Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Google has released a new firmware update for the original Pixel Watch. The update has increased the time it takes to charge the smartwatch. There’s no explanation for why the change was necessary. If you’ve been thinking that it’s taking longer for your Pixel Watch to charge these days,
Read MoreThe rapid spread of violent videos and photos, combined with a toxic stew of mis- and disinformation, now threatens to spill over into real-world violence.
Read MoreThe release of the Google Pixel 8 has somewhat overshadowed that of another Android phone this week, but that might be a good thing. With the Motorola Edge (2023) playing second fiddle in terms of hype since its launch on Monday, you can already save $100 on the device. Motorola Edge (2023) for $499.99 ($100
Read MoreEven toddlers are no match for Google’s new camera features. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Until August 2021, my Google Photos library was basically a wall of cat photos. Then, a small human entered the picture, and you can see a distinct dividing line in my photographic priorities: one day it was
Read MoreThe Victrola Stream Onyx turntable wirelessly transmits audio to Sonos speakers. | Image by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Yes, it’s sad that Amazon’s fall Prime Day event is over, but the future — and even the present — still looks bright for deal hunters. Black Friday is just over a month away, after
Read MoreExperts say a new advertising format on the platform formerly known as Twitter is misleading for users and could fall foul of FTC rules.
Read MoreImage: Nick Barclay / The Verge In the three days following the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel on October 7th, Meta says it removed “seven times as many pieces of content on a daily basis” for violating its Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy in Hebrew and Arabic versus the two months prior.
Read MoreShoutout to Best Buy store No. 265, the movies were always well organized. (I would know.) | Photo by Umar Shakir It’s hard to imagine walking into a Best Buy with no library of movies and music that once dominated the center of most stores. If you walked into Best Buy in the late ’90s
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority Microsoft crossed the final regulatory hurdle in its deal to acquire Activision Blizzard. Activision, Blizzard, and King now join the company’s ever-expanding stable of studios. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will stay on until the end of the year. In January 2022, Microsoft made a $68.7 billion deal to
Read MoreAside from one depiction of Godzilla, the very first trailer for Apple TV Plus’ upcoming Monarch: Legacy of Monsters MonsterVerse series was surprisingly light on kaiju appearances. But Apple’s latest ad for the show puts more than a few of its titular monsters front and center, and — delightfully — each one looks either sick
Read MorePhoto by Rolf Vennenbernd / picture alliance via Getty Images Microsoft’s giant Activision Blizzard deal is complete, and it means Ubisoft has now obtained cloud streaming rights for Call of Duty, all other current Activision Blizzard games, and any coming over the next 15 years. It was a key concession from Microsoft that helped get
Read MoreIn a sudden move that was noted not only by Canadian media, but also international media channels, the National Research Council Time Signal that was broadcast by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on CBC Radio One since November 5 1939 was turned off on October 9th, after eighty-four years, one world war, countless generations, and the
Read MoreCredit: Evan Blass Hands-on images of the OPPO Find N3/OnePlus Open have leaked. The images give us our first look at a gold colorway for the device. Another leak has provided details on the camera. We’re only about a week away from the launch of the OnePlus Open/OPPO Find N3. But that’s not stopping tipsters
Read MoreNew York Times: How Microsoft placated EU and UK regulators via private deals with its rivals, got a US labor union support, and beat FTC in court to close the Activision deal — The company found a way to placate three of the most powerful regulatory bodies in the world, along with a federal judge
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge You spend a lot of time looking at your lock screen, so it’s worth making sure that it’s tailored to your tastes — and with the right information on display, it can save you several dozen phone unlocks a day as well. While Google’s new Android 14 OS
Read MoreThe discontinued Nest Secure hub (left) and the new ADT security system hub (right) show some indications of Google’s influence on the design. | Images: Google / ADT It appears security company ADT is about to launch a more fitting successor to Nest Secure than the half-baked ADT Self Setup system it rolled out last
Read MoreThe last annular eclipse in 2021 as viewed in Toronto. | Photo by Mark Blinch / Getty Images Many eyes will turn to the sky on Saturday to catch a glimpse of an extremely rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse. But experts are cautioning against looking directly at the eclipse to avoid serious eye damage.
Read MoreAnna Sawai as Cate in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. | Image: Apple TV Plus Apple TV Plus’ Monarch: Legacy of Monsters series kicks off with a surprisingly compelling set of new perspectives that make a familiar story feel fresh. Continue reading…
Read MoreDate notwithstanding, it’s your lucky day as Elliot and Dan get together to review the best hacks of the week. For some reason, film photography was much on our writers’ minds this week, as we talked about ways to digitalize an old SLR, and how potatoes can be used to develop film (is there a
Read MoreBrian Heater / TechCrunch: Mojo Vision, which pivoted from smart contact lenses to making microLED display tech, raised a $21.1M Series A extension, bringing its Series A to $43.5M — Back in April, Mojo Vision announced a new $22.4 million Series A. Six months later, the round has nearly doubled to $43.5 million …
Read MoreUK regulators have cleared the way for Microsoft to complete its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, one of the biggest such deals in decades.
Read MoreIn an attempt to wrest control from raucous far-right hardliners amid the fight for a new House speaker, Republican Party leaders are instituting phone bans to keep backroom deals secret.
Read MoreImage: Laura Normand / The Verge Microsoft just finalized its giant $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard earlier today. Xbox chief Phil Spencer has now welcomed Activision Blizzard King employees to Xbox in an internal memo to all of Microsoft’s full-time employees today. “We couldn’t be more excited that Activision Blizzard employees are our
Read MoreNow that the Microsoft acquisition is complete, Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision Blizzard, is set to leave the company after the end of this year. In an email sent to employees and published on Activision Blizzard King’s website, Kotick wrote that he’s excited about the future of the company under the bright green Xbox
Read MoreImage: Waymo For years, developers have been working on ways for driverless cars to communicate intent to other road users, either through audio recordings or visual cues. Today, Waymo says it wants to be one of the first companies to put some of these methods into practice. The Alphabet-owned company’s driverless Jaguar I-Pace vehicles will
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