Month: August 2024

Attendees during a media tour of the Revolution Wind construction hub at the Port of Providence in Providence, Rhode Island, US, on Thursday, June 13, 2024.  | Photo: Getty Images Offshore wind energy giant Ørsted is pushing back the start date for Revolution Wind, the project it’s building off the coasts of Rhode Island and … Read more

OpenAI It’s strange to sit down at my desk and talk to an AI about my life — but that’s what I spent my Tuesday doing. I’d gotten access to OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode, the new ChatGPT feature that sounds strangely like a human. When counting quickly, it’ll pretend it’s out of breath. It says … Read more

Sonos’ midrange Beam soundbar might not sound as immersive as the Arc, but it’s a step up from the built-in speakers on your TV. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge It’s been a rough few months for Sonos fans, but there has been at least some good news sprinkled in with the bad. … Read more

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Probably you have already heard that astronauts Barry ”Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams may not be able to leave on the Boeing Starliner that brought them to the International Space Station. I have been thinking about it in quiet moments — when I … Read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Most Google Pixel phones sold since September 2017 included software that could be used to surveil or remotely control users’ phones, according to a new report from the cybersecurity company iVerify. The vulnerability was discovered after iVerify’s endpoint detection and response (EDR) scanner flagged an insecure Android … Read more

Image: Threads Meta is testing a handful of new features on Threads, its X competitor, the company announced today. The new additions range from options that the average Threads user might appreciate to content management tools that feel more directly aimed at brands. Threads, which just passed the one-year mark since its official launch on … Read more

Image: Activision Call of Duty games have famously giant file sizes, but ahead of the October 25th launch of Black Ops 6, Activision is going to make some changes so that Call of Duty titles don’t take up as much space on your hard drive — including separating Warzone from the default download for the … Read more

The Momentum Sport Earbuds come in a few different color options, but the only vibrant hue is olive. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Sennheiser Momentum Sport Earbuds are a pretty unique piece of tech, as the noise-canceling buds feature an embedded heart rate tracker for monitoring your performance during runs … Read more