Lionel Messi may be tearing it up in the MLS, but he spent a decade doing it in Spain first. La Liga, Spain’s premier soccer league, is renowned for its thrilling matches, world-class players, and iconic clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid. With the increasing popularity of Spanish football among American fans, many
Read MoreAndrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Atari announces the $130 Atari 2600+, with HDMI and a slot for Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges, the $25 CX40+ joystick, and a $40 CX30+ paddle controller bundle — Software emulation keeps costs down, but may turn off retro-gaming enthusiasts. — If you read about Atari issuing a new cartridge
Read MoreAndrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Atari announces the $130 Atari 2600+, with HDMI and a slot for Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges, the $25 CX40+ joystick, and a $40 CX30+ paddle controller bundle — Software emulation keeps costs down, but may turn off retro-gaming enthusiasts. — If you read about Atari issuing a new cartridge
Read MoreLionel Messi may be tearing it up in the MLS, but he spent a decade doing it in Spain first. La Liga, Spain’s premier soccer league, is renowned for its thrilling matches, world-class players, and iconic clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid. With the increasing popularity of Spanish football among American fans, many
Read MoreTo keep track of a location in a two-dimensional space, two measurements are needed. Most of the time, we would naturally think to do this by the Cartesian method, measuring position along one axis and then again along a second axis. But this isn’t the only way of keeping track of position. Polar coordinates, where
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Gmail may add an extra verification step when you try to do things like adding a forwarding address and editing your filters, Google announced in a blog post on Wednesday. The extra step could help prevent a bad actor who has access to your account from filtering emails
Read MoreSara Fischer / Axios: Yahoo acquires CommonStock, launched in 2020 to let retail investors share insights based on their brokerage account information; CommonStock had raised ~$34M — Yahoo has acquired CommonStock, a social platform designed for retail investors to share insights based on information linked directly …
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Following reports that Google gave up on its Project Iris AR glasses in June, a new report from Insider suggests that the company’s plan to launch a mixed reality headset with Samsung is also facing setbacks. The rumored device, which is apparently called Project Moohan internally, is supposed to offer a mixed
Read MoreDavid Gewirtz / ZDNet: Google announces new security features for Workspace, including zero-trust, data loss prevention, and digital sovereignty controls, rolling out in 2023 and 2024 — Google Workspace, your most secure choice in productivity suites, will be getting even more secure.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge In a major reversal, Apple is now expressing support for a right-to-repair bill in California, as reported by TechCrunch and iFixit. In a letter to California Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman, Apple says it endorses the SB 244 bill, which requires manufacturers to give customers and independent repair shops the appropriate tools, manuals,
Read MoreScreenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge A test version of Google Chrome on iOS now lets you put the address bar on the bottom of the screen, as spotted by MacRumors contributor Steve Moser. It’s a nice change that lets you move the address bar closer to your thumb — though notably, it comes
Read MoreBrian Heater / TechCrunch: Apple says it supports California’s Right to Repair Act, which passed a Senate vote in May and is awaiting approval before going to a full assembly vote — In a surprise move, Apple this week penned a letter to California state senator Susan Talamantes Eggman, voicing support for SB 244 …
Read MoreThe Biden administration has changed its mind about a Massachusetts state law giving mechanics and car owners access to more diagnostic data.
Read MoreBecky Peterson / The Information: Source: SpaceX is working with Cloudflare to increase Starlink’s terrestrial network of mini data centers, which could help the service deliver faster speeds — Space Exploration Technologies, Elon Musk’s rocket company, is working with Cloudflare to boost the performance …
Read MoreEmily Bary / MarketWatch: Snowflake reports Q2 revenue up 36% YoY to $674M, vs. $662M est., net loss up 2% YoY to $227M, and projects Q3 product revenue of $670M to $675M, vs. $675M est. — Company logs a sizable beat on adjusted earnings — Snowflake Inc. broke from its pattern of outlook cuts Wednesday
Read MoreThe Biden administration has changed its mind about a Massachusetts state law giving mechanics and car owners access to more diagnostic data.
Read MoreBoth studies show that it’s possible to decode brain signals into speech at a rate of about 60–70 words per minute. | Image: Stanford Two separate studies published today in Nature indicate that, in the future, brain-to-computer interfaces (BCI) could help restore communication for people who can’t speak due to severe paralysis. In both studies,
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Not that long ago, a friend sent me a preview of a book that she was about to have published and asked me to read it. I was delighted — but unfortunately, the copy she sent was formatted as a PDF. And since I usually read books
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit is acting up again. On Wednesday, some of us at The Verge ran into some issues browsing the site, including threads with blank comments and some pages with a “504 Gateway Timeout” message. The issues appear to differ across new and old Reddit. I typically browse on
Read MoreZac Bowden / Windows Central: Sources: Microsoft is experimenting with new AI capabilities in Windows 11 apps, including generating a canvas from text in Paint and OCR in Snipping Tool — Microsoft wants to enhance Windows with AI in more ways than one. — What you need to know — Microsoft is experimenting …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Epic Games will let developers keep 100 percent of their net revenues from the Epic Games Store for six months if they choose to make their games or apps exclusives for that time through its new First Run program, the company announced on Wednesday. Typically, Epic lets developers
Read MorePhoto by Mario Tama / Getty Images Hollywood producers are trying to turn up the pressure on striking writers — but writers aren’t biting. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) publicly released its counteroffer to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Tuesday, which details proposals surrounding AI, residuals, streaming data transparency,
Read MoreSecurity is essential for all industries, but healthcare faces more pressure than most. Hospitals store vast amounts of highly sensitive information, making them ideal targets for cybercrime, so their defenses must be extensive. User and entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) are one of the most helpful tools in that endeavor. The medical sector is no stranger
Read MoreImage: BioWare BioWare is laying off “approximately” 50 people, according to an announcement from the studio’s general manager, Gary McKay. “In order to meet the needs of our upcoming projects, continue to hold ourselves to the highest standard of quality, and ensure BioWare can continue to thrive in an industry that’s rapidly evolving, we must
Read MoreAndrew E. Freedman / Tom’s Hardware: Qualcomm updates its lineup of processors designed for gaming handhelds, adding the G1 and G2 chips for cheaper devices and the flagship Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 — Three tiers of chips, anchored by the new G3x Gen 2 — Qualcomm is updating its lineup of processors designed for dedicated
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