People who still use NBA Top Shot were the primary targets of a scam tweet posted to ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski’s account on X Saturday evening at about 6:30PM ET. The tweet referred to NBA Top Shot as a “popular” NFT platform, despite the fact that current activity levels are …
Read More »Google co-founder Sergey Brin sued over a plane crash that killed two pilots last year
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is facing a wrongful death lawsuit from the widow of one of two pilots who died in a plane crash off the coast of California in May 2023. It blames a poorly installed modification for the crash and claims his representatives intentionally slowed recovery efforts to …
Read More »The direct influence of Twin Peaks on Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening has been a Nintendo classic for so long that it’s easy to forget how weird it felt when it dropped for the Game Boy in 1993. Originally conceived as a straightforward port of the Super Nintendo’s A Link to the Past — which itself …
Read More »Beware of a new Android threat targeting your photos and texts without even opening them
What is malware? Kurt ‘CyberGuy’ Knutsson discusses how to protect yourself from malware and ransomware. Another day, another malware threat is trying to get your data. Well, brace yourself, because there’s a virus that’s been around for a while that’s out there that’s gotten even worse. It’s called XLoader, and …
Read More »David Lynch’s presence has been haunting video games for decades
Receiving Station H is an electrical substation overseen by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Its purpose: changing the voltage of incoming currents and sending them out toward LA’s Miracle Mile and other destinations. Its admirer: the American filmmaker David Lynch, who visited its location in the ’90s, …
Read More »Fox News AI Newsletter: Google’s woke AI image fail
Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: – Google apologizes after new Gemini AI refuses to show pictures, achievements of White people– AI poised to bolster workplace efficiency and security, Cisco exec says– Robo-calls no more as federal ruling makes clear …
Read More »Victrola’s Sonos-ready turntable is down to an unbeatable price
With the ability to stream to practically anything, the Victrola Sapphire is shaping up to be the last turntable you’ll need. It’s not available yet, though, and not everyone will want to spend $1,500 for the privilege of owning one. The Sonos-ready Stream Onyx, while not as ubiquitous, is the …
Read More »‘Patriot entrepreneurs’ fight against DOD bureaucracy to green light future tech: defense expert
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Read More »A lot of Redditors hate the Reddit IPO
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 …
Read More »Stop loading the dishwasher; this robot aims to do all the cleanup for you
Who couldn’t use a little help cleaning up around the house? Right? Imagine a little helper robot that could clean up rooms around your home all by itself. Scientists at New York University and AI at Meta have joined forces to develop a robot to do just that. They call …
Read More »What to expect from MWC 2024
Without looking up any leaks or rumors, I’d bet that you could probably sketch most of the phones rumored to be launching at Mobile World Congress next week. Over the years, smartphones have settled on a relatively consistent design formula of big rectangular touchscreens, small selfie camera cutouts, app-based interfaces, …
Read More »MWC 2024: all the phones, wearables, and gadgets announced in Barcelona
Xiaomi’s phone lineup has a new leader. The Xiaomi 14 Ultra has just launched in China and features a range of impressive photography specs including a main camera with a large one-inch-type sensor (specifically the Sony LYT-900) and a variable aperture with 1,024 stops between f/1.63 and f/4.0. Prices start …
Read More »The Ring Car Cam seems to have been discontinued
Ring confirmed to The Verge that it has stopped selling its Ring Car Cam, a dashcam / security camera hybrid that records the road and the driver while in motion and acts as a security camera when a vehicle is parked. The product, which launched at CES 2023, has been …
Read More »When is journalism hacking? – The Verge
Some laws operate like hidden trap doors — everyone walks across the trap at one point or another, but only a handful of us actually fall through. For the rich, it’s the law against insider trading; for the rest of us plebs, it’s the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. On Thursday, …
Read More »The 27 best tech gifts under $25 in 2024
Wanting to treat a friend or a loved one to some tech or a cool gadget while on a very lean budget can feel like an impossible task. Most of the everyday devices we use cost multiple hundreds of dollars, so what do you get when you just want a …
Read More »A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected for months
Hiding on Slack isn’t all that hard, apparently; you just have to pretend you’re a bot. That’s what IT Brew’s Tom McKay did when he left Gizmodo in 2022, and he went undetected by the site’s management for months. In a post on X, McKay shared some screenshots of the …
Read More »FTC cracks down on H&R Block for deleting tax data when users want to downgrade
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against tax prep company H&R Block for allegedly wasting consumers’ time and money. The company deceptively marketed its services and made them difficult to downgrade, the FTC claims in an administrative complaint issued Friday. “H&R Block designed its online products to present an …
Read More »Google explains Gemini’s ‘embarrassing’ AI pictures of diverse Nazis
Google has issued an explanation for the “embarrassing and wrong” images generated by its Gemini AI tool. In a blog post on Friday, Google says its model produced “inaccurate historical” images due to tuning issues. The Verge and others caught Gemini generating images of racially diverse Nazis and US Founding …
Read More »Supreme Court to hear whether Texas, Florida can force social media to host speech
Social media companies have long made their own rules about the content they allow on their sites. But a pair of cases set to be argued before the Supreme Court on Monday will test the limits of that freedom, examining whether they can be legally required to host users’ speech. …
Read More »The AIs are officially out of control
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge When you ask an AI bot for an image of the Founding Fathers or a group of German soldiers from 1943, you expect… something. You probably don’t expect what Google Gemini has been delivering, which is a set of images that goes heavy on …
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