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Let me adapt that for you. | Image: Ford Starting today, people who own electric vehicles from Ford can reserve an adapter that will enable them to charge at Tesla’s vastly superior Supercharger network. The company is the first to distribute adapters to customers, after announcing last year its plans to adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector for its EVs. Other automakers soon followed Ford’s lead , leading to a massive shift toward Tesla’s standardized version of its proprietary charging system. The adapter, which is manufactured by Tesla and allows EVs equipped with Combined Charging System (CCS 1) outlets to use Tesla’s Superchargers, typically retails for $230. But Ford is offering the first adapter to its EV customers free of charge — at least for... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/YWBtjwF

An “Aiwit” doorbell camera. There are many like it. | Image via Amazon Does your video doorbell look anything like the one in the picture? Perhaps you bought it for cheap at Amazon, Temu, Shein, Sears, or Walmart? Does it use the Aiwit app ? Consumer Reports is reporting the security on these cameras is so incredibly lax, anybody could walk up to your house, take over your doorbell, and permanently get access to the still images it captures — even if you take control back. The cameras are sold by a Chinese company called Eken under at least ten different brands, including Aiwit, Andoe, Eken, Fishbot, Gemee, Luckwolf, Rakeblue and Tuck. Consumer Reports says online marketplaces like Amazon sell thousands of them each month. Some of them have even carried the Amazon’s Choice badge, its dubious seal of... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/QAc0xp6

Unofficial renders of what the Z Flip 6 could look like. | Image: OnLeaks / SmartPrix Yesterday was the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 , now it’s the Z Flip 6’s turn to have its alleged design leak in a series of unofficial renders from OnLeaks and SmartPrix ahead of its rumored July unveiling . While the overall form-factor of the device is similar to last year’s Z Flip 5 , including a 6.7-inch inner folding display and 3.4-inch cover screen, SmartPrix reports that its thickness could increase from 6.9mm to 7.4mm, prompting speculation about what the extra internal space could be used for. The front-running theory comes from a GalaxyClub report from last year, which said the Z Flip 6’s battery capacity could increase from 3,700mAh to 4,000mAh. It’s a move that could (hopefully) address the so-so battery life we experienced on the... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/TYvdp3O

If Justin Bieber can figure out how to leave his phone behind, so can I. | Photo by Bellocqimages / Bauer-Griffin / GC Images It was, of all people, Justin Bieber who first opened my eyes to a new way of thinking about my phone. See, Bieber isn’t into phones. He ditched his a while back and became an iPad guy. According to a 2021 Billboard article , he wakes up in the morning, grabs his tablet, and checks in with his management to see what’s going on for the day. The idea was to “limit who can reach him.” This is something you hear a lot from phone-free celebs: they’re not trying to disconnect from everyone, but they are trying to get away from that feeling of being tapped constantly on the shoulder by all the calls, texts, and emails. I’ve been obsessed with celebrity technology usage, or lack thereof, for years. In so many cases, it seems that once you become... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/LcqJhM7

The 20-20-20 rule and some eye drops can help if you’re feeling eye strain. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge We’ve all heard that screens aren’t good for your eyes. So it might not be too surprising to hear that many Vision Pro users have complained about eye strain . (After all, the headset does use two 4K screens, one in front of each eyeball.) However, these are common complaints from overall VR usage and experts say it isn’t something to freak out over. “Despite what many people believe, sitting too close to the TV does not damage your eyes. Screens ruining your eyes is another myth,” says Dr. Arvind Saini, clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. If you peruse VR subreddits, not just the Apple Vision Pro one, that can be hard to believe. You’ll often find people complaining that their eyes “ hurt like hell ,” are i... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/nyxYpQT

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony says it’s laying off around 900 employees of its PlayStation division, a reduction of its global headcount of around 8 percent. Sony’s layoffs are the latest in a wave that has been impacting the gaming and tech industries throughout 2024. “We have made the extremely hard decision to announce our plan to commence a reduction of our overall headcount globally by about 8 percent or about 900 people, subject to local law and consultation processes,” says PlayStation chief Jim Ryan. “Employees across the globe, including our studios, are impacted.” Several PlayStation studios are affected, with Sony closing its London Studio in the UK which developed PlayStation VR games. There will also be layoffs impacting Sony’s Firesprite studio,... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/5IdMqTJ

The 1.6 update will be available for macOS, Windows, and Linux on March 19th. | Image: ConcernedApe Stardew Valley developer Eric Barone — better known as ConcernedApe — has revealed when players can expect the next major update to drop, adding fresh content and expanded multiplayer options to the game. Announced on Monday in line with Stardew Valley ’s eighth anniversary, update 1.6 will be available for PC (Windows/macOS/Linux) players on March 19th, with console and mobile to follow “as soon as possible.” We have some idea of what content is coming thanks to a “sneak peak” that ConcernedApe shared back in September . This includes three unnamed festivals — one “major” and two “mini” — alongside new items, crafting recipes, rewards for billboard quests, and late-game content that expands each of the five skills: farming, fishing,... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/5sXA3Bt

AMD’s latest GPU targets Nvidia’s RTX 4070. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/l5b7Bwi

Image: The Verge Your phone, your rules: Android gives you a pretty comprehensive toolkit when it comes to managing app permissions on your device, enabling you to control access to parts of the system like the camera, the microphone, and your current location. Apps will ask for these permissions one by one as they need them, so you’ll typically see a flurry of requests while an app is setting itself up as well as more sporadic requests later on (when an app needs access to your photos and videos, for example). You can change these permissions at any time, and it’s worth doing regular audits just to make sure apps aren’t overreaching. Do your apps really need all the permissions they’re asking for? In a lot of cases, probably not. Assessing apps You can... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/QNSdLnW

Nintendo is also reportedly working on ways to prevent scalpers from snaffling up console stock at launch. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you were hoping to get your hands on Nintendo’s highly anticipated Switch 2 console this year then prepare to be disappointed by another rumor pointing to a 2025 release date. According to a new report from Nikkei , Nintendo is anticipated to release its successor to the Nintendo Switch console “as early as March,” in line with the rumored Q1 2025 release date reported by both VGC and Eurogamer earlier this month. Previous reporting had set an anticipated 2024 release date for Nintendo’s next-gen console, already with the aim of having sufficient stock available to avoid the shortages that the PS5 and Xbox Series S / X experienced at launch. But those same stock concerns as well as giving developers enough time to create new game... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/Yv8t9e6

Image: Samar Haddad for The Verge The idea of a smart kitchen conjures up lots of images. You might think about a fridge with a giant screen telling you what’s inside and what you can cook with it. You might picture a robot in an apron milling around the kitchen, flipping pancakes with expert precision. You might just say, “Who cares?” and order DoorDash. All of these things and more seem like they ought to be possible. But even as so many companies and industries work to make their devices smarter and more interoperable to make the smart home truly happen, it can sometimes feel like the kitchen is being left behind. Sure, your appliances might be getting smarter: you can start your dishwasher from the other room or see the inside of your oven on your smartphone screen.... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/fHCmaly

The new Porsche-themed version of the Magic V2 next to the Magic 6 Pro. A month and a half after debuting the Magic 6 Pro in China , Honor is announcing global availability of its latest flagship at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Alongside it, the company has also announced pricing for the new Porsche Design Honor Magic V2 RSR, a special edition of the Magic V2 foldable with higher specs and a design themed around the German car brand. The Magic 6 Pro is set to retail for €1,299 (£1,099.99, around $1,407) with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage and be available from March 1st, while the Porsche Design Magic V2 RSR will cost €2,699 (£2,349.99, around $2,625) with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage and will ship on March 18th. Expect both to be available in European markets, but they’re unlikely to be... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/yoHwhXv

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 27, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, hello, you’re awesome, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage . Oh, and send me some recommendations! The more the merrier!) This week, I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed Nexus on the Quest 3, reading about obsessive ramen makers and Noah Kahan’s journey to TikTok superstardom , finally watching Dune so I can be ready to see the sequel, also finally watching Patriot , and trying desperately to learn to make crispy Brussels sprouts. I also have for you a mega-viral new camera, a better way to manage your smart home, a new book about Twitter, and a whole bunch of awesome games to play this... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/GL0DQfF

C’mon Barbie let’s go make some phone calls. | Image: HMD HMD is crossing its fingers for a second summer of Barbie . The company, which has exclusively sold phones under the Nokia brand name for the past seven years, has announced plans to release a Barbie-branded flip phone this July in partnership with Mattel. It’s one of several devices HMD has on the way for this summer, which also include a new Nokia-branded retro feature phone, and an HMD-branded smartphone. Finally, the company has also announced early plans for a new development platform it’s calling “HMD Fusion.” No pricing, specs, or features were announced for the as-yet-unnamed Barbie phone, but expect it to be a traditional feature flip phone rather than a smartphone. In an interview, HMD’s global head of insight, proposition, and... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/xyLNKkY

Alan Wake 2. | Image: Remedy Entertainment From Alan Wake to The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, you don’t have to look far to see Lynchian influences. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/skIP78Z

“Short the shit out of it.” | The Verge If you are a certain kind of cynical, Reddit’s S-1 filing sets off alarm bells. There’s the mention of r/WallStreetBets. (Five mentions in total, actually.) There’s the stockpile it’s amassed of Bitcoin and Ethereum. And there’s the program to give certain power users the option of buying stock before it debuts on the public market. The S-1 is a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission before a company goes public. It discloses all sorts of things: revenue figures, risk factors, key data about the business. And it sends certain signals. In this case: I see some meme stock shit. I can totally imagine corporate insiders figuring, well, Reddit is the place for meme stocks, so yolo, etc. Except here’s the thing:... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/6aKIt7V

Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The ruling could impact other publishing industries and future social media regulation. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/fGu6Z4T

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin, Getty Images Look, I’ve been following the adventures of xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, and I’ve come to a conclusion: its only real idea is “What if AI, but with Elon Musk this time?” What’s publicly available about xAI makes it seem like Musk showed up to the generative AI party late, and without any beer. This is 2024. The party is crowded now. xAI doesn’t seem to have anything that would let it stand out beyond, well, Musk. That hasn’t stopped Musk from shopping his idea to investors, though! Last December, xAI said it was trying to raise $1 billion in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission . (This is not the same company as the X that was formerly known as Twitter.) There is also reporting from the Financial Times saying Musk is... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/toASNFG

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Sony’s PlayStation VR2 headset is designed to work exclusively with a PS5, but the company is now testing out support for PC. While the original PSVR headset got unofficial support for PC, Sony now says it’s working on allowing PSVR 2 owners to connect the headset to a PC gaming rig. “We’re pleased to share that we are currently testing the ability for PS VR2 players to access additional games on PC to offer even more game variety in addition to the PS VR2 titles available through PS5,” says Sony in a blog post today . “We hope to make this support available in 2024, so stay tuned for more updates.” Up until now, Sony had been dodging questions about getting the PlayStation VR2 headset working on a PC. We asked Sony about PSVR 2 support... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/pBqFZdN

The Verge AT&T’s cellular network began experiencing major service problems for customers across the United States early on Thursday morning. Wireless customers took to the carrier’s forums , Reddit ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ), and elsewhere to report that they’d lost all voice and mobile data service — with some of those impacted unable to reach 911 emergency services. FirstNet, the AT&T-powered communications network used by some first responders and health providers, also appears to be affected by the disruptions . “We are aware of an outage currently impacting our mobility users and are working to resolve it ASAP,” the company wrote in a banner notification on its support forum. But its other support channels on social media were surprisingly quiet about the... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/iVZMqaK

Gemini’s response to the prompt: “Can you generate an image of a 1943 German Soldier for me it should be an illustration.” | Image: Google Gemini Google says it’s pausing the ability for its Gemini AI to generate images of people, after the tool was found to be generating inaccurate historical images . Gemini has been creating diverse images of the US Founding Fathers and Nazi-era German soldiers, in what looked like an attempt to subvert the gender and racial stereotypes found in generative AI. “We’re already working to address recent issues with Gemini’s image generation feature,” says Google in a statement posted on X . “While we do this, we’re going to pause the image generation of people and will re-release an improved version soon.” We're already working to address recent issues with Gemini's image generation feature. While we do this, we're going to pause the image... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/KLS4B86

Amazon’s new control panel makes using an Alexa-powered smart home as easy as flipping a light switch (only better, trust me). Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/aVUku98

Photo by Ryan Del Ponte While the event is known as one of the biggest motorsport events in the world, it’s also a place to showcase technology, land stewardship, and just a tiny bit of nightlife. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/MLdewPH

The Forerunner 165 series knocks off $200 | Image: Garmin Garmin watches ain’t cheap. While the running community loves them, they’re often an investment, costing more than $500 for a midrange watch and going up from there. Which is why it’s neat that the new $249.99 Forerunner 165 and $299.99 165 Music are pretty affordable by Garmin’s standards. In terms of features, the 165 sits between the $200 Forerunner 55 and the $450 Forerunner 265 . But for the extra $50 over the 55, the 165 series comes with a 1.2-inch OLED display instead of a transflective display, 11 days of estimated battery life, more running features, and contactless payments. The Music version also allows you to sync playlists with Spotify, Deezer, and Amazon Music. The design of the 165 is awfully similar to the 265, with... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/bsyJEXm

Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Sony’s new PlayStation Portal has been hacked by Google engineers to run emulated games locally. The $199.99 handheld debuted in November but was limited to just streaming games from a PS5 console and not even titles from Sony’s cloud gaming service. Now, two Google engineers have managed to get the PPSSPP emulator running natively on the PlayStation Portal, allowing the PSP version of Grand Theft Auto 3 to run on the Portal without Wi-Fi streaming required. “After more than a month of hard work, PPSSPP is running natively on PlayStation Portal. Yes, we hacked it,” says Andy Nguyen in a post on X . After more than a month of hard work, PPSSPP is running natively on PlayStation Portal. Yes, we hacked it. With help from xyz and @ZetaTwo p... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/jAFqw3N

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge This year’s first Direct will take place Wednesday morning at 9AM ET, and, according to Nintendo, the 25-minute presentation will feature Switch games “coming in the first half of 2024 from our publishing and development partners.” We didn’t need to consult the video game oracles to know a Nintendo Direct was on the way. Not only have Microsoft and PlayStation shared their upcoming release schedules, but taking a look at the dates of the last handful of Directs revealed that Nintendo is fond of the first week of February . A #NintendoDirect : Partner Showcase is coming! Watch on-demand via YouTube on 2/21 at 6am PT for around 25 mins of info focused on #NintendoSwitch games coming in the first half of 2024 from our publishing and... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3NhcTzi

Getting water on phones happens to the best of us. Lucky for us, there’s one household staple the internet consistently suggests will draw that liquid out and save phones: uncooked rice. But contrary to popular advice, Apple, like most people in tech support, explicitly advises against putting your wet phone in a bag of rice. “Don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone,” Apple support documents said. The support documents first spotted by Macworld are technically addressing what to do when you get the liquid detection alert on your iPhone. They’re not just out to put a long lingering internet myth to bed. To that end they also suggested avoiding using an external heat... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/4bHu2q8

Image: Apple Slowly but surely, Apple TV Plus has morphed itself into arguably the premier destination for streaming science fiction. (Or at least streaming sci-fi not named Star Wars or Star Trek .) There are adaptations like Silo and Foundation ; original stories like Invasion , For All Mankind , and Severance ; and even a franchise spinoff with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters . There’s a nice range to the service’s offerings — and now it’s adding another flavor with the premiere of Constellation . In its first few episodes the show is dark, creepy, and will mess with your mind in a way that makes it just the thing for those already missing True Detective: Night Country . The first three episodes of Constellation premiere on February 21st, and they follow an... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/308yqFS

A charging station outside of a Toyota Store in Blauvelt, New York, on February 5th, 2024. | Image: Kena Betancur / VIEWpress / Getty President Biden’s administration plans to pull back on strict new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that would have forced US automakers to turn EVs into their main business by 2032. That’s according to The New York Times , which wrote yesterday that industry players had moved the administration to give them more time to bring down EV costs, and for a nationwide charging infrastructure to be more fully built out. The Times writes that labor leaders pressured Biden to give them more time to extend union membership to those working in new US EV plants. As the article notes, labor union support is crucial as Biden faces re-election where he’s straddling a dire climate situation and attacks from candidate and former President Donald... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/t7LqyXS

Image: The Verge Apple will reportedly have to pay around €500 million (about $539 million USD) in the EU for stifling competition against Apple Music on the iPhone. Financial Times reported this morning that the fine comes after regulators in Brussels, Belgium investigated a Spotify complaint that Apple prevented apps from telling users about cheaper alternatives to Apple’s music service. The issue comes down to Apple’s efforts to keep apps and users corraled inside its App Store payments system. Spotify complained in 2019 that Apple’s policies muted competition against Apple Music, kicking off an EU investigation the next year . The EU whittled its objections down to oppose Apple’s refusal to let developers even link out to their own subscription... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/SF9DcTf

Illustration: William Joel / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 26, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome. So psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage .) This week, I’ve been playing with the redesigned You.com for AI research, trying out the Phanpy Mastodon client, getting back into Zombies, Run after reading Vee Song’s great story about Fantasy Hike , and reading the new “lost chapter” of The Martian before probably just rereading The Martian again. I also have for you some non-earbud earbuds, a nerdy video about nerdy stuff, a new to-do list app, a new thing in ChatGPT, and much more. Let’s do it. (As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/9roIluh

Not today. It appears that Apple Pay is down, particularly for Chase customers — Verge staffers have had their cards declined while trying to pay with Chase cards using Apple Pay, while using the same physical card works just fine. Several people on Threads confirmed the same issue when I asked — although people with non-Chase banks like Citi appear to be using Apple Pay just fine. Apple’s system status page says that Apple Pay and Wallet have a maintenance in progress which started at 12PM — which is a pretty weird time to start a maintenance that disrupts payments. The page also says that “Some Maryland Users may have issues,” but we’ve had reports in both New York and LA, so it appears we’re all into crab cakes and football today. ... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/S1eculI

Illustration: The Verge Reddit will let “an unnamed large AI company” have access to its user-generated content platform in a new licensing deal, according to Bloomberg yesterday. The deal, “worth about $60 million on an annualized basis,” the outlet writes, could still change as the company’s plans to go public are still in the works. Until recently, most AI companies trained their data on the open web without seeking permission. But that’s proven to be legally questionable , leading companies to try to get data on firmer footing. It’s not known what company Reddit made the deal with, but it’s quite a bit more than the $5 million annual deal OpenAI has reportedly been offering news publishers for their data. Apple has also been seeking multi-year deals with... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/6Ac05LZ

Image: IGN The Baldur’s Gate 3 developers won Game of the Year, again, during the 27th annual DICE Awards . But in stark contrast to their 2023 Game Awards win, this time they actually got to speak. “We don’t have shareholders, but we also don’t think about them,” said Larian Studios head of production David Walgrave. “Building a community, building a player base, building games that are actually fun is going to make you the most money.” His words were a direct shot at Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors, who said during a recent earnings report that the company’s “ overruling principle is to always maximize shareholder value in any given situation .” Baldur’s Gate 3 has been crowned game of the year several times over, with its previous game of the... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/RbatKuT

A chocolate rose printed on the Cocoa Press. I hate to be the bearer of bad-for-the-waistline news, but yes — you can now buy a 3D printer that prints chocolate. The Cocoa Press has been in development for an entire decade. Now, it’s finally here, and I’m pretty sure it’s singlehandedly responsible for one of the pounds I put on over Christmas. At least it’s not cheap or easy enough to tempt most people yet. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Verge (@verge) This holiday season, I took delivery of a $3,995 prebuilt printer — you can DIY it for $1,750 or less — and thirty sticks of perfect-fit chocolate with which to fulfill my delicious aims. I attached the printer’s screen, went through setup, popped a dark chocolate “cocoa core”... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3EPVYfG

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Shortly before The Verge published its review of the Apple Vision Pro, I put it on to sit for some photos. The review unit had been fitted for our editor-in-chief Nilay Patel, but I’d worn it a few times as a guest and had a surprisingly good experience. That afternoon, though, I foolishly decided to skip the typical guest setup, which involves about a minute of calibration for the Vision Pro’s eye-tracking cameras. I put the thing on, and it didn’t work at all. The Vision Pro’s cameras, I quickly realized, were expecting somebody else’s eyes. The cursor darted around wildly or refused to move. It wasn’t an unexpected outcome, but it drove home an inconvenient fact: not only would I need to go through the setup again, I’d need to do it... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/KY8fwye

The Verge Microsoft announced yesterday that four Xbox-exclusive games are coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch soon, opening up a new strategy for Xbox to be on more screens. Just two hours before Microsoft’s big announcement, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer explained the company’s new Xbox vision in an internal memo to employees. The Verge has obtained a copy of the memo. It’s the first time Spencer has fully outlined a new strategy “where every screen is an Xbox” to employees, after an internal town hall meeting earlier this month didn’t address multi-platform games directly. Microsoft didn’t directly mention “Xbox everywhere” or “every screen is an Xbox” during its official Xbox podcast yesterday, but it’s not too dissimilar to what the company... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/ADUcvwq

Image: The Verge Microsoft has fixed an issue where its Edge browser was again misbehaving, this time by automatically importing browsing data and tabs from Chrome without consent. I personally experienced the bug last month , after I rebooted my PC for a regular Windows update and Microsoft Edge automatically opened with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I asked Microsoft repeatedly to explain why this behavior had occurred for myself and many other Windows users, but the company refused to comment. Microsoft has now quietly issued a fix in the latest Microsoft Edge update. Here’s how Microsoft describes the fix : Edge has a feature that provides an option to import browser data on each launch from other browsers with user consent. This... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/0CTSYNH

Illustration by Erik Carter Large language models can do a lot of things. But can they write like an 18th-century fur trader? Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/AzrdmxF

Image: General Motors General Motors may be struggling when it comes to fully autonomous driving , but the company is still feeling bullish about the future of hands-free driving. Today, it announced plans to expand its Super Cruise advanced driver-assist system, which allows drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel on certain roads, to cover nearly double the number of miles it did before. Today, Super Cruise is operational on 400,000 miles of road in the US and Canada. The company plans on adding around 40,000 miles of new roads every quarter over the course of two years, so by the end of 2025, Super Cruise will cover approximately 750,000 miles in the US and Canada. Launched in 2017 with the Cadillac CT6, Super Cruise uses information from... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/yc84KeS

Following its successful deployment, the Nova-C spacecraft now faces a two-week journey to reach the Moon’s south pole. | Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images A robotic lunar lander built by private aerospace company Intuitive Machines was successfully launched by SpaceX on Thursday, with hopes of being the first American spacecraft to successfully touch down on the Moon’s surface since the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. The Nova-C lander named “Odysseus” was carried into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral at 1:05AM ET on February 15th. The launch was originally scheduled to take place on Wednesday but was delayed due to concerns regarding the temperature of the rocket’s methane fuel. Shortly after liftoff, SpaceX confirmed that the IM-1 mission’s Odysseus lander had been successfully deployed and that the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket that delivered it into... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/BmhVzn6

A rendering of MethaneSat | Image courtesy of Google Google announced a partnership with the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today to map methane pollution and oil and gas infrastructure from space. Google and EDF hope to be able to pinpoint where much of those methane emissions are leaking from — which could perhaps help put a plug in those leaks. Next month, EDF plans to launch its MethaneSAT, a satellite that will track emissions of methane, an even more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Meanwhile, Google is using AI to map oil and gas infrastructure to create a global map of pollution sources. Preventing methane pollution can have a large and immediate impact on climate change “Infrastructure changes rapidly, and keeping a map like this up to date requires constant... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/FmLtNQs

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Microsoft and OpenAI are revealing today that hackers are already using large language models like ChatGPT to refine and improve their existing cyberattacks. In newly published research, Microsoft and OpenAI have detected attempts by Russian, North Korean, Iranian, and Chinese-backed groups using tools like ChatGPT for research into targets, to improve scripts, and to help build social engineering techniques. “Cybercrime groups, nation-state threat actors, and other adversaries are exploring and testing different AI technologies as they emerge, in an attempt to understand potential value to their operations and the security controls they may need to circumvent,” says Microsoft in a blog post today . The Strontium group, linked to Russian... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/lJg5ikX

The original PS5 next to last year’s slimmer redesign. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Sony now expects to sell 4 million fewer PS5 consoles in its 2023 fiscal year ending March 31st compared to previous projections, Bloomberg reports . The revision came as part of today’s third-quarter earnings release which saw Sony lower the PS5 sales forecast from the 25 million consoles it expected to sell down to 21 million. While PS5 sales were up in Sony’s third quarter, increasing to 8.2 million units from 6.3 million in the same quarter the previous year, Bloomberg notes that this was roughly a million units lower than it had previously projected. That’s despite the release of the big first-party title Spider-Man 2 , strong sales of third-party titles, and the launch of a new slimmer PS5 in November . “We expect the annual sales... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/5aUeAMJ

Lyft is expanding Women Plus Connect, an in-app feature that matches women and nonbinary drivers with women and nonbinary riders, to all US cities. The rideshare service initially launched the initiative in five cities last fall, with the goal of both improving safety and recruiting more female and nonbinary users. Over 2.4 million riders have activated Women Plus Connect since its rollout, according to Lyft’s press materials. Drivers aren’t required to participate in Women Plus Connect if they don’t want to, and if no nearby passengers matching the profile are available, the app will match with a male passenger. Nearly half of Lyft’s eligible pool of drivers in the eight cities have opted to use the feature. Female and nonbinary... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/bvHyzla

Nothing’s last phone, the Phone 2. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Nothing has announced a March 5th launch date for its upcoming Phone 2A in a new video posted today , and has confirmed that it’ll be available in the US as part of a “Developer Program” rather than a widespread, official release. No specs, images, or pricing of the device were revealed — for that we’ll have to wait for the full announcement next month when we’ll also get full details of Nothing’s developer program. The event will take place at 11:30AM GMT (6:30AM ET), the company confirmed on X . The Developer Program sounds like a similar release approach to the one Nothing took with its original Phone 1, which came to the US as part of a “ Beta Membership ” that saw interested customers pay $299 to “test” the phone. In contrast, last... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/w80aMYb

Illustration by Erik Carter In the wake of death, AI-generated obituaries litter search results, turning even private individuals into clickbait. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/gLoFfe2

Photo by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Microsoft appears to be readying its own DLSS-like AI upscaling feature for PC games. X user PhantomOcean3 discovered the feature inside the latest test versions of Windows 11 over the weekend, with Microsoft describing its automatic super resolution as a way to “use AI to make supported games play more smoothly with enhanced details.” That sounds a lot like Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology, which uses AI to upscale games and improve frame rates and image quality. AMD and Intel also offer their own variants, with FSR and XeSS both growing in popularity in recent PC game releases. Screenshot by Tom Warren / The Verge A new AI super resolution feature has been discovered in Windows 11 test... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/1hkD54a

Super Bowl merchandise is ready at the NFL Super Bowl Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images These are the best ads we’ve seen from the Super Bowl this year. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/e6q3Yro

Now you can turn your Apple Cash card into a Visa card. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge The iOS 17.4 beta lets iPhone users generate a virtual card number for Apple Cash, reports 9to5Mac , citing user reports on Reddit in the last couple of weeks. With a virtual card number, iPhone users can pay with Apple Cash even when Apple Pay isn’t available, removing one of the big limitations of Apple’s built-in Venmo-like service. I’m seeing the option in the 17.4 beta as well, but as 9to5Mac notes, its possible it hasn’t been rolled out to every beta user. It’s easy to check if you have it, though. Simply open the Wallet app, tap on your Apple Cash card, and look for a message below your balance invites you to set up a virtual card number — doing so is a simple, two-step procedure. Screenshots: Wes Davis / The... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/BQ9lhmp

Firefighters attempt to put out the Waymo car. | Image: FriscoLive415 A person jumped on the hood of a Waymo driverless taxi and smashed its windshield in San Francisco’s Chinatown last night around 9PM PT, generating applause before a crowd formed around the car and covered it in spray paint, breaking its windows, and ultimately set it on fire. The fire department arrived minutes later, according to a report in The Autopian , but by then flames had already fully engulfed the car. At the moment, no outlets seem to have reported a motive for the attack. Waymo representative Sandy Karp told The Verge via email that the fully autonomous car “was not transporting any riders” when it was attacked and fireworks were tossed inside the car, sparking the flames. Officer Rueca of San Francisco’s police department... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/85BEojW

Illustration: William Joel / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 25, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage .) This week, I’ve been watching Mr. & Mrs. Smith (which is awesome) and Argylle (which is not), reading about the tech vs. media wars , AI-created fake IDs , and multibillion-dollar arenas , debating canceling Amazon Prime , and trying out Crouton for managing recipes and grocery lists. I also have for you Google’s new AI tools, a new-ish social network, a better take on Google Docs, a new weather app worth checking out, and a bunch more. Let’s dig in. (As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/ewQWbJM