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15 incredibly useful Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts
/ Do more in less time with our pick of keyboard shortcuts. a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>Get a closer look Need to see something on-screen at a larger scale? Hold down the Win key and then tap + (the plus key) to launch the Magnifier utility. You can then tap the same shortcut again to carry on zooming in or use Win and – (the minus key) to zoom out. a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>Access the clipboard history The old Ctrl+V paste shortcut is old news now. All the cool kids have moved on to Win+V, which opens up the Windows 11 cl...
OpenAI Enables ChatGPT to See, Hear and Speak
OpenAI has announced a significant update set to roll out soon for ChatGPT, equipping it with voice and image functionalities, designed to usher in a new era of multi-modal interactions with the AI chatbot.Users will soon be able to engage in vocal exchanges with ChatGPT, whether settling a family debate or seeking a bedtime story, ChatGPT is ready to act as an auditorially conversational companion.Once released, mobile users will need to activate the voice chat feature via settings and from there simply tap the headphone icon on the main screen. The update brings with it five distinct voices, generated from collaboration with professional voice actors and powered by an advanced text-to-speech model. Additionally, Whisper, OpenAI's speech recognition system, seamlessly transcribes spoken w...
NASA’s First Astroid Samples Arrive on Earth
After seven years of meticulous planning and execution, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has achieved a historic milestone by safely delivering a capsule containing rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu to Earth.The capsule touched down at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range near Salt Lake City on Sunday morning, September 24. Shortly after landing, the capsule was transported to a temporary clean room to initiate a "nitrogen purge" process, designed to protect the precious sample from earth-based contaminants. NASA shared that nitrogen, a non-reactive gas, will ensure that the sample remains in its purest form, ready for rigorous scientific analyses.Scientists believe that the analyses of the Bennu samples will provide insights into planet formation and the origins of life-sust...
LG dives into the foldable laptop fray
/ The LG Gram Fold is only launching in South Korea for now, but has a 17-inch foldable OLED display that can be used like a tablet or a laptop. 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 LG Gram Fold in its array of orientations.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 its laptop mode, using the lower half of the display as a touchscreen.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 d...
Techno-fixes to climate change aren’t living up to the hype
/ An update to a major climate report is a reality check on unproven carbon capture and hydrogen technologies. 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 by Hugo Herrera / The Verge An updated road map for combating climate change pours cold water on the idea that unproven technologies can play a major role in averting disaster. Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) updated its road map for the energy sector to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It doubles down on the need to swiftly switch to renewable energy while minimizing the use of technologi...
Microsoft Announces Two New Surface Laptops
Microsoft has just announced the latest devices in its popular Surface line at a media event in New York City. The brand also unveiled that Copilot, its latest venture into AI that was announced earlier this year, will be woven into the fabric of its Windows 11 operating system and will be available natively across a variety of tasks and applications.The updated Surface Laptop Studio 2 is the clear standout and happens to also be the most powerful Surface the brand has ever released. It builds on its predecessor's success by introducing speed and power the brand claims will rival the best laptops out now, going so far as to claim this new device can demonstrate "up to 2x more graphics performance than MacBook Pro M2 Max". Microsoft's new flagship laptop includes the latest Inter Core proce...
Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition to Move Forward Following Preliminary Approval in UK
Microsoft has finally received preliminary approval from the UK’s regulatory body, the Competition and Markets Authority (or CMA), to buy Activision Blizzard.The company first announced its intention to acquire Activision in January 2022 but the move hasn’t been without roadblocks. Following months of deliberation, the CMA gave its stamp of approval on an amended version of the $69 billion USD deal.In its ruling, the CMA detailed why the original deal had been blocked: the likelihood that Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision would harm competition in the cloud gaming market. In August, Microsoft submitted a revised version of the deal that would see the company sell off Activision’s cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft, which would step in to fill in the role Activision held in the cloud gaming...
Valve suddenly releases SteamVR 2.0 in beta — as headset rumors swirl
/ “The first major step toward our goal of bringing all of what’s new on the Steam platform into VR.” 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: Valve Valve built up to virtual reality for a very long time — and never stopped, though it seemed to slow its roll while nurturing the Steam Deck gaming handheld. But for weeks now, Valve sleuth Brad Lynch has been tracking changes to SteamVR that suggest the wheels are turning again — and today, ahead of a rumored standa...
‘NBA 2K24’: A Wide Open Miss From 2K Sports & Visual Concepts
NBA 2K24 latest advancements are not enough to bring the franchise back to championship form.
The DJI Mini 4 Pro is the first mini with binocular vision in every direction
/ Omnidirectional obstacle sensing and double the transmission distance — in a drone that’s otherwise much the same. 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: DJI Now that Skydio has exited the consumer drone business and will never sell me the miniature self-flying drone of my dreams, I’m looking to DJI instead. The fancy marketing for its just-announced $759 DJI Mini 4 Pro suggests we’re at least on the way — because it’s the first Mini with omnidirectional obst...
Amazon Invests $4 Billion USD in OpenAI Competitor Anthropic
Amazon is putting its money behind Anthropic, an AI startup dedicated to building systems and language models. The company shared that it has invested $4 billion USD to help the startup advance its development of generative AI.Anthropic was notably founded in 2021 by former employees at OpenAI, who departed after taking issue with OpenAI’s work with Microsoft. In the time since then, it’s raised over $500 billion USD in funding.Anthropic will be using Amazon’s Trainium and Inferentia chips to build and train its future models. In exchange, Amazon will become the “primary cloud provider” of Anthropic, helping to execute both research and the deployment of AI models.Amazon now has a minority ownership take in the company and its web services customers will be among some of the first to be gr...
Tinder Launches $499 USD-Per-Month “Tinder Select” Membership
If you're lonely, desperate, thirsty, have some serious cash to burn or all of the above, Tinder's just-announced $499 USD-per-month Tinder Select membership may be exactly what you're looking for. What do you get for your money? In short, ease of use and exclusivity. Tinder Select members are guaranteed to be seen by more users including the app's "most sought-after profiles" and are offered a line of direct unsolicited communication as they can DM other users without matching up to twice a week. Tinder says that less that 1% of its users will be "allowed" to join Tinder Select, and Select users can even choose to display their status with an exclusive profile badge. Tinder's parent company Match Group alluded to Tinder Select back in August when they stated that they'd launch a high-end ...
