The new Mac Mini takes a small step towards upgradeable storage
That Mac Mini SSD is removable! | Image: X user @L0vetodream Apple’s redesigned Mac Mini M4 has ditched the previous M2 machine’s SSD that was soldered to the logic board,…
Bowers and Wilkins’ excellent sounding PX7 S2e headphones are $120 off
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge We’re flush with great options for noise-canceling headphones that sound good, but if you care most about sound quality (without spending pricey audiophile…
2024 is going to smash heat records
Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge It’s “virtually certain” that 2024 will go down in the books as the hottest year yet. The planet is on track to pass a…
Feds investigate racist texts sent across the country post-election
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge People across the country received racist text messages in the days after Donald Trump was elected to a second term for president, and now…
Heretic’s directors on crafting their new horror villain: ‘This has to be Hugh Grant’
A still photo from the film Heretic. When codirectors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods started thinking about who could play the antagonist in their new horror flick Heretic, they knew…
TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has notified Chinese chip design companies that it will suspend production of their most advanced artificial intelligence chips, as Washington continues to impede Beijing’s AI ambitions.…
Apple botched the Apple Intelligence launch, but its long-term strategy is sound
Ask a few random people about Apple Intelligence and you’ll probably get quite different responses. One might be excited about the new features. Another could opine that no one asked…
The voice of America Online’s “You’ve got mail” has died at age 74
On Tuesday, Elwood Edwards, the voice behind the online service America Online’s iconic “You’ve got mail” greeting, died at age 74, one day before his 75th birthday, according to Cleveland’s…
Meta beats suit over tool that lets Facebook users unfollow everything
Meta has defeated a lawsuit—for now—that attempted to invoke Section 230 protections for a third-party tool that would have made it easy for Facebook users to toggle on and off…
DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were
People have long been fascinated by the haunting plaster casts of the bodies of people who died in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Archaeologists have presented certain…