Tag: The Verge

Would You Like to Play a Game? Taylor Swift Launches New Hub on TikTok and Debuts on Threads to Promote New Double Album Release

TikTok has launched a new hub to promote Taylor Swift’s new album where you can earn in-app rewards for completing certain tasks, like following Swift’s account on the platform. The update comes just days after Swift’s music returned to TikTok as the app continues to feud with the singer’s record label, Universal Music Group (UMG). According to […]

Apple is Making Progress Cleaning up its Company Carbon Footprint

Apple got some good news just in time for Earth Day: the tech giant’s latest sustainability report shows that its greenhouse gas emissions are falling as it pushes suppliers to clean up their operations. As The Verge reports, if you dig deeper, you’ll find that Apple’s gross carbon dioxide emissions dropped from 20.6 million metric tons in 2022 to […]

The Delta Game Emulator is now Available for the iPhone on the Apple App Store – For Free

The Delta game emulator is officially available on the Apple App Store — for free. You should be able to find in Apple’s official store in many countries outside of the European Union. If you live in the EU, it should be available in the new third-party AltStore PAL app marketplace that just went live. As The Verge reports, the […]

Samsung bringing Select Galaxy AI Features to several Older Flagship Phones and Tablets in May

Samsung is planning to bring select Galaxy AI features to several older flagship phones and tablets next month via the One UI 6.1 update, according to 9to5Google and Android Central, both of which referred to a post from a Samsung representative who posted on the company’s community forum in Korea.  As The Verge reports, the slightly trimmed-down version of Galaxy […]

The Oura Ring wants to help You Detect Early Changes in your Health

The Oura Ring is getting a bit more experimental. Now, Oura users will get access to a new Oura Labs feature, which allows them to opt in to experimental features. The first will be something called Symptom Radar, which detects early signs of physiological strain. As The Verge reports, Symptom Radar isn’t quite illness detection — a […]

Apple is Loosening Restrictions and Opening the App Store to Retro Game Emulators

Apple is loosening its App Store restrictions and opening the marketplace up to retro game emulators. In an update on Friday, Apple announced that game emulators can come to the App Store globally and offer downloadable games. Apple says those games must comply with “all applicable laws,” though — an indication it will ban apps that provide […]

Microsoft is Testing Out an Xbox AI Chatbot to Automate Support Tasks

Microsoft is currently testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot that can be used to automate support tasks. As The Verge reports, sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans state that the software giant has been testing an “embodied AI character” that animates when responding to Xbox support queries. The Xbox AI chatbot is reportedly part of a […]

Is the Cost of Spotify Really Going Up Again?

For many years, Spotify held strong at its monthly subscription of $9.99, but that changed last July when Premium jumped up to $10.99. Now it appears that the leading subscription music service is planning another price hike — and not waiting nearly as long this time.  Bloomberg reports that the cost will go up by between $1 and $2 […]

As part of a Class Action Settlement, Google Agrees to Destroy Browsing Data Collected in Incognito Mode

Google agreed to destroy or de-identify billions of records of web browsing data collected when users were in its private browsing “Incognito mode,” according to a proposed class action settlement filed Monday. As The Verge reports, the proposed settlement in Brown v. Google will also mandate greater disclosure from the company about how it collects information in Incognito […]

AT&T Confirms Data Breach Affecting more than 7 Million Customers

AT&T has acknowledged that a data leak making the rounds online contains information from more than 7.6 million current customers and 65 million former customers. As The Verge reports, the company has reset the security passcodes of active customers affected, and says that leaked information “may have included full name, email address, mailing address, phone number, social […]