Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Pay will now display relevant card benefits during checkout for select cards. The “Buy Now, Pay Later” options are expanding to more online stores and Android apps. Autofill in Chrome and Android will now allow users to fill in all card details, including security codes. Google has announced
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Caller ID company Truecaller will let users create an AI version of their voice to answer calls. Truecaller is an app that identifies and blocks spam calls that some people prefer over their phone’s default system. Now the service will let users with access to its AI Assistant to record their voice.
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: People whose names get mangled by autocorrect have urged technology companies to fix the problem faster, with one person whose name gets switched to “Satan” saying: “I am tired of it.” People with Irish, Indian and Welsh names are among those calling for improvements to the
Read MoreAfter automatically switching on the adaptive audio mode, Google will group participants in the same room together in the people panel under “merged audio.” | Image: Google Google has introduced “adaptive audio,” a new Google Meet feature that offers Google Workspace users an alternative to dedicated videoconferencing equipment — if their package includes access to
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge After threatening to remove links to California news outlets due to a new bill in the state, Google could cut back its investments in the industry even more. The tech giant has told nonprofit newsrooms that it could halt funding to the Google News Initiative, which provides more than $300 million in
Read MoreCredit: HMD The HMD Vibe is now available for purchase in the US. The budget-tier phone is being for $149. Human Mobile Devices (HMD) Global, the company best known for its Nokia phones, is slowly pivoting away from the Nokia name. The first step to that was creating its first HMD-branded Android smartphones. The handset
Read MoreThe blowout special shaves $700 off the closeout M2 Pro MacBook Pro 16-inch on top of a bonus coupon on optional AppleCare. Grab the exclusive deal while supplies last. The $500 instant rebate can be stacked with a $200 exclusive discount with promo code APINSIDER at Apple Authorized Reseller Adorama. This brings the total savings
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge OpenAI has struck a deal with News Corp, the media company that owns The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, The Daily Telegraph, and others. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI’s deal with News Corp could be worth over $250 million in the next five years “in the form
Read MoreNvidia reported fiscal first-quarter earnings surpassing expectations with strong forecasts, indicating sustained demand for its AI chips. Following the news, the company’s stock rose over 6% in extended trading. Nvidia also said it was splitting its stock 10 to 1. CNBC reports: Nvidia said it expected sales of $28 billion in the current quarter. Wall
Read MoreStay in the amateur radio hobby long enough and you might end up with quite a collection of antennas. With privileges that almost extend from DC to daylight, one antenna will rarely do everything, and pretty soon your roof starts to get hard to see through the forest of antennas. It may be hell on
Read MoreA consumer-grade spyware app has been found running on the check-in systems of at least three Wyndham hotels across the United States, TechCrunch reported Wednesday. From the report: The app, called pcTattletale, stealthily and continually captured screenshots of the hotel booking systems, which contained guest details and customer information. Thanks to a security flaw in
Read MoreCloud-based data warehouse company Snowflake is acquiring assets in the form of an observability platform from Redwood-based TruEra — a startup that specializes in providing lifecycle management capabilities for machine learning and large language models (LLMs) — for an undisclosed sum. To read this article in full, please click here
Read MoreThere appears to be many questions and few answers about MariaDB plc’s long-term strategy following an announcement that its shareholders have accepted an offer by California-based investment firm K1 Investment Management. News that the company that provides database and SaaS services around the open-source database MariaDB had been acquired came on Monday, when it was
Read MoreThe iRobot Select subscription plan that launched with the Roomba j7 Plus has been suspended. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge iRobot has ended its robot vacuum subscription service iRobot Select, which got you a high-end Roomba for less money upfront. But along with free replacement parts and accessories and the option
Read MoreImage: Bluesky Bluesky will now let you send a direct message to other users. For now, you can only send messages containing text, but Bluesky is working on adding support for images and videos. To send a DM, select the chat icon at the bottom of your screen on mobile or hit the chat bubble
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Windows Recall feature is attracting controversy before even venturing out of preview. From a report: The principle is simple. Windows takes a snapshot of a user’s active screen every few seconds and dumps it to disk. The user can then scroll through the snapshots and, when something is selected, the user is given options
Read MoreMicrosoft’s .NET Aspire, an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building distributed applications, is now generally available. The .NET Aspire stack was announced on May 21. Intended to simplify cloud-native development, the Aspire stack unites tools, templates, and NuGet packages to build observable, production-ready applications in .NET more easily, the company said. Developers can get started with
Read MorePhoto by Taylor Hill / WireImage OpenAI could face legal consequences for making a ChatGPT voice that sounds a lot like Scarlett Johansson — whether the company did so intentionally or not. And the fact that OpenAI’s CEO referenced those similarities? That only makes matters worse, intellectual property lawyers tell The Verge. “There are a
Read MoreHmm, should I get cash back or more travel points? | Image: Google Google is adding the ability to see what shopping rewards and savings options you have on your saved credit cards as you check out using Google Pay. The feature is out today on select cards from American Express and Capital One, and
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft is releasing its next Windows 11 update to its Release Preview ring today. It’s the final ring of testing before the 24H2 update will be available to all Windows 11 users. The update includes HDR background support, energy saver, Sudo for Windows, Rust in the Windows kernel, and more. Microsoft will officially
Read MoreThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau declared on Wednesday that customers of the burgeoning buy now, pay later industry have the same federal protections as users of credit cards. From a report: The agency unveiled what it called an “interpretive rule” that deemed BNPL lenders essentially the same as traditional credit card providers under the decades-old
Read MoreJudge Mellor ruled that Craig Wright (pictured) lied “extensively and repeatedly” about being Satoshi Nakamoto. | Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Australian computer scientist Craig Wright lied “extensively and repeatedly” to courts and committed forgery “on a grand scale” in efforts to falsely claim that he invented Bitcoin, a judge at London’s High
Read MoreIllustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The chair of the Federal Communications Commission introduced a proposal Wednesday that could require political advertisers to disclose when they use AI-generated content on radio and TV ads. If the proposal is implemented, the FCC will seek comment on whether to require on-air
Read MorePebblebee isn’t expected to start shipping out its new Find My Device trackers until May 27. However, customers are already starting to see shipment confirmations. Back in April, Google rolled out its revamped Find My Device network. Along with the rollout, item locator maker Pebblebee announced new trackers that would be compatible with the new
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority As previously rumored, T-Mobile has now confirmed a price hike for many of its legacy customers. While the company hasn’t officially specified all affected plans, as of now, it’s known that the increase will impact those on Simple Choice, ONE, and some Magenta plans, as well as potentially older
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