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Intel definitively claims its laptop chips aren’t crashing because of that voltage thing
Image: Intel It’s been a burning question for months — are Intel’s laptop chips susceptible to the same permanent damage that can potentially lay 24 different flagship desktop chips low? Today, Intel has finally confirmed: its 13th and 14th Gen laptop chips do not seem to have an instability issue. And the company claims they…
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The problem with Telegram
Image: The Verge Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France last weekend, and a few days later was charged with a number of offenses connected to criminal activity on Telegram. There’s a lot about this story we don’t yet know, but this week’s events seem to signal a shift in how countries and governments…
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AnandTech shuts down after 27 years
It’s the end of an era. | Image: AnandTech, Future Hardware enthusiast site AnandTech is shutting down after nearly three decades of covering computers. AnandTech’s final editor-in-chief, Ryan Smith, announced the news in a farewell post this morning, writing, “…Few things last forever, and the market for written tech journalism is not what it once…
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Google’s Play Store can finally install or update multiple Android apps at once
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google Play Store can now download, install, and update multiple Android apps simultaneously. Previously, if you attempted to run all your updates manually, Play Store would only process a single app at a time. Now, as we’ve tested, it can do up to three. As reported by Android…
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TikTok is adding new ways to fine-tune your For You Page algorithm
Image: The Verge TikTok is giving users a way to more precisely shape what kind of content they see on their feeds — or at least signal to the algorithm what they’re interested in. Under Content preferences > Manage topics (which can be found in “Settings and Privacy”), users can adjust sliders to signal they…
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How to use iOS’s Live Text feature
Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge I’m something of a hoarder when it comes to interesting facts — I’ll see something online or in a photo, and a small voice in my brain says, “You’ll be able to use that reference somewhere, somehow. Save it so you can find it later!” Which is fine if…
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Amazon’s new Alexa voice assistant will use Claude AI
The new version of the voice assistant, dubbed “Remarkable Alexa,” is expected to launch in October and require a subscription fee. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge The improved version of Alexa that Amazon’s expected to release this year will primarily be powered by Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence model, according to Reuters.…
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Princess Zelda draws a sword in Echoes of Wisdom’s new trailer
Nintendo Our first couple of looks at Echoes of Wisdom made it seem like Zelda would be fighting to save Hyrule with just her wits and new magic powers, but the game’s latest trailer is all about the princess’ skills with a blade. Though Princess Zelda will wield a mystical staff that basically summons monsters…
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WordCamp US 2024 Schedule Released: Get Ready for the Event!
If you’re attending WordCamp US 2024 in person or online, I have great news! In late August, we got our first look at the full lineup and schedule for this year’s event, which will be held in Portland, Oregon from September 17-20.
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Hyundai’s electrified N Vision 74 is headed for production someday soon
Hyundai N Vision 74 Concept shown along with the Pony Coupe Concept from 1974. | Image: Hyundai The N Vision 74 coupe was a slick embodiment of Hyundai’s “high-performance vision of electrification” two years ago that we have hoped to see as a real vehicle. That seems way more likely now that it got namechecked…