Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Former President Donald Trump posted what appeared to be a series of AI-generated images over the weekend to drum up support for his presidential candidacy, including a false endorsement from pop star Taylor Swift. Read more âș
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Unitreeâs G1 humanoid robot can fold down for storage and transport, but weighs as much as a small child. | Image: Unitree Robotics Robots capable of performing human-like tasks have so far been relegated to laboratories, factories, and captivating YouTube demos. But Unitree is readying its G1 humanoid robot for mass production with a $16,000 price tag that somehow feels both expensive and reasonable for a robot that looks this... Read more âș
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Image: Square Enix Square Enix has finally shared a release date for the PC version of Final Fantasy XVI: September 17th, 2024. The single-player RPG first launched on PS5 in June 2023, with two DLC chapters following in December (Echoes of the Fallen) and April (The Rising Tide). You can now pre-order Final Fantasy XVI on Steam and on the Epic Games Store, and there are complete editions that include... Read more âș
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Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge GM is laying off 1,000 salaried employees in its global workforce Monday, CNBC reported today. The cuts will affect the automakerâs software and services division, including about 600 employees working at GMâs tech campus near Detroit. In an email to The Verge, GM spokesperson Kevin Kelly said that as the company builds its future, it needs to âsimplify for speed and excellence, make bold... Read more âș
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The sun continues setting on the Touch ID home button for iPads. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge âNever say never.â I know, but Iâm not sure if Appleâs ninth-gen iPad is going to get any cheaper than this before itâs outright gone. Thatâs because after dropping to consecutive all-time lows of $229 and then $224, the tablet from 2021 with 64GB of storage is now selling for... Read more âș
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Scientists from the Dutch Black Hole Consortium are on a mission to find novel black holes. But the task is a monumental one, as the light from the genesis of a black hole fades quickly, so theyâre asking ordinary folks to pore over pictures of possible candidates, using an app called Black Hole Finder, to help them decide where to train their telescopes. The images are collected by BlackGEM telescopes... Read more âș
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Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo by GitHub Dohmke says navigating Microsoft-Open AI isnât as complicated as it seems, and open source is still king Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Zoomâs webinar calls can now support up to 1 million simultaneous viewers, as fundraising groups continue to use the video conferencing platform to raise money for Vice President Kamala Harrisâ election campaign. Now, Zoom customers who want to hold large virtual events can accommodate anywhere from 10,000 to 1 million attendees. Over the past several weeks, several political groups have used Zoom to... Read more âș
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The role comes with height and motion requirements that line up with expectations for Optimus. | Image: Tesla Tesla is employing people to help train its humanoid Optimus robot by wearing motion-capture suits and mimicking actions that it will be expected to perform. The position, advertised as a âData Collection Operatorâ on Teslaâs career site, pays up to $48 per hour and requires walking for over seven hours a day... Read more âș
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Image: Raspberry Pi Foundation Thereâs a new Raspberry Pi 5 in town: a 2GB variant that knocks the price of the microcomputer down to $50. The lower RAM doesnât necessarily mean it comes with fewer capabilities, just that it wonât be apt to some RAM-intensive tasks. Raspberry Pi Foundation CEO Eben Upton says the device is âfunctionally identical to its predecessor.â When the Raspberry Pi 5 was released last year,... Read more âș
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Image: Lamborghini The Italian automaker is not quite ready to release its first full EV. Thankfully, it has a ridiculous new hybrid to tide you over. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Procreate CEO James Cuda has made his distaste for generative AI known. | Image: Procreate Many Procreate users can breathe a sigh of relief now that the popular iPad illustration app has taken a definitive stance against generative AI. âWeâre not going to be introducing any generative AI into our products,â Procreate CEO James Cuda said in a video posted to X. âI donât like whatâs happening to the industry,... Read more âș
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A Waymo car driving in San Francisco. | Photo: Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images San Francisco neighbors who live in a building next to a Waymo parking lot are still being haunted by overnight honking. Thatâs despite a fix from the ride hail company that seems to have fixed the original problem â the cars beeping their horns in the parking lot â but has also revealed that... Read more âș
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Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft has published the PC requirements for Star Wars Outlaws, which is releasing later this month on August 30th, in a post that also points to a new gameplay trailer for the Grand Theft Auto-style space adventure. The trailer compares the gameâs looks when certain features, like DLSS, are turned on versus off. There may not be any major revelations in terms of story or gameplay here, but... Read more âș
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An F1 single-seater during the Formula 1 Live Barcelona Road Show on June 19th, 2024. | Photo: David Zorrakino / Europa Press via Getty Images Creators whose online identities center around Formula 1 racing have been changing their handles lately, and they seem to be reluctant to say why. But the reason may be because theyâre being asked to by F1 itself, whoâs rumored to have been sending cease and... Read more âș
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Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge Laura Mae Martin is a big believer in the settings menu. As Googleâs executive productivity advisor, Martin spends much of her time working with other Googlers on improving their productivity and communication systems â and one of the things she often recommends is taking a few minutes to poke through the options. âWith your phone, with your email, your Slack, all these things, the... Read more âș
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The Venom F5 Revolution at Circuit of the Americas. | Image: Hennessey Special Vehicles Hennessey Special Vehicles crashed its Venom F5 â a $3 million hypercar â while driving nearly 250mph on the Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) runway at Kennedy Space Center in July. Newly reported details show the cost of the crash, which happened while the company was testing out new components of the car. The crash damaged... Read more âș
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Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 48, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If youâre new here, welcome, get ready for a lot of books this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) Iâm back after a couple of weeks off â thanks to everyone who wished me a good vacation and... Read more âș
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Rimac, the company behind the fastest production EV in the world â the Nevera â says itâs now made something even faster with the Nevera R. Rimacâs new electric supercar can apparently hit 60mph from a stop in just 1.74 seconds â or about a tenth of a second faster than the original. The EV apparently generates 2,107 horsepower, or about 200 more than its predecessor. On top of that,... Read more âș
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The iPhone 15 Pro. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge What the rumor mill says about the first new iPhones in the era of Apple Intelligence. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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