In a report released October 3rd, 2000, the Goddard Space Flight Center said satellites have observed an 11.5 million square-mile hole, a severe thinning of Earth’s protective ozone layer, over Antarctica. | Image: Newsmakers via Getty Images For decades, the Earth’s ozone layer, which protects life on our planet from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV)
Read MoreImage: Nothing Nothing is finally giving people in the US a way to purchase its debut smartphone… sort of. After its CEO teased a “US launch” last month, the company has officially announced a new US-focused beta program. Customers can pay Nothing $299 and, in return, receive the black version of the smartphone with 8GB
Read MoreCredit: Nothing Nothing has started a beta membership program exclusively for the US. Those who sign up will get a black Phone 1 with 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a Nothing Community Black Dot. Signing up for membership will cost $299. In December, Carl Pei — the founder of London-based consumer technology company,
Read MoreSometimes the journey itself is the destination. This one started when [Samy] was 10 and his mom bought a computer. He logged on to IRC to talk with people about the X-Files and was WinNuked. Because of that experience, modulo a life of hacking and poking and playing, the talk ends with a wearable flex-PCB
Read MoreBest Buy is removing purchase minimums for anyone with a free My Best Buy account. | Image: Best Buy Best Buy is bringing some changes to its rewards program in the new year. Beginning on January 9th, My Best Buy members are eligible to get free shipping with no required minimum purchase. However, My Best
Read MoreThis guy rules. | Photo by Christopher Person / The Verge Learning to solder was a life-changing experience for me, but it can seem daunting. You aren’t just screwing and unscrewing parts — you are melting hot metal with a scorching tip. While that seems like something out of reach for most people, I am
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Microsoft has reportedly scrapped plans for a dual-screen Surface Duo 3 and is moving to a truly foldable design instead. Windows Central reports that the next Surface Duo will be more like devices like the Vivo X Fold or Honor’s Magic Vs, after Microsoft reportedly spent a
Read MoreMore than 120 models of Siemens’ S7-1500 PLCs contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way.
Read MorePaul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Intel debuts new Sapphire Rapids CPUs across 52 models ranging from $415 to $17K with up to 60 cores and support for PCIe 5.0 and DDR5, to rival AMD Genoa chips — Intel pushes up to 60 cores. — Image 1 of 4 — Intel formally launched its fourth-gen Xeon
Read MoreOver the past decade, the list of industries that haven’t been transformed by technological innovation is far shorter than the list of those that have. But many are surprised to learn that technology is also now transforming the traditional insurance industry as well. That’s right, insurance is no exception. Historically operating as a traditional, relationship-driven
Read MoreApple isn’t about to ditch Dynamic Island on future iPhones. Its tie to the TrueDepth camera could be cut, however, on the iPhone 16 Pro and beyond, and that’s fine.
Read MoreJacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: The Easy Company raised a $14.2M seed and launches a “social” crypto wallet in beta with an “Instagram-like experience” for viewing NFTs — The Easy Company has raised $14.2 million in a seed round and launched its “social” crypto wallet to help onboard more mainstream audiences …
Read MoreBob Van Voris / Bloomberg: A New York judge sentences Nikhil Wahi, a brother of Coinbase PM Ishan Wahi, to 10 months for a scheme to trade on insider info on the timing of new listings — The brother of a former Coinbase Global Inc. product manager was sentenced to 10 months behind bars for
Read MoreStarships prepared for flight tests. (Photo: SpaceX) SpaceX is still working toward an orbital test for the Starship megarocket, an event CEO Elon Musk previously hinted would come in late 2022. That didn’t happen, but Musk now says there’s a possibility the next-gen rocket will head into space for the first time in February, and
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple’s Eddy Cue says App Store developers have made $320B+ since 2008, there are 900M paid subscriptions, 200+ Arcade games, 70B all-time Shazams, and more — Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, has penned an open letter celebrating what he calls a “groundbreaking year for entertainment.”
Read MoreJoaquin Phoenix in Beau is Afraid. | Image: A24 The title for Beau Is Afraid really seems to nail the premise — at least based on the first trailer. The A24 film is the latest from Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster, and it stars Joaquin Phoenix as a stressed-out guy who goes “on an
Read MoreThere’s a lot to like about Kobo’s Clara 2E. It’s waterproof, has a high-resolution display, and comes with audiobooks. Unfortunately, its slow performance is hard to ignore. Continue reading…
Read MoreThe most important thing in working with an offshore software development partner is to keep in mind that you are collaborating. It’s a partnership not a hierarchy of managers and employees. A lot of business owners fail to understand this just because they pay and the offshore company does the work. However, they forget that
Read MoreLate last year, California became only the third state in the US to allow digital license plates. The fancy customizable plates are only available from a company called Reviver, which charges users $20 to $25 per month. At the time, Reviver swore that the DMV-certified cloud service backing the plates was entirely secure, but now
Read MorePhotography by Ivanna Oksenyuk and Paula Mariel | Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge Last year, I spoke with Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin about their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism. It’s a book about artists and technology and platforms and how different kinds of distribution and creation tools create chokepoints for different companies
Read MoreImage: Amazon Amazon’s expanding the availability of its “Buy with Prime” button. Starting on January 31st, more online stores in the US can start offering the benefits of a Prime subscription, such as free shipping and next-day deliveries, on their own websites. Of course, customers who actually want to use the feature will have to
Read MoreWhat do you get when you combine roll-on deodorant containers and a soccer ball with an optical mouse and an obscure 90s Japanese video game about racing armadillos? Well, you get a pretty darn cool controller with which to play said game, we must admit. We hardly knew they were still making roll-on deodorant, and
Read MoreAll nuclear fission power reactors run on fuel containing uranium and other isotopes, but fueling a nuclear reactor is a lot more complicated than driving up to them with a dump truck filled with uranium ore and filling ‘er up. Although nuclear fission is simple enough that it can occur without human intervention as happened
Read MoreGamers tend to fall into certain camps when it comes to supporting brands, platforms, and smaller topics like RGB lighting. However, one thing has universal acknowledgment across brand and platform lines: MSI’s Afterburner is the best software for overclocking. It works on any GPU and can be used for myriad scenarios, from overclocking to undervolting
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Three years after ending mainstream support for Windows 7, Microsoft ends premium extended security support for the OS and support for Windows 8.1 — Pour one out for Windows 7, the decade-old operating system that today reached the end of the security line.
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