Toyota’s Land Cruiser Se concept. | Image: Toyota Toyota is bringing the content for its 2023 Japan Mobility Show showcase that includes an all-electric Land Cruiser SUV concept that could either be a serious contender to duke it out with competing three-row EVs or just a premature look for things to come.The Toyota Land Cruiser “Se” has an angular boat-like appearance with a long hood, swooping windshield, and rounded rear end with a visor taillight design. The seven-seater concept also comes with some size specs: it has a 120.08-inch wheelbase and is 202.76 inches long, 78.35 wide, and 67.13 tall. It’s got a wider stance and a shorter height than the real gas-powered 2024 Land Cruiser, which has a wheelbase of about 112 inches.The extra space between the wheels likely accounts for... Continue reading…

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge PimEyes, a public search engine that uses facial recognition to match online photos of people, has banned searches of minors over concerns it endangers children, reports The New York Times. At least, it should. PimEyes’ new detection system, which uses age detection AI to identify whether the person is a child, is still very much a work in progress. After testing it, The New York Times found it struggles to identify children photographed at certain angles. The AI also doesn’t always accurately detect teenagers.PimEyes chief executive Giorgi Gobronidze says he’d been planning on implementing such a protection mechanism since 2021. However, the feature was only fully deployed after New York Times writer Kashmir Hill published an article... Continue reading…

Lenovo is one of the most popular laptop brands in the world, and that's especially true among business users. While other companies can also make some great devices, it's no surprise to see Lenovo at the top. The company makes some of the very best laptops you can buy, and none more iconic than the ThinkPad lineup. But while the ThinkPad brand may be what you're most familiar with, Lenovo has become a powerhouse across different segments, and it makes some of our favorite laptops in general. So, in this article, we're highlighting the best of the best from Lenovo's lineup, whether that's business laptops or more consumer-focused ones.

Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images Data workers urged lawmakers to protect their rights ahead of a Senate meeting with artificial intelligence leaders on Tuesday. In a letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), workers and civil society groups demanded Congress guard against a “dystopian future” of surveillance and low wages for the people in charge of training AI algorithms.“The contributions of data workers, often invisible to the public, are critical to advancements in AI,” the letter read. “Congress should develop a new generation of economic policies and labor rights related to prevent corporations like Amazon from leveraging tech-driven worker exploitation into profit and outcompeting rivals by taking the low road.”The letter was sent ahead... Continue reading…

Google introduced plenty of new features in ChromeOS 117, adding Android's "Material You" design, adaptive charging, and many more to Chromebooks. In future ChromeOS updates, Google will focus on plenty of other important aspects of ChromeOS, like improving accessibility settings on Chromebooks. And the first batch of accessibility improvements may come in the form of controlling the mouse and keyboard with the face movements.

Gone are the days when you can only rely on plain old passwords to protect your Windows PC. Microsoft offers a variety of sign-in options and account protection mechanisms for consumers. Windows Hello, for example, allows you to sign in with your face or fingerprint, if your device has Windows Hello hardware. But what if it doesn't, or what if you want to unlock the PC remotely? With a little fiddling, it's possible.

Samsung has become the premier Android manufacturer, with an attention to detail and a desire to improve every generation. Whether it’s pushing the latest foldable phones or making traditional flagships like the flagship Galaxy S23 Ultra, you can be sure every ounce of engineering knowledge is going into the devices it sells.

If you're looking to buy an OLED TV, you don't want to miss this flash deal. This TV can really do it all, with impressive image quality, vibrant colors, and deep black levels. Regardless of what you're using your TV for, you can't go wrong with this LG TV. Best of all, LG's 48-inch Class A2 series TV is now $700 off, dropping the price to just $600 for a limited time. So be sure to pick one up while you can, because this limited time flash deal is only good for today.

One of the best yet most underrated features of the Apple Watch, including new models like the Apple Watch Series 9, is the ability to access the Apple Wallet app right from your wrist. Then, using Apple Pay (where available) and a virtual credit or debit card from a participating bank, you can pay for items by simply tapping the watch face on the reader. Even though you can pay from the best iPhones as well, being able to twist your wrist and tap means you don’t have to dig the phone out of your pocket, unlock it, and call up the Apple Wallet app.

Texts is a messaging app... for all your messaging apps. | Image: Texts Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, Tumblr, Pocket Casts, and a number of other popular web properties, just made a different kind of acquisition: it’s buying Texts, a universal messaging app, for $50 million. Texts is an app for all your messaging apps. You can use it to log in to WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, Signal, iMessage, and more and see and respond to all your messages in one place. (Beeper is another app doing similar things.) The app also offers some additional features like AI-generated responses and summaries, but its primary purpose is to unify your many inboxes into a single interface. Matt Mullenweg, Automattic’s CEO, says Texts is not just a product acquisition but also the beginning of a huge new... Continue reading…

Motorola's new Razr lineup debuted in 2023 and was quickly beloved by us at XDA. We first reviewed the Motorola Razr+ first and found it to be the best clamshell foldable available at the time, but it's quite expensive at $100. That's where the Motorola Razr (2023) came in, offering a similar experience in a sleek design with a 144 Hz refresh display, but at a considerably lower cost of $600. On the flip side, Samsung released one of their most refined editions of the former 'clamshell king' with the Galaxy Z Flip 5. Today we will be pitting the Motorola Razr (2023) head-to-head with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 to see which one comes out on top.

The number of people paying for Spotify Premium rose three percent to 226 million on a quarterly basis as the streaming service announced price increases across the US and several other global markets. Spotify’s monthly active users (MAUs) also rose to 574 million as of September 30th, a four percent increase from last quarter. Both rises were slightly above Spotify’s forecast. Comparing performance year over year, Premium subscribers were up 16 percent while MAUs were up 26 percent. Spotify says the net growth in monthly active users was the second largest third-quarter increase in its history.Spotify’s latest subscriber figures came as part of today’s earnings report, which covers the three months ending September 30th. In the midst... Continue reading…