Cue has a COVID-19 test and wants to add on a flu test. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge The past two years have seen relatively quiet flu seasons — a welcome development as hospitals and the public health system focused on managing waves of COVID-19. But experts are expecting flu to make…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Delaware Court of Chancery says Twitter can proceed with a limited probe to figure out whether whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko contacted billionaire Elon Musk’s lawyers before he backed out of the deal. The decision was released shortly before Musk reportedly asked to close the deal on its…
Samsung reminds us all that it still makes chips in recent announcement. | Image: Samsung Samsung has announced a five-year plan to expand its production capacity for advanced chips by 2027. The timeline could help the company regain ground from semiconductor giant TSMC. In its Tuesday press release, following an announcement at the annual Samsung…
Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge. How CEO Pat Gelsinger changed the culture at Intel and bet big on the silicon heartland Continue reading… Read More
In a much-anticipated decision, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal today issued a precedential Director review ruling holding that inter partes review (IPR) petitioner OpenSky Industries, LLC abused the IPR process in its conduct with patent owner, Technology LLC, and sanctioning OpenSky by excluding it from the IPR proceedings and “temporarily elevating…
If your keyboard, mouse, or headphones are not working, know you’ve got options. Jan Loyde Cabrera / Unsplash No matter how well you look after your computer, something is going to eventually go wrong. And the issue won’t always be the machine itself, but maybe something you’ve plugged into it. Peripherals (mice, keyboards, gamepads, webcams,…
The consortium behind the Matter standard for the Internet of Things have officially approved the long-award standard. The open-source connectivity standard was built around a shared belief that smart home devices should seamlessly integrate with other systems and be secure and reliable. Smart home device makers understand that people will integrate lots of products from…
Following another quarter that saw marketers pull back on their ad spending, Meta today announced it’s increasing its ad load on Instagram with the launch of two new ad slots. Amid a slew of product updates for advertisers, including a music catalog for advertisers and a new ad format for Facebook Reels, the company said…
Zipline, a drone delivery and logistics company that got its start delivering medical supplies in Africa, has started dropping prescriptions and over-the-counter medications to homes in the Salt Lake City, Utah area. In a partnership with Intermountain Healthcare, a healthcare company that services the Intermountain Region of the United States, Zipline will deploy an initial…
Disney+ today relaunched as a native app on PlayStation 5 (PS5) consoles, which now supports PS5 capabilities like 4K HDR (High-Dynamic Range) streaming. The company also relaunched Star+, Disney+’s streaming service for Latin American subscribers. PS5 users experienced various issues with the old Disney+ app, which was designed for PS4 compatibility. Subscribers reported crashes, log-in…