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AirPods 4 hands-on: noise cancellation for people who hate ear tips

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For the first time, Apple’s AirPods for the masses come in two different versions. Today, the...
For the first time, Apple’s AirPods for the masses come in two different versions. Today, the company announced its AirPods 4 earbuds, which start at $129, but there’s also a higher-tier $159 model that brings active noise cancellation to this open-style design. We’ve seen this attempted by other brands before — mos...
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These new Aukey wireless chargers come with cooling fans

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Researchers say a bug let them add fake pilots to rosters used for TSA checks

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A pair of security researchers say they discovered a vulnerability in login systems for records that...
A pair of security researchers say they discovered a vulnerability in login systems for records that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) uses to verify airline crew members at airport security checkpoints. The bug let anyone with a “basic knowledge of SQL injection” add themselves to airline rosters, po...
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Apple could hold an October event to refresh its smallest iPads and Macs

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An all-in-one app for the internet

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 51, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in...
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 51, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I hope you love spy shows as much as I do, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about cobalt miners and religious AI and the...
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The Apple Watch made smartwatches the wearable of choice

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Ten years ago, after announcing the iPhone 6, Tim Cook had one more thing to show...
Ten years ago, after announcing the iPhone 6, Tim Cook had one more thing to show the world. Cue the first-ever sizzle reel for the Apple Watch.It’s funny watching that video today, especially when you zero in on the features Apple claimed would revolutionize the smartwatch category. There was the Digital Crown — a ...
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How to watch Apple’s ‘Glowtime’ iPhone 16 event

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Nanoleaf finally launches a smart switch after eight years of trying

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After nearly a decade of development, Nanoleaf’s smart switch is finally here. You can pre-order the...
After nearly a decade of development, Nanoleaf’s smart switch is finally here. You can pre-order the $30 Sense Plus Smart Wireless “Anywhere” Switch today, and it should ship in October. But to get to this point, Nanoleaf had to pivot from its adoption of Thread and create a new, proprietary protocol called Litewave...
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TIFF 2024: all the latest movie reviews from Toronto

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For much of the film industry, the beginning of September means one thing: it’s time to...
For much of the film industry, the beginning of September means one thing: it’s time to head to Toronto. We’re on the ground once again at the Toronto International Film Festival, better known as TIFF, which has been home to some notable premieres over the years. But this time, we’re covering things a little differe...
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Disney and DirecTV head into a big sports weekend with no carriage deal

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Astro Bot is the game you buy a PS5 for

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It is 9PM, and all I want to do is sleep. I barely have the energy...
It is 9PM, and all I want to do is sleep. I barely have the energy to speak, let alone play a video game. But I have a job to do, and it’s reviewing Astro Bot by its release date, so I make a deal with myself to play just two levels, then go to bed…Five hours later, my face burns from smiling. I’m...
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Boeing Starliner has completed its lonely return to Earth

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Grid’s framed old-school gadgets are over 40 percent off

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If you’re a fan of all things retro, Grid’s framed disassembled gadgets are a celebration of...
If you’re a fan of all things retro, Grid’s framed disassembled gadgets are a celebration of vintage tech you will likely find charming. The company turns obsolete smartphones, gaming consoles, controllers, and other old-school gizmos into collage-like artwork placed in shadowbox-style frames, making for incredibly ...
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It’s time for the regular iPhone to shine

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People aren’t buying phones like they used to, so Apple’s really gotta put the squeeze on...
People aren’t buying phones like they used to, so Apple’s really gotta put the squeeze on us every upgrade cycle. And recently, that has meant pushing more people toward the Pro iPhone, rather than the regular one. Every year for the past few years, Apple has withheld more and more features for its Pro phones, bring...
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The man who put Doom in a Lego brick is now playing it on a volumetric voxel display

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In 2022, I introduced you to James Brown, the Weta Workshop graphics engineer whose hobby is...
In 2022, I introduced you to James Brown, the Weta Workshop graphics engineer whose hobby is building amazing displays. Now, he’s built a crystal ball filled with shimmering, spinning volumetric light — and of course he’s playing Doom on it. But not just any Doom. Voxel Doom, where every dot of the game’s graphics l...
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The Boeing Starliner’s strange test flight finally returned to Earth, but it’s empty

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After years of delays, the first crewed flight test of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched on June...
After years of delays, the first crewed flight test of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched on June 5th, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station for what was supposed to be a short trip. However, after thruster issues and some leaks, their return trip on Starli...
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Apple Watch Series 10 rumored to add sleep apnea detection

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US and UK sign legally enforceable AI treaty

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The US, UK, and the European Union have signed the first “legally binding” treaty on AI,...
The US, UK, and the European Union have signed the first “legally binding” treaty on AI, which is supposed to ensure its use aligns with “human rights, democracy and the rule of law,” according to the Council of Europe.The treaty, called the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, lays out key principles AI...
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Ugreen’s new Uno chargers have cute emoji faces that change when you charge

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Ugreen has a new collection of iPhone and USB accessories for IFA 2024 that really turn...
Ugreen has a new collection of iPhone and USB accessories for IFA 2024 that really turn up the charm. The Uno line is a collection of GaN and Qi2 chargers, cables, a power bank, and a USB-C hub — each featuring tiny a screen solely for displaying robot-like emoji faces. The most endearing ones by far are the $60 Uno...
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Osom Products, the phone company founded by ex-Essential employees, is shutting down

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Osom Products Inc. — the mobile phone company founded by former employees of Essential, which shut...
Osom Products Inc. — the mobile phone company founded by former employees of Essential, which shut down after releasing a single phone — is reportedly shutting down this week, having released a single phone. The news comes shortly after Osom’s former chief privacy officer sued the company, claiming that it’s out of ...
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Sony might have confirmed the PS5 Pro while it was busy celebrating

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Sony has started celebrating 30 years of PlayStation and seems to have confirmed a PS5 Pro...
Sony has started celebrating 30 years of PlayStation and seems to have confirmed a PS5 Pro design leak in the process. A blog post earlier today included a 30th anniversary image (above), and eagle-eyed observers have spotted a suspicious-looking PS5 design in the montage that looks identical to the PS5 Pro leak fro...
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Startup accuses Nvidia and Microsoft of infringing on patents and forming a cartel

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A startup funded by the cofounder of Yahoo and CTO of Intel is suing Nvidia and...
A startup funded by the cofounder of Yahoo and CTO of Intel is suing Nvidia and Microsoft for allegedly infringing on its patent for a key innovation in AI chips and being part of a buying cartel that allegedly sought to artificially fix lower prices for the technology.In a new lawsuit, Texas-based Xockets says Nvid...
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Tesla Full Self-Driving coming to Cybertruck and maybe Europe and China

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Tesla updated the roadmap today for its out-of-beta Full Self-Driving (FSD) advanced driver-assist system. The automaker...
Tesla updated the roadmap today for its out-of-beta Full Self-Driving (FSD) advanced driver-assist system. The automaker says it will launch the feature in the Cybertruck later this month, roll out a more robust v13 update in October, and launch it in Europe and China within the first quarter of next year — pending ...
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YouTube is making new tools to protect creators from AI copycats

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YouTube is developing new tools that aim to give creators on the platform more control over...
YouTube is developing new tools that aim to give creators on the platform more control over content that copies their voice or likeness using generative AI. In its announcement post, YouTube said the new likeness management tech will help to safeguard its creators and partners while enabling them to “harness AI’s cr...
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