OpenAI has introduced “canvas,” a new interface for ChatGPT that provides a separate workspace for writing and coding projects. “Canvas is rolling out in beta to ChatGPT Plus and Teams users on Thursday, and Enterprise and Edu users next week,” reports TechCrunch. “Once canvas is out of beta, OpenAI says it plans to offer the
Read MoreMacworld Apple has issued an unusually-timed iOS update to fix a few critical iOS 18 launch bugs. The iOS 18.0.1 version was released on a Thursday afternoon–very unusual for Apple OS releases–and it fixes a few of the more significant bugs with the new iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 release. Notably, iPadOS 18.0.1 is available
Read MoreBleepingComputer’s Ionut Ilascu reports: During a distributed denial-of-service campaign targeting organizations in the financial services, internet, and telecommunications sectors, volumetric attacks peaked at 3.8 terabits per second, the largest publicly recorded to date. The assault consisted of a “month-long” barrage of more than 100 hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks flooding the network infrastructure with garbage data. In
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple has just released iOS 18.0.1, the first official update for iOS 18, and it includes a handful of bug fixes that particularly benefit the iPhone 16 lineup. And after yanking iPadOS 18 just a day after it came out in September for bricking some M4 iPad
Read MoreA battery powered and portable network attached storage device sounds like an excellent idea, but in early access the UnifyDrive UT2 has a few too many limitations to recommend it whole-heartedly. UnifyDrive UT2 review Data storage is a big problem for content creators working on the go, or in the field. While you can offload
Read MoreGoogle is no longer working on its Ferrochrome launcher, an app that would’ve made running Chrome OS in a virtual machine on select Android devices super easy. Google started the Ferrochrome project as a tech demo to demonstrate Android’s improved virtualization capabilities. With the removal of the Ferrochrome launcher, it’ll still be possible to run
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A little over a year after the collapse of the crypto banks Silvergate and Signature, financial institutions are very interested in crypto. PayPal has used its proprietary stablecoin to pay auditors Ernst & Young LLP, using a hub provided by SAP. Visa “is helping to bridge existing fiat
Read MoreMacworld If you’re once more in the situation where you purchased the latest iPhone and got exactly zero wall chargers to go with it, then you may find use in these Anker 20W dual-port adapters will work just fine. Since they’re available for $13, a solid 32 percent discount from its $19 MSRP, now’s the
Read MoreSingleStore, the company behind the relational database SingleStoreDB, is acquiring data ingestion and integration software provider BryteFlow to boost its ability to connect to disparate data sources for data analytics. “SingleStore’s acquisition of BryteFlow accelerates its ability to ingest data from a broad set of sources like SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce,” said Dion Hinchcliffe, VP, CIO
Read MoreOne UI 7 will hit public beta at some point before the end of the year. The finally One UI 7 release isn’t due until the Galaxy S25 launches. This represents a big shift in Samsung’s timetable compared to past years. Samsung’s Developer Conference 2024 is in full effect right now, kicking things off with
Read MoreMicrosoft gives its Edge web browser an unfair advantage and EU antitrust regulators should subject it to tough EU tech rules, three rival browsers and a group of web developers said in a letter to the European Commission. From a report: The move by Vivaldi, Waterfox, Wavebox and the Open Web Advocacy could boost Norwegian
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images It had all the makings of a typical recruiting event for a tech startup in San Francisco. There was free food, drinks, and live music generated via code being written in real time. But there were also mandatory metal detector screenings, ID checks, and security guards
Read MorePayPal completed its first business payment using its proprietary stablecoin as a way to demonstrate how digital currencies can be used to improve often-clunky commercial transactions. From a report: PayPal paid an invoice to Ernst & Young LLP on Sept. 23 using PYUSD, the stablecoin the firm launched last year, relying on an SAP SE
Read MoreThe new Samsung Galaxy S24 FE marks a significant change for US consumers: it’s powered by the Samsung Exynos 2400e chipset. The 2400e is very similar to the regular Exynos 2400 found in global variants of Samsung’s Galaxy S24 flagship but features a number of key differences to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 that US-based
Read MoreWP Engine, a major web hosting provider, has filed a federal lawsuit against WordPress [PDF] co-founder Matt Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging libel and attempted extortion. The suit stems from a public dispute over WordPress trademark usage and open-source licensing. WP Engine, which hosts over 200,000 websites, accuses Mullenweg and Automattic of “abuse of power, extortion,
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of each day jumping between multiple email accounts — and multiple email apps — trying to get to inbox zero. Anything that can be done to reduce the number of places where messages are piling up can save time
Read MoreGemini is beefing up on its language skills, as new support comes to Live. New Extensions are on the way, too, with their own extended language support. All this rolls out over the next few weeks. Of all of Google’s recent AI-based efforts, Gemini Live has got to be one of the most impressive, elevating
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority OPPO has revealed that the Find X8 series will offer reflection removal functionality in photos. This comes after HUAWEI and Samsung first offered this feature a few years ago. The OPPO Find X8 series of phones is launching soon, and the Chinese manufacturer has slowly been revealing more details
Read MoreIn what can only be seen as OpenAI’s efforts to catch up with rivals, the ChatGPT-maker released several updates to its API to help ease the development of generative AI-based applications. These updates, introduced during its DevDay conference this week, include capabilities such as model distillation and prompt caching, which are already offered by rivals.
Read MoreYet another Apple update has been pulled after release, this time the Apple Watch developer beta watchOS 11.1, after issues including devices freezing. watchOS 11 introduces better cycle tracking, more customizable Activity Rings, and more personalization. First it was iPadOS 18 bricking some models of the M4 iPad Pro, then it was HomePod 18.1 beta
Read MoreRecently Microsoft announced efforts to improve security in its planned Recall AI assistant tool. Many of the details were not a surprise, as it built on familiar tools and services I’ve written about during the past few years, but the most important feature, VBS Enclaves, will be new to most of us. VBS Enclaves are
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Read MoreEpic has announced its plans to bring its popular “free games” program from desktop to mobile later this year. The Epic Games Store will also soon host third-party games, starting with Ark: Ultimate Mobile Edition. Most people download new games on their Android devices through the Google Play Store, but other sources of games are
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