Apple isn’t famed for offering big discounts on its high-end devices, so a 20% price drop on its top earbuds caught our eye. A big markdown on the 2nd gen AirPods Pro, often referred to as the AirPods Pro 2, just dropped the price to a new all-time low of just $199 in this latest
Read MoreWelcome to an in-depth look at the CZUR Fancy S Pro, an innovative addition to the tech market. This article unravels the distinctive features, performance, and overall appeal of this advanced gadget. Dive in as we explore how the CZUR Fancy S Pro is redefining convenience and functionality in its niche. What is the CZUR
Read MoreAndrew Tarantola / Engadget: IBM, HuggingFace, and NASA release an open-source geospatial foundation model to build climate and Earth science AIs that can track deforestation and more — The open-source model will serve as the basis for future forest, crop and climate change-monitoring AI.
Read MoreOn the “hack/not-a-hack” scale, a 3D printed bracket for aluminum extrusions is — well, a little boring. Such connectors are nothing you couldn’t buy, and even if you insisted on printing them instead, Printables and Thingiverse are full of ready-to-use designs. So why would you waste your precious time and effort rolling your own? According
Read MoreWith the rise of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), the demand for efficient and versatile EV charging solutions has grown exponentially. In response to this trend, Daolar has introduced a cutting-edge product – the WIFI Control 40A / 48A Portable EV Charger. This EV charging station boasts a plethora of features,
Read MoreThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. | Image: Paramount Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a classic retelling of its pizza-obsessed heroes’ origin story that’s elevated by phenomenal art direction. Continue reading…
Read MoreMia Sato / The Verge: Patreon temporarily disables Payoneer payments after some creators were unable to access their earnings and some subscriber payments are flagged as fraudulent — Two simultaneous issues with payments on Patreon are causing problems for both creators and fans.
Read MoreA new drilling technology promises to unlock a wealth of energy—without a fossil fuel in sight. Will Knight sits down with WIRED senior writer Gregory Barber to find out more.
Read MoreBrave Search will still redirect users to alternative services for more advanced image and video search capabilities for now. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Brave, best known for its privacy-focused web browser, is adding image and video search to Brave Search that now relies on the company’s own private index instead of
Read MoreThe Chromecast with Google TV (4K) is one of our favorite streaming devices and costs less than $50. If “budget-friendly” and “high-quality” sound like oxymorons to you, you’re in for a surprise. As it turns out, you can buy a number of great gifts without completely draining your savings account, which makes it easy to
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Instagram is trying to make it more difficult for people you don’t follow to spam you with unwanted DM requests. After testing the feature in June, Instagram now only lets users you don’t follow send a one-message invite before they can start chatting with you. That message can
Read MoreImage: 8BitDo Nobody likes stick drift in their game controllers, but everybody loves a good deal. So this sale on the 8BitDo Ultimate Bluetooth Controller and its drift-free Hall effect sticks is a perfect solution. You can get the white version of the controller with its included charging / receiver dock for $55.99 ($15 off)
Read MoreGPU Utils: An in-depth look at GPU supply and demand, particularly Nvidia H100s, how a reliance on TSMC causes bottlenecks, H100 clients, Nvidia’s allocations, and more — Introduction — As of August 2023, it seems AI might be bottlenecked by the supply of GPUs. … Is There Really A Bottleneck?
Read MoreFaster repairs and more walk-in repair types? Music to our ears. | Image: Samsung Samsung and its repair provider, Asurion, have announced that certain uBreakiFix locations will be getting an upgrade, helping them turn around Galaxy phone repairs faster. By the end of the year, 50 existing repair centers across the US will be designated
Read MorePhoto by Andrej Sokolow / picture alliance via Getty Images Waymo’s fourth robotaxi city will be Austin, Texas. It will be a bit of a homecoming for the Alphabet-owned self-driving company. Waymo said that it will start accepting passengers in its fully driverless vehicles in the city later this month. The company has been testing
Read MoreThe papers are neither proof that Facebook divides us nor a vindication of social media. They’re a starting point.
Read MoreVishal Chawla / The Block: Coinbase plans to open Base, its layer-2 blockchain built on Optimism’s OP Stack, to the public on August 9 and launches an Ethereum bridge — – Coinbase released a bridge between its Base network and Ethereum. — The public launch of Base is set for August 9, making it accessible
Read MoreMike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Endor Labs, which offers code and pipeline governance tools, raised a $70M Series A led by Lightspeed, just 10 months after launching — Code and pipeline governance startup Endor Labs Inc. said today it has closed on a big funding round, reeling in $70 million in an early-stage round led by
Read MoreThis week, we discuss the local-first computing movement and its push to reduce our reliance on the corporate-owned, cloud-based software tools we use every day.
Read MoreThe first collaboration between OnePlus and Keychron is a heavy, customizable keyboard with a soft typing experience—if you’re into that kind of thing.
Read MoreClaire Moses / New York Times: As Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, owners of its $2,000+ bikes worry over replacing proprietary parts and losing important app-enabled bike functions — VanMoof’s sleek electric bikes attracted fans, but the Dutch company’s demise has left owners unable to get repairs and worried that app-enabled functions may stop
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge There’s nothing worse in an online multiplayer Call of Duty lobby than facing a cheater that ruins the game, but players can now revel in the satisfaction of seeing them booted in real time. Activision’s proprietary Ricochet anti-cheat system will now notify Call of Duty lobbies when a
Read MoreHaleluya Hadero / Associated Press: Twitch expands its ban on livestreams of gambling content to include online casinos Blaze and Gamdom; gambling viewership dropped ~75% after its bans in 2022 — Amazon-owned Twitch said Wednesday it’s expanding the ban on livestreams of gambling content on the platform.
Read MoreNew York Times: How some people use “date-me docs”, online documents akin to newspaper personal ads, to look for more meaningful connections than those found in dating apps — Writers of the online text profiles, which can read like 1,000-word versions of the personal ads of yore …
Read MoreTired of relying on Big Tech to enable collaboration, peer-to-peer enthusiasts are creating a new model that cuts out the middleman. (That’s you, Google.)
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