‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS

‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS

After last week’s major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage took Signal along with it, Elon Musk was quick to criticize the encrypted messaging app’s reliance on big tech. But Signal president Meredith Whittaker argues that the company didn’t have any other choice but to use AWS or another major cloud provider. “The problem here is…

Beats’ Powerbeats Pro 2 are nearly matching their best price to date

Beats’ Powerbeats Pro 2 are nearly matching their best price to date

The discount is available for every color, including the purple and orange shades. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’re in the market for workout earbuds, now’s your chance to make a move. The Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 are back down to $199.99 ($50 off) in multiple colors at Amazon and Walmart….

You need to listen to the brutally oppressive I’ve Seen All I Need to See

You need to listen to the brutally oppressive I’ve Seen All I Need to See

There are only a handful of albums that I think qualify as genuinely scary. You Won’t Get What You Want by Daughters, and Swans To Be Kind both immediately come to mind. But those records come with… let’s say, baggage. I’ve Seen All I Need to See lacks some of the atmospheric spookiness of To…

Adobe’s Project Indigo camera finally adds iPhone 17 support

Adobe’s Project Indigo camera finally adds iPhone 17 support

Adobe’s computational photography app, Project Indigo, had a bit of trouble adapting to the new square-format selfie sensor in the iPhone 17 series. For the last month or so, the app simply didn’t support Apple’s latest phones at all. Adobe was working behind the scenes to get things up and running, and posting occasional updates…

Tech left teens fighting over scraps, and now it wants those too

Tech left teens fighting over scraps, and now it wants those too

Robots will be flipping your burgers soon. Right now, there are robots stocking convenience store shelves in Japan. We haven’t embraced that tech here in America yet, but it’s hard to imagine 7-11 or Walmart won’t at least experiment with it soon. Walmart gave up on its shelf-scanning robots in 2020, but machine vision and…

AirTags and cheap gaming laptops headline our favorite deals this week

AirTags and cheap gaming laptops headline our favorite deals this week

You can grab a four-pack of AirTags for just $64.99 right now. Apple’s AirTags have become one of my essentials while traveling, namely because they let me check whether my luggage is in the right place instead of panicking at the baggage claim. And right now, you can get a four-pack of AirTags at Amazon…