Honor 20 series is set to launch in India on June 11 and it would be exclusively available via Flipkart. The device would see its debut on May 21 in London. The upcoming phone series would bring multiple phones. From the teasers and leaks, you could expect the pro variant to please you with its […]
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If you have ever used smart light bulbs like the ones made by Hue or Lifx, you’re probably familiar with what happens when someone turns off the light switch that those bulbs are connected to: the lights lose all of their smarts and connectivity.
Some solutions to this problem have been taping over the light switch so those unfamiliar with your home’s smart lighting setup don’t use it, or going into the switch itself and wiring it so it’s permanently “on.” Lutron’s new Aurora dimmer fixes this problem in a more convenient way: when you mount it on top of the wall switch, it lets you control your Hue lights without having to use a phone app or voice assistant. And anyone who uses the dimmer won’t turn off the light switch itself.
The...
If you have ever used smart light bulbs like the ones made by Hue or Lifx, you’re probably familiar with what happens when someone turns off the light switch that those bulbs are connected to: the lights lose all of their smarts and connectivity.
Some solutions to this problem have been taping over the light switch so those unfamiliar with your home’s smart lighting setup don’t use it, or going into the switch itself and wiring it so it’s permanently “on.” Lutron’s new Aurora dimmer fixes this problem in a more convenient way: when you mount it on top of the wall switch, it lets you control your Hue lights without having to use a phone app or voice assistant. And anyone who uses the dimmer won’t turn off the light switch itself.
The...
Huawei Global Smartphone business received a major blow as the search-giant suspended its relationship with the Chinese tech behemoth. This means no more transfer of hardware and software between the two companies, including Android OS license. Backpeddling on the recent chain of events, the US has been pushing Huawei out of the game. Finally, it […]
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The news from Sunday night that Google would be complying with a US government edict and suspending business with Huawei is one of the most dramatic moments in Android’s history. Huawei, China’s most prolific smartphone vendor, had started 2019 with explosive double-digit growth and was on a path to eclipse Samsung as the world’s number one phone maker by the year’s end. Without Google’s Android support, however, that’s simply not going to happen — not in 2019 or 2020 or any other date in the future.
Whether this proves to be the most consequential moment in Android’s history has yet to be determined. This could all be just a short-lived scare tactic from a Trump administration trying to demonstrate to the Chinese government its...
The news from Sunday night that Google would be complying with a US government edict and suspending business with Huawei is one of the most dramatic moments in Android’s history. Huawei, China’s most prolific smartphone vendor, had started 2019 with explosive double-digit growth and was on a path to eclipse Samsung as the world’s number one phone maker by the year’s end. Without Google’s Android support, however, that’s simply not going to happen — not in 2019 or 2020 or any other date in the future.
Whether this proves to be the most consequential moment in Android’s history has yet to be determined. This could all be just a short-lived scare tactic from a Trump administration trying to demonstrate to the Chinese government its...
Impossible Foods, the company behind the plant-based Impossible Burger, is producing a meat-free sausage, and the pizza chain Little Caesars will be the first restaurant to sell it. Fortune reports that the sausage will be available as a pizza topping on the $12 Impossible Supreme Pizza. It will be available starting today in 58 restaurants in four locations: Yakima, WA, Albuquerque, NM, Ft. Myers, FL and Naples, FL. If the initial pilot is successful, the sausage could be made available more widely by the end of the year.
The meat-free sausage is made of very similar ingredients to the company’s existing burger, and still relies on heme from soy plants for its meaty flavor. However, Impossible Foods says it’s removed the potato protein...
Impossible Foods, the company behind the plant-based Impossible Burger, is producing a meat-free sausage, and the pizza chain Little Caesars will be the first restaurant to sell it. Fortune reports that the sausage will be available as a pizza topping on the $12 Impossible Supreme Pizza. It will be available starting today in 58 restaurants in four locations: Yakima, WA, Albuquerque, NM, Ft. Myers, FL and Naples, FL. If the initial pilot is successful, the sausage could be made available more widely by the end of the year.
The meat-free sausage is made of very similar ingredients to the company’s existing burger, and still relies on heme from soy plants for its meaty flavor. However, Impossible Foods says it’s removed the potato protein...
President Trump sent shockwaves throughout the tech industry last week with an executive order that declared a national emergency and barred American companies from doing business with companies deemed a national security risk. Days later, the effects have started to become apparent as companies from Google to Intel have taken action to comply, shutting Huawei out of supply chains and stopping it from using US software.
This development could have major, long-lasting repercussions for the entire tech industry, but there are still several questions without definite answers. Here are some of our most immediate:
Google has said that Google Play Services and the app store itself will continue to...
President Trump sent shockwaves throughout the tech industry last week with an executive order that declared a national emergency and barred American companies from doing business with companies deemed a national security risk. Days later, the effects have started to become apparent as companies from Google to Intel have taken action to comply, shutting Huawei out of supply chains and stopping it from using US software.
This development could have major, long-lasting repercussions for the entire tech industry, but there are still several questions without definite answers. Here are some of our most immediate:
Google has said that Google Play Services and the app store itself will continue to...
When faced with hard questions about how Facebook will remove terrorist content from its platforms, CEO Mark Zuckerberg offers a simple answer: artificial intelligence will do it. But according to Facebook’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, AI is years away from being able to fully shoulder the burden of moderation, particularly when it comes to screening live video.
Speaking at an event at Facebook’s AI Research Lab in Paris last week, LeCun said Facebook was years away from using AI to moderate live video at scale, reports Bloomberg News.
“This problem is very far from being solved,” said LeCun, who was recently awarded the Turing Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of computing, along with other AI luminaries.
Screening live video is a...
The estate of Harold Arlen, the man responsible for composing Over the Rainbow and numerous other classic songs, is suing Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Pandora for selling unauthorized recordings of some of the songwriter’s most famous music. Forbes notes that the lawsuit says the companies are involved in a “massive music piracy operation” involving over 6,000 pirated recordings.
Arlen composed some of the most famous soundtracks of the 20th Century for Hollywood films and Broadway musicals alike. Over the Rainbow, which he composed alongside the lyricist E. Y. Harburg for the film The Wizard of Oz, won an Academy Award in 1939 for Best Original Song. Arlen also composed music for the 1954 version of A Star is Born and...
When faced with hard questions about how Facebook will remove terrorist content from its platforms, CEO Mark Zuckerberg offers a simple answer: artificial intelligence will do it. But according to Facebook’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, AI is years away from being able to fully shoulder the burden of moderation, particularly when it comes to screening live video.
Speaking at an event at Facebook’s AI Research Lab in Paris last week, LeCun said Facebook was years away from using AI to moderate live video at scale, reports Bloomberg News.
“This problem is very far from being solved,” said LeCun, who was recently awarded the Turing Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of computing, along with other AI luminaries.
Screening live video is a...
First, the long-awaited OnePlus 7 series launched in two models- the OnePlus 7 Pro (review) and OnePlus 7. While the Pro edition is the quintessential flagship device, OnePlus surprised the fans with the base variant’s pricing. It could still stand on its own holding the turf ruled by its predecessor. However, along the way came […]
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The Pro variant obviously has a major public mindshare lead, but the regular OnePlus 7 is perhaps the more interesting option for the masses, simply because its aggressive pricing makes it more accessible. OnePlus has progressively increased the prices of its flagship killers (a term it hasn’t used for the last three years) and has […]
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The estate of Harold Arlen, the man responsible for composing Over the Rainbow and numerous other classic songs, is suing Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Pandora for selling unauthorized recordings of some of the songwriter’s most famous music. Forbes notes that the lawsuit says the companies are involved in a “massive music piracy operation” involving over 6,000 pirated recordings.
Arlen composed some of the most famous soundtracks of the 20th Century for Hollywood films and Broadway musicals alike. Over the Rainbow, which he composed alongside the lyricist E. Y. Harburg for the film The Wizard of Oz, won an Academy Award in 1939 for Best Original Song. Arlen also composed music for the 1954 version of A Star is Born and...
Fresh off the sledgehammer blow of having its Android license revoked by Google in response to US government demands, Huawei has issued its first, limited response, which leaves more questions open than it answers. In a statement emailed to The Verge, Huawei underscores its contributions to the growth of Android globally — which most recently saw the company’s Android phone sales growing by double digits while every other leading smartphone vendor was shrinking or stagnant — and reassures current owners of Huawei and (subsidiary brand) Honor phones that they will continue to receive security updates and after-sales service. That promise also covers phones that are already shipped and in stock at stores globally, but no additional...
Fresh off the sledgehammer blow of having its Android license revoked by Google in response to US government demands, Huawei has issued its first, limited response, which leaves more questions open than it answers. In a statement emailed to The Verge, Huawei underscores its contributions to the growth of Android globally — which most recently saw the company’s Android phone sales growing by double digits while every other leading smartphone vendor was shrinking or stagnant — and reassures current owners of Huawei and (subsidiary brand) Honor phones that they will continue to receive security updates and after-sales service. That promise also covers phones that are already shipped and in stock at stores globally, but no additional...
Redmi Note 7s is now officially a member of Xiaomi’s Note family in India, and the current generation already has two other siblings. The new member of the family is, in fact, a doppelganger of the original Redmi Note 7 which made its native debut in back in March in China. With the new arrival, […]
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Warning: spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones’ finale, “The Iron Throne.”
Game of Thrones’ finale left us with a lot to talk about. Like the rest of the eighth and final season, it moved startlingly quickly, skipping ahead weeks at a time and blitzing past some major plot points. At the same time, it finally took a deep, slow breath to linger on some key conversations, and it spent more time resolving the story for ancillary characters than some fans thought it was going to. Right after the finale, we paused to hash out our immediate reactions.
Tasha: Chaim, you’ve already addressed the main plot questions Game of Thrones left behind, but you didn’t address the one that most haunts me: how smart are dragons on this show, anyway? The series...
Warning: spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones’ finale, “The Iron Throne.”
Game of Thrones’ finale left us with a lot to talk about. Like the rest of the eighth and final season, it moved startlingly quickly, skipping ahead weeks at a time and blitzing past some major plot points. At the same time, it finally took a deep, slow breath to linger on some key conversations, and it spent more time resolving the story for ancillary characters than some fans thought it was going to. Right after the finale, we paused to hash out our immediate reactions.
Tasha: Chaim, you’ve already addressed the main plot questions Game of Thrones left behind, but you didn’t address the one that most haunts me: how smart are dragons on this show, anyway? The series...
HBO’s Game of Thrones is a dense series with a huge weight of history behind its story. So in practically every episode, something happens that could use a little explanation. Every week, The Verge will dive into a scene or event from the latest episode of the series and explain how we got here. Whether you’re basically a Game of Thrones maester or you need a little reminder about previous events, we’ll try to help you keep your history straight.
The final episode of Game of Thrones saw a return to the Dragonpit, which was last visited back in season 7 for the pivotal scene where Jon and Daenerys tried and failed to get Cersei Lannister to join them in the battle against the White Walkers. The finale, “The Iron Throne,” saw a return to...
Warning: spoilers ahead for all of Game of Thrones, including the finale.
After eight seasons and 73 episodes, Game of Thrones has come to an end with the finale, “The Iron Throne.” It’s been a long road to the end, even with an abbreviated final season that felt like it was blowing through plot points at a mile a minute.
The final episode did answer many of the bigger questions surrounding the series, including the fate of the Iron Throne, the Seven Kingdoms, and nearly all the main characters. But the show has been airing for been almost a decade, and over the course of its broad sweep and interwoven plotlines, some details were bound to get lost along the way. Here are the biggest unanswered questions we have left after the finale.
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Huawei’s bad weekend is turning worse as the company’s American suppliers are all falling in line with a US government edict banning them from doing business with the company. Bloomberg now reports that Intel, Qualcomm, and Broadcom, three of the world’s leading chip designers and suppliers, are cutting off their dealings with Huawei, effective immediately. Nikkei reports that German chipmaker Infineon Technologies has also suspended shipments to Huawei, as have US memory chip makers Micron Technology and Western Digital.
The chip suspensions follow the earlier news of Google abruptly rescinding Huawei’s Android license and halting its access to Google Play Services and the Play Store, effectively dumping it out of the Android...
The buildup to the hotly anticipated Game of Thrones finale featured a suitably high-profile trailer from HBO: the debut of a Westworld III video teaser. Set to air in 2020, the third season of Westworld looks like a real departure from the original two, leaving the confines of the robot-populated fantasy playground for a more conventional futuristic setting. Which is, of course, still richly populated with robots.
Featuring Pink Floyd’s “Brain Damage” as a soundtrack and a distressed Aaron Paul searching for authenticity in a synthetic world, this trailer is full of foreboding and unease, but it wouldn’t be Westworld without those things.
Following the US crackdown on Chinese technology companies, Google has cut off Huawei’s Android license, dealing a huge blow to the besieged phonemaker. Reuters first reported the news, and The Verge subsequently confirmed Google’s suspension of business with Huawei with a source familiar with the matter.
Reached for comment, a Google spokesperson said only “We are complying with the order and reviewing the implications.” The order, in this case, appears to be the US Commerce Department’s recent decision to place Huawei on the “Entity List,” which as Reuters reports is a list of companies that are unable to buy technology from US companies without government approval.
Speaking to Reuters, a Google spokesperson confirmed that “Google...
Xiaomi has launched the Redmi Note 7s exclusively via Flipkart in India today. The company has been teasing the phone for the past couple of weeks and now we have it in flesh and bone. This is the same phone that was launched as Note 7 in China earlier and the main highlight of the […]
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HBO’s Game of Thrones is a dense series with a huge weight of history behind its story. So in practically every episode, something happens that could use a little explanation. Every week, The Verge will dive into a scene or event from the latest episode of the series and explain how we got here. Whether you’re basically a Game of Thrones maester or you need a little reminder about previous events, we’ll try to help you keep your history straight.
The final episode of Game of Thrones saw a return to the Dragonpit, which was last visited back in season 7 for the pivotal scene where Jon and Daenerys tried and failed to get Cersei Lannister to join them in the battle against the White Walkers. The finale, “The Iron Throne,” saw a return to...
Warning: spoilers ahead for all of Game of Thrones, including the finale.
After eight seasons and 73 episodes, Game of Thrones has come to an end with the finale, “The Iron Throne.” It’s been a long road to the end, even with an abbreviated final season that felt like it was blowing through plot points at a mile a minute.
The final episode did answer many of the bigger questions surrounding the series, including the fate of the Iron Throne, the Seven Kingdoms, and nearly all the main characters. But the show has been airing for been almost a decade, and over the course of its broad sweep and interwoven plotlines, some details were bound to get lost along the way. Here are the biggest unanswered questions we have left after the finale.
...
Huawei’s bad weekend is turning worse as the company’s American suppliers are all falling in line with a US government edict banning them from doing business with the company. Bloomberg now reports that Intel, Qualcomm, and Broadcom, three of the world’s leading chip designers and suppliers, are cutting off their dealings with Huawei, effective immediately. Nikkei reports that German chipmaker Infineon Technologies has also suspended shipments to Huawei, as have US memory chip makers Micron Technology and Western Digital.
The chip suspensions follow the earlier news of Google abruptly rescinding Huawei’s Android license and halting its access to Google Play Services and the Play Store, effectively dumping it out of the Android...
The buildup to the hotly anticipated Game of Thrones finale featured a suitably high-profile trailer from HBO: the debut of a Westworld III video teaser. Set to air in 2020, the third season of Westworld looks like a real departure from the original two, leaving the confines of the robot-populated fantasy playground for a more conventional futuristic setting. Which is, of course, still richly populated with robots.
Featuring Pink Floyd’s “Brain Damage” as a soundtrack and a distressed Aaron Paul searching for authenticity in a synthetic world, this trailer is full of foreboding and unease, but it wouldn’t be Westworld without those things.
As per the tradition, the recent Captain Marvel featured two post-credits scenes, one of which paved the way for Carol Danvers’ appearance in Avengers: Endgame, while the other served as a last-minute gag based around a new fan favorite.
The first of these two bonus sequences – in which Captain Marvel arrives at the Avengers Compound – was officially released online last month in the lead-up to Endgame. Now, it seems that Marvel is finally ready to share the second post-credits scene, and while there’s not a whole lot going on in this clip, a little bit of Goose can go a long way.
As it stands, this short scene of Goose throwing up the Tesseract is the most recent point in the MCU timeline to feature Carol’s feline friend, raising the question of what exactly she’s been doing for the last couple of decades. In an interview last month with Fandango, Endgame co-director Anthony Russo was even reluctant to confirm whether or not the Flerken perished in Thanos’ snap, though it remains unclear if Goose actually lived long enough to see the events of Avengers: Infinity War.
That being said, given the instant popularity of the character, you have to imagine that Goose will be making a return somewhere down the line. Perhaps another team-up with Nick Fury is on the cards, or maybe she can reunite with Carol in the heroine’s inevitable solo sequel.
So far, details on Captain Marvel 2 are in short supply, though Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has hinted that it may be another period film that picks up where the first movie left off. Hopefully Marvel can offer a few further details in the coming months, but in the meantime, we’ll keep an eye out for Fury’s furry companion when Spider-Man: Far From Home comes out on July 2nd.
The recent stream of Avengers: Endgame set material continues with this new photo of Chris Hemsworth, shared via Instagram by his co-star Mark Ruffalo.
The pic shows the Thor actor sporting his latest beard on the set of Tony Stark’s lakeside cabin, and from the look of things, the star has dozed off between takes. Ruffalo captioned the image as follows:
“Weekend relaxation mode, feat. @ChrisHemsworth.”
While Hemsworth is looking pretty worn out here, the final minutes of Endgame suggest that his run in the MCU isn’t over quite yet. In particular, it’s expected that he’ll return for the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which is reportedly scheduled to begin filming next year. That being said, the Endgame writers are reluctant to confirm whether or not Thor is now an official Guardian, leaving it up to director James Gunn to decide where exactly the character goes from here.
Last month, Tessa Thompson also hinted at the possibility of Thor: Ragnarok helmsman Taika Waititi working on a fourth solo movie for the God of Thunder. Since then, however, we haven’t heard any further news on the matter, and given how Endgame left things, it wouldn’t be surprising if Valkyrie herself was the star of the MCU’s next Asgardian adventure.
As for Ruffalo, while Avengers: Endgame seemingly brought some closure to Bruce Banner’s arc, the possibility of future outings for the character was left wide open. Even Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige recently teased that Hulk could make a return somewhere down the line, though he refrained from offering any details. Hopefully the producer will let us in on some of his plans before the summer is out, but in the meantime, Marvel’s Phase 3 comes to a close with the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home on July 2nd.
