Strava is the de facto fitness data middleman. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge
A few days ago, Strava upset its users over some restrictive API changes. It might seem odd for one app’s users to fume over an API, but at the heart of the matter is the inherent messiness of fitness data.
Here’s a typical scenario. Say you’re all in on Garmin’s platform. You use their watches for running and strength training. Then, you pick up a Peloton bike for indoor cycling. Well, Garmin...
Apparently judiciously tracking your runs can lead to some incredible works of art.
Strava, the fitness tracking app used by more than 120 million athletes around the world, is being used by a handful of hobbyists to create amazing works of art.
New rules will let the CFPB supervise Apple Pay and other major players to protect consumers from fraud, privacy breaches, and surprise closures.
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule to supervise the largest nonbank companies offering digital funds transfer and payment wallet apps, such as Apple Pay.
Snowbirds have long flocked South for their golden years to escape the cold, but a study found those numbers have reversed over the last 10 to 20 years thanks to climate change.
For over 50 years, Florida and other sunny Southern states have experienced a migration pattern: the influx of the snowbird, a not-so-rare breed of Northern-state dwellers seeking to escape winter by flocking south to join their sunbird counterparts. But now a reverse trend is taking shape: Some sunbirds are moving...
Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone, and Travis Scott are set to headline one of the biggest music festivals in the United States.
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Longstreet, a native of Southern California, was originally committed to play at Texas A&M.
When it comes to the USC Trojans, the biggest talking point during the 2024 season has been quarterback play, as Lincoln Riley’s crew started the year with redshirt junior Miller Moss at the helm before recently making a change to UNLV transfer Jayden Maiava to end the year.
For Riley, it was the first year in recent history that the head...
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Microsoft is releasing the first preview of its Recall AI feature for Copilot Plus PCs today. After a series of delays, Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel can now install a new build of Windows 11 that includes Recall and Click to Do — a feature that’s very similar to Google’s Circle to Search.
Recall takes screenshots of almost everything you do on a Copilot Plus PC to make it searchable and easy to recall a memory or retrace your steps. If you enable...
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Baidu’s robotaxi division, Apollo Go, just rolled out its latest robotaxi across multiple cities in China, and if stakeholders in the US aren’t nervous yet, they should be.
The RT6 is the sixth generation of Apollo Go’s driverless vehicle, which made its official debut in May 2024. It’s a purpose-built, Level 4 autonomous vehicle, meaning it’s built without the need for a human driver. And here’s the thing that should make US competitors nervous: adopting a...
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Hyundai is recalling over 145,000 Ioniq and Genesis vehicles due to a 12-volt battery charging issue that could cause the EVs to lose drive power and increase the risk of a crash.
NHTSA says the cause is the vehicles' Integrated Charging Control Unit (ICCU), which is likely to get damaged due to an internal electrical fault.
Upon failure of the ICCU, a series of driver warnings appear, and the vehicle activates a “fail-safe” driving mode that...
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A New York judge has determined that SiriusXM’s “long and burdensome” cancellation process is illegal. In a ruling on Thursday, Judge Lyle Frank found SiriusXM violates a federal law that requires companies to make it easy to cancel a subscription.
The decision comes nearly one year after New York Attorney General Leticia James sued SiriusXM over claims the company makes subscriptions difficult to cancel. Following an investigation, the Office of the Attorney...
Gemini could spring into action soon. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Google released the first Android 16 developer preview earlier this week and keen-eyed observers are already uncovering interesting tidbits, including one that hints about a much more useful future for Google’s AI assistant. In Android Authority, Mishaal Rahman writes about a mysterious new API in Android 16 called “app functions,” which appears to give Gemini Assistant agentic-like abilities to take...
We searched high and low, talking to NFL scouts, "Bear Bryant" and even Kalen DeBoer, to find out how good a player Forrest Gump really was.
Social media has democratized access to board-certified dermatologists’ expertise.
From glass skin to slugging to skin cycling, TikTok is a one-stop shop for skincare hacks, trends, and advice. With a growing number of “skinfluencers” and “dermfluencers” building huge followings and cashing in on lucrative brand deals, the field of dermatology has become the new “it” career online.
Forget basic chatbots. The technology exists to transform how we book trips—companies just aren’t taking the time to implement it.
Recently, I attempted to plan a road trip through Canada. What should have been exciting—imagining stunning national parks and scenic drives—became a digital nightmare of juggling 50 different websites. Just figuring out the basics was exhausting: Could I take my dog to the parks? Were there direct flights? What activities would be good for my three kids?...
A $5 value meal and a $1 add-on option may be McDonald’s’ ticket to riding out inflation woes in 2025.
There were two big themes when it came to fast food in 2024: bankruptcies and pricing backlash.
The rumors of the AI giant’s Blackwell chips have been quashed for the moment, and the next question is valuation and capital returns.
This story originally appeared in The Technology Letter and is republished here with permission.
US senator Elizabeth Warren and congressman Jerry Nadler have demanded the government investigate whether VeriSign, steward of the .com domain, is ripping off customers and violating antitrust laws.
Jeff Goldblum and Jonathan Bailey join Jon M. Chu in laying out how the filmmaker was able to bring the story of Wicked to life in film.
Wicked is now in theaters.
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