Credit: Google If you’ve been paying attention to cybersecurity lately, you’ve probably heard mention of passkeys. Google is already rolling them out, and they may be poised to change how we secure the internet — but what are passkeys, exactly? And are they any better than the password logins we’ve been using for decades? What
Read MoreThe error code on an HP OfficeJet as shared by an HP support forum user. | Image: HP Community member Bennyboos HP is dealing with a bad firmware update that has been bricking some OfficeJet printers. According to reporting from Bleeping Computer, the faulty firmware was released globally earlier this month, and affected customers are
Read MoreThis is the AI version of Iceland’s greatest hits. Here’s the original before I asked Generative Fill to add an erupting volcano and a hot spring. If you’d like to visit a place where danger from the natural world is omnipresent and where lunch costs $60, I encourage you to visit Iceland. It is a
Read MoreGetty Images This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hope everyone at The Podcast Show is enjoying the conference (and ignoring their jet lag). While I’m still very much across the pond (like, way across) in LA, this issue of Hot Pod leads with
Read MoreThis is the AI version of Iceland’s greatest hits. Here’s the original before I asked Generative Fill to add an erupting volcano and a hot spring. If you’d like to visit a place where danger from the natural world is omnipresent and where lunch costs $60, I encourage you to visit Iceland. It is a
Read MoreGetty Images This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hope everyone at The Podcast Show is enjoying the conference (and ignoring their jet lag). While I’m still very much across the pond (like, way across) in LA, this issue of Hot Pod leads with
Read MoreIn the United States, Netflix account sharing will now cost $8 each month per extra user. The charge kicks in if someone from outside your household uses your account. If you’re traveling, you’ll need to verify account ownership. Netflix started charging subscribers who share their accounts with non-subscribers earlier this year. However, those charges were
Read MoreFor those of us who don’t do it every day, handling sheet metal can be a nerve-wracking affair. Sheet metal is thin, heavy, and sharp, and one wrong move while handling it can have much the same result as other such objects, like guillotine blades. If only there was a way to lessen the danger.
Read MoreCredit: Google Google Bard will now add images to its responses where it makes sense. Bard can also be asked for images directly. The chatbot will show sources for each image. From Windows Copilot to AI features coming to the Microsoft Store, Microsoft has been dominating AI news headlines today. Not to be outdone, Google
Read MoreDevin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Windows 11 adds native support for rar, 7-zip, gz, and other archive formats — It’s 1999, and my friends and I are surfing warez sites using Internet Explorer on our 98SE gaming rig. Finally we push past the scams and porn to find a list of files on an FTP server,
Read MoreMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella described the arrival of large language AI models like GPT-4 as “a Mosaic moment,” comparable to the arrival of the first graphical web browser. Unlike that original Mosaic moment, when Microsoft was late to the browser wars and was forced to buy its first web development tooling, the company has taken
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Austin-based Episode Six, which sells payment processing services and digital ledger infrastructure to banks and companies, raised a $48M Series C led by Avenir — Episode Six, a global payments and banking infrastructure provider, today announced that it raised $48 million …
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Netflix cracks down on password sharing in the US and offers paid sharing, which lets some accounts add an extra member outside their household for $7.99/month — Netflix is about to kick your best friend off your account — unless you pay for them to share your account, that is.
Read MoreGrams and kilograms are used to measure the mass or weight of objects. Ounces and pounds are units of weight. A gram is a unit of mass that is equal to 1/1000th of a kilogram (1 gram = 0.001 kg). A kilogram is slightly larger than an ounce, which is equal to 28 grams. Ounces
Read MoreNBC News: Sources: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to launch his presidential bid on Twitter Spaces on May 24, in a conversation with Elon Musk moderated by David Sacks — The Florida governor will announce he is running for president on Twitter Wednesday evening in a conversation with Musk.
Read More“Container registries” are ubiquitous software clearinghouses, but they’ve been exposed for years. Chainguard says it now has a solution.
Read MoreAs we’re approaching summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, thoughts naturally turn toward road trips. While most people do this in their car, the [Dangie Bros] built a 500 lb bike camper for their own take on the great American Road Trip. Taking a maximalist approach not seen in most bike campers, this behemoth has
Read MorePhoto by Becca Farsace / The Verge Microsoft is adding a much-needed feature to Windows 11: the ability to customize your RGB lighting through the Settings menu. The goal is to create a hub where you can adjust the lighting of all your accessories and components, no matter the brand. Microsoft calls the hub Dynamic
Read MoreA demo home made with diapers in the construction materials. | Image: Anjar Primasetra Dirty diapers could actually become a cheap and sustainable construction material. As strange as it might sound, discarded diapers can be sterilized and reused in concrete and mortar, new research says. Doing that has the potential to tackle some big environmental
Read MoreCredit: Microsoft Microsoft is integrating AI directly into its OS through Windows Copilot. Windows Copilot will appear on the taskbar and will allow you to adjust settings, connect across apps, and more. The feature will be available for preview on Windows 11 starting in June. With no intention of slowing down, Microsoft is continuing to
Read MoreAndrew Marino / The Verge: Review of Logic Pro for iPad: translates the pro app’s UI to a touch screen well and is very fun with few compromises, but it can’t load many 3rd-party plug-ins — A great digital audio workstation for the iPad with some experimental ways to make music
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google says it will use generative AI to boost Search ads’ relevance based on query context and debuts a conversational experience for creating ad campaigns — Google is going to start using generative AI to boost Search ads relevance based on the context of a query, the company announced at its
Read MoreCOURTESY OF NETFLIX Netflix has been so quiet about its upcoming Skull Island animated show set in Legendary’s MonsterVerse that it’s been easy to forget since it was first announced two years ago. While it hasn’t been all that clear in the past when the Powerhouse Animation-produced series was meant to debut, it turns out
Read MorePhoto by Ashish Vaishnav / SOPA Images/ LightRocket via Getty Images Pour one out for WinRAR because Microsoft just announced Windows 11 will natively support RAR and a bunch of other archive formats that Windows users have been waiting decades for. Perfect if ye be swimmin’ in lots o’ files, if ye catch me drift.
Read MorePhoto by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Ford is reversing course on AM radio. In a tweet today, CEO Jim Farley announced the company was backing off its decision to release new vehicles without AM radio broadcast capabilities. Instead, all 2024 Ford and Lincoln models will be able to tune in to AM radio. And
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