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Bio: Elon Musk told Bari Weiss that Twitter needs to be careful when discussing China due to Tesla’s business, and that China’s Uyghur repression has two sides (Isaac Schorr/Mediaite)

Isaac Schorr / Mediaite: Bio: Elon Musk told Bari Weiss that Twitter needs to be careful when discussing China due to Tesla’s business, and that China’s Uyghur repression has two sides — A passage in Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk sheds new light on the billionaire’s willingness to placate the genocidal Chinese regime.

Apple Watch Series 6 vs Watch Series 9: Should you upgrade?

The Apple Watch Series 9 aims to be the Cupertino company’s new best smartwatch with onboard computational smarts, a brighter screen, and a new chipset. But is it a massive departure from older models like the Series 6? Apple’s 2020 smartwatch was and still is an excellent wearable, so how do the two compare? Find

California lawmaker proposes regulation of AI models

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A California lawmaker will file a bill seeking to make generative AI models more transparent and start a discussion in the state on how to regulate the technology. Time reports that California Senator Scott Wiener (D) has drafted a bill requiring “frontier” model systems, usually classified as large

Apple Watch Series 9 vs Watch SE 2: Which should you buy?

Apple’s ninth series wearable is officially here in all its familiar glory. Though the smartwatch still looks largely the same as last year, there are a few new features on board compared to older models. Against Apple’s budget-friendly SE 2, the Apple Watch Series 9 stands out even more. It’s also much pricier. So which

Starfield has arrived on Nvidia’s GeForce Now — the most important cloud game yet

A screenshot from the video game Starfield. | Image: Bethesda Softworks We’ve never seen a killer app for cloud gaming yet — but Starfield might be the next best thing. It has now arrived on Nvidia’s GeForce Now, the first cloud gaming service that might do it justice, and the only one with a completely

Chromecast with Google TV can now stream PS5 games via PS Remote Play

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Chromecast with Google TV now has official PS Remote Play support. The feature is available starting today. The PS App on Android and iOS is getting a few new features. PlayStation is rolling out a number of updates to the PS5 and the PS App. These updates will bring

News sharing app Artifact adds Links, a section where users can post any type of link and discover links through a Following page or an algorithmic For You page (David Pierce/The Verge)

David Pierce / The Verge: News sharing app Artifact adds Links, a section where users can post any type of link and discover links through a Following page or an algorithmic For You page — Artifact, the algorithmic news-reading app started by Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, was never really meant to just

You’ve Got Mail: Automatic For the People

When we last left the post office, I told you all about various kinds of machinery the USPS uses to move mail around. Today I’m going to tell you about the time they thought they could automate nearly every function inside the standard post office — and no, it wasn’t anytime recently. By 1953, the

Samsung leaks the Galaxy Buds FE by posting their user manual

Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge There has been a lot of smoke around the unannounced Samsung Galaxy Buds FE, but the company may have accidentally confirmed the existence of the wireless headphones by posting what appears to be their official user manual, as reported by WinFuture. The PDF is currently available at this

iPhone 14 Pro Max vs iPhone 15 Pro Max: Should you upgrade to the latest iPhone?

The iPhone 15 Pro Max is the best iPhone you can buy, and it directly succeeds the previous iPhone 14 Pro Max. Apple no longer sells the older iPhone 14 Pro Max, which is a shame since it is still a very competent smartphone. If you already own the iPhone 14 Pro Max or are

How Three Letters Brought Down UK Air Traffic Control

The UK bank holiday weekend at the end of August is a national holiday in which it sometimes seems the entire country ups sticks and makes for somewhere with a beach. This year though, many of them couldn’t, because the country’s NATS air traffic system went down and stranded many to grumble in the heat

Starfield is getting DLSS, an FOV slider, and ultrawide monitor support

Image: Bethesda Bethesda is planning to add Nvidia’s DLSS upscaling technique to Starfield soon. It’s part of a bunch of promises for updates to the game, including brightness and contrast controls, an FOV slider, 32:9 ultrawide monitor support, and even an eat button for food. Bethesda is releasing a small hotfix today to fix some

Documents: Starlink reported $1.4B in revenue in 2022, up from $222M in 2021, falling short of Elon Musk’s 2015 projections, as some question its future growth (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Documents: Starlink reported $1.4B in revenue in 2022, up from $222M in 2021, falling short of Elon Musk’s 2015 projections, as some question its future growth — Revenue at satellite-internet business has jumped but fallen short of Elon Musk’s financial projections

Ex-FaZe Clan staff describe mismanagement at the creator collective as its valuation falls from $725M during its 2022 SPAC merger to ~$15M; FaZe fired its CEO (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Ex-FaZe Clan staff describe mismanagement at the creator collective as its valuation falls from $725M during its 2022 SPAC merger to ~$15M; FaZe fired its CEO — The board fired CEO Lee Trink following a steep decline in the shares — Three months after its July 2022 debut on the Nasdaq

How to control your Apple Watch hands-free with Assistive Touch

Assistive Touch is a new accessibility feature introduced in watchOS 8. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Starting with watchOS 8, Apple introduced a new accessibility feature called Assistive Touch. The cool thing about this feature is that it allows you to control the watch via gestures and your arm movements. Meaning, now

Google’s Pixel 7 Pro is matching its best price yet

Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are both on sale. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge All eyes may be on the new iPhone 15, but Android fans shouldn’t feel too left out as some of the best Android phones are also now on sale. Right now, you can buy the

California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone

California just passed a right-to-repair act in its state legislature — right in Big Tech’s backyard. | Image: Apple California just became the third state to pass an electronics right-to-repair act. Senate Bill 244 passed in a 50–0 vote in the California state Assembly on September 12th. The bill also passed the California Senate back

MGM ‘cybersecurity issue’ shuts down slot machines and ATMs in Las Vegas casinos

Illustration by Carlo Cadenas / The Verge A “cybersecurity issue” at MGM Resorts has forced the famous hotel and casino company to shut down many of its systems, according to a statement the company posted just before noon ET on X (formerly Twitter). Late on Monday evening, MGM shared another message on X, saying, “…our

The best Apple Watch Series 9 alternatives: 5 other smartwatches to consider

The arrival of a new Apple Watch always sends waves through the wearables market as others compete to keep up with the latest and the leading. However, while Apple’s devices are iconic, they’re not the only smartwatches in the game. Whether your phone is incompatible or you just don’t want an Apple wearable, you can

Here’s where you can preorder the Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2

Apple’s forthcoming watches boast better performance, a new ultra wideband chip, and other minor improvements. | Image: Apple It’s that time of year again. During its Wonderlust event on Tuesday, Apple introduced a number of new gadgets, including the much-rumored iPhone 15 with USB-C and the new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra

More 25th anniversary wallpapers land from Google, get them here!

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority There are new Google birthday wallpapers available to download. The six wallpapers help celebrate Google’s 25th anniversary this year. Don’t download these from the page directly, as they will be compressed. Use the button at the bottom of the article. This year marks Google’s 25th anniversary. It’s hard

At just $649, the Pixel 7 Pro is an affordable iPhone 15 alternative

With the iPhone 15 taking the limelight and a Samsung Discover sale in full swing, Google may have been feeling a little left out. That’s good news for us, as the response has been to massively drop the prices on the Pixel 7 line. Both the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are subject to

The Biden administration approves $100 million to fix the nation’s broken EV chargers

Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge EV owners fed up with the often broken, discombobulated charging experience in the US are about to get a lifeline from the federal government. The US Department of Transportation is authorizing $100 million to “repair and replace existing but non-operational, electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.” The investment comes

Netflix is kicking off Castlevania: Nocturne with a showcase of its other animated series

Annette in Castlevania: Nocturne. | Image: Netflix With the debut of Netflix’s Castlevania: Nocturne spinoff series quickly approaching, it comes as little surprise that the streamer would want people making time to check out the original show. But rather than simply encouraging viewers to get all caught up on the Belmont clan’s adventures ahead of

Artifact’s new Links feature makes it much more than a news app

The Links tab looks a lot like Instagram — but it’s not pictures, it’s links. (With pictures.) | Image: Artifact Artifact, the algorithmic news-reading app started by Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, was never really meant to just be a news-reading app. Systrom and Krieger have talked about their bigger idea being “TikTok

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