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reader comments 50 Google is dealing with its second “lost data” fiasco in the past few months. This time, it’s Google Drive, which has been mysteriously losing files for some people. Google acknowledged the issue on November 27, and a week later, it posted what it called a fix. It doesn’t feel like Google is …

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reader comments 34 HP knows people have grown to hate printers. It even knows that people hate HP printers. But based on a new marketing campaign the company launched, HP is OK with that—so long as it can convince people that there are worse options out there. The marketing campaign hitting parts of Europe aims …

HP misreads room, awkwardly brags about its “less hated” printers Read More »

Enlarge / Apple’s 15-inch M2 MacBook Air. Andrew Cunningham reader comments 15 The MacBook Air is Apple’s most popular laptop, and when the Apple M1 and M2 chips landed, they came to the Air first. That changed with the M3 chip generation, which came to the MacBook Pro and iMac first but left the Air …

Report: Early 2024 will bring M3 MacBook Airs and first new iPads in over a year Read More »

Enlarge / A now-deleted Intel presentation makes a good point, but with a side of disingenuousness. reader comments 5 AMD changed the way it numbers its Ryzen laptop processors last year, switching to a new system that simultaneously provides more concrete information than the old one while also partially obfuscating the exact age of the …

Intel accuses AMD of selling old CPUs with new model numbers, which Intel also does Read More »

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images reader comments 41 Android users’ hopes that Apple’s iMessage would be forced to open up in the European Union have been dashed. Bloomberg reports that iMessage won’t qualify for the EU’s new “Digital Markets Act,” allowing Apple to keep iMessage exclusive to Apple users. The EU is deciding what should …

iMessage will reportedly dodge EU regulations, won’t have to open up Read More »

Enlarge / AMD’s Ryzen 8040 series is a lot like the 7040 series but with a higher model number. reader comments 16 Both Intel and AMD usually have processor updates to announce at CES in January, but AMD isn’t waiting to introduce its next-generation flagship laptop chips: the Ryzen 8040 series is coming to laptops …

AMD’s new Ryzen 8040 laptop chips look a lot like the Ryzen 7040 CPUs Read More »

Enlarge / It takes proficiency in quite a few disciplines, a pick-and-place machine, a 3D printer, and lots of little solder points to get a candle looking this cool. reader comments 17 The latest device crafted by the prolific maker going by mitxela comprises an LED matrix board, “a bunch of electronics” underneath it, an …

Volumetric LED candle looks the same from any angle—and looks like amazing work Read More »

reader comments 27 Reddit URLs are being manipulated to include a slur in the subdomain, and those URLs are coming up in Google Search results. The Verge experienced the problem on Tuesday, reporting that while doing a Google search, Reddit results that came up had a URL that looked like this: “https://2goback-[slur].reddit.com/r/[the rest of the …

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Enlarge / The iPhone 15 is manufactured both in China and India. reader comments 14 Apple wants batteries for its latest generation of iPhones to be made in India, as part of the US tech giant’s efforts to diversify its global supply chain and move manufacturing out of China. The world’s most valuable company has …

Apple wants iPhone 16 batteries to come from India, not China Read More »