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Xbox February update includes Google Home app support and ‘carbon aware’ downloads
/ Additional sustainability options are still available to test groups only. 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″>Xbox Google Home app integration.
Twitter is relaxing its policies to allow cannabis ads
/ The company’s new policy allows significantly more than other major platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.
Apple’s mixed reality headset will reportedly debut at WWDC
/ Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports the new platform’s launch should come during the annual developer event and not before, as previous rumors suggested.
What’s the difference between the M2 Pro and the M2 Max?
/ Here’s what you need to know about the two different versions of Apple’s MacBook Pro 16. 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 Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge I recently published my review of the MacBook Pro 16 with M2 Max, which Apple released at the beginning of 2023. Now I’ve finally gotten my hands on the less powerful (and less expensive) MacBook Pro 16 powered by Apple’s M2 Pro chip. I’ve run the various benchmarks and done the various tasks, and I’ve even (finally) run the battery into the ground. Today, I’m here to talk to you about how these chips stack up to eac...
Phony Stark Elon Musk Plans For Someone Else To Run Twitter
Elon Musk stated that he’s intent on getting “someone else” to be Twitter’s CEO, saying that “it has been a rollercoaster” since his acquisition of the social media company last October. The post Phony Stark Elon Musk Plans For Someone Else To Run Twitter appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
How to use your Apple Watch to control other devices
/ If your hands are occupied or your remote control is buried between couch cushions, you can always use your Apple Watch instead. 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 Samar Haddad / The Verge It is an inevitable truth that you will, at some point, lose the remote control. Perhaps it’s fallen into an interdimensional hole between couch cushions. Maybe your cat is sitting on it. Or, worst-case scenario, the remote is out of batteries and the last episode of your show ended on a cliffhanger. The good news? You can use your Apple Watch to control your TV. The ability to co...
Here’s when you can expect Samsung’s One UI 5.1 update
/ One UI 5.1 introduces updated widgets, Multi Control connections, and integrates Samsung’s Expert RAW into the built-in camera app. 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 Allison Johnson / The Verge We got our first look at One UI 5.1 at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event earlier this month, the latest Android 13-based interface for the yet unreleased Galaxy S23 series. Now, Samsung has announced all of the other devices getting the One UI 5.1 software update via a worldwide rollout, starting with the Galaxy S22 series, Z Fold 4, Z Flip 4, S21 series, and S20 series, with more de...
Elon Musk says Twitter should be ready for new CEO by end of year
/ ‘I’m guessing probably towards the end of the year would be good timing to find someone else to run the company.’
Sony’s PSVR2 teardowns reveal how the headset tracks the Sense controllers
/ The PSVR2’s Sense controllers include a hidden ring of IR LEDs. The PlayStation VR2 headset can track the accompanying Sense controllers thanks to a bunch of IR LEDs hidden in the orb-shaped controllers, according to new teardown videos Sony posted Tuesday evening. Under the Sense controller cover, the controller itself has a ring of 14 IR LEDs and three placed elsewhere for tracking, as shown in the Sense teardown video. “These infrared lights are used by the VR headset’s tracking camera to detect the controller’s position and orientation,” Sony’s Takeshi Igarashi, who also designed the DualSense controller, explains in the video. “The LEDs have been placed in optimal locations to ensure they are accurately detected no matter what direction the controller is facing.” And the cover on th...
Tweetbot’s creators added an edit button to their Mastodon client
/ Ivory, the Mastodon app from the developers behind Tweetbot, now comes with the ability to report users and posts as well.
Amazon’s weird toaster-shaped robotaxi hits the road in a ‘first’ for the company
/ Zoox said its steering wheel- and pedal-less autonomous vehicle is the first ‘purpose-built’ robotaxi to operate on public roads.
