It’s tough to tell the newer second-generation AirPods Pro from the previous model by looks alone. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge In case you missed out on Woot’s recent $50 off deal on the second-generation AirPods Pro (it happened very early Saturday morning, inconveniently), Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart have your back.
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Facebook will enable more private settings by default for anyone under the age of 16 who signs up for the platform, the company announced on Monday. As for teens who already have accounts, Facebook will display a prompt encouraging them to use these settings, as well as a
Read MoreBloomberg: Mass tech layoffs leave hundreds of H-1B visa holders scrambling for new jobs to stay in the US; Amazon, Meta, and others sponsored 45K+ in the last three years — Mass tech layoffs have left hundreds of workers living in the US on temporary visas with little time to find another job, or they’ll
Read MoreWelp, we all knew this was coming. A class action lawsuit has been filed against Nvidia following numerous reports of melted RTX 4090 cables and cards. The company has yet to address the issue publicly, and so far investigations have yet to yield a definitive cause. Still, it’s undeniable some people’s cards have gone up
Read MoreMaria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Meta rolls out its Precision Time Protocol to its data centers, upgrading on the Network Time Protocol, aiming to sync its networks down to nanoseconds — Meta Platforms Inc. today detailed an internal initiative years in the making that focused on upgrading its data centers’ timing protocol …
Read MoreMatt Novak / Gizmodo: In a tweet reply, Elon Musk says Alex Jones will not be unbanned as he has “no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame” — Keeping the Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist off Twitter is personal for Musk. — Alerts
Read MoreFor Black Friday, pack up some Apple AirTags. You’ll be happy you did.
Read MoreThe second-gen Sonos Beam and other Sonos speakers are on sale at Best Buy. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Best Buy is rolling out its Black Friday sales on Sonos soundbars in addition to its existing Black Friday sales. From now through November 28th, you can find a number of excellent Sonos
Read MoreHyundai Home aims to be a one-stop shop for sustainable energy products. | Image: Hyundai A sustainable future requires a multipronged approach. It’s more than just replacing a gas car with one that runs on electrons or sitting back and hoping that your local utility moves as quickly as possible to renewables. For those with
Read MorePaul Sawers / TechCrunch: The UK’s CMA plans to investigation Broadcom’s proposed $61B VMware acquisition, following similar investigations by the European Commission and FTC — The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has initiated a so-called “phase 1” investigation into Broadcom’s proposed $61 billion deal …
Read MoreWashington Post: US government officials worry over Twitter’s potential demise, arguing the platform is one of the most effective emergency communication tools — LOS ANGELES — Kate Hutton was watching a Dodgers game one Friday night when she saw something strange in the outfield: The foul poles swayed, her TV feed trembled.
Read MoreI have rarely, if ever, thought about my blood sugar. I think about sugar on occasion — the dentist demands it, and I get a headache when I eat an entire bag of Haribo dinosaur gummies. But a new spate of startups wants me, and everyone, to start thinking about our blood sugar all the
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Read MoreNew evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind.
Read MoreLeap seconds depend entirely on how quickly the Earth spins, which can be a nightmare for managing technology hardware infrastructures. (Pictured: the World Time Clock in Berlin.) | Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images A global panel of scientists and government representatives have voted to scrap leap seconds by 2035. The ad hoc time
Read MoreThe Apple Watch Ultra has already had a small discount at Amazon – but that discount just got even bigger. There’s now a $60 off the Apple Watch Ultra at Amazon.
Read MoreThe Black Friday AirPods deals are just around the corner – here are the best reductions, as they happen.
Read MoreBlack Friday is just around the corner, but the deals are already rolling in. These are the best deals and sales on the Apple Watch family as they go live.
Read More(Credit: Henrik5000/Getty Images) (Credit: Henrik5000/Getty Images)Internet service providers tend to play it fast and loose when describing their speeds and pricing, which can make it hard to get all the facts before you sign up. The practice of obscuring important info could end thanks to a new FCC directive, which instructs companies to use a
Read MoreAdrián Astorgano / The Verge This report is published in partnership with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Inside a vast Amazon warehouse in Beaumont, California, squat blue robots carrying eight-foot yellow shelving units perform a jerky, mechanized dance around each other as they make their way to human workers. Amari* works 42 hours a week
Read MoreGoogle has been paying publishers not to compete with the Play Store, according to a new filing in Epic’s ongoing legal offensive. In an unredacted copy of Epic’s lawsuit against Google, the Fortnite maker claims that Google has paid off other companies that are exploring the possibility of launching an alternative app store. Epic calls
Read MoreThe company recently took major steps to make the platform more inclusive after pressure from disabled users. Then Elon Musk gutted its accessibility team.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Although the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 smartphones won’t be landing in our hands quite yet, we have spent hands-on time with a reference handset at Qualcomm’s 2022 Tech Summit for an early look at the chip’s performance. First, some housekeeping before we leap into the numbers. Qualcomm’s reference device
Read MoreThe history of agile methodologies has its roots in collocating multidisciplinary teams, managing sprints with stickies on whiteboards, and opting for self-organizing dialogues over rigid practices. Agile coaches shaped these best practices, though many large enterprises have long histories of running offshore agile development with their service providers or at captive centers. I shared my
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