Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Whether you’re trying to quickly record ideas, an interview, or even a song idea, a voice recording app on your iPhone can come in useful. While Apple’s App Store is filled with third-party apps that can do that for you, Apple’s built-in Voice Memos app is particularly easy…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Ever since I was a child, nature has been a favorite place for me. I would daydream in the crooks of trees or hang out in the hayfields as the Timothy grass grew taller than me. As an adult nature was still the place where I found solace, even though sometimes I had to appreciate…
The lawsuit is the first of its kind in a post-Roe v. Wade legal landscape. Ian Hutchinson/Unsplash The Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday that it is suing Kochava, an Idaho-based data marketing and analytics company, for selling millions of consumers’ private mobile device data. This data often contains sensitive geolocation information such as visits to…
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Do more with your inbox. Burst / Pexels This story has been updated. It was originally published on February 1, 2018. Using your inbox to send and receive emails is all well and good—that’s its primary purpose, after all. But its powers go way beyond that, thanks largely to the ubiquity of this form of…
NASA’s Artemis is shooting for an ideal spot for a lunar outpost. NASA/JPL/USGS Artemis I, a massive research craft intended to test whether the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is capable of sending astronauts to the moon, failed its first launch attempt early Monday morning. Despite the engine bleed that stopped the countdown, NASA continues…
Yesterday, we asked how low SPAC-led public debuts could go, and the answer was very close to zero. Some now-public companies that rode blank-check companies to the public markets have seen 90% or more of their value deleted. It’s difficult to overstate how far some SPAC combinations have fallen. The Exchange explores startups, markets and…
Two EV manufacturers are seeking cash infusions this week to bring their delayed vehicles to market. Nikola, a Phoenix-based electric truck maker, said in a securities filing Tuesday that it plans to raise funds through a $400 million stock offering. Luxury EV company Lucid filed a day prior for the right to issue up to…
Instagram is testing two new features that are designed to help users control more of what they see on the app, Meta announced on Tuesday. Firstly, the company is testing the ability for users to mark multiple posts on the Explore page with the “Not Interested” option. Meta says it will immediately hide these posts…
A massive Chinese database storing millions of faces and vehicle license plates was left exposed on the internet for months before it quietly disappeared in August. While its contents might seem unremarkable for China, where facial recognition is routine and state surveillance is ubiquitous, the sheer size of the exposed database is staggering. At its…