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WhatsApp plans to roll out passkeys to all Android users in the coming months to replace passwords; support for passkeys on WhatsApp for iOS is unclear (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)

Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: WhatsApp plans to roll out passkeys to all Android users in the coming months to replace passwords; support for passkeys on WhatsApp for iOS is unclear — WhatsApp users on Android can say goodbye to insecure and annoying SMS two-factor authentication. The Meta-owned company announced on X …

Analysts and developers weigh in on the impact of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal, including the company’s cloud gaming, mobile, and Xbox Game Pass plans (James Batchelor/GamesIndustry.biz)

James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: Analysts and developers weigh in on the impact of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal, including the company’s cloud gaming, mobile, and Xbox Game Pass plans — Analysts and developers weigh in on the completion of gaming’s biggest M&A deal to date – and what happens next

The best Apple Watch Series 9 faces

Apple still doesn’t support third-party watch faces on its devices, but there are plenty of native options to try out. Each features customizable details, including colors, complications, and more. From classic to animated, we round up the best Apple Watch Series 9 faces to add to your device. The best Apple Watch Series 9 faces

Xiaomi is retiring MIUI after 13 long years and replacing it with a brand new OS

Credit: Xiaomi Xiaomi has announced a new Android-based operating system called HyperOS. The new skin is designed to bring together features catering to Xiaomi’s ecosystem of products beyond just smartphones. The Xiaomi 14 series will launch with the new OS onboard. Xiaomi has announced a new operating system called HyperOS. The company has confirmed that

Baidu co-founder Robin Li unveils Ernie 4.0, declaring that the language model is on par with OpenAI’s GPT-4 in terms of sophistication and general capabilities (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Baidu co-founder Robin Li unveils Ernie 4.0, declaring that the language model is on par with OpenAI’s GPT-4 in terms of sophistication and general capabilities — – Robin Li says AI model is finally on par with OpenAI’s GPT-4 — US and China are locked in a race with profound implications

WhatsApp for Android enables passwordless logins with Passkeys support

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority WhatsApp for Android now accepts Passkeys for login authentication. You can now use your fingerprint, face, or PIN to unlock WhatsApp on Android. WhatsApp for Android has adopted a new, more secure method for logging into the chat app. Android users can now unlock WhatsApp without a password by

Xiaomi unveils HyperOS, an Android-based operating system set to debut with Xiaomi 14 series smartphones and gradually replace the company’s 13-year-old MIUI OS (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: Xiaomi unveils HyperOS, an Android-based operating system set to debut with Xiaomi 14 series smartphones and gradually replace the company’s 13-year-old MIUI OS — HyperOS will cater to Xiaomi’s wide range of products beyond just smartphones. — • — TL;DR

A Look At a 1960s Tube-Based Magnavox Concert Grand Console Stereo

Back in presumably the early 1960s, [David]’s grandfather bought a console stereo featuring a record player, AM/FM radio and a rather astounding stereo speaker system that would be more than enough to cover a small concert hall. Having inherited this piece of auditory art after his grandfather’s passing, [David] has given the console stereo a

Stand.earth: Apple is ahead of Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Dell, and HP in climate initiatives and is the only one that has renewable targets for its suppliers (Justine Calma/The Verge)

Justine Calma / The Verge: Stand.earth: Apple is ahead of Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Dell, and HP in climate initiatives and is the only one that has renewable targets for its suppliers — A new report compares climate initiatives by Apple, Dell, Google, HP, Microsoft, and Nvidia. Apple’s far from perfect, but so far …

Stack Overflow to replace 28% of its workforce with generative AI

Stack Overflow, a question-and-answer portal for developers, is laying off nearly a third of its workforce to replace it with generative AI-driven coding assistants, such as Microsoft Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer, and Google Bard. “This year we took many steps to spend less. Changes have been pursued through the lens of minimizing the impact on the

As Telegram lets Hamas use its service, CEO Pavel Durov says Telegram channels are “a unique source of first-hand information” for researchers and journalists (CNN)

CNN: As Telegram lets Hamas use its service, CEO Pavel Durov says Telegram channels are “a unique source of first-hand information” for researchers and journalists — Hamas is barred from most social media platforms. But its following has surged on popular messaging app Telegram since its October 7 terror attack on Israel.

Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto lists trust and safety, sustainability, and tech ethics as “enemies”, says AI is “our Philosopher’s Stone”, and more (Rachyl Jones/Fortune)

Rachyl Jones / Fortune: Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto lists trust and safety, sustainability, and tech ethics as “enemies”, says AI is “our Philosopher’s Stone”, and more — In a 5,200-word manifesto published by the venture capitalist and billionaire Marc Andreessen on Monday …

Vintage Computer Festival Southern California

The Vintage Computer Festival is coming to sunny Southern California in February 2024. That’s right, bring your Commodores, your Tandys, your PDP-11s, and Altairs. The world of retrocomputing will be open to vendors, visitors, and exhibitors at The Hotel Fera Events Center in Orange, California on February 17th and 18th, 2024. If you’re thinking there

The Meta glassholes have arrived

Quest 3 in an elevator. | Video: @kukurio59 (TikTok) It’s happening: people are once again walking into public places wearing a video-recording face computer on their heads. Only this time, the faceputer is sold by Meta, not Google. Say hello to Meta’s Glassholes. OK don’t be mad. But someone had to do it. walked into

Bandcamp lays off about 50% of its workforce, or 58 employees, just weeks after the company was acquired by Songtradr from Epic Games (Stephen Council/SFGATE)

Stephen Council / SFGATE: Bandcamp lays off about 50% of its workforce, or 58 employees, just weeks after the company was acquired by Songtradr from Epic Games — Bandcamp built a unique music business: profitable and good for artists with a popular editorial arm. Now, half the employees at the Bay Area firm are losing

Bandcamp lays off about 50% of its workforce, or 58 employees, just weeks after the company was acquired by Songtradr from Epic Games (Stephen Council/SFGATE)

Pixel 6 owners who use multiple profiles run into problems with Android 14

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Some Pixel 6 users are reporting strange issues after updating their devices to the new Android 14 OS, which launched on October 4th for Pixel devices. One critical-sounding bug that seems to have spread to multiple users is losing access to internal storage, which ends up in a complete

Unlocking AI consciousness: ethical dilemmas ahead

The discussion regarding the possibility of consciousness in artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow, with experts in philosophy, cognitive science, and engineering coming together to address this intricate subject. David Chalmers, a leading authority on consciousness studies, recently discussed his thoughts on AI consciousness at the Neural Information Processing Systems Conference (NeurIPS). During his presentation,

Sam Bankman-Fried was a bad friend, too

What, me worry? | Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Westend61 and Bloomberg, Getty Images Nishad Singh says he tried to get Bankman-Fried to do the right thing — but he wouldn’t listen. Continue reading…

Tesla CyberBeer the limited edition surprise release

We know that Elon Musk makes the Tesla, the rocket ships, and — talks about his X — but now he has dipped his toe into beer making. This beer, brewed by Buzzrock Brewing of California, is close to his Tesla showroom. Buzzrock Brewing Co. has successfully experimented with blending technology and brewing techniques to

Pixel 6 owners who use multiple profiles run into problems with Android 14

Cisco says a zero-day flaw affecting its IOS XE software has been exploited in the wild since at least September 18; Shodan shows ~80K devices may be vulnerable (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Cisco says a zero-day flaw affecting its IOS XE software has been exploited in the wild since at least September 18; Shodan shows ~80K devices may be vulnerable — An unknown threat actor is exploiting the vulnerability to create admin accounts. — Cisco is urging customers to protect …

Apple rumors of refreshed iPads could mean new chips or new Pencils

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple may have a surprise iPad update announcement in store for this week. 9to5Mac initially said it corroborated a report from Supercharged that Apple will announce spec bumps for three of its iPads — the base model, the iPad Air, and the iPad Mini. Meanwhile, other rumors say

Disney’s Gargoyles may live again — for real this time

Image: Disney Gargoyles, one of Disney’s weirdest and best ’90s cartoon experiments, is coming back. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Gary Dauberman and James Wan, who also made the whole Annabelle series of scary movies, are adapting the series as a live-action show for Disney Plus. Dauberman will write, executive produce, and showrun the

JetBrains unveils tool for creating technical documentation

JetBrains previewing Writerside, an authoring and publishing tool that helps developers and writers produce technical documentation. Introduced in an early access status on October 16, Writerside allows developers and writers to collaborate on product documentation, API references, developer guides, tutorials, and how-tos. An AI-based spellchecker and grammar correction tool supports more than 25 languages including

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