Microsoft is testing its tablet-friendly taskbar again in Windows 11
HP Pavilion x360 14 models in various modes, including tablet at the end | Image: HP
Microsoft is reintroducing its tablet-friendly taskbar in the latest preview of Windows 11. The taskbar was first introduced in February alongside other new features included for eventual rollout in Windows 11, but it was later pulled for more internal development. Microsoft said in a blog post that the taskbar is part of an update rolling out to Windows Insiders in the developer channel and is only available for PCs that can be used as tablets like 2-in-1s, not laptops or desktop PCs.
The taskbar itself is designed to be hidden when a tablet user isn’t using it, allowing more needed screen space. When it’s collapsed, it shows “critical” things on it like the time and battery percentage. When it’s expanded, it reveals several apps, widgets, and the Start button, and it looks to be more suitable for touch when in use. The taskbar is designed to return to its optimized position when it’s disconnected or when the keyboard is folded back on a 2-in-1 device.
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Microsoft is also rolling out other features that work on non-2-in-1 devices in its latest update, specifically to its System Tray. The latest update brings animated icons and illustrations to its Settings app by adding them to its sidebar when you hover over the options in the menu. These updates also include some bug fixes to the Settings, Widgets, Task Manager, and Windowing.
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The new update includes animated icons in Windows 11 settings.
How the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus compare to the Pro models — and the iPhone 13
The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max pack a faster A16 Bionic chip and a 48MP camera under the hood. | Image: Apple
Apple’s new iPhone 14 series consists of the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Preorders for all of the phones will start on September 9th, with the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max slated to arrive on September 16th. The iPhone 14 Plus, meanwhile, won’t be available until October 7th.
The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus bring forth a number of changes to the iPhone lineup, including emergency messaging via satellite and better battery life, while retaining Apple’s A15 Bionic chipset. The premium iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, on the other hand, also tout the aforementioned satellite functionality in addition to a new 48MP main camera, an always-on display, and even a notch replacement that displays notifications in real time.
However, given each phone differs so much in terms of features and pricing — the entry-level iPhone 14 starts at $799 — you may be wondering which model is right for you. To help you make sense of Apple’s crowded lineup, we’ve summarized and compared the specs of each model (along with the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini from last year). And while we haven’t formally reviewed the iPhone 14 as of yet, we have published our initial hands-on impressions if you want a closer look at Apple’s forthcoming flagships.
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Both the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max come with an always-on display.
New features, battery life, and more
Regardless of which iPhone 14 model you buy, there are a few changes and features that apply across the board. The US models, for instance, no longer feature a physical SIM tray but go all in on eSIMs instead, which shouldn’t impact those on a major carrier but could prove to be a hindrance with some providers. In addition, the entire iPhone 14 lineup runs on iOS 16 out of the box, so you’ll be able to, say, edit sent messages and add widgets to your lock screen no matter which phone you buy.
All of the new phones will also support satellite-based Emergency SOS starting in November. This will make it possible to send messages via communication satellites when you don’t have a cell signal. While it’s a premium service, those who purchase an iPhone 14 model will be able to use the feature for free for two years. Additionally, each phone in the iPhone 14 lineup — as well as the Apple Watch Series 8 — offers the ability to automatically connect you with emergency services if it detects you’ve been involved in a car accident.
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Apple’s satellite-based Emergency SOS feature is a first for the iPhone.
Yet that’s where many of the similarities end. In addition to price, all of the phones vary in terms of battery life and size. The iPhone 14, for example, starts at $799, but for $100 more, you can buy the iPhone 14 Plus, which comes with a larger 6.7-inch display and longer battery life. The iPhone 14 Plus offers up to 26 hours of video playback on paper, as opposed to the iPhone 14, which maxes out at 20 hours. Interestingly, the iPhone 14 Plus battery even beats the battery life on the $999 iPhone 14 Pro, which supposedly offers a maximum of 23 hours of video playback. This means the cheaper iPhone 14 Plus boasts battery life only second to the $1,099 iPhone 14 Pro Max, which offers up to 29 hours.
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The iPhone 14 (left) and the iPhone 14 Plus (right).
Similarities abound
However, in other ways, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus aren’t all that different. They both use last year’s A15 Bionic chipset and share the same dual-camera system, which consists of a new ultrawide camera and a 12-megapixel main shooter. Both also feature a new 12-megapixel TrueDepth camera with autofocus that can capture group shots from a greater distance. Apple also claims that it has improved low-light image quality by 49 percent and made Night Mode up to twice as fast — something we have yet to test out in practice. Each phone in the iPhone 14 lineup features Apple’s new Action Mode as well, which should stabilize video while you’re recording much in the same way a gimbal would. All of the models also sport a cinematic mode that can record 4K resolution at 30fps and 4K at 24fps.
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Unlike the standard iPhone models, the iPhone 14 Pro features a three-camera array.
If you’re looking for a more powerful camera system, though, look to the iPhone 14 Pro lineup. While the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 Pro is lighter and smaller than the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max, they offer the same three-camera system and 48MP main camera, which is the first time we’ve seen such a sensor in an iPhone. The Pro models are also equipped with Apple’s new A16 Bionic chip and a 1TB storage option, which is absent from the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus. They also feature an always-on, 120Hz ProMotion high refresh rate display that does away with the notch. In its place, you’ll find a pill-shaped cutout called the “Dynamic Island” that can move around and display various notifications, alerts, and activities in real time.
By the numbers
That’s just a glimpse of some of the main differences separating each model in the iPhone 14 lineup. For a more thorough breakdown, however, we’ve gathered all the relevant specs so you can compare them for yourself in the chart below. We’ve even included the last-gen iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini if you’re thinking about upgrading from one of last year’s models. Although, keep in mind that the iPhone 13 Mini may be the last of its kind.
Twitter testing edit button as it trials letting users change tweets after posting
Social media giant says much-requested feature lets users change tweets for up to 30 minutes
Twitter is trialing an editing feature that allows users to change tweets up to 30 minutes after they are published – but lets people view prior versions.
The social media company said tweets can be edited “a few times” in the half hour.
Tim Cook says ‘buy your mom an iPhone’ if you want to end green bubbles
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Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed the idea of adopting RCS messaging to put an end to the green bubbles that surround messages when iPhone users text someone on an Android device.
“I don’t hear our users asking that we put a lot of energy in on that at this point,” Cook said when asked how Apple founder Steve Jobs would feel about using the RCS standard in iMessage during Vox Media’s Code 2022 event on Wednesday night. Instead, Cook said, “I would love to convert you to an iPhone.”
But the person who asked the question, Vox Media’s LiQuan Hunt, came back with a valid complaint, saying that his mother can’t see the videos he sends her. It all comes down to a lack of interoperability between iMessage and RCS, both messaging systems that could allow higher-quality images and videos — if they worked together. If you’ve tried to send a video from Android to iOS (or vice versa) using your regular text messaging app, then you know that your videos come out completely fuzzy on the other end. Cook’s suggestion to fix this annoying issue? “Buy your mom an iPhone.”
While it may seem silly, the bubble color in iMessage that distinguishes Android (green) users from fellow iPhone users (blue) has become a point of contention. Google’s campaign to publicly shame Apple into adopting the standard has clearly had no effect on Cook, who is publicly focusing on opinions from people who have iPhones. Of course, there are other reasons to avoid adding RCS. Emails unearthed in the Epic trial showed Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi saying, “iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove [an] obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones.”
Steve Jobs’ friends and family just launched an archive to celebrate his life
The Steve Jobs Archive is live now. | Image: Apple
The friends and family of Apple founder Steve Jobs have launched the Steve Jobs Archive, an organization that celebrates the technology titan. You can visit the archive at stevejobsarchive.com.
Right now, the site is simple. At the top, there’s a poetic email Jobs sent to himself about his admiration for humanity. Scrolling down reveals some notable quotes from Jobs, including some from his famous 2005 commencement address at Stanford. At the end, there’s a short “About Us” description for the archive. Video and audio clips of Jobs are laced in along the way.
“With respect for the past and excitement for the future, the Steve Jobs Archive offers people the tools and opportunities to make their own contribution,” the site reads. “We are building programs, fellowships, collections, and partnerships that reflect Steve’s values and carry his sense of possibility forward.” A press release also says that the archive will “act as a repository of historical materials relating to Steve, some of which have never before been made public.” More announcements about additional offerings and projects will be made in the coming months.
The archive was introduced by Laurene Powell Jobs, Jobs’ widow, at Vox Media’s Code conference on Wednesday. “While we do have some artifacts and some actual real material, the archive is much more about ideas,” she said.
According to Powell Jobs, the archive is “rooted in Steve’s long held notion that once you understand that, outside of the natural world, everything in the built environment and all the systems that govern our life on the planet were built and designed by other humans. Once you have that insight, you understand that you as a human can change it, can prod it, can perhaps, interrogate it and stretch it. In that way, human progress happens.”
Jony Ive doesn’t think your car should rely on multitouch
Ive spoke at Vox Media’s Code conference alongside Tim Cook and Laurene Powell Jobs. | Getty Images for Vox Media
Jony Ive isn’t a fan of cars using too many touchscreen controls, and says they’re an example of an interface “being driven inappropriately by something like multitouch.”
During a panel with the former Apple design lead, Tim Cook, and Laurene Powell Jobs at Vox Media’s Code conference tonight, journalist Kara Swisher asked Ive what he thought of current design trends. Ive said that there were “fabulous affordances with interfaces like multitouch,” but said that they may have gone too far in places — and it might be time for a shift back toward more physical controls.
“Potentially the pendulum may swing a little to have interfaces and products that are more tactile and more engaging physically,” Ive said. Swisher suggested that cars were an example of where multitouch has been overused, and Ive responded “for example.”
As more and more cars use touchscreens for things like climate or even drive controls, there’s been debate over whether ditching physical buttons and knobs decreases driver safety. Recently, Swedish publication Vi Bilagare fueled the debate with a test that measured how long it took people to do certain tasks such as adjusting the radio or temperature. The publication declared that physical buttons outperformed touchscreens.
Swisher followed up her question by asking Ive how he would design a car. Laughing, he told her “you know I can’t talk to you about that.”
Tens of thousands of viewers are watching a fake Apple crypto scam on YouTube right now
A screenshot from a bogus Apple live stream that actually seems to be a crypto scam. | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
Someone on YouTube is currently live streaming an old interview with Tim Cook that is seemingly being used to attract attention to a crypto scam — and tens of thousands of viewers have tuned in.
If you’ve seen crypto scams on YouTube before, you’ll recognize a lot of hallmarks of what’s going on here. The fake live stream is getting attention by filling its description with an array of Apple keywords in both the title and description. But when you actually open it up, it’s filled with odd messages linking to a shady-looking crypto site.
The stream has plenty of signs of being fake. It has a strange title — “Apple Event Live. Ceo of Apple Tim Cook: Apple & Metaverse in 2022.” — and it’s showing an old interview that CNN conducted with Cook in 2018. The streamer added the Bitcoin and Ethereum logos to the video stream, covered the CNN Money logo with the text “Apple Crypto Event 2022,” and added bold text reading “URGENT NEWS” at the bottom. And if you actually click into the channel’s page (which claims to be “Apple LIVE”), the URL doesn’t have anything to do with Apple. That could suggest the channel had a different purpose at one point but was hijacked by bad actors and used to host the stream.
While this bogus live stream clearly isn’t actually from Apple, it’s happening when a major spotlight is on the company. Apple streamed its big iPhone 14 announcement event hours ago, and CEO Tim Cook is currently being interviewed at Vox Media’s Code conference this evening. This misleading stream seems to be an attempt to trick people who may be aware that Apple is having a big day but not know exactly what’s going on.
I came upon this stream because it was recommended on my YouTube homepage — that might have been in part because I’ve been watching Apple videos from the event throughout the day. When I first started watching the fake stream, there were around 16K viewers, and right before publishing this story, that count was nearly 70K.
The Verge also found a live stream on a separate (and also sketchy) channel claiming it is “Apple Inc” [sic]. The stream purports to be an event featuring Cook and Tesla CEO Elon Musk about Apple and the metaverse, but it’s actually repurposing an interview about Bitcoin with Musk and Block leader Jack Dorsey. It’s seen stream numbers reach above 10,000 viewers, and has also linked to a sketchy-looking crypto site in the chat.
YouTube didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Tim Cook, Jony Ive, and Laurene Powell Jobs, live at Code
Apple CEO Tim Cook. | Laura Normand / The Verge
A conversation about the legacy of Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was the first guest to be interviewed by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at the conference that was then called D: All Things Digital.
20 years later, this is Swisher’s last year hosting what is now the Code Conference, so three of the people who knew Jobs best are returning for a conversation about the legacy of the late Apple cofounder and CEO.
In a few moments, Apple CEO Tim Cook, former Apple design chief Jony Ive, and Emerson Collective founder Laurene Powell Jobs are set to take the stage at Code in Beverly Hills, California. The Verge staff is in the room and live-blogging the highlights below:
Now Nvidia is including Spider-Man as a pack-in with new GPUs
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Nvidia is bundling its higher-end RTX 30-series graphics cards with a copy of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered. If you purchase a GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, 3090, 3080 Ti, 3080 GPU — or a qualifying desktop or laptop that comes with those cards — Nvidia will include a free digital copy of the $59.99 game.
You have until October 12th to take advantage of the offer. So if you’re in the market for a new GPU right now, it wouldn’t be a bad time to pull the trigger on one. After a nearly two-year-long shortage, Nvidia’s 30-series cards (and other GPUs for that matter) have finally become easier — and cheaper — to buy.
Nvidia actually made too many of its cards, which is part of the reason why the prices of its GPUs are so much lower than their MSRP right now. Instead of its $1,999 MSRP, the flagship RTX 3090 Ti currently goes for $1,099 on Best Buy. Nvidia’s also likely looking to make room for its upcoming 40-series cards, and is sweetening the deal on its 30-series GPUs with game bundles and steep discounts. In July, Nvidia started offering Ghostwire: Tokyo, Doom Eternal, and the Doom Eternal: Year One Pass with its high-end GPUs.
Everything Apple didn’t announce at its iPhone 14 event
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Apple just wrapped up its Far Out event, giving us a glimpse at the new iPhone 14, three new Apple Watch models, and the next generation of AirPods Pro earbuds. But what about everything Apple didn’t announce?
Some rumors we’ve been hearing for the months leading up to the event just didn’t end up panning out, and some of our long-shot hopes were deflated along the way. Here’s everything that could still come in the future — or may have proven to be a bust.
The mixed-reality headset
Apple’s mixed-reality headset has become the elephant in the room at its events, with rumors about the device only getting more detailed. While there was no sign of the headset at the Far Out event, that wasn’t necessarily a surprise.
I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief on this one. Apple didn’t end up raising the prices of its Pro and Pro Max model, something Kuo said he expected back in August. Just like last year, the Pro will start at $999, while the Pro Max will start at $1,099.
Satellite calling and texting
Apple’s starry Far Out event branding made it seem like the company was preparing to launch some groundbreaking satellite-powered connectivity for the iPhone 14. It didn’t help that rumors about Apple’s plans to support satellite calling and messaging have been floating around for months now.
There was some substance to those rumors. Apple ended up announcing the ability to send SOS alerts to emergency services using satellite connectivity on the iPhone 14. This feature was rumored for the iPhone 13 last year, and it’s nice to see it finally come to fruition. With carriers like T-Mobile looking to dip into satellite-powered messaging, Apple could get in the game eventually, and these SOS alerts could be its first step.
(On a somewhat amusing side note, Huawei might’ve thought Apple was planning on revealing some crazy new satellite features, too, since it announced support for satellite texting on its Mate series devices the day before the event.)
The Watch Series 8 can take users’ temperature every five seconds and should detect changes as little as 0.1 degrees Celcius, helping users figure out when they last ovulated. Perhaps Apple could somehow expand on this feature in the future to provide alerts if you have a fever. It’s possible that its fever-detecting capability just didn’t pass internal testing, something Apple tracker Mark Gurman warned could hold back temperature sensing earlier this year.
A new iPhone Mini
Sorry small phone fans, but the iPhone 14 lineup doesn’t include a new Mini model. Apple’s latest iteration of the Mini (and perhaps its last) came out with the iPhone 13 last year. The device sports a smaller 5.4-inch display, and that might not be appealing to those who prefer a larger screen, but its compact size makes it ideal to pop into your pocket.
I’m not going to rule out another Mini entirely, though. Apple just brought back the Plus model of the iPhone for the first time since 2018. Perhaps if Apple sees demand for a smaller device in the future (perhaps as more people latch on to folding phones for their compactness), it’ll bring it back.
Lossless audio for the new AirPods Pro
What Apple CEO Tim Cook calls the “most advanced AirPods” still come with Bluetooth. While the second-gen AirPods Pro do come with some notable upgrades, including improved noise cancellation and spatial audio, they don’t come with the rumored lossless audio that was supposed to improve audio quality significantly.
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Even if we didn’t get lossless audio this time around, at least Apple incorporated Bluetooth 5.3. This version of Bluetooth uses the new LC3 audio codec for a more efficient way to transmit audio, resulting in better audio.
A USB-C port for the iPhone
Okay, this one was a bit of a long shot, but we all can dream, right? With Europe (and even Brazil) putting pressure on Apple to ditch its proprietary Lightning port, we can expect Apple to introduce a USB-C port on its devices relatively soon. Apple’s reportedly testing iPhones with USB-C right now, but Kuo isn’t expecting it until the second half of 2023.
What’s up next
Apple isn’t done releasing new devices this year — the company’s expected to add to its Mac and iPad lineups at an event taking place this October.
There, we’ll likely see a new iPad Pro with an M2 chip, as well as an entry-level iPad with a refreshed design. On the Mac side of things, Apple’s rumored to announce three new Macs that come equipped with the M2 processor, including a Mac Mini, Mac Pro, and MacBook Pro. We’re also expecting Apple to launch iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura around this time, too.
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Elizabeth Holmes requests new trial, claiming key witness regrets testimony
Filing by ex-Theranos CEO says former lab director has misgivings after saying he had raised concerns about company’s tech
Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial on Tuesday, asserting in a court filing that a key witness for the prosecution now regrets the role he played in her conviction for investor fraud and conspiracy related to Theranos, her failed blood-testing startup.
The petition centers on the reliability of testimony provided by the former Theranos lab director Adam Rosendorff, who said he repeatedly raised concerns about the accuracy of blood tests that were being administered to patients during his tenure in 2013 and 2014. It is typical for defendants to make motions for a new trial after a guilty verdict.
How to customize your Android 13 Pixel’s color palette
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One of the new features introduced in Android 12 was the ability — if you had a Pixel phone — to automatically match your phone’s color palette to that of your wallpaper, including what Google calls Themed icons — icons that, instead of using their own colors, take on the color palette you’ve chosen as a theme.
Back then, you could only theme icons that were offered by Google apps. So, for example, when I tried it out on a Pixel 3 using Android 12 beta, it changed some, but not all, of the icons on my home page into black designs against a hued background. (Quite honestly, I thought the normal multicolored icons looked much better.) Third-party icons, like the one for Slack, remained as they were.
In Android 13, the ability to have your icons follow a color palette has been expanded to more icons — as long as the developers have tweaked their coding to allow it. When I turned on the themed icons on my current Pixel 6, the only app out of the many apps on my phone that I could immediately find that followed the new theme (and wasn’t a Google app) was Bitwarden. (9to5Googlehas a running list of third-party apps that can adopt Google’s themed look.)
Still, it’s nice to be able to play around with the look of your home page. Want to try it out yourself? Easy.
Choose your wallpaper
Let’s start by choosing a wallpaper.
Long-press on an empty part of your homescreen until you see the pop-up menu.
Select Wallpaper & style.
Tap on the Change wallpaper link just below the two representations (the home and lock screens) of your current wallpaper.
Long-press for a pop-up menu.
SelectChange wallpaper.
Tap on one of the categories presented on the wallpaper screen, and then select a specific image. Or tap on the top button called My photos to select one of your own photos.
Once you select your image, you’ll be shown a preview of what it will look like on your homescreen and lock screen. (Two buttons below the preview image let you toggle between the two.) If you’re satisfied, tap the check mark in the bottom-right corner.
A pop-up menu will give you the choice of using the wallpaper on the homescreen, your lock screen, or both. And you’re done! You’ll find yourself back on your home page — with your new wallpaper.
Choose a supplied wallpaper image or use your own photo.
You can see what it will look like on the homescreen and lock screen.
Tweak your theme
If you want to try the themed icons, go back to the Wallpaper & style page and toggle on Themed icons. The screenshots here show what my current wallpaper looks like with normal app icons and with the themed icons turned on. Currently, out of all of my many apps, it looks like only the folks at Bitwarden have instituted the ability to use Android’s themes with its icon; it will be interesting to see how many others follow along in the coming weeks.
The homescreen with normal app icons.
The Bitwarden icon has switched to the theme, but the Slack icon has not.
The Wallpaper & style page also lets you toggle a dark theme on and off and change the app grid so that you get fewer larger icons on each home page (which may be useful for those who find current icons too small).
Switch color combinations
You can also choose a different color combination for your theme depending on your wallpaper photo.
On the Wallpaper & style page, select Wallpaper colors and choose one of the color combinations shown. You can also tap on Basic colors if you want something, well, basic.
You can choose a variety of different palettes, all based on your wallpaper.
Besides themed icons, you can also turn on a dark theme and change your app grid.
While these style combinations won’t affect your phone’s efficiency or performance, the idea that you can tweak the look of your screen to suit your taste — or your mood — is rather nice.
I’ve been playing The Last of Us Part 1 this week, a PlayStation 5 remake of Naughty Dog’s landmark horror classic, first released in 2013. (If you haven’t played it, or the 2020 sequel: I’ll be talking about them in some detail, so best to skip this section if you want to avoid spoilers.) There’s been a lot of justified grumbling about whether a nine-year-old game – which has already been remastered for the PlayStation 4 – can justifiably be sold again for £70; for most players, no graphics upgrade could ever be worth that much.
People have praised Naughty Dog’s dedication and attention to detail on this remake. It really does look and feel like a modern game. Personally, playing it again has made me think about how the world (and my own life) have changed in the last decade. I wasn’t a parent when I first played those jaw-droppingly awful opening scenes, in which Joel’s young daughter dies in the first hours of the fungal zombie pandemic that devastates the world. Now, it is difficult to bear. And after having experienced a real pandemic, the whole setup hits differently.
Leaked Insta360 X3 camera has a larger touchscreen and new pre-record feature
Image: Insta360 / WinFuture
Insta360 is currently teasing the announcement of its “next camera” on September 8th, but WinFuture seems to have the details early. The German-language site has images and specs for the company’s new X3 360-degree action camera, which drops the “One” name from its branding and sports a larger display than its predecessor, the Insta360 One X2.
WinFuture suggests that the Insta360 X3 will be rocking the same 5.7k resolution found on both previous generations of the camera, though updated image sensors should achieve 4K resolution in single-lens mode, up from the 1440p resolution featured on the One X2. Timelapse videos can be made in 8K and still photos can be taken at resolutions up to 72 megapixels.
Full specifications are a little sparse so there’s no word yet on framerates or water resistance, but the product images show that the circular touchscreen display featured on the One X2 has been scrapped in favor of a much larger 2.29-inch rectangular one. Our own Senior Video Producer Becca Farsace described the One X2’s quirky circular touchscreen as “one of the most responsive screens I have used on an action camera.” Here’s hoping this larger offering is just as impressive.
Image: Insta360 / WinFuture
A side-angle view of the Insta360 X3.
Additional buttons and improved voice control are also reportedly coming to improve camera operation, as well as a 50 percent speed boost to data transfers via WLAN. A new ‘pre-recorder’ feature is also mentioned that seems similar to GoPro’s own HindSight feature, which continuously records audio and video allowing you to save 15 or 30 seconds of footage to an SD card after the shutter button is pressed. That way you don’t miss any shots.
Pricing for the European market is said to be set at a tax-inclusive price of €539.99, which works out at around $540. The Insta360 One X and Insta360 One X2 retailed for $399.99 and $429.99, respectively. Guess we’ll have to wait until September 8th to know for sure.
Sony’s PlayStation hardware chief to retire next month
Sony’s PlayStation hardware chief retires on October 1st. | Image: Famitsu
Sony’s longtime PlayStation hardware chief is retiring on October 1st. 60-year-old Masayasu Ito, who led the engineering for both the PS4 and PS5, is retiring according to Bloomberg and will be replaced by current director Lin Tao. Sony announced the changes in a brief press release today.
Ito originally joined Sony in 1986 before moving to the company’s PlayStation division in 2008 to lead PlayStation hardware engineering. Ito oversaw the engineering for the PlayStation 4, a hugely successful console that hit lifetime sales of 117.2 million as of March. The PS4 even reached a milestone of selling more games than any other console in history last year.
Ito was also responsible for the creation of the PSVR headset, the PS4 Pro, and Sony’s latest PS5 console. Sony began work on the PS5 in 2015, and Ito and his team spent five years designing and developing the console. Ito detailed the PS5 development process ahead of the console’s launch in 2020, revealing that Sony focused on reducing noise levels and improving cooling capacity in the PS5, alongside favoring “a well thought out, beautifully designed architecture” inside the console.
Image: IfixitSony favored a well thought out architecture inside the PS5.
While the PS5 is the biggest game console in modern history, Sony has been reducing its weight in recent revisions. Sony quietly launched a revised PS5 last month, reducing the weight by 13 percent from the original launch model. The new PS5 model comes just as Sony hikes the price for its PS5 consoles outside the US. Sony is increasing its PS5 prices in the UK, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, Mexico, and Canada. Prices are jumping by 10 percent in Europe, 21 percent in Japan, and by around 6 percent in the UK as inflation rates impact Sony’s gaming business.
Ito’s replacement, Lin Tao, will now be in charge of any future PlayStation hardware generations. Sony first released its PS3 in 2006, followed by the PS4 seven years later in 2013, and the PS5 seven years after the PS4 in 2020. Given it took Sony five years to plan and design the PS5, if the seven year pattern holds true for the next-gen PlayStation (2027?), Sony could be about to enter the early planning stages for a new PlayStation generation with a new hardware chief at the helm.
Leaked Apple Watch Pro case looks big at 49mm
Apple Watch Pro size comparison based on leaked cases. | Image: Sonny Dickson (Twitter)
The Apple Watch Pro leaks continue with Sonny Dickson returning with a size comparison, this time sharing images of purported cases for the 49mm Apple Watch Pro next to cases for the smaller Series 7 and upcoming Series 8 watches. The Apple Watch Pro looks much larger than the 45mm or 41mm Apple Watch Series 7 devices the company currently sells, as well as the rumored Series 8 also expected to be announced on Wednesday.
The size comparison follows the leaked cases and CAD drawings from yesterday, which showed a new button to the left of the flat Apple Watch Pro display, along with a new protrusion to the right housing a mic, button, and Digital Crown that now appears to be better protected from accidental presses — something that could easily happen when worn by the outdoor athletes this watch is supposedly targetting. The drawings were later corroborated by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Gurman had previously stated that the Apple Watch Pro’s larger display, battery, and rugged titanium casing “probably won’t appeal to all consumers, as it’s going to be bigger than most wrists.” Indeed, 49mm would be too large for some, but also too small for others.
For example, I’m six-feet tall and athletic and find the 47mm Garmin Epix 2 a little too small — I prefer larger 51mm cases. My colleague Victoria, however, found the 41mm Garmin Fenix 7S Sapphire Solar to be just right for her smaller wrists. Garmin watches are round, however, so we’ll have to see what difference that might make when the Apple Watch Pro becomes a reality.
Apple is expected to announce the Apple Watch Pro and Series 8 devices on Wednesday alongside the new iPhone 14 which The Verge will be covering live, so stay tuned.
Doomscrolling linked to poor physical and mental health, study finds
The tendency to be glued to bad news can spark a ‘vicious cycle’ that interferes with our lives, researcher says
There’s no shortage of bad news in the media to “doomscroll”, from a global pandemic to the war in Ukraine and an impending climate crisis, but new research suggests the compulsive urge to surf the web can lead to poor mental and physical health outcomes.
Doomscrolling is the tendency to “continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening or depressing”, a practice researchers found has boomed since the onset of the pandemic.
As Ex-Uber Executive Heads to Trial, the Security Community Reels Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former chief of security, faces criminal charges for his handling of a 2016 security breach. His trial this week has divided the security industry.
Leaked Apple Watch Pro cases hint at extra buttons, thankfully
A supposed third-party case for the rumored Apple Watch Pro. | Image: Sonny Dickson (Twitter)
Images of purported third-party accessories for the rumored Apple Watch Pro are making the rounds this morning, and boy do I hope they’re legit. Those cutouts mean one or two more physical buttons are being added to the left of the display, while keeping space for the existing digital crown and side button to the right. If true, it means that Apple really understands the multisport athletes this watch is supposedly targeting. Adventure junkies like touchscreens for some things, but need to have big grabby buttons when in the surf, under water, on the slopes, and bombing down trails.
A variety of images were posted to twitter via reputable leakers Sonny Dickson and DuanRui (via Weibo). They appear to show decorative case accessories for the Apple Watch Pro which Bloomberg’sMark Gurman says will have a larger display with a low-power mode, larger battery, and a “rugged titanium casing.”
I hope it’s more waterproof too, as the current Apple Watch’s WR50 rating is only suitable for swimming in shallow water, not for activities like kitesurfing, water skiing, or scuba diving. Hell, let’s add data and emergency satellite connectivity to the wishlist as well.
Samsung is bringing new features to its older foldables and smartwatches starting today
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Older generations of Samsung foldable phones and smartwatches will soon be eligible to update to the latest versions of One UI, granting new features such as multitasking gestures, optimizations for large-screened devices, first-party app enhancements and a PC-like taskbar for phones, and new watch faces and customizations for Galaxy smartwatches.
Samsung’s One UI 4.1.1 is based on Android 12L and first appeared on devices such as the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4. Samsung has already started to roll out the UI 4.1.1 update globally today to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices, which should reach all users within the next few days. The Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy Z Flip, and Galaxy Z Fold have also been confirmed to receive the One UI 4.1.1 update by Samsung at some point, though no timeline has been provided.
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You soon be able to do more wth your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 without even having to open it.
Users of these older folding handsets will be able to enjoy features such as the Taskbar which allows you to quickly switch between applications and drag-and-drop apps to create a split view. A new two-finger gesture is also available for multitasking, allowing you to instantly switch full-screen apps to pop-up windows or split your screen in half for improved productivity.
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PC-like interactions such as the Taskbar could boost productivity on Galaxy handsets with larger screens.
Additional features coming to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 include the ability to adjust settings, make calls, dial back missed calls and reply to texts (using voice-to-text) from the cover screen, as well as take selfies with the main camera using Rear Cam Selfie.
The One UI Watch 4.5 first got a full release on the Galaxy Watch 5, and is now also coming to the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. That means six new interactive watch faces and additional customizations, as well as a new QWERTY keyboard. Samsung hasn’t provided a release date for the rollout of Watch 4.5
Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Watch Active 2 have been confirmed by Samsung to be eligible for a separate software update around the end of September. This refresh will deliver “selected features” from One UI Watch 4.5, such as two new watch faces, snore analysis, and support for blood pressure and ECG measuring in the Samsung Health Monitor app.
From music to movies, technology to food, the world has fallen in love with everything South Korean. Ahead of a big London exhibition, Tim Adams visits Seoul in search of the origins of hallyu – the Korean wave
Last week, I was standing in a huge dance studio – one of 12 – near the top of a funky new office tower just north of the Han River in the South Korean capital, Seoul. The building is home to a company called SM Entertainment, which has strong claims to have invented one of the most potent cultural movements of the 21st century, the phenomenon of Korean pop music – K-pop.
Each generation creates hit factories in its own image. The “SM Culture Universe” was originally the vision of a Korean pop entrepreneur called Lee Soo-man who, after a brief career as a singer and DJ, studied computer engineering in the States in the 1980s. He returned to Seoul “with the dream of globalising Korean music”.
‘I didn’t want it anywhere near me’: how the Apple AirTag became a gift to stalkers
A gadget the size of a 10p coin, the AirTag was intended to help people find their keys. Instead it has facilitated a boom in terrifying behaviour from abusers
In March this year, Laura (not her real name) was in her car when a notification showed up on her phone, alerting her that an Apple AirTag had been detected nearby. “I didn’t know what it was or what it meant. I felt quite panicky,” she says. “I pulled over and still didn’t know what I was looking at. My phone was showing a map of where I was with a trail of red dots indicating the route I’d just followed. I think I was in shock. I drove straight to a friend’s house and we searched the car.”
They emptied the glove compartment, opened the bonnet, checked underneath it and then behind the number plate. “Eventually we found it under the carpet in the back – a tiny gadget the size of a 10-pence piece. I didn’t want it anywhere near me.”
Just months after Samsung announced that it’s bringing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to its TVs, now LG’s doing the same. The company’s new NFT marketplace, called LG Art Lab, lets you “buy, sell and enjoy high-quality digital artwork” from your TV.
For now, only users in the US with an LG TV that runs webOS 5.0 or later can access the app, which is available to download from the TV’s home screen. Through the portal, you can buy and sell digital works made available through LG’s NFT drops. The first one of these drops is set to occur on September 22nd and features a set of metallic-looking NFTs from sculptor Barry X Ball.
Since I just so happen to own a compatible LG TV, I downloaded and tried out the app for myself... and there’s not much going on there yet. The app is pretty empty, and there aren’t any NFTs that you can browse through and buy right now (unless of course, you want to watch a video of Barry X Ball’s upcoming NFT on loop, which I did over the course of writing this article).
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Would you look at that? NFTs on TV!
But once there’s actually an NFT you can buy from the platform, LG says you can scan the QR code that appears on the screen, and then open the Wallypto app on your phone to complete the transaction. Before you do that, you’ll need to purchase USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin that’s supposed to be pegged to the US dollar (and managed to maintain that peg when other stablecoins crashed).
LG’s NFT platform is built on Hedera, which describes itself as the “most used, sustainable, enterprise public ledger for the decentralized economy.” Unlike the Ethereum or Solana networks many popular NFT marketplaces support, the Hedera network doesn’t operate on the blockchain — it uses a blockchain alternative, called hashgraph. LG is just one of the several corporations that serve as a governing member of the Hedera network, with proponents of the system claiming it’s faster and more efficient than transacting on the blockchain.
LG says it’s going to keep adding NFTs from artists on a “monthly basis,” and that you’ll get to view any NFTs your purchase from the LG Art Lab app. Just like Samsung’s doing with the NFTs on its TVs, it looks like LG is hoping users will display the NFTs on their TV when it’s not in use (which sounds like a few extra bucks on my energy bill that I’d rather not spend).
Since Roe v Wade was overturned in the US in June, there are concerns that law enforcement could request the intimate data users share with period tracking apps. Johana Bhuiyan reports on the privacy concerns
Millions of women around the world use period tracking apps to understand their bodies and work out when their ovulation or period is due.
While many people find these apps useful and empowering, there are concerns about where the data put on these apps goes.
UK forces crypto exchanges to report suspected sanction breaches
New rules in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cover all notionally valuable digital assets
Crypto exchanges must report suspected sanctions breaches to UK authorities under new rules brought in amid concerns that bitcoin and other cryptoassets are being used to dodge restrictions imposed in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Official guidance was updated on 30 August to explicitly include “cryptoassets” among those that must be frozen if sanctions are imposed on a person or company. As well as digital currencies, such as bitcoin, ether and tether, cryptoassets could include other notionally valuable digital assets such as non-fungible tokens.
Apple’s reportedly set to reveal the AirPods Pro 2 this week
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Apple is getting ready to reveal the second generation of the AirPods Pro at its “Far Out” event on Wednesday, according to a report from Apple tracker Mark Gurman. While we’ve been expecting the AirPods Pro 2 sometime this year, this is the first solid rumor indicating that they could launch this week.
“The new AirPods Pro will update a model that first went on sale in October 2019,” Gurman’s Power On newsletter reads. “I reported last year that new AirPods Pro would arrive in 2022, and now I’m told that Wednesday will be their big unveiling.”
Alleged Google Pixel 7 Pro appears in unboxing video ahead of launch
The device shows the faint Google logo on its rear. | Image: Gadgetfull BD
What appears to be the upcoming Google Pixel 7 Pro surfaced in a brief unboxing video posted on Facebook by Gadgetfull BD, a technology shop based in Bangladesh. The video shows someone taking the device out of a Google-branded box and showing off its sleek black exterior, which features Google’s “G” logo stamped on the back.
Google first teased the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro at I/O in May, and will likely launch the device next month alongside the Pixel Watch. The phone in the video posted to Facebook matches up with Google’s official renders, complete with the aluminum camera bar with two cutouts for the sensors. It even features what looks like Google Pixel’s official animation sequence when it’s booted up, followed by a device setup screen.
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Google’s renders of the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro.
There isn’t much else the video tells us about the new device, and Gadgetfull BD doesn’t offer any additional details in its description. We’ve already seen a couple of alleged Pixel 7 prototypes crop up, with one user selling one on eBay, and another on Reddit claiming they purchased the device from Facebook Marketplace.
Each leak has basically confirmed the designs Google presented earlier this year, but this particular video could indicate that Google’s getting closer to actually launching it. The two previous leaks didn’t show a Google logo on the device’s rear and also didn’t include any product packaging.
Google doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to keeping its Pixel phones secret up until launch, and the Pixel Watch has shaped up to be just as leaky. With Google’s fall launch event just around the corner, it won’t be long until we get to see what Google really has in store.
Twitter’s edit button is a big test for the platform’s future
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Twitter seems to have handled adding an edit button about as well as possible. The edit button biases toward transparency, adding an edit history for every tweet and a big notice saying a tweet has been edited. Users will only have 30 minutes to edit their tweet, and will only be able to do so “a few times.” Twitter’s surely going to be looking closely at those numbers in its testing to see exactly how editable tweets should really be. It’s only coming to paying subscribers of Twitter Blue, and the test is going to start out small. Twitter is being as careful as can be on this one, and seems to have landed in the right place.
Whether Twitter should have an edit button is still a fun and controversial debate. Will some users abuse the feature, creating (or manufacturing) viral tweets and then changing them to something problematic that lots of users see? You betcha. Do most people want an edit button to do totally valid, normal, platform-improving things? Yep. Can Twitter do enough to track and mitigate the abuse, so that the vast majority of users — who just want to correct typos, re-phrase things that are being misinterpreted, and update their tweets as things change — can use it for its intended purpose? That’s the real question.
The Twitter edit button was a big topic of conversation on the most recent Vergecast, which you can listen to above or wherever you get podcasts.
Over the last couple of years, Twitter has picked up the pace of its product development in a big way. The company made, and fulfilled, a promise to be more open about what it was thinking about and testing. Fleets were going to be huge, until they weren’t. Spaces are the future of Twitter, which apparently now includes podcasts. Twitter seemed all-in on newsletters for about an hour and a half. Super Follows! Twitter Shops! Now there’s Circle, Twitter’s feature for sharing with only your closest friends and followers. It’s a lot of stuff, and it’s hard to tell how much Twitter actually cares about any of it.
This is in many ways a good thing: Twitter moved too slowly for more than a decade, and finally started shipping software at impressive speed. But the thing about Twitter is it’s not like other social networks. It’s more distributed. Many people encounter tweets as embeds on websites; many use third-party Twitter accounts; many see tweets just as screenshots on cable news. You can embed Facebook posts and TikToks, sure, but Twitter’s status as the sort of informational nerve center of the internet makes the stakes higher for how tweets move through the world.
Part of Twitter’s recent product push has been to make its own app better so that more people use it, look at ads inside it, and drop $5 a month on Twitter Blue. Cramming more ancillary features into its app is a classic platform strategy. But Twitter’s cultural impact still vastly exceeds the actual popularity of the app. With a presidential election coming up in the US, too, Twitter’s reach is likely to spike again over the next couple of years. That means that for Twitter to actually make a feature stick, it has to make it stick outside the confines of its own app.
Twitter’s track record on that front is, in a word, terrible. The company has made noise about being a better partner to third-party developers, but many developers are so jaded by Twitter’s behavior over the years that they’re not likely to immediately jump on board with Twitter’s new ideas. And most of the things the company has been building and shipping aren’t even available in Tweetdeck, the power-user app Twitter itself owns.
It’s one thing for apps and platforms to not support certain features or add-ons, but the edit button amounts to a fundamental change to the core unit of Twitter: the tweet. If a single tweet can be different things in different places, depending on where you’re seeing it, Twitter suddenly starts to feel like an unreliable narrator.
Developers, we got you… We know how important it will be for you to have visibility into edited Tweets, and we’re ready to offer read-support for edited Tweet metadata via the Twitter APIs.
And if Twitter’s future is as a protocol rather than a platform, this will only become more important. (The usual Elon Musk-related caveats apply here, of course — nobody knows the future of Twitter, everything is chaos, and who knows where all this nets out.) Twitter has been saying for a couple of years that it wants developers to “drive the future of innovation on Twitter,” and re-think everything from how the community operates to how the algorithms work. Project Bluesky was created within Twitter to build an “open and decentralized standard for social media,” and is already working on tools that would make it easier to move posts or engagement between platforms.
Twitter is trying to engage developers on the edit button, which is encouraging. “We know how important it will be for you to have visibility into edited Tweets,” its Twitter Dev account tweeted on Thursday, “and we’re ready to offer read-support for edited Tweet metadata via the Twitter APIs.” This is good news, both for developers and for researchers who will definitely be curious about how the edit button is used. But Twitter also continues to say this is just a test, and chasing every Twitter test is a dangerous use of any developer’s time.
It seems likely that Twitter will follow through and eventually ship the edit button widely. As the company likes to remind us, it’s been the most-requested feature among Twitter users for years, and surely most of those requestors don’t want the feature for chaos-inducing or bitcoin-scamming reasons. If and when it does come, it will change Twitter, because it changes the tweet. And it will change things far outside the Twitter app, whether the company is ready or not.
NASA delays Artemis I’s launch for a second time
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NASA has once again scrubbed the launch of its Space Launch System (or SLS) rocket after engineers failed to fix a persistent hydrogen leak.
The hydrogen leak was first noticed this morning, soon after the rocket began being fueled with liquid hydrogen. The team made three troubleshooting attempts, but a leak was detected after each effort to fix the problem. After the third time, engineers recommended that the launch be a ‘no go’.
The SLS is meant to be one of the workhorses of NASA’s Artemis program, and is tasked with launching the Orion crew capsule that will hopefully ferry astronauts to the moon.
The agency also scrubbed the previous launch attempt of the SLS, which was supposed to happen on August 29th, citing issues with the engine bleed system meant to help the engines get to a proper temperature before takeoff. A hydrogen leak was also detected during that launch attempt.
NASA has another launch window left — from 5:12 PM to 6:42 PM on September 5th — before it faces a major delay. The flight termination system that’s meant to keep the rocket from becoming a dangerous missile if something goes very wrong during launch needs to be re-tested relatively frequently (it’s supposed to be every 20 days, but NASA got that extended to 25 days), and that testing can’t be done on the launch pad.
Given that the rocket rolled out to the launchpad on August 16th, NASA’s time will pretty much be up after September 5th. If the SLS doesn’t launch then, it’ll have to be rolled back to NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building where the termination system can be re-tested. That’ll take time, potentially pushing this launch back to late October at the earliest.
If that launch is successful though, it should pave the way for a mission next year where NASA sends a crew up in the Orion capsule for the first time. They’ll just be flying around the moon, not landing on it — that milestone is planned for 2025, when we’ll hopefully see the first woman walk on the moon.
EV riders: motorcycle manufacturers making the leap to electric
British startup Maeving is in the vanguard of a growing market worldwide for clean two-wheeled travel
The motorcycle industry has problems: its petrolhead riders are ageing, customer numbers are shrinking and bans on fossil-fuel power are looming.
Startup bike-maker Maeving thinks batteries are the answer to all three. Its RM1 motorbike swaps a noisy petrol engine for a near-silent electric motor and clean retro styling. During a test ride at the company’s factory near Coventry – by the Observer’s photographer – the experience is smooth, agile and gearless.
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