(Image: HMD Global)HMD Global, the company behind Nokia, has launched a DIY-friendly smartphone: the Nokia G22. It’s the brand’s first stab at a smartphone that embraces at-home repair as the right-to-repair movement continues to gain traction. With a 6.2-inch Gorilla glass screen, four cameras, a 90Hz refresh rate, and lengthy three-day battery life, the G22
Read MoreThe Pokémon Company has finally revealed some details on its most anticipated product: Pokémon Sleep. The mobile app was first announced in 2019, and today, during a livestream, the company revealed a pair of trailers that show off the actual experience. Essentially, the game is a sleep tracker, where you interact with the pokémon in
Read MoreA Psyduck on a beach. | Image: Netflix / The Pokémon Company Though Netflix has become one of the only reliable places to stream the Pokémon anime, the streamer’s gearing up to launch an intriguing series of its own. During this week’s Pokémon Presents stream, The Pokémon Company announced Pokémon Concierge, a new stop-motion animated
Read MoreA new report says Apple has hired a digital advertising executive to help bring ads to Apple TV Plus.
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Read MoreSometimes a Raspberry Pi will not cut it – especially nowadays, when the prices are high and the in-stock amounts are low. But if you look in your closet, you might find a decently-specced laptop with a broken screen or faulty hinges. Or perhaps someone you know is looking to get rid of a decent
Read MoreSamantha Murphy Kelly / CNN: Meta plans to roll out the NCMEC’s Take It Down tool on Facebook and Instagram, letting minors anonymously attach a hash to intimate content, to stop sextortion — Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of intimate images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram.
Read MoreImage: The Pokémon Company Pokémon Violet and Scarlet are about to get a lot bigger. Today, The Pokémon Company announced the first major downloadable add-ons for the games, which will explore the mysterious Area X location. The DLC will be split into two parts: the first, “The Teal Mask,” is due out this fall and
Read MoreImage: CHRISTOS KALOHORIDIS/NETFLIX The trailer for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first action comedy TV series is here. The Netflix original, titled FUBAR — an acronym for “fucked up beyond all repair” — follows Schwarzenegger as a ready-to-retire CIA agent who gets wrapped up in one last mission. FUBAR’s first trailer has Schwarzenegger returning to his action movie
Read MoreThe Motorola Defy Satellite Link can connect any iPhone to a satellite network for SOS and two-way chats.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority After a slow breakaway, HONOR is firmly striking out on its own, branching out from its initial Chinese and mid-tier markets. Its second global flagship has just arrived at Mobile World Congress 2023 — the HONOR Magic 5 Pro. Boasting powerhouse specifications and more ambitious software plans, could this
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority At MWC 2023, the HONOR Magic 5 Pro made its debut. The 2023 flagship has an insane spec sheet. You’ll be able to buy the phone for €1,199 (~$1,266). Mobile World Congress 2023 is in full swing at the moment. At the event, we saw the newest flagship from
Read More(Image: Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)If you pay for YouTube Premium, you may have recently come across a new playback option in the bottom-right corner of your screen. YouTube is sneakily testing “1080p Premium,” a video quality option that streams at an enhanced bitrate. YouTube videos play at 1080p (1,920 pixels horizontally, 1,080 vertically) by default. Free and
Read MoreThis all-in-one for online content creators simplifies the process of making videos for the internet.
Read MoreFantasy and sci-fi publication Clarkesworld has been hit with hundreds of submissions from writers using chatbots. Others are prepping for an onslaught.
Read MoreAlex Heath / The Verge: Snap plans to release a Snapchat chatbot, called “My AI”, powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, pinned to the app’s chat tab, available initially to Plus subscribers — Snapchat is introducing a chatbot powered by the latest version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Read MoreKelvin Chan / Associated Press: Of the 2,000 exhibitors and sponsors at MWC Barcelona, 150 are Chinese companies and Huawei has the biggest presence, expanding its footprint by 50% over 2022 — 1 of 12 — A contingent of Chinese companies led by technology giant Huawei is turning the world’s biggest wireless trade fair …
Read MoreWe wirelessly charged several Magsafe phones on a Qi2 charger at MWC 2023. The WPC is working to miniaturize its technology for wearables. Qi2-certified products will be on the market by the end of 2023. Back at CES 2023, the Wireless Power Consortum (WPC) announced Qi2 wireless charging. With magnets in tow, we were left
Read MoreNew research shows that if done right, urban farms and gardens can support all kinds of species—for the good of people and the environment.
Read MoreEye-tracking, better controllers, and innovative games are a delight, if you can get over the price tag.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber is splitting its annual product event into two separate gatherings in order to place more emphasis on its efforts to go carbon neutral. The first event, entitled Go/Get, will be held May 17th in New York City and will focus on “family and travel,” the company said.
Read MoreA cluster of reactors that are just 9 feet in diameter is supposed to start a nuclear energy resurgence. Mounting costs may doom the project.
Read MoreRana Foroohar / Financial Times: To achieve its chip moonshot, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US must reform its education system and triple graduates in chip-related fields by 2032 — To build a domestic industry, the US must reform how it teaches its workforce — In the decade following US President John F …
Read MoreMeir Orbach / CTech: Cloud security and visibility startup Wiz raised a $300M Series D led by Lightspeed at a $10B valuation, up from $6B in October 2021 after raising $250M — The Israeli startup said that it will not hold any of the funds in Israel due to the impending judicial coup
Read MoreMike Butcher / TechCrunch: UK-based Flock, which uses real-time data to insure commercial vehicle fleets for Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover, and others, raised a $38M Series A led by Octopus — It’s only human nature. If you tell a driver their insurance premium will go down if they drive more safely, then – it turns
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