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    News Razer’s Kishi Ultra gaming controller brings haptics to your USB-C phone, PC, or tablet

    Razer Razer’s latest mobile gaming controller just released today, the Kishi Ultra, is an all-rounder that can switch between multiple devices. The controller has a built-in USB-C port that can work with the iPhone 15 series as well as most Android smartphones (Razer says it’s compatible with...
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    News Boeing says it will cut SLS workforce “due to external factors”

    Enlarge / The SLS rocket is seen on its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in August 2022. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) On Thursday senior Boeing officials leading the Space Launch System program, including David Dutcher and Steve Snell, convened an all-hands meeting for the more than 1,000...
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    News The bill that could ban TikTok is barreling ahead

    The bill that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the United States appears to be much closer to becoming law. The legislation sailed through the House of Representatives last month, but faced an uncertain future in the Senate due to opposition from a few prominent lawmakers. But momentum for the...
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    News Amazon’s Fallout has been renewed for season 2

    Image: Amazon Just a week after the show first premiered, Amazon has confirmed that there’s more of its live-action Fallout series on the way. As of now there are no details available other than the fact that the show has been renewed for season 2. While there are no specific numbers about how...
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    News Prime Video looking to fix “extremely sloppy mistakes” in library, report says

    Enlarge / Morfydd Clark is Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. (credit: Amazon Studios) Subscribers lodged thousands of complaints related to inaccuracies in Amazon's Prime Video catalog, including incorrect content and missing episodes, according to a Business Insider...
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    News Hospital prices for the same emergency care vary up to 16X, study finds

    Enlarge / Miami Beach, Fire Rescue ambulance at Mt. Sinai Medical Center hospital. ] (credit: Getty | Jeffrey Greenberg/) Since 2021, federal law has required hospitals to publicly post their prices, allowing Americans to easily anticipate costs and shop around for affordable care—as they...
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    News The new Meta.ai website can draw amazing AI art instantly

    Meta has launched Meta.ai, an AI-specific site that has a cool hook that its competitors don’t offer: It can generate images in real time, and even animate them on demand. There is a catch, however: Meta would really like to continue improving Meta.ai, and to do so it’s only offering image...
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    News LLMs keep leaping with Llama 3, Meta’s newest open-weights AI model

    Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) On Thursday, Meta unveiled early versions of its Llama 3 open-weights AI model that can be used to power text composition, code generation, or chatbots. It also announced that its Meta AI Assistant is now available on a website and is going to be...
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    News Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’ travertine kitchen tile

    Enlarge / Reddit user Kidipadeli75 spotted a fossilized hominin jawbone in his parents' new travertine kitchen tile. (credit: Reddit user Kidipadeli75) Ah, Reddit! It's a constant source of amazing stories that sound too good to be true... and yet! The latest example comes to us from a user...
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    News Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes

    Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) X's chatbot Grok is supposed to be an AI engine crunching the platform's posts to surface and summarize breaking news, but this week, Grok's flaws were once again exposed when the chatbot got confused and falsely accused an NBA star of...
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    News The Meta Quest 2 gets a permanent price cut to $199

    The Meta Quest 2 and its bundled controllers. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Meta Quest 2 has been on sale for nearly a month, and today, Meta’s making that price permanent — $199 is the new sticker price for the virtual reality headset, the company announced today. That’s...
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    News Netflix is done telling us how many people use Netflix

    Netflix will stop disclosing the number of people who signed up for its service, as well as the revenue it generates from each subscriber from next year, the company announced on Thursday. It will focus, instead, on highlighting revenue growth and the amount of time spent on its platform. “In...
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    News Amazon no longer offers its easy-to-miss Prime Video subscription

    Amazon appears to have nixed its Prime Video-only plan in the US and UK. Cord Busters reports that the little-known subscription, introduced in 2016, is no longer available to new users in either country. Those trying to sign up for the previously $8.99 monthly plan (£5.99 monthly in the UK) are...
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    News Blizzard takes aim at Overwatch 2 console cheaters

    Like many other multiplayer games, Overwatch 2 isn't immune from cheaters. And it's not only an issue on PC, where cheaters use tools like aimbots. Some folks use XIM devices so they can play with a keyboard and mouse (KBM) on consoles. This is against Blizzard's rules, as KBM players typically...
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    News Netflix is all about the money, not the members

    Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Netflix is moving beyond subscriber numbers. In its first quarter earnings results released on Thursday, Netflix announced that it will stop reporting quarterly membership numbers in 2025 because subscribers are “just one component” of its growth. The...
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    News Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions

    Enlarge / Google HQ. (credit: Getty Images) Google is doing a major re-org of Android, Chrome, and the Google hardware division: They're merging! Google Hardware SVP Rick Osterloh will lead the new "Platforms and Devices” division. Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google's previous head of software...
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    News Meta’s new $199 Quest 2 price is a steal for the VR-curious

    Enlarge / For just $199, you could be having as much fun as this paid model. Meta has announced it's permanently lowering the price of its aging Quest 2 headset to $199 for a 128GB base model, representing the company's lowest price yet for a full-featured untethered VR headset. The Quest 2...
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    News LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy

    Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Password-manager LastPass users were recently targeted by a convincing phishing campaign that used a combination of email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging their master passwords, company officials said. The attackers used an advanced...
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    News Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules

    Enlarge The US Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination does not prohibit police officers from forcing a suspect to unlock a phone with a thumbprint scan, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday. The ruling does not apply to all cases in which biometrics are used to...
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    News SpaceX and Northrop are working on a constellation of spy satellites

    Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission in January 2020. (credit: SpaceX) SpaceX is reportedly working with at least one major US defense contractor, Northrop Grumman, on a constellation of spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. According to Reuters...
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    News Quicken Simplifi subscriptions are half off through April 21

    Subscriptions to the budgeting app Quicken Simplifi are half off through April 21. The price has been brought down to just $2 per month, which is billed annually at $24. The deal also extends to Quicken Classic, which adds more features for investments and tracking taxes. This tier now costs $4...
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    News It took 20 years for Children of the Sun to become an overnight success

    Children of the Sun burst onto the indie scene like a muzzle flash on a dark night. Publisher Devolver Digital dropped the game’s first trailer on February 1, showcasing frenzied sniper shots and a radioactive art style. A Steam demo highlighting its initial seven stages went live that same day...
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    News Meta says Llama 3 beats most other models, including Gemini

    Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge The next generation of Meta’s large language model Llama, which releases today to cloud providers like AWS and to model libraries like Hugging Face soon, performs better than most current AI models, the company said in a blog post. Llama 3 currently...
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    News All the news on Qi2 wireless charging

    Anker is amongst the first accessory makers to rerelease MagSafe-compatible accessories that now support the Qi2 standard. | Image: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Qi2 brings MagSafe-like fast magnetic wireless charging for any device. Continue reading…
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    News Your Happy Hacking Keyboard deserves some fresh caps

    Ursa is a new keycap profile for Topre keyboards. I want it. | Render: FKCaps Listen, I don’t want to be the guy who always posts about weird keyboard stuff. I have other interests. But I need to tell the dozens of Verge readers with Topre keyboards about these keycaps. Ursa is a new spherical...
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    News Senate advances vote on reauthorizing warrantless surveillance program

    Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The Senate is moving forward on a vote to reauthorize a controversial program that allows warrantless surveillance of foreign “targets.” Before voting on the reauthorization bill, senators had to vote on a cloture motion to begin voting. The...
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    News Google’s latest layoffs are in finance and real estate

    Enlarge (credit: Sean Gallup | Getty Images) Google CEO Sundar Pichai promised more layoffs at Google this year, and the company is delivering. Business Insider was the first to report the latest cuts are to "several teams" in Google's real estate and finance departments. The report adds: "One...
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    News Delta takes flight: Apple-approved Nintendo emulator is a great iOS option

    Enlarge / That is in no way what the Z button looks like or where it goes... Apple's decision earlier this month to open the iOS App Store to generic retro game emulators is already bearing fruit. Delta launched Wednesday as one of the first officially approved iOS apps to emulate Nintendo...
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    News Chinese EV makers won’t get subsidies from Mexico after US pressure

    Enlarge / The Chinese automaker BYD has every other electric vehicle maker worried. (credit: John Keeble/Getty Images) The United States has won an important battle in its war to keep low-cost Chinese electric vehicles from American car buyers. Today, Reuters reports that the Mexican federal...
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    News Big Tech can’t hoard brainwave data for ad targeting, Colorado law says

    Enlarge (credit: PM Images | DigitalVision) On Wednesday, Colorado expanded the scope of its privacy law initially designed to protect biometric data like fingerprints or face images to become first in the nation to also shield sensitive neural data. That could stop companies from hoarding...
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    News Fallout games continue seeing big player jumps after the TV series’ success

    Enlarge / Seeing power armor in the Fallout series inspired many players to jump back into their own suits (and start stockpiling fusion cores). (credit: Amazon/MGM Studios) Long-time Fallout fans are used to long waits between titles, and, depending on their preferences, inconsistent results...
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    News The HD Chromecast with Google TV is on sale for only $20

    If you watch movies and TV on a 1080p screen, the Chromecast with Google TV (HD) provides a rock-solid streaming experience on the cheap. This is the HD version of Engadget’s top choice for streaming devices. Today, Amazon has it for $10 off, letting you pick up the HDR10-capable streaming stick...
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    News Meta gives the Quest 2 its second permanent price cut in four months

    For the second time this year, Meta has given the Quest 2 a permanent price cut. The company has dropped the price of the base headset with 128GB of storage to $199, down from $249. Until January 2, the company was charging $299 for the Quest 2. Of course, the price cut comes in the wake of the...
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    News The Humane AI Pin is lost in translation

    As funny as it was when the AI Pin utterly failed at translating Korean and Japanese, it also broke my heart. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Of all the things the Humane AI Pin promised, I was most intrigued by translation. In a demo, a man speaks to Humane co-founder Imran...
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    News The podcast industry keeps reinventing itself

    Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Today is my last day at The Verge, and this will be my final issue of Hot Pod. I’ll have one more story coming out in the next week or two. But until then, I wanted to...
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    News Windows’ AI-powered future could feature ‘Qualcomm Inside’

    For years, AMD and especially Intel have dominated the PC industry, even after Qualcomm introduced its first Snapdragon processors for laptops. Now, Microsoft may be giving pride of place to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processor with an upcoming Windows feature — and leaving AMD and Intel out...
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    News You should be playing Music League

    When was the last time your friends made you a playlist? | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Writing about the decline of Pitchfork made me sad about the music industry — and also about the state of music discovery. Besides the fact that TikTok doesn’t prioritize music as...
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    News Netflix will stop tossing coins to The Witcher after season five

    Netflix has renewed The Witcher for a fifth season, but the company says that will bring the series to an end. The final season will be shot back-to-back with the fourth season, which has just started production. The two seasons will cover the events of the last three books in the series...
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    News Razer's Kishi Ultra gaming controller works with damn near everything, including some foldables

    Razer just released the Kishi Ultra mobile gaming controller, a successor to the popular Kishi V2 Pro. It’s filled with improvements, including a larger form factor to accommodate beefier mobile devices like 8-inch tablets and even some foldables like the Galaxy Z Fold 5. The controller also...
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    News Meta is adding real-time AI image generation to WhatsApp

    Illustration: The Verge Meta is rolling out real-time AI image generation in beta for WhatsApp users in the US. As soon as you start typing a text-to-image prompt in a chat with Meta AI, you’ll see how the image changes as you add more detail about what you want to create. In the example...
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    News Google's wired Nest security camera is cheaper than ever

    Google's wired Nest security camera has dropped to its lowest price to date. The second-gen device is for indoor use and it's motion sensitive. It's capable of capturing 1080p HDR video. You can snap one up for $70, which is $30 or 30 percent off the regular price of $100, at Amazon if you opt...
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    News Cities: Skylines 2's embarrassed developers are giving away beachfront property for free

    Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order is unlisting and refunding purchases of its controversial Beach Properties asset pack less than a month after its release. It’s also significantly delaying the game's future DLC and console port. Beach Properties was the first paid DLC for Cities...
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    News The future of the Xbox looks a lot like a PC

    Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge When I reviewed the Xbox Series X nearly four years ago, I called the console a “next-gen PC.” Not only did the Xbox look like a PC with its boxy, rectangular, tower-like case but it also felt like one thanks to hardware upgrades that allowed it to run...
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    News The 2024 Mercedes E 350 4Matic is the thriftiest luxury workhorse

    Enlarge / The Mercedes-Benz E-Class is the brand's workhorse, covering millions of km a year ferrying German taxi passengers around. (credit: Peter Nelson) Mercedes-Benz's E Class badge possesses a lot of canon. When asked to picture a '90s-or-newer Mercedes full-size sedan, it's hard not to...
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    News The largest marine reptile ever could match blue whales in size

    Enlarge (credit: Sergey Krasovskiy) Blue whales have been considered the largest creatures to ever live on Earth. With a maximum length of nearly 30 meters and weighing nearly 200 tons, they are the all-time undisputed heavyweight champions of the animal kingdom. Now, digging on a beach in...
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    News Meta rolls out an updated AI assistant, built with the long-awaited Llama 3

    Meta just announced a major update for its AI assistant platform, Meta AI, which has been built using the long-awaited open source Llama 3 large language model (LLM). The company says it's “now the most intelligent AI assistant you can use for free.” As for use case scenarios, the company touts...
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    News Sonos refurbished speakers and soundbars are up to $170 off right now

    A speaker doesn't have to be brand new to sound good. Sonos speakers get high marks in our reviews and buying guides and the company has one of the better refurbished programs out there. Right now, you can grab a refurbished Sonos Arc SL soundbar for $509, which is $170 off the refurbished price...
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    News Meta’s battle with ChatGPT begins now

    Mark Zuckerberg announcing Meta’s AI assistant at Connect 2023. | Image: Meta Meta’s AI assistant is being put everywhere across Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook. Meanwhile, the company’s next major AI model, Llama 3, has arrived. Continue reading…
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    News At Kernel, your veggie burger will be served by a robot

    Its robotic arm heats vegan burgers and crispy potatoes while relegating humans to assembly line jobs. Continue reading…
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    News TikTok divest-or-ban legislation could suddenly be fast-tracked in the Senate

    Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Brendan Hoffman, Getty Images A bill that could oust TikTok from the US looked like it could linger for months in the Senate, even after the House overwhelmingly voted to approve it. But a move by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) could change that. An...
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    News Everything you need to know about Disney, ESPN, and Bob Iger’s return as CEO

    Image: The Verge Disney has big decisions to make about streaming, sports, Marvel, and more. Continue reading…
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    News Netflix’s The Witcher will end with season 5

    Henry Cavill as Geralt. | Image: Netflix We still don’t know what Liam Hemsworth will look (or sound) like when he takes up the role of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher. But we do know how long he’ll be wearing the white wig: Netflix has confirmed that the show’s fifth season will be its last...
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    News Scraper spies on 600 million Discord users and sells the data

    Messages on Discord, a chat service that initially catered to gamers but is gaining popularity across the web, are supposed to be somewhat private. Only members of that Discord server (who are subject to the approval of moderators) can see them. Or so you may have thought. According to a new...
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    News Razer’s new RGB mousepad is the shiniest mousepad ever

    “Haha, Razer likes to add RGB lights to stuff.” It’s an easy joke to make for a tech reporter, and I confess that I’ve indulged in it more than once. But to tell the truth, Razer’s products are generally very stylish and distinctive, and lately they’ve been using RGB lighting as subtle accents...
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    News Apple is making progress cleaning up its dirty supply chain

    Photo by Christian Charisius / picture alliance via Getty Images Apple’s latest sustainability report shows that its greenhouse gas emissions are falling as it pushes suppliers to clean up their operations. Dig into the data in the report, and you’ll find that Apple’s gross carbon dioxide...
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    News 8BitDo’s NES-inspired mechanical keyboard hits all-time low price

    It’s not an official Nintendo accessory, but everything about 8BitDo’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard screams NES regardless. | Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge If you’re craving all things Nintendo after yesterday’s Indie World showcase event, right now, 8BitDo’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard has...
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    News Google is combining its Android and hardware teams — and it’s all about AI

    Illustration: The Verge AI is taking over at Google, and the company is changing in big ways to try to make it happen even faster. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced substantial internal reorganizations on Thursday, including the creation of a new team called “Platforms and Devices” that will...
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    News Stability AI lays off roughly 10 percent of its workforce

    Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Stability AI laid off 20 employees just a day after announcing the expansion of access to its new flagship model. This comes after weeks of upheaval that saw its founding CEO leave the company. CNBC reports that the layoffs...
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    News How to tame notifications on your Android phone

    Quiet, please. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Notifications are the soundtrack to modern digital life. When they’re out of control, they make it hard to hear anything else going on. But if you manage them well, you can turn them into a subtle background noise. App developers want...
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    News TSMC will charge more for chips made outside of Taiwan, possibly making devices more expensive

    TSMC is the world’s biggest chipmaker and its products are found in everything from phones to game consoles and computers. But devices using TSMC chips could become more expensive if manufacturers opt to buy ones that the company makes outside of its home base of Taiwan. “If a customer requests...
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    News Transformers One turns Cybertron’s greatest warriors into bumbling youths in first trailer

    Paramount’s live-action Transformers movies have always made its alien robots seem like they were born ready for battle and knowing how to navigate the world, but the first trailer for director Josh Cooley’s Transformers One animated prequel reveals that to be anything but the case. Set in the...
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    News Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text—with a twist

    (credit: Getty Images) Last October, I received an email with a hell of an opening line: “I fired a nuke at the US Copyright Office this morning.” The message was from Elisa Shupe, a 60-year-old retired US Army veteran who had just filed a copyright registration for a novel she’d recently...
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    News McAfee Total Protection review: Top security undermined by a major feature

    At a Glance Expert's Rating Pros Solid antivirus protection Broad protection against online threats Cons Can heavily impact performance on some PCs User interface is a little scattered Password manager is difficult to use Our Verdict McAfee Total Protection’s strengths lie in its...
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    News This $250 Asus laptop is a much better deal than a cheap Chromebook

    If you’re looking to pick up an inexpensive laptop that punches above its price class, as we’ve unearthed a great deal for you today. The Asus Vivobook 14, a zippy laptop with a 1080p display, is on sale for just $249.99 at Best Buy. That’s a savings of $180. Better yet, its combination of a...
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    News This ludicrously cheap $65 Ecovacs will vacuum your home for you

    If need help cleaning up your humble abode, definitely consider picking up a robot vacuum. I’ve got one for pet hair and it’s an absolute godsend. Better yet, there’s no reason to miss out considering the doozy of a clearance sale I’ve spotted today. Walmart’s selling the Ecovacs Deebot U2SE for...
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    News Grab a copy of Windows 11 Pro for just $20

    It’s taken literally years, but Windows 11 is officially “all right.” And since it won’t be too long before most people stop getting updates to Windows 10, it’s probably time for even the holdouts to upgrade to the latest version. (Either that or try Linux, I guess.) But today Woot is making it...
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    News Airchat is the latest app trying to make 'social audio' cool again

    There’s a new invite-only app going semi-viral among VCs, tech execs and other Silicon Valley personalities. It’s called Airchat and it’s trying to revive the concept of an audio-first social media app. The premise is similar to Clubhouse, the audio app that had a viral moment at the height of...
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    News Richard Linklater’s Hit Man looks like a goofy roleplaying romcom in new trailer

    A woman standing behind a man close enough to lean her head over his shouler as he stretches his arm outward. | Image: Netflix The idea of pretending to be a contract killer while working undercover for the police sounds stressful as hell, but the first trailer for Richard Linklater’s Hit Man...
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    News US Air Force confirms first successful AI dogfight

    Image: DARPA The US Air Force is putting AI in the pilot’s seat. In an update on Thursday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed that an AI-controlled jet successfully faced a human pilot during an in-air dogfight test carried out last year. DARPA began experimenting...
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    News Apple’s new series Sunny pairs Rashida Jones with a mystery-solving robot

    Rashida Jones as Suzie. | Image: Apple Apple TV Plus has been killing it on the sci-fi front lately, but this summer, the streamer’s taking another stab at the murder mystery genre with Sunny, a new A24-produced series from showrunner Katie Robbins, director Lucy Tcherniak, and executive...
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    News Apple is finally rolling out AirPlay in hotel rooms

    Image: IHG After some delay, Apple is finally bringing AirPlay to hotel room TVs — but you can only use it if you’re staying in one of the “more than” 60 IHG hotels it’s available in starting today. Apple first announced the ability to use AirPlay in hotels with LG TVs during its Worldwide...
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    News Make robots hairy

    A less creepy iteration. | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos courtesy of Boston Dynamics and Getty Images On Wednesday, Boston Dynamics announced the new version of its Atlas robot with a characteristically unsettling video. In it, a humanoid android lifts itself up from the floor by bending...
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    News PC maker offers a potential fix for crashing Intel CPUs

    Boutique PC maker Falcon Northwest on Wednesday night offered a potential stopgap fix to address reported random instability issues with some Intel 13th- and 14th-gen Intel Core CPUs, such as the Core i7-14700K and the Core i9-13900K. The mysterious problem has vexed an unknown number of PC...
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    News GPT-4 performed close to the level of expert doctors in eye assessments

    As learning language models (LLMs) continue to advance, so do questions about how they can benefit society in areas such as the medical field. A recent study from the University of Cambridge's School of Clinical Medicine found that OpenAI's GPT-4 performed nearly as well in an ophthalmology...
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    News ASML Patterns First Wafer Using High-NA EUV Tool, Ships Second High-NA Scanner

    This week ASML is making two very important announcements related to their progress with high numerical aperature extreme ultraviolet lithography (High-NA EUV). First up, the company's High-NA EUV prototype system at its fab in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, has printed the first 10nm patterns...
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    News Why pay? One of Photoshop’s best features is free in Windows

    After letting Windows apps like Paint and Photos languish, Microsoft has brought them back with a vengeance. And Windows Photos now has one of the better features you could ask for in any app: Generative Erase. I like features that don’t take a lot of explanation, tutorials, or anything else...
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    News Samsung’s Galaxy A35 midrange smartphone is officially available in the US

    The Samsung Galaxy A35 smartphone is officially available for US customers. We knew it was coming to the US, but we didn't know when. The phone starts at $400 and is available in two colors. It’s already been available in the UK since March. The Galaxy A35 is squarely a midrange device, so...
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    News DJI's new backup battery can power small appliances, charge your drone

    DJI is entering the portable power station market in the US and Europe with the launch of the Power 1000 and Power 500 aimed at home users or road warriors. The devices (released in China at the end of last year) can be used to power small appliances or charge devices like laptops or drones, and...
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    News Analogue Duo review: A second chance for an underappreciated console

    We are living in a second golden age for console gaming. Active communities, open developer tools and easy distribution have given new life to many once-dead systems. If there's one company who deserves the most thanks for bringing a love for '80s and '90s cartridge-based console gaming back to...
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    News Acer's new $399 Chromebook Plus 514 hits the mark for a solid budget laptop

    There are a frankly ridiculous number of Chromebooks on sale to choose from, but Google's Chromebook Plus initiative that launched last fall has gone a long way towards standardizing some key specs for ChromeOS devices. That in turn has made it a little easier to pick ones that'll provide a...
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    News Elgato won over creators — its new Neo line is for everyone else

    The Neo family of devices. | Image: Elgato If you watch a Twitch streamer, it’s almost guaranteed that they will be using at least one Elgato product. After dominating this part of the market for years, Elgato is now shifting its primary focus away from gaming with its new Neo line while also...
  82. News

    News Chevy Silverado EV turns into a mobile generator with GM’s new home energy bundle

    Image: GM General Motors’ initial new home energy products are now available to purchase, including the equipment necessary to turn your GM-made electric vehicle into a mobile power generator for your home. GM has been teasing its new home energy products for months, including a home EV...
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    News This app tries to do what Apple couldn’t: Multiple Mac monitors on Vision Pro

    Enlarge / Here it is: two virtual Mac displays in Vision Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple's Vision Pro headset holds the promise to be a powerful extension of your Mac workflow, but the Mac integration it shipped with is just neat, not a big step forward. Now, an app by established independent...
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    News All the pieces are in place for the first crew flight of Boeing’s Starliner

    Enlarge / Technicians inside United Launch Alliance's Vertical Integration Facility connect Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to the top of its Atlas V rocket Tuesday. (credit: United Launch Alliance) Ground teams on Florida's Space Coast hoisted Boeing's Starliner spacecraft atop its United...
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    News The hidden story behind one of SpaceX’s wettest and wildest launches

    Enlarge / Is that sooty rocket lifting off with the CRS-3 mission in 2014 a reused booster? No, it is not. (credit: SpaceX) Ten years ago today, when a Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida, something strange happened. Dramatically, as the rocket lifted off, a fountain of dirty water splashed...
  86. News

    News Samsung shifts executives to six-day workweeks to ‘inject a sense of crisis’

    The Korean tech giant is now expanding the previously voluntary policy to executives across its entire workforce. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung is introducing a companywide six-day workweek policy for executives as the Korean tech giant takes emergency measures to tackle...
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    News Playdate developers have made more than $500K in Catalog sales

    Panic is celebrating Playdate's second birthday this month, and the party favors include some piping-hot statistics about Catalog game sales. Playdate hit the market in April 2022 with 24 free games. Its Catalog store went live in March 2023, offering 16 curated games for purchase directly on...
  88. News

    News Slack rolls out its AI tools to all paying customers

    Slack just rolled out its AI tools to all paying users, after releasing them to a select subset of customers earlier this year. The company’s been teasing these features since last year and, well, now they’re here. The AI auto-generates channel recaps to give people key highlights of stuff they...
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    News The 5 best mechanical keyboards for 2024

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    News MrBeast and T-Series are battling for the most-subscribed YouTube channel

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    News Save $11 on this light-up Nintendo Switch game controller

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    News AI buttons are being forced into your tech, whether you want it or not

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    News Lenovo Yoga Book 9i review: Dual monitors on the go

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    News EU criticizes Meta's 'privacy for cash' business model

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    News Nothing's Ear and Ear (a) earbuds with active noise cancellation are now available for pre-order

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    News Nothing’s new earbuds prove that it can (mostly) hang with the heavyweights

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