Apple today announced that it is expanding the Self Service Repair program to the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Starting tomorrow, users of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models with chips from the M1 family will be able to obtain repair manuals and genuine Apple parts and tools via the Apple Self Service Repair Store….
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Whether you’re in Mexico preparing to start classes, or in Australia with your school year in full swing, going back to school can be exciting and overwhelming for students and teachers all over the world. We know that learning is not one size fits all – it is personal. To help amplify educators’ impact, we’ve…
In December 2021, we announced that Sidewalk Labs would join Google. Since then, we’ve continued to work on products that can help make cities of the future more sustainable and equitable for all. Our work is vital as the need to curb climate change becomes more urgent: 70% of CO2 emissions stem from cities. Alongside…
The first director of the White House’s National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, Lynne Parker, has just stepped down. The NAIIO launched in January 2021 to coordinate the different federal agencies that work on artificial-intelligence initiatives, with the goal of advancing US development of AI. Its goals are to ensure that the US is a leader…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Patrick Hillmann, chief communications officer at the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, claims scammers made a deepfake of him to trick contacts into taking meetings. Writing in a blog post titled “Scammers Created an AI Hologram of Me to Scam Unsuspecting Projects,” Hillmann claims that a “sophisticated hacking…
Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge The brands are at it again Continue reading… Read More
Sony’s flagship console is now commonly sold in a bundle with Horizon Forbidden West and is much easier to get. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony’s PlayStation 5 has not been nearly as hard to get as it once was. With a mix of increased supply and easing demand, it’s almost easy…
Image: Bungie Bungie first teased its next major Destiny 2: Lightfall expansion more than two years ago, and since then, players have gained control of the Darkness, fought Savathûn and her undead army, and witnessed… The Witness. Now it’s time to shake things up again with the launch of Destiny 2: Lightfall on February 28th,…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit yesterday affirmed the ruling of Judge James C. Mahan of the District of Nevada dismissing a trademark infringement case filed by K&K Promotions, which owns the IP rights to famed American daredevil Evel Knievel. The Ninth Circuit agreed with Judge Mahan that the character of Duke…
Prime Video’s new original series, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. With HBO’s House of the Dragon debuting to a record nearly 10 million viewers, one might have forgotten that another new big-budget fantasy series is waiting in the wings. Prime Video reminded us of that by dropping a new trailer for The…