A painting of a young Mrs. Kersh and her “father” Bob Gray. | Image: Warner Bros. In both Stephen King’s original It and Warner Bros.’ recent adaptations of the novel, one of the most alarming things the Losers Club discovers about Pennywise the Dancing Clown is just how long the extra-dimensional being has been terrorizing
Read MoreNvidia’s H100 GPU (Credit: Nvidia)ChatGPT and generative AI has become all the rage in recent weeks. Nvidia has done its share of talking up the technology recently. The company’s CEO has hailed it as the next big thing in computing. This week, Jensen Huang expanded on that idea a bit. He said he believes AI
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: NYC-based Vitally, whose customer success software combines productivity and collaboration tools, raised a $30M Series B, taking its total funding to $40.6M — Customer success platforms (CSPs), or software designed to help business-to-business companies manage and monitor their customer success efforts, are increasingly in demand.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter Spaces, the company’s social audio rooms, no longer lets you use captions if you’re listening on iOS. Twitter still advertises that you can turn on captions through the three-dot menu in a Space, but on iOS, that option currently isn’t there. On other platforms, it seems like
Read MoreSome design choices on manufacturing equipment really leave you scratching your head for a while, as recently happened to [Chris Cecil] when the belt on a reflow oven’s conveyer snapped. Although the solution seems simple enough, getting a new belt on the thing would involve essentially taking the entire machine apart, before reassembling it again.
Read MoreBen Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: Jamf finds Mac cryptomining malware in pirated copies of Final Cut Pro and warns the power of Apple Silicon Macs is making them popular cryptojacking targets — Update: Apple has now commented on the findings – see the end of the piece. — Cybersecurity company Jamf Threat Labs …
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Routers and Wi-Fi networks are still more or less of a mystery to me. But as a mobile geek who loves trying out the latest phones and smart home devices, and who often finds herself with several unknown gadgets to test, I am increasingly wary of two aspects
Read MoreFinding the best VPN is a daunting task, with online privacy on the internet being threatened more than ever before. Before choosing, one must consider many factors, such as security features, customer support, and subscription price. We’ve compiled a list of the best VPN services currently available. We have done our research to bring you
Read MoreMitchell Clark / The Verge: Google expands Magic Eraser, which lets users remove parts of a picture, from Pixel devices to Google One subscribers using Google Photos on Android or iOS — Google has announced that the Magic Eraser feature, which tried to automatically remove unwanted parts of a picture and debuted with the Pixel
Read MoreWe have a soft spot for devices that subvert purpose and expectation, and that definitely sums up [Guy Dupont]’s Clock That Is Wrong. It knows the correct time, but whether or not it displays the correct time is another story. That’s because nestled just above the 7-segment display is a person sensor module, and when
Read MoreCreating art normally takes skill and dedication, but now it just takes a few keystrokes to create original AI art good enough to win contests. Most of the AI tools you’ve seen have been running on powerful servers in the cloud. Qualcomm just showed what’s possible on a smartphone with its latest ARM chip. The
Read MoreMozilla researchers found that apps often provide inaccurate data use disclosures, giving people “a false sense of security.”
Read MoreAnkush Khardori / New York Magazine: An interview with SEC chair Gary Gensler on meeting Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX executives in March 2022 and October 2021, how tokens are securities, and more — As recently as a year ago, Sam Bankman-Fried seemed to be an unstoppable force in official Washington.
Read MoreImagine you had a rich uncle who wanted to fund some of your projects. Like, seriously rich — thanks to shrewd investments, he’s sitting on a pile of cash and is now legally obligated to give away $5,000,000 a year to deserving recipients. That would be pretty cool indeed, but like anything else, if it
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta reforms its penalty system based on Oversight Board recommendations, focusing more on explanations of policy and less on penalizing users with “timeouts” — “Facebook jail,” the name the social network’s users have bestowed on the company’s system for determining policy violations, is getting an overhaul.
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority The handset may launch in mid-June or July. The OnePlus Nord 3 could feature a larger 6.72-inch AMOLED display with full HD+ resolution. The phone could be powered by an octa-core Dimensity 9000 processor. There’s been a lot of rumors swirling around the OnePlus Nord 3, both right
Read MoreAutomating your finances can make it more convenient to pay bills, save, and budget. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Few things are more stressful than money. Between paying bills, buying necessities, investing for retirement, and saving up for a rainy day, personal finance can feel like a full-time job. But it doesn’t
Read More(Image: Luke Chesser/Unsplash)Apple has been toying with the idea of a no-prick glucose monitor Watch integration for a while. According to sources close to the project, it’s finally made some significant headway, and an Apple Watch with a built-in, noninvasive glucose checker could come to market in the next few years. Anonymous sources told Bloomberg
Read MoreCredit: Google Google has pushed out a new update to Google TV. The update adds four new pages for family, Español, movie, and show content. Google TV is also making a few navigational improvements. With all the entertainment options available to you from your favorite streaming apps, sometimes it can be difficult to find the
Read MoreNew York Times: In its superseding indictment, the US charges that SBF and two unnamed FTX executives made 300+ “unlawful” political donations, including using customer funds — Prosecutors accused FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and two unnamed people of making unlawful campaign donations using customers’ money.
Read MoreAllison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy S23 review: much improved battery life, sensibly sized, and top-notch performance, but 3x telephoto lens is short and Samsung’s One UI is average — The Galaxy S23 and S23 Plus are the very definition of iterative updates. They’re still some of the best high-end mobile devices out there
Read MoreWith Russia regularly knocking out Ukraine’s power grid, the country has turned to high-capacity batteries to keep it connected to the world—and itself.
Read MoreIllustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix is lowering the price of its subscription in over three dozen countries, except for the US, Canada, and the majority of Europe, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. These reductions reportedly only affect specific Netflix tiers but sometimes cut the price of the subscription in
Read MorePhoto by Christian Petersen / Getty Images Shinji Mikami, the founder of Tango Gameworks and game director for The Evil Within franchise, has announced he’s leaving the company after 12 years. Bethesda confirmed the news in a tweet early this morning. pic.twitter.com/yP6WaSxOun — Bethesda (@bethesda) February 23, 2023 Mikami started his career at Capcom working
Read MoreThe Galaxy S23 and S23 Plus are the very definition of iterative updates. They’re still some of the best high-end mobile devices out there, but the competition from Google is heating up. Continue reading…
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