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Nomad’s 3-in-1 MagSafe Charger and the Sonos One are down to their best prices
/ Plus, we found deals on Samsung’s The Frame, the Lenovo Legion Go, and the Amazon Smart Thermostat. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Nomad Fancy phone chargers are nice, but they’re often too expensive to justify the cost. Nomad’s Base One Max 3-in-1 is one of those rare unicorns that delivers a lot of value for your money, however, thus making it worth the splurge. After all, the device can simultaneously charge a MagSafe-compatible phone, your Apple W...
Google’s Lumiere brings AI video closer to real than unreal
/ Five-second clips generated with Lumiere show how the AI tools can create video from a prompt with realistic motion. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Google Imagen clip from 2022
How to keep track of friends and family on Android
/ You can stay in control of who is able to see your location. a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>Location sharing via Google Maps The most obvious choice for location sharing on Android is Google Maps, as it comes preinstalled (and is available on iPhones, too). There are other options you can try as well, which I’ll get to. Location sharing can be a one-way or two-way arrangement, so you can see other people without them seeing you if you want (and if they permit it). If you do want to make your location visible, you need to enable location tracking on your phone: from Settings in Android, tap Location, then enable the Use location option. a:hover]:text-black [&...
Microsoft Teams went down around the world for over eight hours — it’s recovering
Microsoft/ Tech / The status lights stayed green for hours, but the complaints didn’t stop. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration: The Verge Was it a joyous outage where you got to relax, or did something mission-critical go wrong? Either way, “a portion” of Microsoft Teams went down Friday for over eight hours — with outages in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, according to status updates from Microsoft’s official account. At 8:17PM ET Friday, Microsoft tweeted that the worst is over, but that the company’s still mopping up, with a handful ...
Satya Nadella says the explicit Taylor Swift AI fakes are ‘alarming and terrible’
/ Beyond adding more Microsoft AI guardrails, though, it’s not clear he’s got any idea what to do. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Laura Normand / The Verge Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has responded to a controversy over sexually explicit AI-made fake images of Taylor Swift. In an interview with NBC Nightly News that will air next Tuesday, Nadella calls the proliferation of nonconsensual simulated nudes “alarming and terrible,” telling interviewer Lester Holt that “I think it behooves us to move fast on this.” In a transcript distributed by NBC ahead of the January 30th show, Holt...
White House calls for legislation to stop Taylor Swift AI fakes
Tech/ Policy / The spread of fake photos is “alarming” and “obviously” shows that legislation is needed, the White House said on Friday.
The best smartwatches for Android right now
Wear OS is much better than it used to be, so there’s never been a better time to consider a smartwatch. By Victoria Song, a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 11 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. Editor’s note: Fossil confirmed to us this week that it is leaving the smartwatch business. As a result, we’ve removed their Gen 6 smartwatch from this list as we evaluate other options. After a long stretch of slim pickings, the last couple of years have been huge for Android smartwatches. Now there are more good options than ever. But this is still a transitional era. While we’re encouraged by the stronger third-party app options, the market is still fragmented. Wear OS 4 is already here for Samsung’s Galaxy W...
Louis Vuitton Launches the Portable Nanogram Speaker
As Louis Vuitton continues to expand its lineup of premium tech offerings, the Maison has now revealed its new portable LV Nanogram Speakers.Building up from LV’s Horizon Speaker, the new electroacoustic transducer arrives in a much more compact size that befits its portable and travel-friendly nature. Measuring 13.5cm across, the speaker features an aluminum build that weighs just 520 grams. It’s incoporated with a leather loop that allows the speakers to be attached to bag straps and handles.While the Horizon faithfully recreates the LV Toupie bag silhouette, the Nanogram Speakers boast a spinning top appearance that resembles more of a diamond shape. Embedded with debossed detailing and monogram flowers that reference the Maison’s signature codes, an LV logo has also been integrated int...
Sony’s HT-AX7 is a Portable Surround Sound System
You might expect an audiophile or a cinephile to have a surround sound system at home, but not everybody has one owing to space and cost considerations. Sony is looking to change that with its HT-AX7 Portable Theatre System, a novel and somewhat niche portable speaker system.The Japanese tech giant is no stranger to launching peculiar products. Its recent PlayStation Portal "remote player" is a good example; a beautifully designed handheld that does what it was intended to do very well, but that, by design, is limited in ways (no bluetooth, no built-in web browser) that perhaps limit its potential customer base.Sony's HT-AX7 Portable Theatre System would also fall under this category, a portable surround sound system that has a very specific user in mind. The HT-AX7 is a take-me-anywhere s...
Switch 2: all the news and rumors on Nintendo’s next console
Analyst tips 8-inch LCD for Nintendo Switch 2. Supply chain analysis from Omdia’s Hiroshi Hayase suggests Nintendo’s next console, widely expected to launch later this year, will have a bigger screen than both the original Switch (6.2-inches) and the OLED model (7-inches), Bloomberg reports. That lines up with VGC’s previous reporting about the LCD display. Developers reportedly saw demos of the new Switch last year, and Activision was briefed on it as early as 2022. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Nintendo There’s a very good chance that this will be the last year where th...
The Biden administration will pause new gas export projects
/ After facing backlash over pollution from gas export terminals, Joe Biden announced a pause on new projects. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>In this marshy coastal region between Texas and Louisiana, the proliferation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal projects, massive facilities that receive and liquefy gas from pipelines, then transfer the LNG to ships for export, unsettles residents, who consider the plants to be a threat to their coast.
The Xbox Series S is down to $229
/ It’s $70 off at Dell, which is nearly enough to buy an expansion card when storage space eventually runs out. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge We’ve seen the original Xbox Series S in white dip below the $249.99 mark over the past several months. But if you missed out on those opportunities, Dell presents another with a sale that brings Microsoft’s entry-level gaming console down to $229.99. That’s a $70 discount compared to its...
