J.D. Vance is Anti-Big Tech, Pro-Crypto The former tech investor likes the FTC’s Lina Khan and wants to break up Google, citing its liberal bias. Continue reading... source: https://www.theverge.com/24199314/jd-vance-donald-trump-vp-antitrust-big-tech-ftc-lina-khan-elizabeth-warren-google
Here’s a very clear real-world look at Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold Image: NCC There have been leaks aplenty in recent weeks showing every angle of Google’s Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL. But so far, the company’s second-generation foldable phone has managed to keep better cover ahead of next month’s product event. So much for that! As reported by Android Authority, new regulatory photos from Taiwan’s National Communications Commission have fully revealed the Pixel Fold 2 Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The images confirm that Google is moving away from the short and squat passport-style design that helped the original Pixel Fold stand out from Samsung’s tall, narrow Galaxy Fold. Now we’re getting something closer to the OnePlus Open. The outer display still looks very usable in terms…
Instagram Now Lets You Add Up to 20 Songs to Your Reels Instagram Now Lets You Add Up to 20 Songs to Your Reels Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Instagram will now let you add up to 20 audio tracks to your reel, according to an update spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. When you add different tracks to a reel, Instagram will label the audio mix as belonging to you, allowing other users to share and re-use it. Before this update, you could only add one track to your reel. But now that you can include multiple tracks, you can sync different audio to the text, stickers, and clips that appear in your reel, potentially making for an even more chaotic video. View this post on…
Prime Day: Wenn 4 AirTags günstiger als 3 sind Die große Anzahl an aktiven AirTags im Haushalt sorgt inzwischen dafür, dass wir einen IKEA-Besuch nicht beenden, bevor wir uns vor Ort nicht mit den dort im Achterpack stets günstig angebotenen CR2032-Knopfzellen eingedeckt haben. Eine Packung PLATTBOJ gibt es in den schwedischen Möbelhäusern bereits für 1,50 Euro. Karten für das Portemonnaie Im Laufe des diesjährigen Prime Day dürften noch ein paar von Apples Sachen-Findern hinzukommen. Wir verwenden die Tracker, um den Nachwuchs auf großen Volksfesten nicht zu verlieren, Objekte zu verorten, die nicht unbedingt wertvoll sind, aber einen Wert für uns haben, und vor allem, um Schlüssel gegen das versehentliche Liegenlassen zu schützen. In Geldbeutel und Portemonnaie kommen hingegen die dünnen “Wo ist?”-Karten von Drittanbietern zum Einsatz, die wir für diesen…
Google Ends Search Results Annotation Experiment Google is Ending an Experiment that Let You Annotate Search Results Google is ending a months-old experiment that let people attach colorful notes to search results, the company confirmed to 9to5Google. Google announced the Notes experiment for Search Labs in November. If you had opted-in to Notes, you could see and add annotations featuring text and images to links in search results in the Google app. (They were kind of a Google-y take on X’s Community Notes.) But given Tuesday’s announcement, it seems the test wasn’t popular enough to warrant a wider release. “Search Labs is our testbed for bold experimentation and as we’ve shared, not all experiments will launch broadly,” a Google spokesperson told 9to5Google. “We’ve seen in our research that people want…
Puerto Rico Files $1 Billion Suit Against Fossil Fuel Companies Puerto Rico filed suit against fossil fuels companies this week, alleging that the oil and gas giants have misled the public about climate change and delayed a transition to clean energy. The suit seeks $1 billion in damages to help Puerto Rico defend itself against climate disasters. In a complaint filed in San Juan yesterday, Puerto Rico’s Department of Justice says that the companies violated trade law by promoting fossil fuels without adequately warning about the dangers. The defendants include ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, Shell, ConocoPhillips, and other energy companies. It’s the latest in a slew of lawsuits attempting to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the consequences of climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil... Continue reading… source: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/16/24199686/puerto-rico-fossil-fuel-industry-lawsuit-climate-change
The Best Prime Day Deals on Charging Devices We’re rounding up all the best deals on charging tech for your home, car, and travels. If you’re still charging your phone with whatever random wall wart came in the box three phones ago, or your laptop with the bulky brick it came with, now’s a great time to upgrade. Advances like GaN chargers have led to smaller, faster USB-C chargers for phones and laptops alike, and Qi2 gives iPhones (and maybe soon some Android phones?) MagSafe-speed charging at lower prices. And with Prime Day deals available now, you can save quite a bit and charge in less time, too. There is a sizable selection of charging devices on sale, whether you’re looking to outfit a home office or your coffee office.…
Best Prime Day Tech Deals Under $25 The Best Prime Day Tech Deals Under $25 Everyone loves cheap stuff that’s actually good to use or invaluably helpful in your day-to-day. While Amazon Prime Day offers a deluge of deals on no-name tchotchkes and sketchy knockoffs (many of which have inflated, bot-fueled review scores) it does have its fair share of inexpensive hidden gems that are actually worth your money. We know not everyone is shopping for big, multi-hundred or thousand dollar tech every time a deal comes around, so we’re always on the lookout for sales that fit into more modest budgets like sub-$100 and sub-$50. Here, we’re rounding up our top picks for Prime Day that are just 25 bucks or less. Some of them may be ho-hum essentials…
The Best Prime Day Tech Deals You Can Grab for $100 or Less The Fitbit Charge 6 is a great $100 tracker with a solid set of fitness and health tracking features. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge What do the latest AirPods Pro, the Meta Quest 3, and the iRobot Roomba j7 Plus all have in common? They’re all on sale for Prime Day... for upwards of $200. Thankfully, you can still score deals on terrific gadgets and goods without racking up credit debt or dipping into your savings account during Amazon’s two-day sale. In fact, there’s plenty of tech on sale for less than a Benjamin if you know where to look. Over the years, we gadget nerds at The Verge have tested all kinds…
OpenShot: Freier Mac-Videoeditor mit großem Update Die Entwickler des Open-Source-Projektes OpenShot haben vor wenigen Tagen eine neue Version ihres gänzlich kostenfreien Videoeditors veröffentlicht und versorgen die Anwendung für Mac, Linux und Windows mit zahlreichen neuen Funktionen und Verbesserungen. Auf Version 3.0 kletterte OpenShot nach über zehnjähriger Entwicklung bereits im Dezember 2022, die neue Version 3.2 beziehungsweise das inzwischen verfügbare Hotfix auf Ausgabe 3.2.1 liefert nun wesentliche Leistungssteigerungen und neue Benutzeroberflächen-Designs. Neue Benutzeroberflächen-Designs Eine der auffälligsten Neuerungen ist die Einführung der neuen Designs „Retro“ und „Cosmic Dusk“. Letzteres befindet sich noch in der Testphase, kann aber bereits in den Einstellungen aktiviert werden. Diese neuen Designs sollen eine modernisierte Benutzeroberfläche bieten, die nicht nur optisch ansprechend ist, sondern auch die Bedienbarkeit verbessert. Zu den funktionalen Optimierungen zählt die neue „Remove Gap“-Funktion. Diese…
