Image: ADT Security company ADT disclosed in an SEC filing that hackers obtained âsome limited customer information, including email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses.â TechCrunch reports that ADTâs disclosure follows a seller on a cybercrime forum claiming last week that they had obtained more than 30,000 stolen ADT customer records. The hackers obtained the information by accessing âcertain databases containing ADT customer order information,â according to ADT. The company... Read more âș
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA) are calling for answers on how OpenAI handles whistleblowers and safety reviews after former employees complained that internal criticism is often stifled. âGiven the discrepancy between your public comments and reports of OpenAIâs actions, we request information about OpenAIâs whistleblower and conflict of interest protections in order to understand whether federal intervention may be necessary,â Warren and Trahan wrote in a... Read more âș
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Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is expanding the number of photos and videos that can be added to a single grid post, the company said today. Each carousel post can now have up to 20 photos or videos. Users could previously add up to 10 pieces of content to each carousel post â something thatâs colloquially known as a âphoto dump.â The carousel feature was first rolled out... Read more âș
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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Appleâs smallest Mac is in for some major changes, according to Bloombergâs Mark Gurman. A new version of the Mac Mini coming later this year will undergo the productâs most significant redesign in over a decade. Gurman says âthe device will be far smaller than its predecessor, approaching the size of an Apple TV set-top box.â Thatâs tiny, even if the Mini will... Read more âș
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Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo by Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images AAG Jonathan Kanter says the Google monopoly verdict belongs on the âMount Rushmore of antitrust.â Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack, two-door version. | Image: Stellantis Dodge has put a price on its first all-electric vehicle, the Charger Daytona, and it won't be cheap for the mean, clean, neighborhood-disturbing machine. The 2024 Daytona two-door models will start at $59,595 for the R/T and $73,190 for the Scat Pack â both excluding a $1,995 destination fee. Both Daytona models are starting production this summer, and four-door... Read more âș
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Cyclists have quick access to two of eight selectable alert tones. | Image: Trek The quiet ding of many bike bells isnât always enough to alert pedestrians or vehicles of a cyclistâs presence. Trekâs new BellBeats is a compact Bluetooth speaker that can be mounted to a bikeâs handlebars giving cyclists a selection of eight quick access alert tones that are either friendly or urgent. Like a traditional bike bell,... Read more âș
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Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Asus and MSI have both released beta BIOS updates today to address Intelâs crashing 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake desktop processors. While the BIOS updates wonât fix CPUs that are already damaged, they include Intelâs new microcode update that should help further address the instability issues. If it works well, this could be a very big deal for Intel, which lost some... Read more âș
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The Chromecast, in The Vergeâs first review. | Image: The Verge When I was still a starry-eyed 20-something living with my then-fiancĂ©e, the only way I could stream video on my TV was through its HDMI ports and my laptop. This had served me well for years â and still does, when Iâm desperate â but dealing with the setup was cumbersome. Then came the original Chromecast in 2013, and... Read more âș
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Image: Getty The Kia Boys may have met their match. A software update that first rolled out last year to owners of Hyundai and Kia vehicles without electronic immobilizers has cut theft rates by more than half, according to a new analysis from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI). The automakers first began implementing the update in February 2023 in response to a wave of car thefts that started during... Read more âș
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Anti-migration protests have quickly escalated into violent riots across the UK, spurred in part by misinformation spread via online platforms. | Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The UKâs communications regulator Ofcom has raised concerns regarding social media being used to incite violence amid far-right riots across the country. In an open letter, Ofcomâs online safety director Gill Whitehead urged online platforms to tackle the potential spread of harmful materials related... Read more âș
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Two words: headphone jack. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Although Appleâs tablet lineup has undergone several shakeups over the last several years, we long considered the ninth-gen iPad to be the best budget iPad you could get. That changed when Apple dropped the price of the 10th-gen iPad to a more sensible $349 and discontinued its entry-level model. But the 2021 iPad remains a perfectly good slate,... Read more âș
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Mobile filmmakers can boost their smartphoneâs storage capacity by up to 2TB. | Image: Lexar A terabyte of storage can disappear quickly when youâre capturing 4K footage on an iPhone 15 Pro or 15 Pro Max. Lexarâs new Professional Go Portable SSD with Hub not only adds up to an extra 2TB of storage, it also enables ProRes video captures at 60FPS while giving mobile filmmakers a few extra USB-C... Read more âș
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Image: Getty This weekâs earnings reports make two things clear about the viability of the electric vehicle future: EV-only companies are continuing to struggle and lose lots of money, and having wealthy investors who are willing to pour money into your money-losing operation is the difference between survival and bankruptcy. Two of the big US-based EV-only companies â Rivian and Lucid â reported their second quarter earnings this week. Lo... Read more âș
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Image: Google Google is expected to launch a new weather app alongside the Pixel 9 â but you donât have to wait to try it out. As highlighted by 9to5Google and Android Authority, the Weather app is now on APKMirror, where you can sideload it on devices running Android 14 or newer. Based on some of the screenshots posted online, it looks like the Pixel Weather app will offer a... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge TikTok will now create in-app hubs for movies and TV shows and place them directly on fan-made videos. The feature, called TikTok Spotlight, will automatically add links to âapplicableâ videos on the platform, leading to landing pages that provide more information about the relevant title as well as options to buy tickets or watch it on a streaming service. The links will show up in the bottom-left... Read more âș
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For a camouflage-style pattern, itâs far from the most try-hard. | Image: Corsair Iâm rarely a sucker for camouflage-print anything, but put it on a game controller and turn it black-and-white and suddenly it warms my heart â especially if itâs a solid deal. Thatâs just the case with this custom Scuf Instinct Pro controller in a black tiger camo finish, which is on a clearance sale at Best Buy... Read more âș
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You can fill an entire wall with Nanoleafâs new glowing display cases, which simply need to stack to connect to each other. | Image: Nanoleaf Nanoleafâs new Expo Smart Display Cases are an eye-catching way to make a carefully curated collection the focus of any room. Each case features diffused color-changing LED lighting, and multiple cases can be stacked to create a larger display with colors and animated lighting that... Read more âș
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Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Meta and Google teamed up to run a secret campaign that deliberately targeted 13 to 17-year-olds with Instagram ads on YouTube according to the Financial Times, breaking the search giantâs own rules against advertising to children. The publication reports that Google directed ads to a subset of users labeled as âunknownâ in its advertising systems, in an attempt to disguise... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images It started with a ârage tweet.â âGonna start âVCs for Democracy,ââ Leslie Feinzaig, founder and general partner at Graham & Walker, wrote on X in late July. âWhoâs in?â Turns out more than 1,300 âtechies,â including 750 accredited investors, were in as part of a group that came to be known as VCs for Kamala. On Wednesday, that group raised $150,000 to... Read more âș
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