A video supposedly showing the L-shaped battery for iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max reveals bigger capacities, but the numbers aren’t surprising. iPhone 16 Pro could get a bigger battery Apple has consistently fallen well under the curve of expected battery sizes compared to its competitors, but that has always been attributed to
Read MoreClient delivery director for Expleo Audrey Griffin discusses how to deal with change in the tech industry and making every challenge an opportunity for success. Read more: Expleo’s Audrey Griffin: How to stop ‘skill decay’ taking root in your career
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Some of the most infamous so-called shadow libraries have increasingly faced legal pressure to either stop pirating books or risk being shut down or driven to the dark web. Among the biggest targets are Z-Library, which the US Department of Justice has charged with criminal copyright
Read MoreImage: OnLeaks / SmartPrix It looks like the not-yet-announced Galaxy Z Flip 6 is getting a tiny boost in battery capacity compared to the Z Flip 5, according to FCC testing records spotted by MySmartPrice. The Galaxy Ring’s size ranges and battery ratings showed up, too, revealing good news for the small-of-finger, as it’s been
Read MoreThe term “auth” is ambiguous, often meaning either authentication (authn) or authorization (authz), which leads to confusion and poor system design. Instead, Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya, a software engineer at AI market research platform Remesh, argues that the industry adopt the terms “login” for authentication and “permissions” for authorization, as these are clearer and help maintain distinct,
Read MoreGoogle is introducing the Gemini AI chatbot to Chromebook Plus models, enhancing features like text rewriting, image editing, and hands-free control. Here are a few of the top new features coming to ChromeOS, as summarized by Wired: The first notable feature is Help Me Write, which works in any text box. Select text in any
Read MoreThe term “auth” is ambiguous, often meaning either authentication (authn) or authorization (authz), which leads to confusion and poor system design. Instead, Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya, a software engineer at AI market research platform Remesh, argues that the industry adopt the terms “login” for authentication and “permissions” for authorization, as these are clearer and help maintain distinct,
Read MoreImage: OnLeaks / SmartPrix It looks like the not-yet-announced Galaxy Z Flip 6 is getting a tiny boost in battery capacity compared to the Z Flip 5, according to FCC testing records spotted by MySmartPrice. The Galaxy Ring’s size ranges and battery ratings showed up, too, revealing good news for the small-of-finger, as it’s been
Read More[Thomas] found an interesting probable millivoltmeter with some Beckman displays. Like many instruments from that time period, this one had a lot of tobacco smoke residue inside. The display unit inside had a sticker that not only showed the company that made it, but also had their Telex number on it, another sign of the
Read MoreIt dons a familiar look, but you can expect many meaningful upgrades for the 2024 Beats Pill. | Image: 9to5Mac Leaked renders and celebrity sightings are clues for a likely summer launch of Apple’s upcoming Beats Pill speaker — its first since the Pill Plus, which we called “the best yet” when it launched in
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Verizon is doubling down on efforts to sell you streaming services. Starting May 30th, the company will offer a discounted $10 / subscription to YouTube Premium through its myPlan perks. YouTube Premium typically costs $13.99, letting you watch videos on the platform ad-free, download content, and access YouTube
Read MoreThe Internet Archive is “currently in its third day of warding off an intermittent DDoS cyber-attack,” writes Chris Freeland, Director of Library Services at Internet Archive, in a blog post. While library staff stress that the archives are safe, access to its services are affected, including the Wayback Machine. From the post: Since the attacks
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority A regulatory body appears to confirm that a Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is on the way. Multiple regulatory bodies also appear to show a model number of SM-L705F and 10W charging. The Galaxy Watch 7 series, including the Galaxy Watch Ultra, could launch on July 10. We’re expecting a
Read MoreGet a load of this guy. | Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images Fine, Vivek Ramaswamy, you wanted my attention and now you have it. Before now, I knew you primarily as the guy who lied so hysterically my hometown police department had to come out and explain that you’d been parked illegally when you
Read MoreOnce Upon a Time in Shaolin, pictured on its current owner’s website. | Image: PleasrDAO Very few people have heard the only copy of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the Wu-Tang Clan album that disgraced pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli bought at auction in 2015. Starting next month, though, you’ll be able to hear a
Read MoreJan Leike, one of OpenAI’s “superalignment” leaders, who resigned last week due to AI safety concerns, has joined Anthropic to continue the mission. According to Leike, the new team “will work on scalable oversight, weak-to-strong generalization, and automated alignment research.” TechCrunch reports: A source familiar with the matter tells TechCrunch that Leike will report directly
Read MoreThe Xencelabs Pen Display 16 is a great alternative to Wacom for digital artists who want to level up artistry on the Mac. The Xencelabs Pen Display 16 in use Artists in 2024 are working in more spaces and ways than ever before. From home offices to schools, shared workspaces, libraries, and coffee shops, the
Read MoreThe number of proposed features for Java Development Kit (JDK) 23, the next planned version of standard Java, has climbed to an even dozen. The latest addition includes scoped values, which enable a method to share immutable data both within a thread and with child threads. Due September 17, JDK 23 also will include a
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Images of an Apple Watch band that never made it to production have emerged online. The sports version was reportedly available in red and white. There was also a leather version in brown, red, and ultraviolet. The band may have been canceled due to production difficulties and other problems
Read MoreBrianFagioli writes: Canonical has officially released the optimized Ubuntu 24.04 image for the Milk-V Mars, a credit-card-sized RISC-V single board computer (SBC) developed by Shenzhen MilkV Technology Co., Ltd. The Milk-V Mars is the world’s first high-performance RISC-V SBC of its size. Powered by the StarFive JH7110 quad-core processor, the board is equipped with up
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Two years ago when “Michael,” an owner of cryptocurrency, contacted Joe Grand to help recover access to about $2 million worth of bitcoin he stored in encrypted format on his computer, Grand turned him down. Michael, who is based in Europe and asked to remain anonymous, stored
Read MoreImage: The Verge Browser bloat has long been a problem, but now Microsoft is doing something about it, and not by reducing features but by speeding the browser up. The company is working to make Edge’s user interface more responsive, starting with its Browser Essentials menu. This menu — which displays information about Edge’s performance
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google’s search algorithm is perhaps the most consequential system on the internet, dictating what sites live and die and what content on the web looks like. But how exactly Google ranks websites has long been a mystery, pieced together by journalists, researchers, and people working in search engine optimization. Now, an explosive
Read MoreRussia may charge domestic companies to use foreign software, the TASS news agency quoted Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadaev as saying on Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to cut dependency on foreign technology and bolster its own. From a report: President Vladimir Putin has made achieving technological independence a key goal, as Western sanctions over the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has added an official Copilot bot within the messaging app Telegram, which lets users search, ask questions, and converse with the AI chatbot. Copilot for Telegram is currently in beta but is free for Telegram users on mobile or desktop. People can chat with Copilot for Telegram
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