Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority YouTube is testing a new AI-powered “Ask” button that lets you type questions about the video you’re watching and receive real-time answers. This feature is currently available to select YouTube Premium subscribers in the United States using the Android app. Google’s AI is everywhere, and its next goal
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Consumers have grown accustomed to the prospect that their personal data, such as email addresses, social contacts, browsing history and genetic ancestry, are being collected and often resold by the apps and the digital services they use. With the advent of consumer neurotechnologies, the
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The Senate is moving forward on a vote to reauthorize a controversial program that allows warrantless surveillance of foreign “targets.” Before voting on the reauthorization bill, senators had to vote on a cloture motion to begin voting. The cloture motion passed 67–32, just one day
Read MoreCredit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Google is undergoing a major internal reorganization. This shift will combine the efforts of its hardware and software teams. The aim is to speed up the implementation of AI across its products Ever since Google went all-in on AI, the company has been working on ways to speed up
Read MoreApple has plans to move its existing Montreal-based Saint-Cathrerine location to a heritage building in downtown Montreal. Apple’s existing Apple Sainte-Catherine location | Image Credit: Apple This relocation comes as part of Apple’s efforts to revitalize its physical retail presence across the globe. The new Apple retail store will be located at Apple will settle
Read More[Peter Holderith] set out some time ago to build an electric go-kart. That by itself is not terribly unusual, but where his project diverts from the usual is in the fact that each of the four wheels has an integrated hub motor. It might not look it, but each wheel has an integrated hub motor.
Read MoreAnker is amongst the first accessory makers to rerelease MagSafe-compatible accessories that now support the Qi2 standard. | Image: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Qi2 brings MagSafe-like fast magnetic wireless charging for any device. Continue reading…
Read MoreUrsa is a new keycap profile for Topre keyboards. I want it. | Render: FKCaps Listen, I don’t want to be the guy who always posts about weird keyboard stuff. I have other interests. But I need to tell the dozens of Verge readers with Topre keyboards about these keycaps. Ursa is a new spherical
Read MoreOne juror in former US president Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York has been excused over fears she could be identified. It could get even messier.
Read MoreThe U.S. Copyright Office has granted a copyright registration to Elisa Shupe, a retired U.S. Army veteran, for her novel “AI Machinations: Tangled Webs and Typed Words,” which extensively used OpenAI’s ChatGPT in its creation. The registration is among the first for creative works incorporating AI-generated text, but with a significant caveat – Shupe is
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Microsoft has developed a new AI tool called VASA-1 that can generate videos from a single image and audio clip. This technology has incredible potential for positive uses but also carries the risk of harmful manipulation. Microsoft insists they are approaching VASA-1 with caution, emphasizing the need for proper
Read MoreMacworld Watching what you want to watch on a hotel TV can be frustrating, especially now that so much of TV is dominated by streaming services. Customers rejoiced when Apple announced the iOS 17 feature at WWDC last summer that hotels would soon support AirPlay in a secure fashion on their hotel TVs, but the
Read MoreAs funny as it was when the AI Pin utterly failed at translating Korean and Japanese, it also broke my heart. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Of all the things the Humane AI Pin promised, I was most intrigued by translation. In a demo, a man speaks to Humane co-founder Imran
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Today is my last day at The Verge, and this will be my final issue of Hot Pod. I’ll have one more story coming out in the next week or two. But until then, I
Read MoreWhile CD players are nothing new today, they were the height of high-tech in the early 1980s. [w1ngsfly] shows us the inside of a Phase Linear 9500 player from 1983. Not only does it have many components, but it is also mechanically unusual. The CD loads into a toaster-like slot and even pops out like
Read MoreNigeria will criminalize the destruction of broadband fiber cables following repeated complaints by MTN Nigeria and other telecommunications companies that they are losing billions of naira, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: Nigeria’s works ministry, which supervises federal road constructors, is finalizing the regulation that will be signed as
Read MoreRobert F. Kennedy Jr. launched his campaign one year ago this week.
Read MoreThe second golden age of portable gaming is here! Mostly. These are the top gadgets for taking your video games on the go.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Meta is rolling out real-time AI image generation in beta for WhatsApp users in the US. As soon as you start typing a text-to-image prompt in a chat with Meta AI, you’ll see how the image changes as you add more detail about what you want to create. In the example shared
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: A financially motivated criminal hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of records that companies use for screening potential customers for links to sanctions and financial crime. The hackers, which call themselves GhostR, said they stole 5.3 million records from the World-Check screening database in
Read MoreSpeakers at a conference for Constitutional Sheriffs claimed that militias need to patrol polling stations to stop the “expected flood” of immigrant voters.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A new hamburger-style menu icon has been added to the Google Phone app. Google could be testing a new layout for the app. The menu only has two options: Contacts and Voicemail. Google appears to be tinkering around with the layout of its Phone app. It appears the Android
Read MoreWhen was the last time your friends made you a playlist? | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Writing about the decline of Pitchfork made me sad about the music industry — and also about the state of music discovery. Besides the fact that TikTok doesn’t prioritize music as anything other
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google could soon add satellite connectivity features to Maps. Google Maps beta v11.125 has strings of code suggesting you’ll be able to update you location via satellite every 15 minutes, five times a day. The feature will only work with devices that support satellite connectivity. It’s no secret Google
Read MoreRad Power Bikes’ new bikes have a renewed focus on safety, with encapsulated batteries, class switching, and now … turn signals.
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