The Buds 2 Pro are small but mighty. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge After Samsung’s entry-level Buds 2 wireless earbuds took center stage last week on a great deal, it’s now the Pro’s turn to shine with a deal of its own. The Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are selling for $187.99
Read MoreIvan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta rebrands Facebook’s Watch tab as Video, which will now include all visual content like Reels, long-form content, and live videos, and adds editing features — Facebook announced new video-related features today ranging from editing to discovery to make the platform competitive with YouTube and TikTok.
Read MoreNot everyone has $1,000 to spend on their next Android phone, nor do they need all the fancy bells and whistles such devices provide. The Moto range of devices are affordable daily drivers for the masses, and one of the 2023 range of devices, the Moto G Play (2023), is subject to a huge deal
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Louisville-based JumpCloud says a hacking group breached its systems almost one month ago via a spear-phishing attack that targeted specific customers — US-based enterprise software firm JumpCloud says a state-backed hacking group breached its systems almost one month ago as part …
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta announced a bunch of new updates to its video features on Facebook, including improved editing tools, the ability to upload videos in HDR, and a new Video tab. Let’s start first with that Video tab, the new name for the tab formerly known as Facebook Watch. Meta
Read MoreImage: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Ford announced price cuts for its F-150 Lightning truck that will reduce the listed price on some trims by almost $10,000. The company’s most affordable “Pro” trim is reduced from its previous MSRP of $59,974 to $49,995, and its highest “Platinum” with extended-range battery has dropped from $98,074 to
Read MoreCredit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Microsoft might be sunsetting its Xbox Live Gold membership. The company is expected to replace it with a new Xbox Game Pass Core subscription. Microsoft has since confirmed the news in a blog post. Update: July 17, 2023 (9:42 AM ET): Microsoft has made it official in a blog
Read MoreLast time, we looked at all the things that make DisplayPort unique for its users. What about the things that make it unique for hackers? Let’s get into all the ways that DisplayPort can serve you on your modern tech wrangling adventures. You Are Watching The AUX Channel With DisplayPort, the I2C bus we’ve always
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Read MoreLauren Feiner / CNBC: In a letter, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan asks Meta to provide documents about content moderation on Threads as part of a probe of tech platforms’ policies — – House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to hand over documents about content moderation …
Read MoreBefore Wolfenstein and Doom, Commander Keen was id Software’s breakthrough series — here’s how it began. | Image: My Abandonware In 1990, John Romero, John Carmack, and Tom Hall were working at Louisiana software maker Softdisk. There, they had an idea that would change PC games forever. Continue reading…
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge For over 10 years, millions of emails associated with the US military have been getting sent to Mali, a West African country allied with Russia, due to a typo, according to a report from the Financial Times. Instead of appending the military’s .MIL domain to their recipient’s
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft is launching a new Xbox Game Pass Core subscription to replace Xbox Live Gold. This new Game Pass Core offering will include the usual Xbox online console multiplayer support, deals and discounts, and a new small catalog of more than 25 games — including Gears 5, Forza Horizon 4, and Psychonauts 2.
Read MoreAn auto industry pact claims to end the controversy over car data that has embroiled repair shops, parts manufacturers, and car owners. But many doubts remain.
Read MoreImage: Corsair Corsair is acquiring Drop, an online retailer best known for its lineup of mechanical keyboards and keyboard accessories like keycaps. The deal only includes “certain assets” from Drop, but the CEO of Drop, Jef Holove, put the terms of the deal more simply: “Drop has been acquired by Corsair,” the CEO wrote in
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus Fans of Genshin Impact can get a OnePlus 11 with a limited edition Xiangling-themed collector’s box. The collector’s box contains a collaboration book, Xiangling stickers, character cards, and more. The limited edition boxes are available on OnePlus.com and BestBuy.com. Last month, OnePlus launched a limited edition OnePlus 11 that gave the phone an
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus The OnePlus Keyboard 81 Pro is coming to the United States and Canada on July 26, 2023. OnePlus collaborated with Keychron to create the mechanical keyboard. It comes in two colorways and will start at $219 or CAD $299. Late last year, OnePlus announced it was creating a customizable mechanical keyboard. Eventually, it
Read MoreFinancial Times: Millions of sensitive emails have been missent to Mali’s .ML domain due to people mistyping the US military’s .MIL domain; .ML control reverts to Mali July 17 — Common spelling error has misdirected sensitive Pentagon messages to a company running Mali’s internet domain
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google recently revealed an Android Upgrade Invite feature, motivating users to install a pending Android update by giving them a sneak peek at the update’s features. This news got us wondering whether you need motivation to install an update or if you install them straight away. That’s the topic
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft plans to sunset Games with Gold on September 1 and to replace Xbox Live Gold with Xbox Game Pass Core, which includes 25+ games, on September 14 — Microsoft is launching a new Xbox Game Pass Core subscription to replace Xbox Live Gold. This new Game Pass Core offering
Read MoreVideo gamers know about cheat codes, but assembly language programmers are often in search of undocumented instructions. One way to find them is to map out all of a CPU’s opcodes and where there are holes, try those values, and see what happens. Not good enough for [Ken Shirriff]. He prefers examining the CPU’s microcode
Read MoreJavier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: Microsoft faces a formal EU antitrust investigation next week over tying Teams with Office, after concessions to appease concerns proved insufficient — Investigation will centre on claims US tech giant is unfairly linking its videoconferencing app with popular software
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Thunes, which provides a cross-border B2B payment service, raised a $72M Series C led by Marshall Wace at a $900M+ valuation — Thunes, a Singapore and London-based fintech that has built a payments platform for businesses to send money to each other internationally by tapping …
Read MoreYogita Khatri / The Block: Binance completes integration of the Bitcoin Lightning Network, enabling faster and cheaper bitcoin transactions, after setting up Lightning nodes in June — – Binance has completed the integration of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. — The news means Binance users can now deposit and withdraw bitcoin via the Layer 2 network.
Read MoreCredit: Weibo Infinix is working on a gaming smartphone inspired by the Nothing Phone 2. It features a glass back with a semi-exposed panel design. The phone could be called the Infinix GT 10 Pro/Pro Plus, which is expected to launch in India in August. Nothing is making transparent-style back designs fashionable for enthusiasts with
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