The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, which are now made of titanium chassis. | Photo by NIlay Patel / The Verge Apple finally got with the program and put USB-C on its new iPhones, but how do they compare to Android phones from the likes of Samsung and Google, where USB-C is nothing but
Read MoreCold medications on a shelf pictured in Miami, Florida, on September 12th, 2023. | Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images The FDA’s 16-member advisory panel unanimously voted yesterday that oral phenylephrine, a common active ingredient in cold medications, is no better than a placebo for treating congestion. The call by the panel sets up
Read MoreReuters: The SEC says the creator of Stoner Cats NFTs, which raised $8M+, will pay a $1M fine for an unregistered offering and return money to investors via a Fair Fund — The creator of the popular Stoner Cats animated web series will pay a $1 million civil fine to settle U.S. Securities …
Read MoreCredit: Lily Katz / Android Authority There’s a new Find My Device icon that matches Google’s usual four-color theme. The latest update to the app also includes hints at future Find My Device Network features. Google delayed the rollout of the FMD Network, and we still don’t know when it’s coming out. If you’ve ever
Read MoreCredit: Sam Smart / Android Authority A TikTok video of a woman explaining how she accidentally swallowed an AirPod is going viral. The woman says she thought the earbud was a vitamin. She’s not the only person to recently swallow an AirPod. Apple fans, we have to ask, are y’all ok? For some reason, AirPods
Read MoreThe prolific street-lit author’s X-rated books went viral on TikTok. Many believed he was a white writer profiting off Black culture. That was just the beginning.
Read MoreWith demand for lithium in the world market projected to increase by 2040 to as much as eight times the demand in 2022, finding new deposits of this metal has become a priority. Currently most of the world’s lithium comes from Australia, Chile, China and Argentina, with potential new mining sites under investigation. One of
Read MoreSean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: Stability AI announces text-to-audio tool Stable Audio, available for free for 20 songs and 20-second tracks or $12/month for 500 songs and 90-second tracks — What comes after building generative AI technology for image and code generation? For Stability AI, it’s text-to-audio generation.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google delayed launching its expanded Find My Device Network earlier this summer, but the latest version of the app sports a new icon and some strings that hint at what’s to come. 9to5Google initially spotted it back in June. The new app icon switches from a green map pin depicting a phone
Read MoreGrid Forecast is a new feature in the Apple Home app that tells you when your power grid has cleaner energy available. | Image: Apple Apple’s iPhone 15 launch event had a big focus on the company’s move toward carbon neutrality, but it also introduced a new smart home feature that can help you leave
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge A month after Elon Musk sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), the organization is back with another report suggesting X (formerly Twitter) is allowing hate speech to remain on the platform. In its 23-page report, the CCDH outlines how researchers collected 300 posts on X with hateful content from 100
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today, Nintendo announced a 40-minute fall Direct showcase focusing on games scheduled for release this winter, set to stream on September 14th at 7AM PT / 10AM ET. Ever since Nintendo had its Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct earlier this month, rumors circulated saying that a bigger, more
Read MorePhoto by Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty Images Stability AI, a company mostly known for AI-generated visuals, launched a text-to-audio generative AI platform called Stable Audio. Stable Audio uses a diffusion model, the same AI model that powers the company’s more popular image platform, Stable Diffusion, but trained with audio rather than images. Users
Read MoreChainalysis: Global Crypto Adoption Index: India, Nigeria, Vietnam, the US, and Ukraine make the top five for grassroots adoption, as Central and Southern Asia dominates — This post is an excerpt from our 2023 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report, coming in October. Reserve your copy now!
Read MoreThe Samsung Discover Fall Sale has been unveiling Deals of the Day all week, and it may have just peaked with this fantastic offer. There’s $300 off the Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus until midnight in Wednesday’s deal — a straight price drop on the unlocked model with no strings attached. It suffices to say that
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold replacement, Xbox Game Pass Core, is launching tomorrow with 36 games in total. The Xbox maker originally announced Game Pass Core in July, promising more than 25 games. Microsoft is now revealing that the full list of 36 games includes Fallout 4, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Vampire Survivors, and more.
Read MoreAnthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: The US Army says Microsoft’s improved HoloLens-based combat goggles passed their first round of intensive testing by soldiers, ahead of a key 2025 evaluation — – Army places a new order for goggles based on HoloLens device — The new contract paves the way for rigorous testing in 2025
Read MorePowerwall 3 could enable a much cleaner install for Tesla energy fans. | Image: Tesla Tesla introduced its newest home battery backup system, the Powerwall 3, which comes with more power throughput and its own built-in solar inverter. The setup makes for a more vertically integrated home solar power installation for new setups compared to
Read MoreAdobe is making it easier to improve and clean up the audio quality of your recorded footage in Premiere Pro. | Image: Adobe Adobe is introducing some new AI and 3D features in beta for Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Frame.io — its popular suite of video and audio editing applications that are designed to
Read MoreTim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple does not plan to sell the new AirPods USB-C charging case as a standalone product; users will instead need to buy a whole new $249 pair — Apple on Tuesday made second-generation AirPods Pro with a USB-C charging case available to order, but unlike its move to wireless charging cases
Read MoreCredit: Apple The iPhone 15 series could gain a battery charging feature seen on Android phones. This would allow iPhone owners to charge their phones to a specific percentage. We’ve recently seen iPhone 14 series owners expressing concerns over battery health on their phones. Now, it seems like Apple is implementing a feature seen on
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Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Opinion post by Robert Triggs Welcome to the USB-C family, iPhone users. Better late than never, I suppose, but now that you’re here, the last piece in the one-port-for-everything puzzle finally slots into place. Buying an iPhone 15 now means you can charge your phone, iPad, MacBook, Nintendo Switch,
Read MoreOlivia Rodrigo, Mark Zuckerberg, and the MLB now have their own Channels as well. | Image: WhatsApp WhatsApp is rolling out its new Channels feature to more users. The Meta-owned messaging app announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding the one-to-many broadcasting feature to over 150 countries. While WhatsApp first introduced Channels in June, it was
Read MoreAre you thinking of getting an Apple iPhone 15 series smartphone? Considering the iPhone 14 got rid of the physical SIM card slot in the USA, it makes sense for you to first want to learn what the situation is like with the newer iPhones. Does the iPhone 15 have eSIM? What about dual-SIM support?
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