The Apple Watch Series 8 is at a new low price today. | Image: Apple With Black Friday just a few weeks away now, the deals seem to be just getting better and better. If you were waiting until the big day to score a stellar deal on the new Apple Watch Series 8, Amazon…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
PhotoRoom’s new feature has a few issues to work on, but it’s a great example of how AI-powered image generation could be practically applied for small businesses. | Image: PhotoRoom / The Verge Photo editing app PhotoRoom has launched a new feature named Magic Studio that uses AI to personalize product shots for e-commerce vendors…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nintendo could be planning a deeper dive into the mobile gaming industry to make up for a slowdown in Switch sales. Along with its earnings report released on Tuesday (PDF), the company announced a joint venture with DeNA, the Japanese mobile gaming giant that co-developed several Nintendo titles…
The key question in the lawsuit is whether open-source code can be reproduced by AI without attached licenses. | Credit: Getty Images Microsoft, its subsidiary GitHub, and its business partner OpenAI have been targeted in a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that the companies’ creation of AI-powered coding assistant GitHub Copilot relies on “software piracy…
Enlarge (credit: Viorika | iStock / Getty Images Plus) As blockchain technologies have evolved to enable ever-faster digital payments, the need for speed continues to drive both technological innovation and mainstream adoption of new digital assets. The sector is building a lot of momentum for obvious reasons—businesses have always wanted the ability to move money…
Enlarge / In a stunning Photoshop move, a Nintendo GameCube pulls ahead of the pack. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) On Sunday, NASCAR driver Ross Chastain made history with an unprecedented wall-riding maneuver that qualified him for a championship race and set the record for the fastest lap on the track at 18.845 seconds….
Enlarge / NASA’s Space Launch System will make a nighttime launch on its current timeline. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) As subtropical storm Nicole moved across the Atlantic Ocean toward Florida on Monday afternoon, NASA confirmed that its Artemis I mission would remain at the launch pad along the state’s east coast. “Based on current forecast data,…
Pigs in the mud on a farm. Deposit Photos The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, was first popularized in 1964. The term aims to explain how some people are discouraged to interfere with an emergency situation, during an assault or crime, or against a bully. According to Psychology Today, the greater the number of bystanders…
Paxlovid is an anti-viral treatment for COVID-19. Deposit Photos As the world enters yet another pandemic winter, as many as 4 million people are suffering from brain fog, headaches, chest pain, and other awful symptoms of long COVID. However, a new preprint study from the Veterans Health Administration (VA) is offering some hope for cutting…
Troubled electric vehicle startup Arrival, which is restructuring its business to develop commercial vans for the U.S. instead of Europe, said Tuesday it doesn’t expect to earn revenue until after 2023. The British company, which has struggled to raise funds to produce EVs using its modular microfactory strategy, will halt operations at its Bicester, U.K.,…