It’s no secret that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have grown in popularity over the past couple of years. Their flexibility offers the convenience of internal combustion as well as the ability to put in an average day’s driving without it. After all, any amount of electric-only propulsion not only cuts down on tailpipe emissions… Read more
read more...McLaren Artura review: a plug-in hybrid for the 1 percent
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X raises Premium Plus subscription pricing by almost 40 percent
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X has substantially raised the price of its top-tier user subscription in multiple regions to help bolster the platform’s creator payouts. The increase for Premium Plus came into effect on December 21st according to X, raising prices in the US from $16 per month to $22, or from $168 to $229 for annual subscriptions. Many… Read more
read more...All of Canoo’s employees are reportedly on a ‘mandatory unpaid break’
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Days after furloughing dozens of its employees without pay, EV startup Canoo told the remainder of its staff they will be on a “mandatory unpaid break” through at least the end of the year, TechCrunch reported Friday. A company email seen by the outlet said employees would be locked out of Canoo’s systems by the… Read more
read more...XPG’s Dynamic BTF case offers a pegboard front panel — a holey design for a mix of convenient peripheral storage and fun
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(Image credit: Adata China) Adata XPG has a new PC case with extra DIY and maker appeal. The new XPG Dynamic BTF case is designed to cradle the latest reverse connector motherboards, for the ultimate in cable management. Meanwhile, the front opens up possibilities for pegboard chaos, allowing for the creative and convenient placement of… Read more
read more...AMD RDNA 4 GPUs will allegedly be rebranded RX 9000 — A mixture of new RDNA 3/RDNA 4 mobile GPUs and an RX 7000 refresh is expected to arrive at CES
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(Image credit: AMD) Following the “Ryzen AI” rebrand of its mobile APU series, AMD is allegedly altering the naming convention of its Radeon GPUs as the RDNA 4 family is rumored to adopt the RX 9000 moniker, per renowned leakers HXL and momomo_us. This rumor is further supported by information shared by All The Watts,… Read more
read more...Apple is working on a doorbell camera with Face ID
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Apple is working on a new smart doorbell camera that uses Face ID to unlock your door, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. The camera could be released by the end of 2025 “at the soonest,” Gurman writes. The lock would work just like your iPhone, automatically unlocking your door when… Read more
read more...Intel Arrow Lake non-K 65W CPU box packaging leaked — Bulky design alludes to included stock cooler, likely arriving next month at CES
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It’s almost time for CES and as is tradition, Intel and AMD are anticipated to unveil their budget non-K / non-X family of processors in conjunction with affordable motherboards. Hardware data aggregator, momomo_us on X, has shared the box packaging of Intel’s Arrow Lake non-K processors, expected to launch next month. The bulky design suggests… Read more
read more...Intel Game On Graphics Driver addresses Battlemage bloopers – Arc B580 fixes and known issues are the highlights of the latest update
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Intel has just launched an updated driver for its portfolio of graphics products and it seems to be heavily skewed towards addressing Battlemage issues. That’s welcome news for early adopters of the Intel Arc B580, which made splashdown earlier this month starting at $249 with praise coming from far and wide. However, the driver is… Read more
read more...The Verge’s favorite books from 2024
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When it comes to entertainment and education, we can choose from podcasts, videos, games, live performances, or books, one of the oldest and still most popular ways to learn something new or escape (at least temporarily) from today’s troubled world. We asked the staff of The Verge what their favorite reads were in 2024. Their… Read more
read more...An iPhone owner’s guide to living off the app grid
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The grid is a comfortable place to live. The app grid, I mean: the rows and rows of app icons on your iPhone’s homescreen. It’s familiar. Safe. It’s how I’ve lived with my various phones over the past decade. But at some point, it started to feel oppressive. All those icons staring at me in… Read more
read more...ID-Cooling Frozn A620 GDL Review: Eye-catching gold bling without ARGB
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The latest air cooling from ID-Cooling to land on our test bed is the Frozn A620 GDL, a limited production model that incorporates gold-color accents into the design of its towers and fans – “GDL” in its name stands for “gold line.” (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Earlier this year, we tested the standard version of… Read more
read more...ASML reportedly cancels orders for the Lego EUV machine set from non-ASML emails — the kit is only available to ASML employees
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ASML is canceling orders for the $230 Lego kit version of its $380 million High-NA EUV machine coming from non-ASML employees, as X (formerly Twitter) user @jonmasters discovered. This limited-edition Twinscan EXE:5000 Lego Kit commemorates the world’s first High-NA EUV machine designed to build the next generation of semiconductors. Despite its high price, there seems… Read more
read more...A new and better way to control your smart home
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 65, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get ready to take up all your phone’s storage space, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This is the last Installer of the year! I’m… Read more
read more...Gemini can now tell when a PDF is on your phone screen
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In the latest version of the Files by Google app, summoning Gemini while looking at a PDF gives you the option to ask about the file, writes Android Police. You’ll need to be a Gemini Advanced subscriber to use the feature though, according to Mishaal Rahman, who reported on Friday that it had started rolling… Read more
read more...Engineers enable quantum communication over existing fiber optic cables — new research shows data transmission using quantum teleportation is possible in parallel with a classical network at specific wavelengths
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Engineers at Northwestern University have successfully achieved quantum communication in parallel with classical channels by identifying specific wavelengths with minimal interference from classical signals (Source: northwestern.edu). This breakthrough lays the groundwork for quantum communication by leveraging existing infrastructure and sending quantum data alongside classical data. The researchers managed quantum teleportation over a 30.2km fiber optic… Read more
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