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Google Home hubs get a big upgrade. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge One of the key changes Matter is bringing to the smart home is a standardized way to enable local control of smart devices. This means your light bulb doesn’t have to talk to the cloud when you ask your voice…
Image: The Verge The European Union is reportedly close to deciding whether X’s attempts to combat illegal or harmful content are compliant with the bloc’s digital service rulebook. A probe into X’s risk management and content moderation will be concluded “as early as legally possible,” according to a letter to EU lawmakers seen by Bloomberg….
Image: Yukai Engineering CES is home to some of the coolest, cutting-edge, and most innovative technology around. But within this sea of tech are always some pretty strange gadgets. This year’s conference was no different, packed with a whole bunch of wacky devices, some of which might have a chance of taking off, and others……
Ex-NBC News anchor Brian Williams called out his fellow journalists in a statement given to the Washington Post on Monday for failing to find the correct words to describe a “visibly struggling” President Biden throughout his term. Williams told the Washington Post that journalistic language used in today’s media was “lazy, numbing and normalizing in…
The Tennessee Titans have their choice at the cream of the crop with the No. 1 pick in April, and there’s a fairly decent chance it will be Colorado star quarterback Shedeur Sanders. That’s who Shawne Merriman would personally go with – although Travis Hunter is a close second – but Merriman knows all too…
Samsung’s Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge It looks like Samsung is finally ready to roll out a paid subscription for its AI-powered smartphones, but it might not look like what we were expecting. According to ETNews, Samsung Electronics vice chairman Han Jong-hee has confirmed that the company’s…
Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young has proved time and time again he can nail a long-range 3-pointer when called upon, and Tuesday night against the Utah Jazz was no different. The Jazz tied the game with under three seconds left to play. Atlanta inbounded the ball to Young, who took one dribble and pulled up…
When Bill Belichick became the head coach at the University of North Carolina, he adamantly said he did not go there “to leave.” However, one of his former players, Rob Gronkowski, disagrees. Belichick, after being off an NFL sideline for the first time in nearly 50 years, agreed last month to become the next head…
I tracked down the Bosch 100 Series fridge at CES. It’s the company’s first to support the Matter standard, enabling local connectivity to any smart home ecosystem. | Photo by Eelco Lammertink for The Verge Home appliance manufacturer Bosch is showing off its first Matter-enabled appliance on the show floor at CES this week. The…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Wednesday flatly said the European Union will not allow President-elect Trump to take Greenland by military force. “It is out of the question that the European Union would let other countries … attack its sovereign borders, whoever they are,” Barrot said on French radio, according to Politico. Barrot added…