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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Most of today’s biggest music releases already come with a Dolby Atmos mix alongside the traditional stereo version, but Apple is apparently determined to increase the format’s adoption even further. Bloomberg is today reporting that the company is planning to give “added weighting” to songs that offer an Atmos mix; this could potentially increase the royalties that artists receive from Apple Music. Intriguingly, the report notes that “listeners wouldn’t necessarily have to play the Atmos version of a song for artists to benefit. It only matters that the song is offered in that format.” The change in weighting hasn’t yet been announced by Apple. But with more and more artists and studios churning out spatial audio mixes like clockwork,... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/bkJ76p0

The Era 100 is a sharp-looking little speaker in either white or black. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge One of our top picks of all Black Friday deals was the Sonos Era 100 smart speaker, and we’re happy to report that deal has returned. Right now, you can get the Era 100 in black or white for its lowest price of $199 ($50 off) at Amazon Best Buy , B&H Photo , or direct from Sonos . The Era 100 is one of Sonos’ latest Wi-Fi-connected speakers, offering some impressive sound in a compact package. It may not have the spatial audio tricks of its much bigger Era 300 cousin, but the Era 100 can fit just about anywhere in your home, and if you own a turntable, you can even pump that audio through a multiroom Sonos system by way of a simple USB-C adapter. Read our review of the Sonos Era 100 . If you want to score a sizable deal on some of the many... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/Rh5e2rU

Image: BMW As digital keys become more widely used among car owners, a consortium of auto and phone makers are working to ensure that people can trust that this new technology is secure and will always work across multiple devices. The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) is an industry group that includes most major car companies, like Ford, GM, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, and Mercedes-Benz, as well as phone makers like Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi. The consortium announced a new certification program for digital keys that use near-field communication (NFC). NFC-equipped phones must be tapped against the car’s door handle to unlock it, rather than using a key or key fob. “A global compatibility of products and services for a seamless experience... regardless... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/BUP3tn9

Screenshot: Google Google could be developing a new feature for its Messages app that would let you edit a message after having sent it, according to code spotted by TheSpAndroid . References to the feature first appeared in a beta version of the app on November 19th, and there are four flags that appear to reference it, though attempting to enable them reportedly doesn’t do anything. The evidence of the in-development feature has cropped up as support for editing messages is becoming increasingly common in other messaging apps. Apple added the option for iMessage users to edit sent messages with iOS 16 last year , and WhatsApp released a similar feature earlier in 2023 . In both cases, you have a limited amount of time to edit sent messages — two minutes for... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/pUS9Gk1

Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned the public against scanning any old QR code in a consumer alerts blog last week. Naturally, the warning comes down to security and privacy — bad actors can put QR codes in inconspicuous places or send them via text or email, then just sit back and wait for a payday in the form of money, logins, or other sensitive information. The New York Times reported that John Fokker, who heads threat intelligence at cybersecurity company Trellix, says Trellix found over “60,000 samples of QR code attacks” in the third quarter this year alone. The Times wrote that the most popular scams involved payroll and HR personnel impersonators and postal scams, among others. Early last year, police in several Texas... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/CQ1ZdP0

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple is reportedly making some changes next year that it hopes will make it easier for people to fit a specific iPad to their needs. For instance, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman wrote in his Power On newsletter today that the next iPad Air will get an M2 chip in addition to the larger second model that’s been rumored . One of the other ways Apple is reportedly tackling the issue is to drop the 9th-generation model that’s been dangling off of the front of the lineup since last year’s pricier 10th-generation iPad redesign launched. Gurman says sending the 9th-gen iPad out to pasture will let the company “slowly phase out some of its older Pencils.” Presumably, the 2015 Apple Pencil will be the first to go, once there’s no Lightning port... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/KU0WoJT

Image: William Joel / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 17, 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 A Murder at the End of the World and (finally!) Barbie , reading about Gary Gensler’s war on crypto , robot trucks , and Taylor Swift’s world takeover , playing Puzzmo’s Really Bad Chess , and catching up on all the super-popular TikToks I missed this year. I also have for you a new Mastodon app, a bunch of new AI tools, a whole new Fortnite universe, an espresso maker, and much more. And I have some thoughts about messaging. Let’s dig in. (As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/U2gxYRk