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Tesla Shares a Look at Its Latest Optimus Robot
Building on its previous creations, Tesla has now shared a look at its latest Optimus robot. Taking to X, Elon Musk's company unveiled the second-generation humanoid machine with enhanced dexterity.The real-time footage exhibits the strides Tesla has made with its robotics with smoother movement thanks to Tesla-designed actuators and sensors. Allow with the actuated neck and 30 percent faster walking that mimics the geometry of human feet, the robot weighs 10 kilograms less with improved balance and full-body control. Most notably, the hands now have 11 degrees of movement freedom that allow for more delicate maneuvering that allows it to handle fragile eggs.Watch Tesla's second-generation Optimus robot in action below.There’s a new bot in town 🤖Check this out (until the very end)!...
Beeper says Apple is blocking some iMessages, but there’s a fix
/ Beeper’s looking into what might be going on. It’s unclear if Apple brought down the hammer again. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Share this story Image: Beeper Here we go again: After investigating reports that some users aren’t getting iMessages on Beeper Mini and Beeper Cloud, Beeper says that Apple seems to be “deliberately blocking” iMessages from being delivered to about five percent of Beeper Mini users. The company says that uninstalling and reinstalling the app fixes the issue and that it’s working on a broader fix (though that apparently won’t be in place tonight). Apple didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment about Beeper’s new claim,...
The Tesla Cybertruck’s infamous wiper will reportedly cost $165 to replace
/ The Cybertruck’s parts catalog may reveal the price. By Sean Hollister, a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Share this story Parker Ortolani / The Verge The Verge, your source for Tesla Cybertruck windshield wiper news, is unreasonably happy to potentially reveal: a Cybertruck windshield wiper replacement may cost as little as $165 for the entire arm and blade assembly, or $75 for just the wiper blade itself. That’s the word from Tesla watcher Nic Cruz Patane, who, like all good windshield wiper enthusiasts, has seemingly been paging through the Tesla parts catalog for the Cybertruck but, unlike the rest of us, seemingly has access to prices for each part. We can see the ...
‘Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown’
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is not Sands of Time or any other games that came before it, and that's a great thing.
An X outage broke all outgoing links, again
Tech/ Twitter – X / Clicking links on X revealed only an error message, not the page you intended to visit. By Richard Lawler, a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Share this story Image: The Verge As if publishers and users didn’t have enough reasons to reconsider their connections to the platform formerly known as Twitter, all outgoing links from X stopped working Wednesday afternoon. A problem with the URL redirect that captures activity before sending users on their way sent people to a simple error page saying, “This page is down. I scream. You scream. We all scream… for us to fix this page. We’ll stop making jokes and get things up and running soon.” After...
Apple will make it harder for governments to get your push notifications
/ The change comes after both Apple and Google confirmed they have supplied information associated with mobile push notifications to governments. By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Share this story Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple will require law enforcement to obtain a court order before the company hands over details of customers’ push notifications from now on. As Reuters reports, Apple quietly updated its guidelines for law enforcement page on Monday with language specifying that search warrants and court orders are now required for it to give up “The Apple ID associated with” an Apple Push Notification Service token. The new policy follows revelations ...
TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist. Is Restocking Its Flatiron-Shaped Speaker
Update: Takahiro Miyashita's TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist. is re-stocking its popular "Sounds" speaker. Modeled after New York City's Flatiron Building, the HIFI speaker sees the same eroded design complimented by a muted color palette. Alongside the speaker's re-release TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist. stores will be releasing limited-edition tees that read "Listen To The Soloist."Priced at about $6,163 USD, the speaker is set to restock online on December 14.Original Story: After previewing its FW23 collection earlier this year in Tokyo, TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist. now previews an impressive new showpiece in the form of a HIFI speaker. Standing 103 cm (43 inches) tall, the speaker recreates New York City's iconic Flatiron building in full detail with eroded cement details wrapping around the...
Meta Is Employing Fact-Checkers To Combat Disinformation on Threads
Meta is planning to build a team of fact-checkers specifically to combat disinformation on Threads. The platform already has third-party content moderators on Facebook and Instagram but will now be extending its efforts to the Twitter competitor.Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri shared the news in a post, saying that they plan to launch the fact-checkers by next year."Early next year, our third-party fact-checking partners will be able to review and rate false content on Threads," Meta detailed in an update. "Currently, when a fact-checker rates a piece of content as false on Facebook or Instagram, we extend that fact-check rating to near-identical content on Threads, but fact-checkers cannot rate Threads content on its own."Essentially, the fact-checkers working on Meta’s other platforms determi...
The world came tantalizingly close to a deal to phase out fossil fuels
/ Against all odds, climate-vulnerable countries still managed to score some key wins at the United Nations summit in Dubai. By Justine Calma, a science reporter covering the environment, climate, and energy with a decade of experience. She is also the host of the Hell or High Water podcast. Share this story If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – DECEMBER 11: Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber (C), President of the COP28 UNFCCC Climate Conference, emerges from negotiations over the wording of the Presidential draft on day eleven of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference.Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images What would have been a historic deal to tackle a planetary crisis slipped out of reach at the eleventh hour.E...
Apple Will Reportedly Unveil Revamped iPads in March 2024
Apple is reportedly gearing up to “overhaul” its iPad lineup in March 2024, according to Mark Gurman’s latest Power On newsletter.In the newsletter, Gurman writes about how Apple has exponentially grown its iPad offerings over the years. Along with the mini and standard size, there’s the even newer generation, the iPad Pro and the iPad Air, the latter of which is available in both a standard size and a larger version.Things can get confusing for the customer, to say the least. Comparing the iPad to the Mac, Gurman writes that “Apple is working to bring that same clarity to the iPad.”Apple will reportedly be revamping the iPad Pro to further differentiate it from the lower-cost iPad Air. The Pro will apparently be billed as even higher end thanks to the inclusion of the new M3, along with a...
Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies
/ The FCC’s final denial says Starlink hasn’t proven it can “deliver the promised service” of rural broadband. By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Share this story Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The FCC announced today that it won’t award Elon Musk’s Starlink an $886 million subsidy from the Universal Service Fund for expanding broadband service in rural areas. The money would have come from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program (RDOF), but the FCC writes that Starlink wasn’t able to “demonstrate that it could deliver the promised service” and that giving the subsidy to it wouldn’t be “the best use of limited Universal Service Fund dollars.” That was the same re...
Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies
/ The FCC’s final denial says Starlink hasn’t proven it can “deliver the promised service” of rural broadband. By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Share this story Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The FCC announced today that it won’t award Elon Musk’s Starlink an $886 million subsidy from the Universal Service Fund for expanding broadband service in rural areas. The money would have come from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program (RDOF), but the FCC writes that Starlink wasn’t able to “demonstrate that it could deliver the promised service” and that giving the subsidy to it wouldn’t be “the best use of limited Universal Service Fund dollars.” That was the same re...
