Meta: Meta Reports First Quarter 2023 Results — Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. — “We had a good quarter and our community continues to grow,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO. “Our AI work is driving good results across our apps and business.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is launching Android 14 beta 1.1. This minor update fixes a bunch of bugs seen in the original beta. There are no new features, at least none we’ve noticed yet. Google launched the very first Android 14 beta earlier this month. However, things didn’t go smoothly with that
Read MoreRIP the Halo View. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazon has decided to shutter its health-focused Halo division, The Verge has learned. Amazon has stopped selling its three Halo products and plans to lay off portions of the Halo team. “We have made the difficult decision to wind down the Halo
Read MoreVictoria Song / The Verge: Amazon shuts down its health-focused Halo division, discontinues its Halo Band, Halo View, and Halo Rise devices, and plans to lay off portions of the team — Amazon has decided to shutter its health-focused Halo division, The Verge has learned. Amazon has stopped selling its three Halo products …
Read MoreImage: AST SpaceMobile A groundbreaking phone call between Texas and Japan has occurred that could eventually help set the stage for a globally accessible space-based cellular network. AST SpaceMobile — a Texas-based satellite manufacturer — announced on Tuesday that it had successfully routed an audio call between two standard smartphones directly through its BlueWalker 3
Read MoreCredit: Amazon The excellent Fitbit Luxe is at a less than luxurious price today in a flash price drop to just $89.95 — a full $40 under the retail price. This represents the best price of the year on some colorways of the Fitbit wearable and an absolute steal for a high-end fitness tracker. If
Read MoreThough you’re going to miss out on owning this excellent box art in physical form. | Image: Nintendo Are you hyped for the impending launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom but still a little miffed about it being the first $70 Nintendo Switch game? If you’re a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber,
Read MoreApple has released more betas for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV software.
Read MoreIs Apple really good for your health? | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Here are some cursed words: “Apple Plans AI-Powered Health Coaching Service, Mood Tracker and iPad Health App.” I can see why you might say, Liz, this sounds benign and obvious. What’s the big deal? And I think about a meeting
Read MoreUnlike prior models, the 2022 model features a matte display that dramatically reduces glare. | Image: Samsung Let’s face it: good art is rarely cheap. Thankfully, however, Samsung’s 32-inch Frame TV is currently on sale at BuyDig right now for $380 with promo code FNJ23, providing you with a more cost-effective way to outfit your
Read MoreWe’d all love to change the world and make it a better place, but let’s be honest…that’s a pretty tall order. Even the best of ideas, implemented perfectly, can only do so much globally. But that doesn’t mean the individual can’t make a difference — you just need to think on a different scale. If
Read MoreThe Ring Indoor Cam is a small smart security camera that can be manually disabled. | Image: Ring Smart home security company Ring has revamped its indoor camera to include a manual privacy cover that disables all audio and video recording. This is the first Ring home security camera to come with a physical shut-off
Read MoreChristine Hall / TechCrunch: Mexico-based Clara, which offers corporate spend management software in Latin America, raised a $60M Series B extension, after a $70M Series B in December 2021 — Clara, a Mexico-based spend management company, closed on $60 million in equity in a round led by GGV Capital.
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A group of US senators has revealed a bipartisan bill that would require social media platforms to verify users’ ages, stop anyone under 13 years of age from signing up, and set up special rules for minors over 13. It would also require the government to test
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority Google rolled out a new feature for its Authenticator app that syncs the app across devices. Security researchers found that the new feature doesn’t have end-to-end encryption. The researchers recommend avoiding the feature for now. Earlier this week, Google introduced a new feature to its 2FA Authenticator app. The
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Phone Link iPhone support is coming in mid-May to Windows 11. This will allow iPhones to use Phone Link features, including texting with iMessage on Windows. Unfortunately, Phone Link will have some significant limitations. First launched as the confusingly named Your Phone app, Microsoft’s Phone Link allows Android phones
Read MoreWe’ve all tangled with unwelcome plant life at one point or another. Whether crabgrass infested your lawn, or you were put on weeding duty in your grandfather’s rose patch, you’ll know they’re a pain to remove, and a pain to prevent. For farmers, just imagine the same problem, but scaled up to cover thousands of
Read MoreToad and Princess Peach. | Universal For anyone who’s been holding out hope for a subbed US release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie with performances from the film’s Japanese voice-acting cast intact, your time has finally come, but it won’t last very long. It’s not really clear when, exactly, Illumination and Universal’s Super Mario
Read MorePhoto by Joseph Prezioso / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Disney is suing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, alleging his administration waged a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” against the company’s “protected speech.” In the lawsuit, Disney claims DeSantis “threatens Disney’s business operations, jeopardizes its economic future in the region, and violates its constitutional rights.” “Disney
Read MoreBrian Fung / CNN: US senators unveil a bipartisan bill that bans kids under 13 from joining social media and requires tech companies to get parental consent for teen accounts — A new federal bill unveiled Wednesday would establish a national minimum age for social media use and require tech companies …
Read MorePhoto by Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Disney is suing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, alleging his administration waged a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” against the company’s “protected speech.” In the lawsuit, Disney claims DeSantis “threatens Disney’s business operations, jeopardizes its economic future in the region, and violates its constitutional rights.” “Disney regrets that
Read MoreCredit: 9to5Mac iPhone 15 Pro leaked CAD-based renders affirm some rumored design details. The volume buttons appear to be sticking around for now, but the mute switch might change to an “Action button.” The iPhone 15 and 15 Plus models will likely not lose the mute switch. We’ve seen a few different rumors related to
Read MoreHere are some steps that can make layoffs slightly less stressful. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge There’s no sugarcoating it: getting laid off stinks. And while there’s no such thing as a “good” layoff, a bad one can absolutely be made worse if your now ex-company cuts off your access to contacts,
Read MoreEdward Ludlow / Bloomberg: Bosch plans to buy US chipmaker TSI Semiconductors and invest $1.5B+ in its Roseville, California foundry, aiming to make silicon carbide chips there by 2026 — Robert Bosch GmbH is acquiring US chipmaker TSI Semiconductors and plans to invest more than $1.5 billion in its California foundry …
Read MoreThe law says you can’t falsely claim that celebrities are paying for Twitter Blue.
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