technology
Amazon’s latest Matter update brings support for Thread
/ With 100 million Matter-enabled Echos and the fourth-gen smart speaker as a Thread border router, it should now be a lot easier to connect all your smart home devices. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Today is a make-or-break day for Matter as Amazon rolls out a big update to its support for the new smart home standard. The company has now switched on Matter in over 100 million Echo smart speakers, Thread support has arrived, and the Alexa iOS app now works with Matter. All of which should make it easier to connect any device to your smart home, n...
Motorola is finally bringing a real flagship contender to the US
/ The 2023 Edge Plus checks all the right boxes to go toe-to-toe with Samsung, but you’re probably not going to find it on your wireless carrier’s retail shelves. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Motorola We asked, and we received: Motorola is bringing its newest slab-style flagship to the US as the Motorola Edge Plus (2023). It’s priced at $799 for a base model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, undercutting the $899 Google Pixel 7 Pro and $999 Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus by a significant margin, and it’s equipped with plenty of things you might expect from a flagship Androi...
Amazon’s latest Echo Dot is on sale for as low as $29.99
/ Plus, you can save money on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the OnePlus 10 Pro, and Amazon’s monstrous Fire TV Omni QLED. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Right now, you can get Amazon’s latest Echo Dot smart speaker, which has some good sound for such a tiny device, for just $29.99 ($20 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. The LED-equipped model is also on sale at Amazon and Best Buy for $39.99 ($20 off), matching the smart speaker’s best price to date. The fifth-gen Dot is as versatile as the prior model but features better sound and a new temperatu...
Redfall is playable on Steam Deck — with the right settings
/ 720p 40/40 with a side of FSR 2.1 Ultra Performance a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge Nearly four hours in, I am not at all convinced that Redfall is a good game — unless there’s a lot of hidden depth, it feels like a rare miss from Arkane. But unlike that other recent big release, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, you can make it playable on Steam Deck with a few easy tweaks. I’m not saying it’ll look good, but it’s a heck of a lot better than the default setting! a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-blurple-1″>After...
BeReal is making a feed of just famous people
/ BeReal’s new ‘RealPeople’ timeline will feature photos snapped by artists, athletes, and activists.
FAA faces lawsuit over SpaceX’s damage to local environment
/ The suit alleges that the FAA failed to adequately assess the environmental fallout from launches at SpaceX’s Starbase. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Environmental groups and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas have filed suit against the Federal Aviation Administration after SpaceX’s Starship blew up during a launch at its Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, last month. The explosion obliterated the launch pad, sending dust and debris flying for miles. Ash scatted over areas where endangered species live, according to the complai...
Twitter’s latest outage is logging out desktop users
/ Twitter.com appears to be having some problems.
Twitter’s latest outage is logging out desktop users
/ Twitter.com appears to be having some problems.
Lordstown says it’s at risk of bankruptcy if Foxconn walks away from its EV deal
/ Foxconn was going to invest $170 million in the struggling EV startup but now says that Lordstown is in breach because its stock is trading for less than $1 a share.
Lordstown says it’s at risk of bankruptcy if Foxconn walks away from its EV deal
/ Foxconn was going to invest $170 million in the struggling EV startup but now says that Lordstown is in breach because its stock is trading for less than $1 a share.
It’s getting easier to make an account on Mastodon
/ Mastodon has started directing users to mastodon.social instead of requiring them to pick from thousands of instances.
The UK doesn’t want Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal, so what happens next?
/ It looks like Microsoft is gearing up for a long and difficult fight with regulators for its $68.7 billion deal. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Microsoft Microsoft is furious. Last week, a surprise decision from the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) left its $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard blocked in Britain, thanks to concerns about the future of cloud gaming. Microsoft president Brad Smith was awake at 2AM that morning hastily writing a response from across the pond, according to Bloomberg. He spoke to the BBC a day later and called t...
