Over the past several years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has reached new heights. We now find ourselves on the cusp of the “Massive IoT” era, where the technology is reaching a nearly unimaginable scale due to the number of sensors and devices entering the market. Along with that comes new possibilities to operate businesses
Read MoreThose two wall sockets aren’t gonna be enough for your multitude of Android and iOS devices, but you also don’t want to sacrifice charging speed or safety in splitting them. The new Anker Prime 6-in-1 USB-C Charging Station is an ideal solution to all of these issues, and it just got its first price drop
Read MoreThe ways in which we interact with computers has changed dramatically over the decades. From flipping switches on the control panels of room-sized computers, to punching holes into cards, to ultimately the most common ways that we interact with computers today, in the form of keyboards, mice and touch screens. The latter two especially were
Read MoreThose two wall sockets aren’t gonna be enough for your multitude of Android and iOS devices, but you also don’t want to sacrifice charging speed or safety in splitting them. The new Anker Prime 6-in-1 USB-C Charging Station is an ideal solution to all of these issues, and it just got its first price drop
Read MoreIt might sound like a joke, but this week, Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off by asking how you keep a Polish train from running. Like always, the answer appears to be a properly modulated radio signal. After a fiery tale about Elliot’s burned beans, the discussion moves over to the adventure that
Read MoreNew York Times: Sources: Meta is considering paid, ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram for users in the EU, to fend off privacy concerns and scrutiny from EU regulators — The subscription plan is a response to European Union policies and court rulings to restrict Meta’s data-collection practices.
Read MoreImage: Bethesda Game Studios 2023 has been packed with some of the biggest games in recent memory, and I’m totally fine with that. For the past little while, it feels like the gaming industry has been more interested in time-sucking live service behemoths, games that never end, rather than satisfying single-player titles. But this year,
Read MoreWhile not every camera mount needs to have six degrees of freedom, one or two can be extremely helpful in the photographic world. In order to make time-lapse shots with some motion or shots that incorporate some parallax, a moving camera mount or dolly is needed, and this small one builds upon a pre-existing, although
Read MoreInvestigators are eying the Lahaina wildfire as yet another deadly blaze started by electrical equipment. Putting lines underground would help—at a steep cost.
Read MoreAndrea Park / Fierce Biotech: Boston-based Beta Bionics, whose automated insulin dosing software the FDA approved in May 2023, raised a $100M Series D, taking its total funding to $293.5M — In the wake of earning FDA clearance for its insulin pump an | In the wake of earning FDA clearance for its insulin pump
Read MoreThe Deebot X20 Omni — the latest robot vacuum mop from Ecovacs — was on display at IFA 2023 this week. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge The robot vacuum cleaner is undergoing a renaissance this year as all the major manufacturers figure out new and more outlandish ways to make the
Read MoreJuliette Guéron-Gabrielle / New York Times: Paris becomes the first European capital to outlaw rented electric scooters, following a vote in April; e-scooter rental companies shift focus to electric bikes — But the city is adding bike lanes, and scooter companies are shifting their focus to electric bikes.
Read MoreChristine Hall / TechCrunch: New York-based Benitago, an Amazon e-commerce business acquirer that has raised $380M in equity and debt in the past two years, files for bankruptcy — Benitago Group, an Amazon e-commerce business acquirer, filed for bankruptcy this week. The move comes after the New York-based company raised $380 million …
Read MoreAllen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images After her Eras tour shattered ticket sales records last year, now Taylor Swift is coming for the box office. The upcoming Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert film set a single-day sales record for AMC in just three hours after the ticket presale went
Read MoreLaura Normand / The Verge Donald Trump’s election interference trial in Georgia will appear live on TV and the court’s YouTube channel. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee made the ruling on Thursday, which also says members of the press can use cellphones and computers inside the courtroom as long as they’re not recording, local news
Read MoreIvan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google removes controversial live streaming app Chamet, which let users video call hosts, from the Play Store for violating its user-generated content policy — Google has removed a popular but controversial live video chat app Chamet from the Play Store. The company confirmed the move …
Read MoreIt’s not quite as powerful as the gargantuan Strix Scar X3D, but it’s also not quite as expensive. Continue reading…
Read MoreCurl was recently notified of a CVE, CVE-2020-19909, rated at a hair-raising 9.8 on the CVSS scale. And PostgreSQL has CVE-2020-21469, clocking in with a 7.5 severity. You may notice something odd about those two vulnerabilities, but I promise the 2020 date is only the tip of the iceberg here. Let’s start with PostgreSQL. That
Read MoreDan Primack / Axios: Robinhood says it paid nearly $606M to repurchase shares held by an affiliate of Sam Bankman-Fried, via an agreement with the US Marshal Service — Stock-trading app Robinhood on Friday said it paid nearly $606 million to repurchase shares held by an affiliate of jailed crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried.
Read MoreIf you don’t mind refurbished headphones, this is a great deal. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge While Labor Day promotions have already been going on all week (despite the holiday itself still being another three days away), some early deals have been fairly attractive. A noteworthy one is eBay’s 20 percent off
Read MoreIñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy. | Netflix Netflix’s One Piece succeeds where other live-action anime adaptations have failed by understanding its limits and knowing how to work within them. Continue reading…
Read MoreThe SwitchBot S10, the company’s first robot vacuum for the US market, brings with it some unique features. | Image: SwitchBot Smart home robotics company SwitchBot — of robot finger fame — has come up with another ingenious solution for automating boring chores in your home. This one is a sizable leap toward a Rosie
Read MoreJavier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: EU regulators plan to block Booking.com’s €1.63B acquisition of Sweden-based Etraveli due to competition concerns; UK’s CMA approved the deal in 2022 — EU regulators are set to block US online travel site Booking Holding’s €1.63bn purchase of Sweden’s Etraveli Group following concerns …
Read MoreTom Pritchard / Tom’s Guide: Lenovo unveils $329 Legion Glasses with 60Hz displays, equivalent to a 27″ monitor, that works with Legion Go, Android phones, iPhones, Macs, and Windows PCs — Finally, a gaming face peripheral that doesn’t give me a headache — Gaming on the go is easier than ever …
Read MoreThe Verge Disney has blocked its channels from being accessed by the nearly 15 million subscribers to Charter’s Spectrum service, the second-largest cable TV provider in the US. The blackout means that viewers in major markets like New York and Los Angeles can’t access ABC, ESPN, FX, Freeform, National Geographic and a dozen other Disney-owned
Read More