Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Pixel owners using the multiple profiles feature say their devices are becoming “unusable” due to an Android 14 bug that is locking them out of device storage — Users with multiple profiles are getting locked out of local storage and losing data.
Read MoreAs Israel increases its ground operation in Gaza, the last remaining internet and mobile connections have gone dark.
Read MorePlenty of robots stick to a pair of driven wheels to keep locomotion simple. If you’re bold though, or just like creepy crawlies, you might instead appreciate this cute scorpion robot build. Real scorpions have eight legs, but this design has just four legs, which keeps the parts count lower and control much simpler. It
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: Google invests $500M upfront in Anthropic and agrees to add $1.5B more over time, after investing $550M in the generative AI startup earlier in 2023 — Google move follows Amazon investment as tech giants place bigger bets on startups racing to develop artificial intelligence
Read MoreAlthough there’s usually at least one website in your native language for any given thing, there can be plenty of exceptions — you might, for instance, have to go to a Japanese site to buy a rare Famicom game cartridge, or read a French article to find out what’s going on in a relative’s hometown.
Read MoreWhat do you do when you already have a neat little radio-controlled skid-steer loader? Well, if you’re [ProfessorBoots], you build a neat little dump truck to match! The dump truck is built out of 3D printed components, and has proportions akin to a heavy-duty mining hauler. The dump bed and wheels were oversized relative to
Read MorePhoto by Abed Rahim Khatib / Anadolu via Getty Images The Gaza Strip is suffering a near-total connectivity outage as the Israeli Defense Forces announced Friday that it was “expanding ground operations” in the region. As of Friday, the connectivity tracker NetBlocks reported “a collapse in connectivity in the Gaza Strip,” with one of the
Read MoreImage: Disney If you were expecting to try out Disney Dreamlight Valley — the Disneyfied version of Stardew Valley — for free when it’s released, you might be a bit disappointed. Disney says it’s doing away with the free-to-play option and will instead charge $39.99 to play the base game. With the global launch of
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The latest global smartphone units shipped report shows predictable results, including Samsung at the top. However, Samsung is shipping fewer smartphones while Chinese rivals are shipping more. How long can Samsung stay at the top with these trends? Aside from a small period of time in 2020, Samsung has
Read MoreImage: OneWheel One month after Onewheel recalled every single one of its electric skateboards after four known deaths and a year of delay, the company’s releasing its fastest, most powerful, and most expensive board yet. It’s called the Onewheel GT S-Series, and the $3,200 board will already come with the new safety mechanism it told
Read MoreAssociated Press: Internet and phone services collapse in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s military expands ground operations, largely cutting off communications for 2.3M residents — DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Internet and phone services collapsed in the Gaza Strip under intensified bombardment Friday night …
Read MoreImage: The Verge X, the platform previously known as Twitter, has introduced a new $16 per month Premium Plus plan that lets subscribers pay more to get the biggest boost for their replies. Not only does the plan offer the “largest reply boost,” but it also removes ads from your For You and Following feeds,
Read MoreThe iPhone 15 Plus is here and boasts some significant upgrades from last year, does it stack up in the real world? Find out in our review.
Read MoreLet’s face it: “12345” just doesn’t cut it anymore. | Image: 1Password 1Password is currently offering new customers a $20 discount on a one-year subscription to its individual password manager plan, bringing the annual price down to $15.88 (about $1.32 a month). This deal is exclusive for Verge readers through the end of the year,
Read MoreIllustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge The US v. Google antitrust trial is about many things, but more than anything, it’s about the power of defaults. Even if it’s easy to switch browsers or platforms or search engines, the one that appears when you turn it on matters a lot. Google obviously agrees and
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge The ad-supported plan on Disney Plus is a little less than one year old, but it has already become just as popular as the ad-free version. From March to September 2023, Disney says that 50 percent of new subscribers chose the $7.99 per month plan over the pricier
Read MoreWe’re on a sort of vacation in Tanzania at the moment and staying in a modest hotel away from the tourist and government district. It’s a district of small shops selling the same things and guys repairing washing machines out on the sidewalk. The guys repairing washing machines are more than happy to talk. Everybody’s
Read MorePayments Dive: Payments processor Wex plans to acquire North Carolina-based Payzer, which sells field services tools to ~150K contractors like plumbers and roofers, for ~$250M — The purchase of the field services software business will allow for cross-selling an expanded set of services, CEO Melissa Smith said.
Read MoreJulia Black / The Information: Sources: Humane set its ~$1K Ai Pin launch for the October 14 solar eclipse, but rescheduled to November 9 as a report of Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s device broke — In late September, a stakeholder in Humane received a humbled message from the startup. The Information had just broken
Read MoreImage: Microsoft The fight to make Microsoft respect your browser choice. Continue reading…
Read MoreDavid Pierce / The Verge: US v. Google: Google’s search head testifies that the company spent $26.3B in 2021 to be the default search engine in multiple browsers, phones, and platforms — Even if it’s easy to switch browsers or platforms or search engines, the one that appears when you turn it on matters a
Read MoreJack Schickler / CoinDesk: A US appeals court upholds a jury’s ruling that Craig Wright wasn’t in a legal partnership with the late David Kleiman and doesn’t owe half of their mined BTC — A Florida jury was right to say the self-proclaimed inventor of cryptocurrency wasn’t in partnership with David Kleiman …
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A new rumor suggests Samsung is working on an Ultra HDR feature for the Galaxy S24 series. The feature will allow the S24 to capture photos and video in HDR and show them back in HDR format. The rumored brighter screen on the S24 would make it perfect for
Read MoreScientists are getting an ever-clearer picture of the undersides of deteriorating glaciers. It’s not looking good.
Read MoreJesus Jiménez / New York Times: X remains the go-to place for live updates and hot takes for sports fans and reporters and claims sports fans represent 42% of its audience — Many users have migrated to other platforms since Elon Musk bought Twitter, but sports fans still find it indispensable.
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