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by Adi Robertson on (#6RSSJ)
Image: Mr.Nelson design for The Verge / Getty Images Your vote matters. Here's how it will change the future. Continue reading...
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#6RSQQ)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple's unusual approach to an October event is skipping the event and just announcing some forthcoming announcements. Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6RSFR)
Image: The Verge A few months ago, my doctor showed off an AI transcription tool he used to record and summarize his patient meetings. In my case, the summary was fine, but researchers cited by ABC News have found that's not always the case with OpenAI's Whisper, which powers a tool many hospitals use - sometimes it just makes things up entirely.Whisper is used by a company called Nabla for a medical transcription tool that it estimates has transcribed 7 million medical conversations, according to ABC News. More than 30,000 clinicians and 40 health systems use it, the outlet writes. Nabla is reportedly aware that Whisper can hallucinate, and is addressing the problem."A group of researchers from Cornell University, the University of Washington, and... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6RSCJ)
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge Ever wondered why some of your Instagram videos tend to look blurry, while others are crisp and sharp? It's because, on Instagram, the quality of your video apparently depends on how many views it's getting. That's according to a video AMA from Instagram head Adam Mosseri, in which he explained why some videos are lower-quality than others.Here's part of Mosseri's explanation, from the video, which was reposted by a Threads user today:
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by Wes Davis on (#6RS9N)
A smart home display that looks like the iMac G4 would be irresistible. | Photo: Wes Davis / The Verge The smart home display that Apple is rumored to be releasing next year could sport a look that harkens back to the iMac G4, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman suggests in his Power On newsletter today.The new smart home display will apparently be small. Gurman writes it will have a square display angled above a small base that makes it reminiscent of the circular bottom of the iMac G4 from a couple of decades ago." It may have speakers, essentially making it the HomePod with a screen that's been rumored as one of Apple's possible smart home futures.Gurman didn't say how much this device might cost but has hinted at an affordable" smart home device with a square display in the past. Rumors have suggested Apple will release a $1,000 model with a... Continue reading...
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by David Nield on (#6RS9P)
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge While there aren't a lot of new features in Android 15, it does offer some useful additions for your phone - and one of the most interesting is called Private Space." Think of it as a separate app vault that locks away specified apps on your Android device.Of course, the main lockscreen already stops other people from accessing your phone, but Private Space puts an extra barrier in place. The idea is that if you lend someone your device to make a call or look at a photo, they won't accidentally (or deliberately) stumble into something they shouldn't. It's also an extra safety net if your phone is lost or stolen while it's unlocked.I tried the feature on a Pixel 8 phone running Android 15. Here's how it works.Setting up Private... Continue reading...
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by Chris Welch on (#6RS80)
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge When the Mac Mini was first introduced in early 2005, it was pitched as a compact stripped-down" desktop - and the most affordable Mac in Apple's lineup. Steve Jobs referred to it as a BYODKM" system: you'd bring your own display, keyboard, and mouse, and the Mini would provide a dependable computing experience with all the benefits of macOS.The Mac Mini has carried on ever since. There have been periods where the Mini has been sidelined and ignored by Apple for long stretches of time. But the debut of Apple Silicon gave it a new lease on life. Even if the overall design didn't change much in the transition from Intel to Apple's in-house chips, the Mini's potential soared.But now, that design is about to change. And if the... Continue reading...
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by David Pierce on (#6RS6G)
Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 58, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, Batman forever, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)This week, I've been reading about Simone Giertz and billionaire assistants and Checo Perez and Call Her Daddy, learning about Earthrise," listening to Quinta Brunson and Conan O'Brien talk comedy, trying to decide whether to get super into Bluesky or just quit social altogether, and throwing myself into baseball so I can pretend I know what I'm talking about during the World Series.I also have for you an excellent new VR game, a delightful new reading gadget, a nice RSS reader update, a new browser worth trying, and much... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6RS6F)
Image: Finji I used to hate jigsaw puzzles. I thought they were frustrating, messy, and took way too long to solve. But my wife showed me how those parts of jigsaw puzzles can actually be fun: there's something satisfying and meditative about working through those frustrations, sorting through the mess, and putting a picture together, one piece at a time, over the course of a few hours. (Or days.)The makers of Wilmot Works It Out, a new puzzle game, understand this, and everything about the game is designed to make solving puzzles fun instead of annoying.In the game, you play as Wilmot, an adorable white square with a face who has a puzzle-by-mail subscription. (He's the same smiley square from Wilmot's Warehouse, a 2019 puzzle game also made by... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6RRYY)
Image: The Verge Google could preview its own take on Rabbit's large action model concept as soon as December, reports The Information. Project Jarvis," as it's reportedly codenamed, would carry tasks out for users, including gathering research, purchasing a product, or booking a flight," according to three people the outlet spoke with who have direct knowledge of the project.Powered by a future version of Google's Gemini, Jarvis reportedly only works with a web browser (it's tuned specifically for Chrome). The tool is aimed at helping people automate everyday, web-based tasks" by taking and interpreting screenshots and then clicking buttons or entering text, The Information writes. In its current state, it apparently takes a few seconds" between... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6RRXR)
A Lyft sign taken in January 2023 at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. | Photo: Mat Hayward / Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Friday that rideshare company Lyft has agreed to pay $2.1 million as part of a proposed settlement that requires it to change how it advertises driver pay.The company routinely advertised that drivers could make specific hourly amounts" - in one instance, claiming earnings of up to $33" per hour for driving in Atlanta - that were based not on an average, but on what the top fifth of drivers made, according to the Commission. The company also apparently included tips in those figures.Such moves overinflated the actual earnings achieved by most drivers by as much as 30%," writes the FTC, which says the company now must base potential pay claims on what drivers typically make, instead. And... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6RRVN)
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Governor Tim Walz is returning to Twitch and this time, he'll actually be playing a game. Earlier this month, Kamala Harris' campaign teamed up with a Twitch streamer to live-stream a Walz rally as part of a World of Warcraft stream. But on Sunday afternoon, Walz will be playing Madden NFL on Twitch with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY).Like with live-streaming the Walz rally alongside WoW, the idea with this Madden livestream is to try to reach young men, a demographic that Trump polls relatively high with.Ocasio-Cortez is already well-known for her huge Among Us stream ahead of the 2020 election and a stream in July 2023 where she played Pico Park and Gartic Phone. (She's a fan of League of Legends, too.) But while Walz is a k... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6RRVP)
Google may be working on persistent notifications similar to its phone call status pictured here. | Photo: Wes Davis / The Verge Android 16 may come with a new Rich Ongoing Notifications" feature that lets developers keep persistent notifications in the Android status bar, according to Android 15 beta code discovered by Android Authority's Mishaal Rahman, who frequently dives into code to surface coming features.Right now, the code enables adding a pill-shaped icon with custom text and background color to the Android status bar. Some mock notifications Rahman created show how it could be used for things like telling you when to expect your Uber to arrive. Android has already had a feature like this since Android 12 that lets you know how long you've been on a phone call, Rahman notes. Screenshot: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority A... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Webster on (#6RRT3)
Fear the Spotlight. | Image: Blumhouse Games More than most genres, survival horror feels rooted in time. It started with the methodical Resident Evil on the original PlayStation and is defined in part by limitation - a slow pace, grimy visuals, and scant resources to help amplify the scares. Many of those elements stemmed from the early, awkward days of 3D gaming, whether it was Resident Evil's clunky controls, which made zombie chases more terrifying, or Silent Hill's fog, which lent an iconic atmosphere while also letting the developers get around technical limitations of the time.And a few decades later, developers are still finding ways to bring the most important elements of those games - namely, the mood and scares - to modern horror without feeling dated.The most obvious... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6RRT4)
Image: Loops The fediverse answer to TikTok is on its way. Signups opened this week for Loops, a short-form looping video app from the creator of Instagram alternative Pixelfed, reports TechCrunch.Users who've signed up can post up to 60 seconds of video, according to details shared by developer Daniel Supernault on Mastodon. He added that using sounds and remixing others' videos is coming, as are pinned profile videos, and that users will be able to curate" their comment sections. Videos can be categorized, but hashtags and mentions aren't yet supported.The Loops Pixelfed account has posted videos like the one below of Loops in action. Supernault has posted screenshots and screen recordings, as well.Creating an account isn't instantaneous... Continue reading...
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by Tauriq Moosa on (#6RRRA)
Image: Remedy Entertainment Remedy's latest release is connective tissue for its growing video game universe. Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6RRFW)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple got a mixed victory in a patent infringement lawsuit against medical device maker Masimo. On Friday, a federal jury determined that Masimo had infringed on some Apple patents, and as part of the verdict, Apple was awarded $250 - yes, just $250 - as a statutory remedy for Masimo's infringement.$250 is the statutory minimum damages for the alleged infringement and Apple had sought that figure, Bloomberg Law reports. We're not here for the money," Apple attorney John Desmarais said to jurors in closing arguments, according to the publication.Masimo's W1 smartwatch, Freedom smartwatch, and health module infringed on one patent, while Masimo's charger infringed on another, per the verdict form. The jury also found that Masimo's... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6RRE6)
Image: Boeing Kelly Ortberg, who took over as Boeing CEO in August, is weighing the sale of the company's space division as part of an attempt to turn things around, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The plans, which are reportedly at an early stage, could involve Boeing offloading the Starliner spacecraft and its projects supporting the International Space Station.Boeing is facing a series of predicaments, including a fraud charge over 737 Max plane crashes and Starliner issues that left two astronauts at the ISS for months. Just this week, a Boeing-made satellite for Intelsat stopped working and fell apart suddenly after suffering an anomaly."We're better off doing less and doing it better than doing more and not doing it... Continue reading...
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by Sean Hollister on (#6RRCC)
Collage by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images When video game scholars want to study games that are no longer on sale, they sometimes have to drive many hours to do it legally - and that won't be changing anytime soon. The US Copyright Office has just denied a request from video game preservationists to let libraries, archives and museums temporarily lend individuals some virtual, remotely accessible copies of those works.Kendra Albert, who made the argument on behalf of the Software Preservation Network and the Library Copyright Alliance, says preservationists weren't asking for a lot: It was the thing that basically exists for all kinds of special collections in libraries: the library reviews the request, makes sure it's not harmful, and allows access to the work."While the... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6RRCD)
An Archer eVTOL. | Image: Archer Here's all the news on the future of flying cars that look like a cross between small airplanes and helicopters. Continue reading...
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by Victoria Song on (#6RR9W)
Metabolic health is a burgeoning wearable health trend. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple has long been rumored to be working on noninvasive blood glucose monitoring. Now, a Bloomberg report says the company tested an app that helps people with prediabetes better manage their condition.Citing anonymous Apple sources, Bloomberg notes the app required Apple employees to validate they were prediabetic via a blood test. Employees then monitored their blood sugar using various devices available on the market" and logged changes related to what food they were eating.Prediabetes is a metabolic condition when blood sugar levels are higher than normal, and increases a person's risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. And while there is no cure for diabetes, prediabetes can be reversed through diet and exercise interventions. The... Continue reading...
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by Elizabeth Lopatto on (#6RR9X)
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos | Laura Normand / The Verge The Washington Post's editorial page had drafted an endorsement of Kamala Harris for president when its owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, intervened to cancel its publication, The Washington Post reports. In its place, The Post ran a bizarre column by its current publisher (and former Rupert Murdoch henchman) Will Lewis, saying The Post would not endorse anyone.This is now the second American newspaper, after The Los Angeles Times, to kill a Harris endorsement at the owner's behestIn his editorial, Lewis cited the Post's decision not to publish an endorsement in the race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. Nixon would later be implicated in the Watergate scandal, which generated 69 indictments and 48 criminal convictions... Continue reading...
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6RR9Y)
Image: Scout Motors Read about Scout Motors' first new vehicles since the eighties: the electric Traveler SUV and Terra pickup truck. Continue reading...
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6RR6G)
8BitDo's first smartphone controller is Android-only. | Image: 8BitDo 8BitDo has announced its Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller, the company's first gamepad that attaches directly to smartphones and mobile devices using an expanding clamping mechanism. It's available for preorder now for $49.99 and is expected to be released on November 29th, 2024.The Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller can be attached to smartphones or smaller tablet devices measuring between 100mm and 170mm in length. For expanded compatibility, instead of plugging in with USB-C, 8BitDo's new controller connects wirelessly over Bluetooth but only supports Android devices.The use of Bluetooth necessitates a 350mAh rechargeable battery in the controller, which 8BitDo says is enough for 15 hours of play on a 1.5-hour charge. That added... Continue reading...
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by Sheena Vasani on (#6RR6H)
The powerful Asus ROG Ally is $100 off, which is nearly half the price of its successor. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you're a gamer looking to save but can't wait until another a month until Black Friday, it might be worth checking out Best Buy's three-day gaming sale. Now through October 27th, the retailer's offering discounts on gaming gear, but some of the best deals are on hardware specifically.For example, Best Buy has some notable deals on Windows handheld consoles, like the Asus ROG Ally, which is on sale with a Z1 Extreme chip for $549.99 ($100 off) (and even cheaper at $499.99 for My Best Buy Plus and Total members). That's $50 shy of its best price to date, and nearly half the price of its successor, the ROG Ally X. Admittedly, the ROG Ally X, offers more impressive performance and battery life, but the ROG Ally is still more powerful... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6RR6J)
Photo by Gerald Matzka/picture alliance via Getty Images McDonald's always-broken ice cream machines might finally get easier to fix. That's because the US Copyright Office granted an exemption allowing third parties to diagnose and repair commercial equipment - including the ones that make your McFlurries.Now, franchise owners will be able to break through the digital locks that have blocked them from repairing McDonald's ice cream machines for years. According to the Copyright Office, the exemption will allow people to diagnose, perform maintenance, and repair retail-level commercial food preparation equipment." McDonald's ice cream machines have become so notorious for breaking that someone even created a tool to track broken machines.The decision is part of the Copyright Office's final... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6RR6K)
Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Everything you need to know about games from The New York Times, Apple, and even LinkedIn. Continue reading...
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#6RR6M)
It's the Leica M's platinum anniversary, and this camera costs as much (or more) than most weddings. | Image: Leica Camera Leica is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the M rangefinder camera, but the most precious gift it's giving for the occasion is for only 250 rich people and costs $22,995. The ludicrously expensive Leica M Edition 70 set includes a platinum-plated Leica M-A 35mm film camera with Leicavit fast winder, a matching 50mm APO-Summicron-M f/2 lens, and a metallic film container with a roll of black-and-white film.Yes, the film container is also platinum, and yes, that's completely ridiculous.This anniversary edition commemorates when the Leica M3 was released in 1954 as the first M camera. Leica goes to great lengths to honor the M3 and the brand's legacy just about whenever it can. Back in 2014, the Leica M Edition 60 did the same thing... Continue reading...
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by Allison Johnson on (#6RR3A)
We finally got a look at one of Siri's big Apple Intelligence updates. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple Intelligence's official launch is less than a week away, but it's the next wave of AI updates that will start to make Siri a lot more useful.The forthcoming iOS 18.2 update - now available as a developer beta - starts to make your phone a lot smarter with the addition of Visual Intelligence and the ability to pass Siri requests along to ChatGPT. On phones that support Apple Intelligence, Siri won't just be a let me Google that for you" machine; now it's a let me ChatGPT that for you" machine, with all that entails: good, bad, and everything in between.By default, Siri will ask for confirmation every time it wants to pass on a request to ChatGPT. This makes a lot of sense, and I thought I'd prefer that behavior. But after an... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6RR3B)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Insurance company UnitedHealth Group is confirming a ransomware attack earlier this year affected the private data of over 100 million people. The number was published in the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Breach Report on Thursday, making it the largest healthcare data breach on the list.Hacker group Blackcat, also known as ALPHV, claimed responsibility for the February attack on Change Healthcare that caused widespread disruptions for healthcare providers processing bills, claims, payroll, and prescriptions for weeks.According to the HHS FAQs page, Change Healthcare told OCR on October 22nd that it's sent people about 100 million individual notices regarding this breach.Stolen information... Continue reading...
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by Mia Sato on (#6RR3C)
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta's AI chatbot will soon begin citing Reuters reporting while answering news-related queries. The two companies have struck what Axios describes as a multi-year deal" that will allow Meta to use Reuters content for its chatbot responses. The deal is the first of its kind for Meta, in an era of news outlets agreeing to provide their content to AI companies.We're always iterating and working to improve our products, and through Meta's partnership with Reuters, Meta AI can respond to news-related questions with summaries and links to Reuters content," Meta spokesperson Jamie Radice said in an email. While most people use Meta AI for creative tasks, deep dives on new topics or how-to assistance, this partnership will help ensure a... Continue reading...
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6RR3D)
Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Waymo just completed an oversubscribed funding round of $5.6 billion, its largest investment round to date. The company said it will use the funds to support its robotaxi business in its current markets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, as well as bring it to new cities, like Austin and Atlanta, where its vehicles will be available exclusively on the Uber app.Waymo also hinted at future business applications" for its Waymo Driver," which is the company's branding for the hardware and software used to enable its vehicles to drive autonomously. This could be a reference to food and package deliveries, trucking, or even personally owned autonomous vehicles - all possibilities that Waymo has explored in the past.Waymo also... Continue reading...
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by Ash Parrish on (#6RR0E)
Image: Amazon MGM Studios Like a Dragon proves that a quality adaptation doesn't always have to be a faithful one. Continue reading...
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by David Pierce on (#6RR0F)
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge The first bits of Apple Intelligence are starting to show up on people's phones. The features in iOS 18.1 are fairly basic: summarizing messages, writing emails, that kind of thing. Apple is already letting developers play with iOS 18.2, though, which looks like a much more substantial update. Meanwhile, the company is about to launch a bunch of new M4-powered and AI-focused Macs, and launched the iPad Mini this week. It's a lot happening all at once, and it's a lot to make sense of.On this episode of The Vergecast, we try and make sense of it. The Verge's Richard Lawler joins us as we talk through the small changes in 18.1 and the much bigger changes in 18.2, debate whether Tim Cook can really use every Apple product every day, and... Continue reading...
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6RQYV)
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images Adobe is going all in on generative AI models and tools, even if that means turning away creators who dislike the technology. Artists who refuse to embrace AI in their work are not going to be successful in this new world without using it," says Alexandru Costin, vice president of generative AI at Adobe.In an interview with The Verge, Costin said that he isn't aware" of any plans for Adobe to launch products that don't include generative AI for creators who prefer to manually complete tasks or oppose how AI is changing the creative industry.We have older versions of our products that don't use gen AI, but I wouldn't recommend using them," Costin said. Our goal is to make our customers successful, and we think that in order for them... Continue reading...
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by David Pierce on (#6RQP2)
One of the many prototypes The Browser Company is building for its next browser. | Image: The Browser Company Stop me if this sounds familiar: The Browser Company is building a browser that it thinks can make your internet life a little more organized, a little more useful, and maybe even a little more delightful. It has new ideas about tabs, and what your browser can do on your behalf.I've heard this story before! But the browser that Browser Company CEO Josh Miller wants to talk about when he calls me on Thursday isn't Arc, the product he and his team have been working on for the last five years. It's not Arc 2.0, either, even though Miller has been talking publicly about Arc 2.0 for a while now. It's an entirely new browser. And for Miller and The Browser Company, it's a chance to get back to building the future of browsers they set out to... Continue reading...
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by Kylie Robison on (#6RQP3)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images OpenAI plans to launch Orion, its next frontier model, by December, The Verge has learned.Unlike the release of OpenAI's last two models, GPT-4o and o1, Orion won't initially be released widely through ChatGPT. Instead, OpenAI is planning to grant access first to companies it works closely with in order for them to build their own products and features, according to a source familiar with the plan.Another source tells The Verge that engineers inside Microsoft - OpenAI's main partner for deploying AI models - are preparing to host Orion on Azure as early as November. While Orion is seen inside OpenAI as the successor to GPT-4, it's unclear if the company will call it GPT-5 externally. As always, the release plan is subject to change and... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6RQP4)
The Verge AI startup Perplexity, which offers an AI search engine, published a blog post today pushing back on News Corp's lawsuit against the company.Perplexity has recently come under significant scrutiny following accusations that it scraped content without permission, and News Corp, which is the parent company of the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal-owner Dow Jones, alleged that Perplexity's search engine copies on a massive scale."Perplexity, in its response today, argues that news organizations like News Corp that have filed lawsuits against AI companies prefer to live in a world where publicly reported facts are owned by corporations, and no one can do anything with those publicly reported facts without paying a toll."No one,... Continue reading...
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6RQMY)
Image: Scout Motors This is how you revive an iconic brand. Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6RQMZ)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple is inviting investigations into the Private Cloud Compute (PCC) system that powers more computationally intensive Apple Intelligence requests. The company is also expanding its bug bounty program to offer payouts of up to $1,000,000 for people who discover PCC vulnerabilities.The company has boasted about how many AI features (branded as Apple Intelligence) will run on-device without leaving your Mac, iPhone, or other Apple hardware. Still, for more difficult requests, it will send them to PCC servers that are built using Apple Silicon and a new operating system.Many AI applications from other companies also rely on servers to complete more difficult requests. Still, users don't have much line of sight into how secure those... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6RQKK)
Image: Notion After taking on calendar apps earlier this year, Notion is ready to tackle emails with a fully customizable app launching next year. Much like Notion's other tools, the company says Mail will distill email down to its building blocks," allowing you to create an inbox with views, layouts, and actions tailored to your preferences.You can also use Notion AI to automatically organize, archive, or draft emails based on a prompt. Its AI can schedule meetings for you through integration with Notion's Calendar app, as well as help you quickly write personalized emails using one-click snippets." The Mail app bears some resemblance to Skiff, the secure email service Notion acquired in February. GIF: Notion Notion plans on... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6RQKM)
Image: Blizzard Blizzard is bringing back 6v6 matches in testing for Overwatch 2 when it launches its next season in December. The company had previously switched the series to a 5v5 format, and Blizzard is now trying these tests to find how it can make the core game even stronger" through a balanced new version of the classic 6v6 mode that lets each team have multiple tank characters once again.Game director Aaron Keller says Blizzard knows the 5v5 format appealed to and brought in a new group of players, and developers are hoping to repeat that success with the addition of 6v6 (which won't replace current formats). For a detailed write-up of what's changing, you can read the full director's take.In July, Keller noted some of the issues 6v6 faced... Continue reading...
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#6RD5P)
The M3 Pro generation of MacBook Pros arrived about one year ago in October 2023. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Another round of Apple devices is about to arrive. After launching new iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods in September and a new iPad earlier this month, Apple is now gearing up to launch updated Macs. After weeks of rumors and speculation, Apple SVP Greg Joswiak came out and directly teased the arrival of new computers to be announced during the final week of October.We're expecting a fresh round of chip upgrades, at least one redesign, and maybe an October surprise or two (the good kind). Since there was no hyped-up save-the-date sent out for an in-person or livestream event, we're expecting a series of early morning press releases - in the past, Apple has tended to drop them around 9AM ET.Joswiak's teaser mentioned a week" of... Continue reading...
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by Gaby Del Valle on (#6RQHF)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Image A former Florida sheriff who moved to Russia amid an FBI investigation is a Kremlin-backed propagandist responsible for viral deepfake videos and misinformation targeting Kamala Harris's campaign, according to European intelligence documents reviewed by the Washington Post.The GRU, Russia's military intelligence service, gave funding to John Mark Dougan, the operator of several fake news websites. According to documents reviewed by the Post, Dugan was responsible for several websites that seemingly published fake local news, including DC Weekly, Chicago Chronicle, and Atlanta Observer. The documents, which mostly focus on the time between March 2021 and August of this year, show that Dougan worked with Yury Khoroshevsky, an officer... Continue reading...
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by Kylie Robison on (#6RQHG)
Image: The Verge Miles Brundage, OpenAI's senior adviser for the readiness of AGI (aka human-level artificial intelligence), delivered a stark warning as he announced his departure on Wednesday: no one is prepared for artificial general intelligence, including OpenAI itself.Neither OpenAI nor any other frontier lab is ready [for AGI], and the world is also not ready," wrote Brundage, who spent six years helping to shape the company's AI safety initiatives. To be clear, I don't think this is a controversial statement among OpenAI's leadership, and notably, that's a different question from whether the company and the world are on track to be ready at the relevant time."His exit marks the latest in a series of high-profile departures from OpenAI's... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6RQHH)
Lilium's Jet eVTOL. | Image: Lilium Two years before German air taxi manufacturer Lilium promised to deliver its first two aircraft to customers, the air taxi pioneer has run out of money and will imminently stop making them. In a filing to the US SEC, Lilium says it cannot acquire the funding to continue operations in its subsidiaries (Lilium GmbH and Lilium eAircraft GmbH), and is going into insolvency. We've been covering the company continually since 2017, when it successfully took its first flight in Germany.Lilium had previously confirmed it had begun assembling its first two all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Germany, while working towards certification from the EASA and FAA, but its first customer deliveries weren't slated until 2026.... Continue reading...
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by Quentyn Kennemer on (#6RQHJ)
It may be time to bury the M1 MacBook Air for good. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Apple might be updating several Macs with M4 chips as early as next week, but it's looking like the MacBook Air lineup might not join the party until early 2025. That said, if you're on an older MacBook and can't wait to upgrade, there have been few better times than now. The base 13-inch M2 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage has fallen to an all-time low of $699.9 ($200 off) at Amazon, while the step-up 512GB model is down to $949.99 ($249 off) thanks to an on-page coupon. You can even grab the M3 MacBook Air 13 at Amazon starting at $899 ($200 off), which is $50 shy of its all-time low.Although the M1 Air was technically discontinued earlier this year, we still considered its $699 price a great value for routine... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6RQE3)
Image: Bluesky Bluesky is working on a premium subscription that will add features like higher-quality video uploads and some profile customization options. Unlike the premium subscription offered by X, however, Bluesky's paid tier won't boost the visibility of your posts, nor will it give your account a verified" status. In a post on its blog, Bluesky also notes that the platform will always be free to use."Subscription revenue helps us improve the app, grow the developer ecosystem, and gives us time to explore business models beyond traditional ads," Bluesky chief operating officer Rose Wang wrote in a post. Paid subscribers won't get special treatment elsewhere in the app, like upranking premium accounts or blue checks next to their names."
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by Chris Welch on (#6RQE4)
Google's Magic Editor added several questionable items to this scene. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge There's no putting the genie back in the bottle when it comes to generative AI forever shaking our trust in photos, but the tech industry has a responsibility to at least be as transparent as possible when these tools are used. To that end, Google has announced that starting next week, Google Photos will note when an image was edited with the help of AI.Photos edited with tools like Magic Editor, Magic Eraser and Zoom Enhance already include metadata based on technical standards from The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) to indicate that they've been edited using generative AI," John Fisher, engineering director of Google Photos, wrote in a blog post. Now we're taking it a step further, making this information... Continue reading...
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