Spotify says it has quietly begun offering refunds for its soon-to-be-bricked Car Thing. The company told Engadget on Thursday that, as of last Friday, customers with proof of purchase (like an emailed invoice) can contact customer service and get their money back for the vehicle streaming device. Spotify has taken some heat for its announcement…
Mistral AI has confirmed the launch of Codestral, its first LLM designed to assist developers write code. The Amazon-backed French company is known for its Mistral and Mixtral language models, but Codestral appears set to raise the bar higher. It is trained in over 80 programming languages including Python, Java, C, C++, JavaScript, Bash, Swift,…
OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT to college campuses across the country. On Thursday, the company announced ChatGPT Edu, a version of ChatGPT built specifically for students, academics, faculty. “ChatGPT Edu is designed for schools that want to deploy AI more broadly to students and their campus communities,” the company said in a blog post. ChatGPT Edu…
The web version of Threads just got a whole lot more usable. Meta is rolling out the new Tweetdeck-like column view to all users, after it started testing the feature earlier this month. The new look, which some Threads users have nicknamed “ThreadsDeck,” allows you to pin up to 100 different feeds to the Threads…
Image: Owen Grove / The Verge Tesla is trying to get its advanced driver assistant “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) software registered with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, according to sources speaking to Reuters. It’s a preliminary step that could lead to employee testing of the system before it eventually rolls out to customers in…
In addition to revealing its roadmap and plans concerning its current leading-edge process technologies, TSMC also shared progress of its N2 node as part of its Symposiums 2024. The company’s first 2nm-class fabrication node, and predominantly featuring gate-all-around transistors, according to TSMC N2 has almost achieved its target performance and yield goals, which places it…
The hits keep on coming with NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope. According to the space agency, the JWST just found the most distant known galaxy ever. The catchily-named JADES-GS-z14-0 galaxy is said to have formed just 290 million years after the big bang, but it features some unique properties that are at odds with that…
Illustration: The Verge Threads is widely rolling out a desktop site redesign that lets you customize your homepage with a series of feeds, similar to TweetDeck. In a post on Threads, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced that it’s coming to all users globally starting today. With the new layout, you can choose which feeds you…
Deadpool & Wolverine is looking to shake off our superhero fatigue with an R-rated threequel that’s raunchier and more violent than anything Disney has ever dared produce. But Marvel’s Merc with a Mouth isn’t stopping there. He’s also looking to top Dune: Part Two — at least when it comes to obscene popcorn buckets. Earlier this…
If you’re joining a video call via Microsoft Teams or Apple’s FaceTime, and don’t quite feel like showing your face, both companies provide users an option to use cartoony 3D avatars in their place. However, as of now, Google has yet to provide users with 3D avatar options that mirrors their likeness. But, that may…
I remember being a kid and seeing my grandmother without her dentures for the first time. It was a harrowing experience. Now my dad has dentures so, genetically speaking, I’m several decades out from needing some myself. However, it’s possible that modern medicine will solve the issue of lost teeth by then, thanks to a…
We already know that Apple is planning major AI announcements for iOS 18 at WWDC, but a new report has given us a clearer view of what that might look like. AppleInsider has shared new details about AI-related features for iOS 18, including new capabilities for Siri, Messages, Notes, and photo editing. The collection of…
