Adobe says no, it’s not using your images to train AI art generators
/ The dismissal follows several weeks of criticism from the creative community regarding the company’s AI policies. Adobe’s terms of service circulated earlier this month amidst concerns over a policy that opts users into allowing their content to be analyzed by machine learning.Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Adobe’s chief product officer, Scott Belsky, […]
Microsoft says it has changed its “hardware portfolio” amid layoffs
/ Microsoft hints at hardware changes just as 10,000 job cuts are announced. Microsoft is expected to announce big hits to Windows and devices revenue next week. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs today and hinted at some changes to its hardware lineup in an internal memo. The software giant […]
Returnal hits PC on February 15th and won’t need 32GB of RAM after all
/ The haunting alien 3D bullet hell will offer ray tracing, ultrawide monitor support, Dolby Atmos, DLSS, FSR, and support for the DualSense gamepad on PC. We have a date — Returnal, one of the first compelling PS5 exclusives, is making the jump to PC on February 15th. Sony announced the date today in an […]
Mexico bans solar geoengineering experiments after startup’s field tests
/ The startup tried to launch sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere from Baja California, and now, the government of Mexico is cracking down. View of a lenticular cloud over the Iztaccihuatl volcano, also known as Mujer Dormida, at dawn in Mexico City.Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via Getty Images Mexico says it will prohibit experiments with […]
Apple is turning on the HomePod Mini’s secret temperature and humidity sensor
/ Alongside the announcement of Apple’s new HomePod, the company said it would enable a sensor hidden in the HomePod Mini since launch in an upcoming software update. The HomePod Mini has been hiding a secret sensor that can detect the temperature and humidity at home.Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple debuted an […]
Hubble telescope observes a hungry supermassive black hole devouring a star
Science/ Space / Such an event happens only a few times every 100,000 years in a galaxy with a dormant black hole at its center, but recently, one such event was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. This sequence of artist illustrations shows how a black hole can devour a bypassing star.Image: NASA, ESA, Leah […]
Shell is acquiring EV charging network Volta for $169 million
/ Shell USA is buying all shares of the destination electric vehicle charging company Volta, which operates over 3,000 stations. Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge Shell USA, best known for its gasoline fill-up stations, is acquiring electric vehicle charging network Volta through a full cash purchase of all its common stock. The transaction, worth […]
Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas is now tossing tool bags around a (fake) construction site
Robot/ Tech / Are bipedal, bimanual robots nearly ready to work alongside humans? Probably not, but we’re getting closer, as Boston Dynamics’ latest marketing videos demonstrate. Is Boston Dynamics slowly preparing to put its bipedal robots to work? In a glossy new video, the company has shown off its prototype Atlas robot tossing planks and […]
How the new MacBook Pros compare to the rest of Apple’s MacBook lineup
/ The new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros boast Apple’s latest silicon, but are they worth the upgrade? Both the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro will be configurable with either Apple’s M2 Pro or M2 Max chip.Image: Apple Apple recently announced some new additions to its Mac lineup — specifically a new 14- and 16-inch […]
Spotify, Basecamp, and Deezer ask European regulators to crack down on Apple
/ The companies say Apple is harming consumers and are asking the European Commission to act quickly, even before the EU’s transformative digital regulations come into effect. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Spotify and a group of European companies are calling on the European Commission to take “swift and decisive action” against Apple […]