Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge If you still haven’t migrated your Oculus account to a Meta one, you might want to do that soon. In an email sent to users, the company says it will delete Oculus accounts on March 29th, 2024, preventing you from reactivating or retrieving your apps, in-app purchases, store
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their Facebook, Google and TikTok accounts. The Asian technology and internet company YX International manufactures cellular
Read MoreDo any of us find joy in sweeping, vacuuming, or mopping the floors in our homes? If you’re like me, you enjoy the end result, but the process is a hassle. Narwal not only helps ease that strain, but they make it fun as well, introducing the Narwal Freo X Ultra. Not just a robot
Read MoreGoogle Drive video playback gets a major upgrade with smoother startup times and less buffering. New search filters and smarter search suggestions are coming to Google Drive on mobile devices. The Google Pixel 8 might have won the best smartphone award at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC), but Google’s latest announcement could be the
Read MoreSpotify, Epic, Proton, and dozens of others have signed a letter to the European Commission, demanding the agency look into Apple’s lack of compliance with the Digital Markets Act. European Union flags On March 1, 34 companies and associations penned an open letter to the European Commission. The letter addresses concerns over Apple’s alleged non-compliance
Read MoreIllustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images Elon Musk sued OpenAI today, alleging a wide range of incendiary things, including that GPT-4 is actually an artificial general intelligence. It’s a fun complaint to read; it fundamentally accuses OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, of pretending to run a nonprofit designed to benefit humanity
Read MoreRates of obesity in the U.S. and around the world have more than doubled over the past three decades, according to a new study in The Lancet. From a report: More than 1 billion people worldwide now have obesity, a sign of worsening nutrition that’s also raising the risk of leading causes of death and
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Galaxy S24 series is getting its March 2024 security update. The update includes security and stability improvements. Owners in Europe appear to be getting the update first. When it comes to the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung has been on top of its game in terms of updates. Just
Read MoreWarner Bros. Denis Villeneuve’s second Dune film brilliantly lays bare the dark truths central to Frank Herbert’s operatic opus. Continue reading…
Read MorePresident Joseph Biden has issued an executive order intended to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data from exploitation from countries of concern including China, Russa, Iran, and North Korea. Issued February 28, the order authorizes the attorney general to prevent the large-scale transfer of Americans’ personal data to countries of concern and offers safeguards around other
Read MoreStartup wind-down services are seeing rapid growth as failed startups look for help shutting down. Pitchbook: On the phone with a founder who recently wound down his seed-stage software startup, I asked him what his plan was next. Having laid off all of his employees in autumn of last year, he was the last man
Read MoreIt’s still an absurd price for a tablet keyboard, but it’s well worth it for iPad power users. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Years ago, I was firmly in the camp that swore “an iPad can’t be your primary computer,” mainly because iPadOS wasn’t nearly as conducive to a professional workflow as
Read MoreImage: Netflix Truly alien creatures are hard to relate to because they’re so, well, alien. The best-realized ones have different cultures and biologies and belief systems that make them distinct from humanity and, thus, hard to understand. The alien in the Netflix film Spaceman is one recent example: a giant spider with squirming tentacles, a
Read MoreIf you’re of a certain age, you almost certainly learned about mangonels by playing Age of Empires II. Any intermediate player will tell you they are a powerful siege weapon that nevertheless cannot destroy trees (in game). However, why limit yourself to experiencing this capable siege engine in digital form? With the help of [Arry
Read MoreLake Mead, formed by the dam on the Colorado River in the southwestern United States, at 47 percent capacity as viewed on August 14th, 2023. | Photo by George Rose / Getty Images 2023 can now boast a terrifying record: planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions from global energy use hit a record. It’s been almost a
Read MoreWhile browsing the web or checking the saved photos on our phone’s gallery, we often see images with texts that express a lot. We even want to copy the text written over an image for later use. If you have an iPhone, the text extraction process from an image could be easy. What’s good is
Read MoreA skyline at sunset in Mexico City, Mexico, Lomas de Chapultepec. | Photo by Jeffrey Greenberg / Universal Images Group via Getty Images A de facto moratorium on solar geoengineering will stay in place after heated talks at the United Nations Environment Assembly ended in a stalemate. The debate is over whether to let people
Read MoreIllustration: Alex Castro / The Verge A union representing contractors for YouTube Music claims that Google cut the workers’ contract after they went on a prolonged strike. The Alphabet Workers Union-CWA, which represents the contractors, said the team consisted of moderators employed by Google contractor Cognizant in Austin, Texas, that was responsible for approving music
Read MoreApple is reversing its previous decision to remove support for Home Screen web apps in iOS 17.4 for EU users. Apple’s statement: Previously, Apple announced plans to remove the Home Screen web apps capability in the EU as part of our efforts to comply with the DMA. The need to remove the capability was informed
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple is reversing course on a plan to discontinue supporting the installation of progressive web apps in the European Union. In an update to a developer support page spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple says it will “continue to offer the existing Home Screen web apps capability in the EU”
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google is preparing a “Satellite SOS” feature for Pixel devices. Satellite SOS will allow users to contact emergency services if they can’t connect to a mobile network or Wi-Fi. It’s unknown if the feature will be a Pixel exclusive or rolled out to other Android devices. Even before its
Read MoreImage: Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify announced a new subscription tier that “gives booklovers more listening options.” But subscribers would only save $1 a month compared to the classic Premium tier. The monthly subscription costs $9.99 and includes 15 free listening hours of audiobooks, the same as the classic Premium plan. But $10.99 Premium
Read MoreMost of us associate the name Sega with their iconic console gaming systems from the 1980s and 1990s, and those of us who maintain an interest in arcade games will be familiar with their many cabinet-based commercial offerings. But the company’s history in its various entities stretches back as far as the 1950s in the
Read MoreAfter a few weeks of internet drama, Apple has responded to complaints about the death of Progressive Web Apps in the European Union and is restoring them to how they worked in iOS 17.3 and before. Progressive Web Apps aren’t getting changed in the EU When the first iOS 17.4 beta launched, European Union users
Read MoreMacworld Even at its full $599 retail price, the iPad Air is easy to recommend over the 10th-gen iPad for a variety of reasons. But today it’s impossible not to recommend since it’s the same price as its cheaper sibling: Amazon is selling the 64GB iPad Air in every color for $450, a savings of
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