InquiryIQ, a previously unreported prototype, tested a model from xAI, maker of Grok, to surface associates, social accounts, and other information about people identified through Clearview.
The iPhone 18 Pro’s triple camera setup with a variable aperture in the main (bottom) camera. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Apple always makes a big show of the latest cameras in its phones, and the major talking point of the iPhone 18 Pro is about the new variable aperture. Both...
AppleCareOne Family insurance will cover all eligible devices for up to six members.
'Realigned' project plan aims to move existing landscape to new platform to 'achieve faster progress'
Despite the many health risks, sexual strangulation has become popular among young people—with some experts blaming adult content for normalizing it.
“I think that's been the most helpful thing,” says the ESPN journalist. “So there you go, Zoomers. There's a reason to have children.”
Before reentering our atmosphere, the telescopes onboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have been restarted to take their last observations.
It’s going to take a lot more gold coins to buy the Trump Phone now. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Bad news if you didn't lock in a Trump phone at launch: It now costs $749, a $250 increase on its price at launch. The T1 Phone itself hasn't changed. Trump Mobile didn't announce th...
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that ransomware gangs are also exploiting a critical WatchGuard Firebox firewall vulnerability, which it flagged as actively exploited in December. [...]
Nintendo always promised that the Switch 2 would support variable refresh rate (VRR) when docked, but the console launched without this key feature. A new 23.0.0 firmware update now adds VRR support to the Switch 2 when it's docked and in TV mode. VRR adjusts a display's refresh rate to match a g...
Most organizations say tech independence is unrealistic – and one in ten can't replace a critical provider at all
Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260909-00/?p=112683 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49640646 Points: 94 # Comments: 38
This article was produced in partnership with Type Investigations and with support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. When Eli Regalado first heard God speak to him, he wondered whether he was hallucinating. Now he likens the experience to having “a thought that is not my thought.” Divin...
The GoPro Max 2 is almost half off at Amazon and other retailers, along with other great action camera deals.
The entrance of major AI companies into healthcare is a meaningful and welcome development, accelerating the technical foundation available to the industry. Their models are increasingly capable of processing long clinical records, interpreting complex terminology, comparing documentation against...
Xbox will now publish Physint, an upcoming game from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, after PlayStation decided to cancel it. The unexpected swap came in a flurry of announcements from PlayStation, Xbox, Kojima Productions, and Kojima himself. Sony, which published both of Kojima Productions' pr...
Kojima and Xbox are teaming up after Sony pulled out of 'Physint.'
Microsoft says the September 2026 Patch Tuesday updates fix a known issue causing desktop settings to be lost or reset on some Windows devices. [...]
Volvo refreshed the XC40, but it's sadly doing away with the all-electric EX40 in the US.