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Apple’s iPhone 16 launch event is set for September
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Apple has announced the date of its next big event: September 9th, 2024, at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. The event, which has the tagline “It’s Glowtime,” will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park. During the show, the company is expected to launch the…
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HoverAir X1 Pro and Promax: folding, self-flying 4K and 8K drones with modular controllers
The HoverAir X1 Promax. | Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge The HoverAir X1 wasn’t your traditional drone. People who have little interest in piloting, like my colleague Thomas Ricker, use the highly crash-resistant self-flying $350 camera to easily get aerial video just by pressing two buttons. But it’s not particularly high-quality video, it’s…
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Frontier is about to offer 7-gig fiber across several states
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Frontier is bringing its new 7-gig fiber internet option to customers across the country. The 7-gig plan costs $309.99 / month and is the fastest widely available fiber plan so far. Frontier currently offers fiber internet in most of the 25 states it…
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Ted Lasso could come back for a fourth season
Image: Apple Though Ted Lasso’s season 3 finale felt like a solid place for the series to end, it might not be long before AFC Richmond’s back on our screens. Deadline reports that Warner Bros. Television — which coproduces Ted Lasso with Universal Television for Apple — has tapped a number of the show’s core…
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Nintendo is closing out the summer with a 40-minute showcase
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nintendo has added one final event to the summer game-a-palooza calendar with not one but two game showcases. Tomorrow at 7AM PT / 10AM ET, Nintendo will host an indie world showcase, and then a partner direct will immediately follow. Altogether, Nintendo says the two back-to-back events will…
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Hope and disparity: a colorful new way to visualize air quality around the world
A visualization of PM2.5 air pollution concentrations in Islamabad, Pakistan, from 1850 to 2021. | Image: Air Quality Stripes A new tool shows how much air quality has changed since the Industrial Revolution in cities across the world. It generates a single image made up of different colored stripes representing pollution each year in each…
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A year later, Lenovo’s Legion Go is getting its own official dock and controller wedge
The Lenovo Legion Go from its most distinctive angle. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge It’s not clear if Lenovo’s Legion Go handheld gaming PC was a success after its initial rough start last fall and its middling experience by the time I reviewed it this spring — but Lenovo is pushing forward.…
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This over-the-counter gadget could help the war against diabetes
Dexcom first announced the Stelo earlier this year at CES 2024. The Dexcom Stelo aims to help people with Type 2 diabetes access CGMs more affordably. Continue reading…
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Uber hit with $324 million EU fine for improper data transfer
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber is facing a fine of 290 million euros ($347 million USD) after improperly transferring driver data from the EU to the US in one of the largest penalties levied under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since its inception. The fine was imposed by the…
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AI was responsible for the fake quotes in the Megalopolis trailer
Adam Driver in Megalopolis. | Screenshot: YouTube So, all those faked review quotes from the Megalopolis trailer that got pulled last week were apparently AI, after all. Not only that, but the person who was in charge of the materials for the trailer, Eddie Egan, has been removed from the movie’s marketing team. That’s all…