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Mowalola Distresses a Pair of Beats Solo3 Wireless for New Collaboration
Beats is teaming up with Nigera-born, London-based fashion designer Mowalola for a new pair of over-ear headphones.The collaboration is centered on Mowalola’s impact on the city’s nightlife scene and club culture. For her take on the Beats Solo3 Wireless, she chose a bright silver colorway, unexpectedly adorned with scratch marks.The brand name is subtly etched at the top of the band, while the exterior of each ear features the distinct red Beats logo. The interior of the headphones and ear cups come lined with plush white leather.For a campaign celebrating the launch of the Solo3, Mowalola tapped one of her frequent collaborators, JT of the hip-hop duo City Girls.Just late last week, Mowalola showcased Spring/Summer 2024 looks during London Fashion Week with a collection inspired by David...
Agility Robotics Is Building a Factory to Make “Humanoid Robots”
Agility Robotics is gearing up to break ground in the field of humanoid robots. Known for creating the bipedal robot Digit, the company has announced it’ll be building the “world’s first” factory for humanoid robots, with the aim of churning out more than 10,000 bots per year.With Digit, Agility aimed to streamline the daily tasks of running a warehouse. Digit was lauded as being able to move more like a real person than a traditional robot and was capable of lifting and putting down objects, walking around and turning in place.The robot manufacturing facility will be opening its doors in Salem, Oregon, and focus on producing Digit, and will also utilize Digit models to help run it. Agility is calling the factory “RoboFab” and says it’ll provide jobs to more than 500 local workers.With the...
The Steve Jobs Archive is training people to follow in the Apple founder’s footsteps
Apple/ Tech / Participants in the fellowship will be provided with the ‘time, resources, and encouragement’ needed to bring their creative ambitions to life. 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: Kimihiro Hoshino / AFP via Getty Images Today, the Steve Jobs Archive (SJA) — an organization that collects and curates information about the late Apple founder’s life — has introduced a part-time fellowship program that aims to help a new generation of creative and t...
Windows and Surface chief Panos Panay is leaving Microsoft
/ Microsoft’s consumer marketing head, Yusuf Mehdi, will take over leading the Windows and Surface businesses. 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″>Panos Panay
Apple Unveiled the iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9 in This Week’s Tech Roundup
This week, the tech industry focused its attention on new hardware, as everyone tuned in to Apple’s live-streamed “Wanderlust” event, an annual showcase of new products. Led by CEO Tim Cook, the event marked the unveiling of not only the newest iteration of the iPhone but also two new editions of the Apple Watch.Over at Spotify, the streaming service showed off its own new in-app ‘Showcase’ feature, a way for artists to purchase paid promotions for their music. MGM Resorts, meanwhile, has fallen victim to cyberattacks. The international hospitality chain has been experiencing blackouts at multiple properties due to a hacker, a crime the FBI is now investigating.Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top tech stories of the week so you can stay up to date on trends in the industry.MGM Resorts ...
Grand Theft Auto V is now 10 years old
/ Rockstar Games honored the milestone with new content for GTA Online, but said nothing about GTA VI, sadly. 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″>Grand Theft Auto V turns 10.
Tim Cook talks advertising on X, Vision Pro, and more in a new interview
/ Apple’s CEO says he “watched the entire third season of Ted Lasso on the Vision Pro.” 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 Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledges in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning that there are “some things about” the platform formerly known as Twitter that he doesn’t like. Cook called the platform’s apparent anti-Semitism problem “abhorrent” but said, “Twitter is an important property; I like the concept that it’s there for discourse.” He didn’t say whether he believes Apple should be advertising on X, only that it’s something the company “c...
Apple’s USB-C shift could bring back the MagSafe Duo and Battery Pack
/ Now that the iPhone has it, most of Apple’s products should be using USB-C by 2025. 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 Dan Seifert / The Verge Mark Gurman writes in the subscriber edition of his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg from this morning that he expects Apple to finish its transition to USB-C by 2025. Gurman says that, in addition to other products, he expects the company will release USB-C versions of the now-discontinued MagSafe Battery Pack and the MagSafe Duo “eventually. But don’t hold your breath.” By comparison, Apple took either a little over a month or ab...
The Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessible
/ An all-in-one box with a palatable price to bring Home Assistant to the masses. 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: Home Assistant Buy enough tech and you can’t escape the siren call of a smart home. Amazon practically throws Echo Dots at you. Google will sneak a Nest Mini in the box with almost anything you buy in its store. Good luck buying a new kitchen appliance that doesn’t beg to be connected to the internet. All of those come with platforms that are locked down and cloud-dependent, requiring you to bend to their corporate wishes to use them. But for the last decade, Ho...
Apple continues to use our own mortality as marketing
/ Apple wants you to know that not only can its watch save your life — the iPhone can, too. 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”>Screenshot by Emma Roth / The Verge In recent years, Apple’s presentations have started to feature a new type of messaging: without an Apple Watch, you might be mauled by a bear, drown inside a sinking car, get stuck in a trash compactor, or even succumb to hypothermia after falling through an icy lake. These disasters have always been ave...
How to reinvent your phone without buying a new one
/ Plus, in this week’s Installer: impulse-buy earbuds, Elon Musk, and better movie reviews. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.
TikTok will fund Black Friday deals to take on Amazon
/ TikTok Shop will start subsidizing discounts for its sellers in late October. 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 Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok will try to boost its new online marketplace, TikTok Shop, by funding heavy discounts for the holiday shopping season, starting on October 27th, reports Bloomberg. The social video site reportedly hopes that by subsidizing up-to-50 percent discounts, it can gain a foothold with US holiday shoppers, who turn out in droves for big sales at retailers like Amazon and Walmart every year in November. Bloomberg says a TikTok spoke...
