Boston Dynamics’ most boring robot is getting a sensible job unloading trucks
Boston Dynamics is synonymous with four-legged robots, particularly its consumer model Spot. But in the past few years, the company has been expanding…
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Don’t Underestimate The Software Administration UX
This article reveals how something as trivial as administration in both software and As-a-service can be either a booster or bottleneck to a company…
Do you need to be alone to be creative? Here’s what the experts say
Before the pandemic started, the debate between open office proponents and haters was as hot as ever, with a new day and a new ‘study’ showing fav…
How to Get More LinkedIn Leads and Conversions
Want more quality leads on LinkedIn? Wondering what to do to convert more followers? In this article, you’ll discover nine tips for building and imp…
Facebook’s plan to offer free internet in developing countries ended up costing users, WSJ reports
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook partners with mobile carriers in developing countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, and Pakistan t…
Five risks of moving your database to the cloud
Moving to the cloud is all the rage. According to an IDC Survey Spotlight, Experience in Migrating Databases to the Cloud, 63% of enterprises are acti…
Smart devices can now read your mood and mind — they shouldn’t without consent
While waiting to board a plane on a recent trip out of town, an airline staff member asked me to momentarily take off my face mask to allow the facial…
How to easily set up a wallet for cryptocurrency and NFTs with MetaMask
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. If you want…
Instagram Shops and Facebook Shops Setup Tutorial for 2022
Wondering how to sell your products directly on Instagram or Facebook? Not sure how to get started? In this article, you’ll discover a step-by-step …
A new era for data: What’s possible with as-a-service
For organizations in today’s complex business environment, data is like water—essential for survival. They need to process, analyze, and act on da…
Meta has built an AI supercomputer it says will be world’s fastest by end of 2022
Servers at a Facebook datacenter. | Photo: Vjeran Pavic Social media conglomerate Meta is the latest tech company to build an “AI supercomputer” …
How to Manage Instagram Ads: 6 Time-Saving Tips
Want better results from your Instagram ads? Wondering how to simplify management and reporting results? In this article, you’ll discover six tricks…
Why your small business should make use of Instagram collections
Instagram‘s users flood the app with millions of posts every day. There’s always fresh content, but a lot of great stuff gets lost in the shuffle.…
4 threats posed by Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites
Elon Musk’s Starlink is a divisive project. The satellite internet constellation aims to provide low-cost internet to remote locations, but it’s p…
1Password has plans to get companies to actually use one password
Digital password manager company 1Password announced this week intentions to expand the login features of its services — starting with something the…
Google denies Facebook collusion claims in new court filing and blog post
Google denies colluding with Facebook in new court filing | Illustration by Alex Castro Google has filed a motion to dismiss the antitrust complaint f…
TikTok is thinking about letting its creators charge subscription fees
TikTok is testing paid subscriptions | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok confirmed Thursday that it is testing support for paid subscript…
Netflix stock plunges as company misses growth forecast
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix investors have been worried that the company isn’t adding subscribers fast enough — and today, the…
Twitter brings NFTs to the timeline as hexagon-shaped profile pictures
Twitter NFT profile pictures | Image: Twitter.com Twitter said in September that it would add a way for users to authenticate non-fungible tokens (NFT…
Nuclear quantum computing: It’s coming
A trio of separate research teams from three different continents published individual papers indicating similar quantum computing breakthroughs yeste…
Many game developers hate NFTs, too
Ubisoft’s NFTs, pictured here, received a critical reception when they were announced. | Image: Ubisoft NFTs have been a contentious topic in the vi…
Google is building an AR headset
Google VP Clay Bavor. | Photo By Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Project Iris could see Google go up against Meta and…
Facebook Organic Marketing: What Works in 2022
Seeing a decline in your organic Facebook metrics? Looking for new ways to improve your non-paid Facebook marketing? In this article, discover nine or…
Did Elon Musk forget about OpenAI or is he just trolling his dumbest fans?
It’s impossible to tell if Elon Musk is serious about anything anymore. His image exists in a dichotomy between cartoonesque and genius. He’s simu…
Half of internet-connected devices in hospitals are vulnerable to hacks, report finds
Over half of internet-connected devices used in hospitals have a vulnerability that could put patient safety, confidential data, or the usability of a…
Instagram is testing paid subscriptions with a small group of creators
Image: Instagram US Instagram users will soon be able to subscribe to a small number of creators and influencers to access exclusive content and featu…
Rimac’s selling its hypercar EV tech to other automakers
We’ve already been blown away by Rimac’s breathtaking Nevera, the all-electric hypercar that goes 0-60mph in just 1.85 seconds. And we were stunn…
Confused Replika AI users are standing up for bots and trying to bang the algorithm
There something strange happening on Reddit. People are advocating for a kinder, more considerate approach to relationships. They’re railing against…
Apple and Google split with startups over antitrust bill
Photo by Elizabeth Frantz-Pool / Getty Images As the Senate Judiciary Committee inches towards passing legislation that could loosen Big Tech’s gras…
Microsoft’s Activision acquisition would instantly make it a force in mobile gaming
Photo Illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images With its pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft could soon add the likes of Diablo, Warcr…
A new use for AI: summarizing scientific research for seven-year-olds
tl;dr papers shows AI’s potential to condense research Continue reading…
Microsoft to acquire Activision for $68.7 billion
Microsoft is acquiring Activision, the troubled publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. The deal will value Activision at $68.7 bill…
4 times Shakespeare has inspired stories about robots and AI
Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and visions of the future. So it may be surprising to find so…
Going bald? Lab-grown hair cells could be on the way
Biologists at several startups are applying the latest advances in genetic engineering to the age-old problem of baldness, by creating new hair-formin…
Google’s ‘Self Share’ tool could make you stop emailing yourself files
We’ve all been there before: we need to send a file from our phone to our laptop or vice versa, only to find that it can still be a surprisingly clu…
Why giving AI ‘human ethics’ is probably a terrible idea
If you want artificial intelligence to have human ethics, you have to teach it to evolve ethics like we do. At least that’s what a pair of researche…
Can NFTs be art? Wikipedia isn’t sure — and crypto bros are terrified
NFT art has exploded in popularity, but it faces an uncertain future on Wikipedia. Editors of the online encyclopedia recently voted against categoriz…
Jared Kushner floated the idea of a federal cryptocurrency, documents reveal
Kushner acted as a presidential advisor in the Trump administration. | Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images Jared Kushner, former President Do…
Here are the countries fighting Apple’s App Store monopoly
Apple has benefited a lot from the App Store and the developer ecosystem. Heck, it’s probably made more than $100 billion from its fees since 2008. …
Amazon reverses decision to ban Visa credit cards in the UK over fees
Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images Amazon says it will continue to accept payment in the UK from Visa credit cards, reversing a…
Walmart is getting serious about the metaverse
Walmart’s recent trademark applications suggest that it wants to break into the metaverse. | Photo by Yichuan Cao / NurPhoto via Getty Images Walmar…
What AI could be like when you plug a computer into your brain
“Our consciousness is everything. You become what you think about.” — Buddha In the few minutes that you are reading this article, I will tell y…
Why you might want a secure file-sharing service now that you’re working from home
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge When we were all at the office, many of us were connected to the office network. We didn’t…
Nvidia’s AI-powered scaling makes old games look better without a huge performance hit
Nvidia says its AI-powered upscaling is more powerful than regular super-resolution. | Image: Nvidia Nvidia’s latest game-ready driver includes a to…
Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai were involved in ad collusion plot, claims court filing
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Friday, a coalition of state attorneys general led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a new…
Cloud technologies help corporations achieve carbon neutrality
The past two years of pandemic-related challenges have accelerated the adoption of cloud across industry at an unprecedented rate. This increased inve…
A Deep CSS Dive Into Radial And Conic Gradients
In this article, we’ll be taking a closer look at two gradients: `conic-gradient` and `radial-gradient`. You’ll see how each one of them works in …
Changing A Tire On A Moving Car (Or How To Improve Product Roadmaps)
Product roadmaps are often treated as a series of checkboxes. But they are more than that. In this article, Scott Himmer explains how internal partner…