Washington Post: Sources: the White House is set to unveil a strategy in the coming weeks that calls for cybersecurity regulation impacting all critical US infrastructure — The White House wants expanded requirements for private companies that operate in critical infrastructure sectors
Read MoreQualcomm has announced Snapdragon Satellite, a new feature to enable satellite messaging for Android phones.
Read MoreT-Mobile and Delta Air Lines have announced that SkyMiles members will get free in-flight Wi-Fi starting on February 1.
Read MoreApple TV Plus has released the official trailer for season three of Truth Be Told, which will premiere on January 20.
Read MoreImage: Blizzard When Blizzard teased the arrival of Overwatch 2’s Battle For Olympus event, I had hopes I would have another game mode like Junkenstein’s Revenge to sink my teeth into. The limited-time event / game mode is now live, and while it’s not quite what I was hoping for, I’m still encouraged that Overwatch
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Just last month, Warner Bros. Discovery followed up on its decision to cancel Westworld by full-on yanking the show from HBO Max — a drastic, money-saving decision that was yet another part of CEO David Zaslav’s grand plan to get the company back in the black. Now, though,
Read MoreJust before the holidays, we brought you word of the Arduboy Mini — the latest in the line of open source 8-bit handheld gaming systems designed by [Kevin Bates]. He was good enough to send along a prototype version ahead of the system’s Kickstarter campaign, and we came away impressed with the possibilities it offered
Read MoreImage: Lenovo Last month, I spent 15 whole minutes hunched over an HP Spectre x360 in a drafty Best Buy store — agonizing over whether its amazing OLED screen would destroy the laptop’s battery life and repeatedly googling for the answer. When I found out the answer was “yes, substantially less battery,” I had to
Read MoreIf your Wear OS watch has a cellular connection, you can get turn-by-turn directions. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google Maps on Wear OS is getting a big navigation upgrade. On Thursday, Google announced that you can now get turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps on internet-connected Wear OS watches without a
Read MoreStephen Totilo / Axios: Microsoft files a revised rebuttal to the FTC’s lawsuit to block its Activision deal, backing off its claim that the FTC’s structure is unconstitutional — Microsoft says it made a mistake last month when it claimed that the very structure of Federal Trade Commission, the agency trying …
Read MorePhoto by Dieter Bohn / The Verge I couldn’t justify keeping Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack because it didn’t stay firmly stuck to my phone without swiveling, and I’ve seen third-party attachments that are much, much worse. Thankfully, the next version of the Qi wireless charging standard, Qi2, will mandate magnet strength, size, and dimensions in
Read MoreApple has announced that new Apple Card customers can get $55 in Daily Cash to cover a subscription to the Wall Street Journal.
Read MoreGeoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: Twitter verified a Washington Post columnist’s fake US Senator Ed Markey account, after Elon Musk said “all verified accounts will be manually authenticated” — Elon Musk said Twitter would begin authenticating users who pay $8 for Blue. Our tech columnist was still able to get a checkmark for an
Read MoreKate Clark / The Information: Memo: Genesis parent company DCG shut its wealth management division HQ on January 2; filing: HQ had more than $3.5B under management as of December 2022 — Digital Currency Group, the parent company of crypto broker Genesis and the publication CoinDesk, has shut down its wealth management …
Read MoreCredit: https://www.slashleaks.com/l/samsung-galaxy-s23-and-s23-ultra-high-resolution-press-renders-rear-view-leaked Press renders have leaked that allegedly show the Samsung Galaxy S23 colors. It appears there will be green, pink, black, and white models. The colors all appear quite muted. It’s very likely that Samsung will launch the latest entries in its flagship Galaxy S series in the next 30 days. We’re hopeful that
Read MoreThis EcoFlow Smart Control Kit consists of a Smart Home Panel and two Delta Pros for up to 7200W of output. | Image: EcoFlow EcoFlow is now selling Whole-Home Backup Power Solutions that bundle together a variety of the company’s products that are already available a la carte. The kits are basically a more scalable
Read MoreFrom left to right: The EcoFlow Wave 2, Blade, and Glacier. | Image: EcoFlow EcoFlow announced three new devices today — a refrigerator / ice maker, an air conditioner / heater, and a robotic lawnmower / leaf collector — as part of its burgeoning ecosystem of portable, battery-powered solutions for residential homes, off-grid cabins, and
Read MoreBloomberg: Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech giants have struck a truce with the government, accepting lower growth and more controls as China eases its crackdown — In China, 2022 was the year Big Tech changed. Succumbing to a government crackdown and a pandemic that refused to go away …
Read MoreThe Golden Gate Bridge is seen through heavy rain on January 4th, 2023, in Sausalito, California. | Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A deluge of storms is dumping serious amounts of rain across notoriously dry California. Even so, this week’s downpours are still nowhere near enough to pull the state out of its intense years-long
Read MoreImage: Stellantis Ram’s late to the game with an EV truck, but this ‘open letter to the fanbase’ packs a ton of wild features. It even follows you around. Continue reading…
Read MoreMitchell Clark / The Verge: Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Satellite, to let phones with a Gen 2 SoC and X70 modem connect to Iridium’s satellites for off-grid texting, available in H2 2023 — Android phones will soon be getting a feature similar to — and perhaps even more powerful than — Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite.
Read MoreA European Union ruling against Meta marks the beginning of the end of targeted ads.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Android phones will soon be getting a feature similar to — and perhaps even more powerful than — Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite. Qualcomm has announced that its new processors and modems will allow phones to communicate with the Iridium satellite network, letting users send and receive messages
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Peloton is starting off 2023 with a $19 million fine. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the company has agreed to pay the civil penalty to settle charges that the company knowingly failed to immediately report safety issues with its recalled Tread Plus. The
Read MoreA “Check Engine” light on your dashboard could mean anything from a loose gas cap to a wallet-destroying repair in the offing. For [Dean Segovis], his CEL was indicating a fairly serious condition: a missing transmission. So naturally, he built this electronic transmission emulator to solve the problem. Some explanation may be necessary here. [Dean]’s
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