iOS 18.4 arrived late last month packed with a variety of new features, including an upgrade you might have missed that provides a fast way to open your go-to conversations in the Messages app. Here’s how it works.
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I’ve recently found myself down the rabbit hole of lesser-known Terminal features. These past months, I covered everything from enabling Touch ID for sudo authentication to cleaning up public Wi-Fi connections stored on your Mac. But this past week, I journeyed deeper and found even more neat features you probably didn’t know Terminal could do, and I’m not talking ping command here. In this edition of Security Bite, allow me to elevate your command line prowess further.
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss the economy and the state of 404 Media, the need for robot umpires, and bringing on a new regular contributor to the site.
EMANUEL: Something that I couldn’t help but think about a lot this week was how easily one of the worst parts of working at a big company like VICE was the regular layoffs. It’s been on my mind because a cruel aspect of the job was that whenever there was some kind of cataclysmic event in the economy—COVID, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, etc—we had the unique pleasure of having to closely follow and cover news that could and often would ultimately result in members of our teams getting laid off.
We worked hard and did our jobs as best we could but we could also feel the axe about to fall, usually in the form of an email from upper management about “economic headwinds” or something like that, followed by a brutal day of slowly finding out who still had a job. Donald Trump’s tariffs and their manic fluctuating between total global trade war to more limited but still devastating focus on China, stocks taking a nosedive, companies announcing they’re going to stop doing some business in the US, and CEOs putting everything on hold until we’re out of this zone of “economic uncertainty,” put out strong “headwinds” vibes this week.
Android tablets are making a comeback after years of being something disappointing because, well, why wouldn’t you just buy an iPad instead? As Android as a platform has improved tablet support and as Google has pushed harder for tablet-optimized apps, the experience has gotten a lot better. The limitation, then, came in hardware, as tablets have either been huge and powerful, or tiny and bordering on unusable. For years, I’ve been wanting a compact Android tablet with flagship specs, and that’s finally what the Lenovo Legion Tab has delivered – even though it’s technically still not a product designed for me.
Apple may finally be ready to roll out its smarter, more personalized Siri features before the 2025 holiday season, according to The New York Times. The publication cited three sources with knowledge of Apple’s plan to release a virtual assistant “in the fall” that can edit and send photos to a friend on request — features that were supposed to arrive in iOS 18.
This is the earliest prospective rollout timeline we’ve seen so far. Apple spokesperson Jacqueline Roy said in a statement to Daring Fireball in March that the company expects to start releasing its upgraded Siri features “in the coming year.” Meanwhile, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said Apple’s AI department believes a ”true modernized, conversational version of Siri” won’t be ready until 2027 “at best” due to difficulties with development.
Some of the delays were reportedly caused by leadership issues within the company. John Giannandrea, who formerly led AI and Siri at Apple, was replaced in March after CEO Tim Cook “lost confidence” in his capabilities according to a report from Bloomberg, while The Information reports that senior Apple director Robby Walker and software executive Sebastien Marineau-Mes butted heads over who should oversee Siri’s upgrade project. Several former employees from Apple’s AI and machine learning (AI/ML) group singled Walker out to the publication as lacking the ambition or risk-taking necessary to revamp Siri, and that the team had been dubbed “AIMLess” by internal engineers.
The New York Times reports that earlier setbacks for the project occurred in 2023 when Cook’s efforts to double the team’s budget for AI chips were reportedly dashed by Luca Maestri, Apple’s finance chief. Maestri reportedly “reduced the increase to less than half that” and instead directed the team to make their existing chips — 50,000 of which were more than five years old — more efficient. Sources with knowledge of Cook’s request told the publication that this was “far fewer” than the hundreds of thousands of chips being purchased by competitors like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta.
The Toshiba Aurex AX-RP10 features a built-in rechargeable battery for up to 10 hours of wireless playback. | Image: Toshiba
Toshiba has announced a new record player designed for vinyl enthusiasts who want to make their analog music collections more portable. The Aurex AX-RP10 is by no means pocket-friendly like Sony’s Walkman or Apple’s iPod, but it’s small enough to haul around in an included shoulder bag while still accommodating 12-inch records, and it can be used completely wirelessly thanks to a built-in USB-C charged battery.
The AX-RP10’s compact design is reminiscent of the iconic Audio-Technica Sound Burger which was re-released in 2022, but not quite as small. You can still haul it to the beach or the park for a picnic, but it will also appeal to vinyl enthusiasts trying to minimize the footprint of their hobby at home. Pricing information hasn’t been announced yet, but it’s expected to ship sometime in April 2025.
Like the Sound Burger, the AX-RP10 has a built-in battery with a 2,000mAh capacity that Toshiba says should last up to 10 hours. It’s compatible with both 33 1/3 and 45 rpm records, and uses MM type cartridges. The belt-driven turntable has no speakers of its own, but includes a stereo mini audio jack for plugging in wired headphones or connecting it to a sound system.
If you want to go completely wireless and are okay with the analog sound of your vinyl collection being digitally compressed, the AX-RP10 includes Bluetooth connectivity so it can be used with wireless headphones and speakers. That’s not going to appeal to audiophiles, but neither is the rest of the AX-RP10’s hardware.
The time of year has arrived â Webby Award season. For the 29th annual Webby Awards, The Verge is nominated in two categories: best technology podcast and best technology video. The award show is basically a competition for âBest of the Internet,â and each nominee is up for two awards: the Webby Award and the Peopleâs Voice Award. A panel of judges from the academy will determine if we receive a Webby Award, but the other is voted online by fans like you! Youâve helped us win before, and weâre feeling confident that we can do it together again. You can vote for The Verge in both categories, so visit the links below to cast your votes:
The real reasons Apple wonât put macOS on the iPad – Video & Film Technology: Official listing
You have until 11:59PM PT on Thursday, April 17th to officially put your votes in, and winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 22nd. If we win, we also get a five-word acceptance speech, so let us know in the comments what your suggestions are! (We definitely read them.)
My phone dings, and a notification from Instagram pops up: âClarkâs Closet Connectionâs countdown has ended.â I click the alert to head to the profile page and start refreshing as new posts furiously come in on tonightâs âdrop.â
Size 10 Mario sneakers. Moana-themed Hanna Andersson pajamas. A 3T Boden skort.
Users, mostly moms, comment âme!â on posts to claim the item. Itâs first come, first served. Tonight, a total of 36 items are posted, and 24 are claimed in the short time it takes for owner Ashley Hauri to complete posting. She comments back to confirm the purchase, and then sends Venmo requests for the payment.
Hauri is one of a growing number of thrift store resellers, sometimes called thrift store flippers, moving their business from resale platforms like Poshmark to more intimate social platforms like Instagram to build a closer relationship with their customers â even though those social platforms are worse for sellers.
âInstagram is one zillion percent not set up for selling,â Hauri, who lives in Kansas City, said. âFor me, it’s the community there that is the primary thing. I’m connected with people via their Instagram. I get to see pe …
Streaming PC games to your Android device is nothing remotely new, but Razer’s new “PC Remote Play” service has a welcome upgrade with the ability to stream games at the native screen resolution of your mobile device, meaning no black bars.
