Daniel Ek from Spotify It’s the last week of the cruelest month and sure to be an eventful one for the audio world. Spotify posted its first quarter earnings this morning, reporting that the service in April finally reached over half a billion (or 515 million) monthly users. But first quarter revenue fell short of
Read MoreImage: The Verge Apple is working on a paid AI-powered health coach that could help you improve your exercise, sleep, and eating habits, according to Bloomberg. Codenamed “Quartz,” the service will apparently “use AI and data from an Apple Watch to make suggestions and create coaching programs tailored to specific users,” Bloomberg reports. However, Quartz
Read MoreCredit: ASUS Hands-on time with the ASUS ROG Ally has revealed more about the experience. The Ally appears to be less of a Steam Deck competitor and more of a premium alternative. It’s still unknown what the price of this handheld PC will be. ASUS has started to let people get some hands-on time with
Read MoreScott Chipolina / Financial Times: CCData: Coinbase’s trading volume falls to $26.8B in April so far, on track for its lowest monthly level in 16 months, despite rallies for ether and bitcoin — Nasdaq-listed exchange sues SEC as it seeks more clarity on crypto regulations — Coinbase has suffered a further drop …
Read MoreImage: Broke Studios Despite the final officially licensed cartridge for the NES being released back in 1995 (the PAL-exclusive The Lion King, for those curious), indie developers have continued to breathe some modern innovation into the retro gaming platform through homebrew titles. One particularly recent and notable example — Broke Studio’s Super Tilt Bro., previewed
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung is making some design changes to the Galaxy Z Fold 5. A leak claims that the Galaxy Z Fold 5 is shorter and lighter than the Galaxy Z Fold 4. The leak runs contrary to previous reports about the handset’s size and weight. Over the months, there have
Read MoreReal estate, which arguably originated in the Roman period with the Roman law of property and possession, seemingly has few avenues for substantive change. Intuitively, this makes sense — after a couple of millennia, there are traditional real estate methodologies that rule the industry. However, despite the sparse change and innovation, recent developments and investments in
Read MoreUpdate Tuesday, April 25th, 2:05am ET: The 27th Annual Webby Award winners have been announced, and The Verge is taking home THREE Webbys this year! Best in Technology Video: Full Frame with Becca FarsaceWebby Winner & Webby’s People’s Voice Winner Best in Technology Podcasts: The Vergecast Webby’s People’s Voice Winner This was a record-breaking award
Read MoreThe PSP was a popular handheld console from Sony. It’s been out of production for many years at this point, but many folks still want to play the games. That is, after all, why you’re here. There are a few decent options for PSP emulators, but the generally accepted recommendation is PPSSPP. Luckily, it’s available
Read MoreThe 1970s was a great time to be an electronics hobbyist, as a whole new world of analogue integrated circuits was coming down in price while new devices would appear to tempt the would-be constructor. Magazines and project books were full of simple circuits to do all manner of fun things, including many synthesizers and
Read MoreThe cybercriminals behind the Gootloader malware have found clever ways to avoid detection. But researchers are using those same mechanisms to stop them.
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is working on emotion tracking tools, coming to the Health app this year, and an AI-powered health coaching subscription service codenamed Quartz — Apple Inc. is working on an artificial intelligence-powered health coaching service and new technology for tracking emotions …
Read MoreRemember fax machines? They used to be all the rage, and to be honest it was pretty cool to be able to send images back and forth over telephone lines. By the early 2000s, pretty much everyone had some kind of fax capability, whether thanks to a dedicated fax machine, a fax modem, or an
Read MoreImage: Getty Images Two major automakers announced separate plans to build electric vehicle battery plants in the US, a sign that the fast-paced expansion of EV manufacturing in the country has yet to slow down. General Motors announced it will pair up with Samsung SDI to jointly invest $3 billion in an electric vehicle battery
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority You can now use WhatsApp on two phones without any unofficial workarounds. Meta will allow up to four sub-devices off one primary device, meaning you could have five phones in total with one WhatsApp account. Your primary phone needs to remain active, but it doesn’t need to always be
Read MoreScreenshot: UDC via YouTube Daniel Shin, the co-founder of Terraform Labs, was indicted in South Korea in connection with the collapsed Terra and Luna cryptocurrencies. According to reports from Bloomberg and the local Yonhap News Agency, Shin was charged on Tuesday with offenses including fraud, breach of duty, and embezzlement. Prosecutors at Seoul Southern District
Read MoreRachel Metz / Bloomberg: OpenAI now lets ChatGPT users turn off their chat histories, excluding them from the company’s models, and plans to launch ChatGPT Business in the coming months — OpenAI is letting people opt to withhold their ChatGPT conversations from use in training the artificial intelligence company’s models.
Read MoreImage: Speedrookie (Reddit) Some owners of AMD’s latest 7000X3D series CPUs have reported that their processors have burnt out randomly. Reports across Reddit and on YouTube suggest that a number of 7950X3D and 7800X3D owners have experienced burn damage to both the CPU and the AM5 socket, killing the processors and motherboards. It’s a nightmare
Read MoreWiZ’s inexpensive smart lighting line now works with Apple Home through Matter. | Image: Signify Smart lighting company WiZ has updated all its smart bulbs, lamps, and plugs manufactured in early 2021 or later to Matter, beating its sister brand Philips Hue to the punch. The company’s new app, WiZ v2, now lets users migrate
Read MoreThe former Fox News host didn’t just fuel far-right politics in the US. His rants have fed conspiracy theorists and extremists all over the world.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft’s Edge browser appears to be sending URLs you visit to its Bing API website. Reddit users first spotted the privacy issues with Edge last week, noticing that the latest version of Microsoft Edge sends a request to bingapis.com with the full URL of nearly every page you
Read MoreNo, I don’t know why a snake would date a horse. | Image: Young Horses Young Horses, known for lighthearted games like Octodad: Dadliest Catch and Bugsnax, just released four free games that you can play on Steam right now. Even though the studio is describing them as “smaller side projects,” the games, which Young
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Binance.US has ~100 contractors in Shanghai, or 20% of its workforce, mostly in engineering and product roles, highlighting Binance’s ties to China — Binance.US, the digital-asset platform owned by crypto billionaire Changpeng “CZ” Zhao that was created to serve American clients, has a significant tech workforce in China.
Read MoreA resident walks through a temporary misting station on Abbott Street during a heatwave in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, June 28th, 2021. | Image: Trevor Hagan / Bloomberg via Getty Images Every region of the world needs to prepare for unprecedented heatwaves, warns research published today in the journal Nature Communications. The study
Read More2023 started with ChatGPT setting the internet on fire — a good fire, but a conflagration, nonetheless. Everyone got excited as they explored, tested, and pushed OpenAI’s artificial intelligence tool. The program’s native ability to respond to questions and provide answers has been nothing short of extraordinary. (You’re probably wondering at this point if it
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