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The head of Samsung apparently agrees with the online criticisms regarding the company's "Apple clones."According to a new report from Korean news outlet Ajunews, Samsung's executive chairman Lee Jae-yong was unhappy with Samsung's mobile division, Samsung MX (Mobile eXperience), due to reactions on social media and in tech news outlets regarding the designs of Samsung's newest products.Samsung's chairman reportedly demanded the division "reeexamine its plans" following online criticism that the

It’s absolutely brimming with solar power. | Image: EcoFlow EcoFlow’s new Power Hat must be the dorkiest piece of headgear I’ve ever heard of — and I think I love it? It’s a wide-brimmed floppy-ish sun hat full of solar cells that you can charge your phone with. EcoFlow says it can charge a 4,000mAh smartphone to capacity “in as fast as 3–4 hours.” Sounds ideal for casually scrolling feeds at a campsite or surviving in a sun-blasted, Mad Maxian des

The start of August hasn't been great for Jimmy Donaldson a.k.a., MrBeast, as several participants from his upcoming Amazon MGM studios game show Beast Games, have accused the YouTube star of unsafe, borderline negligent filming conditions.In a striking report from The New York Times, several contestants spoke with the outlet about the severe mismanagement of the show's production. These allegations include statements about the lack of food provided, inadequate medical care, and physical injurie

Generative AI is in a bit of a hype bubble in the tech industry right now. As such, new and potentially interesting AI tools are regularly popping up, inviting everyday users to try out the latest new AI software.However, just because AI is big right now, doesn't mean every AI tool that users come across is legitimate. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Bad actors regularly look to take advantage of whatever is popular at the moment. And the current AI trend makes potential AI consumers particula

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key, and Awkwafina are among multiple “actors and influencers” whose voices could become part of Meta’s AI offering, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The company is apparently working to wrap up deals quickly so it can develop and show off the new voices at its Meta Connect conference in September.
Specifically, at least one tool will be “a digital assistant product called MetaAI,” according to multipl

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key, and Awkwafina are among multiple “actors and influencers” whose voices could become part of Meta’s AI offering, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The company is apparently working to wrap up deals quickly so it can develop and show off the new voices at its Meta Connect conference in September.
Specifically, at least one tool will be “a digital assistant product called MetaAI,” according to multipl

Game Informer magazine, the gaming magazine with a publishing history spanning more than three decades, has evidently been shut down by its parent company, the brick-and-mortar video game chain and meme stock GameStop."After 33 thrilling years of bringing you the latest news, reviews, and insights from the ever-evolving world of gaming, it is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure of Game Informer," reads a statement posted on Game Informer's website and X account on Friday.Tweet may ha

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nvidia has reportedly told Microsoft and at least one other cloud provider that its “Blackwell” B200 AI chips will take at least three months longer to produce than was planned, according to The Information. The delay is the result of a design flaw discovered “unusually late in the production process,” according to two unnamed sources, including a Microsoft employee, cited by the outlet.B200 chips are the follow-up to the supremely

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

Promotional art for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which was the final cover game for Game Informer. | Image: BioWare Following GameStop’s sudden announcement that it would be shutting down Game Informer after 33 years — which includes GameStop making all of the work on Game Informer’s website disappear and reportedly laying off the entire staff — people across the video game industry are sharing their tributes to the gaming magazine.
“As someone who grew up poring over

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It doesn't have the name recognition of Halley's Comet, but this enormous snowball zipping through space has fascinated at least one astronomer night after summer night for its shape-shifting tail. Dan Bartlett, an astrophotographer based in east-central California, caught Comet Olbers zigzagging across the night sky this week. But each time he looks up through binoculars or his camera, the comet takes a different form."This is the first time we've been able to witness this creature's behav

Folks, have you thanked the moon lately?The large, cratered orb — weighing in at some 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds — serves us greatly. Its potent gravity stabilizes Earth's wobble, so we don't spin chaotically over time (like on Mars), an unpleasant reality that would ignite climate chaos.Yet beyond ensuring our planet is livable, creating tides, and appearing as a magnificent celestial object, scientists have proposed a novel idea for the moon: As wild species are increas

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Max offers an extraordinary selection of movies, and its documentary library alone has enough gems for hours of compelling viewing. But if you're indecisive, have no fear: We've gone through the hundreds of documentaries on Max and picked out the ones you absolutely have to make time to watch.These movies prove the versatility of the documentary genre, both in terms of subject matter and form. They'll immerse you in high school basketball, concerts, fights for racial justice, and so much more.He

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TL;DR: Live stream USA vs. Puerto Rico at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The basketball at Paris 2024 has been really entertaining, and we can't see that changing as USA take on Puerto Rico. The U.S. team is absolutely stacked with incredible talent, which makes for some truly special moments. Things will be tough for Puerto Rico, but they won't go down without a fight.If you want to watch USA vs. Puerto Rico at

TL;DR: Live stream the women's 800m final at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.You have to admire the power, speed, and determination it takes to excel at the 800m. That's why the women's 800m final at Paris 2024 is quite simply can't-miss. Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson looks to be the frontrunner of this exciting event — and it would be her first gold medal at this level, following two silver medals at Tok

TL;DR: Live stream the women's 5,000m final at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Many people have done the 5K — it's the standard goal for recreational joggers or anyone making the effort to get in shape — but imagine doing it at the level of a Paris 2024 athlete. The 5,000m final is the equivalent of going around the track twelve and a half times times. It takes a special kind of athlete to vie for a go

TL;DR: Live stream the women's 400m final at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Of all the events at Paris 2024, the 400m must be one of the most impressive. It covers a whole lap around the athletics track and demands a combination of both speed and strategy. The finals are approaching fast — quite literally considering the pace of these athletes — including the women's 400m. Jamaican runner Nickisha Pry

TL;DR: Live stream the women's 1,500m final at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.There's so much incredible, pulse-pounding athletics at Paris 2024 that it's hard to know which races to concentrate on watching (the answer's all of them of course, but not everyone has the time for that). But if there's one final you really should check out, it's the women's 1,500m. That's because Kenyan mid-distance dynamo Faith Kipy

TL;DR: Live stream the women's 100m hurdles final at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Paris 2024 is well underway, and it's already been a thrilling watch for sports fans from across the globe. From athletics to fencing, the competition is hot this year. And with athletes from all around the world competing for the chance of a gold medal, the talent is abundant.If watching seriously-fast athletes is your thing, you

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TL;DR: Live stream the men's 800m final at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.If running round the entire track once sounds tough, try doing it twice — and at world-beating speed. Because that's what you'll get when you tune into the 800m final at Paris 2024: Some of the greatest athletes on the planet racing one of the most demanding distances possible on the track.The men's 800m final will last a little over

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If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.SEE ALSO:Wordle today: Here's the answer hints for August 3 SEE ALSO:NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for August 3
If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figur

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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 August 3's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, ke

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The CrowdStrike global IT outage that downed some 8.5 million Windows PCs, halting flights and affecting hospitals, banks and more, is now apparently also a scapegoat for the terrible conditions at the set of a reality game show competition put on by mega-popular YouTuber MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, with $5 million on the line.
The New York Times is reporting that after 2,000 contestants arrived at Allegiant Stadium this July, they were barely fe