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Netflix plans to add vertical video feeds to its mobile app starting at the end of April, the company shared in its first-quarter letter to shareholders on Thursday. The streaming giant first began testing the feature in early 2025 as a way to enhance its recommendation function.  “We are launching an updated mobile experience at … Read More “Netflix Is Introducing Vertical Video to Its Mobile App This Month” »

Welcome to Edition 8.37 of the Rocket Report! NASA is still climbing down from the high of the Artemis II mission, the first flight by humans to the Moon since 1972. What a mission it was! Now, attention turns to completing development of a lander to get astronauts down to the Moon’s surface. Among other … Read More “Rocket Report: Starship V3 test-fired; ESA’s tentative step toward crew launch” »

A 13-year-old on a walk in the Spandau district of Berlin discovered a rare ancient bronze coin from Troy. It dates to between 281 and 261 B.C. and was issued by the mint at Ilion (Classical and Hellenistic era Troy). Now on display at the PETRI Museum, it is the first Greek antiquity ever discovered … Read More “Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin – The History Blog” »

Samsung announced that its SmartThings home automation system now supports Now Brief integration. Now Brief made its debut on the Galaxy S25 series and provides glanceable contextual information like weather updates, upcoming calendar events and reminders on supported Galaxy devices. With the new update, Now Brief will also support relevant information from SmartThings-enabled devices. This … Read More “Samsung SmartThings gets Now Brief integration” »

You never question your managed Mac devices when everything looks fine. Devices are online. Policies are in place. Nothing obvious is breaking. But then simple questions come up: Which Macs still don’t have FileVault enabled?Who’s running tools that shouldn’t be there?Which devices are close to running out of storage? Answering it isn’t hard. You run … Read More “Programmable Custom Properties (PCP) for Mac Admins” »

Google is reportedly partnering with Gucci to make a pair of AI smart glasses stylish enough people might actually want to wear them. According to Reuters, Gucci parent company Kering is planning to launch the glasses sometime in 2027. Google’s first pair of Android XR glasses, “Project Aura,” are expected to launch this year. They … Read More “Gucci-branded Google smart glasses are coming next year” »

Few venture firms have bet more aggressively on AI than Sequoia Capital, and it isn’t slowing down. The Silicon Valley stalwart has raised roughly $7 billion for a new fund, according to Bloomberg. Sequoia declined TechCrunch’s request for comment. The money will go toward what the firm calls its “expansion strategy” — essentially its late-stage … Read More “New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets” »

If you’ve found yourself stuck doomscrolling YouTube Shorts, there’s now a way to turn off the feature entirely on mobile. The new option is rolling out to YouTube mobile users on both iOS and Android. The feature builds on YouTube mobile’s existing time management feature, which allows users to set limits on their Shorts consumption. … Read More “You can now turn off YouTube Shorts on mobile” »