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Image: MKBHD via YouTube MKBHD’s new wallpaper app has received its first big update after users criticized the app over pricing and the advertising setup for free accounts. On Friday, the Panels account announced on X that people using the app for free can now download high-resolution images — not just standard-definition ones — by watching a single ad. The app previously required users to sign up for a $11.99 per month (or $49.99 per year) subscription to access images in full resolution. It also required free users to watch two ads before downloading standard-definition wallpapers. Panels has since taken this requirement away and will now let users download standard-definition images without seeing ads. Major update #1: We’ve been focusing on app... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/JNi6Qu5

Illustration: The Verge You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a robot clean your floors. Here’s our pick of the most cost-effective bots you can buy right now. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/mIHY6aw

Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp 2024 in Europe. | Image: WordCamp The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/YyCi8BR

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A little over a year after the collapse of the crypto banks Silvergate and Signature , financial institutions are very interested in crypto. PayPal has used its proprietary stablecoin to pay auditors Ernst & Young LLP, using a hub provided by SAP. Visa “is helping to bridge existing fiat currencies with blockchains” through its Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP). A lot has happened since those bank collapses, huh? We have a Bitcoin ETF, we have crypto bros meddling in politics , and a mini boom-and-bust cycle on Bitcoin prices. I have to assume PayPal and Visa got started on this stuff a while ago in order to get it popping now, but I do think it’s curious they are focused on stablecoins. Kinda seems like the big industry players are... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/smbE2iH

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Representing California in Congress comes with a unique challenge: navigating national politics while reflecting the interests of the most populous state in the US, including a large constituency from the tech industry. It’s a challenge both current California Sen. Laphonza Butler and Vice President Kamala Harris — who previously held that title — have taken on. And right now, governing the tech world means addressing AI. Congress hasn’t made much headway on a national framework for regulating generative AI. But California is the epicenter of the AI industry, home to companies like OpenAI and Google. On the national stage, Harris has acted as an AI czar within the Biden administration, leading discussions with industry players and civil... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/Zt35Mdx

Image: Pocketpair Palworld developer Pocketpair may be facing a lawsuit from Nintendo, but that’s not stopping it from pursuing a mobile version of the game. On Wednesday, Krafton — the publisher behind PUBG: Battlegrounds — announced that it acquired the license for Palworld and will optimize it for mobile gaming, as reported earlier by Polygon . According to a translated version of the post, Krafton says it aims to “faithfully reinterpret” Palworld ’s “main fun elements to fit the mobile environment.” Krafton also created a mobile version of PUBG in 2018, and as The Verge pointed out at the time , it turned out better than expected. Dubbed “ Pokémon with guns,” Palworld became an instant hit following its release on PC and Xbox in January, selling millions... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/Bof6R7C

Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Tesla and CEO Elon Musk scored another win Tuesday when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing them of defrauding shareholders over the safety and effectiveness of the company’s driver-assist technology. US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin said that plaintiffs failed to prove that Musk acted with “deliberate recklessness” when he claimed that Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technology could drive safer than humans. Many of Musk’s claims about self-driving capabilities amount to “corporate puffery,” or exaggerations about future products, the judge determined. Other claims could be categorized as “forward-looking statements,” in that they addressed future expectations for the technology. The case was dismissed... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/OvufyKW