The latest release of Minecraft for iPhone and iPad introduces Bluetooth mouse and keyboard support for in-game controls. To use a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard, update to version 1.19.10 of Minecraft for iOS and iPadOS, released on the App Store on July 12. As noted on Reddit, keys can be remapped in the Settings app…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
An aerial view of the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, on October 9th, 2021. | Photo by MARK FELIX / AFP via Getty Images Bitcoin mining could bring higher electricity bills and more pollution to Texas Continue reading… Read More
Venture into Ventura. I know, sorry, didn’t have time to workshop this one. As my colleagues downloaded the public beta of macOS Ventura, the underwhelmed reactions began to roll in. “Everything looks the same,” one of my colleagues lamented. “This kinda sucks,” another complained. Nothing was particularly wrong with the operating system — it just…
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Chat service Omegle is on the hook for a lawsuit after its matching system paired an 11-year-old girl with a man who then sexually abused her. A district judge in Portland, Oregon, said the company’s system wasn’t protected by the legal shield that covers much user-generated content….
One of the launch event’s attendees holds Nothing’s Ear 1 earbuds on its Phone 1. | Image: Nothing Hype giveth, and hype taketh away Continue reading… Read More
Wing, the drone delivery company operated by Google parent Alphabet, unveiled a series of new prototype aircraft designed to handle a variety of payloads. The company said the new drones will share the same underlying components with the aircraft currently in use delivering pharmaceuticals and other small packages in the suburbs outside of Dallas-Fort Worth….
Enlarge / Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky addresses the audience at the November 2021 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images ) Cryptocurrency loan company Celsius filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 yesterday, one month after the lender announced it was suspending withdrawals. The petitions for reorganization give Celsius “the best opportunity…
Turnitin has launched a new mobile app for its Gradescope assignment and grading platform that enables students to submit their assignments through any connected smartphone, the company announced this week, following a limited-access pilot in April.Read More
Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine is the fourth to receive emergency use authorization from the FDA. Deposit Photos The US is adding a new COVID vaccine to its pandemic toolbox. On July 13, the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization to Novavax’s COVID-19 shot, making it the fourth brand of vaccine cleared for use. The…
In an apparent effort to compete with creator subscription services like Patreon, Instagram began an alpha test of a subscriber feature in January. Today, Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri announced an expansion of the test features, along with some updates around how the last six months of development have gone. When the feature began testing…