Alongside its main logo promoting the forthcoming iPad event, Apple’s homepage is rotating through half a dozen variants. Three of the Apple logos being used to promote the May iPad event When Apple announced its May 7, 2024, event where it’s expected to launch new editions of the iPad Air and iPad Pro, it did
Read MoreOverall, pulling out your phone is still faster, but it is handy for identifying things when you’re out and about. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It can be handy, confidently wrong, and just plain finicky — but smart glasses are a much more comfortable form factor for this tech. Continue reading…
Read MoreChinese tech giant Kuaishou is laying off employees in their mid-30s as part of a company-wide restructuring plan dubbed “Limestone,” FT reported Tuesday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The move highlights the pervasive ageism in China’s tech sector, where younger workers are favored for their perceived willingness to work long hours and
Read MoreThe readability, maintainability, and usability of switch statements and expressions in Java would be improved by a proposal to allow exceptions to be handled in the switch block. The current OpenJDK proposal, “Exception handling in switch (Preview),” would be part of the Standard Edition of Java, although no specific version Java SE has been designated
Read MoreWe’re not certain whether [Paul Gould]’s kid’s prosthetic elbow joint is intended for use by a real kid or is part of a robotics project — but it caught our eye for the way it packs the guts of a beefy-looking motorized joint into such a small space. At its heart is a cycloidal gearbox,
Read MoreThe Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is the best premium Android phone you can buy, but it was also the model in the latest generation of the Galaxy S line that got a price bump. Retailing for $1,299.99, some shoppers may have thought twice about upgrading. But patient buyers have now been rewarded , with the
Read MoreIn a surprise move, Apple has announced a new iPad event for May 7, with the iPad Pro and iPad Air expected to debut. The event called “Let Loose” is on May 7. However, it is scheduled a bit earlier in the day than normal, happening at 10AM Eastern time. Like other Apple events, it
Read MoreAt first glance, Netflix’s upcoming action thriller Atlas, starring Jennifer Lopez, seemed like it was going to be a rather serious movie about a mech pilot fighting to survive on an inhospitable planet. That could still be the case, but the movie’s latest trailer makes it out to be a bit more of a sci-fi
Read MoreApple executive Alex Rofman says Apple Arcade was not set up to make the company money, but also insists that game developers are getting an income. Apple Arcade Apple Arcade launched in 2019, and was then included in the Apple One bundle in 2020. Today, as it approaches its fifth anniversary, Apple Arcade is also
Read MoreThe new park will be dedicated to the protection and restoration of the area’s significant biodiversity, while also preserving the archaeological heritage of the region. Read more: Kerry chosen to host Ireland’s first marine national park
Read MoreImage: Amazon Amazon is bringing back free(ish) grocery deliveries for orders over $35 in the form of a new monthly subscription program the company announced today. It’s $9.99 per month for Prime members and includes unlimited one-hour grocery delivery where it’s available, as well as unlimited 30-minute grocery pickups, with a half-cost option for low-income
Read MoreResidents clean debris of their destroyed houses at the Khaung Dote Khar Rohingya refugee camp in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on May 15th, 2023, after Cyclone Mocha made landfall. | Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP via Getty Images No other region on Earth experiences more climate, weather, and water-related disasters than Asia, according to
Read MoreMicrosoft has launched Phi-3 Mini, a lightweight AI model with 3.8 billion parameters, as part of its plan to release three small models. Phi-3 Mini, trained on a smaller data set compared to large language models, is available on Azure, Hugging Face, and Ollama. Microsoft claims Phi-3 Mini performs as well as models 10 times
Read MoreThe OnePlus Watch 2 Nordic Blue Edition features a dual-tone dial and a blue-colored fluoro rubber-leather hybrid strap with white stitching accents. The OnePlus Watch 2 Nordic Blue Edition costs £30 more than the regular OnePlus Watch 2. OnePlus is also bringing the OnePlus Pad Go to Europe. The OnePlus Watch 2 is a great
Read MoreWhile most HomePod rumors have claimed that Apple will add a screen to a future model, new research shows the company is thinking about making it a horizontal sound bar. Proposed horizontal HomePod The HomePod mini hasn’t changed since its launch in 2020. Apart from its cancellation and then rebirth, the original HomePod hasn’t changed
Read MoreImage: Alex Parkin / The Verge The TikTok ban appears to be for real this time. (Technically, “the TikTok ban or divesture but hopefully divesture” is probably more accurate, but everybody’s just calling it a ban.) Only a few weeks ago, all momentum for the ban seemed gone. Now, it’s back with a vengeance, with
Read MoreThe Swedish streaming giant that has been investing heavily in AI said its gross profit surpassed €1bn for the first time this year since it was founded in 2006. Read more: Spotify hits record profit as active user base grows to 615m
Read MoreGoWise’s countertop device combines two different cooking functions: air frying and steaming. It’s just OK.
Read Morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JRfZOkoKnY Back in October 2023, Google launched the Pixel 8 series. While the Pixel 8 offered a ton of capabilities at a reasonable price, all eyes were on the Pixel 8 Pro. With the best camera hardware we’ve ever seen in a Pixel, a new chipset, and a slew of AI tricks, the Pixel 8
Read MoreTwenty-five years after Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness launched for Nintendo 64, someone has discovered a new Konami code lurking within — and it’s a pretty useful one. Found by two fans on the Castlevania 64 speedruns Discord server, this code unlocks all characters, plus their alternate costumes, plus a hard mode, on the spot. Previously,
Read MoreAn iPhone ban in the South Korean military that has less to do with security and more to do with a poorly crafted mobile device management suite coupled with nationalism may be expanding to the rank-and-file. iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max The ban, in Samsung’s backyard, has reportedly started in the
Read MoreSimpliSafe’s new live guard outdoor protection service allows its agents to monitor your outdoor security cameras for potential intruders. | Image: SimpliSafe SimpliSafe is bringing live monitoring to its outdoor cameras, adding to the indoor live monitoring service it launched last year. The new live guard outdoor protection service lets SimpliSafe’s human agents view a
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Grzegorz Wajda, Getty Images When Tesla releases its first quarter earnings this afternoon, the company’s CEO Elon Musk will field the usual questions about new products, new factories, and progress toward its futuristic vision of self-driving cars and robot workers. But Musk will also face increasingly urgent
Read MoreAmazon Web Services (AWS) is moving some features of its generative AI application-building service, Amazon Bedrock, to general availability, the company said on Tuesday. These features include guardrails for AI, a model evaluation tool, and new large language models (LLMs). To read this article in full, please click here
Read MoreWe know that stepping back a generation of Android phones is where you get the best value, but you won’t find a deal this good every day or even every month. Woot currently has a limited stock of Google Pixel 7 unlocked handsets available at 40% off, meaning you’ll pay just $359.99. Google Pixel 7
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