Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Philips Hue Secure is a new smart home security system from the smart lighting company. The system was announced along with some new smart security cameras in August and is now live in the Hue app. However, if you’re a Philips Hue user, you don’t need to buy
Read MoreThe Las Vegas Sphere is a large building. It stands 112 meters high and 157 meters wide, and is covered in a full 54,000 square meters of LED displays. That’s a little difficult to recreate at home for the typical maker. A scaled-down version is altogether more achievable though, as demonstrated by [DrZzs & GrZzs].
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Instacart plans to price its IPO on Monday, September 18 and begin trading on Tuesday, September 19 — Grocery delivery business Instacart is preparing to price its initial public offering on Monday after boosting its price range following a strong trading debut by Arm Holdings Plc …
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Update: September 15, 2023 (3:23 PM ET): We’ve updated our Galaxy Ring hub with a confirmation from the Galaxy Wearable app regarding the launch window. Original article: Samsung’s watches are among the best smartwatches available in today’s market. We even named the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro our top wearable
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority An update to the Galaxy Wearable app recently revealed an icon for Samsung’s upcoming smart ring. An APK teardown of that app may have revealed the name and launch window for the device. Samsung refers to the smart ring as the Galaxy Ring, and it has a launch window
Read MoreDavid Shepardson / Reuters: A US judge declines to order Jonathan Kanter’s recusal from the DOJ’s ad antitrust lawsuit against Google, after the company cited his past work for its critics — U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema on Friday declined to order a Justice Department official to stay out of the government’s …
Read MorePhoto by Victoria Song / The Verge Apple has increased the price of most Apple Watch battery replacements, as reported by 9to5Mac. The swaps used to cost $79, but now, for Apple Watch Series 4 devices and newer, you’ll have to cough up $99. You can see the prices for yourself on the company’s Apple
Read MoreTwitter is called X now, and the logo still looks weird to anyone who was used to the blue bird. | Illustration: The Verge The platform formerly known as Twitter still takes a surprisingly long time to load a few bytes of data — at least, if that data leads to a platform that Elon
Read MoreIllustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge The first week of US v. Google begins with arguments over the power of deals and data. Continue reading…
Read MoreModern building techniques are relying more and more on passive elements to improve heating and cooling efficiencies, from placing windows in ways to either absorb sunlight or shade it out to using high R-value insulation to completely sealing the living space to prevent airflow in or out of the structure. One downside of sealing the
Read MoreThere are a few Verizon iPhone 15 deals available on launch day. One of the deals can save you up to $1,000 off an iPhone 15, but it requires a new line. Another does not require a new line and can earn you up to $830 off. If you’re a Verizon customer, you might be
Read MoreElliot and Dan got together this time around to recap the week in hacks, and it looks like the Hackaday writing crew very much had cars on their minds. We both took the bait, with tales of privacy-violating cars and taillights that can both cripple a pickup and financially cripple its owner. We went medieval
Read MorePhoto by MATTHEW HATCHER / AFP via Getty Images At midnight on Friday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) went on strike, imperiling the “Big Three” automakers’ plans to spend billions of dollars on electric vehicles in a bid to catch up to Tesla. It was a historic moment — never before had workers at all
Read MoreHaving let go of over 250 employees at the end of last year, low-code platform provider Airtable has announced more job cuts in order to make the company “cash flow positive.”
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google has agreed to pay $93 million to the state of California to settle claims it tracked the location of users without their knowledge. Under the terms of the proposed agreement, Google must also provide more information about the location data it collects on users. The settlement follows a “multi-year” investigation by
Read MoreThere are two AT&T iPhone 15 deals worth checking out. You can earn a free iPhone 15 Pro without needing to add a new line. Be sure the device you trade in isn’t overvalued for what you get! The iPhone 15 series landed this past Tuesday to much fanfare. Pre-orders officially open today, and the
Read MoreIf you build your own devices or hack on devices that someone else has built, you know the feeling of opening a serial terminal and seeing a stream of sensor data coming from your device. However, looking at scrolling numbers gets old fast, and you will soon want to visualize them and store them –
Read MoreRest of World: How some Chinese data labeling companies hired by Baidu, Alibaba, and JD.com to train AI are exploiting vocational school students via data labeling internships — As part of China’s digital underclass, vocational school students work as data annotators – for low pay and little future prospects.
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Another week, another roundup of celebratory anniversary sales to take advantage of. First up is Valve, which is discounting the Steam Deck through September 21st in honor of Steam’s recent 20th anniversary. There are a number of configurations of Valve’s handheld gaming PC to choose from, with the
Read MorePhoto by MATTHEW HATCHER / AFP via Getty Images At midnight on Friday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) went on strike, imperiling the “Big Three” automakers’ plans to spend billions of dollars on electric vehicles in a bid to catch up to Tesla. It was a historic moment — never before had workers at all
Read MoreArt is a funny thing. Sometimes, it’s best done in a one-off fashion and sold for a hugely inflated price. Othertimes, it’s more accessible, and it becomes desirable to sell it in great quantity. [Wesley Treat] has been doing just that, and he’s shared some of his tricks of the trade on YouTube. The video
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Android tablets are seeing a resurgence of sorts. After years of Samsung holding down the fort with its flagship Galaxy Tab S tablets, we now have worthy contenders from OnePlus, along with Google finally returning to the tablet game after a long absence. They all have their fair
Read MoreIt’s Batman Day today! We don’t do anything to celebrate in our house, but it marks the date in 1939 that the superhero first made his comic debut. More importantly, it has inspired a really nice offer on a limited-edition Android smartphone. This weekend only, you can pick up the ASUS ROG Phone 6 Batman
Read More“Biographer of Genius” Walter Isaacson thinks he cracked the code to Elon Musk—the entrepreneur’s brutal childhood fueled his frenzied achievements in space, AI, brain chips, and electric cars.
Read MoreCredit: MSPoweruser A leak has revealed the color options for the Galaxy S23 FE. The S23 FE will supposedly come in Pearl White, Black Graphite, Purple Lavender, and Olive. Earlier leaks suggest the Galaxy S23 FE could launch in September. It’s hard to believe, but it wasn’t that long ago we were questioning if Samsung
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