Victoria Song / The Verge: Strava users say the rollout of its first price hike in over a decade has been unnecessarily convoluted and confusing — No one likes price hikes, but Strava’s messy rollout has left many customers wondering what’s happening to their subscription. Here’s what’s actually happening …
Read MoreThe state is ping-ponging between severe drought and catastrophic flooding. The solution to both? Making the landscape spongier.
Read MoreStadia will be shutting down next week. As one last hurrah, the Stadia Team says it’s enabling Bluetooth pairing on Stadia controllers. The company also just released one last game. We’re in the last days of Stadia, with the platform scheduled to shut down next week on January 18. Instead of going out quietly, the
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: DOJ cleared its antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter to oversee probes involving Google; Google had sought his recusal, citing his work with Yelp and others — Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter’s involvement had been paused and the Alphabet unit sought his recusal
Read MoreCredit: Nieuwe Mobiel New renders of the Galaxy S23 Plus and Ultra have leaked. The renders may be from official press materials. Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event is just around the corner. But it looks like the spotlight has been stolen from the show as a timely leak appears to reveal official renders of the Galaxy
Read MoreA year ago, Tesla was riding high with robust demand and a stock price running well over $300. Now, Tesla faces more competition than ever from other electric vehicles, and its stock value has plummeted to barely $100. Tesla’s response is to do something it doesn’t usually do: cut prices. It’s shaving up to 20%
Read MoreDavid Pan / Bloomberg: With the value of next-gen Bitcoin mining rigs down an estimated 85%, some crypto lenders flooded with repossessed rigs are keeping them running for the income — Crypto lenders have repossessed so many Bitcoin mining rigs they’re resorting to plugging them in and extracting tokens themselves.
Read MoreA leaked rendering of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra shared by Nieuwe Mobiel. | Image: Nieuwe Mobiel Leaked renders posted by Dutch publication Nieuwe Mobiel reveal the cameras, design, and colors of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and Plus. The news comes shortly after similar leaks shared by WinFuture gave us a glimpse into the
Read MoreDon’t put this article in your video’s thumbnail. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At exactly 18 seconds into his video “YouTube is Run by Fools,” ProZD makes his feelings on the platform’s recent restrictions on foul language crystal clear: “That’s the dumbest fucking shit I’ve ever heard.” The tirade’s timing was deliberate,
Read MoreSomeone has created a ton of iconic logos in a 1980s style and the Apple logo is way better than what we actually have.
Read MorePhoto Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge; Getty Images Retro Pod played right into TikTok’s love affair with the iPod. From demos of defunct Minis to outfits showcasing Shuffles as hair clips, an app turning your iPhone into an iPod was naturally going to be a hit. When Retro Pod started making the round
Read MoreThe LeEco S1 Pro looks very much like an iPhone 14 Pro, but that’s where the similarities end.
Read MoreThe release of Final Fantasy 14 in 2021 was such a success that even digital copies of the game ran out. In addition to the shortage, long queue times and servers’ inability to manage many players further marred the launch. It’s the kind of success to which game developers all aspire! However, the shortage revealed
Read MoreSridhar Natarajan / Bloomberg: Sources: Goldman Sachs’ Platform Solutions lost ~$2B in 2022, mostly due to the Apple Card and Goldman’s installment-lending platform GreenSky — Three months after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. carved out a new division to house what’s left of its once-ambitious foray on Main Street …
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images A judge rejected Elon Musk’s request to move his upcoming securities fraud trial out of San Francisco, Bloomberg reports. Musk had argued that the jury pool from the city would be biased against him. Musk is facing a civil trial next week stemming from a
Read MoreThe new tabs are here. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter’s new For You tab, which rolled out to iPhones and iPads on Tuesday, is now appearing on desktop web browsers. The For You tab is the TikTok-inspired name for Twitter’s algorithmically curated “Home” tab, and on iOS, it’s now the default
Read MoreAdobe Creative Cloud opts all users into Content Analysis by default, which has many creators upset. Here’s how to opt out.
Read MoreYou can currently buy the AirPods Max for $479.99 instead of $549. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge With more people working from home than they used to, owning a good pair of noise-canceling headphones has become more appealing than ever. However, they can be expensive and difficult to shop for due to
Read MoreSadly, the usual CO2-powered suspects in the DIY laser cutter market are woefully incapable of cutting metal. Sure, they’ll cut the heck out of plywood and acrylic, and most will do a decent job at engraving metal. But cutting through a sheet of steel or aluminum requires a step up to much more powerful fiber
Read MoreThe Robert Noyce Building in Santa Clara, California, is the world headquarters for Intel Corporation. This photo is from Jan. 23, 2019. (Credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation) (Photo: Image: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation)Intel has a lot of lakes in its CPU roadmap, so it can be a challenge to keep them all straight. It’s currently offering Raptor
Read MoreJust because you’re a monk doesn’t mean you can’t use CAD. The Carmelite monks of Wyoming are building a grandiose Gothic Monastery, and it’s awe inspiring how they are managing to build it. https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Carmelite-Gothic-Church1.mp4 The Carmelite monks needed a new, larger monastery to house their growing numbers, and found a parcel of land near Meeteetse
Read MoreWall Street Journal: YouTube is testing a hub of free, ad-supported streaming channels with select media partners, looking to compete with Roku, Paramount’s Pluto TV, and Fox’s Tubi — Tech company’s effort could rival Roku, Fox in fast-growing area of streaming business — Created with sketchtool. — 1x
Read More(Credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (Credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Dish Network and an environmental group have become unlikely allies in a new court case. Both Dish and the International Dark-Sky Association have filed lawsuits in the US demanding the FCC rescind the licenses it recently granted to SpaceX for its second-generation
Read MoreThe Verge: After criticism, YouTube plans to change a policy announced in November that limits ads or demonetizes a creator’s video if they swear in the first 15 seconds — The tirade’s timing was deliberate, meant to test the company’s updated “approach to profanity” that it announced in November …
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority LG Electronics has issued a recall for 52,000 TVs sold between March and September 2022. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says the recalled TVs present a serious tip-over and entrapment hazard. The problem appears to stem from the stands used for the TVs. If you own
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