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Xiaomi unveils the 6.36″ Xiaomi 14 and 6.73″ Xiaomi 14 Pro, offering the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 50MP camera sensors, a Leica lens on the Pro, and LTPO 120Hz panels (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Xiaomi unveils the 6.36″ Xiaomi 14 and 6.73″ Xiaomi 14 Pro, offering the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 50MP camera sensors, a Leica lens on the Pro, and LTPO 120Hz panels — Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 just this week as Android’s next flagship chipset, and now Xiaomi is already

Xiaomi’s HyperOS brings its entire ecosystem experience under one branding

Credit: Xiaomi Xiaomi has provided more details of its HyperOS operating system. HyperOS is based on AOSP for mobile devices, while it is based on the open-source Xiaomi Vela platform for IoT devices. HyperOS begins rolling out internationally in Q1 2024. Xiaomi has just launched the new Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro in China

Meta declines its Oversight Board’s advice from August 2023 to tighten its oversight of drug-related posts; the Oversight Board calls the decision “unfortunate” (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Meta declines its Oversight Board’s advice from August 2023 to tighten its oversight of drug-related posts; the Oversight Board calls the decision “unfortunate” — – Board found ‘inconsistent enforcement’ of drug-related posts — Instagram, Facebook owner may consider a review in 2024

Lisa Frankenstein’s new trailer makes it look like a totally rad monster romance

Most of us associate the name “Lisa Frank” with kittens, unicorns, and dolphins leaping out of neon oceans, but after watching the trailer for Focus Features’ Lisa Frankenstein, you might have to add “reanimated corpse boyfriends” to that list. From director Zelda Williams and writer Diablo Cody, Lisa Frankenstein tells the story of Lisa (Kathryn

Is my co-worker AI? Bizarre product reviews leave Gannett staff wondering

Image: Mia Sato / The Verge A smattering of articles recently discovered on Reviewed, Gannett’s product reviews site, is prompting an increasingly common debate: was this made with artificial intelligence tools or by a human? The writing is stilted, repetitive, and at times nonsensical. “Before buying a product, you need to first consider the fit,

The best smart plugs

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge These misleadingly simple gadgets are some of the most useful smart devices you can have in your home. Continue reading…

Simple Badge is Simple, But Its Yours

Making conference badges, official or unofficial, has become an art form. It can get pretty serious. #badgelife. But DEFCON-goers aren’t the only people making fancy personalized nametags. Hams often had callsign badges going back as far as I can remember. Most were made of engraved plastic, but, at some point, it became common to put

Unmissable Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra deal slashes price by $300

Unlike its smaller siblings, it was a long time before we saw any discounts on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. It was as if the price of the most powerful Android tablet in the series was held up for the highest-end buyers, much as Apple seems to do. But with the Galaxy Tab S9

Kids are attending virtual pro-Palestine protests on Roblox in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war; one virtual protest area has been visited 275K+ times (Hayden Field/CNBC)

Hayden Field / CNBC: Kids are attending virtual pro-Palestine protests on Roblox in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war; one virtual protest area has been visited 275K+ times — – Kids are attending virtual pro-Palestine protests on Roblox in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, and so far, one virtual protest area has been visited

Microsoft reorganizes its Xbox teams, promoting Matt Booty to game content president and Sarah Bond to Xbox president; CMO Chris Capossela leaves after 32 years (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft reorganizes its Xbox teams, promoting Matt Booty to game content president and Sarah Bond to Xbox president; CMO Chris Capossela leaves after 32 years — Microsoft is reorganizing its Xbox gaming and marketing leadership, less than two weeks after acquiring Activision Blizzard.

Simple Hack Lets Smartphone Take Resin Printer Time-Lapses

With how cheap they’re getting, everyone seems to be jumping on the resin printer bandwagon. They may not be able to fully replace your trusty old FDM printer, but for certain jobs, they just can’t be beaten. Sadly though, creating those smooth time-lapse videos of your prints isn’t quite as easy to do as it

What’s on your desk, Kate Cox?

A home space that helps keep an eye on work, the cat, and the kids — all at the same time. Continue reading…

This one Apple Store just keeps getting robbed over and over again

Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority The Apple Store in Burlingame, CA, has been hit with another robbery. This is at least the fifth robbery at this particular store. Thieves have a distinct method: run in and grab as much as possible before running out. This past Tuesday, a brazen theft occurred at the Apple

Boston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a talking tour guide with ChatGPT

Screenshot: Boston Dynamics via YouTube We saw Spot run, jump, and even dance… but now we can see Spot talk. In a somewhat unsettling video posted by Boston Dynamics, we see its robot dog outfitted with a top hat, mustache, and googly eyes as it chats with staff members in a British accent, taking them

Google Maps gets healthy dose of AI upgrades and Immersive View for routes

Credit: Google Google is rolling out a slew of updates to Google Maps. Google Maps will now offer a variety of AI-enhanced features to help with navigation, search, and fueling up. Four of the features will be rolling out this week. Google Maps has received a variety of updates this year, and Google isn’t done

Why Read Books When You Can Use Chatbots to Talk to Them Instead?

Book publishers are experimenting with chatbot editions of new titles, providing “conversational companions” for readers.

Ticketmaster’s still hiding ticket fees, senator says

Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, promised to scrap the hidden fees plaguing its ticketing service earlier this year. But one senator says the company’s not doing nearly enough. In a letter to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino Wednesday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) called on the company

X’s tumultuous first year under Elon Musk: mobile DAUs down 16% from October 2022 to September 2023, app downloads drop after rebrand, and investor markdowns (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: X’s tumultuous first year under Elon Musk: mobile DAUs down 16% from October 2022 to September 2023, app downloads drop after rebrand, and investor markdowns — The platform struggles to attract users and advertisers, third-party data suggest, while Musk has voiced optimism

Maine Mass Shooting Disinformation Floods Social Media as Suspect Remains at Large

In the hours following the worst mass shooting in Maine’s history, disinformation about the suspected gunman flooded social media with false claims that he had been arrested.

Uber starts offering rides in fully autonomous Waymo cars in Phoenix, Arizona; users can accept or reject the autonomous option, which includes a 24/7 helpline (CNBC)

CNBC: Uber starts offering rides in fully autonomous Waymo cars in Phoenix, Arizona; users can accept or reject the autonomous option, which includes a 24/7 helpline — – Uber users in Phoenix, Arizona, will be able to ride in a fully autonomous car, Uber announced Thursday.

Leica releases the $9,480 M11-P camera, which watermarks photos with Content Credentials metadata, created by advocacy groups to fight misinformation (Andrew Tarantola/Engadget)

Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: Leica releases the $9,480 M11-P camera, which watermarks photos with Content Credentials metadata, created by advocacy groups to fight misinformation — It automatically watermarks photos with Content Credentials metadata. — It’s getting to the point these days that we can’t even trust …

Google reportedly pays $18 billion a year to be Apple’s default search engine

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Google pays Apple billions of dollars every year to be the default search engine in Safari on Macs, iPads, and iPhones. That, we’ve known for a long time. But exactly how many billions Google pays, what strings are attached to that money, and what might happen if it

The Beatles’ final song is coming together through the power of artificial intelligence

The album art for “Now and Then.” | Apple / Capitol Were it not for WingNut Films’ machine assisted learning tech, Peter Jackson’s 2021 The Beatles: Get Back Disney Plus docuseries might not exist the way it does today, and that very same artificial intelligence that made that project possible is why the music group’s

Linksys says its Velop Pro 7 mesh is so good you won’t need an app

The Velop Pro 7 3-pack. | Image: Linksys Linksys has released the Velop Pro 7, its newest Wi-Fi 7 mesh router, which it says is so smart, it can fix itself — and it’s convinced enough of this that it plans to phase out its router management app. Like the Velops before it, you can

Apple Store Workers Fear the Tech Giant Is Fudging Its Labor Practices Audit

Apple agreed to an independent audit of its US labor practices. Workers at the only unionized Apple Stores say they haven’t yet been contacted, and fear the report will be skewed.

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