[Outer World Apps] noted that there was no PDP-8/V made by DEC — a variant that used vacuum tubes. So he’s decided to make one using about 320 6J6A tubes. He’s got a plan and a few boards completed — we can’t wait to see it finished. The logic is actually done by crystal rectifiers,
Read MoreEmma Roth / The Verge: Microsoft adds voice mode to Bing Chat on desktop, letting users ask questions using their voice in English, Japanese, French, German, and Mandarin — Microsoft is bringing Bing’s voice mode to Edge on desktop. With this latest update, you can now ask Bing’s chatbot questions using your voice …
Read MoreKarissa Bell / Engadget: In an AMA about Reddit’s API changes, the company’s CEO said Reddit can’t “subsidize commercial entities”, criticized the Apollo developer’s behavior, and more — “We’ll continue to be profit-driven until profits arrive,” he said. — Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has finally spoken publicly …
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Logitech plans to merge Astro and Blue Microphones into Logitech G and retire the Blue brand, saying “the Blue name will be used to describe our technologies” — Now, it’s merging both into its Logitech G brand for gamers and streamers — but while Astro will largely continue, the Blue
Read MoreRosie Perper / CoinDesk: Kraken launches Kraken NFT, a marketplace with 250+ NFT collections across the Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon blockchains, after a beta started in November 2022 — Now out of its public beta test, the platform has expanded to include over 250 NFT collections.
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’re unhappy with your current password manager and have decided to make a move, you may be tempted to simply go with the password manager that comes with your browser or operating system. It’s certainly an easy solution and a reasonable one, depending on your point of
Read MoreJames Cirrone / Blockworks: Crypto.com plans to shut down its institutional exchange service for US customers on June 21, citing “limited demand”; the closure doesn’t affect retail users — The decision was made in light of “limited demand” among US institutions because of the “current market landscape”
Read MoreImage: The Verge Microsoft is bringing Bing’s voice mode to Edge on desktop. With this latest update, you can now ask Bing’s chatbot questions using your voice — and it will respond in a voice of its own. Just like the feature on the mobile version of Edge, you can select the microphone button on
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: Microsoft is moving top AI researchers from Beijing to Vancouver in part to stop Chinese companies from poaching them, amid US-China political tensions — Beijing-based researchers apply for visas to move to Vancouver amid geopolitical tensions — Microsoft is moving …
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Read MoreImage: The Verge Microsoft is bringing Bing’s voice mode to Edge on desktop. With this latest update, you can now ask Bing’s chatbot questions using your voice — and it will respond in a voice of its own. Just like the feature on the mobile version of Edge, you can select the microphone button on
Read MoreImage: The Verge Microsoft is bringing Bing’s voice mode to Edge on desktop. With this latest update, you can now ask Bing’s chatbot questions using your voice — and it will respond in a voice of its own. Just like the feature on the mobile version of Edge, you can select the microphone button on
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Reddit CEO Steve Huffman posted a statement on the ongoing controversies surrounding upcoming API changes. The post was also an AMA (ask me anything), but Huffman skipped over many important questions. Notably, Huffman did not acknowledge or even mention the upcoming June 12 blackout protests. If you frequently use
Read MoreWhile most countries have switched to digital broadcasting, and most broadcasts themselves have programming on 24/7 now, it’s hard to remember the ancient times of analog broadcasts that would eventually stop sometime late at night, displaying a test pattern instead of infomercials or reruns of an old sitcom. They were useful for various technical reasons
Read MoreIllustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hosted a promised AMA on Friday over the platform’s controversial API changes, but based on the tone of his initial message and some replies, it doesn’t seem like Reddit will be budging on potentially expensive API updates that have caused multiple developers to announce they
Read MoreVitalik Buterin: Ethereum must undergo three transitions while evolving from a young experimental technology into a mature tech stack: L2 scaling, wallet security, and privacy — Special thanks to Dan Finlay, Karl Floersch, David Hoffman, and the Scroll and SoulWallet teams for feedback and review and suggestions.
Read MoreYou can preorder Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air starting today for $1,249.99 at Amazon. | Image: Apple This week’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) wasn’t all about operating system updates and Apple’s new mixed reality headset. Apple also revealed a number of new Macs, including a 15-inch MacBook Air as well as revamped versions of the Mac
Read MoreMike Scarcella / Reuters: A US federal judge rules that Apple and Amazon must face an antitrust lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to inflate iPhone and iPad prices on Amazon’s website — Apple (AAPL.O) and Amazon.com (AMZN.O) must face a consumer antitrust lawsuit in U.S. court accusing them of conspiring …
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In the 2000s, there was a media format war between Sony’s Blu-ray and Toshiba’s HD DVD. Sony, which owns a production company, convinced Warner Bros. to drop the rival format. And then Paramount followed suit, putting the last two nails in HD DVD’s coffin. Fast-forward to today’s
Read MoreThe first-gen Sonos Move was released in 2019. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Back in March, I told you that Sonos is working on a second-generation Move speaker due for release this year. And now, as spotted by Janko Roettgers, the upcoming portable speaker has made its way through the FCC. The
Read MoreOn today’s episode of “What If?” — what if the Apollo 13 astronauts had a 3D printer? Well, for one thing, they may have been able to avoid all the futzing with duct tape and procedure list covers to jury rig the lithium hydroxide filters, at least if they’d known about these 3D printed enzymatic
Read MoreThe Washington Memorial stands in hazy smoke on June 8th, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images Americans are breathing in a lot more wildfire smoke today than they did 10 years ago, new research confirms. And places with more people of color, immigrant communities, and areas where there’s lower
Read MoreImage: Google Google Chrome’s password manager will soon support biometric authentication on PCs and Macs. The feature, which was previously only available on mobile, uses facial recognition or your fingerprint to verify your identity before Chrome automatically fills your passwords. This is ideal if you share a computer with someone else and don’t want Chrome
Read MoreNikhilesh De / CoinDesk: US DOJ unseals a 2019 indictment charging two Russians with stealing ~647K BTC in a Mt. Gox hack; one of them is also charged with conspiring to operate BTC-e — One of the individuals also operated BTC-e, the DOJ alleged. — The U.S. Department of Justice charged Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko
Read MoreApple is building 324,000 square feet of office space in North Carolina.
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