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Sources: Meta plans to build only ~1,000 units of its first-gen AR glasses due in 2024, using silicon carbide in the lenses and requiring a complicated assembly (Wayne Ma/The Information)

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Meta plans to build only ~1,000 units of its first-gen AR glasses due in 2024, using silicon carbide in the lenses and requiring a complicated assembly — Meta Platforms plans to build only around a thousand units of the first generation of its augmented-reality glasses due out next year

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Sources: the Kremlin’s fear of a serious tech brain drain is the main factor stopping a nationalization of Nasdaq-listed Yandex, which has over 20K employees (Reuters)

Reuters: Sources: the Kremlin’s fear of a serious tech brain drain is the main factor stopping a nationalization of Nasdaq-listed Yandex, which has over 20K employees — The Kremlin’s fear of a serious tech brain drain is the main factor preventing Moscow from nationalising Nasdaq-listed Yandex …

PentaBlinky – When One LED Is Not Blinky Enough

[michimartini] over on Hackaday.io loves playing with multivibrator circuits, and has come across a simple example of a ring oscillator. This is a discrete transistor RC-delay design utilizing five identical stages, each of which has a transistor that deals with charging and discharging the timing capacitor, passing along the inverted signal to its nearest neighbor.

Skydio is done making consumer drones for you

A Skydio drone | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Skydio is done making drones for consumers. Though the self-flying drone startup has been denying for years it would pivot to enterprise, it confirmed on Thursday that it’s sunsetting its consumer business in favor of creating drones for use by commercial businesses and the

OpenAI expands custom instructions, the details that ChatGPT needs to remember, to all users, after launching them in July 2023 in beta (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: OpenAI expands custom instructions, the details that ChatGPT needs to remember, to all users, after launching them in July 2023 in beta — OpenAI announced that it’s expanding custom instructions — a way to give users more control over how ChatGPT responds — to all users, including those on the free

US government pushes to fix the security flaws Lapsus$ hackers used to leak GTA VI

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is calling for stricter SIM swapping protections and the transition to a passwordless future following last year’s Lapsus$ attacks. In a lengthy report released on Thursday, the agency details the teen hacking group’s key techniques and provides recommendations to

Generative AI Is Making Companies Even More Thirsty for Your Data

The outcry over Zoom’s tweak to its data policy shows how the race to build more powerful AI models creates new pressure to source training data—including by juicing it from users.

GM confirms $130,000 Cadillac Escalade IQ won’t have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto

A display showcasing the Cadillac’s 55-inch screen and driver controls, but there’s no room made for CarPlay here. | Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge There will be no Apple CarPlay or Android Auto in Cadillac’s new ultra-luxury Escalade IQ. Despite the huge new 55-inch pillar-to-pillar infotainment screen in the new EV revealed yesterday, compatibility

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 review: powerful multitasking, new hinge folds flat, and good support, but still pricey, heavy, and clunky, with unknown durability (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 review: powerful multitasking, new hinge folds flat, and good support, but still pricey, heavy, and clunky, with unknown durability — Samsung’s head start in foldables is paying off, but it’ll have to do more next time around to stay in front.

Save $50 on a Samsung Z Fold 5 or Z Flip 5 preorder while you still can

Flip and fold a $50 bill back into your wallet. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Launch day for Samsung’s new generation of foldable phones is tomorrow, and Samsung really isn’t wasting any time getting the deals out early. Not only can you still get a free storage upgrade when you preorder the

The World ID Orb and the Question of What Defines a Person

Among the daily churn of ‘Web 3.0’, blockchains and cryptocurrency messaging, there is generally very little that feels genuinely interesting or unique enough to pay attention to. The same was true for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Ethereum blockchain-based Worldcoin when it was launched in 2021 while promising many of the same things as Bitcoin and

Check Point buys rival cybersecurity company Perimeter 81 for $490M in a “cash free, debt free” deal; Perimeter 81 raised $100M at a $1B valuation in June 2022 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Check Point buys rival cybersecurity company Perimeter 81 for $490M in a “cash free, debt free” deal; Perimeter 81 raised $100M at a $1B valuation in June 2022 — There is yet more M&A coming out of the security industry. In the latest development, Check Point …

Gboard could soon let you use generative AI for proofreading and emojis

Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Gboard’s latest beta includes several generative AI features, such as proofreading, emoji generation, and tone suggestions. The beta also includes improvements for stylus support, with new gestures and the ability to scribble text directly into text fields. Gboard is an excellent Android keyboard and my primary choice across all

Sonos’ $900 Dolby Atmos soundbar has a loud pop issue that’s taking years to fix

Image: Chris Welch / The Verge I bought a Sonos Arc soundbar and an LG OLED G2 six months ago to use with my Xbox Series X thinking it would be the most convenient way to expand my existing Sonos setup to handle Dolby Atmos audio from apps like Netflix, Apple TV Plus, and Disney

Sources: Amazon cuts dozens of in-house brands in clothing, furniture, and more to placate regulators and grow profits; Amazon says Basics will remain a focus (Dana Mattioli/Wall Street Journal)

Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon cuts dozens of in-house brands in clothing, furniture, and more to placate regulators and grow profits; Amazon says Basics will remain a focus — Company’s cuts include all but three of its 30 clothing labels, such as Goodthreads and Lark & Ro

Xiaomi’s next Mi Band is basically a stripped-down Apple Watch

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Xiaomi has given us a look at the upcoming Smart Band 8 Pro. The new fitness tracker looks very similar to an Apple Watch. Expect the Smart Band 8 Pro to launch next week. Xiaomi’s Smart Bands have long had a reputation for being cheap fitness trackers with a

SMIC reports Q2 revenue down 18% YoY to $1.9B and net income dropped 21.7% YoY to $402.76M, weighed down by US sanctions and slow global chip supply demand (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

Sheila Chiang / CNBC: SMIC reports Q2 revenue down 18% YoY to $1.9B and net income dropped 21.7% YoY to $402.76M, weighed down by US sanctions and slow global chip supply demand — – SMCIC posted a drop in second-quarter revenue amid ongoing U.S. sanctions and a sluggish recovery in global chip demand.

How to verify your Threads account using your Mastodon profile

Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge As explained in a recent article, Meta has rolled out the ability to verify a link to your Threads profile on social media platforms like Mastodon, according to a Threads post from Instagram head Adam Mosseri. In other words, the Mastodon account on your profile will show a verified

Weird Lens Allows Light Field Passthrough for VR Headset

Light Fields are a subtle but critical element to making 3D video look “real”, and it has little to do with either resolution or field of view. Meta (formerly Facebook) provides a look at a prototype VR headset that provides light field passthrough video to the user for a more realistic view of their surroundings,

Get ready for a repositioned end call button in iOS 17

The end call button now sits much closer to the rest of the call controls. | Screenshot by Jess Weatherbed / The Verge Apple looks set to be moving one of the most well-used buttons in iOS; the Phone app’s red end call button. Beta versions of iOS 17, which will likely get an official

A closer look at the UK Electoral Commission hack, disclosed nine months after discovery, which likely relied on a now-patched Microsoft Exchange Server flaw (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: A closer look at the UK Electoral Commission hack, disclosed nine months after discovery, which likely relied on a now-patched Microsoft Exchange Server flaw — Evidence appears to show a critical 0-day tracked as ProxyNotShell was exploited. — It’s looking more and more likely …

These leaked renders give us a good look at Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra range

Credit: OnLeaks via Mysmartprice New renders of the Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones and QuietComfort Ultra earbuds have leaked. While the headphones differ from their predecessor, the earbuds appear practically the same. Bose is expected to launch these audio products soon. Bose has been a staple of the audio industry, credited with making some of the

Here are the funniest things being auctioned off at Twitter HQ

Yup, even the building signs are up for grabs. Providing you’re the one arranging the ‘grabbing’. | Photo by David Odisho/Getty Images Now that Elon Musk’s plan to rebrand Twitter to X is in motion, the company is looking to sell a bunch of stuff tied to its previous image in what feels like a

Lyft begins serving in-app ads to riders as they wait for rides, when they match with a driver, and during their trips, and plans to add video ads by year-end (Patrick Coffee/Wall Street Journal)

Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: Lyft begins serving in-app ads to riders as they wait for rides, when they match with a driver, and during their trips, and plans to add video ads by year-end — The ride-sharing company and its larger rival, Uber, are racing to build significant ad operations

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