Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge An updated road map for combating climate change pours cold water on the idea that unproven technologies can play a major role in averting disaster. Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) updated its road map for the energy sector to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It
Read MoreIf you’re programming on a modern computer, you typically make use of lots of work done by other people. There’s operating systems to abstract away the complexities of modern hardware, standard libraries to implement common tasks, and tons of third-party libraries that prevent you from having to reinvent the wheel all the time: you’re definitely
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube is reportedly killing its YouTube Premium Lite offering. This was a cheaper ad-free YouTube plan in select markets. YouTube Premium wasn’t the only official way to get ad-free access to YouTube, as the company also piloted a cheaper option in some countries. Now, it turns out YouTube is
Read MoreSteve Dent / Engadget: DJI Mini 4 Pro review: lightweight, improved obstacle avoidance, great ActiveTrack 360 subject tracking, 4K at 60fps, but not crashproof and expensive at $760 — Better range, tracking and crash protection, plus ultra slow mo 4K — Last year, DJI showed what was possible in a small drone …
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority According to leaker Ice Universe, Samsung could launch the Galaxy S24 series on January 18. That’s just two weeks ahead of the Galaxy S23 lineup, which debuted on February 1 this year. Samsung will reportedly start mass production for the new flagships in November. We’ve been hearing for some
Read More[Ken Shirriff] is looking inside chips again. This time, the subject is the MK4116 — a 16 Kbit DRAM chip. Even without a calculator, you know that’s a whopping 2 Kbytes, and while that doesn’t sound impressive, in the late 1970s, it was a modern miracle. The chip showed up in computers ranging from the
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify launches Jam, a new feature that lets up to 32 people curate a single playlist; only Premium subscribers can create Jams, but all users can contribute — Spotify is today introducing its latest social feature, Jam, which allows multiple people to blend their own musical tastes into a combined playlist.
Read MoreCredit: Evan Blass on X A new leak has revealed all specifications of the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Galaxy Tab S9 FE Plus. Surprisingly, only the larger tablet is expected to come with S Pen support, although the leaked marketing images show an S Pen with the smaller tablet too. Both tablets are expected
Read MoreGoogle Nest device owners have long had the ability to organize their speakers and smart displays into multiple speaker groups. Unfortunately, Google recently removed the ability to add a Nest device to multiple groups as a result of a legal decision (presumably involving Sonos). That got us wondering whether you used speaker groups in the
Read MoreCredit: Nick Fernandez / Android Authority Update: September 25, 2023 (11:43 PM ET): We have updated this iPad Mini (7th generation) rumor hub with more information on a possible 2023 release for the tablet. Original article: Larger tablets are great, but they aren’t for everyone. Some of us prefer a smaller pad that can be
Read MoreBrian Heater / TechCrunch: Q&A with Apple execs Ron Huang and Eric Treski on AirPods Pro’s Adaptive Audio, Conversational Awareness, Personalized Volume, faster device switching, and more — Ron Huang and Eric Treski discuss Adaptive Audio, Personalized Volume, Conversational Awareness and AirPods Pro 2’s Vision Pro connectivity
Read MoreTodd Shields / Bloomberg: Sources: FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel is set to announce on September 26 plans to reinstate net neutrality rules governing ISPs that the FCC gutted under Trump — – Chairwoman set to announce plans to restore broadband rules — FCC panel gained Democratic majority with new commissioner
Read MoreYou’ve probably heard of multithreaded programs where a single process can have multiple threads of execution. But here is yet another layer of creating multitasking programs known as a fiber. [A Graphics Guy] lays it out in a lengthy but well-done post. There are examples for both x64 and arm64, although the post mainly focuses
Read MoreBalkan Insight: Investigation: some stakeholders, like AI firms selling CSAM scanning tech, funded lobbying efforts for EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson’s CSAM scanning proposal — By Giacomo Zandonini, Apostolis Fotiadis and Luděk Stavinoha Athens, Norwich, Rome BIRNSeptember 25, 202310:47
Read MoreFinancial Times: Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission plans to publish a list of crypto exchange license applicants in the wake of the JPEX crypto exchange probe — Regulators accuse trading platform JPEX of misleading investors — The teal-and-white advertisements of cryptocurrency group JPEX …
Read MoreDeno runtime proponents are touting the simplification of software development via the use of Jupyter Notebook in Deno 1.37. This latest version of the runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly also features improved editor support for Visual Studio Code. To read this article in full, please click here
Read MoreRaise your hand if you never heard of YouTube Premium Lite but now wish it was available in your area. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge After YouTube spent two years piloting Premium Lite, a lower-cost subscription plan for ad-free video viewing in select countries, the platform is pulling the plug on the tier.
Read MoreAamir Siddiqui / Android Authority: Many users report that their iPhone 15 series devices, including the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, get too hot to hold, especially during charging or prolonged use — Many users are reporting that their iPhone 15 and 15 Pro series heats up during charging and during prolonged tasks. —
Read MoreVideo by DJI / GIF by The Verge Now that Skydio has exited the consumer drone business and will never sell me the miniature self-flying drone of my dreams, I’m looking to DJI instead. The fancy marketing for its just-announced $759 DJI Mini 4 Pro suggests we’re at least on the way — because it’s
Read MoreStock-photo giant Getty Images has partnered with Nvidia to build an image generator. Just like with other tools of its ilk, questions remain about who should get credit for the pictures it dreams up.
Read MoreWhen cheap digital TV dongles enabled radio enthusiasts to set up software defined radio (SDR) systems at almost zero cost, it caused a revolution in the amateur radio world: now anyone could tune in to any frequency, with any modulation type, by just pointing and clicking in a computer program. While this undoubtably made exploring
Read MoreSimon Sharwood / The Register: Google plans to discontinue Gmail’s Basic HTML version in January 2024, saying the view does not include “full Gmail feature functionality” — The blind think this is not a visionary decision — Google will discontinue the Basic HTML version of its Gmail service in January 2024.
Read MoreAntonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: Email: YouTube plans to stop offering its ad-free €6.99/month Premium Lite tier, piloted in select European countries since August 2021, after October 25, 2023 — After YouTube spent two years piloting Premium Lite, a lower-cost subscription plan for ad-free video viewing in select countries …
Read MoreImage: Valve Valve built up to virtual reality for a very long time — and never stopped, though it seemed to slow its roll while nurturing the Steam Deck gaming handheld. But for weeks now, Valve sleuth Brad Lynch has been tracking changes to SteamVR that suggest the wheels are turning again — and today,
Read MoreCredit: Amazon Studios Eric Kripke dropped a bombshell: the eagerly anticipated The Boys season 4 release date cannot be announced, and the series is on hold due to the WGA strike. A tentative release might now be set for 2024, but fans need not fret too much — the show’s spin-off is gearing up for
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