Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Philip Pacheco, Bloomberg, Getty Images Despite Epic Games’ surprise win at trial, I was skeptical that Judge James Donato would seriously consider forcing Google to let the Epic Games Store live inside its own Google Play Store, and give it access to every app
Read MoreThe crypto market is on a rollercoaster now. But analysts are optimistic that the market is moving toward a new all-time high. The next bull mania is expected to unleash toward the second half of 2024. Strategic investors are thinking beyond BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP this time. While large-cap coins have saturated, new meme
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shared data on the most impersonated companies in 2023, which include Best Buy, Amazon, and PayPal in the top three. The federal agency detailed the top ten companies scammers impersonate and how much they make depending on the impersonation. By
Read MoreWe just love a good clock around here, and something about those triangles gives this linear LED clock a deliciously mid-century vibe. If you’ve read these pages for any length of time, you know that [andrei.erdei] loves clocks as much as we do, and is always coming up with interesting ways of displaying the passage
Read MoreCredit: Amazon Fans of the Lord of the Rings franchise can’t get enough of Middle Earth. Even Amazon Prime Video got in on the action with the Rings of Power series. It has been a couple of years since the 2022 release, and fans have been itching to learn more about season 2 of The
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Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shared data on the most impersonated companies in 2023, which include Best Buy, Amazon, and PayPal in the top three. The federal agency detailed the top ten companies scammers impersonate and how much they make depending on the impersonation. By
Read MoreUpdate: May 24, 2024 (8 PM ET): We’ve updated our Galaxy Watch 7 rumor hub with a new leak giving us our first look at the Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra. Original article: The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 is easily one of the best smartwatches you can buy, though it’s not a dramatic improvement from its
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan said Wednesday that companies that train their artificial intelligence (A) models on data from news websites, artists’ creations or people’s personal information could be in violation of antitrust laws. At The Wall Street Journal’s “Future of Everything Festival,” Khan
Read MoreImage: Álvaro Bernis / The Verge Social media is abuzz with examples of Google’s new AI Overview product saying weird stuff, from telling users to put glue on their pizza to suggesting they eat rocks. The messy rollout means Google is racing to manually disable AI Overviews for specific searches as various memes get posted,
Read MoreGoogle has warned nonprofit newsrooms that a new California bill taxing Big Tech for digital ad transactions would jeopardize future investments in the U.S. news industry. “This is the second time this year Google has threatened to pull investment in news in response to a regulatory threat in California — but this time, hundreds of
Read MoreNine more accidents have been discovered by federal safety regulators during their safety investigation of Waymo’s self-driving vehicles in Phoenix and San Francisco. TechCrunch reports: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened an investigation earlier this month into Waymo’s autonomous vehicle software after receiving 22 reports of robotaxis making unexpected
Read MoreThere are two types of people in the world: those who have no idea what a regular expression is, and those who not only know what they are but can compose them on the fly and tend to use them in situations where they’re clearly not called for. And it’s that latter camp, of which
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan said Wednesday that companies that train their artificial intelligence (A) models on data from news websites, artists’ creations or people’s personal information could be in violation of antitrust laws. At The Wall Street Journal’s “Future of Everything Festival,” Khan
Read MoreEmma Roth reports via The Verge: The UK could subject big tech companies to hefty fines if they don’t comply with new rules meant to promote competition in digital markets. On Thursday, lawmakers passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (DMCC) through Parliament, which will let regulators enforce rules without the help of the
Read MoreImage: Activision The families of the victims killed in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting are suing Meta and Call of Duty developer Activision over allegations that they promoted the use of firearms to underage boys. The lawsuit claims both companies “knowingly exposed the Shooter to the weapon, conditioned him to see it as the solution
Read MoreYou can get the Sony WH-1000XM5 for under $300 right now, along with tablets, earbuds, and a slew of other discounted items. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge The summer solstice may be when summer officially kicks off, but for many of us, it starts as soon as temperatures begin to rise and
Read MoreYou can get the Sony WH-1000XM5 for under $300 right now, along with tablets, earbuds, and a slew of other discounted items. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge The summer solstice may be when summer officially kicks off, but for many of us, it starts as soon as temperatures begin to rise and
Read MoreStacker for iPod is a Tetris clone that never made it to retail models. | Image: Apple Demo YouTuber Apple Demo has found a prototype third-generation iPod that contains a game called Stacker, which never made it to retail models. In addition to Apple’s own version of Tetris, the engineering sample iPod also came loaded
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: If you’re tired of Google’s AI Overview extracting all value from the web while also telling people to eat glue or run with scissors, you can turn it off — sort of. Google has been telling people its AI box at the top of search results
Read MoreOpenAI has reversed its decision requiring former employees to sign a perpetual non-disparagement agreement to retain their vested equity, stating that they will not cancel any vested units and will remove non-disparagement clauses from departure documents. CNBC reports: The internal memo, which was viewed by CNBC, was sent to former employees and shared with current
Read MoreHuman hands are remarkable pieces of machinery, so it’s no wonder many robots are designed after their creators. The amount of computation required to properly attenuate the grip strength and position of a hand is no joke though, so what if you took a tentacular approach to grabbing things instead? Inspired by ocean creatures, researchers
Read MoreMulti-filament printing can really open up possibilities for your prints, even more so the more filaments you have. Enter the 8-Track from [Armored_Turtle], which will swap between 8 filaments for you! The system is modular, with each spool of filament installed in a drybox with its own filament feeder .The dryboxes connect to the 8-Track
Read MoreCredit: ASUS Detailed specifications of the upcoming Asus ROG Ally X have been leaked, revealing some key upgrades over the ROG Ally. The main highlight is a substantial upgrade to the battery, effectively doubling in size from the current version. The handheld is set for an official launch on June 2, with a rumored price
Read MoreMinnesota this week eliminated two laws that made it harder for cities and towns to build their own broadband networks. From a report: The state-imposed restrictions were repealed in an omnibus commerce policy bill signed on Tuesday by Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat. Minnesota was previously one of about 20 states that imposed significant restrictions
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