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Monterey Park, California has banned any data centers within its city limits
Monterey Park's city council has moved to ban construction of any data centers within its borders. The California city's leaders placed a permanent ban on these buildings, labelling them a...
The AirPods are Tim Cook’s most underrated achievement
The AirPods changed the direction of true wireless earbuds and became Apple’s most important accessory. | Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple Silicon chips. The iPhone's...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover found promising organic chemicals on Mars
The search for signs of life on Mars continues to yield promising data. A first-of-its-kind wet chemistry experiment, published Tuesday in Nature, confirmed the presence of essential...
Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake monitoring feature to Hollywood - meaning some celebrity AI videos could soon disappear. The platform's likeness detection feature searches YouTube for AI...
Twelve South’s magnetic PowerBug charger is down to just $35
Twelve South’s PowerBug supports Apple’s Standby mode, which allows you to turn your phone into an ad hoc smart display. | Image: Twelve South If you’re tired of dealing with a cluttered desk or...
Govee’s new rechargeable table lamp is less than half the price of Hue’s
Nearly four years after Philips Hue launched its Go portable table lamp, Govee has announced its own version for less than half the price. While the Hue Go is currently listed for $175.99, the new...
The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era
The Mac reached a series of low points in the Tim Cook era: the fiasco of the butterfly keyboard, the clunky transition to USB-C, the underutilized potential of the Touch Bar, and the occasionally...
Silo’s season 3 trailer takes us back to how it all began
The relatively long wait for the third season of Silo is nearly over. Apple TV just announced the dystopian sci-fi hit returns on July 3, with episodes airing each Friday until September 4. We have...
Wearable health tech might be Tim Cook’s greatest legacy
The Apple Watch was the first new product in the post-Jobs era. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Granted, 19th-century proverb writers were talking about the fruit, but Tim Cook helped give new...
Oppo announces the Find X9 Ultra with a 50MP 10x optical zoom telephoto camera
Elbowing for attention alongside Vivo and Xiaomi, Oppo has finally launched its long-teased “ultra” version of its flagship smartphone. The Find X9 Ultra is another camera-first smartphone from...