Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge BMW is developing an all-electric version of its 5 Series and 7 Series sedans as well as its entry-level X1 SUV, the company announced Monday as it detailed a renewed effort to reduce its overall emissions. That means almost all of the German luxury automaker’s most popular cars will … Continue reading BMW will make an all-electric 5 Series, 7 Series, and X1 Continue Reading
If you’ve ever wanted to invite giant beetles or hornets into your living room without fear, Google has got you covered. The search giant is adding 23 creepy crawlies to its growing roster of augmented reality search results that also include dinosaurs, cats, scorpions, bears, tigers, and more. The full list of insects includes: rhinoceros beetle, … Continue reading Google adds creepy crawlies to its AR search results Continue Reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which says apps and websites aren’t legally liable for third-party content, has inspired a lot of overheated rhetoric in Congress. Republicans like Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) have successfully framed the rule as a “gift to Big Tech” that enables social media censorship. While … Continue reading Democrats want a truce with Section 230 supporters Continue Reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Two former Twitter employees who were last fall charged with spying on behalf of the government of Saudi Arabia may have charges against them dropped at the recommendation of US prosecutors, according to Bloomberg. It is unclear at this time why the US is pushing to have the case against the two … Continue reading US seeks to drop charges against former Twitter employees accused of spying for Saudi Arabia Continue Reading
Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Kodak, once a powerful force in photography, is branching out into pharmaceuticals and the US government plans to give the company a $765 million loan to support its efforts. Kodak will create a new business arm, Kodak Pharmaceuticals, to produce ingredients needed for drug manufacturing. Kodak Pharmaceuticals will make ingredients that have … Continue reading Kodak is branching out into pharmaceuticals with US investment Continue Reading
The PS5 will feature a custom AMD Zen 2 processor | Image: Sony AMD CEO Lisa Su shared during the company’s second-quarter earnings call that its many anticipated product launches are still on schedule to release in 2020. This includes its 7nm processors based on Zen 3 architecture, and its RDNA 2 (or “Big Navi”) graphics … Continue reading AMD says its PS5 and Xbox Series X chips, Zen 3 CPUs, and RDNA 2 GPUs will ship on time Continue Reading
In 2014, Mellow, Inc. released the Mellow for $399, billing it as “the world’s first smart sous-vide machine” — one that promised to automatically weigh and then heat and cool your specified foods for a perfect slow-cooked result, even adjusting that timing mid-cook to match your changing schedule. But now, the company is taking away … Continue reading Mellow made its ‘smart’ sous vide machine dumb unless you pay a monthly fee Continue Reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In May, we saw the arrival of the first viral hoax of the COVID-19 era: “Plandemic,” a meandering 26-minute video which falsely asserted that vaccines “weaken” people’s immune systems and that wearing a mask would “activate” the coronavirus. Despite the best efforts of Facebook and YouTube, a single … Continue reading How another video of COVID-19 misinformation went viral on Facebook Continue Reading
Image: Genderify Some tech companies make a splash when they launch, others seem to bellyflop. Genderify, a new service that promises to identify someone’s gender by analyzing their name, email address, or username with the help AI, looks firmly to be in the latter camp. The company launched on Product Hunt last week, but has picked up … Continue reading Service that uses AI to identify gender based on names looks incredibly biased Continue Reading
Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge Form is releasing an update today for its smart augmented reality swim gogglesthat enable them to pair over Bluetooth to selected GPS smartwatches, allowing users to track their swims in real time in open water, not just in swimming pools. The $199 Form goggles were released last year, and … Continue reading Form’s smart goggles now work with GPS smartwatches to track open-water swims Continue Reading