The Motorola Edge (2024) makes some smart changes versus 2023’s model. It now has a Snapdragon chip, and the price has dropped by $50 to $549.99. It also gets a better camera sensor and a slightly bigger battery. In a different time and place, maybe that would be enough. But Motorola has a Pixel problem
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Amazon Prime Day may be over, but the deals don’t seem to be over. Plenty of brands, including tech giant Apple, continue offering steep discounts. For example, you can still get an Apple MacBook Air with M2 for just $799, the same price we saw during the Prime Day
Read MoreImage: Instagram Instagram Notes — a temporary away status-like feature — is expanding, the company announced today. Users will now be able to leave Notes on Reels and grid posts, where their comments will float on top of the content in little bubbles. Like Notes, these comments are temporary — they’ll disappear after three days,
Read MoreThe 65-inch version of the CanvasTV is now available, while a 55-inch version will arrive later this summer. | Image: Hisense Hisense’s CanvasTV, a matte screen television designed to blend into your home decor as a piece of artwork when you’re not watching TV, is now available in a 65-inch model for $1,299.99. A smaller
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge This week on Decoder I talked to author Matthew Ball, who was last on the show in 2022 to discuss his book “The Metaverse: How it Will Revolutionize Everything.” It’s 2024 and it’s safe to say that has not happened yet. But Matt’s still on the case —
Read Morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v7mwz7oxs4 Should you buy the Caseology Nano Pop for Google Pixel 8a review?
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Read MoreLaunched during a trade mission to the US led by Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke, the fund’s first investment was in Cork-based fintech Trustap. Read more: Digital Irish launches venture fund for Irish start-ups
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Samsung has acquired a UK startup specializing in knowledge graph technology. The Galaxy maker says this tech will offer more personalized experiences when combined with its existing on-device AI functionality. Samsung is leaning heavily on AI to sell recent phones, as the Galaxy S24 series and new foldable
Read MoreA report suggests the US is planning more export restrictions on semiconductor tech to China, while Trump recently said Taiwan should pay the US for protection. Read more: Global chip stocks plunge as US-Asia tensions heat up
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Nothing has teased the arrival of a new device, and evidence suggests it’s the Nothing Phone 2a Plus. There’s no word on how this handset would stand out from the standard Nothing Phone 2a. Nothing released the Nothing Phone 2a back in March, and it’s one of the best
Read MoreZara Flynn shares how her career journey stems from a school project, the importance of being yourself and why generative AI ‘will live up to the hype’. Read more: Can creative thinking thrive in the age of generative AI?
Read MoreImage: Shira Inbar for The Verge Amazon’s annual sales event might be drawing to a close, but there are still plenty of earbuds, TVs, robot vacuums, and other gems floating around. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Dyson With replaceable ear cushions and outer caps, there are over 2,000 ways to customize these $500 noise-canceling headphones — without the Bane mask this time. Continue reading…
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazon Prime Day marches onward, and while there continues to be an abundance of deals spanning all price points and categories, most of them will cease to exist once the clock strikes midnight tonight. And while many of the steepest discounts in the world of tech are still
Read MoreImage: NuPhy What you have on your desk and in your workspace at home can reveal a lot about you: how you work, what you like to distract yourself with, what kind of toys and other tchotchkes you like to have around you. That is why we have the What’s On Your Desk? series, where
Read MoreDr. Fei-Fei Li, the so-called “godmother of AI,” is working on a startup focused on developing technology capable of human-like visual data processing and advanced reasoning. According to the Financial Times (paywalled), the startup is called World Labs and is already worth $1 billion. Quartz reports: “Curiosity urges us to create machines to see just
Read MoreGoogle has unveiled Genkit for Go, an open-source framework for building AI-powered applications and cloud services natively in Go. The project is a collaboration between Google’s Firebase and Go language teams. Introduced July 17 and currently in an alpha state, Genkit for Go enables developers to build generative AI applications by combining Go’s performance and
Read MoreImage: NASA/Daniel Rutter NASA isn’t moving forward with its VIPER program — short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover — which aimed to put a rover on the far side of the Moon to search for water. On Wednesday, NASA cited cost increases and several delays as its reasons for canceling the project. VIPER was
Read MoreCredit: ASUS Amazon Prime Day deals are all the rage as we approach the end of the yearly event. Today is your last day to take advantage of these deals, but we still have some great products on sale to highlight. Here’s one for those looking for a good price on a capable gaming laptop.
Read MoreCredit: Backbone The Backbone One is one of the most highly regarded mobile gaming controllers, offering you the convenience of a console-like gamepad for enjoying the best mobile games. Now, this must-have accessory is even more enticing thanks to an exceptional Prime Day deal on Amazon. For the next few hours, the Backbone One is
Read MoreDidn’t think we’d see this phone again. | Image: Essential Someone obtained Essential’s unreleased smartphone that took the “candy bar” style phone a bit too far. Originally revealed in 2019 as “Project Gem,” this PH-2 looks like what you’d get from splitting an already tall Sony Xperia 1 in half. It reminds me of memes
Read MoreCredit: TinyPod The TinyPod is a new third-party accessory that turns the Apple Watch into an iPod. The accessory has its own click wheel and retails for $80, though a $30 model exists that removes the wheel. The TinyPod is available for order now, but most models will ship sometime between this summer and the
Read MoreIn a new interview, Apple’s Jenny Chen and Ty Jordan have revealed how both the new Math Notes and Smart Script for iPadOS 18 have their roots in years of Apple technology. Math Notes on an iPad Math Notes is the new feature where iPadOS 18 will not only recognize a handwritten sum or equation,
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