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The Cyberspace Administration of China unveils rules to relax some cross-border data controls, in a bid to reassure businesses worried about US-China relations (Ryan McMorrow/Financial Times)

Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: The Cyberspace Administration of China unveils rules to relax some cross-border data controls, in a bid to reassure businesses worried about US-China relations — Draft rules from cyber regulator aim to stem concerns over transfer of foreign business data — China has moved to water …

Sources: on October 5, Linda Yaccarino plans to meet with the seven banks that helped fund Elon Musk’s takeover of X to lay out her plans to revive the company (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: on October 5, Linda Yaccarino plans to meet with the seven banks that helped fund Elon Musk’s takeover of X to lay out her plans to revive the company — Linda Yaccarino is next week planning to meet the seven banks that helped bankroll Elon Musk’s takeover of X, formerly known as

PS5 Pro: Release date, rumors, price, what we want from Sony’s next-gen console

Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority On November 15, 2013, Sony launched the PlayStation 4. Three years later, almost to the day, Sony launched an upgraded version known as the PlayStation 4 Pro. Meanwhile, the PlayStation 5 launched on November 12, 2020. If you do the math, that means by November this year, it will

Sources: Microsoft discussed selling Bing to Apple around 2020, a deal that would have replaced Google as the default search engine on Apple’s devices (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Microsoft discussed selling Bing to Apple around 2020, a deal that would have replaced Google as the default search engine on Apple’s devices — – Microsoft executives pitched Apple’s Cue on a deal around 2020 — Apple ultimately stuck with Google as default search engine

Microsoft reportedly pitched Apple on buying Bing to no avail

Illustration: The Verge Executives from Microsoft and Apple met in 2020 to discuss a possible sale of Bing, according to a new report from Bloomberg. But the talks failed to progress beyond the exploratory phase, indicating that Apple’s top brass — including Eddy Cue, who was involved in the meetings — never seriously pursued the

The 2024 Honda Prologue EV will have 300 miles of range

That’s a lovely blue on the Prologue. | Image: Honda Honda revealed that the upcoming 2024 Honda Prologue is “expected” to get an EPA-estimated 300 miles of range on a single charge while announcing a slew of new specs for its first all-electric SUV. Built on GM’s Ultium platform, it achieves this range thanks to

Simple STM32 Frequency Meter Handles Up To 30MHz With Ease

[mircemk] had previously built a frequency counter using an Arduino, with a useful range up to 6 MHz. Now, they’ve implemented a new design on a far more powerful STM32 chip that boosts the measurement range up to a full 30 MHz. That makes it a perfect tool for working with radios in the HF

I Guess We’re All Talking to Our Glasses Now

This week, we cover the latest news from Meta: AI-enabled smart glasses, a VR headset, and an army of fresh chatbots.

Shanghai-based AI chipmaker Enflame raised a ~$273.7M Series D from state capital operator Shanghai International Group’s funds, Tencent, Meitu, and others (DealStreetAsia)

DealStreetAsia: Shanghai-based AI chipmaker Enflame raised a ~$273.7M Series D from state capital operator Shanghai International Group’s funds, Tencent, Meitu, and others — Enflame Technology, a Tencent-backed Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chip maker, announced on Thursday the completion …

iPadOS 17: Release date, features, and compatibility

Credit: Apple Android 14 is just around the corner now, but it’s far from the only mobile OS on its way. Fans of Apple’s iPad will be happy to know iPadOS 17 is here and with it comes many of the features we already know from iOS 17, alongside some tablet-specific tweaks. Join us as

tvOS 17: Release date, features, and compatibility

Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority While Apple has continually made improvements to its tvOS platform, the last two years have seen relatively minor updates. Thankfully, that’s not the case this time. The latest version of the Apple TV’s OS brings several new improvements to the mix. Let’s jump in and discuss everything we know

The best iPhones

Navigate Apple’s lengthy iPhone product catalog like a pro. | Image: The Verge Whether you want a battery that lasts for days or the very best deal, we’ve got some recommendations for an iPhone you’ll love. Continue reading…

Tesla sued for ‘severe’ racial harassment at its California factory, again

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Tesla subjected Black employees at its California factory to “severe or pervasive racial harassment” and helped perpetuate a hostile work environment for employees of color, according to a lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Racist slurs and epithets and race-based stereotyping “permeated Tesla’s Fremont

Nvidia offices raided by French competition authority

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nvidia’s France offices were raided by the country’s competition authority this week, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. While the French agency doesn’t mention Nvidia by name, it confirms it carried out a raid over concerns about anti-competitive practices in the graphics cards industry. Sources

Nvidia offices raided by French competition authority

Tesla sued for ‘severe’ racial harassment at its California factory, again

Google adds a switch for publishers to opt out of becoming AI training data

Illustration: The Verge Google just announced it’s giving website publishers a way to opt out of having their data used to train the company’s AI models while remaining accessible through Google Search. The new tool, called Google-Extended, allows sites to continue to get scraped and indexed by crawlers like the Googlebot while avoiding having their

Spotify is adding auto-generated transcripts to millions of podcasts

Image: Spotify Spotify is rolling out auto-generated podcast transcripts to more creators in the coming weeks, the company announced Thursday. The text transcripts will also be time-synced so listeners can visually follow along as a podcast episode progresses. Transcripts are available by scrolling down below the podcast player and tapping into a “read along” section.

The Animated TV Show You Never See

The HBO series Young Love, about millennial parents in Chicago, has the instincts of an old-school Black sitcom but wears the skin of an animated world.

Google lets publishers use a robots.txt flag to opt out of the company using their data to train its AI models, while remaining accessible through Google Search (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Emma Roth / The Verge: Google lets publishers use a robots.txt flag to opt out of the company using their data to train its AI models, while remaining accessible through Google Search — Google just announced it’s giving website publishers a way to opt out of having their data used to train the company’s AI

Building a Woodworking Lathe From Scratch

Today, cheap dodgy machine tools are more readily available than ever. Sometimes though, there’s great value in putting a simple and rugged version of your own, as demonstrated by [bartworker]’s woodworking lathe build. The core of the build is a hefty wooden base, something that is a core component of any good machine tool. It

Castlevania: Nocturne is a revolutionary epic that does the franchise’s best games justice

Drolta Tzuentes as she appears in Castlevania: Nocturne. | Image: Netflix Netflix’s newest Castlevania animated series reworks elements of the franchise’s best games into an epic history lesson about freedom and the French Revolution. Continue reading…

Newsrooms around the world are using AI to optimize work, despite concerns about bias and accuracy

Journalism and other fields are dealing with a new wave of tools like Google Bard. | Image: Google The arrival of generative artificial intelligence has accelerated the use of AI in different fields, including journalism. AI is most visible in journalism when things go wrong. Some newsrooms have published AI articles riddled with errors or

X Fires Its Election Team Before a Huge Election Year

The “last man standing” in X’s threat intelligence team has been fired, as the company guts its election integrity response ahead of a year in which more than 50 countries go to the polls.

iPhone is losing popularity in major market while Pixel is thriving

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Sales of Pixel phones shot up sixfold in Q2 2023, increasing its market share in Japan to 12%. The iPhone’s market share in Japan dropped by 12% in the same period. It appears the Pixel 6a and 7a have really caught on in the country due to their affordability.

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