Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Sources detail Twitter’s nascent moves to facilitate payments, a key to becoming a “super app”, as the company files for regulatory licenses across the US — Company has started applying for US state licences in bid for fresh revenues beyond advertising
Read MoreApple knows what we all really want to see at the Super Bowl – Rihanna’s halftime show. So Apple Music now has a playlist to get you ready.
Read MoreRaymond Wong / Inverse: Nothing CEO Carl Pei says the company had $200M+ in 2022 revenue, up from ~$24M in 2021, and will launch a “more premium” Phone (2) in 2023, focusing on the US — Nothing CEO Carl Pei tells Inverse the next phone will be “more premium,” the U.S. is the top priority
Read MoreLast year’s Nothing Phone 1. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Nothing’s next smartphone, the Phone 2, will be getting an official US release, the company’s CEO Carl Pei has confirmed in an interview with Inverse. Although the Phone 1’s transparent rear design and flashing light strips didn’t see a US release after
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to appear before Congress in March to face questions from lawmakers over US user safety and security on the popular video app, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The Energy and Commerce Committee confirmed the hearing in a press
Read MoreEven though it came out in late 2020, the $799 MacBook Air should still satisfy a lot of people. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Even though Apple’s M1 MacBook Air laptop is well over two years old, we still highly recommend it, especially when stores like Best Buy knock its price down
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta has given its professional Meta Quest Pro headset a temporary $400 discount, bringing its cost down to $1,099 in the US. The deal, which, according to CNET, runs for one week in the US and two weeks in the UK at a price of £1,299, at
Read More(Image: Naja Bertolt Jensen/Unsplash)The ocean is teeming with plastic. As the world continues to rely on plastic for everything from single-use packaging to medical devices, an estimated 10 million tons of the stuff ends up in our oceans every year. Such severe pollution presents obvious risks for marine life and even life on land. Mother
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: What to expect from Samsung’s Unpacked event on February 1: Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, S23 Ultra, and Galaxy Book 3, but likely no tablets, earbuds, or smartwatches — Three new phones plus as many as five new laptops could await us on February 1st. … On February 1st, Samsung will
Read MoreInstagram has rolled its Notes feature out across Europe, allowing ephemeral text and emoji notes to be posted to people’s inboxes.
Read MoreTechnology startups can only be successful under the oversight of a strong leader. But how do you become a strong leader? And how can you stay sane and effective in this role? One option is to attend regular therapy sessions. Keep reading to learn how therapy is effective for startup leaders and how you can
Read MoreArrival said it would reduce costs by laying off 50 percent of its employees. | Image: Arrival Arrival, an electric vehicle startup based in the UK, said it was laying off 50 percent of its employees in a bid to reduce costs. The company also named a new CEO, Igor Torgov, who previously served as
Read MoreCredit: AT&T An AT&T store post about the Galaxy S23 has gone live. The post provides a description of the phone and official specs. It also shows official images of the Galaxy S23 in all four colors. Samsung’s February Unpacked event is so close you can almost smell it. But it appears that we’ve gotten
Read MoreRetro games are a blast, and even more so when you can bring the fun on the go. [mac2612] has developed a custom retroarch-based firmware for the Leapster GS and LeapPad2. (via Bringus Studios on YouTube) We covered Linux on the Leapster before, but Retroleap seems better documented (and still up on the internet). Installation
Read MoreWall Street Journal: If the US case against Google succeeds, a spinoff is more likely than a sale, valuing the new businesses at tens of billions and giving advertisers more choice — If government prevails, an asset spinoff is thought to be more likely than a sale — Google spent the better part …
Read MoreThe western end of Australia is dominated by a sweltering desert of ochre-colored soil and hearty shrubs, but there’s something new hiding in the outback: a radioactive capsule. Australian officials are frantically searching for the object, which was being transported between two mines when it went missing. They’re warning people in the region to steer
Read MoreSankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Sources: key Apple supplier Jabil begins making AirPods enclosures, or plastic bodies, in India before shipping them to China and Vietnam for assembly — A key Apple Inc. supplier has begun making components for AirPods in India, marking a significant step in the US tech giant’s push to expand production in
Read MoreImage: Sean O’Kane / The Verge A little more than six months after it raised prices on the Mustang Mach-E, Ford said it would now be slashing prices on its flagship electric vehicle as well as increasing its production targets for the year. The Mach-E will drop by an average of around 5.85 percent, depending
Read MoreA teaser poster for One Piece on Netflix. | Image: Netflix Netflix has confirmed that its live-action take on One Piece will be streaming in 2023. That’s about all we know so far; Netflix didn’t give a specific date, though the company did show off a new poster for its adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s long-running
Read MoreYou can now use select Alexa speakers to expand the Wi-Fi coverage of your routers. Let us walk you through how.
Read MoreA leaked image claiming to show the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. | Image: NieuweMobiel.NL Three new phones plus as many as five new laptops could await us on February 1st. Continue reading…
Read More(Image: Ana Lanza/Unsplash)The White House announced Friday that it had signed an administrative agreement with the European Union focused on “responsible advancements” in artificial intelligence. The agreement, which builds on existing tech pacts, will prioritize international collaboration while directing AI resources toward specific industries. The new US-EU Artificial Intelligence Collaboration agreement will bring AI experts
Read MoreHenry Mance / Financial Times: An interview with Harvard Business School professor Shoshana Zuboff on her frustrations with fragmented efforts to restrain tech companies, privacy, and more — These are uncertain times for Silicon Valley. Tech companies are firing staff who they hired in the pandemic.
Read MoreAndre Romani / Reuters: Mastercard and Binance launch the prepaid Binance Card in Brazil, seeking to “broaden the connection between traditional finance and crypto”, after Argentina — Mastercard Inc (MA.N) and Binance said on Monday they are lauching a prepaid card in Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy …
Read MoreHolding a silicon wafer with microchips. | Photo by Michael Matthey/picture alliance via Getty Images And hear Seth Rogen’s Donkey Kong in the latest Mario movie trailer. Continue reading…
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