The United Nations held a new round of talks on bringing Afghanistan into the international fold. For the first time, the Taliban participated — but women’s rights advocates were not invited. Read More
Voters in France cast ballots Sunday in a runoff election between a far-right party and a coalition of moderate and centrist parties. Read More
Apple’s AirPods Pro might soon help you hear better, new report claims. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (via 9to5Mac), the AirPods Pro won’t get any hardware changes in 2024. But that doesn’t mean there will be no updates for Apple’s top-of-the-line earbuds. The big news this year, Gurman claims, will be a “hearing aid” feature,…
The machines that process mail-in ballots help count thousands of votes in a day — and Philadelphia officials know that every second matters. Continue reading… Read More
The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show (yes, you have to say the full name) is finally here and Usher delivered a Vegas-worthy performance. The 8-time Grammy Award winner, known for his smooth vocals and electrifying dance moves, took the stage by storm, proving once again why he’s been a dominant force in the…
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Alice Hill, a former senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council, about how extreme weather threatens elections globally. Read More
An unboxing video reveals what appears to be the first Anker wall charger with a status screen. | Screenshot: YouTube An unboxing video shared on YouTube last week has our first hands-on look at a new 140W wall charger from Anker. It appears to be the first from the company to feature an integrated display…
A source says billionaire Elon Musk’s social media site X has complied with Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ orders, and requested its service be reestablished in the countryRead More
The decision was a loss for part-time Democratic activist Steve Elster, who contended that the living-person exception to the trademark law violated his right of free speech. (Image credit: Luke Hales) Read More
Illustration: The Verge Google’s SynthID text watermarking technology, a tool the company created to make AI-generated text easier to identify, is now available open-source through the Google Responsible Generative AI Toolkit, the company announced on X. “Now, other [generative] AI developers will be able to use this technology to help them detect whether text outputs…