After years of mediocrity, the Lenovo-owned Motorola brand is currently in the midst of a resurgence. Both the Razr Plus and the Motorola Edge Plus (2023) received highly positive reviews here at Android Authority and from consumers at large. This is especially encouraging for those in the US, where we have a limited selection of
Read MoreYes, there are hundreds of websites and apps to watch videos, but YouTube seems to be the best option. YouTube is not only free but also has more content than any other platform. Every minute, thousands of users upload videos to the platform. Regarding the mobile app, YouTube’s mobile app is feature rich, but users
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is showing AI-generated result summaries for some searches as part of its Search Generative Experience (SGE). This feature was previously optional but is now being tested on a limited group of US users without them needing to sign up. Google is testing a new feature that utilizes AI
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Microsoft is naming Pavan Davuluri as its new Windows and Surface chief today. After Panos Panay’s surprise departure to Amazon last year, Microsoft split up the Windows and Surface groups under two different leaders. Davuluri took over the Surface silicon and devices work, with Mikhail Parakhin leading a new team focused on
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge, written by Nilay Patel: Today, I’m talking to Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky Social, which is a decentralized competitor to Twitter, er, X. Bluesky actually started inside of what was then known as Twitter — it was a project from then-CEO Jack Dorsey, who spent
Read MoreEarlier today, the U.S. and U.K. accused hackers linked to the Chinese state of being behind “malicious” cyber campaigns targeting political figures. The U.K. government also blamed China for a 2021 cyberattack that compromised the personal information of millions of U.K. voters. In response, PBS reports that the U.S. and British government announced sanctions against
Read MoreImage: Nissan Nissan has laid out a new plan to electrify 16 of the 30 vehicles it produces by 2026, with the rest using internal combustion instead. For those of us in North America, the company says it plans to release seven new vehicles in the US and Canada, although it’s not clear how many
Read MoreA top executive from the crypto exchange Binance has escaped custody in Nigeria after being arrested for allegedly destabilizing the country’s national currency. The Associated Press reports: Nadeem Anjarwalla, the regional manager for Binance in Africa, “fled Nigeria using a smuggled passport,” the office of Nigeria’s National Security Adviser said in a statement, calling for
Read MoreFinding extraterrestrial life in any form would be truly one of the largest discoveries in humankind’s history, yet after decades of scouring the surface of Mars and investigating other bodies like asteroids, we still have found no evidence. While we generally assume that we’re looking for carbon-based lifeforms in a water-rich environment like Jupiter’s moon
Read MoreTobias Mann reports via The Register: The land surrounding a nuclear power plant might not sound like prime real estate, but as more bit barns seek to trim costs, it’s poised to become a rather hot commodity. All datacenters are energy-hungry but with more watt-greedy AI workloads on the horizon, nuclear power has fresh appeal,
Read MoreLearn how to transfer items between apps on your iPad easily using features like Slide Over and a few simple gestures. How to drag and drop items between apps on iPad One of the nice things about iPadOS is the built-in ability to move items between apps. With a simple gesture, you can easily pull
Read MoreWith Apple’s thrifty approach to discounts, we expected to wait a lot more than a few weeks before seeing a deal on the 2024 MacBook Air. We’re happy to have been proved wrong, with the base model of the 13-inch laptop already showing a $75 price drop on Amazon. 2024 Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M3,
Read MoreThese days, the bar for home-built projects is high. With 3D printers, CNC, and cheap service providers, you can’t get away with building circuits in a shoe box or an old Tupperware container. While most people now have access to additive manufacturing gear, traditional subtractive equipment is still a bit less common. [Someone Should Make
Read MoreA SWAT team in St. Louis County mistakenly raided the home of Brittany Shamily and her family, based on the inaccurate tracking of stolen AirPods by the “FindMy” app. The family is suing for damages stemming from embarrassment, unreasonable use of force, loss of liberty, and other factors. The Riverfront Times reports: Around 6:30 p.m.
Read MorePlease don’t sign up for this program. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Telegram is offering a new way to earn a premium subscription free of charge: all you have to do is volunteer your phone number to relay one-time passwords (OTP) to other users. This, in fact, sounds like an awful idea
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Tennessee made history on Thursday, becoming the first U.S. state to sign off on legislation to protect musicians from unauthorized artificial intelligence impersonation. “Tennessee (sic) is the music capital of the world, & we’re leading the nation with historic protections for TN artists & songwriters against emerging
Read MoreMacworld Update March 25: Apple releases macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 with fixes for several major bugs, including the ones mentioned here. Apple released the macOS Sonoma 14.4 update two weeks ago, and while you might be enjoying its new emojis, you might also be suffering through some major issues hindering your ability to use your Mac properly. In
Read MoreThe FTX bankruptcy estate has raised $884 million by selling the majority of its Anthropic shares to two dozen institutional investors. “The sale of the Anthropic shares is a big win for the FTX estate, which pledged in January to pay back the defunct exchange’s customers 100% of the value of their holdings at the
Read MoreYou can save $200 on Google’s Pixel 8 and use the savings on a matching smartwatch. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Spring is a season of refreshment and renewal. It’s an “upgrade season,” if you will, and Amazon’s Big Spring Sale offers a little something for everyone to add faster and
Read MoreStability AI founder and chief executive Emad Mostaque has stepped down from the top role and the unicorn startup’s board, the buzzy firm said. From a report: Stability AI, which has been backed by investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Coatue Management, doesn’t have an immediate permanent replacement for the CEO role but has appointed
Read MoreMacworld According to the Wall Street Journal and others, shares of Baidu are up today on reports out of the Chinese media that Apple is in talks to license AI services from the Chinese tech giant. Baidu operates ERNIE Bot, a generative AI based on a large language model based AI similar in concept to
Read MoreThis week, Google removed the public listing for the Google Pixel 6a at the Google Store. Even if you try to visit the URL directly, it forwards you to the Pixel 7a listing. This move happened as the expected Pixel 8a launch drew near. In 2022, Google launched the first budget phone in its refreshed
Read MoreFollowing iOS and iPadOS updates late last week, Apple has released a complementary update to macOS Sonoma with security updates and some big bug fixes. macOS Sonoma 14.4 update breaks USB monitor hubs It’s still not fully clear what the update contains in its entirety. The patch notes displayed for a manual update mention the
Read More3 Body Problem executive producers Alexander Woo, David Benioff, and D.B. Weiss. | Image: Ed Miller / Netflix Between its expanded, more ethnically diverse cast and its more advanced take on virtual reality gaming, Netflix’s new 3 Body Problem series unfolds in a very different way than the book it’s adapting. Cixin Liu’s novel is
Read MoreIf you’re still on an iPhone 11 or iPhone 12 series model, Apple wants you to know why you should upgrade to one of any iPhone 15 models with a new comparison tool. New iPhone compare page Customers have always been able to compare Macs, iPads, iPhones, and other Apple products using a simple spec
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