How to organize your Mac’s desktop for maximum productivity
Mac desktops can get very messy, here are the best ways to organize it.
Read MoreMac desktops can get very messy, here are the best ways to organize it.
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Recently, a friend who has been on Gmail for a long time suddenly noticed the chat availability settings in the upper right of the web app. This notice was actually added to the Gmail page about two years ago when Google Chat was integrated into Gmail. It notifies
Read MorePlus: Microsoft’s Activision acquisition hits another roadblock, TikTok lets you shop for viral gadgets, and we go inside Amazon and Walmart’s battle for your dollars.
Read MorePlus: Discord has a child predator problem, fears rise of China spying from Cuba, and hackers try to blackmail Reddit.
Read MoreThe franchise wanted to grow up. But at its heart, the game is true to tradition, both for good and ill.
Read MoreIt is a time-honored tradition: buy some cheap piece of gear and rewrite the firmware to make it work better. [Gissio] managed to do just that for a cheap FS2011 Geiger counter. Apparently, the firmware will also work with some similar Chinese models, too. The new firmware boasts an improved UI and multiple measurement units,
Read MoreWelcome to The Weekly Authority the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 250th edition here with a possible stylus and keyboard for the Pixel Tablet, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 leaks, Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 price rumors, the latest Reddit updates, and some
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge This even has implications for the ISS Continue reading…
Read MoreThe discovery of environmental DNA from fish species that have strayed far from their normal range is an ominous reminder of warming, changing seas.
Read MoreRani Molla / Vox: Research: 81% of tech companies with under 5K employees allow remote work or have only remote options, while just 26% with 25K+ employees are fully flexible — How small tech companies are using remote work to compete with the big guys. — It used to be that Big Tech companies like
Read MoreAs computers get more and more powerful and artificial intelligence algorithms improve, few games remain where the best humans can reliably beat their electronic counterparts. In chess this barrier was passed in 2005 with the last human win against a computer, and recently humans lost to computers at go. Simpler games like tic-tac-toe have been
Read MoreActivists and health care workers say the platform routinely suppresses posts about the abortion pill, leaving US users without vital information.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Over the last couple of generations, Google has been slowly but steadily adapting Pixel line-up to support more and more advanced use cases and features. Devices like the Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet provide more versatility than ever inside the Pixel family, and Google isn’t stopping there. As we’ve
Read MoreThe Titan tragedy highlights the burgeoning trend of cavalier high-net-worth individuals exploring some of the most inhospitable places on Earth.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Over the last couple of generations, Google has been slowly but steadily adapting Pixel line-up to support more and more advanced use cases and features. Devices like the Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet provide more versatility than ever inside the Pixel family, and Google isn’t stopping there. As we’ve
Read MoreMarble runs are fun enough on their own, but what if you could eat the marbles? Gumballs are the satisfying answer to that question. To that end, [Adrian Seeley] whipped up a system for producing gumball runs programmatically for entertainment and candy dispensing purposes. Track descriptions can be coded via basic instructions outlining a marble
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to invest another $15B in India by 2030, mostly for AWS expansion; in May, AWS announced plans to invest $12.7B in the country — Amazon plans to more than double its investment in India in the next seven years, the e-commerce group said, joining a roster
Read MoreThe Economic Times: Sundar Pichai says Google plans to invest $10B in India’s digitization fund and announces the opening of Google’s fintech operation center in GIFT City, Gujarat — Notably, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City is a central business district under construction in Gandhinagar district in Gujarat, India.
Read MoreNico Grant / New York Times: NetBlocks: at least five Russian telcos block Google News and several other ISPs are reducing access, as Russia’s feud with a mercenary leader intensifies — At least five telecommunications companies have blocked the service, which aggregates news from various sources, according to an analysis from NetBlocks, an internet observatory.
Read MoreWired: How military-grade AI, developed by US defense contractors for intelligence, has been repurposed to combat labor organizing, find internal leakers, and more — Spycraft developed by defense contractors are now being sold to employers to identify labor organizing. Regulators must step up to protect workers’ privacy.
Read MoreImage: Apple The European Parliament recently voted on regulation that would, among other things, require smartphone manufacturers to make their device’s batteries more easily user-replaceable. Here’s the fine print. Continue reading…
Read MoreJillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: EU Commissioner Thierry Breton says he and Mark Zuckerberg are “aligned” on the EU’s regulation of AI; Sam Altman says he also agrees with the EU’s approach — Technology company executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman expressed support for government oversight of artificial intelligence …
Read MoreJillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: EU Commissioner Thierry Breton says he and Mark Zuckerberg are “aligned” on the EU’s regulation of AI; Sam Altman says he also agrees with the EU’s approach — Technology company executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman expressed support for government oversight of artificial intelligence …
Read MoreNico Grant / New York Times: NetBlocks: at least five Russian telcos block Google News and several other ISPs are reducing access, as Russia’s feud with a mercenary leader intensifies — At least five telecommunications companies have blocked the service, which aggregates news from various sources, according to an analysis from NetBlocks, an internet observatory.
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: YouTube is testing Aloud, an AI-powered dubbing tool developed at Google’s Area 120, with “hundreds” of creators, starting with English, Spanish, and Portuguese — YouTube wants to make it easier to dub your videos in other languages by giving you some help with AI.
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