The 25 Best iPad Accessories (2024): Cases, Keyboards, Chargers, and Hubs - Technology news - NewsLocker (2024)

These are some of our favorite stands, cases, keyboards, and styli, no matter which Apple tablet you have.

Elon Musk goes ‘absolutely hard core’ in another round of Tesla layoffs

Musk said he wants Tesla to be “absolutely hard core” about the headcount reduction. | Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Barely two weeks after initiating layoffs for at least 14,000 staffers, Tesla is now reportedly laying off hundreds more — including senior executives and the majority of its Supercharging team.According to an email first reported by The Information and then Electrek, the automaker’s senior director of EV charging Rebecca Tinucci

The Affordable Connectivity Program Ends Today. Millions of Americans Might Lose Internet Access

The Affordable Connectivity Program—a federal benefit that provides discounts on high-speed internet access to low-income Americans—ends on April 30. Here's what happens next.

Erling Haaland becomes the first ‘real person’ in Clash of Clans

Image: Supercell Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland is becoming a playable video game character in Clash of Clans this week. It’s the first time a real person has been added to the game, and footballer Haaland will become the Barbarian King character during a month-long football-themed seasonal event.
Clash players will be able to recruit the Norwegian striker or raid his village and ruin it — perfect if you’re an Arsenal fan like me.
Haaland has played Clash of Clans for

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The best smart light bulbs for your home

This content originally appeared on Mashable for a US audience and has been adapted for the UK audience.Smart homes are taking over, and it seems like smart light bulbs are the gateway device to all things Internet of Things. As with any new-fangled device, the smart light bulb market grows every day — and is possibly the most saturated smart device market out there. If you thought there were a lot of Amazon Echo devices to choose from, the smart light market is that, multiplied by hundred

The best sex toys for under £50

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How to watch Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid online for free

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Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for April 30

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for April 30's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.Where did Wordle come from?Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to

NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for April 30

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 hurdle.If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for April 29's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, ke

Maybe go look at Google’s AR animals before they enter the grave

The shark still looks fake. | Image: Wes Davis / The Verge Remember Google’s AR search, which can make augmented reality bugs, dinos, neat objects, and buildings appear atop the real world through the lens of your phone? Now might be a good time to take it in because it seems to be vanishing.
According to 9to5Google, the number of animals that will give you AR renders when you search for them has shriveled to just a few. My editor, Richard Lawler, saw the same thing on his Pixel 8 Pro, as

TeslaCybertruck finally gets more off-road controls

Image: Tesla The Tesla Cybertruck is finally getting an off-road mode via an over-the-air software update, allowing early owners of the monstrous electric truck to finally get granular 4x4-style features that were promised from the start.
The news comes via a post by Tesla’s Cybertruck account on X, which shared an image of the Off-Road Mode screen with different settings, options for locking differentials, the ability to turn off rear steering, and more. Off-Road Mode has two main setting

The Uncomfortable Truth About the UK’s Climate Policies

Britain’s former climate adviser says the country’s future plans are weak, climate protests are no longer helpful, and working closely with Big Oil is a jarring necessity.

Fallout Prime series reaches 65 million viewers in two weeks

Amazon reports that its Fallout Prime series has reached 65 million viewers since it launched two weeks ago.Read More

A new intergovernmental group will tryto stemabuses tied to critical mineral mining

Trucks haul away ore from a pit in one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 17th, 2023. | Photo: Getty Images The United Nations launched a new panel to craft mining guidelines for critical minerals in high demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies.The newly established Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals includes representatives from close to 100 countries as well as nonprofit organizations an

Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down as merger inches closer

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Paramount has removed Bob Bakish as CEO — and it doesn’t have plans to fill the role. The company announced the news as part of its earnings results on Monday, which will leave Paramount reliant on a committee made up of three executives.
The new Office of the CEO consists of George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS; Chris McCarthy, the president and CEO of Showtime, MTV Entertainment Studios, and Paramount Media Networks; and Brian Robbins,

ChatGPT’s AI ‘memory’ can remember the preferences of paying customers

Illustration: The Verge OpenAI announced the Memory feature that allows ChatGPT to store queries, prompts, and other customizations more permanently in February. At the time, it was only available to a “small portion” of users, but now it’s available for ChatGPT Plus paying subscribers outside of Europe or Korea.
ChatGPT’s Memory works in two ways to make the chatbot’s responses more personalized. The first is by letting you tell ChatGPT to remember certain details,

Elon Musk Can’t Solve Tesla’s China Crisis With His Desperate Asia Visit

Tesla’s deal with Baidu isn’t new, the mapping data Tesla will collect likely can’t leave China, and Full Self-Driving can’t compete with the more advanced Chinese alternatives.

Elon Musk Can't Solve Tesla’s China Crisis With His Desperate Asia Visit

Tesla's deal with Baidu isn't new, the mapping data Tesla will collect likely can't leave China, and Full Self Driving can't compete with the more advanced Chinese alternatives.

Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission is fining the largest US mobile carriers a combined nearly $200 million for allegedly illegally sharing customers’ location data without their consent.
The FCC says it found the carriers “sold access to its customers’ location information to ‘aggregators,’ who then resold access to such information to third-party location-based service providers.” The agency sa

Cohere’s family of Command R models arrives in Amazon Bedrock

Cohere makes its powerful Command R and Command R+ large language models available on Amazon Bedrock to win over the enterprise from OpenAI.Read More

Can Rabbit’s R1 outsmart the smartphone assistants? Let’s find out!

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 th

Forrester’s top 5 cybersecurity threats for 2024: Weaponized AI is the new normal

Top threats include narrative attacks leveraging disinformation, deepfakes, AI software supply chain exploits and nation-state espionage.Read More

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The internet can't get enough of 'Challengers' and, honestly, same

Challengers, this spring's most highly-anticipated film, has finally arrived in theaters, and Film Twitter cannot shut up about it. It's got everything you want in a movie: a steamy love triangle between incredibly good-looking people (West Side Story's Mike Faist, La Chimera's Josh O'Connor, and Dune's Zendaya), thrilling tennis sequences, and an electrifying score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. So there's a lot to react to, and the internet is reacting. Here are some of the best posts abo

Peaco*ck is getting a $2 price increase

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Peaco*ck is getting another price hike. Starting this summer, Peaco*ck’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. Peaco*ck raised price

OpenAI licenses Financial Times’ content for ChatGPT

OpenAI also partnered with Associated Press, German media company Axel Springer, and the American Journalism Project to improve its AI models.Read More

Meta had its biggest lobbying quarter ever

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 it

Jackbox Games grows up with Naughty Pack

Jackbox Games announced its next title during today's ID@Xbox showcase, and it's targeting a more specific audience.Read More

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