Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge For months, Elon Musk has been dropping decidedly unsubtle hints that he believes in the great replacement, a conspiracy theory that liberal elites are “importing” immigrants into the United States, Europe, and Australia to wage political and biological warfare against white people. In a contentious interview that aired
Read MoreFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law HB 3 [PDF], a bill that will give parents of teens under 16 more control over their kids’ access to social media and require age verification for many websites. From a report: The bill requires social media platforms to prevent kids under 14 from creating accounts, and
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: The number of landline users has plummeted with the rise of cellphones, and the 19th-century technology’s days appear to be numbered. Providers like AT&T are looking to exit the business by transitioning customers to cellphones or home telephone service over broadband connections. But for many of the millions of
Read MoreIf you’re willing to wait until Samsung can ship you one of its upcoming 2024 models, you can get a 65-inch LED TV for free. But this preorder promotion ends April 11.
Read MoreThe Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) has been listed on Samsung’s Romanian website. Most of the tablet’s specs and design remain unchanged from its 2022 predecessor. The Tab S6 Lite 2024 features a new processor and comes with S Pen support. Samsung already offers some of the best affordable Android tablets on the market, and
Read MoreGoogle Chrome is a web browser that is popular for its excellent cross-compatibility between devices. If you’re a fan of Chrome browser, you may know about the ‘Send to your Devices’ feature. The send to your devices feature lets you share pages with your connected devices. For example, if you have the same desktop Google
Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority Starting March 26th, T-Mobile customers can claim their free year of MLB.TV subscription (valued at $149.99). T-Mobile also introduced a Secret Baseball Button, which lets you switch between MLB.TV and a fake video call screen with one click. Perfect for discreet Baseball viewing sessions at work, T-Mobile is offering
Read MoreTo reduce application execution time, Java’s segmented code cache would be extended with an optional “hot” code heap to compactly accommodate a part of non-profiled methods, under a draft JDK enhancement proposal now floating in the OpenJDK community. Another success metric of the plan is reducing the fragmentation of highly-optimized code in the code cache.
Read More[Sean Haas] is a “dangerous freelance historian,” and his recent talk at the Vintage Computer Festival in Southern California covers the cryotron — a strange detour on the road to computers circa 1956. The NSA wanted a computer to break codes, but in 1956, there wasn’t much to pick from, especially since they wanted a
Read MoreIt’s time to rummage through your closets and desk drawers for forgotten tech as another iPhone with 4GB of storage sold at an auction for over $130,000. Image Credit: LCG Auctions In mid-March, a 4GB original-release iPhone hit the auction block at LCG Auctions. The model was noted to be in fantastic condition, with seven
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: About 6,000 older Bitcoin mining machines in the US will soon be idled and sent to a warehouse in Colorado Springs where they’ll be refreshed and resold to buyers overseas looking to profit from mining in lower-cost environs. Wholesaler SunnySide Digital operates the 35,000 square-foot facility taking in the
Read MoreApple’s AI strategy may not necessarily be to only offer the best AI apps it can produce, but instead deliver an enhanced AI App Store that may debut at WWDC. Apple AI Apple, like many other tech companies, is hard at work introducing AI elements to its operating systems and software, and could potentially bring
Read MoreJust days after the first reports claimed Apple was looking for a local AI provider in China, local media is claiming that the deal has already been made. Baidu logo According to a March 22 report, Apple was feeling out potential partners in China to supply generative AI technologies, to avoid potential regulatory issues. Now,
Read MoreAtlas VPN informed customers on Monday that it will discontinue its services on April 24, citing technological demands, market competition, and escalating costs as key factors in the decision. The company said it will transfer its paid subscribers to its sister company, NordVPN, for the remainder of their subscription period to ensure uninterrupted VPN services.
Read MoreYouTuber Scott Yu-Jan is back at it again, this time fusing a Mac Studio and an iPad mini into a design inspired by the original Macintosh. Image Credit: Scott Yu-Jan Inspired by the 1984 Macintosh, designer and YouTuber Scott Yu-Jan decided to see if he could find a way to make use of his underutilized
Read MoreMacworld If you’ve been hoping Apple would release new accessories that enhance the Vision Pro experience, you may be in luck. MacRumors cites “a source familiar with the matter” in its report that Apple has internally tested a new Apple Pencil accessor that supports visionOS. Beyond that, almost nothing is really known about the hardware
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Have you ever wondered what running a cutting-edge AI chatbot like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot costs? Estimates vary, but analysts believe the operational expenses amount to millions of dollars within a week! That’s a lot of money for any company to sink into a free service — without any
Read MoreA day after the US Department of Justice filed its omnibus antitrust lawsuit against Apple, consumers filed a trio of class-action lawsuits for allegedly monopolizing the smartphone market. App Store icon On March 20, the U.S. Department of Justice unleashed its lawsuit against Apple, following a five-year antitrust investigation into the iPhone maker’s business practices.
Read MoreNot long ago, OpenAI unveiled a new iteration of ChatGPT, known as ChatGPT-4V or 4 Vision. This version allows users to upload images, photos, text, or mathematical problems, and it can analyze these and respond to questions based on the uploaded image. This remarkably powerful feature is currently only available to ChatGPT Plus account holders.
Read MoreA coalition of tech companies, including Intel, Google, Arm, and Qualcomm, hopes to loosen Nvidia’s grip on the AI market. | Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Major tech companies are attempting to eliminate software advantages that have helped Nvidia dominate the artificial intelligence market. According to Reuters, a group formed by Intel, Google,
Read MoreBack by popular demand, OWC’s 14-port Thunderbolt Dock for MacBooks is discounted to $99.99, matching the lowest price on record. But the month-end deal is valid for a limited time only. If you’re looking to add ports to your Mac setup in the office or at home, OWC’s Thunderbolt dock is an easy-to-use solution. And
Read MoreApple has been hit with a flurry of new consumer lawsuits accusing the iPhone maker of monopolizing the smartphone market, piggybacking on a sweeping antitrust case lodged by the U.S. Justice Department and 15 states last week. From a report: At least three proposed class actions have been filed since Friday in California and New
Read MoreImage: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images In a decision filed Monday, federal Judge Charles Breyer dismissed a lawsuit from Elon Musk’s X against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), saying the company’s case is “about punishing the Defendants [CCDH] for their speech.” Judge Breyer writes that X’s “motivation in bringing this case
Read MoreThe mechanical keyboard might sell out faster than its light-based optical switches can read your keystrokes. | Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge Amazon’s Big Spring Sale ends today, March 25th, but you can find even more savings elsewhere. For example, Woot is discounting one of Razer’s most popular mechanical keyboards, the Razer Huntsman
Read MoreTaking inspiration from the shores of Ringaskiddy in Co Cork, a UCD-led project aims to create a world-first in eco-engineering along the shoreline of Dublin Port. Read more: How 3D-printed units can boost marine life along Dublin Port
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