Ask any Spotify Premium subscriber what their biggest issue with the service is and a decent proportion would say the muddled interface that places podcasts among music. I’ve been complaining about it on this site for ages and, while entirely unrelated to my rants, Spotify is now doing something about it. The app is now…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
The team at WhatsApp is working on new ways to increase privacy and reduce awkwardness. Three new features will be rolling out to users soon that will help achieve those goals. First is the feature that lets you leave a group chat silently. This means that you can duck out of a group chat without…
Warner Bros. new brawler Multiversus has hit quite the milestone. Over 10 million players have signed up for the mayhem.Read MoreRead More
Walmart has tried streaming before but may be back in the race. | Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Walmart is investigating building its own streaming service, The New York Times reported, and is talking to some big-name content players about which shows and movies it can offer to Walmart Plus subscribers. The company has apparently…
Ken Block with the Audi S1 E-Tron Quattro Hoonitron concept. | Image: Audi Audi built a special S1 E-Tron Quattro, dubbed the “Hoonitron,” in December for American precision driver Ken Block. And now, the automaker is set to bring the EV to US soil this month during Monterey Car Week. It’ll be juxtaposed with its…
Spotify’s new Home screen, which includes filters for music and podcasts. | Image: Spotify Spotify has been working on a new design for its home tab that will create separate feeds for your music and your podcasts. The company says it’s part of an effort to give you more and better recommendations, but it also…
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Waymo is introducing a raft of new features designed to make its fleet of autonomous taxis more accessible to passengers with visual impairments and other disabilities. The new features are sure to draw attention when they start hitting the streets. They include displaying the rider’s initials on the…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) The US Treasury Department blacklisted the virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash on Monday, saying the system “has been used to launder more than $7 billion worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019.” The platform was added to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN),…
Enlarge (credit: Chip Somodevilla / Staff | Getty Images News) Chipmakers eager to receive huge subsidies stood with President Joe Biden as he signed a bill injecting $52.7 billion into their industry today. Executives from companies like Micron, Intel, HP, and Lockheed Martin witnessed the flick of Biden’s pen, alongside auto industry leaders and other…
Bradley Iger During the height of the muscle car craze of the 1960s, Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler wanted to create toys that better reflected what was going on in the burgeoning hot rodding scene. He hired Jack Ryan, an engineer who had previously worked on guided missile systems for Raytheon Technologies, and Harry Bentley Bradley,…