Apple was working on making an Apple Watch for Android. The project was almost complete, but then the company canceled it. Apple reportedly canceled the project because the Apple Watch is a driver of iPhone sales While Apple has a tight grip on the US
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use
Read MoreIt’s 2023. If Ultimate Ears is going to charge this much, there needs to be more to its speaker than just Bluetooth. Continue reading…
Read MoreShivangi Acharya / Reuters: Sources: India authorizes 110 companies, including Apple, HP, Samsung, Xiaomi, and Lenovo, to import laptops, tablets, and PCs under its new tech import rules — Apple (AAPL.O), Dell (DELL.N), HP (HPE.N), Samsung (005930.KS) and Lenovo (0992.HK) are among 110 firms authorised by India to import laptops …
Read MoreMario Kart 8 Deluxe’s last wave of DLC will be available for download on November 9th, Nintendo has announced. Like its five previous waves, the release will add eight additional tracks to the 2017 game and also include new playable characters Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Pauline, and Peachette. The release concludes an ambitious program of
Read MoreAfter four days in the tropics and lots of AI talk, I’m still unclear about the future. I left Qualcomm’s annual tech summit in Maui lightly sunburnt, cautiously optimistic, and confused as hell. Continue reading…
Read MoreBoth Android and iOS let users in a handful of US states carry a digital version of their government-issued ID card on their phone. Here’s what to know about how it works.
Read MoreCredit: Plex The new Plex “Discover Together” system is rolling out today to all apps on all platforms. In beta for about a year, this new tool essentially bakes a social media network into Plex. Now, you can see what your friends are watching, what they like, and even comment on each other’s content. Plex
Read MoreI never feel like I have enough space in my workshop. The promise of consolidating tools to make the most of limited space drew me to the Snapmaker Artisan, a plus-sized 3-in-1 tool combining 3D printer, laser engraver, and CNC machine. Smaller than three separate tools, but still big. Jacks of all trades may be
Read MoreCounterpoint Research: Apple shipped 2.5M iPhones in India in Q3, its highest quarterly shipments; Samsung remained top with a 17.2% share, followed by Xiaomi (16.6%) and Vivo (15.9%) — – With a 17.2% share, Samsung remained the market leader for the fourth consecutive quarter.
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Netflix will soon start cutting down on commercials if you’re on a binge-watching kick. Starting at the beginning of next year, the streamer will toss in an ad-free episode after you’ve watched three episodes in a row. That could make it a little less tempting to switch off
Read MoreThe Verge With macOS Sonoma, Apple’s Safari browser is catching up with Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and other competitors by introducing profiles: separate spaces that you can set up in the app to better organize your browsing. Each profile has its own browsing history, cookies, website data, extensions, Tab Groups, bookmarks, and favorites. The idea is
Read MoreImage: Sega If the recent price hike hasn’t soured you on Apple’s subscription gaming service, there’s some good stuff coming to Apple Arcade in the coming weeks. The company announced eight titles that will be launching through the end of the year, kicking off this week with Knotwords, an excellent Wordle-meets-crossword game that launches on
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Not all Google searches make Google money. Google often says that it only shows ads on about 20 percent of queries, the ones it calls “commercial queries.” You can probably guess what qualifies. “US president in 1836” is not something you type when you’re about to buy something;
Read MoreCocoon. | Image: Annapurna Interactive October was an absolutely stacked month for gaming. There’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and Alan Wake 2, just to name a few. But amid all that hype, it’s easy for smaller but equally phenomenal games to get lost in all that sauce. So we
Read MoreMeta has yet to confirm the cause of the tracking issues, or provide a possible workaround. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Meta is investigating reports of tracking issues blighting its Quest 3 VR headset following user complaints that controller tracking performance is “much worse than the Quest 2” in some games. Over
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority A TikToker ordered four iPhones but ended up receiving over 60 iPhones. These 60 iPhones are 1TB variant of the iPhone 15 Pro Max, totaling nearly $96,000 in retail value. The iPhone 15 Pro Max has a shipping time extending to 21 days on some colors and storage variants.
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: At the UK’s AI Safety Summit, a UK minister releases the Bletchley Declaration policy paper and the US Commerce Secretary announces an AI Safety Institute — The world is locked in a race, and competition, over dominance in AI, but today, a few of them appeared to come together …
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans several new health features for 2024’s Apple Watch, like an elevated blood pressure sensor, and a paid health service, possibly using AI — – AirPods will get hearing-aid capability and hearing tests — AI health coach in the works, as are Vision Pro health tools
Read MoreCloud-based data warehouse company Snowflake is adding more large language model capabilities and services related to generative AI, just months after releasing similar services in June. At its annual Snowflake Snowday conference on Wednesday, the company announced Snowflake Cortex, the addition of Meta’s Llama 2 model along with other capabilities, such as new notebooks and serverless functions to
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