US law enforcement isn’t just interested in shutting down video pirates. The feds have charged two Russian nationals, Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova, for allegedly running the pirate e-book repository Z-Library. The site was billed as the “world’s largest library” and held over 11 million titles, many of which were bootleg versions stripped of copyright…
Qualcomm held its annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii this week and, while the highlight was inarguably the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, it wasn’t the only tech showcased. Razer made a surprise appearance with its Razer Edge 5G, a Snapdragon-powered gaming handheld that aims to rival other portable gaming PCs like the Steam Deck – and…
Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 updates to public beta testers, providing the software to the general public. Today’s beta comes one week after Apple released the second public betas. Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple’s free beta testing program can download the iOS and…
Basically: they sold all the tickets in the presale. | Photo by Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic Ticketmaster is canceling the upcoming public sale of Taylor Swift tickets after the presale debacle earlier this week. Ticketmaster said it canceled the sale “due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet…
The self-assembly option is only available if you bought your Peloton Bike off Amazon. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Peloton is now offering customers the option to assemble their bikes on their own. There are a couple of caveats, though. The option is only available for folks who buy the original…
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found two extremely old galaxies from just 300 to 400 million years after the Big Bang. These galaxies are far brighter than expected, causing astronomers to question what they know about how galaxies formed when the universe was young. “Somehow, the universe…
Image: 1password 1Password has announced that passkey support will be available to its customers in “early 2023,” allowing users to securely log in to apps and websites without a password. Support for passkeys’ entirely passwordless authentication may seem like a bewildering feature for a password management service, but 1Password isn’t even the first, with Dashlane…