Eken fixes “terrible” video doorbell issue that could let someone spy on you (www.theverge.com)
They were sold on Amazon, Walmart, Temu, and others.
Drake threatened with lawsuit over diss track featuring AI Tupac (www.theverge.com)
Net neutrality is about to make a comeback (www.theverge.com)
Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it (www.theverge.com)
Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu....
Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore (www.theverge.com)
It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)
Tesla’s in its flop era (www.theverge.com)
When Tesla releases its first quarter earnings this afternoon, the company’s CEO Elon Musk will field the usual questions about new products, new factories, and progress toward its futuristic vision of self-driving cars and robot workers. But Musk will also face increasingly urgent questions about its current state of affairs...
Steam will stop issuing refunds if you play two hours of a game before launch day (www.theverge.com)
Closing the early access loophole.
Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore (www.theverge.com)
It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.
The EU’s new right-to-repair rules make companies fix your device after a warranty expires (www.theverge.com)
The rules will still need final approval from EU member states.
Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to ‘bring back the open web’ (www.theverge.com)
They’re not done yet. Just announcing (and the verge reporting on it)....
Tesla slashes Full Self-Driving price after Elon Musk said it would only get more expensive (www.theverge.com)
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving now costs $8,000.
Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down (www.theverge.com)
Post News, a Twitter alternative that emerged in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover, is shutting down. Noam Bardin, the platform’s founder and former CEO of Waze, writes that Post News “is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.”...
The little smart home platform that could (www.theverge.com)
Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability....
The little smart home platform that could How Home Assistant plans to transition from an enthusiast platform to a mainstream consumer product. (www.theverge.com)
Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Google fires 28 employees after protest over Israel cloud contract (www.theverge.com)
Google fired 28 employees in connection with sit-in protests at two of its offices this week, according to an internal memo obtained by The Verge. The firings come after 9 employees were suspended and then arrested in New York and California on Tuesday....
The free Delta game emulator for iPhones is live on Apple’s App Store (www.theverge.com)
Caveat: It isn't available in the app store in the EU, and is instead only available via the developer's marketplace, AltStore¹. As far as I can tell, this genuinely isn't because of greed, but because of a little detail in Apple's EU rules (possibly wrong):...
The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat (www.theverge.com)
Samsung shifts executives to six-day workweeks to “inject a sense of crisis” (www.theverge.com)
This comes amid increased competition and economic concerns.
The Department of Justice is preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation (www.theverge.com)
US Air Force confirms first successful AI dogfight (www.theverge.com)
Letting AI take the yoke.
A new NES emulator was briefly available on the Apple App Store (www.theverge.com)
Now, clicking on a link to Bimmy shows “This app is currently not available in your country or region.” This time, it wasn’t Apple that removed it but the developer. Over on MacRumors’ forums, the developer said it pulled the app “out of fear.” ...
