Illustration: The Verge Mashable reports that users on X, formerly known as Twitter, have seen unlabeled ads in their feeds while scrolling through the company’s mobile apps. When users tap them, they’re taken to other websites, with no way to block or report them. Unlike normal ads that are just posts from company X accounts
Read MoreImage: Ubisoft A richly constructed world and a pared-down gameplay experience refocusing on stealth and assassinations don’t save a game that is largely just okay. Continue reading…
Read MoreIllustration: Beatrice Sala 23andMe posted a blog yesterday saying that data from users of its genetic testing and analysis platform has been circulating on dark web forums after hackers used recycled logins to gain access to get into accounts. BleepingComputer wrote on Thursday that a hacker leaked what they said was “1 million lines of
Read MoreIllustration: Beatrice Sala 23andMe posted a blog yesterday saying that data from users of its genetic testing and analysis platform has been circulating on dark web forums after hackers used recycled logins to gain access to get into accounts. BleepingComputer wrote on Thursday that a hacker leaked what they said was “1 million lines of
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Opinion post by Robert Triggs There’s a lot to dive into with the new Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, but I’m sure everyone’s immediate attention is drawn to the new price tag. For the first time since 2021, Google has raised its smartphone prices, risking a fair bit
Read MoreReuters: The US adds 42 tech companies from China and seven companies from India, UK, and other countries to an export control list over their support for Russian army — The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday added 42 Chinese companies to a government export control list over their support …
Read MoreLily Hay Newman / Wired: Hackers posted an initial data sample from 23andMe on BreachForums earlier in the week, claiming that it had 1M data points exclusively about Ashkenazi Jews — At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums.
Read MoreWelcome to the 504th edition of Android Apps Weekly. Once again we bring you the latest news and apps from the previous week. Let’s start with some of the biggest headlines from last week: After several betas, Android 14 has finally arrived for eligible Pixel devices. The latest version of Android brings plenty of new
Read MoreLily Hay Newman / Wired: Hackers posted an initial data sample from 23andMe on BreachForums earlier in the week, claiming that it had 1M data points exclusively about Ashkenazi Jews — At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums.
Read MoreOpinion post by Ryan Haines The iPhone doesn’t compete on a level playing field. As the only option for iOS users, it’s guaranteed a level of popularity for anyone worried about showing up as a blue bubble to their friends. Those features — ones like FaceTime and iMessage — are what keep an iPhone in
Read MorePhoto illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge; Photo by Sean Gladwell / Getty Images A home for music diehards has been fractured by increased fees that are pushing sellers and shoppers to other platforms. Continue reading…
Read MoreIt’s like Star Wars versus Star Trek at a SciFi convention, or asking creamy or chunky at the National Peanut Butter Appreciation Festival. (OK, we made that one up.) When Jenny reviewed the 1.0 version of LibrePCB, it opened the floodgates. Only on Hackaday! Of course it makes sense that in a community of hardware
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge The issue You may have noticed recently that of the tabs on your Chrome browser have circles around the tab’s icon and that the icon itself is smaller and slightly faded. What’s that all about — and can I change them back? You can see how much memory
Read MoreThe best wraps, carriers, and slings to help you bring your infant wherever you go.
Read MorePlus: Sony confirms a breach of its networks, US federal agents get caught illegally using phone location data, and more.
Read MoreImage: Neon Before Anatomy of a Fall gives us a body, we get a booming steel drum cover of 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.” It’s coming from upstairs, where Sandra’s (Sandra Hüller) husband is insulating the attic. But he’s playing the music loudly — possibly out of spite. Sandra is downstairs answering a grad student’s questions about
Read MoreTemperature sensor. Temperature sensor? Temperature sensor. | Image: Google The Pixel 8 Pro has an infrared temperature sensor. Why does the Pixel 8 Pro have a temperature sensor? For an unusual feature on a $1,000 flagship phone, Google really isn’t saying much about it. The Pixel 8 Pro announcement mentions it almost in passing: And
Read MoreImage: Neon Before Anatomy of a Fall gives us a body, we get a booming steel drum cover of 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.” It’s coming from upstairs, where Sandra’s (Sandra Hüller) husband is insulating the attic. But he’s playing the music loudly — possibly out of spite. Sandra is downstairs answering a grad student’s questions about
Read MoreImage: GKids The setup of Blue Giant is familiar anime territory: a young boy from a small town moves to Tokyo to pursue his dream. This boy, Dai, is a saxophone obsessive. He practices all day under a bridge, honking and warbling until he wears out his reed. Naturally, Dai wants to be the greatest
Read MoreRats are less pestilent and more lovable than you might think. Can humans learn to live with them?
Read MoreGoogle announced the Pixel 8 series this week, and one of the more perplexing additions is a temperature sensor or thermometer. It’s not the first phone with a thermometer, but it certainly makes for an unusual feature. That got us wondering whether this was the most gimmicky feature we’ve ever seen on Pixel phones. So
Read MorePhoto by Allison Johnson / The Verge One of the first known photo fakes, a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, was made just decades after the dawn of photography itself. Since then, photographers have found themselves in endless arguments about what truly constitutes a photo — what’s real, what’s fake, and when is editing too much?
Read MoreSwitching to a silk pillowcase is supposed to lead to fresher curls and clearer skin. But it’s not a magic solution if you toss and turn at night.
Read MoreAn RC VTOL aircraft always makes for a compelling project, but ensuring the transition between hover and forward flight can be quite challenging. In the video after the break, [Nicholas Rehm] demystifies of the flight control algorithm required for a VTOL tailsitter. Tailsitters are one of the simplest VTOL arrangements, the testbed here being a
Read MoreIn a sense, there’s no more fundamental a battle in the platform wars than pitting the Google Pixel 8 vs Apple’s iPhone 15. While both Apple and Google have higher-spec devices — the Pixel 8 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max, respectively — these are the latest “default” devices for Android and iOS. They’re
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