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McLaren updates Google Chrome

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McLaren’s Chromed out F1 car. | Image: McLaren McLaren is updating the version of Google Chrome on its F1 racecar . By that, I mean: McLaren’s got more Google Chrome logos and chrome finish than usual on the F1 car it’s bringing to the US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, this weekend. McLaren’s MCL38 continues the tradition of rocking Google-colored wheels and logos, but like last year’s special British Grand Prix version , the livery for this weekend’s race has a splash of literal chrome beneath the Chrome logo, looking like it came out of a custom car shop from the aughts. This time, however, McLaren has added extra Chrome logos and what looks like a heavier slathering of metallic chrome that extends down the sidewalls. It’s a lot of chrome, as driver... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/AbYqXeQ

The best MagSafe and Qi2 chargers for your iPhone

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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Thanks to Qi2, there are way more great chargers for your MagSafe phone than ever before. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/uP0vgNZ

Amazon discontinues the last Kindle with physical buttons

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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazon has discontinued the Kindle Oasis, which was the only Kindle still available with physical page-turn buttons. The company announced a new Kindle lineup earlier today , but Amazon confirmed to The Verge that it’s moving on from the Oasis. “Once current inventory of Kindle Oasis sells out online and in stores, we will not restock the device,” Amazon’s Devon Corvasce says in a statement. “Today, all of our devices are touch-forward which is what our customers are comfortable with.” Amazon’s own listing for the Oasis includes a message that the e-reader is “currently unavailable.” Amazon first introduced the Kindle Oasis in 2016 , positioning it as a high-end e-reader with page turn buttons and a design with added bulk on the side to... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/5qgWeip

Prada helped make a spacesuit

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High fashion for zero gravity. | Image: Axiom Space travel, it must be said, does not seem glamorous. You have to pee your pants and eat reconstituted roast beef for dinner. But future space flights might get a little fancier when the next moon-bound astronauts put on Axiom Space’s new spacesuit , designed in partnership with Prada. The Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU for short) can withstand the punishing conditions of the lunar South Pole — with a touch of sophistication that space apparel has been lacking, evidently. Prada and Axiom collaborated on the outer layer of the suit, with the fashion house lending expertise on “high-performance materials, features, and sewing techniques.” In addition to protecting the wearer from the icy cold vacuum of space, the suit also aims... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/OCQDh9J

JLab now sells $30 wireless earbuds with ANC

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JLab’s Go Pop ANC wireless earbuds include active noise cancellation and a pair of microphones on each bud. | Image: JLab JLab already sells a budget-friendly pair of noise canceling wireless earbuds with its $59.99 ANC 3 , but at $29.99, the company’s new Go Pop ANC are half the price while still offering features like an ambient sound boosting mode and up to 21 hours of battery life with ANC active. Although we haven’t tested them, at $29.99, we’re not necessarily expecting the JLab Go Pop ANC’s active noise-canceling performance will rival the capabilities of industry-leading offerings from companies like Sony . The Go Pop ANC rely on just two microphones in a feed-forward system that detects and cancels external sounds. More advanced and more expensive ANC systems use a hybrid approach with additional mics inside the ear that can detect and remove a wider... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/OgDrHWX

Password manager makers want to let you securely transfer passkeys

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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images The FIDO Alliance, the organization that’s helping shepherd passkey adoption, announced a draft of new specifications that would let users securely move their passkeys across different password managers. Passkeys are great — it’s nice to be able to log in to apps and websites without entering a password. But there hasn't been a standard protocol for transferring your passkeys across password managers. The new specifications, the Credential Exchange Protocol (CXP) and Credential Exchange Format (CXF) , are designed to fill that gap. The FIDO Alliance’s “Credential Provider Special Interest Group,” which includes representatives from 1Password, Apple, Bitwarden, Google, Microsoft, Okta, and more, collaborated on the specifications. The new... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/Fr9gTZs

Here’s to the Motorola Razr — the late, great fashionable dumbphone

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Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Is it possible for a phone to have “pretty privilege”? Mediocre features and functionality be damned, the original Motorola Razr V3 and its successors dominated the US cellphone market for four years following its 2004 release — up to and including the iPhone’s introduction in 2007 — seemingly on vibes and aesthetics alone. Not to glamorize consumerism or anything, but I miss it terribly. I was 11 years old when the Razr launched and probably among the first generation of kiddies that begged their parents to buy them a cellphone. We weren’t really the target demographic before that — cellphones had mostly been bulky, boring things primarily for working adults. SMS texting had just become something that everyone did day-to-day, and mobile... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/s2PMHfX