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The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is a racing event that's been going on since 1916. It's a 12.42-mile run that climbs 4,720 feet and serves as a proving ground for carmakers to test the speed and agility of their new vehicles.
Electric cars tend to do well in the Pikes Peak race; they don't have to deal with the problems of high altitudes and thinner air that can stymie racecars...
Reddit is launching a new feature for advertisers that slots positive posts from Reddit users right under their ads.
The new alpha feature, called Conversation Summary Add-ons, “dynamically integrates positive content from Reddit users directly below an advertiser’s creative, putting community conversations front-and-center in the user experience and blending AI-driven efficiency with real...
Patreon has announced an update to its pricing, consolidating its Pro and Premium plans into a single offering starting August 5th. The new plan will take 10 percent of creators’ earnings, rather than the current eight percent for Pro and 12 percent for Premium users. That will mean a price increase for many new users, though existing users won’t see any increase, nor will anyone who signs up...
Trump Mobile launched this morning with a single prepaid wireless plan and the promise of nationwide coverage for $47.45 per month.
For that price, you get unlimited talk and texting, international calling, plus 20GB of "high-speed" cell and hotspot data, which a customer support representative told me is 5G.
But while the plan's price might have been selected to appeal to Trump fans (he is...
It works with Switch and Switch 2 Joy-Con. | Image: The Verge
A company named Fastsnail has won the race when it comes to making a Joy-Con charging accessory that’s better than Nintendo’s and any other third-party maker. Its charging dock can charge the Joy-Con for the original Switch and for the Switch 2. Each charging port can accommodate either the rail-based charging connector of the...
Microsoft’s Windows Hello face unlock feature no longer works in dark rooms, and it’s not a bug. Microsoft quietly made the change to Windows Hello in April, in order to fix a vulnerability with Windows Hello spoofing. Fixing the security flaw has now removed key functionality from Windows Hello in Windows 11.
Windows Central spotted April’s change after some Surface Laptop users have...
Have you seen this phone before? No, really, I need to know.
Here is a roughly complete list of all the things we know for sure about the first phone made for the new Trump Mobile wireless provider: it's called the T1 Phone 8002 (gold version). It costs $499, and you can reserve one now with a $100 down payment. It is, according to the website, coming in September.
That's about all I feel...
Meta is also adding sponsored channels and subscriptions.
WhatsApp is rolling out ads. In an update on Monday, Meta announced that it will now show ads from businesses through its Stories-like status feature.
The status feature lives within WhatsApp’s “Updates” tab and allows users to share disappearing text, photo, voice notes, or video messages. But now, you might see sponsored content in...
Nintendo will offer an early look at Donkey Kong Bananza during a livestream on Wednesday, June 18th at 9AM ET / 6AM PT. The company announced the upcoming Direct event through its Nintendo Today app and on X, saying the livestream will feature 15 minutes of information about the Switch 2 game.
Donkey Kong Bananza was announced on April 2nd and launches for the Switch 2 on July 17th. It’s an...
OnePlus has announced five new products, including a new phone from its popular Nord lineup, which will launch in Europe and India next month. The company will release two phones, a tablet, a smartwatch, and a pair of earbuds, and has already shared a handful of details for each device, though full specs and prices will have to wait until the launch event on July 8th.
The Nord 5 is the...