Proba-3’s occulter blocks the Sun’s light for the coronagraph. | Image: European Space Agency The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to create its own solar eclipses so that researchers can study one of the more difficult-to-observe parts of the Sun’s anatomy: its blazing-hot corona. To do that, it hopes to fly two separate spacecraft,
Read MoreThe European Union and the US plan to enlist AI in the search for replacements to so-called forever chemicals that are prevalent in semiconductor manufacturing, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing a draft statement. From the report: The pledge forms part of the conclusions to this week’s joint US-EU Trade and Technology Council taking place in
Read MoreMacworld In March 2024, Apple introduced new MacBook Air models with M3 chips bringing the MacBook Air into line with the MacBook Pro models that have featured the M3 and variants of that chip since October 2023. The news means that now is a great time to buy a MacBook Air, either one of the
Read MoreMicrosoft announced an extended support program for Windows 10 last year that would allow users to pay for continued security updates beyond the October 2025 end of support date. Today, the company has unveiled the pricing structure for that program, which starts at $61 per device, and doubles every year for three years. Windows Central:
Read MoreImage: The Verge / Meta AI Have you ever seen an Asian person with a white person, whether that’s a mixed-race couple or two friends of different races? Seems pretty common to me — I have lots of white friends! To Meta’s AI-powered image generator, apparently this is impossible to imagine. I tried dozens of
Read MoreNiantic will be supporting the Apple Vision Pro with its 8th Wall Metaversal Deployment, which could make it easier for developers to bring WebAR experiences to Apple’s mixed-reality headset. Apple Vision Pro [Niantic/8th Wall] One of the challenges of app development is to make it work across multiple different hardware and software platforms. With Niantic’s
Read MoreWe’ve just been shown a creation that definitely belongs on the list of impressive videogame replicas. This BR55 rifle built by [B Squared Mfg] not only looks exactly like its in-game Halo 2 counterpart, it’s also a fully functional firearm chambered in 5.56. The attention to detail even brings us a game-accurate electronic ammo counter.
Read MoreDeadline: Drew Goddard, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Martian who also directed The Cabin in the Woods, has been set to write and direct a new Matrix movie at Warner Bros. The franchise’s original co-scribe and co-director Lana Wachowski is executive producing. It’s still early days in regards to whether core cast members Keanu Reeves,
Read MorePhoto by Chance Yeh / Getty Images for HubSpot This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. I have never gotten so many responses to an issue as I did with last week’s on Andrew Huberman. He seems to elicit an even stronger response than
Read MoreAndroid has had a desktop mode since Android 10, but it’s incredibly barebones. Google has been working on revamping this desktop mode since late 2022. In Android 15, Google is making significant changes to the desktop mode, focusing on better windowing capabilities. Android excels as an operating system for mobile devices, but it’s always fallen
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Lines of code in the Skype Android app suggest a teleprompter mode is in the works. The mode would allow you to change text style, text size, and teleprompter speed. Skype, one of the best alternatives to FaceTime on Android, appears to be working on a new feature for
Read MoreThe next Drag Race Ru-volution doesn’t involve Ru at all.
Read MoreImage: Netflix Henry Cavill may be gone, but Netflix’s live-action adaptation of The Witcher is soldiering on with even more seasons inspired by Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels. Continue reading…
Read MoreMicrosoft Store is a one-stop destination for apps and games on the Windows operating system. The App Store is built into Windows 10/11 and is of great use. Even though Microsoft is making lots of efforts to improve its app stores, it still has a few bugs that prevent users from installing their favorite apps.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Ford’s electric vehicles aren’t doing too bad despite a lot of gloom in the industry over a slowdown in EV sales growth. But hybrids are where the Blue Oval is really crushing it, posting its best quarter in its nearly 20 years of selling gas-electric hybrids. The automaker
Read MoreImage: Meta Facebook is launching an updated mobile video player that will bring the vertical look made ubiquitous by TikTok and Reels to all of the platform’s video content, Meta announced in a blog post on Wednesday. Under the new design, Reels, Facebook Live, and longform videos will default to a full-screen portrait-oriented video format.
Read Moresmooth wombat writes: Chase bank announced a new program that will allow brands to target Chase customers based on the customer’s purchases. According to the press release, the new program is called Chase Media Solutions and “serves as a key conduit for brands, connecting them with consumers’ personal passions and interests. In turn, Chase customers
Read MoreA report claims that accounts associated with the suspect suggested that he was also ready to join a militia.
Read MoreCredit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Google’s long-awaited modernized Find My Device network is finally active in the latest beta of Google Play Services. Despite the service appearing in Play Services, the network is not “on” quite yet. This suggests an imminent launch, though, likely at or around Google I/O 2024 in May. At Google
Read MoreApple’s strategies within its Services sector, particularly through Apple Music and Apple TV+, are drawing antitrust attention, despite not being close to having monopoly power. Apple Music & Apple TV+ draw antitrust scrutiny The company’s approach to integrating its services within its devices has been a double-edged sword. On one hand, it provides a seamless
Read MoreUsing hardware created by Quantinuum, Microsoft said its latest research upgrades us to a new level beyond what is known as ‘noisy’ intermediate-scale quantum. Read more: Microsoft quantum breakthrough could bring new era of computing
Read MoreMicrosoft and Quantinuum today announced a major breakthrough in quantum error correction. Using Quantinuum’s ion-trap hardware and Microsoft’s new qubit-virtualization system, the team was able to run more than 14,000 experiments without a single error. From a report: This new system also allowed the team to check the logical qubits and correct any errors it
Read MoreThere is much to be found online about recovering data from corrupt SD cards, but [StezStix Mix] had an entirely different problem with his card. He’d filmed an important video to it, then dropped it and ran his office chair over it, snapping it almost in half. He’s put up a couple of videos showing
Read MoreA new rumor about the iPhone 16 Pro says that it will use the color-infused back glass system of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus to provide durability and better colors. iPhone 16 Pro could us the same back glass color technique as the iPhone 15 The color lineup for the iPhone 16 Pro
Read MoreOpenTofu’s founders had a mission. Upset by HashiCorp licensing changes in August 2023 to its popular Terraform infrastructure-as-code tool, OpenTofu set out to be the “open source successor to the MPLv2-licensed Terraform,” further promising that it “will be community-driven, impartial, layered and modular, and backward-compatible.” Hugely promising, but extraordinarily difficult to pull off. So difficult
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