Month: July 2025
Fitbit down? Mobile and web app users experience “a major outage” – tell us if you’re affected
Refresh (Image credit: Future) Our first clue something was wrong came from a huge spike in Downdetector, which you can see above. At the time of writing, we’re seeing over 2,000 reports of outages, with many more users turning to other sites like Reddit to voice their displeasure. Source
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3 Best Hall Effect Keyboards for Gamers and Serious Typists (2025)
Ascend from your mechanical keyboard to magnetically powered Hall effect switches. Source
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Perplexity’s CEO on why the browser is AI’s killer app
Hello, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Alex Heath, deputy editor at The Verge and author of the Command Line newsletter. I’m hosting our Thursday episodes while Nilay is out on parental leave. Today, we’re talking about how AI is changing the way we use the web. If you’re like me,…
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It seems even DNS records can be infected with malware now – here’s why that’s a major worry
Researchers found evidence of Joke Screenmate malware hiding on DNS servers Joke Screenmate is a harmless, prank malware There are ways to defend against it Hackers found a way to hide malware in the Domain Name System (DNS), cleverly evading detection and flying under the radar. This is according to…
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Adobe Firefly can now generate sound effects from your audio cues
Since rolling out the redesign of its Firefly app in April, Adobe has been releasing major updates for the generative AI hub at a near monthly clip. Today, the company is introducing a handful of new features to assist those who use Firefly's video capabilities. To start, Adobe is making…
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Eddington gets the pandemic right but still isn’t a great movie
A24 is known for its prestige arthouse films, but in its early days as a distributor, it made most of its money from elevated horror films like Ari Aster’s Hereditary and Midsommar. Over a decade in, the ambitions of A24 and Aster have expanded beyond genre film. But for both,…
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