It’s a gamechanger if Google can figure out multiday battery life for the Pixel Watch 2. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge While reviewing the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, I was surprised how much its small gains in battery life impacted my overall attitude toward the watch. It got me wondering whether
Read MoreImage: Konami The new Metal Gear Solid collection that bundles Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater will be coming to PS4, Konami announced on Monday. The collection, which officially has the unwieldy name of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, had previously been
Read MoreCraig Trudell / Bloomberg: Report: before tweeting a pro-Russia Ukraine peace plan, Elon Musk said he had Kremlin consultations; he also told the US of a Putin call but publicly denied it — – Magazine reports on October conversation with top official — The SpaceX CEO later denied speaking with Russian president
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority A new Fitbit tracker for 2023 just went through the FCC regulatory board. We don’t know what it is, but it most likely is a new Ace, which is designed for kids. However, it is possible that this is the debut of a new line of entry-tier trackers. Fitbit
Read MoreChristine Hall / TechCrunch: Ghost, a B2B surplus inventory marketplace with 1,000+ members, raised a $30M Series B led by Cathay Innovation and plans to expand to Europe and Asia — Ghost, providing a B2B marketplace for surplus inventory, is back with fresh funds in the way of a $30 million Series B round.
Read MorePalms are hit by strong wind and rain from Tropical Storm Hilary in the deserts of Southern California on August 20th, 2023, in Palm Desert, California. | Photo by David McNew / Getty Images California is notoriously dry this time of year. Yet, over the course of a single day this weekend, some desert areas
Read MoreIn the bustling world of bees, swarming is the ultimate game of real estate shuffle. When a hive gets too crowded or craves a change of scenery, colonies scout out swarms for a new hive. [Captain Flatus O’Flaherty] is a beekeeper trying to capture more native honey bees, and a custom LoRa-enabled capture hive helps him
Read MoreShaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Friend.tech, which lets people buy “shares” of X accounts with crypto, hits 100K+ users, according to a database that lists wallets and raised privacy concerns — The growth correlates with the more than $25 million in revenue generated by the platform since its Aug. 10 launch.
Read MoreDid you know 1 in 5 Americans wear a smartwatch daily? Wearable technology usage has skyrocketed over the last few years, experiencing a 100% jump from 2016 to 2019. The global wearable tech market was valued at $61.3 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow 14% from 2023 to 2030. Consumers are increasingly comfortable wearing connected technology
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Creators on Apple Podcasts will now be able to find out a lot more about who their most devoted listeners are and where they’re coming from. The company today is launching subscription analytics tools that will show podcasters how many listeners started a free trial, the percentage of
Read MoreJoin us on Wednesday, August 23 at noon Pacific for the Mass Production 3D Printing Hack Chat with Gabe Bentz! We’ll take a wild guess and say that right now, within arm’s length of wherever you’re reading this, there’s something that was produced by injection molding. Look around; it’s there someplace, and whatever it is,
Read MoreImage: Amazon Amazon is updating its recently launched Fire TV Channels app. The free, ad-supported streaming platform has a new sidebar that lets you navigate through different categories of content along with a new slate of shows. Fire TV Channels first launched in May with a lineup of free shows, live news, music videos, and
Read MoreImage: Apple Invasion was a curious addition to the sci-fi TV landscape when it debuted in 2021. For much of its runtime, it barely felt like science fiction at all. We all knew something alien was happening — it’s right there in the show’s title, after all — but the story was much more focused
Read MoreHarry McCracken / Fast Company: Interviews with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, CTO Kevin Scott, and other executives on AI, investment in AI over the past decade, Office Copilots, Bing, and more — “In general, I get excited by new things,” says the CEO. The story of a transformative moment that’s been a decade in the
Read MoreMiles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: YouTube is working with Universal Music Group to explore the use of music in AI programs and ways to pay artists whose work is used to make AI-generated content — YouTube has recruited Frank Sinatra’s estate and other Universal Music Group UMG .39%increase; green up pointing triangle acts …
Read MoreTelehealth companies that provide abortion pills are surging in popularity. Which are as safe as they claim to be?
Read MoreVishal Chawla / The Block: NFT platform Recur plans to shut down by November 16, 2023, less than two years after raising a $50M Series A, and tells owners to move NFT metadata to the IPFS — – NFT platform Recur has decided to close less than two years after raising $50 million in a
Read MoreDana Hull / Bloomberg: A notice from Maine’s AG says Tesla’s May 2023 data breach impacted 75,735 people, included employee-related records, and was a result of “insider wrongdoing” — – Data breach included employee-related records, Maine AG says — Tesla says two former employees shared info with Handelsblatt
Read MoreRonan Farrow / New Yorker: Interviews with 30+ of Elon Musk’s colleagues and others detail his growing international power, childhood, career, politics, role in the Ukraine war, and more — How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.
Read MoreWhile the listing doesn’t hint at what the new watches feature, it at least confirms they’re on the way.
Read MoreMonica Chin / The Verge: LG Gram Style (2023) review: 120Hz OLED, bold color-changing body, and lightweight, but limited power, poor thermal management and trackpad, and bendy chassis — At this point, I feel like people who want to buy an LG Gram know exactly what they’re getting. Grams are made to travel.
Read MoreThe California DMV now supports digital driver’s licenses but not via Apple’s Wallet app.
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