Screengrab: YouTube/Tayvin Galanakis Two Iowa police officers are suing a teenager they arrested last year after the body-cam footage of the allegedly unwarranted arrest he posted on YouTube went viral. The officers initially alleged they experienced “emotional distress” and are now suing for defamation and invasion of privacy. The lawsuit, first reported by the Iowa Capital…
TL;DR: Get a Microsoft Office lifetime license two-pack for home or business for just £53.33. With how fast the world moves, we all need some help in keeping up. Whether it be for school projects and notes or various business needs like professional presentations, one of the most popular apps from a big name in…
Monk mode—inspired by the disciplined lifestyle of monks—refers to intense periods of uninterrupted … [+]Focus to maximize productivity. Hyperfocus involves concentrating on one task while ignoring all other distractions. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images). Getty Images In what can only be described as somewhat ironic, discussions of “monk mode” have been gaining popularity on…
Olivia Wu, Meta’s Technical Lead for Infra Silicon, discusses the design and development of Meta’s first-generation AI inference accelerator. With the recent launches of MTIA v1, Meta’s first-generation AI inference accelerator, and Llama 2, the next generation of Meta’s publicly available large language model, it’s clear that Meta is focused on advancing AI for a…
Elon Musk today said that X (formerly Twitter) is going to soon launch two new premium tiers, confirming previous reports and code sightings. The owner of the platform said that one tier will cost lower than the current $8 per month plan, but won’t reduce ads. The other tier will be a more expensive one,…
If your company is looking to make progress on employee engagement, you may want to get out your trowel, sharpen your clippers, and put on a sensible pair of boots because the garden may be where you should be looking for inspiration. According to a recent article from Forbes, employee engagement scores really haven’t changed…
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Well, this is a weird email to write — today is technically my last day at Hot Pod. But you’ll still see my byline around from time to time because I’m joining The Verge’s news team in November. Starting next week,…
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the…
Reading Time: 19 minutes In 2008, Apple launched the App Store for their iPhone product and for the first time, allowed 3rd party developers to build apps for their OS and charge associated fees. In 2022, that ecosystem generated $1.1 trillion in developer billing and sales, and has driven hundreds of billions of dollars for…
What’s better than having a WhatsApp account? Well, of course it’s having two. Today, we’re introducing the ability to have two WhatsApp accounts logged in at the same time. Helpful for switching between accounts – such as your work and personal – now you no longer need to log out each time, carry two phones…
and engage with more writers Photo by Callum Shaw on Unsplash Want your articles to be read more on Medium? There’s a tip I don’t see anyone mentioning. On Twitter, there are two hashtags that I have seen (a few) Medium writers using. Those are: #mediumarticle and #mediumwriter I assume few people are using them…
Spike Lee has never been afraid to speak his mind. Over the last four decades, the Oscar-winning filmmaker has garnered as much fame for his polemics as for directing such classics as She’s Gotta Have It, Do the Right Thing, and Malcolm X. So when we invited him to be a keynote speaker at Talent…
AI can be a wonderful tool, but it also has some dark sides. YouTube, though, is trying to help implement AI “responsibly,” and that reportedly includes a new tool that lets creators use AI to sing like their favorite music artists. Bloomberg reports that YouTube is developing an AI tool that would allow creators to…
With its promise of lush parties and lusty romances, Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn promises to lure you into a world of hedonistic excess — one that may have no escape. With her sophomore feature, the writer-director of Promising Young Woman — who also played Midge in Barbie — takes on class warfare and queer obsession. Fennell introduces us…