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Samsung is bringing Matter 1.2 to its SmartThings smart home platform. | Image: Samsung SmartThings
Samsung SmartThings looks set to become the first major smart home platform to fully support Matter 1.2. According to a press release, the SmartThings platform now works with Matter 1.2, so manufacturers and developers can start integrating their compatible devices with the platform. The SmartThings app won’t be updated to support Matter until later this summer — so you won’t be able to control your M
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President Joe Biden is meeting Democratic governor after the disastrous debate last week, with 25 House members reportedly ready to urge him to quit. Read more ›
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard will let you escape death entirely as part of its extensive difficulty customisation options, which will also let you manually adjust player and enemy health. As detailed to Game Informer, BioWare has included a range of set difficulty levels and a further option that offers more granular customisation of your play experience. The Veilguard's base levels are named Storyteller, Adventurer and Nightmare - the latter of... Read more ›
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I've lived in Germany for over a decade with my family. Here you need to bag your own groceries and there isn't as much variety of products as in US. Read more ›
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Uber and Lyft settle to pay Massachusetts drivers $32.50 per hour for time spent completing a ride, as well as paid sick leave and accident insurance. Read more ›
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We know our 5-year-old won't thrive in a public school setting, so he's going to a private school. He can receive scholarships for college. Read more ›
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You can find the Xiaomi Moaan InkPalm Plus for around $125 online. | Image: Xiaomi It seems like everyone is enamored with the Boox Palma, including our own David Pierce, but at $280, it’s expensive for an e-reader. For another option that mirrors larger e-readers but in a tiny and cheaper package, John Moltz has taken a look at the $125 Xiaomi Moaan InkPalm Plus over on Six Colors. There... Read more ›
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I spontaneously moved from the US to Ireland, and I wasn't prepared for the differences in the language, the pace of life, or the function of alcohol. Read more ›
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Scottsdale, Arizona, attracts retirees with its weather, health and wellness amenities, and outdoor activities. Read more ›
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Korean Air said it would finish cabin service 20 minutes earlier so it ends before the descent, due to concerns over increased turbulence. Read more ›
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MrBeast, YouTube's biggest creator, is constantly dodging criticism. But creator economy experts believe he'll always win. Read more ›
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Hurricane season has begun, and it’s off to a frightening start. On Wednesday morning, Beryl — a Category 4 storm and the first named hurricane of the year — was churning toward Jamaica, where it’s expected to make landfall later today and bring life-threatening wind and flooding. Earlier in the week, Beryl pummeled islands in the […] Read more ›
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Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko called Ukraine an "enemy" and said his troops along Ukraine's border have a "high combat readiness." Read more ›
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Pete Ballmer discusses starting his career in software engineering and product management before becoming a full-time standup comedian. Read more ›
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A Vanity Fair article on Tuesday contained allegations that the independent presidential candidate once ate a barbecued dog. Read more ›
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These WIRED-tested two-wheelers will help you scoot scoot scoot around town. Read more ›
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Netflix is proceeding with its plan to discontinue its cheapest ad-free subscription tier, starting with the UK and Canada, with more countries inevitably to follow. The streaming giant has reportedly begun notifying users via on-screen messages about the last day they can access the service unless they upgrade. One Reddit user shared a notification they had received from the Netflix app, saying: "Your last day to watch Netflix is July... Read more ›
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The Red Magic 9S Pro and 9S Pro+ arrive with a beefed up chipset and improved cooling. The chipset is the so-called Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Leading Version, i.e. the version of the chip that runs its prime CPU core at 3.4GHz and boosts the GPU to 1GHz. Red Magic 9S Pro The company boasts that the 9S Pro has achieved an AnTuTu score of 2,369,542 points, the highest of... Read more ›
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Six Marriott hotels in New York City are providing free Blade helicopter transfers to JFK and Newark Airport for some top-paying guests. Read more ›
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Acemagic’s X1 is a novel laptop, but there are reasons to be skeptical, and an engraved Steve Jobs quote is one of them. Read more ›
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Later this year, millions of Apple devices will begin running Apple Intelligence, Cupertino's take on generative AI that, among other things, lets people generate images with text prompts. But some members of the creative community are unhappy about what they say is the company’s lack of transparency around the raw information powering the AI model that makes this possible. “I wish Apple would have explained to the public in a... Read more ›
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Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty Images Since the New Deal era, the bulk of the functioning US government is the administrative state — think the acronym soup of agencies like the EPA, FCC, FTC, FDA, and so on. Even when Capitol Hill is not mired in deep dysfunction, the speed at which Congress and the courts operate no longer seems suitable for modern life. Both industry... Read more ›
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Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit Microsoft AI boss Mustafa Suleyman incorrectly believes that the moment you publish anything on the open web, it becomes “freeware” that anyone can freely copy and use. When CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin asked him whether “AI companies have effectively stolen the world’s IP,” he said: I think that with respect to content that’s already on the open web, the social contract of... Read more ›
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An Uber and Lyft vehicle in New York. | Photo: Lindsey Nicholson / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rideshare drivers in Massachusetts will soon get company-provided benefits, as well as a minimum pay of $32.50 per hour, starting on August 15th. That’s thanks to a new settlement between the state and rideshare companies Uber and Lyft, four years after Attorney General Andrea Campbell sued the companies, asserting... Read more ›
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Buzz buzz. | Image: Bananbin I don’t think I’m going out on a limb when I say that not everyone agrees on the best way to handle their computer’s trash directory. Some folks like to let it go until their computer yells at them about storage, while others empty it every single day. I’m somewhere in the middle, but I do try not to let it go too far. And... Read more ›
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A Redbox machine from 2015. Redbox’s owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy protection overnight. This comes at the tail end of a month in which the DVD rental company defaulted on loans, saw an order for its cars to be repossessed, and missed payroll for employees. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment informed employees of the filing late Friday, writing in an email seen by The... Read more ›
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Photo by David Becker / Getty Images Dr Disrespect’s YouTube channel has been demonetized. In a statement to The Verge, YouTube spokesperson Nicole Bell wrote, “We have suspended monetization on DrDisrespect’s channel for violating our Creator Responsibility policy.” Bell also wrote that Dr Disrespect has been suspended from YouTube’s partner program “following serious allegations against the creator.” The allegations refer to multiple reports that the streamer, whose real name is... Read more ›
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ASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 11: Exterior view of the U.S. Supreme Court building. | Photo: Getty Images On Friday the Supreme Court overturned a longstanding legal doctrine in the US, making a transformative ruling that could hamper federal agencies’ ability to regulate all kinds of industry. Six Republican-appointed justices voted to overturn the doctrine, called Chevron deference, which could affect everything from pollution limits to consumer protections in the US.... Read more ›
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Photo: Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled that presidents are “absolutely” immune from criminal prosecution when their actions involve allegedly official acts while they were in office. Former presidents also have a “presumption of immunity” for their official acts while in office — but, the court ruled, there is no immunity for “unofficial acts.” The decision in Trump v. United States means that the special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution against... Read more ›
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Hori’s design is a little funky, but those yellow and violet versions look fantastic. | Image: Hori Nearly five years after Valve discontinued its experimental Steam Controller, a new officially licensed gamepad for Steam is on the way. The new controller is made by Hori, and it’s only coming to Japan (at least for now). Dubbed the Wireless Horipad for Steam, the PC-centric controller matches the Steam Deck’s menu buttons... Read more ›
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Over the last day or so, customers of the big three US mobile carriers — Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile — who are using data roaming internationally have complained about an inability to connect and make calls. Complaints about connection problems have spread across social media for hours, with little response from the carriers. In an email sent to... Read more ›
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