Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority The Wear OS landscape is gaining traction with more names in the field than ever, including Google’s own smartwatch line. We’re only a few months out from the next round of major Wear OS device launches (looking at you, Samsung), and I’m already eager to see what a potential
Read MoreThanks to the native ZIP extractor, extracting ZIP and RAR files has become easier on Windows 11. The extractor is good enough for viewing or copying files from the File Explorer’s interface. However, a few Windows users have recently been facing problems while extracting a ZIP file using the Windows File Explorer extraction utility. Upon
Read MoreWe always hear that future computers will use optical technology. But what will that look like for a general-purpose computer? German researchers explain it in a recent scientific paper. Although the DOC-II used optical processing, it did use some conventional electronics. The question is, how can you construct a general computer that uses only optical
Read MoreBill Toulas reports via BleepingComputer: Google awarded $10 million to 632 researchers from 68 countries in 2023 for finding and responsibly reporting security flaws in the company’s products and services. Though this is lower than the $12 million Google’s Vulnerability Reward Program paid to researchers in 2022, the amount is still significant, showcasing a high
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Inside Climate News: Months in jail and thousands of dollars in fines and legal fees — those are the consequences Alabamians and Arizonans could soon face for selling cell-cultured meat products that could cut into the profits of ranchers, farmers and meatpackers in each state. State legislators from
Read MoreWhen recording using QuickTime Player on a Mac, it’s often useful to be able to pause the recording, but the control for that is not obvious. We’ll show you how to reveal and use it. If you want to record your Mac screen, audio and video from one of your nearby Apple devices, or from
Read MoreThe ball driven Geneva drives that move the marrionette. (Credit: Karakuri channel, YouTube) Over the years we have seen many marble machines, but this one on the [Karakuri channel] (hit CC for subtitles) on YouTube is somewhat special, as it uses Geneva drives to turn the motion of the steel balls going around the circuit
Read MoreTesla and General Motors may be struggling with self-driving tech, but the opposite is true in Asia. WIRED tested China’s top three autopilot systems to see just how far ahead they are.
Read MoreWe always hear that future computers will use optical technology. But what will that look like for a general-purpose computer? German researchers explain it in a recent scientific paper. Although the DOC-II used optical processing, it did use some conventional electronics. The question is, how can you construct a general computer that uses only optical
Read MoreAccording to Bloomberg (paywalled), the Pentagon has reportedly scrapped its plan to allocate $2.5 billion in grants to Intel, causing the firm’s stock to slip in extended-hours trading. From a report: The decision now leaves the U.S. Commerce Department, which is responsible for doling out the funds from the U.S. CHIPs and Science Act, to
Read MoreInvesting in the new M3 MacBook Pro is now more affordable thanks to B&H Photo’s $200 cash discount on this upgraded 14-inch MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM. Take $200 off an upgraded MacBook Pro. The MacBook Pro model in question is the 14-inch version with the 8-core M3 chip supporting a 10-core GPU and 16-core
Read MoreTwo top executives from the crypto exchange Binance have been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly destabilizing the national currency. Quartz reports: According to a Wall Street Journal report, Tigran Gambaryan, head of financial-crime compliance at Binance who previously worked at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan national and Binance’s regional
Read MoreA unanimous vote from a bipartisan group of US lawmakers advanced a bill which would force ByteDance to divest ownership of TikTok, or risk losing access to its vast audience of 170 million in the States. The action wasn’t just a shock to TikTok chiefs; it upended them and cast a shadow over their “most
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Arkady Volozh, the billionaire cofounder of Russia’s biggest internet company, was removed from the EU sanctions list today, clearing the way for his return to the world of international tech. On Tuesday a spokesperson for the European Council confirmed to WIRED that the Yandex cofounder was among
Read MoreA report surrounding mobile app subscriptions provides in-depth data from across 2023, which shows how most struggle to make enough to get by. Becoming successful on the App Store is a challenge It’s no secret that working as an app developer isn’t a guarantee of constant income. Most apps in existence are throw-away projects or
Read MoreAfter 10 years and billions of dollars spent in development, Apple abruptly canceled its ambitious car project known as “Titan,” shifting its focus and resources on the company’s artificial intelligence division. In a recent Q&A on Monday, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (paywalled) shared some new insights about the project and how involved the Apple Silicon team
Read MoreSplit keyboards are great for many reasons, but mostly because you can place the halves as far apart as you want and really give your arms and shoulders the room they need. [Jason Cox] hit the nail on the head, though: add in a couple of palm rests, and you now have four things that
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas tells The Verge that many people are using chatbots like regular search engines. It makes sense to offer information on things they look for, like restaurants, directly from the source. So it’s integrating Yelp’s maps, reviews, and other details in responses
Read MoreTom Warren reports via The Verge: Discord will soon allow developers to build new games and apps that can be used directly in its chat app. A selection of minigames and apps have been available to Discord users for months now, but starting March 18th, all Discord developers will get access to a new Embedded
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The New York Times has denied claims by OpenAI that it “hacked” the company’s artificial intelligence systems to create misleading evidence of copyright infringement, calling the accusation as “irrelevant as it is false.” The Times in a court filing on Monday said OpenAI was “grandstanding” in its
Read MoreJetBrains has unveiled a development roadmap for Ktor, the company’s Kotlin-based framework for building asynchronous client and server applications. Topping the list are OpenTelemetry plugins, gRPC support, simplified dependency injection, and support for managed transactions. JetBrains published the 2024 roadmap for Ktor on March 12. The company said its ongoing plans and goals remain consistent
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images, Nathan Howard Media manipulation meets technological innovation. Continue reading…
Read MoreCourtesy of Marvel Animation Marvel Studios has fired Beau DeMayo, the creator of the upcoming animated Disney Plus series X-Men ’97, according to The Hollywood Reporter. De Mayo previously produced and wrote for another Marvel show, Moon Knight, and has also worked on The Witcher, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, and Star Trek: Strange
Read MoreImage: Bluesky Bluesky will soon let users customize how content is moderated in their feeds. The social platform announced that it’s open-sourcing its moderation tool, called Ozone, to let developers create additional moderation services that can be selected by users. Bluesky already has a team dedicated to content moderation, along with its own set of
Read MoreImage: The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hello! It’s been a bit since we checked in on the news. Today, I’ve got a look at the ongoing financial troubles at NPR member stations, the shutdown of Rooster Teeth, and the new
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