The new GFX takes some cues from the GFX100S, including a pretty aggressive price (for medium format, that is). | Image: Fujifilm Camera and lens prices keep going up, but somehow, Fujifilm’s latest medium format mirrorless flagship includes a bunch of new features but costs significantly less than its predecessor. Fujifilm has announced its new GFX100 II camera at its X Summit livestream from Stockholm, Sweden, and in addition to a new sensor, new subject-detecting autofocus, and full-width 4K video, the new camera will have a price of $7,499 when it comes out in the fall, about $2,500 less than the GFX100. Couple that with a new $2,299 55mm f/1.7 R WR lens (equivalent to a 44mm in full frame) and a pair of tilt-shift 30mm and 110mm lenses ($3,999 and $3,499, respectively) also launching in the fall, and the somewhat dormant GFX line suddenly looks to have some... Continue reading…

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge A coalition of environmental, tech, and anti-hate speech groups sent a letter to Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today demanding that the Democratic leader craft policy to address the growing impact AI could have on climate change. Companies should be required to disclose the environmental impact of developing energy-intensive AI models, the letter says. And legislation aimed at curtailing the misuse of AI should include measures to prevent disinformation about climate change from spreading with the help of AI, the coalition writes.The letter was signed by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, Greenpeace USA, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Center for Countering Digital Hate, and more than a dozen other groups. The letter was... Continue reading…

Voice recording is one of the most underrated features of a smartphone. From recording hour-long lectures to capturing conversations and interviews, a voice recording app can make your lives easier in more meaningful ways than you can imagine. Even the sheer convenience of recording your flashes of inspiration with a voice note instead of jotting them down on a piece of paper or typing on your phone can't be understated. Not to mention, they can also be a great alternative to the best note-taking apps if you're tired or simply not in the spirit of typing.

Just about every PC component is important, but the PC case is what will hold everything together and shield them from the outside elements. Picking the best PC case for your build will need to factor in the size of your GPU and motherboard, cooling solution(s), and the number of drives that need to be installed. There's also the case of heat and how effective the case is able to exhaust it, especially for more powerful CPUs. In this guide, you'll find our recommendations for best PC case that covers all budgets and form factors.

For many years, 15-inch laptops were some of the most popular on the market since they offer a nice balance of portability and screen real estate. But in recent years, you may have noticed a trend, with more and more 16-inch laptops emerging and, in many cases, replacing 15-inch laptops. Many of the best laptops you can buy today have 16-inch screens, and very few have 15-inch displays.

After releasing devices like the Nokia C32 (pictured) this year, HMD now plans to launch its own smartphone brand. | Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images HMD Global, the Finnish company best known for producing Nokia-branded smartphones, has revealed plans to launch its own line of mobile devices. On Monday, HMD Global CEO Jean-Francois Baril announced on Linkedin that the company will be expanding its portfolio with a new HMD brand that will co-exist alongside its Nokia phones and collaborations with “exciting new partners” that have yet to be disclosed.“It has been a great journey as ‘HMD – the home of Nokia phones’ – an exclusive position we have held for the past six years,” said Baril. “Now we are ready for the next step on our journey - to enter the market independently as a force to create a new world for telecommunications focused on consumer needs.”HMD Global hasn’t provided a... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A group of writers is suing OpenAI over claims the company illegally used their works to train its AI ChatGPT chatbot, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a lawsuit filed on Friday, Michael Chabon, David Henry Hwang, Rachel Louise Snyder, and Ayelet Waldman allege OpenAI benefits and profits from the “unauthorized and illegal use” of their copyrighted content.The lawsuit is seeking class-action status and calls out ChatGPT’s ability to summarize and analyze the content written by the authors, stating this “is only possible” if OpenAI trained its GPT large language model on their works. It adds that these outputs are actually “derivative” works that infringe on their copyrights.“OpenAI’s acts of copyright infringement have been... Continue reading…

With most flagship Android phones out of the way for 2023, all eyes are now set on Google as it gears up for the launch of the Pixel 8 series. The company has already confirmed that it's hosting a Pixel hardware event month, which means we're only a few weeks away from the official unveiling of the new Pixel phones. The rumor mills, in the meantime, have already churned out a substantial amount of details that are hard to ignore. As somebody who often comes back to the Pixel 7 from other Android phones, I can't wait to see what Google has in store for us with its next release. I'm not alone in the Pixel 8 hype train, which is why I've decided to collect all the available rumors, leaks, and other information in one place.

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Powered by macOS Ventura (and eventually macOS Sonoma), and the M2 chip, the MacBook Air M2 is one of the best Macs released to date. It now even comes in both 13-inch and 15-inch sizes. While there are more powerful Apple computers out there, the 13-inch model offers a bit of everything for a reasonable price. The 15-inch model, meanwhile, has a bigger and better screen.

Photo by Omar Havana / Getty Images The shared electric scooter business has gone through a series of ups and downs over the last few years — mostly downs, if we’re being honest — but now, one company is ready to claim the mantle of victor. Lime released a new set of financial figures that it says proves that last year’s slim profits were no fluke. The company reported gross bookings of $250 million in the first half of the year, a 45 percent increase over the same period last year. And it’s touting an adjusted EBITDA profitability of $27 million — the first time the company has achieved this for the first half of the year and a 45 percent margin increase over last year — and an unadjusted $20.6 million profitability. To say that Lime is feeling itself would be an... Continue reading…

Illustration by Carlo Cadenas / The Verge A “cybersecurity issue” at MGM Resorts has forced the famous hotel and casino company to shut down many of its systems, according to a statement the company posted just before noon ET on X (formerly Twitter). MGM replaced its homepage with a message apologizing for the site’s outage and providing a list of concierge phone numbers at several locations, like the Aria, The Cosmopolitan, Mandalay Bay, Bellagio, New York-New York, and Vdara.The issue isn’t limited to MGM’s Las Vegas locations. NBC 10 News in Philadelphia reports that MGM’s Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City was likewise affected by the attack, though hotel representatives didn’t say how. MGM Grand Detroit Casino is also affected, reports Play Michigan, with an X user posting... Continue reading…