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Match Group reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $882M, vs. $880.6M est., paying users down 5% YoY to 15.7M, and forecasts Q4 revenue below estimates; MTCH drops 6%+ (Yuvraj Malik/Reuters)

Yuvraj Malik / Reuters: Match Group reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $882M, vs. $880.6M est., paying users down 5% YoY to 15.7M, and forecasts Q4 revenue below estimates; MTCH drops 6%+ — Match Group (MTCH.O) on Tuesday forecast revenue for the fourth quarter below Wall Street estimates, anticipating continued weakness …

Nothing Phone 2 gets new tricks including new widget and the ability to hide apps

Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Nothing OS 2.0.4 is rolling out now to the Nothing Phone 2. It brings three new features, including a photo widget, a better-organized widget picker, and the ability to hide apps from the app drawer. The update also includes the October 2023 patch and various bug fixes. If you

Doc: a Dutch regulator ruled in July that Apple’s fees on some app subscriptions violate EU antitrust laws, after Apple offered to drop its cut from 30% to 27% (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Doc: a Dutch regulator ruled in July that Apple’s fees on some app subscriptions violate EU antitrust laws, after Apple offered to drop its cut from 30% to 27% — – Watchdog issued confidential July decision on App Store abuses — Regulator previously warned Apple over in-app payment rules

Say goodbye to clunky QR code scanning for Messages for Web and say hi to Emoji

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Messages for Web is likely going to augment its authentication system. Instead of scanning a QR code, you’ll authenticate by signing into the same Google account. Finally, it seems you’ll approve the connection through an Emoji picker. Since Google started offering the Messages for Web service, you’ve authenticated

AMD Q3: revenue up 4% YoY to $5.8B, vs. $5.7B est., net income up 353% YoY to $299M, Data Center revenue flat at $1.6B, and Q4 revenue forecast below estimates (Chavi Mehta/Reuters)

Chavi Mehta / Reuters: AMD Q3: revenue up 4% YoY to $5.8B, vs. $5.7B est., net income up 353% YoY to $299M, Data Center revenue flat at $1.6B, and Q4 revenue forecast below estimates — Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday …

The Fitbit Sense 2 hits its best deal of 2023

The shortening days may mean you need a bit of extra motivation to progress your fitness goals. The Fitbit Sense 2 can be that gym or jogging buddy, and at over $100 off in this latest deal, there hasn’t been a better time to buy it in 2023. Fitbit Sense 2 for $198.04 ($102 off)

Twitch ditches Switch

Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Twitch is pulling the plug on its Nintendo Switch app; the streaming company is “ending support” for the app, according to a support page. It will be removing the app from the Nintendo eShop on November 6th and people who already have it downloaded will “lose access” on

Deltarune’s next chapter is nearly finished

Image: Toby Fox Deltarune fans, consider your bones trousled. On Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of Deltarune’s release, Undertale and Deltarune developer Toby Fox shared some wonderful news worthy of a spooky celebration. In a development update, Fox shared that Deltarune’s third chapter is “nearing completion” and outlined his plans for the game’s full release. “Chapter

The best text-to-speech Chrome extensions

Text-to-speech extensions for Google Chrome are certainly a niche, but if you need one, you need one — say if you have reading difficulties, or you’re simply so busy multitasking that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to catch up on every book or article that interests you. Thankfully there are plenty of text-to-speech extensions out

Ahead of the UK’s AI Summit, set to host Elon Musk, VP Harris, and others, the UK has highlighted doomsday scenarios while the US has focused on tangible issues (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Ahead of the UK’s AI Summit, set to host Elon Musk, VP Harris, and others, the UK has highlighted doomsday scenarios while the US has focused on tangible issues — Vice President Harris, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other top executives are heading to the United Kingdom’s Bletchley Park …

Chinese lidar maker Hesai, which had a $192M US IPO in February 2023 and has seen its stock drop 50%+, pushes back against US national security concerns (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: Chinese lidar maker Hesai, which had a $192M US IPO in February 2023 and has seen its stock drop 50%+, pushes back against US national security concerns — Chinese lidar maker Hesai is fighting concerns about the technology that is crucial for next-generation vehicles and weapons

Sam Bankman-Fried didn’t ask where the $8 billion went

MFW my supervisees tell me to stop asking questions because it is distracting. | Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Bloomberg, Getty Images His employees told him he ‘should stop asking questions because it was distracting.’ Continue reading…

Microsoft debuts a Windows 11 2023 Update that replaces Chat with Microsoft Teams (Free); big features like Copilot and AI-powered Paint rolled out last month (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft debuts a Windows 11 2023 Update that replaces Chat with Microsoft Teams (Free); big features like Copilot and AI-powered Paint rolled out last month — Microsoft is releasing its Windows 11 2023 Update today, which was originally supposed to be one of the biggest updates to Windows 11.

Dot Matrix Printer Gets an Epson Ribbon Transplant

What do you do when your dot matrix printer’s ribbon is torn to shreds after decades of use, and no new cartridges are available? You might like to attempt a ribbon transplant from another printer’s cartridge, and that’s just what [Chris Jones] did. [Chris] was hoping to find a new ribbon for his Canon PW-1080A

DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DoorDash has added a pop-up in its app this week warning customers that orders with no tip might take longer to get delivered. Upon seeing the prompt in a since-deleted tweet on X, formerly Twitter, The Verge confirmed that if you enter $0 in the tip amount in

How Telegram Became a Terrifying Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War

Hamas posted gruesome images and videos that were designed to go viral. Sources argue that Telegram’s lax moderation ensured they were seen around the world.

Apple ‘Scary Fast’ Mac launch event: the 4 biggest announcements

Apple’s “Scary Fast” showcase has come to a close. During the launch event, Apple took the wraps off of some brand-new Macs that come equipped with the latest version of the company’s in-house chip. If you’re curious about all the new products, here’s a roundup of the major announcements from the event. A more powerful

Tesla wins its first trial in the US over allegations that Autopilot led to a death, in a jury trial in California state court (Reuters)

Reuters: Tesla wins its first trial in the US over allegations that Autopilot led to a death, in a jury trial in California state court — Tesla (TSLA.O) on Tuesday won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, as a jury found there was not a

Chugging Along: A Steam-Powered Sawmill Still Makes Its Mark

[Rural Heritage TV] has video of a private tour of a working, two-story, steam-powered sawmill at Lake Itasca, Minnesota. This is believed to be one of the only working steam-powered band-sawmills in the country with a shotgun (or reciprocating) feed carriage. The carriage moves back and forth with a log while a monstrous 44-foot long

Woo! You can move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the….oh, wait

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The newest version of Chrome for mobile allows you to move the address bar to the bottom of your phone’s display. Unfortunately, this only works on iOS for now. There is no word on when this will come to Android. Given that Google owns Android, most major updates to

Java 22 begins to take shape

Java Development Kit 22, set to arrive in March 2024 as the next planned version of Java Standard Edition now has three features planned so far. A seventh incubator of a vector API and unnamed variables and patterns have just joined a foreign function and memory API as features due in JDK 22. The vector API

Infoblox discovers a threat actor that has provided link shortening services to cybercriminals for over four years, registering ~75K domains since April 2022 (Ionut Ilascu/BleepingComputer)

Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: Infoblox discovers a threat actor that has provided link shortening services to cybercriminals for over four years, registering ~75K domains since April 2022 — An actor that security researchers call Prolific Puma has been providing link shortening services to cybercriminals for at least four years …

Joe Biden’s Big AI Plan Sounds Scary—but Lacks Bite

Joe Biden’s new executive order is billed as the biggest governmental AI plan ever. Unless he can convince a dysfunctional US Congress and overseas rivals to play along, its effects will be limited.

Problems with your Pixel phone? Open a Reddit account.

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority If you’re having Pixel phone problems, seeking help on Reddit might be a good idea. The official Google support account, u/PixelCommunity, is much more active on various Pixel-related subreddits. This might be a faster and more efficient way to get help compared to other means. Pixel smartphones are notorious

YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers. The platform has “launched a global effort” to encourage users to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton says in a statement provided to The Verge. If you run into YouTube’s block, you

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