Author: Zach_Wilson
Apple’s latest iOS update could have a big impact on podcast downloads
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Today, we’ve got a joint issue looking at why Apple’s latest iOS update could cause download numbers to go down and featuring a talk about brand safety with Spotify’s director of global advertising platform integrity. a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin…
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Chrome on iOS and Android will now detect URL typos
Google says the URL typo detector will help people with dyslexia or otherwise are language learners. However, after updating my Chrome app on iOS, it doesn’t seem to be here just yet, as it’s not correcting my mistakes such as www.microspft.com or www.nintwndo.com. When it does show up, it could…
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Dead Space is coming to Xbox Game Pass just in time for Halloween
There’s a whole host of great games hitting Xbox Game Pass throughout October, including the grisly Dead Space remake that’s arriving just in time for Halloween. The Dead Space remake offers a complete overhaul of the original 2008 sci-fi horror title, and it’s headed to Game Pass for cloud, PC,…
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Reddit’s blockchain-based Community Points are going away
The value of those tokens has, predictably, fallen off of a cliff, as CoinDesk reports drops of between 60 and 90 percent. Some Reddit posters claim thousands of dollars in value disappeared from their wallets immediately, while others are pointing at transactions made just prior to Tuesday’s announcement that they…
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The lightest AMD laptop ever just launched in Japan — and it seems to defy the laws of physics with a 24-hour battery life
Sharp’s Dynabook has launched a high-end 13-inch laptop in Japan that can reach up to a staggering 24 hours of battery life – but it starts at a cool 393,800 yen (roughly $2,600). Fitted with either an AMD Ryzen 7 7730U or Ryzen 5 7530U CPU, the Dynabook GA83/XW includes…
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OpenAI’s flagship AI model has gotten more trustworthy but easier to trick
OpenAI’s GPT-4 large language model may be more trustworthy than GPT-3.5 but also more vulnerable to jailbreaking and bias, according to research backed by Microsoft. The paper — by researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Center for AI Safety, and Microsoft Research —…
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