Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Having lost its fight in Congress, TikTok faces a tough battle in US courts and with China’s own export controls. Continue reading…

If you regularly use Python and its libraries from the terminal or in your shell scripts, adding Python to the systems PATH variable becomes essential. When you run Python for the first time after installation, your command may return an error or launch a different Python version from the one you downloaded. Once you add Python to PATH, it eliminates the hassle of entering the full path to the Python executable all the time. If you run into a "command not found" error message while running Python scripts, use the steps below to add Python to PATH on your Mac.

We saw the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 unveiled at the company's tech summit in Hawaii just last October, and it packs some upgraded specs and a large focus on AI going forward. With that, though, there are some big improvements in computational capabilities, with a focus on CPU and GPU improvements that did manage to impress me. Weirdly enough, though, this is the first year in a long time that the predecessor still feels like enough performance for basically anyone.

Are any of them smarter than just googling the answer? | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Welcome to another episode of the fantastic new game show where we quiz virtual assistants! Say it with me, folks: “Are you smarter than just googling it?” Let’s welcome our contestants. You probably know our first two contestants from such hits as “Set a timer for me” and “How much time is left on my timer?”: Siri and Google Assistant! Big round of applause for these hard-working smartphone assistants. Next up is a newcomer — it’s sleek, it’s orange, it’s the Rabbit R1! We’ll quiz them to see just how smart these virtual know-it-alls are. Let’s get started with the lightning round. The first question is a classic: What’s the weather today?Siri: Expect rain today.Google Assistant: Rain.Rabbit R1: Let me see what I can find. Today... Continue reading…

Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta had its biggest lobbying quarter ever in the first few months of 2024, spending a record $7.6 million engaging with the US government, according to its public lobbying filing released last week.It’s a 64 percent jump from its spending in the fourth quarter of 2023 and represents more than a third of what Meta spent on lobbying the entirety of last year. The blockbuster quarter underscores just how much pending legislation is aimed at Meta and its peers — on everything from data privacy, kids online safety, and content moderation.Still, Meta says the sharp uptick is largely due to compensation for its lobbying team. “The increase in Meta’s lobbying expenditures is due principally to operating expenses, including changes to the... Continue reading…

‘The world’s lightest city e-bike’ claim is worth a test, if not your $1,799. Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Peacock is getting another price hike. Starting this summer, Peacock’s ad-supported Premium plan will go from $5.99 to $7.99 per month, and its Premium Plus plan will increase from $11.99 to $13.99 per month.The $2 increase will take effect on July 18th for new customers, while current subscribers will see the price hike on August 17th. Meanwhile, the annual plans will cost  $79.99 for Premium and $139.99 for Premium Plus. Peacock raised prices across both of its plans last year — and that was after it took away its free membership for new users. As part of its first quarter earnings results last week, Comcast said Peacock added 3 million paid subscribers over the past few months, bringing its total number of subscribers to 34 million.... Continue reading…

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images The Financial Times has struck a deal with OpenAI to license its content and develop AI tools, the latest news organization to work with the AI company. The FT writes in a press release that ChatGPT users will see summaries, quotes, and links to its articles. Any prompt that returns information from the FT will be attributed to the publication. In return, OpenAI will work with the news organization to develop new AI products. The FT already uses OpenAI products, saying it is a customer of ChatGPT Enterprise. Last month, the FT released a generative AI search function on beta powered by Anthropic’s Claude large language model. Ask FT lets subscribers find information across the publication’s articles. Financial Times Group CEO John... Continue reading…

iOS, Safari, and the App Store were already designated as Gatekeeper services under the DMA in September 2023. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Following an almost eight-month investigation into whether Apple’s iPadOS holds enough market power to warrant stricter regulation, the European Commission has now designated the iPad operating system as a Gatekeeper service under its flagship Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules.“The Commission concluded that iPadOS constitutes an important gateway for business users to reach end users, and that Apple enjoys an entrenched and durable position with respect to iPadOS,” reads a statement published by the Commission on Monday. “Apple now has six months to ensure full compliance with the DMA obligations as applied to iPadOS.”Under the DMA, which came into force on March 7th, iPadOS will now have to comply with a broad range of rules that allow... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge GitHub wants Copilot, its code completion platform powered by GPT-4, present throughout the lifecycle of development, including the very beginning of a coding project. The company is announcing GitHub Copilot Workspace, a new service that aims to cut down the time engineers and developers spend reading through code and figuring out how to start on a new project. Workspace will only be available in technical preview for a waitlist of developers, but it will be integrated into the larger GitHub Copilot platform after it exits preview. GitHub wrote in a blog post that Copilot Workspace will be integrated into GitHub repositories or libraries. Developers can describe to Copilot Workspace, through prompts, what they want to do for the... Continue reading…

Single Board Computers, or SBCs, are cool little devices that you can program and tinker with to build a variety of projects. Thanks to their beginner-friendly design and a highly inspired community of enthusiasts, the Raspberry Pi family is considered the king of the SBC industry. That said, you dont necessarily have to stick to the Raspberry-flavored boards just so you can build a project or two.

Using your Windows desktop or laptop with dozens of unnecessary apps is never a good idea. These apps take up space, and some of them even launch at startup and hamper your computers performance. Its important to review your installed apps list occasionally and get rid of specific programs that you no longer need. Whether you use Microsoft Store apps or install programs from the web, check out the tricks below to delete Windows apps in no time.