Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is bringing a handful of new features to its Google Play store on Android today. There are new categorized “collections” that highlight content from apps you’ve already installed. The company’s rewards program is adding more prizes including Pixel hardware. Google’s Play Pass subscription service is introducing more
Read MoreThe Play Store is getting a makeover, and Google is in the mood to celebrate. To spread the cheers, you’re getting a limited-time opportunity to try Google Play Pass for just $1 per month on a three-month basis. Get 80% off Google Play Pass
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch has introduced new policy and moderation updates that aim to help curb sexual harassment. The streaming platform announced in a blog post that it has made its sexual harassment policy “easier to understand” by more clearly outlining prohibited conduct. Twitch’s moderation tools will now also allow streamers
Read MoreThe iPhone maker could be fined up to 10pc of its global turnover if it is found to be in breach of Spanish and EU competition laws following the investigation. Read more: Apple under investigation in Spain for App Store rules
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Apple’s RCS implementation on iOS 18 requires carriers to opt into the service individually. With every new OS beta, the company has been adding RCS support for more carriers across different regions. iOS 18 beta 4 expands RCS availability to fresh carriers, including Orange UK, Vodafone Spain, and Rogers
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority We’ve spotted code references to a new “Google One Lite” plan. These references were spotted within the Google Photos app, indicating that the new tier could include some Google Photos features and benefits. Google has not yet announced anything related to “Google One Lite.” If you have an Android
Read MoreDraftKings has confirmed plans to introduce a sports betting app in Washington DC. Subject to licensing and regulatory approval, The District will become the 28th US state (in addition to Ontario, Canada) in which DraftKings offerings will be available to gamblers. Thanks to a market access agreement with MLS franchise DC United, the major US
Read MoreProf Eilís Dowd discusses how the right form of guidance at the right moment in time can have a tremendous effect on your career and how it led her to the field of neuroscience. Read more: The power of a mentor to set you on the right career path
Read MoreTo be clear, when we are talking about tubes, we mean ordinary cylinders, not vacuum-amplifying elements. With that out of the way, when we need a tube like that, we usually think of PVC or some other kind of pipe product. Or maybe we’ll 3D print what we need. But not [GregO29]. He made his
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Unless you’re a creative professional or social media marketer, chances are that you’ve never found much use for AI image generators. That’s especially true when the likes of Midjourney and DALL-E cost a minimum of $10 per month with no free trial on offer. Luckily, Microsoft has inexplicably bucked
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Unless you’re a creative professional or social media marketer, chances are that you’ve never found much use for AI image generators. That’s especially true when the likes of Midjourney and DALL-E cost a minimum of $10 per month with no free trial on offer. Luckily, Microsoft has inexplicably bucked
Read MoreAccording to Bloomberg, hackers have leaked internal documents stolen from Leidos Holdings, one of the largest IT services providers of the U.S. government. Reuters reports: The company recently became aware of the issue and believes the documents were taken during a previously reported breach of a Diligent Corp. system it used, the report said, adding
Read MoreDuring Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings call today, Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat announced the organization will spend an additional $5 billion on its self-driving subsidiary, Waymo. “This new round of funding, which is consistent with recent annual investment levels, will enable Waymo to continue to build the world’s leading autonomous driving technology company,” said Porat. TechCrunch reports:
Read MoreHumble Games, the indie game publisher behind the popular pay-what-you-want “Humble Game Bundle,” has laid off its entire staff of 36 people. However, the company says it is not shutting down and Humble Bundle will not be impacted. Instead, the job cuts are part of a restructuring of operations. GameSpot reports: In a statement shared
Read MoreMicrosoft has released .NET Aspire 8.1, an update to the cloud-ready stack for building distributed applications that adds support for building container images from Dockerfiles, as well as support for launching Python-based services. NET Aspire 8.1 was unveiled on July 23. Developers can find instructions on installing .NET Aspire at learn.microsoft.com. For building containers, .NET
Read MoreSwitzerland has enacted the “Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfillment of Government Tasks” (EMBAG), mandating open-source software (OSS) in the public sector to enhance transparency, security, and efficiency. “This new law requires all public bodies to disclose the source code of software developed by or for them unless third-party rights
Read MoreLake Vrangla is a foggy new environment available in visionOS, beta or not, and is found near Oslo, Norway, in the real world. Lake Vrangla now available to all Apple Vision Pro users Apple launched the Apple Vision Pro in February 2024, and a slow trickle of updates and media followed. The reveal of visionOS
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: For two days in mid-January, some Ukrainians in the city of Lviv had to live without central heating and suffer freezing temperatures because of a cyberattack against a municipal energy company, security researchers and Ukrainian authorities have since concluded. On Tuesday, the cybersecurity company Dragos published a report with
Read MoreYou won’t need to stuff an AirTag inside ESR’s Geo Wallet to find it. | Image: ESR With its own integrated tracking module compatible with Apple’s Find My network and a traditional bifold design, ESR’s Geo Wallet can be located using an iPhone if it goes missing and without the bulge of an AirTag stuffed
Read Moremerbs writes: Video games — and the people who make them — are in trouble. An estimated 10,500 people in the industry were laid off in 2023 alone. This year, layoffs in the nearly $200 billion sector have only gotten worse, with studios axing what is believed to be 11,000 more, and counting. Microsoft, home
Read MoreUsers on Twitter/X have found that after six years, choosing the pistol emoji now shows an image of a gun instead of a water pistol. Choosing the “Pistol” emoji on Twitter/X now again gets you a gun instead of a water pistol The existence of any particular emoji is down to the Unicode Consortium and
Read MoreYouTube Music is rolling out a redesign for artist pages, featuring a left-aligned artist name, subscriber count, and follow button. On the other side, options to start the radio or shuffle tracks will be displayed. The UI changes will be rolled out for Android and iOS. YouTube Music’s UI has had quite a few redesigns
Read MoreGalaxy Z Flip 4 (left), iPhone 14 Pro (right) Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Apple will reportedly release a foldable iPhone with a clamshell design in 2026 at the earliest. The company’s biggest obstacle could be eliminating the crease that forms after folding the screen repeatedly. Apple’s designers may also be struggling to make
Read MoreYou can power up to six devices with Sharge’s new charging station. | Image: Sharge Sharge’s new 100W charging station falls somewhere between a compact multi-port USB charger and a plastic power strip. Designed with a small footprint so it can live on a desk and stay easily accessible, it delivers enough USB-C power to
Read MoreUsers operating their phones in the most extreme environmental conditions may find themselves required to use crazy-safe cases like this. Explosion-proof cases don’t just protect your phone, but keep the phone itself from setting off an explosion. That protection doesn’t come cheap, with cases selling for much more than the phone itself. Just how much
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