Новости за 13.12.2022

Race Routes is now officially live in watchOS 9.2. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

watchOS 9.2 started rolling out today along with the iOS 16.2 update, and with it comes two new running features: Automatic Track Detection and Race Routes. The former uses Apple Maps and GPS to detect the exact lane of a track you’re running on, while the latter lets you race against your past self on your favorite routes. Additionally, the Apple Watch Ultra can now get up to 17 hours in Low Power Mode during multisport activities. Читать дальше...

The west gate entrance to the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, US, on Monday, December 12th, 2022. | Photo by David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images

For the first time, researchers have created a fusion reaction that resulted in a net energy gain. The results, from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, mark a significant step on the very long road toward generating clean energy from nuclear fusion.

Jake Sully and his daughter Kiri floating in the ocean. | Image: Disney

James Cameron’s second Avatar movie is a visually stunning but narratively uninspired return to Pandora that drowns some of its best ideas in military morass.

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Pedro Eustache’s viral performance at The Game Awards was just one of many such moments he’s had over his decades-long career.

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DoNotPay, the company that bills itself as “the world’s first robot lawyer,” is launching a new AI-powered chatbot that can help you negotiate bills and cancel subscriptions without having to deal with customer service.

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What can Elon learn from Tumblr?

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About twelve hours after we learned authorities in the Bahamas have arrested FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed the first of multiple sets of criminal charges he’ll face.

The feature prompts you to turn in the direction of the satellite. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

Emergency SOS via satellite, a new safety feature introduced with the iPhone 14 that lets users contact emergency services when they don’t have regular cellular or Wi-Fi signal, is now available in select European countries. The feature launched in the US and Canada last month, but as of today it’s available in France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK.

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who’s been arrested. | Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

And an important fusion energy announcement is expected later today.

Tim Cook being shown an iPhone. | Image: Tim Cook

Tim Cook has tweeted an admission that Apple uses Sony image sensors in its iPhones as part of the CEO’s supplier tour of Japan. “We’ve been partnering with Sony for over a decade to create the world’s leading camera sensors for iPhone,” Cook tweeted, and thanked Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida for showing him around the Kumamoto facility. A photo shows Cook being shown his company’s own smartphone, which is objectively very funny.

Is there going to be any HBO content left for the upcoming Max app? | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Just over a month after HBO canceled its once-hit original show Westworld, it’s planning on yanking the back catalog from its streaming service, according to Variety, Deadline, IndieWire, and The Wrap.

The Avatar-themed concept car has working scales and illuminated wheels that drive sideways. | Photo by Daniel Golson for The Verge

Remember Mercedes’ Avatar-themed concept car with working scales? With James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water hitting theaters, the company let us drive this truly unique-looking EV. It wasn’t easy.

Reports also claim that the US has filed criminal charges against. | Photo: Getty Images

Just over one month after the crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy, Ryan Pinder, the Attorney General of the Bahamas, announced the arrest of its founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF).

A list of Linked Roles on a server, along with icons for the connections they’ll require. | Image: Discord

Discord is making the accounts you have linked to your profile a key part of the chatting experience. It’s introducing a system called Linked Roles, where admins and moderators can grant people access to certain channels and even entire servers based on which third-party apps and websites those people have connected to their Discord account.

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Comcast announced in a press release it successfully tested a symmetrical multi-gigabit DOCSIS 4.0 connection on its live network, taking a major step toward “offering 10G-enabled services” in the second half of 2023.

Would you pay for Twitter? | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Elon Musk’s $8-per-month Twitter Blue subscription with verification is officially available, and you’ll need a verified phone number to sign up.

September is now an unofficial free iPhone bonanza. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

A new report from CIRP says that only about 24 percent of recent iPhones purchased in the US were sold directly by Apple. Instead, the most popular way to buy a new iPhone was through a wireless carrier, which accounted for 67 percent of sales. That’s certainly a perception shift from the time of lines around the block at the Apple store on launch day, but it’s not at all surprising given how aggressively AT&T... Читать дальше...

Skullcandy’s Jib True may not be the best wireless earbuds you can buy, but they’re hard to beat as a stocking stuffer. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

Once December gets going, it starts to feel like time quickly accelerates, and before you know it, your remaining holiday gift shopping starts bumping up against shipping deadlines. But if you’re in need of some simple and easy gift recommendations that don’t cost too many pennies, you’re in luck. In addition to our extensive collection of holiday gift guides... Читать дальше...