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Illustration: The Verge Google is facing scrutiny over claims it misled advertisers about where it places video ads — and whether it violated US sanctions. As reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal , research from the analytics company Adalytics suggests that Google “may have cost media buyers up to billions of digital ad dollars” by putting ads on sites in ways that violate Google’s own standards. The report centers around one of Google’s video ad formats, called TrueView, which the company places on YouTube and other sites across the web, called Google video partners. These ads appear during videos and give viewers the option to skip the entirety of the advertisement after five seconds. Advertisers only pay for the ad if a viewer watches at least 30... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/SFcaqyr

Image: WhatsApp Transferring your WhatsApp messages and large attachments between phones running the same operating system could soon be a little easier. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new chat transfer feature that bypasses any cloud backups simply by scanning a QR code shown on your old phone with your new phone. “Data is only shared between your two devices, and is fully encrypted during transfer,” WhatsApp’s announcement of the new feature says. The new process has the potential to be a lot quicker and easier than the existing cloud-based alternative, which involves backing up a history of your chats to iCloud or Google Drive and then downloading it to a new device . And it handily avoids any cloud storage limits you might run into if your... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/ajNGkTf

Image: Apple The summer of sci-fi continues over on Apple TV Plus. Just as season 1 of Silo ends and a new season of Foundation is about to begin, Apple has confirmed that its alien series Invasion will be back very soon. The first episode of a 10-episode-long season 2 will premiere on August 23rd, with new ones dropping on Wednesdays. As part of the announcement, we also got some early images of season 2 that include a cool spacesuit and what seems like a pretty war-torn version of Earth. Invasion originally premiered in October 2021 and told a planet-wide story about an alien invasion, letting viewers see things unfold from multiple perspectives. It took a bit to get going but eventually ended up as a great start to a sci-fi story once it got... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/4csaWJG

Illustration by Hugo Herrera for The Verge Ten years after its untimely death, the team that built the much-beloved feed reader reflects on what went wrong and what could have been. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/xpwtn6V

The letter warns that the strict rules for generative AI outlined in the AI Act have ‘consequences.’ | Photo by Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images Some of the biggest companies in Europe have taken collective action to criticize the European Union’s recently approved artificial intelligence regulations, claiming that the Artificial Intelligence Act is ineffective and could negatively impact competition. In an open letter sent to the European Parliament, Commission, and member states on Friday, and first seen by the Financial Times , over 150 executives from companies like Renault, Heineken, Airbus, and Siemens slammed the AI Act for its potential to “jeopardise Europe’s competitiveness and technological sovereignty.” On June 14th, the European Parliament greenlit a draft of the AI Act following two years of developing its rules, and expanding them to encompass recent AI... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/d8S49OW

Choi Seung-hyun, Lee Jin-uk, Won Ji-an, Park Gyu-young, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Jo Yu-ri, Roh Jae-won, the additional cast members of Squid Game season 2. | Netflix While Squid Game ’s upcoming second season still doesn’t have a hard release date just yet, Netflix has just revealed the final eight new cast members set to join the hit series when it returns. Apropos of Squid Game ’s cast and showrunners getting together for their first table read of season 2 scripts, Netflix announced today that the show’s cast will include Park Gyu-young ( Sweet Home , Celebrity ), former Iz*One member Jo Yu-ri, Kang Ae-sim ( Be Melodramatic , Move to Heaven ), Lee David (The Fortress, Svaha: The Sixth Finger ), Lee Jin-uk ( Sweet Home , Miss Granny), Choi Seung-hyun ( Tazza: The Hidden Card ), Roh Jae-won ( Missing Yoon , Ditto ), and Won Ji-an ( D.P. ) Previously, Netflix announced that season 1 cast members Lee Jung-jae, Wi... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt

The Kobo Elipsa 2E is the company’s largest e-book reader. It has some cool note-taking features, but this starting summer, it won’t work with Pocket anymore. | Image: Kobo Kobo ebook readers will be losing their ability to read web articles saved to the Pocket read-later service later this summer. Though Pocket integration has been available on Kobo devices for years, the functionality will stop working after August 15th, 2023, when Pocket will require all of its users to transition to Firefox accounts to log in. Goodereader.com first reported this change earlier this week. Mozilla, the maker of Firefox and current owner of Pocket, says in a support document that Kobo devices “do not support the specific modern web technologies that Firefox accounts require” and, therefore, will not be able to use Firefox logins when the change is implemented. The company says it is requiring Firefox logins in Pocket in... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/RQy2el3

The updates should take a week or so to fully roll out across the platform. | Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery has started fixing the controversial “creator” credits section on its recently relaunched Max streaming platform over a month following the company apologizing for snubbing the talent behind films and TV shows. According to Deadline , the entertainment giant began revising the credit sections across its various platforms earlier this week — which currently lump together writers, directors, producers, and more as nondescript “creators.” “This is a credits violation for starters,” Meredith Stiehm, president of Writers Guild of America West, said last month. “But worse, it is disrespectful and insulting to the artists that make the films and TV shows that make their corporation billions.” The updated credit sections... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/B9qNp8x

Image: Netflix The end of an era. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/S51BPlT

There are still a few hoops to jump through before the EUs AI regulations can take effect. | Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s taken over two years for the European Parliament to approve its artificial intelligence regulations — but AI development hasn’t been idle. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/rA0KkXj

Meta’s President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg (pictured) affirms the company’s commitment to transparency. | Kristen Radtke / The Verge Meta has published a deep dive into the company’s social media algorithms in a bid to demystify how content is recommended for Instagram and Facebook users. In a blog post published on Thursday, Meta’s President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said that the info dump on the AI systems behind its algorithms is part of the company’s “wider ethos of openness, transparency, and accountability,” and outlined what Facebook and Instagram users can do to better control what content they see on the platforms. “With rapid advances taking place with powerful technologies like generative AI, it’s understandable that people are both excited by the possibilities and concerned about the risks,” Clegg said in the blog. “We believe that the best way to... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/BArOVxs

Image: 1Password After years of having to manage 1Password user accounts on the web alone, the company is finally bringing family account management to the app itself. Beginning Tuesday, administrators (otherwise known as “Family Organizers”) can manage the user accounts connected to a 1Password Family membership from the company’s macOS, Windows, Linux, and Android apps instead of having to log in to the website, the company announced in a blog post . The new feature will be coming to the company’s iOS app “later this week.” Administrators can now invite new members or guests to a 1Password Family account by navigating to the Manage Accounts section within the app menu. These users can monitor the status of the invitations they send out, with options to... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/O7cqmHG

Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images It’s surprisingly easy for someone to mess with the makeup of Earth’s atmosphere, regardless of the consequences that could have for our planet. Now, as part of its plans to address security risks posed by climate change, the European Union is calling for talks on a potential international framework on how to treat deliberately atmosphere-altering technologies, AKA geoengineering. The idea with geoengineering is to deploy new technologies that might be able to cool the planet down. The tactic that’s caused the most uproar lately is called solar geoengineering, which are basically attempts to manipulate the planet’s ability to reflect sunlight back into space. The issue is that scientists aren’t quite sure how much good that would do or... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/OX1qTtB

Sony’s latest flagship headphones tout a new design while retaining the superb noise cancellation for which the series is known. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Whether you fully intend to celebrate our nation’s independence this weekend or skip it entirely, that doesn’t change the fact the Fourth of July remains one of the best times of the year to pick up a smorgasbord of discounted tech. Unsurprisingly, a number of retailers have launched a selection of early sales in the run-up to the holiday — including eBay, which is giving shoppers a chance to save 20 on select gadgets when they use promo code SAVE4JULY4TH at checkout. There are pages upon pages of eligible products — I should know, I combed through 15 of them — but one of the better deals that’s still available is for Sony’s WH-1000XM5s , which are going for $318.40 (about $82 off) on eBay via Electronic Express. The XM5s continue to be... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/Gk49wIU

GM hasn’t provided a price or release date for any of its new Ultium Home products. | Image: GM Energy GM Energy — the energy company created by GM to sell batteries, charging equipment, solar panels, and software to residential and commercial customers — just announced its first batch of energy management products that will be available under its residential business unit, Ultium Home. Three distinct product bundles will be available at launch: two are designed to take advantage of the bidirectional charging capabilities of certain GM EVs, while a third doesn’t require an electric GM vehicle at all. Compatible GM EVs equipped with the company’s bidirectional V2H (vehicle-to-home) charging tech lets homeowners use their parked vehicle as a backup energy source that can power their homes during outages. For them, there are two Ultium Home... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/LzeObgZ

Something about visualizing intervals in a virtual landscape makes hard workouts easier. | Image: Peloton I hate treadmills. I understand their usefulness and why a person might want one. But for me, they’re a last resort, only to be used when weather conditions make outdoor exercise unsafe. I’ve tried so many times over the years, but treadmill running is so boring . It doesn’t matter if it’s a high-tech treadmill with scenic runs, incredible engineering, or a selection of streaming apps — I can’t help but feel like a hamster on a wheel. So I’m as shocked as anyone that I enjoyed playing a demo level of Lanebreak on the Peloton Tread . Lanebreak starts rolling out to Peloton treadmills today, but the game itself isn’t new. It’s an in-app video game that Peloton launched for its bikes last year . It’s essentially what you’d get if you mashed... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/oLGA0TK

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is improving Windows 11’s support for the new passkey standard that aims to replace passwords with a more secure and convenient way of logging in. A recent Insider Preview Build (23486) now lets you use Windows Hello natively to create and sign in to supported applications and websites using passkeys, where you’ll be asked to prove your identity using a PIN, fingerprint, or face scan. According to Microsoft, you can set up the feature by going to a website that’s added passkey support, creating a passkey in its settings, and then logging out to get the option to sign in with the new security method. On Edge or Chrome, the option to sign in with a passkey should be under the “Windows Hello or external security key” option.... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/aEKW7wY

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DoorDash is making a big change to the way couriers get paid. In an announcement on Wednesday , DoorDash says it will start giving couriers the ability to earn hourly rates on top of tips. With the update, couriers will now see the option to “earn by time,” which offers a guaranteed hourly minimum rate for the time they spend on making deliveries. According to DoorDash, the clock starts as soon as a courier accepts an order and ends when it’s dropped off. Image: DoorDash DoorDash couriers will be able to choose the ‘earn by time’ option. That marks a big shift from the way things are currently set up, which has couriers earning a base pay based on various factors about an order, like time, distance, and... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/akoeRbc

Where Valve makes just one accessory for its Steam Deck, Jsaux makes dozens, with some answering pretty niche needs. A Chinese accessory maker with an alphabet-soup name struck while the iron was hot. Now, it wants to be the next Anker. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/xCzowj5

Lordstown Motors’ Endurance EV pickup. | Image: Lordstown Motors The electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors is filing for bankruptcy and suing Foxconn, one of Apple’s top iPhone manufacturers, after a deal between the two companies fell through. In a press release posted on Monday , Lordstown Motors claims Foxconn’s “fraud and willful and consistent failure to live up to its commercial and financial commitments” led to “material damage” to the EV company. Lordstown blames Foxconn for the bankruptcy filing, alleging that the Apple supplier “had no intention of living up to its commitments.” It also claims Foxconn used its agreements with the company “to maliciously and in bad faith destroy Lordstown’s business — while leveraging resources gained through the partnership to advance its own business... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/EykwiqA

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 is on sale starting at $229.99 at multiple retailers. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner , but if you can’t wait until then, July 4th often brings deals on a host of tech. We’re still about a week out from the actual holiday — which seems to commemorate our independence as much as capitalism itself — but you can already take advantage of a few sales right now at Adorama, Amazon, and a number of other retailers. They include discounts spanning a range of popular tech, too, from 4K TVs and speakers to smart lighting and robovacs. Not every Fourth of July sale is worth shelling out for, though. Fortunately, to make sifting through the sea of lawn chairs and watermelon-laden tablecloths a little easier, we’ve rounded up some of the better deals you can already get. Take a look, and to... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/nxoK8j5

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is introducing a new way for creators to earn money — or at least take a chance at it. The new monetization feature is similar to creator funds , except they’re set up by advertisers: A pool of money is set aside and creators are able to submit content for a chance at being selected by a brand. Creators then earn money from the pool based on metrics like views, clicks, and conversions. The program, called Creative Challenge, is open to users 18 years old and up who have at least 50,000 followers. Videos submitted to the program must be “high-quality, well-edited, original content,” according to TikTok, meaning spammy low-effort content likely wouldn’t cut it. It also means that creators making ads for Creative Challenge are doing... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/q8KiLsX

You can also opt to just buy the Core for $245. The smart dock uses your iPhone’s cameras to give real-time feedback and workout adjustments. It can also render a 3D full-body composition scan. | Image: Tempo Fitness tech may have figured out cardio, but strength training is still an area where at-home fitness struggles. The Peloton Guide hasn’t taken off, Lululemon is floundering a bit with the Mirror , Tonal had a bunch of layoffs , and it’s generally easier for city dwellers to go to the gym than store a whole dumbbell rack in their living room. But Tempo is back with a big update to its at-home strength training system, adding full body scans and AI-powered classes that adapt to your performance in real time while providing form feedback. “Finally, for the first time, we’re able to connect your body and workout to an AI and have them actually talk to each other to optimize your workout in real time,” co-founder and CEO Moawia Eldeeb told T... Continue reading… from The Ve

Apple’s latest Mac Pro targets professionals with highly demanding computing workloads. But we talked to those professionals, and they don’t want it — because Apple’s other computers are just too good. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/4UL9Zxj

The layoffs are connected to Ford’s growth plan announced back in 2021. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A new wave of layoffs primarily targeting Ford Motor employees in engineering roles in the US and Canada are expected to take place this week as part of the company’s latest cost-cutting efforts. Leaders of the teams impacted by the job cuts received confirmation on Monday, according to CNBC News , while employees are expected to be notified over the next few days. Ford declined The Verge ’s request to clarify how many employees would be affected by the layoffs. Roles are expected to be cut across all three of Ford’s business units — Ford Blue (the company’s arm for vehicles with traditional combustion engines), Ford Pro (its commercial vehicle services and distribution business), and Model e (focusing on electric vehicles). “People... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/zyOA4VJ

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just announced Quest Plus, the company’s new “virtual reality” subscription that gives users access to “the best titles on the platform.” In a post on his Instagram broadcast channel, Zuckerberg said the subscription would cost $7.99 per month or $59.99 per year. A video shared by Zuckerberg also notes that subscribers will get “two titles every month,” which will feel like a familiar perk if you pay for services like PlayStation Plus that also give free titles to subscribers. We’ve converted that video into a GIF if you’d like to watch it: Image: Meta Meta Quest Plus will be available on Monday for the Meta Quest 2 and Quest Pro, Zuckerberg says. When the Quest 3 launches, you’ll be able to... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/cq2gji4

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon has started recruiting small businesses across the US to deliver packages and build out its network. Axios reports Amazon is interested in connecting with a range of small businesses, including small grocery stores, coffee shops, florists, clothing stores, and more. This means your local barista could finish a pour-over and then jump in a car to take an Amazon package to your neighbor. Last year, Vox reported that Amazon was secretly recruiting mom-and-pop shops in Alabama, Mississippi, and Nebraska to join a pilot delivery program. At the time, businesses like florists and restaurants were asked to handle Amazon’s delivery loads within a 10-mile radius for a per-package rate. Participating businesses will need to be available for... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/SLctvy7

Results show that Americans are cautiously optimistic, yet artificial intelligence is dominating our conversations Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/5PezAiU

32 keys is a lot of customized functions. | Image: Elgato Elgato’s Stream Deck holds a tiny place in the hearts of many here at The Verge . We just love buttons , and we love tinkering , so its programmable LCD buttons are kind of a perfect fit . And today, you can get the Elgato Stream Deck XL , which has 32 of those excellent macro buttons, for $199.99 ($50 off) at Amazon or for $3 more at Best Buy . A Stream Deck is a perfect companion for anyone doing extensive Twitch streaming on a Windows PC or Mac, but it’s also versatile enough to control just about anything on your computer — even smart home stuff. While most people may feel fine opting for the six or 15-key Stream Decks, the XL can help you go full Sicko Mode. Think of all the things you can control and program with 32 buttons — that gives... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/8NRGUks

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge “Playables” is a new feature in development for YouTube that could add interactive games to the video platform, The Wall Street Journal reports . The feature was apparently detailed in an email Google sent to its employees asking them to test it. Games could either be playable via the YouTube app on iOS and Android or through the browser on desktop. The WSJ ’s report only contains details on one game the service could include, Stack Bounce , which it describes as “an arcade game in which players attempt to smash layers of bricks with a bouncing ball.” It sounds a little bit like Atari classic Breakout to me, but it’s hard to tell without seeing screenshots. In a statement, a YouTube spokesperson declined to confirm the existence of the... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/NPvpc7m

Who’s using AI? AI is suddenly everywhere. Image generators and large language models are at the core of new startups, powering features inside our favorite apps, and — perhaps more importantly — driving conversation not just in the tech world but also society at large. Concerns abound about cheating in schools with ChatGPT, being fooled by AI-generated pictures, and artists being ripped off or even outright replaced. But despite widespread news coverage, use of these new tools is still fairly limited, at least when it comes to dedicated AI products. And experience with these tools skews decidedly toward younger users. Most people have heard of ChatGPT. Bing and Bard? Not quite. Only 1 in 3 people have tried one of these AI-powered... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/0ApCIR3

ChatGPT running on Windows 3.1. | Image: dialup.net Someone has created a ChatGPT app for Windows 3.1 PCs. WinGPT brings a very basic version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT responses into an app that can run on an ancient 386 chip. It’s built by the same mysterious developer behind Windle , a Wordle clone for Microsoft’s Windows 3.1 operating system. “I didn’t want my Gateway 4DX2-66 from 1993 to be left out of the AI revolution, so I built an AI Assistant for Windows 3.1, based on the OpenAI API,” says the developer in a Hacker News thread . WinGPT is written in C using Microsoft’s standard Windows API and connects to OpenAI’s API server using TLS 1.3, so there’s no need for a separate modern PC. That was a particularly interesting part of getting this app running on Windows 3.1, alongside managing... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/UWF0STx

Android’s Emergency SOS feature is so easy to activate that users in the UK are accidently calling emergency services. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge An Android feature designed to help users contact emergency services is making life difficult for first responders in the UK. The BBC reports that police forces across the nation have reported an influx of false emergencies to the 999 switchboard (The UK’s equivalent of 911) in recent weeks which have largely been attributed to the Emergency SOS feature for Android phones. Law enforcement in Scotland , and the English counties of Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall , and Gloucestershire have reported receiving a higher number of silent or abandoned calls since an Android update released between October 2022 and February 2023 introduced an Emergency SOS calling feature to more Android phones. The BBC reports that each errant call can take around 20... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/SmhDr2I

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Make way for the electric buses. The US Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration is sending out $1.7 billion from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 46 states and territories to fund the acquisition of 1,700 buses — over half of which will be zero-emission models. The new awards will bring the total number of zero-emission buses funded by the infrastructure law up to 1,800, which is more than double the number of clean buses on the roads today. That still only represents a fraction of the roughly 60,000 buses that are currently in operation in the US, but officials hailed it as an important step toward updating the nation’s aging transit fleet with an eye toward fighting climate change. T... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3uroDjU

With the 5G C-band rollout complete, there may be some flight delays. | Image: The Verge US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday there may be some airline delays or cancellations starting July 1st if the last remaining passenger jets haven’t upgraded their altimeters to deal with 5G interference, per a report from The Wall Street Journal report. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) maintains that 5G C-band signals could interfere with radio wave emitters passenger jets use to measure how far they are from the ground, which pilots rely on when landing with low visibility. Though airlines aren’t actually required to get the new equipment in place until February 2024 , those passenger jets that haven’t been certified for operation around C-band 5G signals by the first of July will not be allowed to land in... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/oQBPksK

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit will make “accessibility improvements” to many moderator tools in its official mobile apps by July 1st, the company announced on Friday . Some moderators rely on third-party apps because Reddit’s apps have what they characterize as “significant accessibility challenges,” and the accessibility community has expressed concerns over how they will moderate on mobile after popular apps like Apollo shut down on June 30th due to potentially expensive API pricing changes . It seems this roadmap, which promises improvements to features like the moderation queue and the ModMail messaging system on Android and iOS, is intended to assuage those fears. Based on the replies to the announcement post, however, many are still unhappy with the... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/LWdZxvw

Stoffel Vandoorne drives in the Portland ePrix today. | Image: John Lamparski/Getty Images During the Formula E qualifying round in Portland, Oregon, today, the DS Penske team was fined €25,000 after it surreptitiously installed an RFID scanner at the entrance to the pit, which the FIA stewards said could collect data from other race cars and give them an advantage. The team’s racers, Stoffel Vandoorne and Jean-Éric Vergne, were also hit with a pit lane start penalty for today’s race — meaning they will have to wait at the end of the pit lane until all of the other cars have driven past before entering the race. The FIA Stewards explanation for the penalty was provided to The Verge via email: The Stewards were advised by the Technical Delegate that the competitor had installed RFID scanning equipment in the pit lane entry this... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/hLyzwtK

Xbox chief Phil Spencer. | Image: Laura Normand / The Verge FTC v. Microsoft day two was all about console wars and whether Xbox is really in a distant third place. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/CyGYZTd

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Recently, a friend who has been on Gmail for a long time suddenly noticed the chat availability settings in the upper right of the web app. This notice was actually added to the Gmail page about two years ago when Google Chat was integrated into Gmail. It notifies anyone whom you’ve ever used Chat with that you’re at your computer (or phone) and available — or not. Even though most people may not receive notification of your availability (especially if you don’t tend to use Google Chat), you may find the idea that somebody may know when you’re using your account... irritating. (At least, my friend did, and I can sympathize.) However, you can turn the notification off — or, at least, mark yourself “away” so that your presence will not be... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/NDSGKER

Finally, a real Pixel Weather app. This particular forecast is for the birds, though. Google finally has a default weather app to compete with Apple and Samsung. Though Pixel phones have long been able to display the current weather in widgets, tapping on those widgets just launched a basic screen with a cute weather frog and a handful of stats. It felt like a web page because that’s basically what it was. With the launch of the Pixel Tablet earlier this week , Google has rectified that situation. Its new weather app — which is accessed via the same widgets as before, as there’s no icon to launch it — has a much nicer design without losing the playfulness of the older experience. It has 10-day and 24-hour forecasts; wind, humidity, barometric pressure, and UV index reports, plus current sun position and sunrise / sunset... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/fmbFVNL

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge This even has implications for the ISS Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/HDvzZ8V

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Since President Joe Biden took office, the Senate has held four confirmation hearings for two separate nominees to break the ongoing deadlock at the Federal Communications Commission. The latest one was yesterday — and it might get the FCC closer to a full staff, but it’s a sad landmark to celebrate. The Senate Commerce Committee held a confirmation hearing for several positions on Thursday , including Biden’s latest pick for FCC commissioner, Anna Gomez. (You may remember his previous three-time nominee, Gigi Sohn, dropped out in March.) She’s a veteran telecom lawyer who’s been working for the government for the better part of her career. Gomez has stayed out of the spotlight, so her opinions on controversial issues like net neutrality... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/fTK2bAz

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon Prime Day is one of the biggest shopping events of the year outside of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with this year’s festivities kicking off on July 11th and running through July 12th . The two-day shopping affair will likely grant Prime members access to some of the best prices of the year on Amazon devices, as well as products from Bose, Sony, and other well-known brands. This applies to items spanning a range of categories, including gaming peripherals, laptops, 4K TVs, phones, PC accessories, and more. As always, you can count on us to publish only the best deals during Prime Day — including those featured at Walmart, Best Buy, and other competing retailers. That said, if you want to be among the first people to know about... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/4Jvwx6c

Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Under David Zaslav’s leadership, we’ve seen Warner Bros. Discovery cancel a lot of its programming while also memory holing other chunks of its IP for tax breaks , but now the company is reportedly looking to sell off a sizable portion of its catalog of music from films and television shows. Both Hits and Variety are reporting that Warner Bros. Discovery is hoping to secure about $500 million by selling off the rights to “slightly less than half” of its movie and TV music catalog to a record label. Though it hasn’t been reported exactly which songs from which shows and films Warner Bros. Discovery is ready to part ways with, Sony is said to be one of the frontrunners who might close on the deal. Given WBD’s recent focus on paying down... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/MNYLy3d

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’ve got an active Google account — or especially if you’ve got one you haven’t used in a while — you’ve probably got more apps and services hooked up to your account than you realize. There are all those places where you’ve “signed in with Google,” all those browser extensions you’ve given permissions to, all those add-ons that you’ve installed on top of Gmail and Google Drive, and so on. While it’s always a good idea to be selective and cautious in choosing which apps and sites get these privileges, there’s nothing intrinsically wrong with using your Google account instead of an email address and password combination or in giving another app that may be useful access to your emails or Google storage (depending on the app, of... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/JUbZ6g3

Image: Sony There’s no shortage of movies already based on real-life, historical incidents surrounding the Stock Market, but everything in the first trailer for Sony’s upcoming Dumb Money film — a biographical comedy-drama covering the events of the GameStop short squeeze — beautifully demonstrates why we have such an appetite for them. Especially when it involves a David vs Goliath-like plot where “the little guy” takes on the Wall Street establishment. Directed by Craig Gillespie of I, Tonya (2017) and Cruella (2021) , Dumb Money is a dramatized retelling of how a bunch of amateur investors on the r/WallStreetBets subreddit intentionally inflated struggling GameStop’s stock to screw over the hedge funds who were shorting it while getting rich at... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/LHZlvac

LG’s latest OLED offers more processing power than the C2 and a bevy of gamer-friendly features, including a 120Hz refresh rate. | Image: LG Memorial Day weekend is known for being one of the best times of the year to buy a TV, so it was no surprise when LG’s new C3 OLED dropped to a new record low last month. What is surprising, though, is that the TV is even cheaper than it was in May less than a month later. Right now, you can buy LG’s 55-inch C3 OLED at an all-time low of around $1,497 ($403 off) at Amazon , Best Buy , and direct from LG . Both larger and smaller sizes are on sale as well, including the 48-inch configuration, which is available for a new low of $1,249.99 ($250 off) from Best Buy and LG . In a nutshell, LG’s new C3 boasts the kind of impressive black levels, vivid colors, and rich contrast that have come to characterize OLED TVs in recent years. It also... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/paZRDhS

Panel 1: “Goodnight Phone,” a comic by Gina Wynbrandt. The title card is a nighttime cityscape under a full moon. Panel 2: A woman in a green puffer jacket walks into a room painted pink. She is looking at her phone. A notification labeled “All About You” pops up. She is at average energy and cash and has achieved the “Work Day Complete” badge. Also, her phone is telling her she’s hungry. Panel 3: The woman is cooking a pot of pasta, following the instructions on her phone (it’s telling her to stir). A notification awarding “Cooking XP” pops up. Panel 4: The woman is taking a selfie while eating the pasta she’s just cooked. Her phone awards her a “5K selfie milestone” badge. Panel 5: The woman is brushing her teeth and gets a... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/aPucMNY

Image: Netflix It goes without saying that when people show up to watch King Kong , or Godzilla, or King Kong vs. Godzilla, they’re there to see big monsters wreak havoc. Sometimes there are interesting human stories, but they mostly serve to frame those giant monsters we love so much. And that’s the first mistake that Skull Island , an animated spinoff on Netflix, makes: for most of the first season, the story is focused almost entirely on people. The second? Those people are almost uniformly annoying and chatty. The show turns things around by the end, but to get there, you’ll have to withstand a nonstop barrage of quips and one-liners. As the name implies, Skull Island takes place on... Skull Island, home of King Kong. There are a few different groups... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/LMXpCuE

Adobe’s own product design platform may be dropped entirely in favor of Figma. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Days appear to be numbered for Adobe XD. As spotted by developer Alex Ivanovs , the UX / UI product design platform is no longer available as a standalone app under Adobe’s Creative Cloud launcher, effectively sunsetting the software for folks who hadn’t already purchased it. Considering Adobe is in the process of acquiring Figma, a remarkably similar set of design tools, this news isn’t entirely unexpected. But it doesn’t mean that the Adobe XD app is dead. Not yet anyway. Anais Gragueb, Senior Manager for Creative Cloud & Innovation Public Relations confirmed to The Verge that Adobe will continue to support Adobe XD for existing customers. If you didn’t purchase an XD subscription before it was pulled then the app will still be... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/WiGgJb4