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Which MagSafe chargers are the best for your iPhone?
Buying Guide Making sense of Apple’s messy MagSafe charging ecosystem, where the first-party options are far from the best ones. By Antonio G. Di Benedetto, a writer covering tech deals and The Verge’s Deals newsletter, buying guides, and gift guides. Previously, he spent 15 years in the photography industry. Wireless charging is inefficient in many ways. It charges your phone more slowly than using a cable, uses more energy, and requires near-perfect alignment on a charging pad to even work. But inefficiencies aside, it’s just so dang convenient. So when Apple added a ring of magnets to the iPhone 12 and dubbed it “MagSafe,” things got much more interesting. Not only do the magnets guarantee perfect alignment every time but also, with a MagSafe-certified charger, your iPhone can charge at...
Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator given suspended prison sentence for insider trading
/ Yuji Naka, the co-creator of the iconic character, also faces fines of about $1.2 million.
Google Wallet is introducing a pass sharing feature
/ Passes that can be shared will be clearly marked with a ‘share’ logo above them. 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″>Pass issuers will need to enable the feature, though, so not every pass will be supported.
Twitter Threatens To Sue Meta For Biting With Threads
Elon Musk and Twitter look and sound real salty.
‘NBA 2K24’ Will Feature Crossplay & “Mamba Moments” Mode
NBA 2K24 is bridging the console gap.
What Would You Create if You Lived in Samsung’s Future Gen House?
Samsung is leading the charge to cater to Gen Z and young millennials’s creative passions. Alongside the electronic brand’s “Do More. Be More.” campaign messaging, Samsung revamped its Future Gen House from last year and made it more creator-focused. With this in mind, the smart home, “provides various products and functions that help enable creators to create fun, organic content,” according to Samsung. It’s all about being able to “Live your free,” Samsung adds, reflecting the house’s mission to let anyone living in it fully express themselves through the comfort and ease-of-use of the Samsung products inside the Future Gen House. The 24 participants who were invited to stay at the Future Gen House consisted of Gen Z and young millennials. They varied in cultural backgrounds, tastes, lif...
Twitter’s running busted ads for Amazon and Sky TV
/ Ads from Amazon, Sky, and On Running are showing people a placeholder image with Twitter’s logo. 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 Some of the ads on Twitter aren’t looking quite right. Several users on the platform’s mobile app say they’re seeing an image of Twitter’s logo in place of the advertisement paid for by Amazon, Sky, and the sportswear company On Running. The ads affected by this issue show the advertiser’s name, along with what looks like the intended caption. However, instead of linking to the advertiser’s website, the busted ads li...
Telegram has become a window into war
The messaging app has become a key channel for news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But the government’s relationship with it is complicated. By Masha Borak Share this story
Detailed Look At the Nothing Ear (2) In Black
London-based Nothing has become known the world over for their aesthetically appealing smartphones and earbuds, and now they're expanding their audio lineup with a new black iteration of their popular Ear (2) buds, which recently took home a prestigious Red Dot Design Award. A follow-up to the Ear (2)'s white-based launch colorway that dropped in March, this new black iteration offers a fresh look with its mix of smoky and matte shades — plus new audio EQ features for its accompanying Nothing X app — but combines those with the same futuristic aesthetic and sound quality of its airy-toned predecessor.From a tech standpoint, the Ear (2) features 11.6mm drivers, housed inside a graphene and polyurethane shell that was custom-designed to amplify and improve sound frequencies: the former enhan...
‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ and CASETiFY Unveil “PROJECT-CSTF: PROTECTION from IMPACT” Collab
CASETiFY has teamed up with the iconic Neon Genesis Evangelion anime for a brand new collaboration.Entitled "PROJECT-CSTF: PROTECTION from IMPACT," the forthcoming collection features CASETiFY's best-selling Impact Case that's adorned with character designs, MagSafe-compatible cases with representative Evangelion units, a typography case with keywords from the beloved series and cases with Seele’s monolith and Nerv’s mark.In addition, the collab will include special edition accessories such as a charging dock that replicates Evangelion’s mobile ejection stand and a collectible AirPods Pro/AirPods Pro 2 case designed as the Evangelion Test Type-01 — complete with a unit head and removable inner case for double-layered construction. Rounding out the collection are phone straps and AirPods ca...
Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else
/ Anyone who opposes Reddit’s “final warning” will have their mod powers removed. 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 Alex Castro / The Verge Many communities on Reddit have used the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) designation in some form to protest Reddit’s new API pricing, which forced apps like Apollo and rif is fun for Reddit to shut down, as well as a recent pattern of behavior toward its unpaid volunteer moderators that they find “threatening.” Subreddits, including r/PICS and r/military, had made the NSFW switch, pointing to language from Reddit websites to justify th...
OpenAI Is Assembling a Team To Control ‘Superintelligent’ AI
Many critics of Artificial Intelligence have expressed their concerns over systems rapidly advancing at a pace that even their own creators can’t keep up with them. OpenAI seems to share the same concerns and is now dedicating a team specifically to controlling AI.The company is creating a team that will aim to solve the issue of “superintelligent” AI within the next four years.“Superintelligence will be the most impactful technology humanity has ever invented, and could help us solve many of the world’s most important problems,” OpenAI wrote in a blog post. “But the vast power of superintelligence could also be very dangerous, and could lead to the disempowerment of humanity or even human extinction.”The company goes on to say that it believes superintelligence will become a threat over t...
