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Tesla should probably fix more of those whompy wheels, NHTSA says
Image: Tesla The US National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is recommending Tesla expand an existing service bulletin that aims to fix older Tesla Model S and X vehicles suffering suspension failures. The suggestion comes from the agency’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI), which just concluded its probe into the matter after finding 426…
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Apple’s next big project might be a tabletop robot / iPad
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple reportedly has “a team of several hundred people” working on a new product that attaches an iPad-style display to a robotic arm that uses actuators to tilt up and down as well as spin 360 degrees, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The tabletop device…
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Disney wants to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit because of a Disney Plus agreement
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Disney wants a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit at a Disney-affiliated restaurant based on terms of service for the entertainment giant’s website and streaming video services. The company argues that a couple agreed to an arbitration clause when one of them bought tickets to Disney…
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Exclusive: Sonos considers relaunching its old app
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Sonos has explored the possibility of rereleasing its previous mobile app for Android and iOS — a clear sign of what an ordeal the company’s hurried redesign has become. The Verge can report that there have been discussions high up within Sonos about bringing back the prior version…
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Sonos lays off 100 employees as its app crisis continues
Illustration: The Verge Sonos laid off approximately 100 employees this morning, a source familiar with the situation tells The Verge. The cuts spanned across the company and impacted divisions including marketing, product and engineering, platform and infrastructure, and software quality. I’m told those affected abruptly lost access to the company’s internal network. Sonos is also…
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Halide’s Process Zero feature captures photos with no AI processing
Halide lets you pick the image processing you want, including no processing at all. | Image: Lux Optics It’s trickier than ever to know what a photo really is — and when AI and processing turn a photo into something else entirely. Google, Samsung, Apple, and others are making it easier than ever to tweak…
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Alien: Romulus is a solid franchise tribute plagued by weird optics
Image: 20th Century Studios Though Fede Álvarez’s new Alien film is gorgeous, its questionable optics leave much to be desired. Continue reading…
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Google Sheets adds a one-click way to easily create tables
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google recently introduced a new table formatting feature in Sheets that made it far easier to create self-contained, sortable blocks of cells inside a spreadsheet. But the company didn’t stop there and seems to be rapidly updating the software with features that make it faster to set up,…
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High-end racing bikes are now vulnerable to hacking
Photo by Alex Broadway / Getty Images A team of computer scientists found that wireless gear-shifting systems in high-end bikes are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks that could undermine popular races like the Tour de France. Wireless gear-shift systems are meant to give riders better control of their bikes, according to the University of California San…
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The weirdest ‘3 billion people’ data breach ever
Illustration: Beatrice Sala National Public Data, a company that collects personal data to resell and process background checks, is the target of a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it is the source of a massive data leak that includes information like Social Security numbers and more on reportedly “3 billion people,” according to Bloomberg Law.…