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  • Why Spotify is still fighting with Apple in Europe
    Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge Over the past couple of months, Spotify has been submitting update after update to Apple, changing the interface of its music streaming service to display pricing information in-app for users in the European Union. For users, this is barely worth noticing. But for Spotify, each submission has been yet […]
  • FDA recalls defective iOS app that injured over 200 insulin pump users
    An updated version of the iOS app is available that should resolve the issue for impacted Tandem Diabetes Care customers. | Photo Illustration by Matt Harbicht/Getty Images for Tandem Diabetes Care At least 224 people with diabetes have reported injuries linked to a defective iOS app that caused their insulin pumps to shut down prematurely, […]
  • WiiM announces two new wireless audiophile streamers — one with a touchscreen
    WiiM has announced two new audiophile streaming devices for the high end of its wireless audio streaming devices. Called the WiiM Ultra and the WiiM Amp Pro, both support AirPlay 2, Chromecast, DLNA, and several other streaming protocols and will be available this summer. Both devices are equipped with a 32-bit / 384kHz ES9038 Q2M […]
  • Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio
    Image: Tango Gameworks Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, held a town hall to discuss the division’s future goals. “We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards,” Booty told employees, according to internal remarks shared with […]
  • Intel and motherboard makers disagree on how to stabilize your crashing i9 CPU
    Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Recently, motherboard makers have issued BIOS updates to improve the stability of Intel 13th and 14th Gen i9 chips in crashing games. But Intel, which announced last month that it was investigating these issues, is now asking gamers not to implement those settings. The companies now seem to […]
  • Microsoft’s ‘air gapped’ AI is a bot set up to process top-secret info
    Image: The Verge Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology CTO William Chappell announced that it’s deployed a GPT-4 large language model in an isolated, air-gapped environment on a government-only network. Bloomberg first reported the setup, citing an unnamed executive who claimed that the Azure Government Top Secret cloud-hosted model represents the first time a “major” LLM […]
  • Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now
    The Apple Watch Series 9 doesn’t shake things up too much, but it does pack a handful of iterative updates. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In September, Apple launched its latest batch of smartwatches, introducing the Apple Watch Ultra 2 ($799) alongside the Apple Watch Series 9 ($399). Each wearable has […]