Honkai Star Rail reminds me of why I love iPhone gaming – but also how insidious it can be
Honkai Star Rail is an excellent iPhone game that brings me back to some of my favorite games.
Read MoreHonkai Star Rail is an excellent iPhone game that brings me back to some of my favorite games.
Read MoreImage: Playstack The Case of the Golden Idol, a point-and-click murder mystery game that was one of my favorite titles of 2022, is getting its first expansion in just a few days. The new DLC, The Spider of Lanka, adds three new scenarios and will be available starting May 4th. The Spider of Lanka promises
Read MoreEarlier this month the company sought to remove videos of a YouTuber playing a new Zelda mod. It’s a move that goes against the spirit of interactivity that fuels the medium.
Read MoreHydrogen is a useful gas. Whether you want to float an airship, fuel a truck, or heat an industrial process, hydrogen can do the job. However, producing it is currently a fraught issue. While it can be produced cleanly using renewable energy, it’s often much cheaper to split it out of hydrocarbon fuels using processes
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google Authenticator is getting end-to-end encryption — eventually. After security researchers criticized the company for not including it with Authenticator’s account-syncing update, Google product manager Christiaan Brand responded on Twitter by saying that the company has “plans to offer E2EE” in the future. “Right now, we believe that our current product strikes
Read MoreVictoria Song / The Verge: Dyson Zone review: good noise cancelation, air quality monitoring, and makes users look like Bane, but it’s $949, heavy, and air filtering kills the battery — The Dyson Zone is not the most practical device, but then again, did you really expect that from air-purifying noise-canceling headphones?
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla violated national labor laws by suppressing employees at its Orlando, Florida, service center from discussing pay and bringing up grievances on working conditions, a US labor judge ruled on Wednesday (PDF). The decision comes after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accused Tesla of instructing its employees
Read MoreAs home entertainment systems continue to evolve, the demand for high-quality visuals has become increasingly important. This has led to a surge in popularity for 4K projectors, which offer a stunning level of detail and clarity that was once only available in movie theaters. With so many options available, choosing the best 4K projector for
Read MoreMicrosoft-branded keyboards will be a thing of the past. | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft will no longer manufacture mice, keyboards, and webcams that are Microsoft-branded. Instead, Microsoft is now focusing on its Surface-branded PC accessories, which include mice, keyboards, pens, and more. It brings an end to the legacy of Microsoft-branded
Read MorePhilip Blenkinsop / Reuters: The European Commission proposes rules to govern patents for tech used in cars, phones, and more, such as letting the EU IP Office oversee fair patent royalties — The European Commission proposed rules on Thursday to govern patents increasingly in demand for technologies used in smart devices …
Read MoreChinese smartphone sales continue to decline, but Apple’s iPhone is bucking the trend with sales growth.
Read MoreRohan Goswami / CNBC: SEC filing: Lyft confirms plans to lay off 1,072 staff, or ~26% of its corporate workforce, and not hire an additional 250, a week after CEO David Risher’s memo — – Ride-sharing app Lyft confirmed it would lay off 1,072 employees, roughly 26% of its corporate workforce, and not hire for
Read MoreA new report claims that rumors of Apple’s limiting of iPhone 15 charging speeds based on what cables are used are wide of the mark.
Read MoreThe security issues raised by ChatGPT and similar tech are just beginning to emerge, but Rob Joyce says it’s time to prepare for what comes next.
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Forza Motorsport is arriving later this year with all the usual improvements in visual immersion and fidelity you’d expect from the latest Forza. But it’s also going to let players who are blind or have low vision race around tracks by listening for beeps and boops. These clever audio cues make Forza Motorsport
Read MoreA programmer is building chatbots with opposing political views to make a point about biased AI. He’s also planning a centrist bot to bridge the divide.
Read MorePhoto by Sergei Supinsky / AFP via Getty Images Colorado has become the first US state to pass a law that gives farmers the right to repair their own equipment. Governor Jared Polis signed the bill into law on Tuesday, requiring manufacturers to provide access to the parts, software, tools, and documentation necessary for farmers
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Dropbox CEO Drew Houston says the company plans to lay off 16% of its staff, or ~500 employees, citing slowing growth and “the AI era of computing” arriving — Cloud storage giant Dropbox today joined the fray of tech companies announcing layoffs.
Read MoreThe Dyson Zone is not the most practical device, but then again, did you really expect that from air-purifying noise-canceling headphones? Continue reading…
Read MoreWayne Ma / The Information: Sources detail how organizational dysfunction and a lack of ambition bogged down Apple’s AI and ML efforts, including the work of the group responsible for Siri — Late last year, a trio of engineers who had just helped Apple modernize its search technology began working on the type …
Read MorePhoto by Thomas Trutschel / Photothek via Getty Images Dropbox is laying off around 500 employees, making up about 16 percent of the company’s entire workforce. In a memo to employees, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston attributes the layoffs to a rocky economy — but also says that the cuts will allow the company to build
Read MoreLeah Nylen / Bloomberg: A federal appeals court upholds the dismissal of state AGs’ suit against Meta, ruling that they waited too long to sue over Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions — New York and other state attorneys general waited too long to sue Meta Platforms Inc. over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp …
Read MoreFromSoftware Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon has a release date: August 23rd. To mark the announcement, FromSoftware has revealed a new trailer and a blog sharing gameplay details and more. Armored Core VI takes place on the ruined planet Rubicon that was devastated by the detonation of a volatile but highly sought energy source
Read MoreRussell Brandom / Rest of World: Twitter has received 971 government orders globally since Musk’s takeover and fully complied with 808; before Musk, Twitter’s full compliance rate was ~50% — The company has not refused a single request since Musk took ownership, according to self-reported data
Read MoreIf there’s an unsung hero of manufacturing, it’s the engineer who figures out how to handle huge numbers of small parts. It’s one thing to manually assemble something, picking each nut, bolt, and washer by hand. It’s another thing to build a machine that can do the same thing, but thousands of times in a
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