Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The European Commission is seeking to improve phone and tablet battery life and spare parts availability. In draft proposals published this week, European regulators are planning to force phone manufacturers to supply at least 15 different parts to professional repairers for five years after a device first goes…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In September 2012, Apple introduced the iPhone 5 — it was bigger, faster, and more powerful than its predecessor, but perhaps the most revolutionary change was how you charged it. Onstage to introduce the new phone, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller announced that the company was switching from…
Image: Microsoft Microsoft is publicly pleading for its Activision Blizzard deal to go ahead, just as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has expressed concerns. Microsoft surprised the gaming world earlier this year with its plans to acquire Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal, by far the biggest ever in gaming. Now regulators…
In the corporate sector, upskilling (teaching employees additional skills) and reskilling (training employees on an entirely different set of skills in preparation for a new role) are being prioritized across whole organizations, with much of the interest driven by various pandemic-fueled resignations and a desperate need to retain top talent. One recent report from the…
When Alloy was founded in 2015, its mission was to help banks and fintechs make better identity and risk decisions using its single API service and SaaS offering. Since that time, the startup has evolved that offering to not only automate onboarding identity decisions but to also automate transaction monitoring and credit underwriting. And today,…
If you’re using dedicated collaboration software or productivity software for your business, chances are you’ll be paying a third-party to supply it. A new Gartner analysis suggests that significant price increases could be on the way, citing eco projects as a key contributor. Over the next 36 months, software as a service (SaaS) vendors are…
AMD’s Ryzen 7000 processors which use 3D V-cache to pep up things for gaming will be revealed at CES 2023, a new rumor claims. This comes from Greymon55 on Twitter (via Wccftech), who made the assertion in a somewhat cryptic tweet which just listed ‘V95, V9, V8’, referring to the following respective models which will…
A new WhatsApp beta release has dropped, and with it comes compatibility with Wear OS 3 smartwatches – so if you have the beta installed you’ll finally get notifications and be able to answer WhatsApp calls using your wearable. Plus, you won’t need to go digging through your settings on your phone or smartwatch; once…
Volunteer Ukrainian soldiers training outside Kyiv on August 27, 2022. AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko The US helped Ukraine plan its counteroffensive against Russia, sources told CNN. This reportedly included encouraging Ukraine to limit the operation’s scope so it wouldn’t get overwhelmed. It also ran through multiple scenarios with Ukraine to see how many troops were needed,…
A Boeing 737-7EM similar to the jet owned by Russian oil giant Lukoil Getty Images US officials have been granted permission to seize a $45 million jet owned by a Russian oil giant. The Boeing, owned by Lukoil, violated sanctions by flying into and out of Russia, per the DoJ. The plane is believed to…