As AI tools gobble up news publishers’ traffic on traditional referral platforms like Google, Reddit is offering publishers another way to share their content — within its app. On September 10th, Reddit announced a slew of new features available to some publishers that are meant to help them better understand where their stories are being … Read more
Apple made a lot of noise about its super-slim iPhone Air and super-citrusy iPhone 17 Pro this week, but the company gave the base iPhone 17 some major updates that make it a really great deal — and all without raising its $799 starting price. Let’s start with the iPhone 17’s display, which is now … Read more
Elon Musk can no longer claim the title of the world’s richest man — at least for the time being. The net worth of Oracle CTO and co-founder, Larry Ellison, ballooned by $101 billion on Wednesday morning, bringing his total fortune to $393 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg. Ellison’s wealth now surpasses Musk’s, … Read more
In 2021, when former Meta employee Frances Haugen blew the whistle on dangers that the company’s platforms posed to kids, Meta realized it needed to change. “I’m here to tell you today that Meta has changed,” said one of a new set of whistleblowers – former Meta user experience researcher Cayce Savage – before the … Read more
Your 15 minutes are here. Be afraid. One night, a friend of mine went out for dinner with her husband and toddler. The toddler, who sometimes had trouble swallowing, choked on his food – and threw up, repeatedly, in the restaurant. People around them were laughing while my friend and her family were in distress, … Read more
Apple’s 2025 fall event was not the splashiest set of announcements in the company’s history. Some phones, some watches, some headphones, some cases. Some good stuff! But there was only one thing that seemingly caused deep feelings in everyone, both live in Cupertino, California, and online: the orange iPhone. THE ORANGE IPHONE. On this episode … Read more
The Charmera is a digital recreation of Kodak’s first disposable film camera. | Image: Kodak Everything from smartphones to handheld consoles now come in a variety of different colors, but what if you didn’t get to pick your favorite? That’s how the new Kodak Charmera is being sold. It’s a tiny digital camera released in … Read more
Vimeo is getting bought up by Bending Spoons, a European software company that has amassed a growing portfolio of businesses, including Evernote, WeTransfer, and Meetup. Bending Spoons will pay $1.38 billion to acquire the video hosting platform, and it expects to close the deal later this year. Vimeo launched in 2004 as a spinoff of … Read more
The Series 11 could easily be mistaken for the Series 10, but it has 5G support if you’re willing to pay extra. Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 11, SE 3, and Ultra 3 smartwatches during its annual iPhone hardware event on Tuesday. The 2025 models are somewhat iterative in terms of their designs. … Read more
Apple announced the iPhone 17 at its “Awe dropping” event held yesterday. They won’t be available to preorder until Friday, September 12th, but you may already be contemplating an upgrade. It’s easier to tell some of what makes the iPhone 17 different (like the larger screen and new colors), but changes under the hood (like … Read more
If you need another sign that the go-go ‘80s are back, look no further than the return of the fabled Ferrari Testarossa nameplate, which the Italian automaker announced this week in Milan. But this is no retread: the new 849 Testarossa now sports a hybrid powertain for added oomph. How much oomph we talking? The … Read more
The new iPhone Air is Apple’s thinnest iPhone ever. | Image: The Verge At its latest hardware event on Tuesday, Apple officially announced the new 2025 iPhone lineup. That includes the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and the slimmed-down iPhone Air, which looks to be the standout model this year. The … Read more
Eufy’s FamiLock S3 Max is $339.99 ($60 off) at multiple retailers. A smart lock and video doorbell are great tools for beefing up your home’s security system, and Eufy’s FamiLock S3 Max combines the functionality of both into one device. It’s currently $339.99 ($60 off) at Amazon, The Home Depot, and from Eufy, which matches … Read more
When you have children of different ages, finding stuff to watch together can be a big challenge. Both of my kids – aged 10 and 12 – have a budding interest in horror, and there’s not a lot of scary stuff that’s appropriate for all of us. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised while watching … Read more
The AirPods Pro 3 offers a heart rate sensor so you can keep tabs of calories burned, activities, and heart rate while working out. The iPhone Air may have been the star of the show, but Apple also announced a new pair of AirPods at its “Awe dropping” event on September 9th. The AirPods Pro … Read more
The DJI Osmo Nano will feature a modular design similar to the DJI Action 2. | Screenshot: X There’s been no official announcement from DJI yet, but leaked images appear to confirm a follow-up to the company’s modular and compact Action 2 camera that debuted in 2021, as spotted by Notebookcheck. The new DJI Osmo … Read more
Amazon’s Zoox announced today that it’s making its robotaxis available to all customers in Las Vegas. The company says it is the first to operate with a purpose-built autonomous vehicle in public service. And the news comes a few weeks after federal regulators gave the company the green light to expand the use of its … Read more
A new licensing standard aims to let web publishers set the terms of how AI system developers use their work. On Wednesday, major brands like Reddit, Yahoo, Medium, Quora, and People Inc. announced support for Really Simple Licensing (RSL), an open content licensing standard that enables publishers to outline how bots should pay to scrape … Read more
For 16 years, a team of linguists carefully crafted and honed the grammar editing software Grammarly to match natural English language patterns. Now, the company is getting a big assist from AI to expand similar offerings to five more languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, and Italian. This expansion caters to what has been the “number … Read more
Today, Nvidia is soft-launching its latest gaming GPUs in the cloud – upgrading its $20-a-month GeForce Now Ultimate cloud gaming service with RTX 5080 graphics for select games, with more to come down the road. At the same time, it’s also adding thousands more titles to the bring-your-own-games service by letting you install them yourself, … Read more
Reddit users can no longer see how many people are subscribed to their favorite subreddit communities. The platform has announced that it’s removing the member count metric that appears on subreddit pages — located under the page bio on the right for desktop users, or at the top under the subreddit name on mobile — … Read more
Last month, Joby Aviation purchased Blade Air Mobility’s helicopter taxi business for $125 million, with the goal of eventually replacing those noisy, polluting helicopters with its more quiet, battery-powered air taxis. But while it waits for FAA certification, Joby is teaming up with Uber to get more passengers in its newly acquired fleet of helicopters. … Read more
For months, Lyft has watched while its rival Uber made deals with seemingly every autonomous vehicle operator under the sun. But the smaller ridehail company has been quietly building a fleet of its own, and Lyft is ready to launch its first customer-ready robotaxi pilot in Atlanta. Lyft is teaming up with May Mobility, an … Read more
The $59 price is pretty reasonable, at least by Apple standards. The skepticism I had about Apple’s rumored crossbody iPhone strap can be put to rest now that it’s officially announced as part of yesterday’s big iPhone 17 event. I’m suitably impressed. And if we can clear up some of the confusion about why it … Read more
Nvidia is releasing a new GeForce Game Ready driver today in preparation for the Borderlands 4 release later this week. There’s also an Nvidia app update arriving today that includes a new RTX Remix update to allow modders to improve fire and smoke effects in older games. Today’s Game Ready driver (581.29) includes optimizations for … Read more
It’s been a long time coming but Spotify is finally getting lossless audio. Rumors have been circulating about a high-fidelity offering since as early as 2017. In 2021, Spotify claimed it was “coming later this year.” And by May of 2024 it was “almost ready.” So, when rumors started picking up again in June of … Read more
Ask someone their worst fears about AI, and you’ll find a few recurring topics – from near-term fears like AI tools replacing human workers and the loss of critical thinking to apocalyptic scenarios like AI-designed weapons of mass destruction and automated war. Most have one thing in common: a loss of human control. And the … Read more
A before and after image of a bedroom changed using Zillow’s Virtual Staging tool. Zillow is launching an AI-powered feature that will allow home hunters to empty the room of furniture or subtly change the design style. The intent is to make it easier to overcome the owner’s dodgy design choices and questionable furniture so … Read more
Nikon has just unveiled the ZR, its first official co-brand with RED, the cinema camera company it purchased in April of last year. The ZR takes what Nikon has already been doing well, with its heavily adaptable Z-mount, internal RAW video recording and popular color science and turns it up to 11 for video shooters. … Read more
It’s less noticeable than a thinner profile or trick camera lenses, but Apple is pointing out another upgrade in the iPhone 17 family of phones that it says is part of “the most significant upgrade to memory safety in the history of consumer operating systems.” Explicitly targeting the spyware industry that produces exploits for tools … Read more