TikTok’s promotional art for its Disney hub. | Image: TikTok Disney is partnering with TikTok to promote its movies and TV shows through a dedicated hub filled with clips, quizzes, and a collectible card game. It’s the first time that TikTok has created a branded space like this for a partner, and it’s being used
Read MoreVictoria Kennedy / Eurogamer.net: Bethesda Head of Publishing Pete Hines plans to leave after 24 years, just weeks after the release of Starfield, to begin an “exciting new chapter” — To begin “exciting new chapter”. — Bethesda exec Pete Hines has announced his retirement after 24 years at the company, just weeks after Starfield’s launch.
Read MoreThe Roborock S7 may be a last-gen model, but it’s still a great hybrid robovac that’s now more affordable. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Even with last week’s Amazon Prime Day behind us, it remains a pretty good time to buy a robot vacuum — especially if you’d like one that
Read MoreImage: Riot Games Riot Games is announcing its next in-universe League of Legends band: a boy band called Heartsteel comprised of the in-game characters Ezreal, Kayn, Aphelios, Yone, K’Sante, and Sett. Riot will debut “Paranoia,” the first song from the virtual band (which features the real-life musicians Baekhyun, ØZI, Tobi Lou, and Cal Scruby), on
Read MoreImage: Analogue Analogue, the company best known for modern takes on retro hardware, is turning its attention to the 64-bit era with the Analogue 3D, a reimagining of the Nintendo 64. The company says the new console will have “100 percent compatibility” with N64 cartridges in every region and will even support 4K output. It
Read MoreImage: Volvo Volvo’s EX30 EV with Google built-in has a new in-vehicle speed limit-announcing safety feature that has passed the European General Safety Regulation (GSR) thanks in part to its use of Google Maps data for accuracy. The technology, known widely as Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA), augments the current posted speed limit on the instrument
Read MoreSpotify’s new hub recommends merch to users from their favorite artists. | Image: The Verge Spotify introduced a new hub for artist merchandise on Monday that recommends goods like T-shirts, vinyl records, and this brass Lana Del Rey lighter for moody girls. It is the latest effort from Spotify to integrate merch purchasing into the
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google responded to congressional child online safety proposals with its own counteroffer for the first time Monday, urging lawmakers to drop problematic protections like age-verification tech. In a blog post, Google released its “Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens Online.” The framework comes as more lawmakers, like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is offering a 75% discount on the first three months of a Google One subscription to select users. This discount is available across all subscription tiers but only for the first three months of a new subscription. Google One is a recommended app for Pixel 8 users that
Read MoreJonathan Rothwell / Gallup: A survey of 1,500 US adolescents: 51% spend at least four hours on social media apps daily; 13-year-olds spent 4.1 hours, rising to 5.8 hours for 17-year-olds — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just over half of U.S. teenagers (51%) report spending at least four hours per day using a variety …
Read MoreImage: Sony Interactive Entertainment The sequel doesn’t change a lot, but it adds some welcome variety to the web-slinging open-world series. Continue reading…
Read MoreStack Overflow cuts 28 percent of its staff. | Image: Stack Overflow Coding help forum Stack Overflow is laying off 28 percent of its staff as it struggles toward profitability. CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar announced today that the company is “significantly reducing the size of our go-to-market organization,” as well as “supporting teams” and other groups.
Read MoreBloomberg: Analysts: iPhone 15 sales in China are down compared to the iPhone 14; Counterpoint estimates a 4.5% drop after 17 days and Jefferies says Huawei outsold Apple — – IPhone 15 selling worse in China than its predecessor in 2022 — Sales of Apple’s flagship device are down 4.5% in comparison
Read MoreAnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Goldman wants to exit consumer lending and offload its Apple partnership, possibly to Amex, which has balked at Apple Card’s loss rate and other issues — The bank, which reports third-quarter earnings Tuesday, is fighting profit declines and flagging stock
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority X, formerly known as Twitter, is working on a new Enhanced Discovery feature. This would let users find similar posts related to the subject matter of a post. X is also working towards bringing audio and video calls to the social media platform. X, formerly known as Twitter, has
Read MoreKaren Freifeld / Reuters: Sources: the US plans new China chip rules to block some AI chips that fall just under the current technical parameters, expand company reporting, and more — The U.S. will take steps to prevent American chipmakers from selling semiconductors to China that circumvent government restrictions …
Read MoreExtreme heat and droughts are cutting into hop plants’ yields and making them less bitter. But scientists and farmers are brewing up clever solutions.
Read MoreApple CEO Tim Cook talks to an employee at a solar farm in Hanstholm, Denmark. | Photo by Christoph Dernbach / picture alliance via Getty Images A new report compares climate initiatives by Apple, Dell, Google, HP, Microsoft, and Nvidia. Apple’s far from perfect, but so far, it’s ahead of the pack, according to today’s
Read MorePatrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: After relaxing political ad rules in January, X begins aggressively pitching political advertisers; AdImpact estimates 2023-24 US election spending at $10.2B — Musk’s volatile leadership of the social-media platform has pushed down its prices—which might give it an edge
Read MoreTools like Google’s Pixel 8 AI photo editor are ushering in a deepening distrust of everything we see. Welcome to our new counterfeit reality.
Read MoreImage: Intel Intel is launching its 14th Gen desktop processors this week, promising boost frequencies of 6GHz out of the box for its flagship Core i9-14900K. Known as Raptor Lake Refresh, Intel is maintaining pricing for its 14th Gen Core i9, i7, and i5 processors this year, sticking to the same retail pricing as the
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Intel plans to launch its 14th Gen desktop CPUs on October 17, offering up to 6GHz for its flagship $589 Core i9-14900K and increased core count on the $409 i7 — Intel is launching its 14th Gen desktop processors this week, promising boost frequencies of 6GHz out of the box
Read MoreNew research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world’s biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.
Read MoreSome doctors warn that personalized nutrition apps like Zoe can cause otherwise well patients an unhealthy amount of worry.
Read MoreThe 80386 was — arguably — Intel’s first modern CPU. The 8086 was commercially successful, but the paged memory model was stifling. The 80286 also had a protected mode, which differed from the 386’s. [Ken Shirriff] takes the 386 apart for us in a recent blog post. The 286’s protected mode was less successful than
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