EV Sales Hit a Record in the US. Now Their Popularity May Be Waning
US drivers are on track to buy a record 1 million electric vehicles in 2023. But stocks of unsold EVs are now growing, suggesting the rush of early adopters is fading.
Read MoreUS drivers are on track to buy a record 1 million electric vehicles in 2023. But stocks of unsold EVs are now growing, suggesting the rush of early adopters is fading.
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge “Feels like the spam calls are picking up,” my editor said to me today. Yes, it does. A glance through my call log from this week showed one incoming real call and 10 incoming spam calls. We wrote a bunch about this in 2019 — here are
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Read MoreCerberus, an unofficial name for the current European heat wave, has gone viral—but some meteorologists find it sensationalistic and worry it won’t help people take extreme weather seriously.
Read MorePhones rule everything around me. I don’t have hard data on this, but most people probably rank switching to a new phone somewhere around “dental cleaning” and “trip to the DMV.” A few years ago, I felt that way, too. Dozens of phone reviews later, switching devices has become just as routine as taking out
Read MoreAlex Mashinsky, the former CEO of collapsed crypto lender Celsius, faces seven fraud charges. But while his arrest is cathartic for creditors, the industry is still prone to dangerous hero worship.
Read MoreYes, that burger was as good as it looks. I don’t particularly love editing my photos on a regular old slab phone anymore. Even on something large like the iPhone 14 Pro Max, the aspect ratio demands more zooming and panning than I’d like. Slapping on a quick filter or making some light tweaks is
Read MoreSalvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: Meta insiders detail a return to “OG Mark” and how staff secretly toiled away to determine how to create a Twitter-like service that fit with the company’s apps — Staffers toiled for months to create a Twitter-like service that would fit with existing apps
Read MoreArtificial intelligence has always been alluring. In 2023, though, its attraction has become irresistible with its increasingly accessible AI tools. Many tech entrepreneurs who fled Silicon Valley during the pandemic are returning simply because they can’t afford to miss out on this historic development. Business owners everywhere are also looking for ways to utilize AI
Read MoreA new report says Apple Watch Ultra 2 is coming later this year, with at least some parts created through 3D printing.
Read MoreOpenAI, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), has signed a license agreement with The Associated Press (AP) to use the AP’s massive text story archive to train its AI systems. OpenAI will have access to the AP’s text story archive, which dates back to 1985, thanks to this groundbreaking agreement. The length
Read MoreThe green version of the Buds 2 will save you more green today. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Even two days after Amazon Prime Day, there are still some lingering deals sticking around, but here’s one that somehow got slightly better. The Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 in olive green are on sale
Read MorePhoto by Vernon Yuen / NurPhoto via Getty Images China has released new guidelines on generative AI services, limiting their public use while encouraging industrial development. Reuters reported the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) softened its stance compared to draft rules in April. These new interim regulations will take effect on August 15th. The guidelines
Read MoreThe Apple TV+ series adapts a beloved Hugh Howey novel.
Read MoreHow much energy would it take to fuel a wave that you can shred like Kelly Slater? Here’s the math.
Read MoreMeta’s CEO would do us all a favor by not taking on Elon Musk in a literal cage fight. Especially since he’s already got Musk beat.
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’ve invested hours in achieving high scores, exploring open worlds, and leveling up, then you absolutely don’t want someone you live with — or a passing guest — to sit themselves down in front of your console and interfere with all that hard work. Whether you use
Read MoreIf you’re upgrading to an iPhone 15 this is when you should sell your old model.
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Meta unveils CM3leon, a transformer model for image generation requiring 5x less compute and a smaller training data set than past transformer-based models — Over the past two years, AI-powered image generators have become commodified, more or less, thanks to the widespread availability of …
Read MoreThe Yoga Book 9i jettisons the traditional lower laptop deck for a second touchscreen, which opens up some interesting use cases along with some compromises. Continue reading…
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Oslo-based online game-based learning service Kahoot plans to go private in an all-cash PE deal, led by Goldman Sachs, valuing the company at $1.7B — Big moves ahead for Kahoot, the Oslo startup that’s built a popular platform for users to create, share and play education-focused “games” …
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’ve invested hours in achieving high scores, exploring open worlds, and leveling up, then you absolutely don’t want someone you live with — or a passing guest — to sit themselves down in front of your console and interfere with all that hard work. Whether you use
Read MoreIvan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta says it has taken “further measures” to prevent EU-based users from accessing Instagram’s Threads, including blocking access through VPNs — After multiple EU-based users complained about not being able to access Instagram’s Threads app through VPN, Meta confirmed that it is blocking such efforts.
Read MoreImage: Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images House Republicans came to the defense of Elon Musk Thursday, tearing into Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan over an agency investigation they claim borders on “obsession” with Twitter and its owner. The blustering support for the billionaire dominated a Thursday House Judiciary Committee hearing
Read MoreTim Copeland / The Block: Multichain ceases operations after the crypto bridging protocol’s CEO Zhaojun and his sister, who held ~$220M of user assets, were detained by Chinese police — – Multichain confirmed its CEO has been detained in China. — It said the CEO’s sister moved $220 million of funds …
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