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09:21 pm - Sat, April 29, 2023
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The Google Pixel Fold looks nearly gapless in first leaked marketing images
The Pixel Fold in 4K. | Image via Evan Blass (@evleaks)
You’ve seen renders. You’ve seen a little footage. You’ve heard the marketing leaks. Now, you can feast y...
03:00 pm - Sat, April 29, 2023
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The best part of FAST TV is the choice it takes away
FAST TV makes it very easy to just zone out and not stress, like broadcast TV did once before. | Photo by François LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
I’ve been watc...
02:24 pm - Sat, April 29, 2023
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You can get up to $200 off of the iRobot Roomba j7 and iRobot Roomba i3 Evo robot vacuums
The iRobot Roomba j7 is our favorite robot vacuum. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Whew, April really flew by fast! Believe it or not, Mother’s Day is ...
02:05 pm - Sat, April 29, 2023
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These are the FAST services you need to know about
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images
FAST, or free ad-supported streaming television, is the closest thing you can get to having cable without actua...
01:15 pm - Sat, April 29, 2023
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The future of streaming is ads
Watching TV has always been mostly ad-supported. And easy to do. Free streaming is bringing that back. | Illustration by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images
Call it FAST, ca...
01:00 pm - Sat, April 29, 2023
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom preorder guide
This is what it must feel like to preorder for full price and not get at least some small gift or swag for free. | Image: Nintendo
If you’re looking to buy yourself a...
12:00 pm - Sat, April 29, 2023
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Bluesky is starting to feel like Twitter
Photo by Stefan Sauer / picture alliance via Getty Images
Bluesky might be the Twitter-like we’ve been waiting for.
Yes, I know it’s still invite-only. Yes, I know ...
05:52 am - Sat, April 29, 2023
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The Google Pixel Fold looks nearly gapless in first leaked marketing images
The Pixel Fold in 4K. | Image via Evan Blass (@evleaks)
You’ve seen renders. You’ve seen a little footage. You’ve heard the marketing leaks. Now, you can feast y...
12:23 am - Sat, April 29, 2023
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Another leak: The Asus ROG Ally will start at $600 with AMD Z1 and 256GB SSD
Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge
Just two days after a substantial leak pegged the price of Asus’ Steam Deck competitor at $699.99 with a Z1 Extreme chip and 512GB of...
10:52 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Damon Lindelof was asked to leave the Star Wars project he was working on
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Damon Lindelof, known for his work on shows like Lost and the new Peacock show Mrs. Davis, was “asked to leave” the Star Wars un...
09:51 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Quick fixes: use Google Chrome to link text inside any webpage
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge
The Issue
It’s probably happened to all of us: you want to link to a really interesting factoid in a really long article — ...
09:22 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Star Trek fantasy: step aboard every Starship Enterprise with this website
GIF by Sean Hollister / content from Roddenberry Archive
Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, left us a long time ago — but his archive is slowly being digitized s...
09:12 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Brave severs ties with Microsofts Bing for web search queries
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Brave, the company that develops its own privacy-focused web browser and search engine, announced that it will no longer use Mic...
08:53 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Instagram is testing songs in photo carousels
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
Instagram is testing a new feature that will let you add songs to the photo carousels you post to the platform. Meta CEO Mark Zuck...
08:08 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Lawmakers propose banning AI from singlehandedly launching nuclear weapons
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
American Department of Defense policy already bans artificial intelligence from autonomously launching nuclear weapons. But amid...
07:17 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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ChatGPT returns to Italy after ban
Illustration: The Verge
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has restored access to its service in Italy, saying it has implemented changes to satisfy Italian regulators. “ChatGPT is...
06:45 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Mitsubishi wants to be the worlds carbon broker
Pedestrians walk past the front of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. headquarters office in Tokyo on Thursday, June 23rd, 2005. | Photo by Haruyoshi Yamaguchi / Bloomberg via Getty Image...
06:00 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a gorgeous spectacle that confuses schmaltz for sentimentality
Image: Marvel Studios
James Gunn’s third Guardians movie is packed with stunning set pieces, but its saccharine attempts at sentimentality and a by-the-numbers pl...
05:31 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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EA admits Jedi: Survivor isnt performing to our standards on some PCs
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. | Image: EA
We were largely happy with Star Wars Jedi: Survivor when we played it on PS5 — here’s our full review — but it’s having ma...
05:08 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Reddit is trying chat rooms again
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Reddit is piloting new chat channels where you can hold real-time conversations with other users. The Discord-like channels will...
04:08 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Vampire Survivors is being turned into a TV show
Image: Poncle
Vampire Survivors, one of the breakout games of 2022, is being turned into an animated television show. The show seems to be very early in production (it ...
04:05 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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How to transfer your Google Authenticator 2FA to a new phone
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is one of the best and easiest ways to keep your online accounts secure. It works by issuing an...
04:05 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Today is Star Wars Jedi: Survivor launch day, and you can get it along with a $10 gift card
You can tell this game’s gonna be good because he has a beard and scars now. | Image: EA
It’s launch day for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and if you want to get your l...
03:55 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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The first trailer for Peacocks Twisted Metal has cars, guns, and a creepy clown
Image: Peacock
The video game adaptations are moving faster than a man strapped between two giant wheels. The latest is Peacock’s adaptation of the vehicular combat s...
03:53 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Reported EU legislation to disclose AI training data could trigger copyright lawsuits
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
The current AI boom, from Bing and Midjourney, relies on free access to training data, much of it scraped from the web and often p...
03:41 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Bing on Edge barges in on Bard
A developer build of Microsoft’s Edge browser displays an invitation to use the new Bing if the user is on Google’s Bard page. | Screenshot: Umar Shakir / The Verge
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02:04 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Washington passes law requiring consent before companies collect health data
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
A new Washington state law will require companies to receive a user’s explicit consent before they can collect, share, or sell t...
02:00 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Here are the first Lego Donkey Kong sets
Donkey Kong peeks out of his Lego tree house. | Image: Lego
Donkey Kong has been around as long as Mario himself, but this August will be the first time he’s official...
01:57 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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The Verges 2023 Graduation Gift Guide
Image: Will Joel
We found a wide range of gifts that’ll help graduates as they embark upon their next adventure, whether that’s college or a career.
Con...
01:31 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Former Apple employee must repay $19 million after defrauding the company
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge
A former Apple employee has been sentenced to three years in prison and must pay back over $19 million in restitution for stealin...
01:30 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Netflixs Sweet Tooth feels too confined in season 2
Image: Netflix
Netflix’s Sweet Tooth is Bambi meets The Last of Us. It inserts adorable animal characters into an increasingly harrowing world, where the skin of civi...
01:00 pm - Fri, April 28, 2023
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The OnePlus Pad is an impressive tablet for its price
OnePlus’ first tablet brings high-end features and specs to a midrange price point. It reminds me of the OnePlus we used to know.
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11:22 am - Fri, April 28, 2023
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AT&T email accounts reportedly broken into to steal crypto
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Hackers have reportedly been breaking into AT&T-provided email addresses, and using this access to steal large quantities of...
10:19 am - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Incoming EU rules force Apple to reveal App Store user numbers in Europe
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Apple has revealed the number of active monthly users for various versions of its App Store in Europe in order to comply with th...
10:19 am - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Apple forced to disclose iOS App Store has 101 million users in Europe under new EU law
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Apple has revealed the number of active monthly users for various versions of its App Store in Europe in order to comply with th...
08:49 am - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Sony reports strong PS5 hardware sales as it closes in on 40 million units sold
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Sony says it shipped 6.3 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the three months ending March 31st 2022, bringing total sales of the ...
12:23 am - Fri, April 28, 2023
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Steam now has a built-in cloud notepad you can pin atop your game
Elden Ring tips. | Image: Valve
Valve has just shipped a huge UI overhaul to Steam’s In-Game Overlay in the Steam Beta, among other fresh coats of paint. It also come...
12:02 am - Fri, April 28, 2023
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The MTA is abandoning bus and train alerts on Twitter
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it will no longer post service alerts and information on Twitter, ci...
12:02 am - Fri, April 28, 2023
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New Yorks MTA is abandoning bus and train alerts on Twitter
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it will no longer post service alerts and information on Twitter, ci...
11:29 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Theyre skeets now
Image: Bluesky
Look. I know that most people aren’t on Bluesky yet, but when you get there, you should know that you won’t be posting. You’ll be skeeting.
I could...
11:17 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Meta is going to let you update Quest apps before the headset shuts down
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Meta’s v53 update for Quest devices adds a very welcome new feature: the headset will be able to update apps when you shut...
10:53 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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The Hunger Games prequel film gets its first trailer
Image: Lionsgate
Lionsgate just released a trailer for the Hunger Games prequel movie, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and it promises to be a star-studded return t...
09:55 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Microsofts Activision deal is on life support because cloud gaming still sucks
Image: Microsoft
Will the UK’s decision be a self-fulfilling prophecy?
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09:47 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Now you can pay a monthly fee to un-nerf your electric Mercedes
EQE and EQS electric sedans. | Image: Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz has new finalized pricing on its vexing “Acceleration Increase” subscription revealed last year th...
09:13 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Here are the best Amazon Echo deals right now
Like Amazon’s Echo speakers, its various smart displays come in a range of sizes. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge
Amazon’s current Echo lineup offers a broad sel...
09:04 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Dril and AOC are now on Bluesky
“1337” seems appropriate. | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
Two Twitter icons joined Bluesky on Thursday. Dril was first, with AOC joining shortly after.
The i...
08:56 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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YouTube Music is officially rolling out podcasts
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
Podcasts have finally started to arrive for YouTube Music users in the US. The change will allow you to tune into podcasts on the ...
08:08 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Clubhouse is laying off more than half of its workforce
Image: Clubhouse
Clubhouse, the app that sparked a wave of audio-only features, is laying off over 50 percent of its employees. The app’s co-founders, Paul Davison an...
07:41 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Microsoft is done with major Windows 10 updates
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Windows 10 22H2 will be the final version of the operating system, Microsoft said in a blog post on Thursday. Moving forward, al...
06:47 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Dril is now on Bluesky
“1337” seems appropriate. | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
Dril has joined Bluesky.
The invite-only decentralized Twitter alternative has been gaining steam i...
06:25 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Microsofts mice, keyboards, and webcams are being discontinued in favor of Surface accessories
Microsoft-branded keyboards will be a thing of the past. | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge
Microsoft will no longer manufacture mice, keyboards, and webcams that are Mi...
05:39 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Tesla indeed violated labor laws in Florida, US labor board rules
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Tesla violated national labor laws by suppressing employees at its Orlando, Florida, service center from discussing pay and brin...
05:05 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Google plans to add end-to-end encryption to Authenticator
Illustration: The Verge
Google Authenticator is getting end-to-end encryption — eventually. After security researchers criticized the company for not including it wit...
05:00 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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One of 2022s best mystery games is getting an expansion in May
Image: Playstack
The Case of the Golden Idol, a point-and-click murder mystery game that was one of my favorite titles of 2022, is getting its first expansion in just a...
04:00 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Microsoft Designer is being integrated into Edge for AI-generated social content
Image: Microsoft
Microsoft is rolling out a bunch of new features for Microsoft Designer, its AI-powered graphic design tool, to streamline how users design social medi...
04:00 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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The next Forza will help blind players race by listening to beeps and boops
Image: Microsoft
Forza Motorsport is arriving later this year with all the usual improvements in visual immersion and fidelity you’d expect from the latest Forza. But...
03:59 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Metas avatars are getting new body shapes and improved hair
Image: Meta
Meta is introducing new body shapes and improved textures for hair and clothing for its avatars, the company announced on Thursday. The updates seem like go...
03:42 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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AMD has apparently resolved the issue burning out Ryzen 7000 X3D CPUs
Image: Speedrookie (Reddit)
AMD says it has resolved the voltage issues that have apparently been causing the company’s new 7000X3D series processors to randomly burn...
03:14 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Armored Core VI crosses the Rubicon in August
FromSoftware
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon has a release date: August 23rd. To mark the announcement, FromSoftware has revealed a new trailer and a blog sharing gam...
03:04 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Dropbox is laying off 500 people and pivoting to AI
Photo by Thomas Trutschel / Photothek via Getty Images
Dropbox is laying off around 500 employees, making up about 16 percent of the company’s entire workforce. In a ...
03:00 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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My week with Dysons absurd wearable air purifier
The Dyson Zone is not the most practical device, but then again, did you really expect that from air-purifying noise-canceling headphones?
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02:17 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Colorado governor signs first right-to-repair law for farmers
Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP via Getty Images
Colorado has become the first US state to pass a law that gives farmers the right to repair their own equipment. Governo...
02:00 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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The best Mothers Day gifts on a budget
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge
It’s okay to cheap out on a gift for mom as long as you go with something thoughtful. Lucky for you, we’ve gathered rec...
01:45 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts latest trailer is here to maximize hype levels
Bumblebee driving alongside Cheetor. | Paramount Pictures
Despite what you might have heard, Beast Wars has always been the crowning jewel of the Transformers franchise...
01:00 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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GM created its own open-source software protocol and wants its competitors to use it
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
General Motors announced the creation of its own open-source software protocol as a “starting point” for other automakers and ...
01:00 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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GDC is exorbitantly expensive but still vital for many game developers
Illustration by Hugo Herrera for The Verge
What if the real GDC was the friends we made along the way?
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12:49 pm - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Amazons Fire TV Stick 4K Max has returned to its lowest price to date
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max is down to just $34.99 ($20 off) at multiple retailers right now. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
The latest season of The Mandaloria...
09:34 am - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Tesla lawyers claim Elon Musks past statements about self-driving safety could just be deepfakes
Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images
Lawyers for automaker Tesla have argued that statements by Elon Musk about the capabilities of the company’s Autopilot so...
09:33 am - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Samsungs loses billions on chips as overall profits decline 95 percent
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Samsung’s memory chip business just had a terrible quarter, as falling demand and high inventories contributed to a 4.58 trill...
09:33 am - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Samsung loses billions on chips as overall profits decline 95 percent
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Samsung’s memory chip business just had a terrible quarter, as falling demand and high inventories contributed to a 4.58 trill...
02:19 am - Thu, April 27, 2023
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Leak: The Asus ROG Ally will cost $699.99 with an AMD Z1 Extreme
Image: Asus
Sure, Asus can build a faster Steam Deck-like handheld gaming PC, but there’s no way it could compete with Valve on price, right?
Guess again. The higher...
12:26 am - Thu, April 27, 2023
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LGs new SuperSlim Gram laptop has a 15.6-inch OLED display
LG’s 15.6-inch Gram SuperSlim laptop. | Image: LG
LG’s Gram line of laptops have always been designed to be lightweight and thin, and now the company has released a...
10:41 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta wants to introduce AI agents to billions of people
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Meta sees “an opportunity to introduce AI agents to billions of people in ways that will be useful and meaningful,” CEO Mark...
10:08 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Google Meet finally supports 1080p video calls
Illustration: The Verge
Google Meet finally supports 1080p video calls — but only for paying subscribers. In an update on Wednesday, Google says it’s bringing the u...
08:54 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Ayaneo 2S will officially be one of the first Steam Deck rivals with Ryzen 7000
The existing Ayaneo 2. The new 2S looks much the same. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge
Z1 Extreme who? Ayaneo has just confirmed it will use AMD’s similar but u...
08:41 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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New Motorola Razr leak shows off sizable outer display
Image: Evan Blass via Twitter
The latest leaked images of the upcoming Motorola Razr give us an even better look at the foldable’s large outer display and interface, ...
08:36 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Microsoft 365 apps are moving to the cloud.microsoft domain
Illustration: The Verge
Microsoft is planning to move Microsoft 365 apps onto a single domain, cloud.microsoft. Currently, the company’s apps are scattered across a w...
08:15 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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WiZs inexpensive smart lights now work with Apple Home thanks to Matter
WiZ’s inexpensive smart lighting line now works with Apple Home through Matter. | Image: Signify
Smart lighting company WiZ has updated all its smart bulbs, lamps, an...
07:20 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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AT&T-backed satellite can pick up regular phone signals from space
Image: AST SpaceMobile
A groundbreaking phone call between Texas and Japan has occurred that could eventually help set the stage for a globally accessible space-based c...
07:08 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Amazon shuts down Halo division and discontinues all devices
RIP the Halo View. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Amazon has decided to shutter its health-focused Halo division, The Verge has learned. Amazon has stopp...
07:01 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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SpaceXs Starship blew up after launch it also caused catastrophic damage on the ground
Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images
The damage to the launch pad went far beyond what experts were expecting. And nearby residents are left dealing wi...
06:56 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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New bill would add mandatory age verification to social networks
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
A group of US senators has revealed a bipartisan bill that would require social media platforms to verify users’ ages, sto...
06:38 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Rings new indoor security camera comes with a physical privacy shutter
The Ring Indoor Cam is a small smart security camera that can be manually disabled. | Image: Ring
Smart home security company Ring has revamped its indoor camera to inc...
06:16 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Samsungs art-like Frame TV is nearly half off in the 32-inch configuration
Unlike prior models, the 2022 model features a matte display that dramatically reduces glare. | Image: Samsung
Let’s face it: good art is rarely cheap. Thankfully, ho...
06:09 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Should we trust Apple with mental health data?
Is Apple really good for your health? | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge
Here are some cursed words: “Apple Plans AI-Powered Health Coaching Service, Mood Tra...
05:40 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Heres how you can preorder the new Zelda for $49.99
Though you’re going to miss out on owning this excellent box art in physical form. | Image: Nintendo
Are you hyped for the impending launch of The Legend of Zelda: Te...
05:15 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Disney sues Florida for government retaliation in escalating feud
Photo by Joseph Prezioso / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Disney is suing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, alleging his administration waged a “targeted campaign of go...
05:04 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Japanese-language Super Mario Bros. Movie screenings are a-coming to the US
Toad and Princess Peach. | Universal
For anyone who’s been holding out hope for a subbed US release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie with performances from the film’s...
04:31 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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How to back up your contacts and work files before a layoff
Here are some steps that can make layoffs slightly less stressful. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge
There’s no sugarcoating it: getting laid off stinks. And...
04:12 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Disney sues Florida for government retaliation in escalating feud
Photo by Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Disney is suing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, alleging his administration waged a “targeted campaign of gove...
04:00 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Humanity is a throwback to the weird, wild world of early PlayStation games
Image: Enhance
Some of the most memorable games in PlayStation history have been downright strange, whether about dancing wireframe rabbits, deadly cubes, or mannequins...
03:50 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Netflixs sixth season of Black Mirror will be out in June, and heres the first teaser
Image: Netflix
We knew a sixth season of Netflix’s Black Mirror was on the way, but now, we know a lot more about it: a new teaser trailer shared Wednesday reveals th...
03:37 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Tiles selling a tracker for your cat
The Tile for Cats tracker is basically a Sticker tracker with a collar attachment. | Image: Tile
Tile is now selling a cat-tracking bundle that includes one of the comp...
03:29 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Microsofts Phone Link app is now available for iOS so you can use iMessage from a PC
Image: Microsoft
Microsoft is now rolling out a new update to its Phone Link app that includes iOS support for the first time. The Phone Link app now allows iPhone owne...
03:00 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Jedi: Survivor is still the best Star Wars wish fulfillment
Image: EA
The sequel doesn’t do a lot new, and it’s still a mashup of other action-adventure games — but that’s easy to forget when you’re tossing stormtr...
02:55 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Netflix is getting a beautiful new wingsuit game on May 2nd
Image: Snowman
Tears of the Kingdom isn’t the only upcoming game about soaring through the skies. Today, developer Snowman, the studio behind the Alto series, properl...
02:01 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Verizon plans to speed up rural 5G service later this year
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Rural customers subscribed to Verizon’s 5G network could see a jump in their speeds later this year. The telecommunications gi...
01:30 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Apples Weather chaos is restarting the weather app market
Apps like Weather Fit are coming up with new ways to think about the forecast. | Image: Weather Fit
Forecast Advisor might be the best-kept secret in the weather busine...
01:30 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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How BeReal missed its moment
Is it still Time to BeReal? | Image: BeReal
The ongoing collapse of Twitter has lots of folks wondering when an all-consuming new social app will rise up to take its pl...
01:01 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all the latest on Nintendos huge sequel
Link in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. | Image: Nintendo
Nintendo’s sequel to Breath of the Wild launches on May 12th.
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01:00 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Motorolas first co-branded Lenovo phone is here, and its nice as heck
The ThinkPhone features a big 6.6-inch screen and top-notch build quality.
Nine years after Lenovo purchased the Motorola brand, the first co-branded phone is hitting s...
01:00 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Playing Tears of the Kingdom is like riding a tricked-out bike you built with your Ultrahand
The Hero of Time gazing at his fancy new hand. | Image: Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom builds on Breath of the Wild’s brilliance by turning ev...
12:30 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Teslas carbon footprint is finally coming into focus, and its bigger than the company let on in the past
In an aerial view, Tesla cars sit parked in a lot at the Tesla factory on April 20th, 2022, in Fremont, California. | Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
Tesl...
12:00 pm - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Where have all the spy gadgets gone?
Illustration: Kyle Ellingson for The Verge
Over the last few years, a spy’s gadgets have disappeared, and they’ve been replaced by the hacker.
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Microsofts Activision Blizzard acquisition blocked by UK regulators
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Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard has been blocked by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority...
11:00 am - Wed, April 26, 2023
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GM killed the Chevy Bolt and the dream of a small, affordable EV
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The Chevy Bolt’s demise underscores a trend toward larger, heavier, more expensive EVs. But the Bolt was always mor...
10:00 am - Wed, April 26, 2023
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The new Onyx Boox Tab Ultra C is a color E Ink tablet with a 16-megapixel rear camera
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Onyx today announced a new tablet with an E Ink display capable of showing colors: the 10.3-inch Boox Tab Ultra C. The E Ink tablet is the first in the Tab ...
08:54 am - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Google is making it much easier to search for tools in Docs, Sheets, and Slides
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Google is adding a new feature to some of its Workspace apps that will help users quickly locate commonly used tools without nee...
08:28 am - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Samsungs Galaxy Z Fold 5 could be far thinner while folded
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Ice Universe, an anonymous Twitter account with a habit of accurately leaking details about unann...
04:01 am - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Tinder is implementing video verification to further curb creepy scammers
Tinder’s new video verification process. | Image: Tinder
Tinder is fortifying its photo verification system with video — specifically, by asking members to take a s...
02:45 am - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Hondas making a bigger electric SUV to follow the Prologue atop its own platforms
Honda’s Prologue all-electric SUV announced last year. | Image: Honda
Honda’s working on a new mid to large-sized electric SUV for the US market, the automaker anno...
01:45 am - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Amazon just spoiled the next Beats earbuds before Apple could even announce them
The Studio Buds Plus look phenomenal in this transparent style. | Image: Amazon
Well, there's not much left for Apple-owned Beats to "announce" after this. On Tuesday e...
12:02 am - Wed, April 26, 2023
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Leak: TikTok is launching generative AI avatars and heres what they look like
Matt Navarra discovered the feature in a TikTok build. | Images: Matt Navarra
TikTok is working on a feature that will create AI-generated profile pictures, according t...
11:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Artifact can now summarize and explain articles to you like youre five
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Artifact, the recently launched news app from Instagram’s c...
10:38 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Japans first Moon landing has ended in failure
The Hakuto-R lunar lander. | Image: Getty Images
What would have been the first private Moon landing has ended in failure after Japanese startup ispace lost contact wit...
10:31 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Google ups Chromebook privacy with new camera and mic switch
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Google is adding new systemwide camera and microphone access toggles in ChromeOS settings that can instantly block all apps ...
08:55 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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You can play all of Jedi: Survivor in bullet time
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Ahead of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s launch in a few days, the developers at Respawn Entertainment are showing off some of the accessibili...
08:46 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Googles search business is feeling the heat
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Google’s search revenues inched upward in the first quarter of 2023 after years of rapid growth, suggesting the tech giant might be facing som...
08:25 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Netflix doubles down on K-dramas with a $2.5 billion investment
Squid Game was a monster hit for Netflix, so it’s not surprising the platform is looking to repeat that success. | Image: Netflix
After a meeting with South Korean Pr...
08:09 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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OpenAI will let you turn off your chat history in ChatGPT
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OpenAI now gives you the option to switch off your chat history when using its ChatGPT chatbot. As explained in a blog post, OpenA...
08:05 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Microsoft Q3 2023: Windows, devices, and Xbox down again
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Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2023 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $52.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $18....
07:45 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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This NES cartridge brings an eight-bit Smash Bros. demake online
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Despite the final officially licensed cartridge for the NES being released back in 1995 (the PAL-exclusive The Lion King, for those curious), indie...
07:15 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Apple is reportedly building a paid AI health coach
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Apple is working on a paid AI-powered health coach that could help you improve your exercise, sleep, and eating habits, according to Bloomberg. Codenam...
07:15 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Spotify promises not to overpay for podcasts
Daniel Ek from Spotify
It’s the last week of the cruelest month and sure to be an eventful one for the audio world. Spotify posted its first quarter earnings this mor...
07:09 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Diablo IV will let you chase your fantasy
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Forget BK — you can also have it your way in Diablo IV, too. Blizzard released a video highlighting the various customization options available...
07:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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The latest viral Drake AI hit is just a repurposed SoundCloud rap
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AI Drake has struck again, and the latest track shows just how easy it is for someone to use a familiar celebrity voice to make a son...
06:09 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Twitter alternatives for the Musk-averse
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Twitter users (and ex-users) are still watching to see what the next chapter will be in the soap opera called “What Elon Musk ...
06:05 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Update: We won! The Verge is nominated for three Webby Awards, and you can help us win!
Update Tuesday, April 25th, 2:05am ET: The 27th Annual Webby Award winners have been announced, and The Verge is taking home THREE Webbys this year!
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05:18 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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WiZs inexpensive smart lights now work with Apple Home thanks to Matter
WiZ’s inexpensive smart lighting line now works with Apple Home through Matter. | Image: Signify
Smart lighting company WiZ has updated all its smart bulbs, lamps, an...
05:16 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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AMDs new Ryzen 7000 X3D CPUs have burnt out for some, and a BIOS update could prevent it
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Some owners of AMD’s latest 7000X3D series CPUs have reported that their processors have burnt out randomly. Reports across Reddit and on ...
05:13 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Terra co-founder Daniel Shin charged with fraud in South Korea
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Daniel Shin, the co-founder of Terraform Labs, was indicted in South Korea in connection with the collapsed Terra and Luna cryptocurrencies....
05:04 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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GM, Hyundai announce EV battery plants for the US
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Two major automakers announced separate plans to build electric vehicle battery plants in the US, a sign that the fast-paced expansion of EV manufac...
04:39 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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The makers of Octodad just released a free dating simulator where you play as a snake
No, I don’t know why a snake would date a horse. | Image: Young Horses
Young Horses, known for lighthearted games like Octodad: Dadliest Catch and Bugsnax, just relea...
04:32 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing
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Microsoft’s Edge browser appears to be sending URLs you visit to its Bing API website. Reddit users first spotted the privacy ...
04:05 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Samsungs Galaxy Watch 5 has dropped to a new all-time low
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 5 is on sale in all configurations starting at $219.99. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
We’re in the heart of spring, which mea...
03:13 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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The Verges 2023 Mothers Day Gift Guide
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From transparent chargers and TikTok gems to the latest wearables, we’ve curated a batch of unique gifts fit for any mom ...
03:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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These are the places most at risk for a record-shattering heatwave
A resident walks through a temporary misting station on Abbott Street during a heatwave in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, June 28th, 2021. | Image: Trevo...
02:52 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Cruise continues to burn GMs cash as robotaxis expand to daylight hours
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Cruise, the autonomous vehicle division of General Motors, is now operating a “small” fleet of driverless robotaxis in San Francisco during daylight h...
02:22 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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As an AI language model: the phrase that shows how AI is polluting the web
AI language models can be used to generate convincing text — as long as you remember to remove the label. | Image: The Verge
A big worry about the rise of AI lan...
02:05 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Whos making money in Big Tech?
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Apple, Meta, Google, and more report how their companies are performing.
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02:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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OnePlus first tablet will cost $479
The OnePlus Pad offers high-end specs for a midrange price. | Image: OnePlus
OnePlus has announced pricing for its first tablet, the Android-powered OnePlus Pad. Starti...
02:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Bitcoin is still the future of payments, says Lightspark CEO David Marcus
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Crypto has a lot of haters these days. The former Facebook exec is trying to prove them wrong with his Bitcoin startup.
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02:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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The Witchers third season starts streaming in June
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Season 3 of The Witcher finally has a premiere date. Netflix announced that the fantasy series will return in June, though not all episodes will be avail...
02:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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WhatsApp adds option to use the same account on multiple phones
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WhatsApp users are no longer restricted to using their account on just a single phone. Today, the Meta-owned messaging service is announcing tha...
02:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Asus ROG Ally hands-on: Windows but tiny
The ROG Ally.
I had a fun time testing this device, but everything’s going to come down to price.
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01:30 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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How to figure out which apps are draining your devices battery
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Your super-powerful, ultra-versatile phone, tablet, or laptop suddenly becomes a lot less useful when its battery dies — whic...
01:15 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Republicans respond to Biden reelection announcement with AI-generated attack ad
Joe Biden announced his reelection campaign this morning, and the Republican National Committee (RNC) has responded with an attack ad featuring AI-generated images.
The ad con...
01:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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AMD announces Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme chips for handheld gaming PCs
The Ryzen Z1. | Image: AMD
On Friday, we told you how AMD is quietly arming a whole new wave of Steam Deck competitors. But the company’s now saying the quiet part ou...
01:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Lucid puts its Gravity SUV on real roads for testing
Lucid’s Gravity SUV on the road with only a slight camouflage. | Image: Lucid
Lucid’s inching closer to production of its second vehicle, the all-electric Gravity S...
12:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Burning Shores focus makes it the best part of Horizon Forbidden West
Seyka in Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores. | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
I was relieved when I first looked at the small map in Horizon Forbidden West’...
12:00 pm - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Toyota Prius review: EV reality check
Toyota’s fifth-generation Prius certainly has a lot to like.
Until our public charging infrastructure can handle the demands of rapid EV adoption, the Toyota Priu...
11:00 am - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Yelp is going to let you add videos to your reviews
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Yelp is going to let you add video to your reviews, which could make it easier to share additional context about an experience at a location you’ve visite...
11:00 am - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Slack launches Canvas, a docs app that lives inside your chat app
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The best thing about Slack’s new Canvas feature is that I barely need to explain it to you. It’s like Google Docs but inside...
10:30 am - Tue, April 25, 2023
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A supermodel turned herself into one of Epics hyperrealistic MetaHumans
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Czech model Eva Herzigová is now a MetaHuman. The model revealed on Tuesday that there is now a digital likeness of herself ...
10:29 am - Tue, April 25, 2023
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Spotify passes 500 million monthly active users for the first time
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Spotify says over half a billion people, 515 million to be exact, use its streaming service on a monthly basis as of March 31st...
09:53 am - Tue, April 25, 2023
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BMW adds Digital Key Plus support for Pixel and Samsung devices
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BMW is finally expanding support for its mobile car key technology, dubbed Digital Key Plus, to select Android phones running Android 13.1 or later. Digital ...
10:04 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Substack co-founder says we dont like or condone bigotry, doesnt explain how Notes will moderate it
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Substack CEO Chris Best may have not really answered Nilay Patel’s Decoder questions about whether racist speech would be allowed on its new...
08:49 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Disneys latest and biggest round of layoffs has begun
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“Thousands” more of Disney’s employees are being fired this week in the second of three rounds of company-wide layoffs meant...
08:00 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Google Authenticator finally, mercifully adds account syncing for two-factor codes
Along with cloud syncing, Google Authenticator is also getting a new logo. | Image: Google
Google Authenticator is adding a long-standing customer request: you can now ...
07:52 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Beau Is Afraid production designer Fiona Crombie doesnt really know whats in the attic, either
Joaquin Phoenix as Beau Wassermann. | Image: A24
The production designer behind A24’s Beau Is Afraid knew that the Ari Aster film was going to leave people bewild...
06:26 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Apples App Store can stay closed, but developers can link to outside payments, says appeals court
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An appeals court has upheld the status quo in Epic’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple, affirming a decision that was largely a victory for Appl...
05:36 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Twitter users are now wondering if mandatory blue checks are illegal
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Okay, I’ll admit it: I did not expect the Twitter checkpocalypse to result in Dril accusing Elon Musk of violating federal con...
05:33 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Google Authenticator finally, mercifully adds account syncing for two-factor codes
Along with cloud syncing, Google Authenticator is also getting a new logo. | Image: Google
Google Authenticator is adding a long-standing customer request: you can now ...
05:11 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Supreme Court could decide if government officials can block social media users
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The Supreme Court is set to hear two cases that could decide if the First Amendment allows government officials to block use...
05:03 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Sega of America is the latest video game studio to organize
Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega
Today, workers at Sega of America’s Irvine, California, office have filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations...
04:57 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Bored Ape Yacht Club creator wins lawsuit over copycat NFT collection
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A judge has ruled in favor of Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs in a lawsuit against conceptual artists Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen, whom Yuga La...
04:49 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Rad Power Bikes links up with Redwood Materials for e-bike battery recycling
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Rad Power Bikes is partnering with Redwood Materials, a battery company founded by a former Tesla executive, to recycle e-bike batte...
04:27 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all the latest on Nintendos huge sequel
Link in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. | Image: Nintendo
Nintendo’s sequel to Breath of the Wild launches on May 12th.
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04:00 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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A big update brings the Kindle Scribe closer to being good
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It’s almost an understatement to say Amazon’s Kindle Scribe fell short of our expectations when it first launched, but p...
03:57 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Create generative AI video-to-video right from your phone with Runways iOS app
Runway’s new iOS app is its first available for mobile. | Image: Runway
AI startup Runway has launched its first mobile app on iOS, letting people use the company’s...
03:05 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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AMDs new Ryzen 7000 X3D CPUs have burnt out for some, and a BIOS update could prevent it
Image: Speedrookie (Reddit)
Some owners of AMD’s latest 7000X3D series CPUs have reported that their processors have burnt out randomly. Reports across Reddit and on ...
03:01 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Grimes says anyone can use her voice for AI-generated songs
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While major record labels have been trying to fend off songs using AI voice tracks of famous artists, Grimes has other ideas.
“I’ll ...
02:59 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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The next game from Genshin Impacts developer is out on April 26th
Honkai: Star Rail. | Image: HoYoverse
The studio behind the massively popular online fantasy RPG Genshin Impact is back this week with its next game. Called Honkai: Sta...
02:58 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Heres where you can preorder Nintendos Zelda-inspired Switch OLED
The Nintendo Switch OLED Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Edition is available to preorder for $359.99. | Image: Nintendo
We’re now just a few days away from Nintendo’s ...
02:34 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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The Skullcandy Jib True 2 wireless earbuds are a worthy impulse buy at just $16.99
The Jib True 2 come in some funky colors, but today’s deal is only on the light gray and blue combo. | Image: Skullcandy
I keep rubbing my eyes, thinking my vision mu...
01:43 pm - Mon, April 24, 2023
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The Verges favorite pet tech
Olivia. | Photo by Helen Havlak / The Verge
If you’ve got a pet, it’s likely you have something cool that you use to either feed the pet, amuse the pet, watch the p...
11:51 am - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Apples mixed reality headset could connect to a battery pack that looks like the iPhones
The Apple MagSafe Battery Pack attached to an iPhone 12 Mini. | Image: Dieter Bohn / The Verge
More details are emerging about the design of Apple’s long-awaited mixe...
09:56 am - Mon, April 24, 2023
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Twitter claims dead celebs are subscribing to Blue from beyond the grave
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After chief twit Elon Musk made good on his promise to remove Twitter accounts’ legacy verification blue ticks last week, nume...
02:00 pm - Sun, April 23, 2023
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Every gadget weve X-rayed with a Lumafield CT scanner
See inside a few of our favorite things — retro, modern, you name it.
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07:44 pm - Sat, April 22, 2023
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Earth Day 2023: green or greenwashed?
Climate activists wearing masks of company CEOs including LVMH’s Bernard Arnault (2nd L) Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg (C), Microsoft founder Bill Gates (2ndR) and Virgin Grou...
03:00 pm - Sat, April 22, 2023
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Yes, I actually pay for Discovery Plus
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Out of all the streaming services I use — Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, and Funimation — Discovery Pl...
02:04 pm - Sat, April 22, 2023
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Apples luxe AirPods Max have dropped to their best price of the year
Apple’s noise-canceling AirPods Max are currently $100 off in multiple colors. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge
Happy Earth Day, all! We’ve got a bunch of great...
01:30 pm - Sat, April 22, 2023
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All of my favorite games this year are old
Final Fantasy VI. | Image: Square Enix
As I installed the original Final Fantasy, a game that first came out when I was three years old, on Sony’s most advanced conso...
01:00 pm - Sat, April 22, 2023
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AnkerMake M5 3D printer review: speed is not enough
Anker’s first 3D printer is blazing fast — but a year later, it’s still in beta.
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12:00 pm - Sat, April 22, 2023
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Rivian R1S review: king of the mountain
The R1S is one of the most comprehensively well-designed and engineered vehicles ever.
A trip to Big Bear in Rivian’s electric SUV showcases why it’s one of the...
01:20 am - Sat, April 22, 2023
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A real-life Pixel Fold has seemingly leaked for the very first time
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You’ve seen renders and perhaps even a plastic mockup, but real-life footage of Google’s first foldable phone? Unless we’re getting t...
11:47 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Googles gigantic San Jose campus is on hold
The real historic water building faces the Guadalupe River; an artist took some liberties. | Image: Google
Google has been gobbling up bigger and bigger patches of Sili...
11:44 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Tesla wins lawsuit that blamed Autopilot for crash
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Tesla has won a lawsuit that tried to blame the company’s Autopilot driver assist software for a 2019 crash, Reuters reports. ...
10:20 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Steam Deck, ROG Ally and more: all the news about the handheld PC gaming revolution
Valve’s Steam Deck and its carrying case. | Image: Valve
Catch up on our coverage of PC gaming handhelds, starting with Valve’s category-defining Steam Deck.
...
09:30 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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How to follow live sports scores on your iPhone lock screen
With a few steps, you can put live sports scores on your iPhone lock screen and stay on top of your team’s race to the playoffs. | Samar Haddad / The Verge
With iOS 1...
09:06 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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The Pixel Tablet has been captured on video at a special Google event
The Pixel Tablet in a coral color. | Image from @saori_vj’s video on Instagram
The Pixel Tablet is supposed to launch sometime this year — Google I/O in May feels l...
08:47 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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The Mandalorians season 3 finale didnt need to answer every question
Din Grogu piloting IG-12. | Image: Lucasfilm / Disney Plus
Rather than dotting every single i and crossing all of its t’s The Mandalorian spent its extremely adeq...
08:42 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Schools bought millions of Chromebooks in 2020 and three years later, theyre starting to break
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Back in early 2020, as the covid pandemic drove classrooms online, school districts found themselves needing to bulk purchas...
08:20 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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AMD is quietly arming an entire new wave of Steam Deck competitors
AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series will apparently add some lower power chips for handhelds. | Image: AMD via Aokzoe
You’ve obviously heard of the Steam Deck, and perhaps Asus...
06:54 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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To capture CO2 in the US, climate tech startups partner with oil and gas
Collector containers at the Orca direct air capture and storage facility, operated by Climeworks AG, in Hellisheidi, Iceland, on September 7th, 2021. | Image: Arnaldur Ha...
06:43 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Googles smart speakers are finally smart enough to shut up
Google Nest speakers will soon speak less. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that smart speakers should just shut up. I don’t...
06:35 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Bing, Bard, and ChatGPT: AI chatbots are rewriting the internet
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How we use the internet is changing fast, thanks to the advancement of AI-powered chatbots that can find information and redeliver it as a si...
06:26 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Earth Day 2023: green or greenwashed?
Climate activists wearing masks of company CEOs including LVMH’s Bernard Arnault (2nd L) Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg (C), Microsoft founder Bill Gates (2ndR) and Virgin Grou...
05:59 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Mullvad VPN maker says police tried to raid its offices but couldnt find any user data
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Mullvad, the Swedish company behind Mullvad VPN (virtual private network), says police walked away with nothing after attemp...
05:48 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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SpaceX Starship launch: all of the news on its test flight and that explosive ending
SpaceX Starship prototype stacked on top of a Super Heavy rocket in Boca Chica, Texas. | Image: SpaceX
The Starship launched successfully but didn’t last long into it...
05:36 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Elon Musks wealth plummets by $12.6 billion after chaotic 24 hours at Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX
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Elon Musk’s coffers became a smidge lighter on Thursday after his net worth plummeted by $12.6 billion, accor...
04:44 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Redbox wants to save Netflixs DVD business
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Redbox wants to give Netflix’s DVD business a second chance at life, but Netflix isn’t budging. That’s according to a ...
03:53 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Here are the best Kindle deals right now
The 2021 Kindle Paperwhite is on sale at Amazon with a power adapter and a fabric cover starting at $169.97. | Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge
When it comes to fi...
03:26 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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The best tech gifts for under $50
The Original Tamagotchi is one of many budget-friendly gifts you can buy for kids and adults alike. | Image: Tamagotchi
If “budget-friendly” and “high-quality” ...
03:00 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Can Snap snap back?
For more than a decade, Snapchat has been a fixture in the lives of young people. But the business side of the app has been much less stable. This week I flew down to LA to che...
02:20 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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YouTube TV is testing significant picture quality improvements
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Considering how much it costs, YouTube TV is sometimes knocked by customers for offering only so-so picture quality. This can va...
02:00 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Disney has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with fired VFX head Victoria Alonso
Victoria Alonso attends the 33rd annual GLAAD Media Awards. | Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for GLAAD
When Disney suddenly fired Marvel Studios’ former VFX an...
01:38 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Elon Musk removes Twitters government-funded media labels after outlets flee the platform
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Twitter has removed the “government-funded” and “state-affiliated” labels that led several news outlets to stop tweeting o...
01:37 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Googles Bard AI chatbot can now help you code and create functions for Google Sheets
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Google is updating its Bard AI chatbot to help developers write and debug code. Rivals like ChatGPT and Bing AI have supported code generation, ...
01:17 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham to host Apple musical holiday special
Hannah Waddingham pictured performing onstage at the 2023 Olivier Awards. | Image: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for SOLT
Hannah Waddingham, the Emmy-winning actor best know...
01:15 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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The Chromecast with Google TV (HD) is down to just$19.99
The Chromecast with Google TV (HD) is a good streaming device if you can get away with 1080p. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
If you’re looking for a Mother’s Da...
01:00 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Disaster alert accounts are preparing for a world after Twitter
A resident holds a phone while walking on debris following Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, on October 2nd, 2022. | Image: Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg via Getty ...
12:11 pm - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Microsofts latest DirectStorage 1.2 works on HDDs to boost PC game load times
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Microsoft has released version 1.2 of its DirectStorage SDK and has a surprise addition that will help speed up old hard drives. While DirectStorage in...
11:50 am - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Apple is reportedly developing its own journaling app for the iPhone
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Apple could offer its own journaling app with the next update to iOS, according to a new report i...
11:10 am - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Seagate fined $300 million for shipping 7.4 million hard drives to Huawei
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Computing storage manufacturer Seagate has agreed to pay a $300 million penalty imposed by the US Department of Commerce (DOC) for...
09:37 am - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Watch the first demo of buzzy startup Humanes wearable AI assistant in leaked clips
Chaudhry wearing Humane’s device in his breast pocket, activating it with the press of a button. | Image: TED
Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple employees Imran ...
07:17 am - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Now WhatsApp can save disappearing messages if the sender consents
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Something to consider before sending a risky text via WhatsApp is that now, disappearing messages are a bit more optional. Mark Zuckerberg is announcin...
12:26 am - Fri, April 21, 2023
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Dota 2s meta-defining New Frontiers update makes the map 40 percent bigger
Dota 2 has a 40-percent larger map. | Image: Valve
Dota 2, one of the world’s most popular esports titles serving over 300,000 concurrent players on Steam as I write ...
11:13 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Street Fighter 6 gets a new demo thats available now on PlayStation
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Street Fighter 6 comes out in a little over a month, but if you want to get warmed up before the game’s full release, you can check out a new demo on Pl...
10:33 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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This is the F-150 Lightning fire that made Ford pause production
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A new video obtained by CNBC gives us a first look at the fire that engulfed a set of Ford F-150 Lightnings in a Dearborn, Michigan, holding lot earlier thi...
10:05 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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LeBron James didnt pay for his Twitter checkmark, but Elon gave it to him anyway
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Twitter has started getting rid of legacy blue checks for those who don’t pay up. Well, unless you’re LeBron James.
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10:05 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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LeBron James didnt pay for his Twitter checkmark, but Elon Musk gave it to him anyway
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Twitter has started getting rid of legacy blue checks for those who don’t pay up. Well, unless you’re LeBron James and a cou...
08:34 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Surprise! Theres a third Diablo IV beta coming
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Wouldya look at that, Diablo IV is getting one more beta before launch. During today’s D4 livestream event, the developers announced that they’ll be...
07:59 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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PlayStation acquires Firewalk Studios, which is building an original AAA multiplayer game
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Sony is acquiring Firewalk Studios from ProbablyMonsters to help build an “original AAA multiplayer game” for PlayStation 5 and PC, Sony announce...
07:39 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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The EV tax credit: all the cars, rules, and updates
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Looking for an electric vehicle that qualifies for the $7,500 tax credit? I hope you’re up on your IRS code.
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07:37 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now
The Apple Watch Series 8 isn’t a massive step up from the prior model, but it does offer a few new features. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
In Septembe...
07:05 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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The best Sonos speakers to buy right now
Sonos has a speaker for practically every price point. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
Sonos has an ever-growing lineup, and after you’ve bought your first spe...
06:51 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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The Game Awards anniversary concert will have music from Hades, Elden Ring, and more
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Geoff Keighley’s putting on a show. I don’t mean E3 killing Summer Game Fest but an actual music concert celebrating 10 years of The Game Awa...
06:30 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Pocket City 2 is a mobile SimCity but better
Classic city-building with a fun, interactive twist. | Image: Codebrew Games
Did you play SimCity on a floppy disk? Are you uncomfortable with the “theft” part of G...
06:20 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Twitters blue check apocalypse is here, and this is the full story
Chief Twit Elon Musk has chosen 4/20 as the date to purge the blue checkmarks. We’ll see what happens!
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06:16 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from all legacy users
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Twitter has begun removing blue checkmarks en masse from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of own...
06:15 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Proton launches an end-to-end encrypted password manager
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Proton, the company behind Proton Mail, has announced the launch of a new password manager: Proton Pass. While the service will eventually become free for...
06:14 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Family of F1 legend Michael Schumacher plans legal action over fake AI interview
Michael Schumacher pictured in the pits of the Autodromo Nazionale circuit on September 10th, 2010. | Image: Fred Dufour / AFP via Getty Images
The family of Formula 1 ...
06:04 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Googles big AI push will combine Brain and DeepMind into one team
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DeepMind, the artificial intelligence company acquired by Alphabet in 2014, is merging with Google’s Brain team to form Google DeepMind. In a post share...
06:00 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Lucid is now delivering its blacked-out stealth Air sedans to customers
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Lucid is now delivering new Air electric sedans for customers who ordered them with the dark-trimmed “Stealth Appear...
05:53 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Disney Plus is getting five Spider-Man movies
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Five Spider-Man movies, including the full Tobey Maguire-led trilogy, are coming to Disney Plus very soon, Disney announced on Thursday. Spider-Man, Spide...
05:17 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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You can snag a first-gen Apple Watch SE for just $149 right now
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When the original Apple Watch SE came out in 2020, it represented the sweet spot in Apple’s smartwatch lineup. It was faster than wha...
05:00 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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How to make your HomePod alert you when your smoke alarms go off
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If a smoke alarm sounds and no one is around to hear it, how effective is it? Sound Recognition, which is a brand new feature o...
05:00 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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How to upgrade to the new Apple Home architecture
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Apple’s new HomeKit architecture is a ground-up, under-the-hood rebuild of the company’s Apple Home smart home platform. Ap...
04:10 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Your PC may weep at Immortals of Aveums minimum system requirements
Forspoken was supposed to be the next-gen technological gaming showcase, but EA’s Immortals of Aveum may have it beat in the “your PC need not apply” realm. Today, the co...
04:05 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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T-Mobiles pricey new plan gets you a new phone every two years
T-Mobile is adding a plan designed for frequent phone upgraders. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
T-Mobile has announced another rate plan today: Go5G Plus, wh...
03:59 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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BuzzFeed News is being shut down
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BuzzFeed News, the Pulitzer Prize-winning news arm of BuzzFeed.com, is being shut down, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Pere...
03:50 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Imgur is banning porn and purging old anonymous uploads
Imgur founder Alan Schaaf at Web Summit 2018. | Photo by Diarmuid Greene /Web Summit via Getty Images
Popular image hosting platform Imgur is done with hosting pornogra...
02:35 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Earth Day 2023: green or greenwashed?
Climate activists wearing masks of company CEOs including LVMH’s Bernard Arnault (2nd L) Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg (C), Microsoft founder Bill Gates (2ndR) and Virgin Grou...
02:30 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Can ActivityPub save the internet?
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The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potential...
02:26 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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SpaceXs Starship successfully takes off before bursting into flames
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SpaceX’s integrated Starship spacecraft successfully took off from its launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday but didn’t manage to fully com...
02:16 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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SpaceX Starship launch: all of the news on its first test flight, and that explosive ending
SpaceX Starship prototype stacked on top of a Super Heavy rocket in Boca Chica, Texas. | Image: SpaceX
The Starship launched successfully but didn’t last long into it...
02:00 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Coffee Talk is just as warm and cozy in its sequel
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The original Coffee Talk was a game about, well, coffee and talking. Set in an alternate version of Seattle, one where harpies, elves, vampires,...
01:53 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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SpaceXs Starship successfully takes off before bursting into flames
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SpaceX’s integrated Starship spacecraft successfully took off from its launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday but didn’t manage to fully com...
01:35 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Adobe Illustrators new AI feature instantly switches the color palette of vector graphics
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Adobe is launching a new feature for its Illustrator graphic design software that allows users to quickly adjust the color scheme of vector-based images th...
01:30 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Acers getting into SFF gaming with the 4090-wielding Predator Orion X
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For years, Acer’s definition of a “compact juggernaut” still took up 18 liters of space — and still looked like a traditional tower PC. But today, t...
01:23 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Its a laser bong
It’s a bong. There are lasers. I could not be clearer about what this is.
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01:16 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Windows 11s taskbar is finally getting labels and never combine app icons
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Microsoft is finally adding never combine app icons and labels to the Windows 11 taskbar. These highly requested features have been a...
01:16 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Summer gaming events 2023: with E3 canceled, heres whats next
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E3 isn’t happening, but the news isn’t stopping.
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01:00 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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THQ Nordic joins the lineup of summer gaming events
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Even without E3, the summer lineup of gaming livestreams continues to get packed. The latest company to announce an event is THQ ...
12:28 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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This massive 5K display with 360Hz could one day be yours
AUO’s 49-inch 360Hz 5K gaming monitor. | Image: AUO
AU Optronics’ latest monitor panels include components that seemingly tick all the boxes for premium gaming disp...
12:00 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Meta Oversight Board urges investigation into platforms role in amplifying misinformation
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Meta’s Oversight Board — an independent panel the social media giant selected to deliberate its content decisions — has published a repor...
12:00 pm - Thu, April 20, 2023
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HPs new Envy x360 laptop will be the first IMAX PC
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HP has revealed the details of this year’s additions to its mid-range (and generally quite good value) Envy line. This...
11:57 am - Thu, April 20, 2023
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How to watch SpaceX Starships first test flight the most powerful rocket ever
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SpaceX second attempt at the first test flight of its integrated Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster is happening Thursday morning. Known collecti...
09:53 am - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Voicemod now available on Mac with real-time AI voice changing and soundboards
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Voicemod, a popular voice changer and soundboard, is now available on macOS. Voicemod is widely used by streamers, gamers, and content creators to trigg...
09:24 am - Thu, April 20, 2023
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Google will offer customers AI tools to remix content for ad campaigns: report
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The next target for Google’s AI rush is the company’s advertising business, according to a report from The Financial Times.
Citing a presen...
11:54 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Bluesky, a decentralized Twitter alternative, is now on Android
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Bluesky, the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized Twitter alternative, now has an Android app. The launch follows the re...
11:35 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Jason Momoa obliterates the Vatican in the second trailer for Fast X
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The Fast and Furious franchise is all about family, but it is also about enormous action set pieces that even make Tom Cruise say “neat,” and in the secon...
11:21 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Elon Musk announces Tesla Cybertruck delivery event in third quarter of 2023
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Tesla will have a delivery event for its long-delayed Cybertruck in the third quarter of 2023, Elon Musk said during an earnings call with investors Wednes...
11:19 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Twitter promises its really, actually removing legacy blue checks very soon
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Twitter reiterated today that it’s going to remove legacy verified checkmarks tomorrow, April 20th. Yes, that does mean Elon M...
11:19 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft
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Elon Musk is threatening to take legal action against Microsoft over claims that the company “trained il...
09:00 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft
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Elon Musk is threatening to take legal action against Microsoft over claims that the company “trained illegally using Twitter...
08:43 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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SpaceX Starship launch countdown: all of the news on its first test flight
SpaceX Starship prototype stacked on top of a Super Heavy rocket in Boca Chica, TX. | Image: SpaceX
SpaceX backed off of its first attempt at launching a Starship proto...
08:31 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Twitter promises its really, actually removing legacy blue checks very soon
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Twitter reiterated today that it’s going to remove legacy verified checkmarks tomorrow, April 20th. Yes, that does mean Elon M...
08:21 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Stability AI announces new open-source large language model
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Stability AI, the company behind the AI-powered Stable Diffusion image generator, has released a suite of open-source large lang...
08:14 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Teslas rampant price cutting is taking a toll on its profits
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Tesla published its first quarter earnings report in which the company said it earned $2.9 billion in net income on $23.3 billion ...
08:14 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Lionsgate wants to reboot Twilight as a television series
Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, and Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen. | Image: Summit Entertainment
It’s been years since people have w...
07:22 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Facebook owes us $725 million: heres how to get your cut
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If you’re a US Facebook user who had an active account between May 24th, 2007, and December 22nd, 2022, you may be able to rece...
07:08 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Whats really going on with Ghostwriter and the AI Drake song?
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The generative AI music hype train only needed about 48 hours to go from “oh, that’s interesting” to full Balenciaga pope territory, ...
06:48 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Sonic The Hedgehog can actually spin in Legos new sets
Lego Sonic can spin. | GIF: Sean Hollister / The Verge, video by Lego
Lego has made another fan toy dream come true: its new Sonic The Hedgehog sets actually let you se...
06:11 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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AI Drake just set an impossible legal trap for Google
If young Metro don’t trust you, I’m gonna... tie you up in a decade of fair use litigation.
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06:00 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Snapchat is releasing its AI chatbot to everyone for free
You can now change the look of Snap’s My AI. | Image: Snap
Snap is releasing its “My AI” chatbot to all of Snapchat’s 750 million monthly users for free, a move...
05:55 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Volkswagen ID.4 electric SUV will qualify for the full $7,500 tax credit, automaker says
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Volkswagen’s flagship electric vehicle, the ID.4 crossover SUV, is eligible for the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit, the...
05:30 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Google Fi has a new name and expanded connectivity support for smartwatches
Google Fi has been rebranded as Google Fi Wireless, complete with a new logo for the service. | Image: Google / The Verge
Google Fi is getting a new name and some new f...
04:52 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Nintendos Indie World showcase features Cult of the Lamb DLC, Oxenfree II, and more
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In case Tears of the Kingdom isn’t your thing or you need something to tide you over until May 12th, Nintendo put on a 20-minute Indie World presentat...
04:46 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Cult of the Lamb is getting a free update
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Cult of the Lamb was one of my favorite games of 2022. When I spoke to the developers, they said they had all kinds of new content in the works, ...
04:38 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Reality Winner has no one to turn to in new teaser for HBOs upcoming film
Sidney Sweeney as Reality Winner. | HBO
When former intelligence contractor Reality Winner pleaded guilty back in 2018 for leaking an NSA report detailing Russian attem...
04:38 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Range Rover will release an all-electric midsize SUV in 2025, JLR says
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Jaguar Land Rover will invest £15 billion ($18.7 billion) over the next five years in electric and autonomous vehicle technology, the automaker announced We...
04:33 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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The best entertainment of 2023
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Right now, we are absolutely spoiled for choice when it comes to entertainment. TV shows, movies, and games all come out at such a fast and...
04:30 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Peacocks Mrs. Davis is a wild, outlandish, and gorgeous indictment of AI
This show has a lot of nuns, but not a lot of guns. | Image: Colleen Hayes / Peacock
A lot of people right now are wringing their hands about the rapid emergence and po...
04:21 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Oxenfree II is launching in July
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It’s going to be a very supernatural summer. As part of its latest Indie World showcase, Nintendo announced that, after some delays, Oxenfr...
04:16 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Google employees label AI chatbot Bard worse than useless and apathological liar: report
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Google employees repeatedly criticized the company’s chatbot Bard in internal messages, labeling the system “a pathological liar” and bese...
04:02 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Metas latest layoffs cut employees in technical roles
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Meta has started its latest round of layoffs on Wednesday, and they affect employees in technical roles, according to CNBC.
It�...
03:28 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Microsoft is reportedly working on a smaller Surface Pro and Arm-powered Surface Go 4
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Microsoft is reportedly working on a smaller Surface Pro with an 11-inch display and an Arm-powered Surface Go 4 model. Windows Centra...
03:17 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Apples latest iPad Air is $100 off in both the 64GB and 256GB configurations
Blue, pink, purple, space gray, starlight — they’re all on sale. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
The 2022 iPad Air is on sale once again for its best pr...
03:00 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Everything spy movies get right (and wrong) about smart glasses
Smart glasses in spy movies aren’t as outlandish as you might think. | Illustration: Kyle Ellingson for The Verge
Obviously James Bond gets a bit of hel...
02:56 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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The Verges 2023 Graduation Gift Guide
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We found a wide range of gifts that’ll help graduates as they embark upon their next adventure, whether that’s college or a career.
Con...
02:48 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Microsoft is giving hackers weather-themed names like storm, typhoon, and blizzard
Microsoft’s new weather-themed naming for attackers. | Image: Microsoft
Microsoft has started naming hackers after the weather in a new naming taxonomy update. Hacker...
02:42 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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25 years later, Netflix finally won
Netflix’s DVD business was once so big it was 1.3 percent of all US mail. | Photo by Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
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02:29 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Extreme heat scorches Asia, affecting at least a third of the worlds population
On April 16th, 2023, people gather to attend an award ceremony on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. Heatstroke killed more than a dozen people as early summer temperatures s...
02:08 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Google Meet now lets you turn off distracting video feeds
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Google Meet is rolling out the ability to switch off individual feeds. This should help block out any potential distractions during a meeting, such as a c...
02:00 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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I just discovered my Roomba can be a security camera
You can now use the Roomba j7’s camera to check in on your home.
Today, an alert popped up on my iRobot app telling me I could now use the j7 Combo robot vacuum to se...
01:27 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Everything we know about Apples mixed reality headset
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Apple is rumored to be announcing its long-rumored virtual and augmented reality headset at WWDC 2023. Here’s a timeline of a...
01:00 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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The Supreme Court is about to hear a landmark online threats case
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In 2014, a Colorado singer-songwriter accepted a seemingly innocuous friend request on Facebook. This morning, nearly a deca...
01:00 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Advance Wars 12: Re-Boot Camp shows that great games age beautifully
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Nintendo’s turn-based war series is back, and it feels as fresh as ever.
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12:00 pm - Wed, April 19, 2023
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BMW i7 xDrive60 review: the one with the 31-inch movie screen in the back
BMW’s 7 series has long held the place as the brand’s ultimate expression of luxury. | Photo by Abigail Bassett for The Verge
Want a glimpse of the future of l...
11:18 am - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Heres the worlds first Tesla V4 Supercharger charging a VW ID Buzz
Tesla’s V4 Supercharger now supports non-Tesla EV charging, like this all-electric VW ID Buzz. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge
Tesla has only one V4 Supercharger...
10:56 am - Wed, April 19, 2023
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Teslas latest US price cuts bring the Model 3 below $40,000
The entire Model Y range has also been discounted by $3,000. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
Tesla has cut the price of its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in the ...
01:39 am - Wed, April 19, 2023
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For a few minutes, Googles search results were pretty broken
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For a little bit on Tuesday evening, if you tried search for something on Google, your search results may not have looked quite right: the actua...
10:52 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Reddits upcoming API changes will make AI companies pony up
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Reddit announced new API changes today that will eventually pinch its content pipeline from being used to train artificial intelli...
10:36 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Netflix delays its password-sharing crackdown to sometime before July
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Netflix is pushing back its plans to crack down on password sharing in the US until sometime before July. In an earnings report ...
10:26 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Leak: Google will announce the Pixel Fold at I/O and beat Samsung on battery
This is what Google’s foldable Pixel smartphone might look like. | Image: OnLeaks and HowToiSolve
When will we finally see Google’s first foldable phone? The smart ...
10:23 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Meta is opening up its VR social platform to teens
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Meta is opening up its Horizon Worlds social VR platform to teens in the US and Canada in the coming weeks, the company announced on Tuesday. For teen playe...
09:45 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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The best phone to buy right now
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Bad news: flagship phones cost a small fortune these days. Good news: we can help you pick the right one and get the ...
09:15 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Spotify loosens its grip on exclusive podcasts
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09:10 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Fox and Dominion settle blockbuster defamation lawsuit for $787 million
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The Fox News defamation case was not, in fact, as entertaining as Succession. On the first day of trial, Fox s...
09:03 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Netflix delays its password-sharing crackdown to sometime before July
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Netflix is pushing back its plans to crack down on password sharing in the US until sometime before July. In an earnings report ...
08:39 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Netflixs ad-supported plan is getting better resolution at no extra cost
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Netflix is making its $6.99 per month ad-supported plan a much better value. The company is upping the video quality from 720p ...
07:57 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Netflix is shutting down its original DVD business after 25 years
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Netflix, which started as a company that shipped DVDs by mail, is winding down its DVD business. It will ship its final discs fr...
07:56 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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How to set up two-factor authentication on your online services
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SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) — which sends a code via text messaging as a way to make sure your account is being a...
07:53 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Whats really going on with Ghostwriter and the AI Drake song?
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The generative AI music hype train only needed about 48 hours to go from “oh, that’s interesting” to full Balenciaga pope territory, ...
07:02 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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The best magnetic chargers to buy for your MagSafe iPhone
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Making sense of Apple’s messy MagSafe charging ecosystem, where the first-party options are far from the best ones.
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06:58 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Republicans demand a ban on lawmakers using TikTok
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A group of Republican lawmakers are calling on their colleagues to stop using TikTok as pressure mounts to ban the app nationwi...
06:49 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Intel just killed its crypto chip after less than a year
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Intel just shipped its first Bitcoin-mining chip last June, the Blockscale 100 ASIC, but it’s already dead — the company has discontinued it less than ...
06:40 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Apple HomePods can now listen for your smoke alarms
The new HomePod and the HomePod Mini can now alert you to the sound of a smoke or CO alarm in your home. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
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06:28 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Apples VR headset might run tweaked versions of iPad apps
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Apple’s long-rumored VR / AR headset might run adapted versions of iPad apps, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The mixed reality devi...
06:11 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Twitter made it easier to harass transgender users
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Twitter has quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for its transgender users, as spotted b...
05:51 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Apple HomePods can now listen for your smoke alarms
The new HomePod and the HomePod Mini can now alert you to the sound of a smoke or CO alarm in your home. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Starting today, ...
05:35 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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New Horizon Forbidden West patch adds thalassophobia mode
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The team at Guerrilla Games has released patch 1.21 for Horizon Forbidden West in the lead-up to the release of the Burning Shores DLC. The patch...
05:17 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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GM thinks it can wean you off Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
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General Motors recently made a decision that, depending on how you look at it, may come back to bite them in the ass.
The c...
04:55 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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BMWs most powerful EV is this new 7 Series
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BMW’s 7 Series vehicles have always been about interior space and ride comfort, and now, the newest electric version is the automaker’s “most powerful�...
04:06 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Galaxy Quest, the best Star Trek movie, could be getting a TV series
Look at that exceptional crew of actors and Tim Allen. | Image: Dreamworks
Galaxy Quest is the best Star Trek movie. I’m not trying to start fights here. This isn’t...
04:04 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Southwest delayed hundreds of departures Tuesday due to a networking glitch
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Southwest Airlines has fixed a technical issue that delayed hundreds of flights across the country. In a statemen...
04:01 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
Apple’s second-gen AirPods Pro are $50 off, matching their all-time low.
If you know where to look, there are often some great discounts available on Apple’s ever-p...
03:55 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Michelle Yeoh is beaming back into Star Trek
The Emperor Philippa Georgiou has served a lot of good looks. | Image: CBS Television Studios
Michelle Yeoh just won an Oscar and is now back to making movies. This tim...
03:50 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Your Instagram Link in bio can now have up to five links
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Your Instagram bio can now include up to five links, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a post on his Instagram channel on Tues...
02:57 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Apples first store in India is now open
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Apple has officially opened its first store in India. On Tuesday, hundreds of customers got the chance to step inside t...
02:56 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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YouTube is cracking down on videos describing eating disorders
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YouTube will remove additional videos related to eating disorders, including content that shows or discusses “imitable behavior,...
02:20 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Prime Video adds new Dialogue Boost feature to make voices easier to hear
You can choose between medium and high settings for Dialogue Boost. | Image: Amazon
It’s a complaint we’ve all heard by now and maybe one you’ve vented about firs...
02:15 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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BrightDrop isnt just selling electric vans its redesigning delivery
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CEO Travis Katz is running a sustainable delivery startup from within a century-old car company.
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02:10 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Microsoft reportedly working on its own AI chips that may rival Nvidias
Microsoft has worked with Qualcomm and AMD on custom chips in the past. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Microsoft is reportedly working on its own AI chip...
01:30 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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GameStops buy one, get one free sale actually features some great games
Elden Ring is just one of the games included in GameStop’s BOGO sale. | Image: FromSoftware
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will drop in less than a month, ...
01:27 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Adobe Lightrooms latest AI-powered feature is chin-scratchingly specific
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Adobe’s latest Lightroom features are designed to make photo editing more accessible to people without professional experience — no matter how specific...
01:17 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Panic says its sold more than 50,000 Playdate handhelds
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Panic’s little yellow handheld has sold a lot more than anticipated. Today, the company confirmed that the Playdate has sold 53,000 un...
01:00 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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The Nest Thermostat is getting Matter support starting today
The 2020 Nest Thermostat will get Matter support starting this week. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge
Matter has had a rough first few months, with barely any devices...
01:00 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Marvels hoping Thor and Loki can convince you to run a 5K in a new running app
Marvel Move arrives later this summer and features immersive, audio-based training plans for runners. | Image: Six to Start; Marvel
Superhero-themed fitness plans and c...
01:00 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Sonos exciting new product category is... commercial audio
Sonos Pro is available to businesses starting today. | Image: Sonos
Maybe the long-rumored Sonos headphones aren’t coming this year after all. A few months ago, CEO P...
01:00 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Social media is doomed to die
After seven years at Snapchat, I finally learned the truth about why our most important apps seem destined to disappoint us.
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12:54 pm - Tue, April 18, 2023
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SpaceX Starship launch countdown: all of the news on its first test flight
SpaceX Starship prototype stacked on top of a Super Heavy rocket in Boca Chica, TX. | Image: SpaceX
SpaceX backed off of its first scheduled attempt at an uncrewed orbi...
11:30 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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The Verge is nominated for three Webby Awards, and you can help us win!
The 27th annual Webby Award season is upon us, and this year, The Verge has been nominated in three categories! This is basically a run for the “Best on the Internet” — a...
11:22 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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WhatsApp, Signal, and other encrypted messaging apps urge UK to rethink flawed legislation
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A number of encrypted messaging apps including WhatsApp and Signal have banded together to oppose a proposed UK law they say could undermine end...
10:07 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Outlook for Macs new profiles separate work and personal emails with colorful themes
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Microsoft has started rolling out a new profiles feature in Outlook for Mac that lets you easily separate out work and personal email accounts with dif...
09:06 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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All the rumors about Googles upcoming Pixel hardware so far
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From the Pixel 7A to the rumored Pixel foldable, here’s what we’re expecting out of Google’s hardware division in May and beyond.
C...
07:00 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Withings latest smart scale features an eyes closed mode
The new Withings Body Smart scale features a new “eyes closed” mode. | Image: Withings
Even if your goal is to lose weight, the number on the scale isn’t always t...
05:00 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Pokmon Go developer Niantic is making a real-world Monster Hunter game
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Niantic is working with a different kind of monster for its next release. The studio, best-known for Pokémon Go, announced a partnership with Capcom to ...
01:40 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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The Polestar 4 electric SUV packs a lot of punch in a small package
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Polestar’s fourth vehicle, the aptly named Polestar 4 compact SUV, made its debut today at the Shanghai Auto Show. When it’s released, it will likel...
01:08 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Elon Musk claims to be working on TruthGPT a maximum truth-seeking AI
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Elon Musk says he’s working on “TruthGPT,” a ChatGPT alternative that acts as a “maximum truth-seeking AI.” The billionaire laid out...
12:32 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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The Pixel 7A might cost $50 more than the Pixel 6A
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Google’s still-unannounced Pixel 7A might cost $499, meaning the rumored midrange phone will launch at a $50 premium o...
12:18 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Blueskys CEO wants to build a Musk-proof, decentralized version of Twitter
The logo for the AT Protocol that powers the Bluesky app. | Image: Bluesky
This interview was first published in April 13th’s edition of Command Line, my weekly newsl...
12:17 am - Tue, April 18, 2023
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Everrati delivers its first electric Porsche 911 restomod built in the US
Everrati’s newest Porsche 911 restomod is built in the US. | Image: Everrati
Everrati, a UK-based company that restores classic cars and converts them to electric veh...
10:07 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Bowser has been freed from prison
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Console hacker Gary Bowser is getting released from federal prison after spending over two years behind bars, as first reported by To...
09:32 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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The hunt for the next Twitter: all the news about alternative social media platforms
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Where will we all hang out next?
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09:17 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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The WGA has overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike
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While contract negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are sti...
09:06 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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I just discovered my Roomba can be a security camera
You can now use the Roomba j7’s camera to check in on your home.
Today, an alert popped up on my iRobot app telling me I could now use the j7 Combo robot vacuum to se...
08:49 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Mercedes-Benzs EQS electric SUV gets the Maybach treatment
The Maybach EQS SUV is only slightly more gaudy than the regular EQS. | Image: Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz revealed a sumptuous new Maybach version of its all-electric ...
07:19 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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WB announces a Harry Potter Quidditch multiplayer game
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Warner Bros. has revealed the existence of a new Harry Potter game. Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is a competitive multiplay...
06:16 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Twitter will label hateful tweets when it restricts them
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Twitter is introducing new labels it will show on tweets the company limits for breaking its rules. The company ...
05:40 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Looking for the northern lights? Use your phone camera
That little greenish smudge on the right is the northern lights, as seen by my phone camera’s night mode. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge
Somewhere over Greenl...
05:28 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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The Idols latest trailer is a Max-branded bacchanal
Lily Rose-Depp as Jocelyn and Abel Tesfaye as Tedros in The Idol. | HBO
It was one thing to hear about how (HBO) Max’s upcoming series The Idol from Sam Levinson and ...
05:06 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Joseph Staten, who helped get Halo Infinite over the finish line, is joining Netflix
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Joseph Staten, Halo Infinite’s former head of creative who just announced he was leaving Microsoft, will be the creative dir...
04:43 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Only six EVs still qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit after new rules go into effect
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The Internal Revenue Service released its list of electric vehicles that will still qualify for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit aft...
04:30 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Spotify is losing its audiobooks chief
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Spotify is losing another talk content executive. The Verge has learned that Nir Zicherman, who leads the company’s new audio...
04:10 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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The Nanoleaf Lines are $50 off so you can turn your room into a gamer nightclub
You can go full gamer with the Nanoleaf Lines or just use them as some unique accent lighting. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
The Nanoleaf Lines are a p...
03:51 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14, one of our favorite gaming laptops, is nearly half off
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is both powerful and portable, with nice perks like all-day battery life. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Want an excellent gami...
02:52 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Apples new savings account lets Card users grow their Daily Cash
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Apple is launching a new high-yield Savings account for Apple Card users. In a post shared on Monday, Apple says Card users can build upon their Daily Cash...
02:30 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Lululemon Mirror review: a reflection of at-home fitness
Mirror, mirror on my wall, are you the fittest of them all? Probably not, but it’s the uncertain future of premium fitness hardware that’s to blame.
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01:40 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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How to see who else is using your streaming service subscriptions
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It’s not difficult to share a password for Netflix or Spotify with a friend or leave yourself signed in at someone else’s h...
01:31 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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AT&T launches medical radar device that monitors older adults through walls
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AT&T has teamed up with medical sensor manufacturer Cherish Health to create a claimed “industry first” radar device capable o...
01:30 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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JUICE spacecraft launched to investigate the habitability of Jupiters icy moons
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The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched its JUICE spacecraft to study Jupiter’s icy moons on Friday, April 14th...
01:25 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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SpaceX Starship launch countdown: all of the news on its first test flight
SpaceX Starship prototype stacked on top of a Super Heavy rocket in Boca Chica, TX. | Image: SpaceX
SpaceX backed off of its first scheduled attempt at an uncrewed orbi...
12:01 pm - Mon, April 17, 2023
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VW aims to dethrone the Tesla Model 3 with its long-ranging ID.7 electric sedan
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The ID.7 is a big, beefy sedan that comes in two battery sizes with a best-in-class range estimate. But can Volkswagen make sedans cool again?
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11:11 am - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Sega is officially buying Angry Birds developer Rovio for $775 million
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Sega, the Japanese-headquartered video game company best known in the West for its Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, is acquiring Angry Birds developer Rovio, ...
10:36 am - Mon, April 17, 2023
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How to watch SpaceX Starships first test flight the most powerful rocket ever
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SpaceX will attempt the first test flight of its integrated Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster on Monday morning. Known collectively as “Starsh...
09:07 am - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Heres our best look yet at what Apples announcing in June
Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro, announced earlier this year. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Apple’s long-anticipating mixed reality headset won’t be t...
08:48 am - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Google will reportedly release new AI powered search tools next month
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Google will release new AI-powered search tools next month, with even more features coming in the fall, reports The New York Times.
The new fea...
08:48 am - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Google will reportedly release new AI-powered search tools next month
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Google will release new AI-powered search tools next month, with even more features coming in the fall, reports The New York Times.
The new fea...
03:20 am - Mon, April 17, 2023
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SpaceX Starship countdown: all of the news on its first flight to orbit
SpaceX Starship prototype stacked on top of a Super Heavy rocket in Boca Chica, TX. | Image: SpaceX
SpaceX’s first window to attempt an orbital launch for the Starshi...
03:20 am - Mon, April 17, 2023
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SpaceX Starship countdown: all of the news on its first test flight
SpaceX Starship prototype stacked on top of a Super Heavy rocket in Boca Chica, TX. | Image: SpaceX
SpaceX’s first window to attempt a launch for the Starship and its...
01:47 am - Mon, April 17, 2023
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Netflixs Love is Blind live reunion special was a disaster
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Netflix ran into significant issues with its second-ever live event on Sunday evening. Love is Blind: The Live Reunion failed to...
02:30 pm - Sun, April 16, 2023
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Ultra-long YouTube highlight videos are ruining sports and Im fine with that
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A few months ago, I discovered a new genre of YouTube video. It’s called the “extended highlight,” and it typically takes th...
01:00 pm - Sun, April 16, 2023
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Whats it like to use a $300 Windows laptop for a day?
I spent many hours using HP’s 14, a $289 Windows laptop. You’re all welcome.
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02:30 pm - Sat, April 15, 2023
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Ankers bassy Sport X10 earbuds are on sale for less than $60 right now
The sporty pair of wireless earbuds, which are 30 percent off on Amazon, offer more bang for your buck than most models. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
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02:30 pm - Sat, April 15, 2023
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Makoto Shinkai wants Suzume to build a bridge of memory between generations
Makoto Shinkai attends the Los Angeles red carpet premiere of Suzume. | Photo by Victoria Sirakova / Getty Images
Suzume director Makoto Shinkai sees his late...
01:30 pm - Sat, April 15, 2023
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Bluesky is my favorite Twitter clone yet
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Bluesky is really, really fun.
Yes, the platform is essentially just Twitter but decentralized. And yes, the Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky is one of many se...
01:00 pm - Sat, April 15, 2023
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Why Im using a keyboard phone in 2023
For the past month, I’ve been using the Unihertz Titan Pocket, a phone released in 2021 that rocks a 3.1-inch display above a full Qwerty keyboard. To be clear, it’s been b...
11:12 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Angry Birds company is reportedly about to be sold for $1 billion... to Sega
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Sega is reportedly close to buying Rovio Entertainment — the company that owns the Angry Birds mobile game franchise — for a whopping $1 billion, accor...
11:09 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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TikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform
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Here’s a roundup of all the news about politicians pushing to ban TikTok in the US and around the world.
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10:48 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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SpaceXs Starship rocket receives clearance for launch
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket has been cleared for launch by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), meaning it could take its first orbital flight test a...
10:32 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Elon Musk founds new AI company calledX.AI
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Elon Musk has created a new company dedicated to artificial intelligence — and it’s called X.AI, as first reported by The Wa...
09:55 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Apple TV 4K is getting multiview for sports streams
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Apple TV 4K is getting a new multiview feature just in time for tonight’s Friday Night Baseball games, as first spotted by Tom’s Gu...
08:00 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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The best smartphone you can buy for under $500
You can get a great device for less than $500 these days if you know how to pick your priorities. | The Verge
You can’t have absolutely everything, but you can ge...
07:53 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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A bigger MacBook Air may cure Apples slumping laptop sales
The 15-inch MacBook Air is expected to match the resolution of the 14-inch MacBook Pro. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Apple’s betting on a larger MacB...
07:35 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Tesla blasted for willful disregard of privacy after reports of employees sharing footage
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Two Senate Democrats are demanding that Tesla do more to prevent its customer data from being compromised after reports surfaced that...
06:51 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Roblox creators can now make and sell limited-run avatar gear
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Roblox is now letting creators sell in-game items that are only available in limited quantities, according to a post on its developer forums. That mean...
06:01 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Instagram is adding TikTok-like Reels updates for editing and discovery
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Instagram announced a slew of new features for its TikTok competitor Reels today, including a new way to edit videos and find trending content.
The big...
05:25 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Microsofts new Xbox Home UI is getting reworked after complaints over crowded backgrounds
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Microsoft started testing a new Xbox Home UI last year that will be released in 2023, but fans haven’t been impressed with the aging tiled interface ...
05:23 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Microsoft Edge tests a sidebar that you can pin to your desktop
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Microsoft Edge is testing a new feature that could make its sidebar even more useful. In Edge Canary version 114.0.1789.0, you detach and mount ...
04:51 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Apple commits to using more recycled cobalt in its devices
Apple’s iphone dissasembly robot, Daisy. | Image: Apple
Apple has new plans to use more recycled metals in its devices. By 2025, the company plans to use 100 percent ...
04:05 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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The massive recycling warehouse fire is a stark reminder: plastics are apollutionnightmare
The smoking rubble of a plastics recycling facility in Richmond, Indiana. | Image: Wayne County Emergency Management Agency
A massive blaze at a plastic recycling facil...
03:31 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Our favorite video doorbell for most people is $50 off right now
The wired Nest Doorbell from Google has a simple and sleek look and is available in four colors. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
One of the best video do...
02:53 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Spotify abandons Heardle less than a year after buying it
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Spotify is shutting down Heardle, the Wordle-inspired music game it acquired in July of last year, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. ...
02:36 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Parler goes offline after being sold to a new owner
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Parler, a self-described “unbiased” alternative to mainstream social media networks, is being purchased by a company that will temporarily s...
02:30 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Renfield doesnt deserve Nicolas Cages Dracula
Nicolas Cage as Dracula. | Image: Universal
Save for Nicolas Cage’s over-the-top Dracula, almost nothing about Universal’s Renfield really works the way it coul...
02:00 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Inside the US governments fight to ban TikTok
For nearly three years, the US government has tried to ban TikTok.
Concerns over the app’s alleged risks to national security have spanned two presidential administrations a...
01:52 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Sling TV finally launches on the Amazon Echo Show 8 and 10
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Sling TV is finally making its way to Amazon Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 10 devices — nearly two years after Amazon first promised that i...
01:30 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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How two insurgents are taking on Twitter
A screenshot of Artifact, the new news app from Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. | Image: Artifact
Last week, I observed here that journalists have...
12:28 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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OpenAIs CEO confirms the company isnt training GPT-5 and wont for some time
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In a discussion about threats posed by AI systems, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO and co-founder, has confirmed that the company is not currently training GPT...
12:00 pm - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Kia EV6 GT review: the attainable, guilt-free supercar
The Kia EV6 GT is a practical, comfortable, and somewhat affordable electric supercar.
Kia’s quick, fun flavor of the EV6 is a huge upgrade at a reasonable premi...
11:00 am - Fri, April 14, 2023
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The Fox News defamation case might be almost as entertaining as Succession
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Everything’s coming up Murdoch! Succession is back, Dominion Voting Systems won’t drop its suit, and our boy R...
10:37 am - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Twitter Blues new 10,000 character limit turns tweets into essays
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Twitter Blue subscribers now have a maximum tweet length of 10,000 characters and support for bold and italic text formatting. The...
10:29 am - Fri, April 14, 2023
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Hackers reportedly holding Western Digital data hostage
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Hackers who claim to have breached Western Digital have reportedly stolen around 10 terabytes of data from the company...
08:15 am - Fri, April 14, 2023
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First look at Cybertrucks comically large windshield wiper in action
A drone view of the giant wiper blade stretched across Cybertruck’s windshield. | Screenshot from video by Brad Sloan.
A new drone video has surfaced showing the Cybe...
11:36 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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The perfect Lego Nintendo Game Boy doesnt exist...
Nintendo Game Boy, Lego edition — not authorized by Lego or Nintendo. | Image: Nick Lever
Nick Lever, video editor and Lego Masters Australia finalist, has recreated ...
11:13 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Bungie is ready to ban XIM, Cronus cheaters from Destiny 2
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Bungie is the latest online game developer to announce it’ll start monitoring, warning, and even banning Destiny 2 players who use controller-spoofing X...
11:00 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Heres a collection of gifts you can give mom no matter the occasion
The Beats Fit Pro are a great gift for anyone who is active. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
What do you gift your mom? That’s a challenging question to answer, es...
10:02 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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In Final Fantasy XVI, you can command the dog (and a whole lot more)
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Not to be outdone by Tears of the Kingdom in the summer video game blockbuster hype generation category, Final Fantasy XVI got its own State of Play, showca...
09:51 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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The best Xbox controller to buy right now
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Basic, premium, affordable, and customizable — lots to pick from.
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09:07 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Anker, Bambu, Prusa, Creality: 3D printers suddenly have a need for speed
The $599 Creality K1. | Image: Creality
3D printers can take hours or even days to produce simple parts — but it only took two weeks for the biggest names in consumer...
09:00 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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National Guard member arrested for leaking classified documents on Discord
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Law enforcement officials have linked a trove of classified government documents leaked on Discord to a 21-year-old Air Force ...
08:50 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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EA shares new trailer for its single-player shooter with magic spells
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EA on Thursday released a new trailer for Immortals of Aveum, a single-player “first-person magic shooter” the company is publishing under its EA Original...
08:38 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Spotify finally adds iOS 16 support for home and lock screen widgets
Oh hey, a Spotify widget on the iOS 16 Lock Screen — finally! | Image: Spotify
The new version of Spotify now supports iOS 16 widgets, so you can have a swift way to ...
08:25 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Suicide Squad kills another release date
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You could be forgiven at this point for not believing Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is ever coming out. Rocksteady Studios, of Batman: Arkha...
07:48 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Google Chat is getting a new look to match Docs, Sheets, and Gmail
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Google Chat is getting a new look that matches the redesigned interfaces of Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Gmail. Like the makeovers it...
07:00 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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How to keep Otter from automatically recording your meetings
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Otter.ai is one of the more popular machine-powered transcription apps — and it’s easy to see why. Its algorithms do a good jo...
06:05 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Twitter is rebranding Super Follows to Subscriptions
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Twitter is rebranding its “Super Follows” feature, which lets you subscribe to individual users to get access to some exclusiv...
05:56 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Valves Steam Deck: all the news about the new gaming handheld
Valve’s Steam Deck and its carrying case. | Image: Valve
Catch up on our coverage of Valve’s new device
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05:51 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Amazon offers free access to its AI coding assistant to undercut Microsoft
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Amazon is making its AI-powered coding assistant free for individual developers, undercutting the $10 per month pricing of its Mic...
04:50 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Is Substack Notes a Twitter clone? We asked CEO Chris Best.
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Can Substack handle the wrath of Elon Musk and the pain of c...
04:50 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Is Substack Notes a Twitter clone? We asked CEO Chris Best
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Can Substack handle the wrath of Elon Musk and the pain of c...
04:00 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Tears of the Kingdom is still shrouded in mystery, and thats just the way I like it
What’s new out there? | Image: Nintendo
We’re less than a month away from the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and even though we just got a new...
04:00 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Why classic gaming names like Atari and MapleStory are still going in on the blockchain
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Fans don’t seem interested, but that isn’t stopping some notable brands.
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03:53 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Heres where you can preorder Nintendos Zelda-inspired Switch OLED
The Nintendo Switch OLED Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Edition is available to preorder for $359.99. | Image: Nintendo
After months of rumors, Nintendo finally confirmed ...
03:47 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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A data scientist cloned his best friends group chat using AI
The group chat is “a hallowed thing.” | Image: The Verge
Izzy Miller downloaded 500,000 messages from his seven-year group chat, then trained an AI language mod...
03:33 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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The best entertainment of 2023
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Right now, we are absolutely spoiled for choice when it comes to entertainment. TV shows, movies, and games all come out at such a fast and...
03:30 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Suzume is everything thats beautiful and moving about Makoto Shinkais imagination
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Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume is his most exuberant movie yet and a powerful rumination on holding space for the past.
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02:11 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all the latest on Nintendos huge sequel
Link in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. | Image: Nintendo
Nintendo’s sequel to Breath of the Wild launches on May 12th.
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02:09 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdoms final trailer has open skies and lots of drama
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At T-minus one day less than a month until Tears of the Kingdom launches, Nintendo has released a final trailer for Breath of the Wild’s potentially life-rui...
02:05 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Apples colorful HomePod Mini is down to one of its best prices to date
Apple’s HomePod Mini comes in a variety of fun colors, including orange, yellow, and blue. | Image: Jennifer Tuohy / The Verge
Believe it or not, May is now just a fe...
02:00 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Nvidia RTX 4070 review: a $600 RTX 3080 kind of
The RTX 4070 is the most affordable RTX 40-series GPU yet, with solid 1440p performance.
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01:30 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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This is the best time in a decade to splurge on a premium OLED TV
LG’s G3 OLED hits new brightness highs. | Image: LG
LG’s G3 and Samsung’s S95C promise the brightest, most impressive picture we’ve ever seen from OLED TVs ...
01:02 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Coachella is headed back to Fortnite this year
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Fortnite’s push into music continues with its second collaboration with Coachella, and it’s a bit more involved than last year.
The music festival...
01:00 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Adobe announces new collaboration and editing features for Frame.io and Premiere Pro
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Adobe has announced several product updates ahead of the 2023 NAB Show, including the addition of text-based video editing features to Premier Pro and the ...
01:00 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Samsung Galaxy A54 5G review: a little bit flagship, but mostly midrange
The A54 5G delivers some flagship-level features for a midrange price, but as always, you get what you pay for.
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01:00 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Apples new series Drops of God turns wine tasting into high-stakes drama
Tomohisa Yamashita and Fleur Geffrier in Drops of God. | Image: Apple
Everything about Apple’s newest streaming series is extreme — which you can probably tell...
01:00 pm - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Leicas $9,195 M11 Monochrom camera lives in a gray area of expensive minimalism
You have to have a keen eye to tell the M11 Monochrom apart from the M10 Monochrom.
Leica is looking to charm us with the beauty and mystery of black-and-white photogra...
09:14 am - Thu, April 13, 2023
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Microsoft is experimenting with a Windows gaming handheld mode for Steam Deck-like devices
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Microsoft is exploring early concepts around a Windows handheld mode for devices like the Steam Deck. A ...
08:38 am - Thu, April 13, 2023
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PBS also stops tweeting after being hit with Government-funded Media label
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The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has stopped tweeting from its primary Twitter accou...
10:24 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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What weve learned about Sony PlayStations new smartphone games team
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Sony wants 20 percent of new games to be on smartphones by 2025, and last August it announced a new PlayStation Studios Mobile D...
09:22 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Congressional Republicans subpoena the FTC for asking Twitter too many questions
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The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed the Federal Trade Commission for documents related to its ongoing privacy investigation into E...
09:11 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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The Google graveyard: all the products Google has shut down
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There’s a lot of them
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09:02 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Google will shut down Currents, the work-focused Google Plus replacement
Currents was introduced in 2019. | Image: Google Currents
Update April 12th, 2023, 5PM ET: Google announced it will begin winding down Currents on July 5th, with data a...
08:19 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Android 14s first beta introduces a back arrow that matches your background
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The first beta of Google’s Android 14 OS is available to download today, introducing new features focused on system navigation, ...
08:03 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Summer gaming events 2023: with E3 canceled, heres whats next
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E3 isn’t happening, but the news isn’t stopping.
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07:50 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Its now just Max: all of the news from Warner Bros. Discoverys reveal event
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The company’s combined HBO Max and Discovery Plus streaming service is nearly here.
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07:32 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Warner Bros. Discoverys $15.99-ish Max combo will be revealed tomorrow
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Update, April 12th: And here it is — WBD has officially revealed Max, which will launch May 23rd, and we have all the details ...
06:56 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Max is charging more money for 4K, and that means it cant suck this time
Things just got a little pricier.
Max, the successor to HBO Max, might be getting a little more serious about 4K content. At an event today, Warner Bros. Discovery deta...
06:41 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Its now just Max: all of the news from Warner Bros. Discoverys reveal event
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The company’s combined HBO Max and Discovery Plus streaming service is nearly here.
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06:31 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Game of Thrones is getting another prequel, and its plot sounds very familiar
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The Game of Thrones franchise is getting a new entry on Warner Bros. Discovery’s newly-announced Max streaming service. The n...
06:31 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Chipotle plans to ditch gas grills at 100 new locations
An electric grill at a Chipotle location in Jacksonville, Florida. | Image: Chipotle
Chipotle is switching from gas to electric grills at many of its locations as part ...
06:21 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Harry Potter is getting a 10-year-long TV series on Max
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Warner Bros. Discovery is officially working on a Harry Potter series for its new streaming service, Max. The series was recently rumored ...
06:21 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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A decade-long Harry Potter series is coming to Max
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Warner Bros. Discovery is officially working on a Harry Potter series for its new streaming service, Max. The series was recently rumored ...
06:03 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Love & Translation is basically that Duolingo reality dating show minus the owl
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While it was clearly in development long before Duolingo’s very funny and compelling April Fools’ joke, Love & Translation is definitely going to get a lot ...
05:58 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Gotham has a new king in Maxs first Penguin teaser
Collin Farrell as The Penguin.
In Matt Reeves’ The Batman, Oswald Cobblepot was still just a two-bit criminal working for other, bigger crime lords who kept Gotham PD...
05:46 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Warner Bros. Discovery explains why its dropping the HBO Max name
The official logo doesn’t actually look like this. | Illustration: The Verge
Warner Bros. Discovery’s revamped subscription service is just called “Max,” and th...
05:18 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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HBO and Discoverys Max streaming service is here
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The time has come: HBO Max and Discovery Plus are merging to create a combined streaming service called “Max.” During an event Wednesd...
05:00 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Android 14s first beta introduces a back arrow that matches your background
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The first beta of Google’s Android 14 OS is available to download today, introducing new features focused on system navigation, ...
04:56 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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The best laptops for video editing
We’ve tested and reviewed every laptop on this list ourselves. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge
Here are the best laptops for video editing of every shape, si...
04:44 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Xboxs new energy-saving power options roll out this week
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Microsoft is getting ready to roll out its new energy-saving features for the Xbox Series X / S consoles this week. This includes an act...
04:21 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Sanctuarys new trailer is a twisted game of cat and mouse
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After a tease yesterday, the first trailer for the dark comedy Sanctuary is here — and it looks appropriately twisted. The film made its debut at TIFF las...
04:02 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Redfall wont have a 60fps mode on Xbox at launch
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Redfall, which is set to be one of Microsoft and Bethesda’s biggest Xbox releases of the year, won’t have a 60fps performance mode on consoles at l...
03:57 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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NPR becomes first major news organization to leave Twitter
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NPR has announced that it will no longer use Twitter to distribute its content after the social media platform began labeling the ...
03:55 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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The Continentals first trailer takes the John Wick series to the 70s
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We’re fresh off the debut of the fourth John Wick movie, and more is already on the way — though without the iconic assassin the series takes its nam...
03:23 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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The Super Mario Bros. theme is the first video game tune to enter the Library of Congress
Mario music composer Koji Kondo (right) joins Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto (center) and Nintendo camera programmer Takumi Kawagoe at a Super Mario Bros. Movie screening in Ap...
03:19 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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LinkedIn gets a free verified badge that lets you prove where you work
LinkedIn now has a verification system. | Image: LinkedIn
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is rolling out a free verification system that will allow users to prove their identi...
03:14 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Microsofts spring sale brings discounts on controllers, games, and even Surface laptops
You can save up to $300 on Microsoft’s beautiful new Surface Laptop 5. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Like Amazon, Microsoft is throwing its own spring...
03:00 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Microsofts HoloLens 2 headset is getting a Windows 11 upgrade
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Microsoft is bringing Windows 11 to its HoloLens 2 headset. The update will be available free of charge, and Microsoft says it should ap...
02:56 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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EPA lays out aggressive new tailpipe emission rules aimed at boosting EV sales
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced new emissions standards to slash tailpipe pollution, fight climate change, and acce...
02:20 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Here are some must-have accessories for your new Xbox Series X or Series S
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The Xbox Series X and Series S are excellent machines, yet, no matter how good they are, there will always be room for improvement. Ac...
02:00 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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The best mechanical keyboards for gaming
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You can game on any keyboard. Or you could pick one with an 8000Hz polling rate. Or analog switches. Or modular m...
01:30 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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The one where we tried to pick all the best streaming services
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What’s the best streaming service? It feels like a big and important question to answer. It’s also a completely impossible, completely subjective q...
01:00 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Nvidia announces $599 RTX 4070, available April 13th
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Nvidia is making its new RTX 4070 graphics card official today after weeks of leaks. The RTX 4070 will be available on April 13th priced starting at $599 ...
01:00 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Nvidia RTX 4070 review: a $599 RTX 3080 kind of
The RTX 4070 is the most affordable RTX 40-series GPU yet, with solid 1440p performance.
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12:58 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Samsungs midrange A54 is already on sale with a $50 gift card at Amazon
Samsung’s A54 is a notable upgrade over the last-gen A53, one that comes in either black or violet. | Image: Jon Porter / The Verge
Happy Wednesday, y’all. We recen...
12:32 pm - Wed, April 12, 2023
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China wants homegrown AI to reflect the core values of socialism
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Chinese officials have signaled how generative AI may be regulated in the country, writing in recently published draft guidelines ...
10:56 am - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Microsoft is changing the Print Screen key to open its Snipping Tool on Windows 11
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Microsoft is getting ready to change how the Print Screen (Prt Scr) key works in Windows 11. For the first time in decades the defaul...
09:35 am - Wed, April 12, 2023
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WhatsApp now lets users shop and pay in-app in Brazil
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WhatsApp users in Brazil can now officially pay small businesses for goods and services from within the Meta-owned messaging app, the company ha...
08:44 am - Wed, April 12, 2023
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OpenAI offers bug bounty for ChatGPT but no rewards for jailbreaking its chatbot
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OpenAI has launched a bug bounty, encouraging members of the public to find and disclose vulnerabilities in its AI services including ChatGPT. R...
07:59 am - Wed, April 12, 2023
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iPhone 15 Pro could end up having physical rather than solid-state buttons after all
The iPhone 14 Pro’s physical buttons, which could re-appear on this year’s followup. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
After months of leaks saying App...
07:01 am - Wed, April 12, 2023
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Its been 84 years, but Strava finally has a Spotify integration
You don’t need a Spotify or Strava subscription to use the new in-app widget. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge
Strava has been around since 2009, but today, the p...
10:18 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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The NYPD is bringing back its robot dog
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The New York Police Department is reenlisting Digidog, the four-legged robot that the city faced backlash for deploying a few years back, as...
09:25 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Connor Roy is the real heart of Succession
The emotional core of Succession | Photograph by Macall B. Polay/HBO
The key to Succession has been staring you in the face for four seasons and has been played off as ...
09:00 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Baby Shark gets a podcast deal
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I have to say — it is not the spiciest week in podcast news so far. But so it goes!
Today, Baby Shark podcas...
07:46 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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The entire story of Elon Musk and Twitter, so far
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Forget Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company — Elon Musk is now the owner, CEO, and sole director of Twitter.
Conti...
07:00 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Lofi Girls new synthwave livestream features a new person and their dog
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There’s a new person in the Lofi Girl universe. The countdown on the mysterious new Lofi Girl stream wrapped up earlier on Tuesday, and when it was o...
05:50 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Warner Bros. Discoverys $15.99-ish Max combo will be revealed tomorrow
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Warner Bros. Discovery is getting ready to announce its combined HBO Max and Discovery Plus offering it will supposedly call “...
05:40 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Sony is gearing up for a new cloud gaming push amid rumors of a PlayStation handheld
The logo for PlayStation Now, Sony’s cloud gaming service that got folded into PS Plus. | Image: Sony
Now that Google Stadia is dead and buried, it looks like Sony ma...
05:36 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Ikeas virtual interior design service brings in a pro to pick out your new furniture
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If you’re like me, you enjoy walking through Ikea stores and dream your home could be as neat and organized as the showroom samples — but you really don...
05:34 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Twitter alternatives for the Musk-averse
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Twitter users (and ex-users) are still watching to see what the next chapter will be in the soap opera called “What Elon Musk ...
04:55 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Twitter alternatives for the Musk-averse
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Twitter users (and ex-users) are still watching to see what the next chapter will be in the soap opera called “What Elon Musk ...
04:10 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Fords Oakville plant in Canada will start making EVs in 2024
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Ford’s factory in Oakville, Ontario, will begin its $1.3 billion ($1.8 billion CAD) transformation into an electric vehicle assembly plant in the second q...
04:02 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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This pixelated outfit could be yours for $4,350
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If you have a spare couple thousand dollars and love confusing people with your clothing, Loewe has something right up your alley.
The Spanish luxury brand...
04:00 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Google TVs live guide is getting crammed full of over 800 free channels
Google TV’s live guide is about to include over 800 free channels. | Image: Google
FAST (free ad-supported streaming television) channels are becoming inescapable the...
03:51 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Jennifer Lopez is a reformed assassin in the trailer for The Mother
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Jennifer Lopez has figured out how we should all be spending our Mother’s Day, and it’s apparently watching her former assassin character pro...
03:09 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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FTC cracks down on Amazon review hijacking with $600,000 fine
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The Federal Trade Commission has levied its first fine against a company for “review hijacking” on Amazon, or the act of repur...
03:00 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Uber will fund an e-bike buy-back program to help combat battery fires
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Uber says it will fund an e-bike buy-back program for delivery workers in New York City in a bid to get fire-prone batteries off t...
03:00 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Substack launches its Twitter-like Notes just days after Twitter throttled Substack links
Yep, that looks like Twitter. | Image: Substack
Substack’s Twitter-like feature for shorter posts, called Notes, is launching for everyone on Tuesday. Notes could pro...
02:56 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Support for PS4 game creation tool Dreams is ending in September
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Today, Media Molecule has announced it’s terminating live support for its game creation engine, Dreams.
“As we continue to evaluate and evolv...
02:45 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D: your next gaming CPU
AMD’s 3D V-Cache strikes again with an impressive CPU for gaming.
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02:30 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Microsofts PC Game Pass launches in 40 new countries
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Microsoft is launching its PC Game Pass service in 40 new countries today, including many European markets. After previewing the service in these count...
01:44 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Talk to Mes first trailer is a demonic dare
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One of the most shocking movies out of this year’s Sundance was Talk to Me — and now, you can finally get a glimpse of the horror flick in...
01:30 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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After 100 games, indie collective Sokpop wants to make 100 more
Berry People. | Image: Sokpop Collective
The experimental video game boy band talks about Patreon, milestones, and the future.
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01:22 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Belkins 2-in-1 MagSafe charger has hit a new all-time low price
Belkin’s BoostCharge Pro 2-in-1 Wireless Charger with MagSafe juices up your iPhone and your AirPods at the same time. | Image: Belkin
Yes, Belkin’s BoostCharg...
01:21 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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E3 is canceled, but Nintendo Live is coming to the US in September
Nintendo Live 2023. | Image: Nintendo
Nintendo Live is coming to the US. The game maker announced Tuesday that it will hold Nintendo Live 2023 in Seattle, Washington, t...
01:15 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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All the rumors about this years iPhone 15 lineup
Last year’s iPhone 14 Pro Max and Pro. | Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
From USB-C to Dynamic Island, here are the rumored features for this year’s iPhon...
01:07 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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The Marvels first trailer is a cosmic game of musical chairs
Captain Marvel’s surprise appearance at the end of Ms. Marvel was a reminder that the MCU’s strongest pinch hitter only ever comes down to Earth either by accident or when ...
01:00 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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The Fitbit-to-Google account migration will start this summer
The Fitbit-to-Google migration starts in earnest this summer. | The Verge
The way you log onto Fitbit is about to change. Starting this summer, existing Fitbit users ca...
01:00 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Finally, its easier to navigate national parks using Google Maps
View of hazy mountain ridges at sunrise from the Oconaluftee Valley Overlook in North Carolina’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. | Image: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket vi...
12:55 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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The Steve Jobs Archive releases free ebook collecting Jobs speeches and photos
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The Steve Jobs Archive has published Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words — a new free ebook containing a curated colle...
12:46 pm - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Is Microsoft getting ready to add PC games to Xbox Cloud Gaming?
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Microsoft and British mobile network EE announced an expanded partnership today that will see the software giant commit to a 10-ye...
10:38 am - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Android devices can now automatically archive little-used apps
Android is rolling out automated app-archiving almost a year after Google first teased the new feature. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Google has started to ...
10:34 am - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Minis cars are getting an intelligent personal assistant named Spike
Spike on the Mini Concept Aceman’s central OLED display. | Image: BMW / Mini
Mini, the British car brand owned by German automaker BMW, has announced a new “intelli...
09:03 am - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Fortnites new update adds Attack on Titan gear
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Fortnite just keeps speeding along. As part of its most recent update, the battle royale game is adding gear from Attack on Titan that lets players zi...
08:42 am - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Microsoft Teams now has Snapchats Lenses for video calls
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Microsoft has teamed up with Snap to add Snapchat Lenses to Microsoft Teams. More than 20 Snapchat Lenses are ...
08:38 am - Tue, April 11, 2023
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PC shipments fell sharply last quarter, with Apple among hardest hit
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The PC market had a rough first quarter, with both IDC and Canalys reporting that worldwide...
02:31 am - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Beau Is Afraid is an exercise in laughing to keep from screaming
Joaquin Phoenix as Beau Wassermann. | Image: A24
Director Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid amps up the comedic absurdity to tell a haunting story about coping with anxi...
01:00 am - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Elon Musk tweets, then deletes DMs from Matt Taibbi over his Substack snit
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Elon Musk and one of his “Twitter Files” writers, Matt Taibbi, don’t seem to be on great terms right now,...
01:00 am - Tue, April 11, 2023
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Elon Musk tweets then deletes DMs from Matt Taibbi over his Substack snit
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Elon Musk and one of his “Twitter Files” writers, Matt Taibbi, don’t seem to be on great terms right now, a...
11:39 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Elon Musk says SpaceXs Starship spacecraft is ready to launch soon
SpaceX’s Starship stacked on top of the Super Heavy rocket booster. | Image: SpaceX
Last week, SpaceX announced it’s poised to launch the fully stacked Starship spa...
10:45 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Here are the best noise-canceling headphone deals we could find
Apple’s AirPods Max are on sale for $479.99 at Amazon and other retailers. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge
With more people working from home than they used to, ...
09:18 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Elon Musk says SpaceXs Starship spacecraft is ready to launch soon
SpaceX’s Starship stacked on top of the Super Heavy rocket booster. | Image: SpaceX
Last week, SpaceX announced it’s poised to launch the fully stacked Starship spa...
09:10 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch will return for a third and final season in 2024
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch is coming to an end. During this year’s Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm announced that the animated series has been renewed fo...
07:52 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Florida Mayhem won the first Overwatch League pro-am tournament, but the amateurs were the bigger winners
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Yesterday, the first round of Overwatch League play in 2023 concluded with the league’s first-ever pro-am tournament. Seven amateur teams from the Nor...
06:45 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Bitcoins insatiable appetite forenergyis driving uppollutionand costs for Americans, report finds
A row of Bitcoin mining machines at the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, on October 9th, 2021. | Image: MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images
Bit...
06:00 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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The best wireless earbuds to buy right now
The current earbuds lineup is the strongest to date.
The best from Apple, Bose, Samsung, Sony, Beats, Google, and more
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05:58 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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The end is nigh for gas-powered cars
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On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to announce tough new tailpipe emission standards designed to effectively for...
05:51 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Netflix is making a Stranger Things animated series
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Stranger Things is getting an animated spinoff. On Monday, Netflix announced that the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, are working on an animated...
04:56 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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YouTube is giving Premium subscribers higher-quality video than everyone else
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YouTube’s introducing an “enhanced” 1080p HD video quality for Premium subscribers — but it’s only available on iOS for ...
04:40 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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You can try The New York Times new math-based puzzle game right now
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The New York Times has announced a new math-based puzzle game, Digits, and you can play the beta test right now at this link.
In Di...
04:37 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Bing, Bard, and ChatGPT: AI chatbots are rewriting the internet
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How we use the internet is changing fast, thanks to the advancement of AI-powered chatbots that can find information and redeliver it as a si...
04:29 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Teslas next Megapack battery storage factory will be in Shanghai
Tesla Shanghai and Lin-gang Special Area administrators sign the project off in a ceremony. | Image: Tesla
Tesla’s building a new “Megafactory” in Shanghai, the a...
04:17 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Mario games on Nintendo Switch are $20 off to keep the movie hype going
The Super Mario Bros. Movie made $140 million, and now you can save $20 on his games. | Image: Universal
There are a bunch of deals on first-party Nintendo games right ...
04:16 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Hashtags are everything on Mastodon why not give them a home?
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Mastodon has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of Twitter’s ongoing meltdown, and since I started seriously using it late last year, it’s won m...
03:39 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Google cuts off third-party smart displays as Assistant support dwindles
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Google has stopped pushing updates for some third-party smart displays, reflecting a broader shift away from Assistant products. On a support pa...
03:00 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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The best Android phone to buy in 2023
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Whether you want everything but the kitchen sink or top-tier performance for a midtier price, you’ve got options.
Continue reading…...
02:58 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Dominos now lets you order pizza via Apple CarPlay
The Domino’s app, now on Apple CarPlay. | Image: Domino’s
Domino’s already lets you quickly order pizza at the tap of a button on your phone, but now, it’s enab...
02:32 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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A Texas court ruling just threatened abortion pill access nationwide
Judge Kacsmaryk attempted to keep oral arguments for the case secret. | Photo by Moises Avila / AFP via Getty Images
A Texas judge ruled on Friday that the Food and Dru...
01:56 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Google Pixel 7A leak reveals new blue color
The Pixel 7A is expected to be announced at Google I/O next month. | Image: MySmartPrice / OnLeaks
We’re getting closer and closer to Google I/O 2023, and it’s look...
01:30 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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A better ChatGPT app: Poe wants to build the universal AI messaging client
Poe isn’t a chatbot — it’s an app for all your chatbots. | Image: Poe
ChatGPT is a remarkable piece of technology and a really crappy consumer product. Load ...
01:09 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Star Wars Celebration 2023: all the trailers and news
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This is the way (for the latest updates).
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01:08 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Star Wars: Visions Volume 2s first trailer is spectacular in every sense of the word
There’s been quite a bit of live-action news out of this year’s Star Wars Celebration Europe event, but in case there was any doubt that Star Wars: Visions’ return is tru...
01:00 pm - Mon, April 10, 2023
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The Steambox is an electric lunchbox looking for a problem to solve
As a steam-reheating lunchbox, it’s pricey but serviceable. But if you’re just looking for a warm meal, there are better ways to get it.
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03:07 am - Mon, April 10, 2023
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Successions last season is finally getting interesting by taking some risks
Brian Cox as Logan Roy.
The third episode of the show’s final season feels like the true beginning of the end — and exactly the sort of jumpstart the series nee...
12:00 pm - Sun, April 9, 2023
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Hatch Restore 2 review: TikTok made me try it
Ironically, the app that usually convinces me to spend too much on junky products led me to the best piece of sleep tech I’ve tested in a while.
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12:08 am - Sun, April 9, 2023
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Substack CEO pushes back at Elon, says Twitter situation is very frustrating
Quick recap: Substack, the popular subscription newsletter platform for writers, launched a new feature in its app called Notes last week, which is fairly similar to Twitter.
T...
12:08 am - Sun, April 9, 2023
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Substack CEO pushes back at Elon Musk, says Twitter situation is very frustrating
Quick recap: Substack, the popular subscription newsletter platform for writers, launched a new feature in its app called Notes last week, which is fairly similar to Twitter.
T...
04:00 pm - Sat, April 8, 2023
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Organizing my pretty pile of garbage
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There’s really no other way to say this: I like to save trash. Receipts from favorite stores or meals, pamphlets and maps from trips, ti...
03:46 pm - Sat, April 8, 2023
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Here are the best Amazon Echo deals right now
Like Amazon’s Echo speakers, its various smart displays come in a range of sizes. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge
Amazon’s current Echo lineup offers a broad sel...
03:00 pm - Sat, April 8, 2023
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Have a Nice Death is a punishing roguelike with a dark sense of humor
Magic Design Studios / Gearbox Publishing
We’ve got a while to wait until Hades 2, and if you’re in need of a roguelike to fill the hole Hades left behind, then Hav...
02:07 pm - Sat, April 8, 2023
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Apples latest AirPods Pro have hit their all-time low at Amazon
Apple’s second-gen AirPods Pro offers better noise cancellation and sound quality than their predecessor. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
Did you give up on your N...
02:00 pm - Sat, April 8, 2023
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11 ways to power up your gaming on your PS5
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Playing games on your PlayStation 5 is, of course, much more exciting than digging through menus and configuration options — ...
01:00 pm - Sat, April 8, 2023
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In celebration of the dumb phone, a rare sanity-saving gadget
Photo by Juho Sarvikas / HMD Global
I miss the phone. No, not that slab in my pocket that we call the smartphone.
Yes, that device can act like a phone. But it also ...
12:30 pm - Sat, April 8, 2023
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Dell XPS 13 review: Dell is coasting (and thats fine)
The latest XPS 13 is good enough — but no longer good enough to top the market.
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12:00 pm - Sat, April 8, 2023
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Are Amazon Sidewalks privacy protocols ready for the real world?
The Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 is one of many Sidewalk bridges that can help extend connectivity beyond your home’s Wi-Fi. | Image: Dan Seifert / The Verge
Last week, ...
12:30 am - Sat, April 8, 2023
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Halo veteran Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft
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Joseph Staten, a Bungie veteran who worked on the first three Halo games and was brought on to help get Halo Infinite over the finish line, is lea...
12:09 am - Sat, April 8, 2023
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Twitter is now marking Substack links as unsafe
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Twitter has started marking links to Substack as unsafe. If you click on a link on Twitter with substack.com in the URL, Twitter w...
11:30 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Microsoft locks down game emulation on the Xbox Series X and Series S
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Microsoft is barring users from running game emulations on the Xbox Series X | S. On Thursday, Twitter user @gamr12, who’s invol...
10:01 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Microsofts rolling out Edges AI image generator to everyone
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Microsoft is making its DALL-E-powered AI image generator “available on desktop for Edge users around the world.” The company announced it’d be c...
09:43 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Rivians new Performance powertrain lets R1T reservation holders keep their big battery
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Rivian unlocked a new Dual-Motor Performance AWD option for its R1T electric pickup truck and R1S SUV on Thursday, and the automaker...
09:15 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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One of Elons handpicked Twitter Files writers quits Twitter over its Substack restrictions
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Matt Taibbi has announced that he’s leaving Twitter amid the company’s ongoing spat with newsletter platfor...
09:00 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Western Digitals My Cloud is still down, but theres a workaround
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It’s April 7th, and you know what that means? That’s right. It means that Western Digital’s cloud network has ...
08:35 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Substack writers say Twitters newsletter ban is bad for business and worse for Twitter
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This week, Twitter began restricting the promotion of links to Substack newsletters, a move that seems to fly in the face of owner Elon Musk�...
07:27 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Microsoft sold software to sanctioned Russian companies, says US government
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Microsoft has agreed to pay over $3 million in fines for selling software to sanctioned entities and individuals in Cuba, Iran, Sy...
07:22 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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How to use Nearby Share for Windows
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While my personal computers have mostly been Windows and my phones Android, I do use a Mac for work, and I’ve always been envio...
05:34 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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How one Twitter account disappeared for a week and why nobody knew how to fix it
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(Disclosure right up front: SB Nation is part of Vox Media, and so is The Verge; we’re all co-workers and friends. I reported ...
05:30 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Someone keeps accusing fanfiction authors of writing their fic with AI, and nobody knows why
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Artificial intelligence has... let’s say, a fraught relationship with the arts community, and transformative fandom is no exce...
05:00 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Fortnite and Roblox are dueling for the future of user-built games
Image: Epic Games
The two giants are part of a race to become something akin to the YouTube of gaming.
Continue reading…
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04:50 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Now everyone claims Microsoft will build a data center on the Foxconn land in Wisconsin
Foxconn’s dome in Wisconsin, with the “high performance computing” shipping container next to it. | Image: Nilay Patel
The Foxconn land in Wisconsin may finally b...
04:04 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Substack founders fire back at Twitter over restrictions and rules that change on a whim
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Substack’s founders have responded to Twitter’s new restrictions on promoting tweets with links from the publishing platform...
03:59 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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The stainless steel Apple Watch Series 7 is down to its lowest price yet
It may not be fancy-pants titanium or an Hermes edition, but that sleek steel looks much nicer than the basic aluminum. | Image: Apple
Look, the Apple Watch Series 8 is...
03:54 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024
One more year. | Will Joel / The Verge
Google is ending support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system in one year, on April 8th, 2024. They are among...
03:51 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Substack had negative revenue
Pictured: a business I suspect is collapsing. | Image: Substack
Is there a funnier phrase in the English language than “negative revenue”?
Look, I felt pretty confi...
03:33 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Sony tells regulators Microsoft could sabotage its ability to win Digital Foundry comparisons
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Sony told regulators in the UK that they were “irrational” for having sided with Microsoft in the fight over the proposed...
03:27 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Twitter now disables likes, replies, and retweets if a tweet has Substack links
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
Writers trying to embed tweets in their Substack stories are in for a rude surprise: after pasting a link to the site, a message p...
03:00 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024
One more year. | Will Joel / The Verge
Google is ending support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system in one year, on April 8th, 2024. They are among...
01:46 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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NASAs powerful new air quality monitor has launched into space
NASA’s new air quality monitoring instrument, TEMPO. | Image: Maxar via NASA
NASA sent a powerful new instrument into space overnight to track air pollution. If all g...
01:30 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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The sudden death and rebirth of Tweetbot
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Tweetbot’s sudden death, open-casket funeral, and reincarnation as a Mastodon app.
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12:30 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Chasing rainbows
Mengxin Li / The Verge
Apparently, the very idea of colorblindness is hard to visualize. Take a shot at looking through my eyes.
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12:30 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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This is what it looks like to be colorblind
Mengxin Li / The Verge
Apparently, the very idea of colorblindness is hard to visualize. Take a shot at looking through my eyes.
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12:16 pm - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Three new Star Wars movies are on the way
Daisy Ridley in The Last Jedi. | Image: Disney / Lucasfilm
Though we’re living in a golden age for Star Wars series, a new trio of big-screen projects are definitely ...
11:42 am - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Star Wars Celebration 2023: all the trailers and news
Image: Lucasfilm
This is the way (for the latest updates).
Continue reading…
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11:42 am - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Star Wars: Ahsoka starts streaming in August 2023
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There’s going to be more Star Wars this summer. Lucasfilm confirmed today that the next live-action spinoff to hit Disney Plus will be Ahsoka, which ...
10:55 am - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Star Wars spinoff The Acolyte hits Disney Plus in 2024
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The next live-action Star Wars series is coming next year. While it doesn’t have a specific premiere date just yet, at the Star Wars Celebration even...
07:43 am - Fri, April 7, 2023
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Samsungs having a terrible financial year
Samsung's chip business is killing profits. | Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images
Samsung Electronics is having another bad quarter according to the company’s ...
11:49 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Google isrolling out WebGPU tech for next-gen gaming in your browser
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Google has announced that WebGPU, an API that gives web apps more access to your graphics card’s capabilities, will be enabled by default in Chrome 1...
10:15 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Apples first retail store in India is opening soon
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Apple will be opening its first retail store in India in Mumbai, according to a short notice on the company’s website.
“He...
09:56 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Amazon is discounting Kindles, speakers, and more during its spring sales event
Amazon’s newest Echo Dot is just one of many devices available at an all-time low. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Spring has sprung, and to celebrate...
09:14 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Twitter cuts off Substack embeds and starts suspending bots
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
Writers trying to embed tweets in their Substack stories are in for a rude surprise: after pasting a link to the site, a message p...
08:46 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Walmarts preparing to build its own coast-to-coast EV charging network
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Walmart is planning to build out a nationwide electric vehicle charging network at thousands of its stores, including Sam’s Club locations. The company...
08:07 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Why this new plant is capturing carbon dioxide just to let it back out again
Global Thermostat’s kiloton-scale unit for removing carbon dioxide from the air. | Image: Global Thermostat
There’s a scramble in the US to build the first generati...
07:25 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now
The Apple Watch Series 8 isn’t a massive step up from the prior model, but it does offer a few new features. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
In Septembe...
07:15 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Twitters API shutdown and botpocalypse begins
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
The age of Twitter bots may be over.
Continue reading…
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07:10 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Is it just me or is the Treasury Department firing warning shots at DeFi?
Who could have guessed? | Illustration: Micha Huigen / The Verge
All kinds of unwanted users — ransomware gangs, thieves, scammers, and North Korea — are merrily tr...
07:01 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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How to upgrade your Android smartwatch to Wear OS 3
Illustration: Samar Haddad / The Verge
The Wear OS 3 rollout hasn’t been the smoothest. It’s totally understandable if you decided to stick it out on Wear OS 2 unti...
06:43 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Microsofts rolling out Edges AI image generator to everyone
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Microsoft is making its DALL-E-powered AI image generator “available on desktop for Edge users around the world.” The company announced it’d be c...
06:34 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Tesla employees reportedly passed around personal videos from owners cars
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Tesla employees passed around and poked fun at private videos recorded by vehicle cameras, according to a report from Reuters. T...
06:19 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Disney creates new executive role to oversee everything about its brand
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Disney has created a new “chief brand officer” role to oversee Disney’s brand across “the entire ecosystem of company t...
06:01 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Overwatch 2 season 4 trailer got me right in the feels
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I haven’t gotten emotional over an Overwatch trailer since the Overwatch 2 launch trailer. But the trailer for season 4 finally got me. ...
05:00 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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A classic keyboard returns as the hot-swappable, wireless WhiteFox Eclipse
The new WhiteFox Eclipse. | Image: Alpaca Keyboards
The WhiteFox Eclipse is a new wireless mechanical keyboard that harks back to a classic community design. It’s bas...
04:37 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Here are some must-have accessories for your Nintendo Switch
From controllers to microSD cards, there are all sorts of accessories you’ll need to make the most of your Switch. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
The N...
03:47 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Meta adds 14 free games you can play over video calls inside Messenger
Mini Golf FRVR for Facebook Gaming, now available during a Messenger video call. | Image: Meta
Meta’s Facebook Gaming division is making Messenger video calls more in...
03:41 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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T-Mobile will provide free MLB.TV to customers through 2028
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T-Mobile will continue to offer free MLB.TV subscriptions to customers through 2028. In a post on its site, the carrier announced ...
03:00 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Microsofts Windows 365 Cloud PCs get more flexible, LG TV integration, and more
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Microsoft is making its Cloud PCs more flexible thanks to a new Windows 365 Frontline option, integration into LG’s 2023 TVs, and even a new Windows ...
03:00 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Discord is launching an in-app soundboard
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Discord is officially introducing its own in-app soundboard that you can use in voice channels. With the soundboard, you’ll be a...
03:00 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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The first big Wild Hearts update is beautiful and deadly
Image: EA
The monster hunting game gets a new cherry blossom fox just in time for spring.
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02:46 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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April Fools Day 2023: the best and cringiest pranks
Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge
The holiday we didn’t ask for is back, as brands like Razer and Tesla put on their silly hats for the weekend.
Contin...
02:46 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Metas layoffs are reportedly gutting its new customer service teams
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge
Meta’s company-wide job cuts impacted the customer service team it had just started to build, leaving influencers and group adm...
02:15 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Apples M2 Mac Mini with expanded 512GB storage is $110 off
The Mac Mini design may be a bit old now, but it’s still pretty dang adorable for a desktop. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Apple’s brilliant M2-powe...
02:00 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Today is the last day to order a Playdate before its $20 price increase
Frankly, price increases make me a little cranky. | Image: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Time is running out on preordering a Playdate with better pricing. Beginning tomorro...
02:00 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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The Apple Lisa was a design revolution and it still feels like one today
The Apple Lisa, 40 years later. | Illustration: The Verge
The Apple Lisa was not, by nearly any definition, a hit product. Released in 1983, the ambitious but flawed ma...
01:59 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Your laptops microphone might sound better than you think
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Every now and then on The Vergecast, we like to do a microphone test. Because we spend a lot of time worrying about our headphones and how things sound...
01:30 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Lyft expands its EV and hybrid booking option to 14 more US markets
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Green mode, a Lyft ridehailing option that lets travelers specifically request a hybrid or fully ...
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Amazons company culture may be hurting its streaming business
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With a company as large and wealthy as Amazon, it has more than enough resources to take down its competitors in the streaming ind...
01:00 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Counter-Strike 2 is getting Nvidias latency-reducing Reflex tech
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Nvidia’s latency-reducing Reflex technology is coming to Counter-Strike 2. Reflex is designed to make games feel more responsive by reducing the amount o...
01:00 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Motorolas big-battery budget phone gets 5G and a price hike
The Moto G Power 5G is a little pricier this year, but it promises some meaningful upgrades. | Image: Motorola
The 2023 version of Motorola’s all-about-battery-life M...
01:00 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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The poop emoji: a legal history
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In July 2022, the world watched with bated breath as Twitter sued Elon Musk. No one knew whether the deal was going to happen or whether i...
12:30 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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The impossibility of logging off
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The logout button has become practically defunct.
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12:00 pm - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Minecraft Legends is a blast in multiplayer
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Minecraft Legends is a strategy spinoff of Minecraft — but it might also be the next competitive multiplayer craze. I had a chance to spend a few hou...
09:59 am - Thu, April 6, 2023
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OneNote is getting Microsofts new AI Copilot to help you write your notes
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Microsoft is planning to add its new Microsoft 365 Copilot assistant to OneNote. The software giant originally announced Copilot for apps like T...
09:11 am - Thu, April 6, 2023
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Microsoft brings its Bing chatbot to your fingertips with SwiftKey on Android
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Microsoft has added Bing Chat AI to its popular SwiftKey keyboard for Android. The integration started appearing on Wednesday and allows SwiftKe...
12:38 am - Thu, April 6, 2023
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The worlds strongest water gun is back and wetter than ever
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Sypra has made a name for itself by creating powerful, electronic water guns, the first of which launched on Kickstarter in 2018. Now, the company’s addi...
10:13 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Microsoft Edge launches Workspaces test that lets you share browser tabs
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Microsoft’s Edge is rolling out a limited public preview of its Workspaces feature, which lets you save and share sets of browser tabs using a single...
08:24 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Apple might be getting into VR at the worst possible time
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Apple is heavily rumored to reveal its long-awaited mixed reality headset in just a couple of months, but that reveal seems to be arriving at a ...
08:08 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Operation Cookie Monster shuts off hacker marketplace selling millions of stolen accounts
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Several law enforcement agencies have teamed up to take down Genesis Market, a website selling...
07:50 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Donald Trump was arrested, please like and subscribe
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At the rally protesting Trump’s arrest, everyone was a content creator.
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07:23 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Kratos bears it all in God of War Ragnarks New Game Plus mode
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Starting today, you can embark on a New Game Plus journey in God of War Ragnarök. More than just a restart of the story campaign, the u...
07:07 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Street Fighter is the latest game franchise to be turned into a new live-action movie
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The Street Fighter franchise is getting a new movie. Capcom announced on Wednesday that it’s working on the film in p...
06:03 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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HBO Maxs Clone High teaser reminds us that everything thats old is new again
Twenty years ago, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Bill Lawrence’s Clone High ended on a cliffhanger that left all of its teenaged clones of famous historical figures flash...
05:17 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Diablo IVs endgame looks expansive (and a bit confusing)
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Diablo IV’s dungeons are gonna be a nightmare after players complete the campaign. The developers just released a new video outlining the game’s end...
04:30 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Google is trying to make sure apps let you delete your account
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Google is introducing a new Play Store rule that will require apps to have a “readily discoverable option” for deleting your account, both i...
04:04 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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The former chief of Googles now-shuttered Stadia service reportedly left the company
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Phil Harrison, who headed up Google’s now-shuttered cloud gaming service Stadia, is no longer at Google, according to Business...
03:36 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
Apple’s second-gen AirPods Pro are $50 off, matching their all-time low.
If you know where to look, there are often some great discounts available on Apple’s ever-p...
03:35 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Jeep is doubling down on plug-in hybrids with the 2024 Wrangler 4xe
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Jeep’s wildly popular plug-in hybrid Wrangler SUV is getting an upgrade. The automaker is rolling out two new trim levels for the 2024 model year, as well...
03:00 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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This electric snot sucker is my new favorite gadget
Move over, NoseFrida. This random Amazon snot sucker is my new go-to. | Image: Allison Johnson / The Verge
I have a growing list of recommendations for new parents that...
03:00 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Resident Evil 4 remake updates its Spanish but not everyone will see it
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The game takes strides toward a more authentic Spanish experience but is let down by subtitles that don’t translate everything.
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03:00 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Substack is getting tweets err, Notes
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Substack is getting a new tweet-like feature called “Notes,” the company announced on Wednes...
02:54 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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How to use Nearby Share for Windows
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While my personal computers have mostly been Windows and my phones Android, I do use a Mac for work, and I’ve always been envio...
02:19 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Startup founder accused of tricking JPMorgan charged with $175 million fraud
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Former Frank CEO Charlie Javice has been charged with defrauding JPMorgan Chase after the bank acquired her financ...
02:00 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Here are the best iPad deals right now
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While the best iPad deals come around during major sale events like Black Friday, Cyber...
02:00 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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My bad VR trip
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I ripped off the headset, afraid I was going to throw up. I shouted for help. My partner found me in the fetal position in a cold sweat on...
01:40 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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The Color Quiz
You use these apps all the time, but can you identify the shades of their logos?
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Why journalists cant quit Twitter
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On Tuesday, Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a series of hush-mo...
01:30 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Ram 1500 REV swings for the fences with an estimated 500 miles of range
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For better or worse, Americans love big trucks. Big tires, big grilles, big payloads — all things that sell extremely well, despite their big (re: negative...
01:15 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Legos X-Wing Starfighter gets a refresh in time for Star Wars Day
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This is the third time we’ve seen the T-65 X-Wing Starfighter in brick form, and it’s Lego’s most detailed yet. The 1,949-piece X-Wing costs $239.99 a...
01:05 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Vizios Atmos-ready M-Series 5.1.2 soundbar is on sale for $100 off
The M512a-H6 doesn’t offer a ton of features, but it comes with a subwoofer and a pair of low-profile rear speakers. | Image: Vizio
Want to level up your TV experienc...
01:00 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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I really missed Advance Wars
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There was a period of time when my Game Boy Advance was used almost exclusively for turn-based strategy games. Many, many hours were lost to Fire Emblem...
01:00 pm - Wed, April 5, 2023
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D: your next gaming CPU
AMD’s 3D V-Cache strikes again with an impressive CPU for gaming.
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Metaverse Fashion Week had big brands but few people
Vogue Singapore’s Metaverse Fashion Week booth. That portal took you to another metaverse on an entirely different platform. | Screenshot: Jay Peters / The Verge
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11:16 am - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Could a new PlayStation handheld be built for Remote Play? I like the idea
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A new report from Tom Henderson at Insider Gaming claims Sony is developing a n...
10:18 am - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Microsoft is making it easier to block annoying autoplay videos in Edge
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Microsoft Edge is getting a block feature for autoplay videos. Microsoft has started testing the new block addition with Edge testers in the Canary cha...
07:30 am - Wed, April 5, 2023
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The color quiz
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Kobos all-you-can-read subscription coming to the US could challenge Amazon
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Kobo is bringing its Kobo Plus service, which lets you read unlimited ebooks and audiobooks for a flat monthly fee, to the US. The...
04:01 am - Wed, April 5, 2023
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Kobo launches the KoboElipsa 2E, a huge e-reader you can also write on
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Kobo’s launching a new 10.3-inch E Ink e-reader and writing device, the Kobo Elipsa 2E, on April 19th. The new Kindle Scribe and Onyx Boox Nova Air C riva...
09:56 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Heres where you can still preorder Nintendos Zelda-inspired Switch OLED
The Nintendo Switch OLED Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Edition is available to preorder for $359.99. | Image: Nintendo
Last week, after months of rumors, Nintendo finally...
08:45 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Spotify shows how the live audio boom has gone bust
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07:53 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Apples Weather app on iPhone was down this morning
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Apple’s Weather app on iPhone was down for many users on Tuesday. The issues started at around midnight ET and persisted thr...
07:37 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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More patches are rolling out for The Last Of Us infected PC port
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Naughty Dog and Nvidia have released more hotfixes for The Last of Us Part I’s PC port in an attempt to fix various crashes and oth...
07:30 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Asus announced its handheld gaming PC in the worst way possible
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Asus’ ROG Ally, a Steam Deck-like handheld gaming PC, is actually real. But ...
07:10 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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The best entertainment of 2023
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Right now, we are absolutely spoiled for choice when it comes to entertainment. TV shows, movies, and games all come out at such a fast...
07:03 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Here are the best Kindle deals right now
The 2021 Kindle Paperwhite is on sale at Amazon and Best Buy starting at just $99.99. | Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge
When it comes to finding a device to use t...
07:00 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the new gold standard for video game films
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From its cheesy nostalgia plays to its breathtaking and imaginative visuals, Universal’s new Mario movie is everything a...
06:14 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Call of Duty is the latest to detect and ban XIM cheaters
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Activision is cracking down on third-party hardware cheating in Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. Devices like XIM, Cronus Ze...
06:08 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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These alcohol counseling companies leaked patient data to advertisers for years
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Online alcohol recovery services Monument and Tempest admitted to sharing private patient information with advertisers for y...
06:01 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Overwatch 2s new hero Lifeweaver puts down roots in season 4
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Overwatch 2 has been releasing new heroes at a pretty good clip, and with the pending arrival of season 4 comes the latest hero: Lifeweaver. Lifeweaver’s add...
06:00 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Bob Ross spoof Paint is an SNL sketch stretched out far too long
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Bob Ross has become one of those inescapable facets of the internet. The longtime The Joy of Painting host is firmly entrenched...
05:12 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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The best deals on 4K TVs
We’ve got deals on all sorts of TVs, ranging from affordable (yet feature-packed) models to high-end OLED and Mini LEDs that can really wow you. | Image: Chris Welch / The Ve...
04:39 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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The Apple Watch SE and Beats Fit Pro have dropped to their best prices to date
Apple’s entry-level wearable now starts at just $219 ($30 off). | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
As far as entry-level smartwatches go, few can match the...
04:25 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Say hi to Barbie in the new Barbie movie trailer
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Once you’re done choosing which Barbie character you are, it’s time to watch the film’s latest trailer.
Following a brief teaser that...
04:02 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Pokmon Stadium is coming to Nintendo Switch Online next week but with a catch
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Pokémon Stadium will join Nintendo’s growing roster of Nintendo 64 classics you can play through Nintendo Switch Online starting April 12...
03:56 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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GM-owned BrightDrop to add 4,000 electric vans to Ryders fleets
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BrightDrop, the electric van company owned by General Motors, will provide 4,000 delivery vans to Ryder’s rental fleet through 2025. That includes Bright...
03:52 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Microsoft announces $299.99 Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock that connects via USB-C
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Microsoft has just officially unveiled a Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock hours after the device leaked. Priced at $299...
02:02 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Watching Silicon Valley Bank melt down from the front row, with Brex CEO Henrique Dubugras
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Everybody hates Concur. Brex wants to replace it.
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02:01 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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This AI clock uses ChatGPT to generate tiny poems that tell the time
The clock uses ChatGPT to generate rhymes to tell the times. | Image: Matt Webb
ChatGPT has been one of the internet’s favorite toys for months now, but people are st...
02:00 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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This is how Titmouses animators brought their 5 Second Night short films to life
A scene from Jiangshi: Funky Kung Fu Grandma. | Image: Aaron Anderson
Animation house Titmouse’s artists open up about participating in the studio’s 5 Second Ni...
02:00 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Peloton machines now work with Samsungs Wear OS smartwatches, too
The Peloton app integration lets you broadcast your heart rate from the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 or 5 lineups. | Image: Victoria Song / The Verge
Samsung announced today ...
01:50 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Walmarts redesigned website looks better than Amazon
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Walmart’s website and app have a new look, and I have to admit that it looks a lot cleaner than Amazon’s. The retail giant swapped out a more clutter...
01:45 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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You, me, and UI
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There’s a funny conflict to the idea of user interfaces: a good one tends to go unnoticed, the thoughtful design decisions too subtle to...
01:45 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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OnePlus new Nord includes a 108-megapixel camera and 67W fast charging
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OnePlus is introducing a new smartphone to its midrange Nord lineup today, the OnePlus Nord C...
01:30 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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The hellish design of the Crusader Kings video games
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Crusader Kings 3 doesn’t have boss fights or puzzles like many other kinds of video games. But I am convinced that it does have one kind...
01:02 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Apples Weather app on iPhone is down for many
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Apple’s Weather app on iPhone is down for many users today. The issues started at around midnight ET and have persisted thro...
01:00 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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The revenge of the pop-up
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Nobody wants them. Nobody likes them. Why is the worst UI element of all time ubiquitous again?
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12:00 pm - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Elon Musks obsession with blue checks is a verified problem
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“Elon [Musk]’s Twitter deal certainly must also rank as the most time-adjusted value-destructive leveraged buyout of all tim...
11:42 am - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Harry Potter could be rebooted for the small screen
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A new TV series based on the original seven Harry Potter books cou...
11:00 am - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Motorola is getting serious with the Edge 40 Pro
The Edge 40 Pro will be sold in lunar blue and regular ol’ black. | Image: Motorola
Motorola hasn’t had much of a presence in the flagship phone space in the past c...
10:04 am - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Microsofts next Surface Dock might drop the proprietary connector for USB-C
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A new leak suggests the next Surface Dock might use Thunderbolt 4 o...
07:42 am - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Everybody wants a piece of Miles in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verses latest trailer
Miles Morales swinging by to grab a hot dog.
There may come a day when the trailer-based hype around Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) no longer f...
07:15 am - Tue, April 4, 2023
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Google Drive quietly introduced (then pulled) a file creation limit for all users
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Google introduced a limit on the number of files that you can create and save in Drive, as reported earlier by Ars Technica and ...
11:34 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Apple has reportedly started a small number of corporate layoffs
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Apple is reportedly laying off a small number of people from one of its retail teams, according to reports from Bloomberg and Business Insider. It’s current...
11:00 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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The Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming PC is real, not an April Fools joke
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Considering the date on the calendar and the lack of a price or other details, my first response to Asus ROG (Republic of Gamers) surprise-a...
10:34 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Today in Twitter: where are the retweet labels, and why did Doge replace the bird?
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Update, 6:30PM ET: The retweet labels are back on the web (it may take clearing your browser cache along with a refresh to see the...
09:34 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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The best deals on MacBooks right now
The 2020 MacBook Air, one of the best laptops you can get, is frequently on sale. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
With multiple configurations and various models to...
09:24 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Hulus redesigning its unintuitive interface
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Late last week, Hulu started rolling out a redesign for its TV apps, which changes how you navigate through the interface. The p...
08:40 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Google Flights price guarantee could pay you back if your tickets get cheaper
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Google is testing out a price guarantee program for Google Flights that will pay you money if the price of a flight goes down after you booked i...
08:30 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Which devices work with Matter and what's coming soon
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All the Matter-compatible devices you can buy now, plus what’s coming soon to the new Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung-backed smart home standard.
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08:24 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Activision settles with Justice Department for limiting esports players salaries
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The US Department of Justice is suing Activision Blizzard because of claims the publisher instituted an anti-competitive soft salary cap ...
08:19 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Spotify shuts down its Clubhouse competitor
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Spotify is shuttering its live audio app Spotify Live, as first reported by Music Ally (via TechCrunch). In a statement to The ...
07:19 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Sony is adding more accessibility information to games on the PlayStation Store
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Sony is introducing new tags in the PlayStation Store that provide an overview of accessibility features you can use in a game. The new ...
06:02 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Today in Twitter: where are the retweet labels, and why did Doge replace the bird?
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Looks like it’s going to be another normal week on the bird site: people’s “Following” timelines are seemingly being flood...
05:54 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Disney is already remaking Moana as a live-action film
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Moana, which was first released in 2016, is already being adapted for a live-action film. Disney revealed the new project with a video featuring Dwayne Jo...
05:11 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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YouTube will live stream six Coachella feeds at once this year
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Coachella kicks off next week, and if you want to watch it at home, you can pick from one of six s...
04:43 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Google Drive quietly introduced a file creation limit for all users
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Google has quietly introduced a limit on the number of files that you can create and save in Drive, as reported earlier by Ars T...
04:30 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Netflixs Kill Boksoon is a progressive but head-scratching thriller
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A John Wick-style action film about an assassin balancing her bloody career with being a sin...
04:25 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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The Steve Jobs Archive is releasing a free ebook
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The Steve Jobs Archive is releasing a new free ebook with speeches, interviews, and correspondenc...
04:18 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Microsoft Teams now has a green screen feature to make virtual backgrounds better
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Microsoft is adding a new green screen feature to Microsoft Teams today. It’s designed to improve ...
04:00 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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FIFAs post-EA future starts with this AI-powered mobile game
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Now that EA and FIFA have officially separated, we’re getting details about both of their soccer video game futures. EA has its upcoming simulation EA Spo...
03:59 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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The Blue Beetle busts out a Buster Sword in first trailer
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The trailer for the Blue Beetle movie has apparently dropped sooner than DC had anticipated. The official Blue Beetle Twitter account teased that the first trailer f...
03:49 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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The latest iPad Air is once again $100 off the best value among all iPads
The iPad Air’s M1 chip makes it more than capable for even demanding 3D mobile games like Genshin Impact. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
The best iPad ...
03:41 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Chemicals banned from air conditioners and refrigerators are making a comeback and scientists dont know why
In this image from September 2006, the Antarctic ozone hole measured 11.4 million square miles (29.5 million square kilometers). | Image: Universal History Archive/ Universal I...
03:36 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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The best robot vacuum you can buy right now
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I’ve tested close to 50 robot vacuums. Here are the best, from budget robot vacuums to vacuum / mop hybrids with and without auto-...
03:25 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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April Fools Day 2023: the best and cringiest pranks
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The holiday we didn’t ask for is back, as brands like Razer and Tesla put on their silly hats for the weekend.
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03:24 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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The Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming PC is real, not an April Fools joke
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Considering the date on the calendar and the lack of a price or other details, my first response to Asus ROG (Republic of Gamers) surprise-a...
03:00 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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AI is entering an era of corporate control
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An annual report on AI progress has highlighted the increasing dominance of industry players over academia and government in deplo...
02:00 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Opulent, joyous, decadent: the Japanese decoden trend comes to America
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Make Steve Jobs roll over in his grave with a custom rabbit strawberry glitter frosting iPhone case.
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01:59 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Apples Tim Cook says AR and VR are for connection and communication
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At some point in the near future, Apple’s going to launch a mixed reality headset. That seems all but certain. The exact when and wha...
01:48 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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WWE and UFC are merging into a sports entertainment behemoth
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Just as CNBC scooped yesterday, Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor Group is acquiring World Wrestling Entertainment and will spin out a new pu...
01:40 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Nintendo will repair faulty Joy-Cons for free in more parts of Europe
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Nintendo has started offering free repairs for faulty Joy-Cons in more parts of Europe, regardless of warranty status, as first reporte...
01:30 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Microsoft Flight Simulator tricked me into getting a pilots license
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The infinite possibilities for customizing flight simulator interfaces are what make them so realistic. But flying is really all about what t...
12:30 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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The mixed-up history of the shuffle button
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A couple years ago, Adele had a complaint about Spotify. Her complaint was not about the miserly rates at which it compensates musicians, ...
12:17 pm - Mon, April 3, 2023
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The rest of the auto industry still loves CarPlay and Android Auto
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Last week, General Motors shocked the car world when it announced that it would be restricting access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto ...
11:24 am - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Tesla announces record deliveries following price cuts
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Tesla delivered 422,875 of its electric cars to customers in the first quarter of 2023, including 412,180 Model 3 and Y vehicles...
11:24 am - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Googles Nearby Share arrives on Windows to let you transfer files between PC and Android
Google’s Nearby Share app is available for Windows 10 and up. | Image: Google
Google’s AirDrop competitor, Nearby Share, is now available on Windows as a beta app. ...
10:00 am - Mon, April 3, 2023
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The Tor Projects new privacy-focused browser doesnt use the Tor network
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The Tor Project, the organization behind the anonymous network and browser, is helping launch a privacy-focused browser that...
09:31 am - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Twitter had a very messy weekend
Twitter no longer officially distinguishes between legacy verified accounts and Twitter Blue subscribers. | Image: Twitter
April 1st was the day Twitter said it would b...
01:33 am - Mon, April 3, 2023
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Secret Invasions latest trailer is a prelude to Marvels next big war
Olivia Colman as Sonya Falsworth. | Courtesy of Marvel Studios
Nick Fury’s kept himself pretty scarce since the events of Spider-Man: Far From Home, but in the newest...
10:01 pm - Sun, April 2, 2023
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Huaweis latest watch is a jab at the Apple Watch Ultra
The Huawei Watch Ultimate doesn’t look like an Apple Watch Ultra, but it’s got almost all the same features. | Image: Huawei
You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes ...
03:00 pm - Sun, April 2, 2023
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Why cant more music apps be like Apple Music Classical?
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In 2023, it’s hard to love classical music. Not because of the music itself — it’s just difficult to find it. Searching for ...
02:00 pm - Sun, April 2, 2023
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The Home Assistant SkyConnect is a great excuse to demolish your smart home and start from scratch
Adding Zigbee and Thread to Home Assistant has never been easier. | Image: Chris Person
For years, I have been waiting for an excuse to make the transition to Home ...
01:05 pm - Sun, April 2, 2023
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Cheaper Xbox expandable storage cards are on the way
Western Digital is about to launch a new Xbox storage expansion card. | Image: Best Buy
Microsoft appears to be readying new Xbox expandable storage options from other ...
01:00 pm - Sun, April 2, 2023
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Frameworks computers arent perfect, but they are exciting
The new Framework Laptop 16. | Image: Framework
It’s not often that I get too excited about new laptops these days. Modern laptops are extremely capable devices, with...
06:38 am - Sun, April 2, 2023
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Super73 launches Adventure Series and first e-bike for danger babies
All Adventure Series e-bikes (like this RX) have the battery on the down tube for lower center of gravity and improved handling. | Image: Super73
California’s Super73...
12:10 am - Sun, April 2, 2023
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April Fools Day 2023: the best and cringiest pranks
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The holiday we didn’t ask for is back, as brands like Razer and Tesla put on their silly hats for the weekend.
Contin...
10:13 pm - Sat, April 1, 2023
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April Fools Day 2023: the best and cringiest pranks
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The holiday we didn’t ask for is back, as brands like Razer and Tesla put on their silly hats for the weekend.
Contin...
10:12 pm - Sat, April 1, 2023
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Its April Fools Day, but this Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming PC might not be a joke
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Considering the date on the calendar and the lack of a price or other details, the first — and probably correct — response to Asus surpr...
08:46 pm - Sat, April 1, 2023
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April Fools Day 2023: the best and cringiest pranks
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The holiday we didn’t ask for is back, as brands like Razer and Tesla put on their silly hats for the weekend.
Contin...
07:24 pm - Sat, April 1, 2023
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April Fools Day 2023: the best and cringiest pranks
Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge
The holiday we didn’t ask for is back, as brands like Razer and Tesla put on their silly hats for the weekend.
Contin...
05:37 pm - Sat, April 1, 2023
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April Fools Day 2023: the best and cringiest pranks
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The holiday we didn’t ask for is back, as brands like Razer and Tesla put on their silly hats for the weekend.
Contin...
03:22 pm - Sat, April 1, 2023
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The newest iPad Mini and Googles Pixel 6A top our favorite deals of the week
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Ah. April Fools’ Day. The dreaded day when publishers like The Verge have to second guess every news story o...
03:00 pm - Sat, April 1, 2023
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When healthcare is decided by algorithms, who wins?
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I’m starting this with a personal story. My mother was a New York City public school teacher for many years. When sh...
01:30 pm - Sat, April 1, 2023
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Riot made its esports arena transform for new Valorant league
Riot Games Arena in LA. | Image: Riot Games
This weekend is an important one for Valorant esports, with the launch of a new professional league for teams across North A...
12:00 pm - Sat, April 1, 2023
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How to change the region on an HP OfficeJet printer in 57 easy steps (printer companies hate this!)
Why would you region-lock a printer? | Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge
A couple of weeks ago, Nilay wrote about the Brother laser printer everyone else has. It’s chea...
12:15 am - Sat, April 1, 2023
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Amazon just opened up its Sidewalk network for anyone to build connected gadgets on
A Sidewalk coverage map claims the network reaches over 90 percent of the US population. | Image: Amazon
It turns out that I have a low-power, low-bandwidth, long-range...
11:27 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Quick fixes: When Disney Plus is so dark you can barely see anything
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You’re watching Disney Plus and it’s too damn dark to see. So damn dark you’re likely to be eaten by a grue. What the heck were these filmmake...
09:43 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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This hoverboard is being recalled after a fire that killed two children
The Jetson Rogue. | Image: Jetson
Another hoverboard is being recalled due to fire risk. According to a notice on the US Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) w...
09:07 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Marvels Secret Invasion series actually sounds kind of fascinating
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. | Image: Marvel Studios
Occasionally, people will (incorrectly) insist that Marvel’s comics and the cinematic stories inspired by them...
08:31 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Twitters $1,000 checkmark will be free for the 10,000 most-followed companies
Would your company pay $1,000 for Twitter? Some won’t have to make that decision. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
It seems like some companies may not have to...
08:10 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a new, real, and free game you can play right now
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Oh, Mario went missing once? Big deal — Sonic’s just been murdered!
In a very sudden, very confusing surprise, Sega has shadow dropped a new Sonic the H...
07:48 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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This is what a plant sounds like when its stressed
A gardener facing water shortages checks his tomato plants in southern France in August 2022. | Image: PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images
New research challenges assumpt...
07:32 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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The Truckla DIY Tesla pickup truck is still trucking
Simone Giertz pulls up in her freshly detailed and upgraded Truckla. | Image: Simone Giertz
Remember that Tesla Model 3 that was chopped up to make an all-electric pick...
06:52 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Twitter takes its algorithm open-source, as Elon Musk promised
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Twitter has released the code that chooses which tweets show up on your timeline to GitHub and has put out a blog post explainin...
05:21 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs
The 2024 Chevy Blazer EV will be the first GM vehicle to restrict access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. | Image: GM
General Motors’ electric future doesn’t inc...
04:20 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Vampire Survivors new fantasy-themed expansion launches in April for just $2
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Vampire Survivors is getting a second expansion, and like the previous one, it will cost $2. The new fantasy-themed DLC, Tides of the Foscari, includes ei...
03:30 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Amazon to adapt Aaron Foleys Boys Come First as a new series
Boys Come First’s cover art and a photo of Aaron Foley. | Image: Belt Publishing / AFP Photo / Jeff Kowalsky
Author Aaron Foley’s debut novel Boys Come First only r...
03:06 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Fewer EVs will qualify for the federal $7,500 tax credit under updated rules
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The Biden administration released a long-awaited update to the rules governing which electric vehicles are eligible for a tax credit, an...
03:03 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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The surprisingly complex business of toys, with Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks
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Activist investors, unhappy Magic fans, and a D&D licensing battle all at once — oh, and there are Transformers, t...
02:51 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Googles last-gen Pixel 6 Pro is half off right now at Woot
Google’s Pixel 6 Pro is on sale right now for just $469.99, a whopping $429 off the phone’s initial list price. | Image: Google
Sure, if you want a good smartphone ...
02:04 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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How to install the latest iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 public betas
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Last year’s iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 releases came with a host of great new features — including sweet lock screen customization ...
01:30 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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The best ways to play Tetris in 2023
Tetris Effect. | Image: Enhance Experience
The new Tetris movie on Apple TV Plus plays fast and loose with facts, but there’s one thing it gets right: the game absolu...
01:00 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Why the AI industry could stand to slow down a little
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What a difference four months can make.
If you had asked in November how I thought AI systems were progressing, I might have shrugged. Sure, ...
12:30 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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The shape of Kirby
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Kirby developers Shinya Kumazaki and Tatsuya Kamiyama talk about the various shapes of Kirby and what we can learn from them.
Con...
12:00 pm - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Fitbits attempt to disappear the button proved why they matter
The Fitbit Charge 3 was the first to introduce the inductive button. Confusion ensued. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
It’s easy to see why gadget make...
11:21 am - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Italian regulators order ChatGPT ban over alleged violation of data privacy laws
OpenAI is accused of “unlawful collection of personal data.” | Illustration: The Verge
Italy’s national privacy regulator has ordered an effective ban of AI chatb...
10:58 am - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Virgin Orbit to cease all operations and lay off 85 percent of its workforce
Virgin Orbit was notable for launching its LauncherOne rocket from midair using Cosmic Girl, a converted Boeing 747. | Image: Virgin Orbit
Virgin Orbit, the satellite-l...
10:53 am - Fri, March 31, 2023
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai promises Bard AI chatbot upgrades soon: We clearly have more capable models
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has responded to criticism of the company’s experimental AI chatbot Bard, promising that Google will be upgrading Bar...
01:30 am - Fri, March 31, 2023
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E3 isnt coming back
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The gaming industry has changed, and it doesn’t need E3 anymore.
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