Meta is pulling the plug on Messenger Lite on Android
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta’s Messenger Lite app for Android is being shut down in September, as reported by 9to5Google. The app launched as a more, well,…
Google is expanding its ads transparency center to comply with EU rules
Illustration: The Verge Google is making some changes to ads transparency and its data that’s available for researchers to comply with Europe’s Digital Services Act, according to a blog post…
Dune: Part Two has been delayed
Image: Warner Bros. Pictures Dune: Part Two has been delayed to March 15th, 2024, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, and it’s just one of a few big shifts…
FDA cracks down on bogus anti-viral products from Amazon, Walmart
Enlarge / This 1980 transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by three poxvirus, molluscum contagiosum virions. (credit: CDC) The Food and Drug Administration sent…
Barnacles could hold key to finding wreckage of Malaysia Airlines MH370
Enlarge / Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared in 2014 somewhere over the Indian Ocean. Scientists have reconstructed a possible debris origin point and drift path by extracting information about ocean…
Alphabet’s Wing partners with Walmart for drone deliveries in Dallas
Image: Walmart Wing, the drone delivery service owned by Alphabet, is teaming up with Walmart to offer deliveries in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. In an announcement on Thursday, Walmart says…
Citizen suspends sales of its latest smartwatch
Citizen is temporarily suspending sales of its CZ Smart watch. | Image: Citizen Citizen is temporarily suspending sales of its second-gen CZ Smart watch due to a “technical issue.” The…
California deploys AI-powered wildfire detection systems
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) California’s main firefighting agency, Cal Fire, is training AI models to detect visual signs of wildfires using a network of 1,039 high-definition cameras, reports The New…
Leaked Wipeout source code leads to near-total rewrite and remaster
Enlarge / Do you remember how fast Wipeout was in 1995? It’s just as fast now. You, however, may not be as fast. Just saying. (credit: Psygnosis / Dominic Szablewski)…
Zoom’s CEO thinks Zoom sucks for building trust, leaked audio reveals
Enlarge (credit: Morsa Images | DigitalVision) Earlier this month, Zoom announced a surprising decision to require some of its employees to return to the office, where they were expected to…