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"It's actually so insane that people are calling Chappell Roan (a lesbian) an industry plant… the music industry would literally never."
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Fisker CEO Henrik Fisker. | Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images
Earlier today, Fisker finally did what has seemed inevitable these past few turbulent months: declared bankruptcy.
“Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently,” the company said in a statement. “After evaluating all options for our business, we determined that proceeding with a...
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What if your laptop didn’t need a processor from an established brand like Intel or AMD? What if it didn’t even rely on proprietary paid architectures like Arm and x86? RISC-V is one of the answers to those questions — it’s free for anyone to use! — and modular computer company Framework has just decided to welcome RISC-V into its laptop lineup.
Specifically, Framework has partnered with DeepComputing, the company behind the very...
Students and young workers from more than 120 universities have pledged to refuse work at Google and Amazon until the Israeli contract is dropped.
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With forecasters calling for severe weather in Omaha Tuesday evening, Tuesday’s elimination game between Kentucky and Florida has been postponed
Florida and Kentucky are set to square off at the Men’s College World Series, in a do-or-die game for both teams.
Now they will have another night to think about what needs to be done.
With the threat of severe weather looming over Omaha — forecasters are calling for thunderstorms and heavy rain —...
"Me every day unsure if I'm texting him or my doctor."
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New Zealand’s Marcus Daniell (TOP) and Michael Venus compete against USA’s Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men’s doubles tennis match for the bronze medal at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on July 30th, 2021. | Photo by Vincenzo Pinto / AFP via Getty Images
Athletes are raising concerns about how extreme heat might affect the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, according to a new report. They’re worried that soaring temperatures pose...
The Portal is getting a very slow trickle of software updates. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge
The PlayStation Portal is getting a couple of modest features it should have had in the first place. Sony announced on its PlayStation Blog that a software update for its handheld remote player will allow users to connect their devices to public Wi-Fi networks that require sign-in, like free ones found at hotels and cafes.
Also in this update are new visual cues when you tap...
Butterflies AI.
So far, generative AI has been mostly confined to chatbots like ChatGPT. Startups like Character.AI and Replika are seeing early traction by making chatbots more like companions. But what happens when you dump a bunch of AI characters into something that looks like Instagram and let them talk to each other?
That’s the idea behind Butterflies, one of the most provocative — and, at times, unsettling — takes on social media that I’ve seen in quite a while. After a...
Image: TikTok
TikTok recently launched a new Instagram-like photo-sharing app called Whee, as spotted by Android Police and APKMirror founder Artem Russakovskii.
TikTok is explicitly positioning Whee as an app for sharing photos with only your closest friends. “Capture and share real-life photos that only your friends can see, allowing you to be your most authentic self,” according to Whee’s Google Play description. “Whee is the best place for close friends to share life...
The Sphero Bolt Plus’ new full-color screen can help kids troubleshoot their code. | Image: Sphero
Sphero has updated its RC Bolt robotic ball with a higher-resolution LCD screen, providing improved visual feedback that promises to make the new Bolt Plus a better STEM tool for teaching kids the fundamentals of programming.
Originally making a name for itself with a simple remote control ball that could be steered using a smartphone, Sphero eventually found massive success by...
One step closer to a final release in the fall. | Image: The Verge / Android
It’s beta software season, baby. Google is releasing Android 15’s third beta today, taking it one step closer to its final release. With this update, it reaches platform stability, meaning that APIs are finalized and developers can start testing their apps with this near-final version. Not much appears to have changed since the last beta dropped, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few interesting...
UPDATE: Jun. 18, 2024, 11:30 a.m. EDT We've pulled all of the best TV deals live on the second day of Walmart+ Week 2024 and will update the list accordingly as the event rolls on through June 23.
Walmart is traditionally a go-to spot for TV deals during big shopping holidays throughout the year. Likewise, the store typically drops several stellar doorbusters during events like Prime Day competition sales, specifically on budget TVs.
But for whatever reason, Walmart+ Week this year...
SAVE 50%: The Shark AI Ultra robot vacuum with self-emptying base is on sale for $299.99 at Amazon, marked down from the normal price of $599. That's a savings of $299.01.
Opens in a new window ...SAVE $20: As of June 18, get The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for just $39.95 at Walmart, down from its usual price of $59.99. That's a discount of 33%.
Opens in a new window ...Everyone knows sound is a critical component to most films and videos. After all, even when films were silent, there was still a musical accompanist letting the audience know how to feel.
This natural law remains the same for the new crop of generative AI videos, which emerge eerily silent. That's part of why Google has been working on "video-to-audio" technology (V2A) which "makes synchronized audiovisual generation possible." On Monday, Google's AI lab, DeepMind, shared progress on...
Banana is a game in which players repeatedly click on a banana, and that's about it. Think Cookie Clicker, but instead of all the fun features that the game adds, you just click on the cookie endlessly.
Despite that simplicity, the game has become a massive hit since its launch in April.
SEE ALSO: Nintendo Direct June 2024: 8 big announcements, including 'The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom'With a peak concurrent player count of over 860,000,...
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VCARB is hoping to keep a strong season going at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix
Through nine race weekends this Formula 1 season, the team at Visa Cash App RB F1 Team have placed themselves near the front of the midfield. VCARB currently sits sixth in the F1 Constructors’ Championship standings with 28 points, 21 points ahead of seventh-place Haas. As the grid heads to Barcelona, there are thoughts that VCARB could perhaps throw a scare into Aston...