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A picture of the Framework 13 from The Verge’s 2021 review. | Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge Framework is now selling a $499 version of its modular 2021 Laptop 13, a “barebones configuration” equipped with an 11th-generation Intel i7-1165G7 CPU (Intel is now on its 14th generation for mobile processors). The company says this is a first for its affordable “B-stock Factory Seconds” machines that use leftover parts and ship without memory or storage included. So it&

Apple just received some rare good news from the EU.The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it closed its market investigation into four services – Apple's iMessage and Microsoft's Bing, Edge, and online advertising service (i.e., Microsoft Advertising) – to determine whether they're "gatekeeper services." Under the EU's new Digital Markets Act (DMA), core platform services must abide by a strict set of rules in order to operate within the European Union.However, the Europe

Don’t believe smartwatches or smart rings that claim to noninvasively measure blood sugar levels. | Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you see a smartwatch or smart ring for sale that claims to noninvasively measure your blood glucose levels, don’t believe it. Today, the Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety communication that warns consumers, patients, and healthcare professionals that the agency has “not authorized, cleared, or approved any smartwatch or

The results for “generate an image of the Founding Fathers,” as of February 21st. | Screenshot: Adi Robertson / The Verge Google has apologized for what it describes as “inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions” with its Gemini AI tool, saying its attempts at creating a “wide range” of results missed the mark. The statement follows criticism that it depicted specific white figures (like the US Founding Fathers) or groups like Nazi-era German

Photo by Mitchell Clark / The Verge Rivian said it was laying off 10 percent of its workforce as concerns about slower electric vehicle sales continue to reverberate across the industry.The company made the announcement as part of its fourth quarter earnings report, in which it said it likely wouldn’t make any more vehicles this year than it did in 2023. Rivian’s stock price fell on the news.Rivian has gone through several rounds of layoffs in its short history. The company let go 6

Some streaming services are slowly consolidating, creating packages, and, inevitably, turning into cable television. And the streamers who aren't part of the pack are turning to legal action.Fubo — a streaming service that has shows and movies along with the choice to stream football, baseball, basketball, hockey, golf, and other sports — filed an antitrust lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, FOX Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery, and their affiliates. The company alleges that "the

The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are the subject of some new and improved battery health claims. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge iPhone 15 owners seemingly got some great news yesterday: long-term battery health is better than Apple initially claimed. Twice as good, in fact! The company is now advertising a much larger number to represent how long its batteries will last. The trouble is, we’re not exactly sure if the batteries have gotten that much better — or if Apple has just chan

Apple is rolling out a major update to its iMessage service with iOS 17.4. First reported by Zak Doffman at Forbes, the update is considered a "significant" leap in terms of security for messaging.SEE ALSO:Apple Watch: The next one could track your sweat
With the new update, Apple is introducing "Level 3" security, which uses advanced cryptography to secure messages at two levels: when the conversation starts and while the conversation is happening. Other messaging apps like Meta-owned WhatsApp

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UPDATE: Feb. 21, 2024, 3:30 p.m. EST In an update posted on X (formerly Twitter), the European Space Agency reported that its ERS-2 satellite reentered Earth "over the North Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Hawaii" at around 17:17 UTC (12:17 p.m. ET). In a separate statement, the agency added that "No damage to property has been reported."After nearly three decades in space, a satellite the length of a bus will imminently crash into Earth. The European Space Agency's Earth-observing ERS-2 space

Meta and Microsoft are not about to just let Apple get away with "malicious compliance."According to a new report from the Financial Times, two of the biggest critics of Apple's new App Store rules are officially lobbying the EU to reject the iPhone maker's crafty new App Store terms. Meta and Microsoft are hoping that the EU rejects Apple's proposal and forces the company back to the drawing board regarding new policies that comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).The DMA is a new EU law crea

The new Google sign-in page that starts rolling out today, February 21st. | Image: Google If you’ve logged in to your Google account recently, you might have seen a message that “a new look is coming soon,” and now, Google is showing off the “more modern look and feel” of its new sign-in page.
Of course, if that screenshot feels incredibly familiar, that’s because it’s mostly the same as the old one. The sign-in steps are all the same, except it has a li

ChatGPT hallucinates. We all know this already. But on Tuesday it seemed like someone slipped on a banana peel at OpenAI headquarters and switched on a fun new experimental chatbot called the Synonym Scrambler. Tweet may have been deletedActually, ChatGPT was freaking out in many ways yesterday, but one recurring theme was that it would be prompted with a normal question — typically something involving the tech business or the user's job — and respond with something flowery

The Nintendo Switch OLED sports a seven-inch display and a sturdy, adjustable kickstand. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Nintendo’s so-called Switch 2 might be in the works, but it reportedly won’t arrive until early 2025 despite having originally been pegged for release later this year. Fortunately, if you were hoping to jump on recent standouts like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or any of the indie titles announced during Nintendo’s latest Direct event soo

Photo by JASON HENRY/AFP via Getty Images Waymo’s plan to expand its robotaxi service in Los Angeles and San Francisco has been put on hold by state regulators. The move follows several incidents involving the Alphabet-owned company’s driverless vehicles, including one in which an autonomous Waymo vehicle struck a cyclist, causing minor injuries.The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which voted in favor of allowing robotaxi companies to operate 24/7 last summer, put a ho

Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet traded in stillsuits for matching pastel coveralls to promote Dune: Part Two in South Korea. The pair wore the same leather coveralls in different colors: salmon pink for Zendaya and a dusty light blue for Chalamet. The co-stars served coordinated looks for the entire press run, but this is the first time Chalamet wormed his way into a fully-matching outfit — and fan reactions spiced up the timeline. SEE ALSO:'Dune: Part Two' review: Denis Villeneuve's

UPDATE: Feb. 21, 2024, 1:00 p.m. EST This post has been updated with the latest list of Dyson vacuums, air-purifying fans, and haircare on sale at the end of February, including a refurbished Supersonic that's $20 cheaper than last week.Best Dyson deals this week:Best cordless Dyson vacuum dealDyson V12 Detect Slim$499.99 at Dyson(save $150) Get DealBest Dyson fan dealDyson Pure Hot + Cool HP04 (refurbished)$349.99 at Best Buy(save $200) Get DealBest Dyson hair care dealDyson Supersonic (latest

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PRE-ORDER NOW: As of Feb. 21, you can pre-order all three editions of the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC for 2022's Elden Ring from the Bandai Namco Store, including the Collector's Edition.Opens in a new windowCredit: Bandai NamcoElden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Digital DLCStarting at $39.99Pre-order Now Opens in a new windowCredit: Bandai NamcoElden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Collector's Edition$249.99 Pre-order NowIt's time for another trip back to the Lands Between. The hotly-anticipat

Few things are more daunting than the impenetrable block of text that is a PDF. But Adobe now has an AI solution to help you out. On Tuesday, Adobe introduced AI Assistant for interacting with PDFs. The new AI tool, which is currently in beta, has a chatbot interface that enables users to ask questions about and generate summaries of the document. AI Assistant also provides citations and clickable links, allowing users to easily find the text it's referencing. It's available on Adobe Reader, its

With Drive-Away Dolls, Ethan Coen is happily embracing the "trashy" and "stupid." After decades directing alongside his brother Joel (The Tragedy of Macbeth), he's teamed with long-time Coen Bros collaborator Tricia Cooke, who edited a slew of their films alongside the siblings, including O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Man Who Wasn't There, and The Big Lebowski. And the result of Cooke and Coen's latest collaboration, which the married couple co-wrote, edited, and directed together, is a gleefu

The Apple Watch Series 8 offers similar health and fitness features to its successor. | Image: Apple We’re officially one month away from spring. For a lot of us, that means the weather will finally be nice enough that we can exercise outside. If you want to continue to keep a close on eye on fitness and health metrics while away from indoor gym equipment, right now Walmart is selling the LTE-enabled Apple Watch Series 8 for $299.99 ($200 off) in select colors with a small / medium-sized b

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One of the biggest upgrades Apple made to the iPhone 15 is only just coming out now, nearly six months after the phone launched. According to some new copy on Apple's support website (spotted by BGR), iPhone 15 batteries can last a lot longer than previous models. Like, a lot. Apple says iPhone 14 (and earlier) batteries can retain "80 percent of their original capacity at 500 complete charge cycles under ideal conditions." The same page says the iPhone 15 battery can keep 80 percent of its capa

Amsterdam-based Fastned has raised more than €24mn in new bonds to grow its fast charging network across Europe. Investors have also extended €3.5mn from earlier bonds, bringing the total funding to over €27.5mn. Founded in 2012, the startup provides over 280 fast charging stations across several European countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and France. In January last year, it announced an expansion to Spain as well. Drivers can add up to 300km of range in abo

The next Apple Watch could get a bit sweaty, according to new patent documents submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office. First reported by Techcrunch, the Cupertino-based tech giant is seeking to patent tech on its next line of flagship smartwatches to track users' perspiration levels via electrodes sat beneath the device.SEE ALSO:Get the Apple Watch Series 9 sans blood oxygen sensor for its lowest price yet
The Apple Watch is no stranger to health-tracking tech within its hardware &mdash

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It has been hard to pin down what sort of tone Lionsgate wanted to strike with its new Borderlands adaptation from director Eli Roth, but judging from the film’s first trailer, it seems as if the studio’s gunning for a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe.
Based on the game series by the same name, Borderlands tells the story of alien outlaw Lilith (Cate Blanchett), a wanted woman from the planet Pandora who returns to her homeworld in search of a fabled vault rumored to be filled with inva

UPDATE: Feb. 21, 2024, 11:30 a.m. EST This post has been updated with details on upcoming Drops for the last two weeks in February, including items from Dyson and iRobot.When it comes to shopping, a scarcity mindset is just as convincing as that one friend who always enables you to buy something you don't need. It's why there's often a timer breathing down your neck from the corner of the screen during a sitewide sale. It's exactly why Amazon's invite-only Prime Day deals and Black Friday deals

The first trailer for the long-awaited Borderlands film is finally here, teasing a sci-fi Western adventure that involves fighting aliens, bandits, and the urge to throw up. Directed by Eli Roth, Borderlands follows bright-haired bounty hunter Lilith (Cate Blanchett) as she returns to her home planet Pandora in search of a missing girl. She soon finds herself teaming up with an unlikely assortment of characters, including mercenary Roland (Kevin Hart), preteen demolitions expert Tiny Tina (Arian

Few things make me happier than Dune becoming an inescapable pop cultural phenomenon. Here is a story of psychedelic space drugs, gargantuan sandworms, and women who can control others with just their voice. Here is a lore-dense sci-fi masterwork, a cautionary tale about messianic figures, and an ecological treatise all rolled into one. It's deeply weird and wonderful, and somehow it's spawned film premieres crowded with screaming fans, crashed ticket sites, and gifted us one very strange tie-in

SAVE $160: As of February 21, the Google Pixel 7 (128GB) is on sale for $439.99 at Woot! That's a discount of 27% and its lowest price yet.Opens in a new windowCredit: Woot!Google Pixel 7 (128GB)$439.99 at Woot! (save $160)Get DealIf you're ready to upgrade your phone, you aren't limited to just two manufacturers. Sure, we talk about iPhones and Samsung devices a lot, but there are tons of phones on the market and they shouldn't be discounted during your search. A great option from the Google Pi

Ironwood Studios' debut game Pacific Drive is oddly relatable. Beyond the weird, surreal environments and its ominous horror elements, I finally understood what it meant to be that one friend constantly working on his car. This shit-heap jalopy has a new problem every week and you just want to scrap the damn thing — but you can't. Cause you love her and she'll reward that love in her own, special kind of way. You're linked through thick and thin — and maybe, just maybe — you'll

Every human body is unique — and that’s a major design challenge for wearable makers. As I sit here writing this in the Apple Vision Pro, I’m acutely aware of how the light seal presses against my forehead and cheekbones. It was relatively comfy when I slipped it on an hour ago. But now, every so often, I push up on the bridge — as if I’m a cartoon nerd saying, um, well, actually — just to give my face a break. This is despite the fact that I’ve done the

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Imagine if, after The Fonz jumped the shark, actor Henry Winkler turned to the camera and winked. That's what's happening in the ongoing season of Netflix's Love Is Blind. The show, the cast, and the audience seem to realize the entire concept has become an un-look-away-able train wreck, and the be-podded castmates are more than OK with that fact. They knowingly signed up to jump the shark.Love Is Blind, in which you agree to date someone sight unseen, be filmed constantly, and live together, is

Apple's got a new free app for iPhone users: Apple Sports. Launched on Wednesday, the app lets users track scores and stats on their favorite teams in real time. Apple Sports currently supports MLS, NBA, NCAA basketball (both men's and women's), NHL, Bundesliga, LaLiga, LigaMX, Ligue 1, Premier League, and Serie A. Additional leagues are coming, Apple said, including MLB, NFL, NCAAF, NWSL, and WNBA for their upcoming seasons.SEE ALSO:Apple Music may allow users to import Spotify playlists
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