So the Resident Evil 4 remake is, surprisingly absolutely nobody given the quality of the source material, good. It looks great, it has some modern ideas about inventory and, on the PS5, it also knows how to make the most out of the DualSense controller’s fancy adaptive triggers. Comparing Resident Evil 4’s Chainsaw Demo To
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/ The Information published a report Wednesday that including allegations from a former Google AI researcher that the company used a rival’s responses to train its own chatbot. Google denies it. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google’s Bard hasn’t exactly had an impressive debut — and The Information is reporting that the company
/ For Fi users, updating to iOS 16.4 could literally make your cell service faster. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’re one of the people brave enough to use Google Fi with an iPhone, your experience is about to get a lot better, as Google announced on Wednesday that you can
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello, and welcome to Wednesday Crunch! On everyone’s mind today is the power of AI and whether we’re all doomed. Connie reports that 1,100+ notable signatories just signed an open letter asking
If you’ve ever gotten a stomachache before a big date or an important day at work, you aren’t alone. The anxiousness you’re feeling can affect how your stomach behaves, because your whole body works together in ways you probably never thought about. Below, we’ll discuss the gut-brain connection and how you can take care of
The U.S. Treasury Department’s guidance on battery sourcing requirements for the electric vehicle tax credits will result in fewer vehicles being eligible for full or partial credits, reports Reuters, citing an unnamed U.S. official. The proposed EV credit guidance as included in the Inflation Reduction Act says that in order for vehicles to qualify for
Investors just pumped millions into Irrigreen, a startup vying to quench America’s thirsty lawns with “approximately 50% less water.” Seed investor Ulu led the $15 million funding round. Two tech investors that are focused on water conservation — Burnt Island and Echo River — also chipped in, among a handful of others. The San Francisco–based
Nintendo unveiled on Tuesday a new special-edition OLED Switch inspired by the highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The new console is set to launch April 28, and preorders have already shown up at Best Buy, Target and Amazon. Tears of the Kingdom is the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of
Apple will kick off its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 5, the iPhone maker said Wednesday. The annual developer confab will showcase Apple’s latest software, including advancements to its iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, WatchOS and TVOS operating systems. At WWDC 2023, Apple is expected to unveil iOS 17, the next version of its software for iPhones, which
It turns out that if you have an active customer audience invested in the long-term viability and success of your platform, you can crowdfund a venture-sized extension round. Substack, a venture-backed subscription media platform popular with writers and known for its email service, has collected more than $5 million in pledges for an extension to
/ The searchable hub gives you more information about the types of ads an advertiser has shown in the past as well as which regions it appeared in. Illustration: The Verge Google’s making it easier to find out more information about the advertisers behind the ads you see across search, YouTube, and the other sites
Pity Donald Trump. He spent four years in office tearing up trade agreements and ranting about rewriting old ones, all to little avail. Now, a key U.S. climate law is doing more to change the dynamics of international trade than any blustering and bullying ever did. The Inflation Reduction Act has been hailed as a
Six or seven days a week, MinerHoboJo fires up his PlayStation 5 and signs into Twitch or YouTube to stream a five-year-old game—Blackout, the first Call of Duty battle royale. By his own estimation, and community consensus, Miner is the game’s global leader in solo wins and kills. (There are no public stats for Blackout.)
Here I was expecting The Last of Us’ long-awaited arrival on PC to be a mostly non-eventful yet worthy addition to fans’ Steam libraries. The series just celebrated a hit HBO TV adaptation and the Part I remake on PS5 definitely makes a compelling case to revisit this storied game…certainly the PC version would be
/ How happy is the blameless vestal’s inbox! The recipient forgetting, by the sender forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each newslett’r rejected, and each mailing list unsubscrib’d. Memory-erasing technology but for your inbox.Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Have you looked at your email inbox lately? Here’s a suggestion: don’t. I can tell
Google is introducing new extreme heat alerts in Search that are designed to surface information to help people stay safe during heat waves, the company announced on Tuesday. The new heat alerts will roll out in the coming months. Now, when people search for information on extreme heat, they will see information about when a
/ The company says it will start rolling out the alerts this year, adding to similar warning systems it has designed for wildfires and floods. London Underground advising people not to travel in record breaking heat on the 19th of July 2022, Picadilly Station, Central London, United Kingdom. photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images
Elon Musk, along with a group of AI experts and tech executives, have urged top AI labs to temporarily pause development of AI systems more advanced than GPT-4, in an open letter published Tuesday. The open letter, issued by non profit the Future of Life Institute, counts around 1000 signatories including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak,
A consortium led by Lifelong Group has acquired the distressed firm GoMechanic months after the Sequoia India-backed startup admitted “grave errors” in financial reporting. Lifelong Group, which serves several major players in the automotive industry including Hero and General Motors, said it won the bidding to acquire GoMechanic, whose investors scrambled for a sale earlier
Recent advances in artificial intelligence may have some people worrying about job security — and with good reason. A report by Goldman Sachs predicts that as many as 300 million jobs could be affected by generative AI. “If generative AI delivers on its promised capabilities, the labor market could face significant disruption,” the investment banker
Yesterday, the ride-sharing company Lyft said its two co-founders, John Zimmer and Logan Green, are stepping down from managing the company’s day-to-day operations, though they are retaining their board seats. According to a related regulatory filing, they actually need to hang around as “service providers” to receive their original equity award agreements. (If Lyft is sold
The Last Of Us—a zombie apocalypse game, you might have heard of it—was finally released on PC this week. That’s good news for anyone who hasn’t managed to play it over its past three releases on various PlayStation consoles, but the bad news is that, at launch at least, the game isn’t at its best.
As we grow closer to the finish line in the months-long struggle for Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard, things are getting tense. Governments are getting involved, weird promises are being made and the people at the centre of it all—like Activision CEO Bobby Kotick—sound like they’re starting to feel the strain. This Mini Sega Arcade
/ It could be a handy way to see different voices and viewpoints about a given topic — that is, if Google can moderate it. Illustration: The Verge Google is adding a new carousel in search results to help you see different perspectives on certain search topics. The feature, called “Perspectives,” is a new box
/ ADT Self Setup is a new DIY home security system that works with Nest cameras, smart displays, and thermostats and can be controlled through the Google Home app. ADT Self Setup is a new DIY smart home system that can integrate with Google Home devices and the Google Home app.Image: ADT Three years after
Nintendo on Tuesday revealed a new special edition OLED Switch inspired by the highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The new console is set to launch April 28 and preorders have already shown up at Best Buy . Tears of the Kingdom is the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of
Apple Pay Later, the tech giant’s entry into “buy now, pay later,” services, is launching in the US starting Tuesday, but only for a limited number of people to start. The service will let iPhone users split Apple Pay purchases into four equal payments spread over six weeks. Apple Pay Later will be available within
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Angela Hoover, the co-founder and CEO of Andi, a program that uses generative AI to bring its users answers to their questions. Angela talked about why she decided to launch Andi after a unique start
The pet industry grew rapidly over the past three years as people, stuck at home during the pandemic, decided to add a furry friend to their families. Analysts say this industry, where spending was $118 billion in 2019, isn’t done with big growth and predict it will more than double by 2030 to $277 billion.
The oversubscribed round is yet another sign of fusion’s maturity Tim De Chant 7 hours One fusion startup is betting that a 70-year-old idea can help it leapfrog the competition, so much so that it’s planning to skip the experimental phase and hook its prototype reactor up to the grid. The decades-old concept, known as
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