Tom Nook, Isabelle, Julian, Kapp’n, Marshall, Rosie, and… my wife and I don’t recognize the others right now. | Image: Lego via Jay’s Brick Blog We still don’t have a Legend of Zelda or Metroid set, but Lego is slowly working its way through Nintendo’s most popular IP — today, it’s announcing that Animal Crossing
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google has announced that Wear OS 4 will come to the Pixel Watch. While the Pixel Watch 2 will launch with the OS, it won’t arrive on the Pixel Watch until later this year. Wear OS 4 is based on Android 13. When Google announced the Pixel Watch
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Metropolis, which provides AI-powered parking services, raised $650M in debt and $1.05B in Series C financing to buy parking management company SP Plus — AI-powered parking platform Metropolis today announced that it raised $1.7 billion to acquire SP Plus, a provider of parking facility management services …
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google Pixel monthly updates will no longer shoot for a launch on the first Monday of the month. Instead, Google will release the update when it’s good and ready, whenever that might be. Over the past year, Google has been less reliable with its monthly updates anyway. There
Read MoreSebastiaan de With / Lux: In-depth iPhone 15 Pro Max camera review: native 24MP capture and 5x lens represent one of the biggest camera upgrades in iPhone’s history for everyday users — Sebastiaan de With reviews the latest telephoto-equipped camera out of Cupertino in our annual iPhone 15 Pro Max camera review.
Read MoreSamsung’s SmartTag2 is smaller and has a larger keyring hole than the previous model. | Image: Samsung Samsung is announcing a new version of its SmartTag item trackers at its Developer Conference today. The aptly named SmartTag2 is the company’s second-generation locator device and now features longer battery life, more durability amongst the elements, and
Read MoreImage: Film at Lincoln Center There’s an old episode of the podcast Reply All I think about all the time called “Negative Mount Pleasant” — a title that reveals nothing about what it’s about. Also, the first eight minutes of the episode aren’t super instructive either. It opens with tape from a village meeting, where
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft is rolling out a new and improved version of its Microsoft Teams chat client today. It has been rebuilt from the ground up to make it faster and easier to use and has been in preview since March. After years of development, Windows and Mac users can now freely install the new
Read MoreIt’s the Flipper Zero. Clearly. | Image: Flipper Zero The Flipper Zero — which the company calls a “portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks in a toy-like body,” Verge friend Chris Person calls “a Swiss Army Knife of antennas,” and my kids call “the meebo” because I use it to emulate Amiibos for them —
Read MoreGoogle Pixel Watch 2 Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google announced last year that Fitbit would start using Google accounts for sign-ins when Google accounts on Fitbit launch in 2023. Fitbit account support is scheduled to end by 2025, requiring a Google account going forward. Account migration has begun as the Pixel Watch 2
Read MoreImage: Apple Apple’s long-in-the-works WWII drama Masters of the Air is only a few months away. The company announced that the series, which comes from the same minds behind Band of Brothers and The Pacific, will start streaming on Apple TV Plus on January 26th. Subsequent episodes will drop every Friday, culminating in the finale
Read MoreThe new Nanoleaf Essentials string lights work with Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, and SmartThings through Matter. | Image: Nanoelaf The latest product from smart lighting company Nanoleaf is less about jazzing up your YouTube streaming setup and more about bringing some holiday cheer to your home this winter. The new Nanoleaf Essentials Matter Smart
Read MoreFrom the astrology software of the 1970s to the Co-Star app, spirituality has proliferated online. Now, large language models can find overlooked ways to connect with a higher plane.
Read MoreImage: Leica Seven years after releasing the Leica Sofort, Leica has finally announced a sequel: the Leica Sofort 2. The instant film camera will be available for $389 on November 9th. The new Leica Sofort 2 costs about $90 more than its predecessor, and it transforms the product from a fully instant camera into a
Read MoreWhen astronaut Don Pettit mended his Omega Speedmaster 260 miles above Earth, he unwittingly transformed the ISS’s supply chain as a result.
Read MoreThe cover art for Taylor Lorenz’s Extremely Online. This is Platformer, a newsletter on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy from Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer. Sign up here. When Taylor Lorenz turned in the draft of her new book, Extremely Online, she found that she had written 60,000 words on the history Vine.
Read MoreImage: Displace Back at CES 2023, we got a first glimpse at a “truly wireless” TV from a startup called Displace. This $3,000 4K OLED TV has swappable batteries that power the screen — and also a vacuum suction system that can keep the display adhered to walls without traditional mounting. And it can stick
Read MoreLeah Nylen / Bloomberg: US v. Google: in 2018 and 2019, DuckDuckGo discussed becoming Safari’s default search engine for private mode, but Apple’s John Giannandrea rejected the idea — – DuckDuckGo spoke with Apple about 20 times on possible change — Apple exec testified he viewed it as ‘probably a bad idea’
Read MoreImage: James Dittiger / Prime Video Totally Killer never tries to hide what it is: a classic slasher movie fused with Back to the Future. And it turns out that adding time travel to the well-worn horror genre helps bring some new life to it in a way that actually feels pretty fitting. If you’re
Read MorePhoto illustration by Alex Parkin / The Verge Getty’s entire brand is built on authenticity. CEO Craig Peters sat down with us at Code to talk about how the company is dealing with AI and disinformation. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Sony Sony is bringing its own movie streaming service to PlayStation consoles beginning today. Previously known as Bravia Core, the service is being rebranded to Sony Pictures Core as it arrives on the PS5 and PS4. “Once you sign up for Sony Pictures Core, you will be able to buy or rent up to
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority T-Mobile will give you a free 5G phone if you are still on 2G service. The carrier will shut down its 2G network in 2024. Multiple phones are available for free, but the OnePlus Nord N300 is the one you should want. 2G service has been around since the
Read MoreEver wish you could smash a tablet and smart speaker together? These devices offer the best of both.
Read MoreThis week, we recap all the hardware and GenAI announcements from Google, and square them with the company’s ongoing antitrust woes over its search products.
Read MoreDid they just tape it on there? | Image: Hyundai Another major automaker is jumping on the Tesla bandwagon. Hyundai announced today its plans to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS), aka the “Tesla plug,” for its future electric vehicles. Hyundai models compatible with Tesla’s NACS plug will start arriving in the fourth quarter
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