Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It’s that time of year: new emoji season! Apple’s just-launched iOS 16.4 update adds emoji like a moose, a goose, a pink heart, and importantly for Verge readers, a Wi-Fi symbol. I’m something of an emoji fan, so I’m personally thrilled to have a few more options, though
Read MoreLyllah Ledesma / CoinDesk: Kaiko data: March 26 was Binance’s lowest BTC volume day since July 4, 2022, a few days before it began zero-fee trading, which it mostly phased out last week — Zero-fee trade volume accounted for 66% of Binance’s trading volume in mid-March prior to the decision to eliminate the promotion.
Read MoreSmart houses, smart cities, smart irrigation, and smart routing- the Internet of Things (IoT) has ingrained itself into every aspect of our daily life. Though the moniker IoT was coined by Kevin Ashton in 1999, the concept of transferring data through appliances and staying connected to the internet dates back to the 1980s. It all
Read MoreMultiVersus. | Image: Warner Bros. Games Warner Bros. Games is shutting down MultiVersus’ open beta ahead of a full release targeted for early 2024. The open beta for the WB-themed free-to-play Super Smash Bros.-like brawler will be taken offline on June 25th. While MultiVersus is offline, you can still play the game’s training room and
Read MoreJuli Clover / MacRumors: Apple releases iOS 16.4 with new emoji, Safari web push notifications for sites added to the Home Screen, Voice Isolation for calls, and more — Apple today released iOS 16.4, the fourth major update to the iOS 16 operating system that initially came out last September. iOS 16.4 comes …
Read MoreAlexander Onukwue / Semafor: Similarweb: Chinese-owned OPay and PalmPay became the Play Store’s top finance apps in Nigeria on March 24, after a central bank edict caused a cash shortage — The main winners in Nigeria’s banking sector after a botched currency overhaul are two Chinese-owned fintech apps.
Read MoreWhen the microwave oven started to gain popularity in the 60s and 70s, supporters and critics alike predicted that it would usher in the end of cooking as we knew it. Obviously that never quite happened, but not because the technology didn’t work as intended. Even today, this versatile kitchen appliance seems to employ some
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority The Pixel’s Adaptive Charging feature no longer requires you to set an alarm. The feature now reportedly works “based on your cycle.” Google has yet to update its support page to explain how the feature works now. The Pixel uses a few tricks to help maintain the health
Read MoreWhen we first started 3D printing, we used ABS and early slicers. Using supports was undesirable because the support structures were not good, and ABS sticks to itself like crazy. Thankfully today’s slicers are much better, and often we can use supports that easily detach. [Teaching Tech] shows how modern slicers create supports and how
Read MoreMarble pedestal at the edge of the world sold separately. | Image: Hisense The Hisense U8H Mini LED TV is a great value if you can’t justify breaking your budget on an OLED, and right now, it’s an even better value at $899.99 ($100 off) at Best Buy and Amazon. Like an OLED, the U8H’s
Read MoreI never expected to see a non-Tesla EV charging at a Tesla Supercharger. The electric vehicle market is growing by leaps and bounds every month in the US, but most of these new EV owners are quickly figuring out they have one big thing in common: our public charging infrastructure sucks very badly. EV drivers
Read MoreCFTC: The CFTC sues Binance, CEO CZ, and an ex-chief compliance officer, calling Binance’s compliance efforts “a sham” and corporate structure “intentionally opaque” — Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has filed …
Read MoreEmma Roth / The Verge: Zoom partners with OpenAI to expand its Zoom IQ assistant, adding the ability to generate whiteboards using text prompts, provide recaps of meetings, and more — Zoom has become the latest productivity app to expand its use of artificial intelligence. In a blog post published on Monday …
Read MoreImage: Nick Barclay / The Verge Changpeng Zhao, along with his Binance cryptocurrency empire, is getting sued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for allegedly violating US trading and derivatives laws. In a complaint filed on Monday, the CTFC accuses Binance of having an “ineffective compliance program” and claims it “knowingly” broke the law.
Read MoreDustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: Biden signs an EO limiting US agencies’ use of hacking tools from companies that are linked to human rights abuses or are deemed to pose national security risks — Officials say at least 50 U.S. personnel overseas had been compromised by commercial spyware
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Microsoft says Teams has 280M MAUs, up from 270M in Jan. 2022, and says it has rebuilt Teams to be twice as fast, rolling out to Windows’ Public Preview program — Teams, Microsoft’s Slack rival, has always had a bit of a reputation for being slow and resource-hungry.
Read MoreGitHub Copilot, GitHub’s AI-driven programmer’s assistant, is set to add chat and voice capabilities, as the tool adopts OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 deep learning technology. GitHub is calling its vision for the tool GitHub Copilot X, the company announced on March 22. The plan includes bringing Copilot to pull requests, the command line, and docs to answer
Read MoreNew research shows that seabirds’ ingestion of the pollutant scars their insides—a new disease called “plasticosis”—and may disturb their microbiomes.
Read MoreQuality content is a collection of messages that create and deliver — while planning your event. Creating relevant, trustworthy, and factual content about your event is key to developing a content strategy that is consistent with your event’s branding and purpose. The content you create prior to, during, and after your event should reflect the
Read MoreIt’s still early in the year, but the Samsung Galaxy S23 series, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra in particular, is making a great case for being one of the best smartphones of 2023. With excellent build quality, a powerful processing package, a smooth software experience, and some of the best phone cameras in the game,
Read MoreBloomberg: Binance Sued by US Watchdog for Alleged Derivatives Rule Lapses — Binance Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao, were sued by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for allegedly breaking trading and derivatives rules.
Read MoreApple could use sensors to accurately measure a person’s body size and shape with shopping and health applications.
Read MoreChris Welch / The Verge: Sonos Era 300 review: best spacial audio from any speaker, flexible connectivity options, but poor Sonos app UX and quality of spatial audio varies by track — When you find a good spatial audio song, Sonos’ new speaker can blow your mind and sounds like nothing else.
Read MoreFew manufacturers keep the Android tablet train chugging along like Samsung. The Korean firm introduces an annual slate update at the flagship and lower-price bands, introducing new innovations or nips and tucks to the now-established formula. But which is right for you? Choosing the best Samsung tablet for you boils down to these critical questions:
Read MoreApple’s rumored mixed reality headset could change the way you use your iPhone and iPad.
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