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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge An upcoming version of Microsoft Phone Link lets you select and copy text from within images synced from your Android phone. The feature is live now in Release Preview Insider builds, so it should roll out to everyone soon.Phone Link (called Link to Windows on the phone side) lets you sync calls, messages, notifications, and images — and cast your entire phone —from your Android phone to your Windows computer. It also works in a more limited fa

The Verge Elon Musk founded xAI last summer, and today it announced raising $6 billion in funding, saying it will help bring the startup’s “first products to market, build advanced infrastructure, and accelerate the research and development of future technologies.”So far, xAI has launched Grok, a supposedly edgier version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT available via X, formerly known as Twitter, where the chatbot is currently only available to X Premium subscribers.Funding in this r

The Acer Swift X 14 already elicited a yawn out of me — and I didn't even get past the first sentence of this intro. However, the Swift X 14 isn't meant to be some razzle-dazzle laptop that catches your attention for being the "world's first" whatever nor the thinnest, slimmest, sleekest laptop in the history of laptops.It's just a gray laptop that wants to help you create — and it does that perfectly. With an arguably affordable price tag, the Swift X 14 offers a — er —

UPDATE: May. 27, 2024, 11:30 a.m. EDT This post has been updated with the latest deals.
All the best Memorial Day sales are here. As you return from spending the weekend in the mountains, lakes, or just on your couch, there's still time to shop deals today at Amazon as part of the retailer's Memorial Day Weekend Sale, where tablets are up to 40% off.Today's best Memorial Day Weekend tablet deals at Amazon:Best iPad dealApple iPad Air 5th Generation (10.9-inch, WiFi, 256GB)$549.99 at Amazon(save

Former OpenAI board members are calling for greater government regulation of the company as CEO Sam Altman's leadership comes under fire.Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley — two of several former employees who made up the cast of characters that ousted Altman in November — say their decision to push the leader out and "salvage" OpenAI's regulatory structure was spurred by "long-standing patterns of behavior exhibited by Mr Altman," which "undermined the board’s oversight of key dec

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The EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) is set to enter into force by the end of June, following its final adoption today. The key regulation aims to ensure that homegrown clean tech can cover at least 40% of the bloc’s demands by 2030. “Demand is growing in Europe and globally, and we are now equipped to meet more of this demand with European supply,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement. The Union hopes that by boosting its domestic manufacturing capacity, i

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Netflix isn’t just programming content only a small group of people would like — it’s intent on having a little something for everyone. During an interview with The New York Times, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says he regrets comparing Netflix to HBO and its more limited selection of content in the past.
Here’s the quote, published in this 2013 GQ profile of Reed Hastings:
His dream project: a Netflix series created by Warren Beatty

The European Space Agency has hired Airbus to build a space satellite. It will forecast solar storms like the one that caused the biggest northern lights display in over 20 years this May. The satellite, dubbed Vigil, will sit at the so-called L5 point, some 150 million kilometres from Earth. From here it will view the Sun from the side, observing activity on the surface of the Sun four to five days before it becomes visible from Earth “Vigil will drastically improve both the lead time of

In a perfect world, we would start our day by going through a neatly ordered list of tasks. We’d have a few hours of deep work concentration to cross off half of them. Then we’d have a leisurely lunch with colleagues and go back to whittling down the list until the last task was completed at precisely 5:30 pm. A sense of satisfaction would fill us as we leave (or disconnect) for the day and hop a ride to happy hour on a magical unicorn. But this is the real world, where last-minute

Six NATO members  are planning to build a “drone wall” to protect Europe from Russian threats. Finland, Norway, Poland, and the three Baltic states will work together to set up the air defence system. The drones will monitor the thousands of kilometres-long border that separates the nations from Russia. The wall will also include anti-drone systems to neutralise enemy drones.    “This is a completely new thing — a drone wall stretching from Norway to

Last month in April, news went out that Yuga Labs, creators of the at-once mega-popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT, was undergoing restructuring. What followed was a round of layoffs as CEO Greg Solano — who uses the nickname Gargamel — bluntly stated that the company had "lost its way." That statement came just weeks after Bored and Hungry, a burger place that let customers order food with their cryptocurrency, shuttered its Long Beach location just two years after opening. Branded ar

TL;DR: Through May 31, get a 6.8-inch foldable touchscreen car display with Apple CarPlay & Android Auto Support for just $89.97 (reg. $159).Those of us with slightly older cars missed the boat on those cool integrated dash displays. While it can be tempting to trade in your current vehicle for a new model to get that convenient tech, this 6.8-inch foldable touchscreen car display is a less expensive option. On sale for Memorial Day, you can pick it up for just $89.97 through May 31.Adding t

TL;DR: Through May 31, get a lifetime license to the ChatGPT WordPress Plugin for $49.97 (reg. $299) in honor of Memorial Day.While the prevalence of AI may be a controversial topic, many people are able to use AI tools like ChatGPT to help them streamline their workdays. This leaves them with more time to tend to other tasks, be with their friends and families, pursue other interests, or take much-needed time off to recharge. The ChatGPT WordPress Plugin is one such productivity tool, and

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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections &mdas

TL;DR: Through May 31, you can get a lifetime subscription to Koofr cloud storage with 1TB of space for just £102.10 (reg. £636.34) with coupon code KOOFR. That's almost 84% in savings and a price drop since the service last went on sale.Leave the “storage full” nightmares in 2023 and save yourself unnecessary frustration by storing your most important files, photos, and data in the cloud. In today’s world, nearly everything runs on a subscription-based model, but n

AMC's daring adaptation of Interview with the Vampire has been bringing thrilling new dimension to Anne Rice's 1976 novel, with plenty of its own dramatic changes. But astute fans watching Season 2 have been picking up on how showrunner Rolin Jones' version has been weaving in bits from other books in the late gothic horror author's 13-book Vampire Chronicles series, including revelations made in the first novel's sequel, The Vampire Lestat, and the sixth book, The Vampire Armand. With episode 1

As Interview with The Vampire: Part II — as the second season's opening title card calls it — heats up, we not only learn more about Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson), but also his powerful lover Armand (Assad Zaman). Pulling from Anne Rice's broader Vampire Chronicles, showrunner Rolin Jones brings perspectives from her other novels into Episode 10, "No Pain." And with them, a hint of the tragedy of Lestat's first love, Nicolas de Lenfent. Yes, before Louis

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for May 27's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep