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by Verge Staff on (#6V5H3)
After Twitter gave one of President Trump's tweets a modest reality check, the president threatened to shut down" social media companies, personally targeted a Twitter employee, and signedan executive orderthat would affect the entire internet. It's the latest salvo in a long-simmering feud between the president and his favorite social media platform. Although he has [...]
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by Andrew Webster on (#6V8AJ)
Sony is starting out 2025 by sharing exactly what it has in store for the PlayStation 5 this year. The company will be streaming a 40-minute State of Play event on February 12th, which is aimed at showcasing upcoming PS5 titles, so you can expect a mix of new reveals and closer looks at previously [...]
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by Elizabeth Lopatto on (#6V8AM)
I have heard it said that fame is the most addictive of all drugs. I have been skeptical about this, but Elizabeth Holmes' ongoing PR saga makes me wonder if it is, in fact, true. Holmes has appeared in People magazine to tell us that prison is hell and torture," in the same way that [...]
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by Verge Staff on (#6V8AK)
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of disgraced blood-testing company Theranos, has been found guilty on three counts of wire fraud, as well as a count of conspiracy to commit fraud along with her co-founder Sunny Balwani. On November 18th, 2022, she was sentenced to 135 months, or about 11 and a half years, in [...]
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by Sheena Vasani on (#6V8AN)
If you're on the hunt for a good pair of new wireless earbuds or headphones, you might want to head on over to Woot. Now through February 19th, the retailer is offering steep discounts on some excellent earbuds and over-ears we've reviewed from brands like Beats, Samsung, Sennheiser, and more. There's plenty of good stuff [...]
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by Umar Shakir on (#6V8AP)
Jeep quietly launched a new landing website for its upcoming all-electric Recon and teased the vehicle in a Super Bowl ad last Sunday in anticipation of its arrival later this year. Jeep's commercial stars Harrison Ford, and it flashed models such as the Wrangler 4xe Plug-in Hybrid - but if you blink, you might have [...]
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by Jay Peters on (#6V85V)
Apple is starting to roll out its Apple TV Plus app on Android phones and tablets today. If you want to try and install it for yourself, you can try from the Google Play listing here, though the listing may take some time to fully roll out to everyone. In the Android version of the [...]
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by Lauren Feiner on (#6V886)
Popcorn brand LesserEvil is the latest group caught up in the chaos of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency's whirlwind of action over the past couple of weeks. The company recently sent a cryptic email to customers after the brand owner's connection to a DOGE staffer became public. LesserEvil CEO Charles Coristine is reportedly the [...]
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by Kylie Robison on (#6V887)
OpenAI is releasing a significantly expanded version of its Model Spec, a document that defines how its AI models should behave a and is making it free for anyone to use or modify. The new 63-page specification, up from around 10 pages in its previous version, lays out guidelines for how AI models should handle [...]
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by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy on (#6V888)
Despite the way it seems, Amazon doesn't sell everything. To fix this, the company is beta-testing a new shopping feature that will include products it doesn't sell in search results on its app, and then send you to the brand's website to purchase them. In a blog post published this week, Amazon announced that this [...]
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by Charles Pulliam-Moore on (#6V889)
Though the hype around Hulu's adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale gradually faded as time went on, the show's final season looks like it's going to be a sobering and timely reminder of what made Margaret Atwood's story so powerful in the first place. Though June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) seemed ready to put Gilead behind her [...]
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by Jay Peters on (#6V88A)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman detailed plans for the company's GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 AI models in a roadmap published on X on Wednesday. In the post, Altman also acknowledged that OpenAI's product lineup has gotten complicated and says that the company wants to do a much better job" simplifying its offerings. We hate the model picker [...]
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6V88B)
Yamaha has announced a new handheld controller that gives a captain full control of a boat from anywhere onboard. It's compatible with Yamaha's Helm Master EX control system, which is designed to make boating more accessible. The Helm Master EX Wireless Control - which looks like an upgraded version of the Nunchuk controller used with [...]
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by Lauren Feiner on (#6V88C)
Waste.gov, a new government website registered by the Trump administration, has been hidden and locked down after 404 Media reported that it mostly displayed an unedited WordPress template. The archived version of the site contained the tagline, Tracking government waste," and another new website, DEI.gov, redirects to the same URL. But the rest of site [...]
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by Quentyn Kennemer on (#6V85W)
Overwatch 2 is getting quite the shakeup in 2025 as it faces growing competition from other online shooters. It starts with the season 15 update that's coming on February 18th that'll tease a new hero and introduce an in-game Perks system for existing ones, plus the return of the 6v6 competitive queues Blizzard tested late [...]
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by Emma Roth on (#6V83B)
Google will soon use machine learning to estimate the age of its users. In an update on Wednesday, Google said it's testing a machine learning model in the US to help determine whether someone is under 18, allowing it to provide more age-appropriate experiences" across its platforms. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan first revealed the change [...]
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by Verge Staff on (#6V83C)
On June 18th, 2023, a small sub called the Titan was lost about an hour and forty-five minutes into its voyage carrying five people on a tourist visit to the wreckage of the Titanic. After days of searching in the North Atlantic, the Coast Guard confirmed it found debris showing the sub suffered a catastrophic [...]
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by Emma Roth on (#6V83D)
Scarlett Johansson is calling on the government to pass a law limiting the use of AI after a video featuring an AI deepfake of the actress circulated online. In a statement to People, Johansson said, It is terrifying that the U.S. government is paralyzed when it comes to passing legislation that protects all of its [...]
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by Ash Parrish on (#6V7X9)
Itas inaccurate and reductive to call Elden Ring Nightreign a Dark Souls take on Fortnite. And yet, if pressed for an extremely brief elevator pitch a say, the kind youad give to your friends who are curious about soulsborne games but are put off by all the discussions of their difficulty a itas about as [...]
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by Allison Johnson on (#6V800)
Samsungas Galaxy S-series is in its software era. Maybe the whole smartphone industry is, too, save for a few phones with hinges (Samsungas included). But overall, we have exited the hardware-driven innovation cycle and are firmly in the midst of a software-based one. If you want proof, the Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus are a [...]
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by Andru Marino on (#6V801)
A common problem Iave come across with decades-old analog media a particularly VHS a is mold that develops inside the cassette cartridge. The white fuzzy glaze on black magnetic tape often develops after being stored in damp basements and attics for years on end. Tapes like this, if run through a VCR, could do a [...]
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by Andrew Webster on (#6V802)
It's still relatively early in the year, but 2025 has already been a pretty busy one for gaming announcements. Nintendo officially unveiled the next Switch (with more details on the way), Xbox had an impressive game-filled event, and now it's Sony's turn. The company is holding its semi-regular State of Play stream this afternoon, which [...]
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6V7X7)
Adobe's text- and image-to-video AI generator has been released for anyone to try online. Generate Video is available starting today in public beta following a limited early access testing period last year. The beta tool can be accessed via the re-designed Firefly web app, alongside new image generation and translation capabilities, and AI credit subscription [...]
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by Victoria Song on (#6V7XA)
Apple announced today it's launching a brand-new research study - the Apple Health Study. But this one is different from its previous efforts in the space. Case in point: there's no specific area of focus. Instead, the study will gather data from iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods to try and discover new relationships between different [...]
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by Verge Staff on (#6V7XB)
Overwatch 2, the sequel to Activision Blizzard's hit hero shooter Overwatch, is finally launching in October after first being announced in 2019. One major change is the shift to five-on-five matches in PVP, and Blizzard is also adding new characters, including Overwatch's first Black female hero. The PVP multiplayer will be available in early access [...]
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by Tom Warren on (#6V7XC)
Crytek is laying off around 15 percent of its 400 employees, affecting development teams and shared services. The announcement comes months after Crytek put the development of its next Crysis game on hold" in Q3, 2024. Like so many of our peers, we aren't immune to the complex, unfavorable market dynamics that have hit our [...]
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6V7TT)
Wacom has completely overhauled its Intuos Pro drawing tablets to make them more compact, convenient, and customizable for creative professionals. This is the biggest redesign for the Intuos Pro lineup since its introduction in 2013, featuring a new layout that relocates user controls from the side to the top of the tablet and replaces the [...]
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by Dominic Preston on (#6V7RY)
Leaker Evan Blass has shared a set of spinning GIFs of Samsung's midrange Galaxy A56 that show the phone in four colors and a host of different angles. The Galaxy A56 is rumored to launch in March, right around the same time as rival devices from Apple and Google. The new animations from evleaks show [...]
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by Justine Calma on (#6V7M8)
The Trump administration brought webpages back online, meeting a court-ordered deadline at 11:59PM on February 11th. Doctors for America (DFA), which represents physicians and medical students, filed suit last week against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Department of [...]
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by Wes Davis on (#6V7J5)
Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr has asked his agency to investigate Comcast's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices, reports Newsmax. We have received an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission and will be cooperating with the FCC to answer their questions," Comcast spokesperson Joelle Terry confirms to The Verge. According to Newsmax, Carr said that [...]
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by Lauren Feiner on (#6V7GK)
The Trump administration breached a federal privacy law by letting workers from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access information on millions of government workers, privacy advocates including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) allege in a new lawsuit filed on behalf of two labor unions and a group of current and former federal employees. [...]
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by Emma Roth on (#6V7ET)
Apple is renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its Maps app. The company started rolling out the name change for US users this afternoon, and Bloomberg reports that it will soon display the name for users globally, too. Google Maps started showing the Gulf of America" for users in the [...]
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by Jay Peters on (#6V7C3)
Google's next I/O developer conference will take place on May 20th and May 21st, the company announced today. The event will be open to everyone online" and will include livestreamed keynotes and sessions," according to an FAQ. The news comes after Google launched a fun puzzle game to help reveal the date of the event. [...]
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by Victoria Song on (#6QTXV)
Editor's note: Due to a patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo, new Apple Watch Series 9, 10, and Ultra 2 units sold in the US no longer have the blood oxygen feature. Older models are unaffected. You can tell if you have a unit with the blood oxygen feature disabled if the part number [...]
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by Sean Hollister on (#6V79V)
Nearly two years ago, Framework announced one of the most ambitious laptops ever live on a San Francisco stage, plus an AMD upgrade for its modular Intel machines. On February 25th, it's promising an even bigger set of announcements," and that it'll show everything that we've been working on for the last two years." What [...]
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by Umar Shakir on (#6V79W)
On Tuesday, Shopify shut down the Yeezy store run by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) after it listed shirts with swastikas for sale. Ye advertised the site in a commercial shown during the Super Bowl on Sunday. It previously sold things like sneakers and t-shirts, but on Monday, the only item for sale was [...]
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by Emma Roth on (#6V79X)
BuzzFeed plans on launching a new social platform built specifically to spread joy and enable playful creative expression." In a blog post published on Tuesday, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti highlights the growing discontent" with platforms using AI-driven algorithms to keep users glued to their screens, adding that BuzzFeed's social network would use AI [...]
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by Wes Davis on (#6V770)
A new set of leaked Pixel 9A renders appears to confirm months of rumors that Google is virtually ditching the camera bump this year. The images, published by Android Headlines, also show the phone in four colors - black (Obsidian), white (Porcelain), pink (Peony), and purple (Iris) - will look like. Smartphones that lay flat [...]
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by Dominic Preston on (#6V771)
Ninja just announced a new ice cream maker that does something its existing Creami model can't: make soft serve. The Ninja Swirl packs the option to create both regular scooped ice cream and softer swirls, and, like the original Creami, it's versatile enough to create frozen yogurt and other variants too. Because the Swirl is [...]
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by Emma Roth on (#6V772)
Kickstarter will start notifying supporters when a fundraising campaign faces significant fulfillment failures" and breaks the platform's rules. The notification will also inform supporters how it's addressing the issue, including by restricting the creator from launching future projects." The update comes as part of a series of changes Kickstarter plans to make this year that [...]
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by Sheena Vasani on (#6V773)
Wish there was a magic wand for quickly covering up your grays? L'Oreal's Colorsonic might be as close as it gets, and today, it's a little more affordable thanks to the skincare company's latest promo. For a limited time, you pick it up directly from L'Oreal Paris for $99 ($25 off), which matches its lowest [...]
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by Ash Parrish on (#6V775)
Unity has been hit with another round of layoffs. This is according to posts on LinkedIn from recently laid off staff and confirmed by reporting from Game Developer and 80.lvl. According to reports, employees were notified via emails sent out at 5 AM local time, while the layoffs affect a number of different teams within [...]
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by Verge Staff on (#6V774)
Unity, a company that makes a suite of video game development tools, has recently sparked a major controversy in the industry after announcing changes to its pricing model. Under the new model, Unity plans to charge developers on a per-install basis after certain revenue and game download thresholds are met. Sentiment regarding the new pricing [...]
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6V776)
Samsung's SmartTags trackers and Galaxy Find network offer similar functionality to Apple's AirTags and Find My network, including precision finding using ultra wideband (UWB) radios. The downside is that they only work with Samsung Galaxy devices. A free open-source app called uTag (short for Universal Tag), developed by Kieron Quinn, lets Samsung's SmartTags trackers work [...]
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by Andrew Webster on (#6V742)
The Witcher is in a period of transition right now. While the live-action TV series is shifting to a new lead actor in the role of Geralt as it approaches its finale, the next game will switch things up even more, with Ciri as the protagonist. These are huge changes for the fantasy franchise. And [...]
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by Wes Davis on (#6V743)
Updating a newer iPhone, iPad, or Mac to the latest software could have an unintended side effect of re-enabling Apple Intelligence. Users who turned off Apple's AI features in iOS / iPadOS 18.3 or macOS 15.3 - the first set of updates to enable the features by default - have reported that the software suite [...]
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6V71A)
The European Union says it will channel 200 billion (about $206 billion) into artificial intelligence investments in a bid to compete with the US and China. At the AI Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the bloc would spend 50 billion (about $51 billion) to top up [...]
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by Emma Roth on (#6V6Z1)
Meta has partnered with the nonprofit organization Childhelp to create a curriculum that will teach middle schoolers how to recognize forms of online exploitation, such as sextortion scams and grooming. The curriculum was fully funded" by Meta and is free for any school, parent, or organization to access. Meta says the curriculum consists of lesson [...]
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by Sean Hollister on (#6V6X6)
In 2023, when I realized small phones were truly dead, I decided I couldn't wait for the Small Android Phone Project to revive them. That project, from the founder of the Pebble smartwatch, just wasn't far enough along. Unfortunately, things aren't any better in 2025 for small phone lovers - now that founder Eric Migicovsky [...]
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by Victoria Song on (#626JC)
Sleep tech runs the gamut from trackers and apps to expensive smart beds, but it doesn't all address the same issues. Are you trying to see how your sleep impacts your athletic performance? Hoping to mask the sound of a snoring partner? I've tested all sorts of sleep tech and can point you toward the [...]
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