Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Here’s the situation: you’re typing a report for work, and you suddenly have to write the phrase “Jones née Berkowitz.” Or you are adding a phrase in Spanish and need to use the word “años.” How do you add the special characters to the letters? Special characters (also
Read MoreWith WWDC 2024 less than a month away, rumors have shifted to the Apple Vision Pro expanding overseas afterwards. Apple Vision Pro will be arriving in more Apple Stores worldwide It’s not going to be before WWDC now, so it has to be afterwards. Tim Cook has already publicly said that the Apple Vision Pro
Read MoreIkea’s new Energy Insights feature will offer real-time data on energy consumption and electricity spot prices. | Photo: Ikea Energy management is a big benefit of the smart home, and more companies are starting to offer easier ways to monitor and control your home’s energy use through their app on your phone. The next level
Read MoreGoogle announced on Monday that it is preparing to bring its experimental Project Starline videoconferencing technology to the market. The company is collaborating with HP to integrate the system, which creates 3D projections of participants, into existing platforms like Google Meet and Zoom. The move aims to make the technology more accessible for offices and
Read MoreThere’s a lot going on behind the scenes of Formula E, as teams like Jaguar TCS use digital twins to prepare their drivers, while vast amounts of racing data is used to boost EV technology. Read more: What’s under the hood of Formula E racing?
Read MoreSparked by new Apple iPad Pro and iPad Air models, third-party makers are debuting a host of accessories. Here are the ones we like the most. iPad Air and iPad Pro accessory roundup Apple recently debuted new iPad Air and iPad Pro models, which means it’s time to start thinking about new accessories. We’ve picked
Read MoreMaking a quadcopter go fast would seem to be quite simple: just strap on powerful motors, aim the quadcopter roughly at where you want it to go fast, and let ‘er rip. Because of aerodynamics and other pesky physical laws there are a few complications to this, of course, but this didn’t deter [Luke Bell] and
Read MoreThe North American ID Buzz. | Photo: Volkswagen Volkswagen is one step closer to delivering the ID Buzz in the US, today revealing initial battery, powertrain, and trim options available when the all-electric microbus goes on sale later this year. To start, the automaker will offer a First Edition model that comes with exclusive wheels,
Read MoreBuyers of the new iPad Air and iPad Pro now have an option with AppleCare+ to get broken screens replaced for just $29. AppleCare+ logo atop an iPad The new low fee is the same one that Apple has been running for iPhones since 2018, and it comes with the same condition. Specifically, the screen
Read MoreWe may have found a bigger leak than that in Old Trafford’s roof, but if this turns out to be true it is going to be huge. Changes made today in the Rockstar Launcher would seem to point to the fact that Rockstar may be about to do something nobody ever thought a) was possible
Read MoreThis means that Europe’s most popular holiday accommodation booking service will now joins the ranks of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. Read more: EU says Booking.com is a gatekeeper under DMA rules
Read MoreSquarespace said on Monday it has agreed to be taken private by private equity firm Permira in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $6.9 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Squarespace stockholders will receive $44.00 per share in cash, representing a premium of about 29% over the company’s 90-day volume weighted average trading price.
Read MoreVideo games Twitch streamer Rudeism, known for playing games with, well, weird controllers for nearly a decade, has perhaps outdone himself this time. He’s been playing Baldur’s Gate 3 with a custom-made, 3D-printed Mysterious Artifact, which is based on a key item and piece of lore within the smash-hit role-playing game. As Rudeism (real name
Read MoreMacworld With WWDC 2024 less than a month away, we’re starting to get a good idea of what Apple has in mind as its big software announcements, namely iOS 18. We already knew that AI was likely to be a major theme of the event, but a new report offers specifics of what that will
Read MoreTuesday’s verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string of cases that could make it much harder to skirt financial surveillance.
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority OnePlus is rolling out a new update to the OnePlus Watch 2 that brings two new apps, Relax and Barometer. The update also includes a toggle for “Tap to Wake” and other minor changes. The OnePlus Watch 2 is one of the better Wear OS watches you can buy,
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Have you ever pasted text into your beautifully formatted Microsoft Word document, only for it to ruin everything? Well, the days of the should finally be over, as Microsoft Word will now merge the text’s formatting with your document by default. Unlike the previous “keep source formatting” default, the “merge formatting” option
Read MoreThe European Commission is set to issue new antitrust charges [non-paywalled link] against Microsoft over concerns that the tech giant is undermining competitors to its videoconferencing app Teams, according to FT. The move comes after Microsoft offered concessions last month, including a global plan to unbundle Teams from other software such as Office, in an
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung is starting to roll out One UI 6.1 to the Galaxy A54. The update is currently appearing on devices in South Korea. Other regions should follow soon after. Last week Samsung restarted its launch of One UI 6.1 to the Galaxy S22, Galaxy Z Fold 4, and Galaxy
Read MoreCredit: Supplied by vivo Vivo has launched the X100 Ultra smartphone in China today. It stands out thanks to a 200MP 3.7x periscope camera, with the company claiming good image quality at up to 20x. There’s no word on a global release just yet. We first heard rumors about a vivo phone with a 200MP
Read MoreAfter a year’s gap, Apple has finally updated the iPad Pro, with a surprise M4 debut and OLED in the spotlight for 2024. Here’s how the newest iPad Pro models compare against the previous generation. 2024 iPad Pro with M4 [left], 2022 iPad Pro with M2 [right] The iPad was complete absent from 2023, with
Read MoreToday’s iPads are capable enough to be used as full Digital Audio Workstations, but there’s also a range of audio editing apps for every need — and budget. Here are your best choices. Logic Pro on an iPad One thing that iPads are unexpectedly poor at is recording podcasts — they can’t readily be used
Read MoreYamaha stuffs the beauty of its grand pianos into these spritely premium speakers
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Specifications of the Moto Razr Plus 2024/Moto Razr 50 Ultra have leaked. The device’s upgrades include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, a 50MP primary camera, a 50MP 2x telephoto camera, a bigger 4,000mAh battery, and an IPX8 water resistance rating. The Moto Razr Plus 2024 is expected to
Read MoreThe startup founder Kai-Fu Lee hopes his first artificial intelligence application for consumers will see China have its own ChatGPT moment as he aims to give Silicon Valley a run for its money. His company, 01.AI, is soon to be launching a free productivity assistant called Wanzhi. This will help users create spreadsheets, documents, and
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