Image: Blizzard Wouldya look at that, Diablo IV is getting one more beta before launch. During today’s D4 livestream event, the developers announced that they’ll be holding a third beta. Join the #DiabloIV Server Slam weekend 5.12.23 ⚔️ Reach lvl 20 Beat Ashava Claim the unique Cry of Ashava Mount Trophy pic.twitter.com/V99eZi61HA — Diablo (@Diablo)
Read MoreMagnetic stirring bars are the coolest piece of equipment you’ll see in a high-school chemistry lab. They’re a great way for agitating a solution without having to stand there manually and do it yourself. [Applied Science] has now made a magnetic stir bar that features an integrated temperature sensor. The device is essentially an RFID
Read MoreThe latest Uncarrier move is known as T-Mobile Phone Freedom. T-Mobile will add two Go5G plans to its roster that are nearly identical to the current Magenta plans. Phone Freedom also includes a few other changes, including better perks for those who switch from AT&T. Update, April 20, 2023 (02:30 PM ET): In the original
Read MoreDavid Pierce / The Verge: A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon — The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook.
Read MoreImage: The Game Awards Geoff Keighley’s putting on a show. I don’t mean E3 killing Summer Game Fest but an actual music concert celebrating 10 years of The Game Awards. The announcement doesn’t include a Coachella-style lineup of acts like a typical concert announcement would; rather, it’s a listing of game music you’ll hear during
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority As the world’s most popular streaming service, YouTube can generate enormous advertising revenues. If you’re happy to watch or listen to the ads then it’s win-win, but many people prefer to pay a subscription fee to remove the ads and unlock extra features in YouTube Premium and YouTube Music.
Read MoreImage: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Looking for an electric vehicle that qualifies for the $7,500 tax credit? I hope you’re up on your IRS code. Continue reading…
Read MoreDavid Pierce / The Verge: A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social networking protocol finalized in 2018, as it gains prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon — The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook.
Read MoreAnthony Vargas / AdExchanger: Montreal-based Optable, which provides a data collaboration and clean room service, raised a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23.6M — Clean rooms are all the rage right now – and investors are noticing. — On Tuesday, data collaboration and clean room platform Optable announced $20 million …
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If a smoke alarm sounds and no one is around to hear it, how effective is it? Sound Recognition, which is a brand new feature on all Apple HomePod smart speakers, can help. Sound Recognition will send an alert to your phone when the speaker hears a smoke
Read MoreWater cooler talk at the office usually centers around movies, sports, or life events. Not at Hackaday. We have the oddest conversations and, this week, we are asking for your help. It is no secret that we have a special badge each year for Supercon. Have you ever wondered where those badges come from? Sometimes
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge When the original Apple Watch SE came out in 2020, it represented the sweet spot in Apple’s smartwatch lineup. It was faster than what was then Apple’s entry-level flagship, the Series 3, but also cheaper than the newest models. And while it’s certainly beginning to show its age,
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google consolidates AI research divisions into Google DeepMind — As Google looks to maintain pace in AI with the rest of the tech giants, it’s consolidating its AI research divisions. — Google today announced Google DeepMind, a new unit made up of the DeepMind team and the Google Brain team from
Read MoreImage: Disney Five Spider-Man movies, including the full Tobey Maguire-led trilogy, are coming to Disney Plus very soon, Disney announced on Thursday. Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, and The Amazing Spider-Man all hit the streaming service tomorrow, April 21st. Spider-Man: Homecoming and a Spider-Man-adjacent movie, Venom, will be available on May 12th. It will be
Read MoreMiles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Google announces Google DeepMind, a new unit combining the DeepMind team and the Brain team from Google Research, with DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as CEO — Search giant merges AI resources to accelerate progress in technology that is reshaping business
Read MoreLucid Air black on black on black. | Image: Lucid Lucid is now delivering new Air electric sedans for customers who ordered them with the dark-trimmed “Stealth Appearance” package. The option was first made available to order last year, which includes changes on “up to 35 components” that give the Air black gloss and satin
Read MoreSales recruitment can be majorly stressful for hiring managers. However, this need not be the case if they adopt the sales assessment. Bad hiring practices affect not only the productivity of a sales force but also the workplace environment. Some CFOs (Chief Finance Officers) claim that bad hiring, there follows a lot of time and
Read MorePhoto by Bennett Raglin / Getty Images for BuzzFeed Inc. BuzzFeed News, the Pulitzer Prize-winning news arm of BuzzFeed.com, is being shut down, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced to staff on Thursday. The shutdown is happening as part of a new wave of layoffs at the company that will reduce the company’s workforce by about
Read MoreA survey by the Pew Research Center found that most employees expect hiring, firing, and workplace assessment to be transformed by algorithms.
Read MoreT-Mobile is adding a plan designed for frequent phone upgraders. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile has announced another rate plan today: Go5G Plus, which guarantees two-year device payment plans and that existing customers will get the same new phone promotions as new customers. It takes the place of Magenta Max as
Read MoreForspoken was supposed to be the next-gen technological gaming showcase, but EA’s Immortals of Aveum may have it beat in the “your PC need not apply” realm. Today, the company’s revealing the system requirements for Ascendant Studios’ “Call of Duty but with magic,” and they blow past anything a developer’s ever dared ask for. The
Read MoreJillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The EU is taking a pragmatic approach to TikTok, treating it the same as its American rivals, in contrast to the “theatrical” approach being taken by the US — Europe is taking a different approach from the US toward TikTok. But first… • Instagram will cut or relocate its London employees
Read MoreScreenshot: SpaceX SpaceX’s integrated Starship spacecraft successfully took off from its launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday but didn’t manage to fully complete its test flight. The spacecraft spun out of control before bursting into a ball of flames about four minutes into its flight, cutting the test short. In a statement on Twitter,
Read MoreIllustration by Hugo Herrera for The Verge The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook. But we’ve been here before. Continue reading…
Read MoreJonah Elkowitz / Decrypt: P2P.org, which provides staking infrastructure for Ethereum and 49 other blockchain programs, including Cardano and Cosmos, raised a $23M Series A — Founder Konstantin Lomashuk credits the recent Shanghai upgrade, which it says has increased institutional interest in Ethereum staking.
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