Image: Amazon Amazon’s new “Amazon Anywhere” shopping experience lets you shop for real-world goods inside of games and virtual worlds. The company shared some details of the experience on Tuesday, and you can already try it inside Niantic’s just-launched Peridot game. In Peridot, once you’ve linked your Amazon account, you’ll be able to buy things
Read MoreTaiichiro Yoshida’s “Jolteon” | Taku Saiki / The Pokémon Company We’re still quite a ways out from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s big DLC drops, and it’s not clear when the newest Pokémon anime will start airing outside of Japan. But anyone looking for an artful Poké-fix might want to start thinking about visits to Los
Read MoreAJ Vicens / CyberScoop: The US says the FBI was able to disrupt a long-running Russian cyber espionage operation by inspecting FSB-linked Snake malware and decoding its communications — A law enforcement effort dubbed “Medusa” targeted malware deployed by Moscow’s Federal Security Service, officials said Tuesday.
Read MorePhoto by Zac Goodwin / PA Images via Getty Images International online sports broadcasting company DAZN has joined a global task force that aims to shut down pirated and unauthorized sports streaming operations worldwide. The new group is operated by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), which counts giants like Amazon, Apple, NBC Universal,
Read MoreImage: TED Buzz has been building around the secretive tech startup Humane for over a year, and now the company is finally offering a look at what it’s been building. At TED last month, Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri gave a demonstration of the AI-powered wearable the company is building as a replacement for smartphones. Bits
Read MoreTim Culpan / Bloomberg: TSMC’s plan to build a German fab focusing on 28nm chips makes more sense than its US foray, as a way to meet automotive industry demand and political pressure — It looks increasingly likely that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will proceed with a factory in Europe …
Read MoreOpenAI competitor Anthropic says its Claude chatbot has a built-in “constitution” that can instill ethical principles and keep systems from going rogue.
Read MoreImage: Anthropic Anthropic is a bit of an unknown quantity in the AI world. Founded by former OpenAI employees and keen to present itself as the safety-conscious AI startup, it’s received serious funding (including $300 million from Google) and a space at the top table, attending a recent White House regulatory discussion alongside reps from
Read MorePhoto Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Airbnb is revamping its Rooms feature while eyeing AI and betting on work from anywhere. Continue reading…
Read MoreKurt Schlosser / GeekWire: Amazon announces Amazon Anywhere to let users of third-party apps buy related real-world items while in the app, launching with Niantic’s new AR game Peridot — The so-called “everything store” is looking to go “anywhere.” — Amazon announced the launch Tuesday of “Amazon Anywhere,” …
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta tests paying Reels creators based on public Reels’ performance, not ad earnings, and plans to roll out the program to Instagram in the coming weeks — Meta is testing a new payout model for its Ads on Reels monetization program that pays creators based on the performance of their public
Read MoreFinal Cut Pro and Logic Pro are finally on the iPad, but they have a controversial new subscription model that is both good and bad.
Read MoreJody Godoy / Reuters: A US judge sentences ex-Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi to two years in prison over NFT insider trading; Wahi pleaded guilty to two counts in February — Ishan Wahi, a former Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) product manager, was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison in what U.S. prosecutors …
Read MoreGoogle and Wendy’s are testing out an AI chatbot that can take orders in the drive-through lane. The point of the new AI chatbot is to streamline the ordering process to reduce long lines. The food chain’s new chatbot will debut in June at a company-owned restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. As talk about AI continues
Read MoreAnna Irrera / Bloomberg: Goldman, Microsoft, Cboe, Deloitte, and others plan to test the blockchain Canton Network in July, linking apps built with Digital Asset’s Daml smart contract — A group of firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Microsoft Corp, Deloitte and Cboe Global Markets Inc are joining …
Read MoreAndy Greenberg / Wired: Inside Big Pipes, an FBI team with ~30 members responsible for three major cybercriminal takedowns, including dozens of illicit services, in the past five years — For a decade, a group called Big Pipes has worked behind the scenes with the FBI to target the worst cybercriminal “booter” services plaguing the
Read MoreThis is what it must feel like to preorder for full price and not get at least some small gift or swag for free. | Image: Nintendo If you’re looking to buy yourself a ticket aboard the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom hype train and preorder the game ahead of its impending launch
Read MoreForget the tool rack; stay focused on the wiper. | GIF: Tesla We here at The Verge are committed to delivering to you hard-hitting journalism that touches on the defining issues of our times. Issues like climate change, artificial intelligence, free speech, and, of course, the Tesla Cybertruck’s comically oversize windshield wiper. Yesterday, Tesla teased
Read MoreAround the Hackaday bunker, any plant other than a cactus has a real chance of expiring due to thirst. Perhaps we should build some of [MakersFunDuck]’s Moisture Duck boards. As you can see in the video below, the simple PCB with an ATtiny13A tells you when it is time to water the plants. The video
Read MoreJames Vincent / The Verge: Meta unveils ImageBind, an open-source AI model combining text, audio, visual, movement, thermal, and depth data, as rivals become more secretive with research — Meta has announced a new open-source AI model that links together multiple streams of data, including text, audio, visual data, temperature, and movement readings.
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge The issue Streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, and HBO Max have chosen to protect their copyright by placing a black overlay over any screenshot made of one of their videos. Quick fix Shut off hardware acceleration on any Chromium-based browser. The full story Back
Read MoreWhen it comes to things that hackers build, PCBs are a sizeable portion of our creative output. It’s no wonder – PCB design is a powerful way to participate in the hardware world, making your ideas all that more tangible with help of a friendly PCB fab. It’s often even more lovely when the PCB
Read MoreApple’s bid to claim a security outfit emulating iOS was copyright infringement is over after it was decided it was fair use after all.
Read MoreMichael Wayland / CNBC: General Motors hires former Apple VP Mike Abbott to lead a newly created software unit, starting May 22; Abbott was VP of Engineering for Apple’s Cloud Services — – General Motors has hired former Apple executive Mike Abbott to lead a newly created software unit for the Detroit automaker.
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority HUAWEI has launched the Mate X3 foldable and P60 Pro in global markets. The Mate X3 has a suggested price of ~$2,426, while the P60 Pro costs ~$1,323. HUAWEI launched the Mate X3 foldable and P60 Pro in China back in March, showing off two impressive smartphones. It’s taken
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