Keep my name out of your tweet. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is working on a feature that lets you control who can mention you, with the test version discovered by app researcher and engineer Jane Manchun Wong letting you block mentions completely. Twitter privacy designer Dominic Camozzi confirmed that the…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Netflix is launching a $6.99-per-month version that includes four or five minutes of ads per hour and video quality that tops out at 720p. The new “Basic with Ads” option, to be available starting November 3, will also have slightly fewer movies and TV shows than the pricier tiers….
Enlarge / A Project Starline booth, featuring a 3D display and a massive array of cameras. (credit: Google) Google actually seems serious about its wild “Project Starline” video booth idea. The mysterious project was announced as part of the Google I/O 2021 keynote but was initially overshadowed by more tangible Wear OS and Android announcements….
Enlarge / Artist’s illustration of a tidal disruption event where a supermassive black hole spaghettifies and gobbles down a star. (credit: DESY, Science Communication Lab) Back in October 2018, astronomers spotted the bright flare of a star being shredded by a black hole 20 million times more massive than our Sun 665 million light years away—a…
Enlarge / In culture, nerve cells spontaneously form the structures needed to communicate with each other. (credit: JUAN GAERTNER / Getty Images) One of the more exciting developments in AI has been the development of algorithms that can teach themselves the rules of a system. Early versions of things like game-playing algorithms had to be…
Sixty-six bumblebee species are in decline in North America and Europe. Deposit Photos Populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish decreased by 69 percent on average since 1970, according to a new report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). The WWF’s biennial Living Planet Report 2022 used…
Hey, party people! As if you won’t find plenty to keep you occupied at TechCrunch Disrupt — which kicks off in less than a week on October 18–20 — take a look at this list of receptions and happenings that complement and coincide with your Disrupt experience. Note that while some events are open to…
With Halloween Ends, David Gordon Green and his merry band of Southern stoners puts a definitive period on the end of this slasher franchise’s sentence. Those looking for the traditional Halloween experience of following the Shape as he makes mincemeat of folks he encounters will find themselves sorely disappointed. Green and his team step away…
TL;DR: The elusive Xbox Series X just got a restock at Walmart. Grab one for $499 as of Oct. 13, while supplies last. If you’ve tried to get one of the newer Xbox models or a Playstation 5 in the last year, you’ll know that they’re hard to come by. As part of its “Rollbacks…
Apple has announced a new support package for developers that it hopes will help them adopt the company’s latest technologies, such as the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island. Less than a month after the launch of the latest iPhone 14 range, VP for Worldwide Developer Relations, Susan Prescott, explained that the company has seen “increased…