Filipe Esposito reports via 9to5Mac: When Apple introduced AirPods in 2016, the company also unveiled a new, easy and intuitive way to pair wireless accessories to iPhone and iPad. Rather than having to go to Bluetooth settings and press buttons, the system identifies the accessory nearby and prompts the user to pair it. With iOS
Read MoreImage: The Verge AT&T can’t pull the plug on landline service for customers across California. In a ruling on Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) rejected AT&T’s request to release it from its obligations as a Carrier of Last Resort (COLR), as reported earlier by Ars Technica and CBS News. AT&T has had a
Read MoreBritish startup Stability AI has appointed Prem Akkaraju as its new CEO. The 51-year-old Akkaraju, former CEO of visual effects company Weta Digital, “is part of a group of investors including former Facebook President Sean Parker that has stepped in to save Stability with a cash infusion that could result in a lower valuation for
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok mistakenly posted a link to an internal version of its new AI digital avatar tool without guardrails, letting users create videos that say just about anything. The hiccup was first spotted by CNN and allowed the outlet to generate videos containing quotes from Hitler and a message
Read MoreTraffic moves along Highway 11 near the airport as viewed opposite Volcanoes National Park on December 12th, 2016, in Hilo, Hawaii. | Photo by George Rose/Getty Images A group of young plaintiffs reached a historic climate settlement with the state of Hawaii and Hawaii Department of Transportation in a deal that will push the state
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft launched its range of Copilot Plus PCs earlier this week, and they all come equipped with the new dedicated Copilot key on the keyboard. It’s the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years, but all the key does now is launch a Progressive Web App (PWA)
Read MoreApple isn’t releasing Apple Intelligence and other major operating system changes in the EU, because of Digital Markets Act interoperability mandates. An iPhone running Apple Intelligence, in front of the EU flag The biggest changes in Apple’s fall operating system updates include the machine learning-based Apple Intelligence as well as iPhone Mirroring and SharePlay Screen
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority OnePlus is launching the OnePlus Pad Pro in China, which could come to the US as the OnePlus Pad 2. The tablet looks similar to its predecessor but is expected to be the first Android tablet to feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. OnePlus is also launching a
Read MoreImage: Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify just announced that it would be increasing prices in the US, but on Friday, it announced a new Basic plan that brings back a $10.99 per month tier. This new offering gives you the same ad-free music listening perks you’d get on the $11.99 Premium Individual tier, but
Read MoreThe current Apple Milton Keynes store in the UK is about to close ahead of a new, expanded one opening on June 29, 2024. Apple’s new Milton Keynes store is currently under wraps (Source: Midsummer Place shopping mall) Milton Keynes is in Buckinghamshire, about 50 miles northwest of London, and Apple has had a store
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung is reportedly making a concerted effort to improve the yields of its Exynos 2500 chip so it can be used in the Galaxy S25 series. The chip purportedly saw yields of just under 20% in Q2, while 60%+ or higher is apparently required for mass production. A failure
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Read MoreThe criminals claim to have shared 400Gb of patient data and the NHS said it is working to confirm the validity of these files ‘as quickly as possible’. Read more: NHS cyberattackers claim to leak patient data online
Read MoreThese rules aim to tackle CSAM content online, but changes have been made after critics said there were no safeguards to keep encryption protected. Read more: Australia alters CSAM detection rules after tech firms push back
Read MoreJoe Tidy / BBC: Qilin, hackers behind the London hospitals hack, published ~400GB of patient data on their darknet site and Telegram channel; the NHS is investigating the claim — A gang of cyber criminals causing huge disruption to multiple London hospitals has published sensitive data stolen from an NHS blood testing company.
Read MoreJason Koebler / 404 Media: A look at Congress’ absurd plan to ban DJI drones in the US, even as the company adds restrictions and features to comply with US government regulations — Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives jammed a functional ban on DJI drones, called the “Countering CCP Drones Act” into a
Read MoreAnthropic said its Claude 3.5 Sonnet model outperforms competitor models on various benchmarks but with the speed and cost of its mid-tier Claude model. Read more: Anthropic launches its first Claude 3.5 model to challenge OpenAI
Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority T-Mobile has now implemented address verification for its unlimited Home Internet service. People were taking their home gateway devices with them to get 5G internet when traveling. Affected users will now need to return their gateways to the original address or verify their new address. T-Mobile previously announced that
Read MoreUntil the early 2000s, the computer processors available on the market were essentially all single-core chips. There were some niche layouts that used multiple processors on the same board for improved parallel operation, and it wasn’t until the POWER4 processor from IBM in 2001 and later things like the AMD Opteron and Intel Pentium D
Read MoreUpgrades in macOS Sequoia make it possible to run the Windows-based Xenia Xbox 360 emulator on your Mac. Here’s how. Xbox 360 and 360 “S” models. Xbox 360 was the second, third, and fourth generation of Microsoft’s game console which launched in 2005. There were three iterations of the console: the original, the slim or
Read MoreUpgrades in macOS Sequoia make it possible to run the Windows-based Xenia Xbox 360 emulator on your Mac. Here’s how. Xbox 360 and 360 “S” models. Xbox 360 was the second, third, and fourth generation of Microsoft’s game console which launched in 2005. There were three iterations of the console: the original, the slim or
Read MoreAfter Space Shuttle Atlantis’ drive-by repair of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in May of 2009, the end of the STS program meant that the space telescope had to fend for itself with no prospect for any further repair missions. The weakest point turned out to be the gyroscopes, with of the original six only
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority New York is introducing two new laws designed to better protect kids online. The first law would limit feeds to followed accounts, turning off automatic suggestions. The second law would limit the data collected around minors. Both laws are likely to face opposition in the near future, as not
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority New York is introducing two new laws designed to better protect kids online. The first law would limit feeds to followed accounts, turning off automatic suggestions. The second law would limit the data collected around minors. Both laws are likely to face opposition in the near future, as not
Read More[3DJake] likes putting textures on 3D prints using things like patterned build plates and fuzzy skin. However, both of those techniques have limitations. The build plate only lets you texture the bottom, and the fuzzy skin texture isn’t easy to control. So he shows how to use Blender to create specific textures to produce things
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