Taylor Lorenz on her extremely online history of the internet
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Displace came up with a landing gear safety system for its totally wireless TV
Image: Displace Back at CES 2023, we got a first glimpse at a “truly wireless” TV from a startup called Displace. This $3,000 4K OLED TV has swappable batteries that…
Amazon’s Totally Killer is, like, such a fun slasher movie
Image: James Dittiger / Prime Video Totally Killer never tries to hide what it is: a classic slasher movie fused with Back to the Future. And it turns out that…
Hyundai is switching to Tesla-style NACS plugs for its EVs in late 2024
Enlarge (credit: Hyundai) On Thursday morning, Hyundai announced that it’s the latest automaker to adopt the North American Charging Standard for its battery electric vehicles. Developed by Tesla, NACS was…
The Pixel 8’s best new feature is guaranteed updates
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge When Google announced the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro today, it added a feature no other phone can compete with: both devices…
Hyundai’s future EVs will also have Tesla’s EV charging port
Did they just tape it on there? | Image: Hyundai Another major automaker is jumping on the Tesla bandwagon. Hyundai announced today its plans to adopt the North American Charging…
Comcast and Charter have begun rolling out the first Xumo streaming box
Image: Charter/Comcast In April 2022, cable operators Comcast and Charter announced a partnership that the companies said would produce “a next-generation streaming platform on a variety of branded 4K streaming…
Adobe teases new AI photo editing tool that will ‘revolutionize’ its products
Even Adobe is sick of using the lasso tool to manually separate objects from photographs. | Image: Adobe Adobe is set to announce a new AI-powered photo editing tool at…
Details of Apple’s talks to replace Google with Bing and even DuckDuckGo revealed in unsealed court testimony
Image: The Verge While Google’s search engine has for years been the default on Apple’s devices, newly unsealed court testimonies reveal that Apple held talks with both Microsoft and DuckDuckGo…
Microsoft and Amazon face UK regulator investigation over cloud services
Illustration: The Verge The clouds are gathering over Microsoft’s Azure operations in the EU and now the UK, with the launch of a new investigation into major cloud service providers…