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Apple “Scary Fast” Mac launch event: the 4 biggest announcements
/ Apple’s Mac-heavy product launch event gave us our first look at the M3-equipped iMac and MacBook Pro models. a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>A more powerful line of M3 chips a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>A refreshed 24-inch iMac with an M3 chip a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>The 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros get a big M3-powered boost a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-f...
NASA Launches Rocket in Mission to Study 20,000 Year Old Supernova
NASA has a new mission dedicated to studying the formation of new star systems, specifically how they emerge in space after stellar deaths. The space agency kicked off its Integral Field Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Experiment (INFUSE) mission by sending off a rocket from New Mexico on Sunday, October 29.NASA explained that a constellation called Cygnus is on display throughout the northern hemisphere for a few months out of the year and within it is a supernova, the Cygnus Loop.The Loop is the remnants of a star that was measured to be about three times the size of the Sun prior to exploding under its own gravity. That event gave way to the formation of Cygnus Loop nearly 20,000 years ago.With INFUSE, NASA is aiming to learn about supernovae’s formation from the dust and gas leftover from by...
Kendrick Lamar’s pgLang Partners With Light for Minimal Smartphone
pgLang, the multi-faceted creative company founded by Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free, has debuted a surprising new collaboration: a smartphone built for minimal usage. pgLang teamed up with Light for a special edition of the LightPhone: a 4G LTE mobile phone that only offers the basics.That, in Light terms, means calling and texting. It can also provide a hotspot but doesn’t have the capacity for emails, internet browsing or social media.As part of pgLang’s goal to “embrace the present with less distractions,” the company has created a limited-edition blue colorway of the phone in a collaboration dubbed “pgLang for Light.”The new colorway launched with a campaign teaser, showing a baby crawling around with the phone in hand.Set to roll out on November 2, only 250 units of the phone will be a...
Bungie delaying Destiny 2 and Marathon games amid layoffs
/ Bungie is the latest to lay off staff in what’s been a brutal year for developers. 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″>Marathon and Destiny 2’s The Final Shape have been delayed.
X is officially worth less than half of what Elon Musk paid for it
Twitter – X/ Tech / A year after he bought Twitter for $44 billion, Musk thinks the company is now worth $19 billion, a 55 percent drop. 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: Laura Normand / The Verge Everyone knew that Twitter wasn’t worth $44 billion when Elon Musk bought it a year ago. Now, we know what Musk himself thinks it’s worth today: $19 billion. On Monday, employees at X were awarded equity in the company at a valuation of $19 billion, or $45 per share, according to internal documents seen by The Verge. That price is a 55 percent discount to Musk’s original purch...
Resident Evil Village on the iPhone could be a preview of Apple’s gaming future
/ I hope that Apple’s excellent custom chips will make it easier for games to come to iPhone and Mac. 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-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″>A screenshot from Resident Evil Village on an iPhone. 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″>Touch controls aren’t a great fit for Village, but they’re an option.
Elon Musk Plans To Make X a Dating App
A few months after Twitter's rebrand to X, Elon Musk celebrated the anniversary of purchasing the social media platform by sharing with his employees on a video call that he plans to add a "fully fledged" dating component to the app in 2024. According to Business Insider, further details regarding how the coupling aspect of the app will be operated has not been revealed. In the same call, Musk also shared that he hopes to make X a functional digital banking tool as well, turning the social media platform to an "everything app."Since the acquisition, Musk has been looking for new revenue streams. When he bought the company, Musk immediately began cutting staff after advertisers fled and the platform lost half of its value. Forbes previously mentioned that by rebranding away from "Twitter," ...
Samsung’s Galaxy S23 starts receiving Android 14 update
/ European users are reporting receiving that a fresh out of beta version of Samsung’s Android 14-based One UI 6 update is available for download. 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″>The Galaxy S23 and S23 Plus.
Beats by Dre Tapped LeBron James and Apple Announced a “Scary Fast” Event in This Week’s Tech Roundup
This week, the tech industry found out that Apple may be delivering that new Mac this mont after all, following the announcement of a livestreamed event. Motorola also made waves in the hardware space with its new smartphone that can be worn like a slap bracelet.Beats linked up with LeBron James and Erling Haaland to shoot a campaign for tis Studio Pro and Studio Buds headphones. And in the app space, Instagram is testing out a new feed exclusive to verified users.Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top tech stories of the week so you can stay up to date on trends in the industry.Motorola’s Adaptive Smartphone Can Be Worn Like a Slap BraceletAt this year’s Lenovo Tech World, Motorola demoed its malleable smartphone, a device so flexible that it can worn as a bracelet. Thanks to its FHD+ pO...
ChatGPT Plus members can upload and analyze files in the latest beta
Artificial Intelligence/ Tech / ChatGPT Plus members can also use modes like Browse with Bing without manually switching, letting the chatbot decide when to use them. 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 OpenAI is rolling out new beta features for ChatGPT Plus members right now. Subscribers have reported that the update includes the ability to upload files and work with them, as well as multimodal support. Basically, users won’t have to select modes like Browse with Bing from the GPT-4 dropdown — it will instead guess what they want based on context. The new fea...
YouTube’s NFL Sunday Ticket streams are failing today
/ Users are reporting buffering, low-quality streams of NFL Sunday Ticket, which is only available on YouTube TV. 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: The Verge YouTube’s NFL Sunday Ticket streams have been plagued with buffering and pixelation, making afternoon games today unwatchable, according to many, many posts. The @TeamYouTube account acknowledged the issue at 1:53PM ET. The team wrote that they’re aware YouTube is having issues and they are working to fix them, but acknowledged that “YouTube TV or NFL Sunday Ticket may also be impacted.” Now that YouTube is the onl...
Android 14 will make it easier for apps to support passkeys soon
/ Google’s Credential Manager API rollout should encourage more Android apps to support passwordless login with passkeys. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. *:last-child>*:last-child]:mb-0″>
