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It’s 2025, so chances are you have at least one person who works remotely on your gift list. While the work-from-home life has its perks — nobody likes a long commute — it certainly comes with its own set of challenges, from missing out on pro-level equipment to dealing with annoyances around the house. If you’re looking to buy a gift for someone who spends much of their time in their home office, we’ve rounded up a few techy ideas that should make their days a little more delightful — or at least easier to
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Paramount has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling Netflix’s $83 billion arrangement to purchase the entertainment giant’s studios and streaming service “inferior.” The Paramount proposal, unlike Netflix’s, would also include the linear networks owned by WBD. Paramount says its deal offers a “superior alternative to the Netflix transaction,” citing […] Read more ›
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Amid media reports of skyrocketing valuation and a potential IPO for SpaceX, the company could have a lot to lose next year. Read more ›
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An investigation has revealed how stablecoins -- cryptocurrencies pegged to the US dollar that exist largely beyond traditional financial oversight -- have become a practical tool for criminals and sanctioned individuals to move funds across borders almost instantly and convert them back into spendable money, often without detection. A Chainalysis report from February estimated that up to $25 billion in illicit transactions involved stablecoins last year. A New York Times... Read more ›
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Trump said that AI would be "destroyed in its infancy" if companies have to comply with 50 different sets of regulations. Read more ›
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We're one year into the experiment of running The Verge with subscriptions, and so far things are going quite well - but we've heard a lot of feedback so far, and we've got some exciting changes in store to try and make this thing even better. We hit our subscriber goals for 2025, and an […] Read more ›
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Still fresh off of the completion of its own megamerger, Paramount is staging a hostile bidding war in an attempt to disrupt Netflix and Warner Bros.' takeover. Read more ›
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Katsuhiro Harada, has announced his departure from Bandai Namco having worked on the Tekken series for 30 years. Read more Read more ›
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The Boys' fifth and final season is headed to Amazon Prime Video on April 8th, 2026. In addition to a release date, Prime Video revealed the trailer for season five during CCXP in Brazil, offering a look at the reunion between Supernatural co-stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, as reported earlier by Variety. The Boys […] Read more ›
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Elon Musk spent the weekend bashing the EU after regulators fined X over its "deceptive" blue checkmarks. Read more ›
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People change phones all of the time and it’s typically not that big of a deal when you go from one Android phone to another. Still, though, after all of these years, when someone makes a jump from an iPhone to the Android side, it’s noteworthy when they share their immediate experience. I say that … Continued Read the original post: iPhone 14 Pro Owner Switches to Pixel 10 Pro... Read more ›
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For years, I've lived in Canada's Victoria, British Columbia, where Hallmark Christmas movies are filmed. It's a great place to visit all year. Read more ›
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Hollywood studio Paramount isn't going to let Netflix's Warner Bros. acquisition go ahead without a bidding war. The historic filmmaking company announced an offer of its own for Warner Bros. today, which is even bigger than Netflix's "inferior" proposal. Read more Read more ›
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Comcast wasn't a leading contender for Warner Bros. streaming and studio assets, Comcast President Mike Cavanagh said. Read more ›
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By recruiting travel experts to train external clients’ generative AI models, Uber signals it wants to become a behind-the-scenes infrastructure player for trip planning. But are travel planners and agents going along for the ride? Read more ›
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For years now, falling birth rates have been a subject of alarm, with most of that discussion focused on women — the factors preventing them from having kids, whether mothers can balance work and family, if feminism has led women astray. But what about men and what they think? Demographers focused on fertility trends have […] Read more ›
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Palantir encouraged those "unable to sit still," like Alex Karp, to apply for the new Neurodivergent Fellowship. Read more ›
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Facebook agrees changes to ‘pay or consent’ model after talks with European Commission Read more ›
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Netflix is in exclusive talks to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery's film and TV studios and HBO Max streaming service, according to sources from Bloomberg and CNN. That suggests Netflix submitted a superior offer to rivals including Paramount Skydance Corp (owned by billionaire Larry Ellison) and Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal. The deal could be consummated within days and, if approved, would change the landscape of Hollywood and the streaming market. Warner... Read more ›
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Telecom regulators in India have reportedly asked smartphone manufacturers to preload a state-owned cybersecurity app that cannot be deleted onto all new devices, and push the app to existing devices via a software update. Reuters reports that, according to a non-public government order sent to manufacturers, Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi and others were given 90 days to comply. The app in question is called Sanchar Saathi (meaning Communication Companion), and is... Read more ›
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Here's some good news for the "Han shot first" crowd. The original cut of Star Wars (1977), the film known today as A New Hope, is coming back to theaters. We first learned in August that some version of the film would be screened again in 2027 for its 50th anniversary. But we know now this will indeed be the version everyone saw before George Lucas made those questionable, CGI-heavy... Read more ›
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Superhuman, the AI-powered mail app, is heading in a more agentic direction with its latest update. Its "write with AI" feature, which you could previously activate when drafting an email, now works across your inbox, calendar, and the web. This means it can now pull in information from other emails or research a topic online. The AI will think for as long as it needs before responding to a prompt... Read more ›
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Ireland's media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, has announced investigations into both TikTok and LinkedIn for possible violations of the European Union's Digital Services Act, Reuters reports. The investigations are focused on both platforms' illegal content reporting features, which might not meet the requirements of the DSA.The main issue appears to be how these platforms’ reporting tools are presented and implemented. Regulators found possible "deceptive interface designs" in the content reporting... Read more ›
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Meta is reportedly planning steep cuts to its metaverse division, according to Bloomberg. This is happening just a few years after the company changed its name from Facebook to reflect its renewed interest in that same metaverse. Bloomberg notes that the metaverse department could get hit with significant budget cuts in the near future, with layoffs potentially occurring early next year. The budget cuts could go as high as 30... Read more ›
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India will no longer require smartphone makers to preinstall the Sanchar Saathi "security" app. After blowback from Apple, Samsung and opposition leaders, the Modi government issued a statement saying it "has decided not to make the pre-installation mandatory for mobile manufacturers." The app is still available as a voluntary download.India's Ministry of Communications framed the U-turn as a result of strong voluntary adoption. The nation said 14 million users (around... Read more ›
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Amazon is rolling out a new Alexa+ feature on Fire TV that can take you to a specific moment in a given movie on Prime Video based on a natural language voice command. The company says that, when you describe a certain scene, quote or character action, Alexa+ can start playing that part of the film. The company previewed this feature at its Devices and Services event in September.According to... Read more ›
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Netflix's $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. is, in many ways, the last thing a weakened Hollywood needs right now. The industry is still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, where theaters were forced to close and audiences became even more comfortable with streaming films at home. The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023, which were driven by legitimate concerns around studio interest in generative AI, delayed production and promotion of... Read more ›
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Samsung has unveiled its newest smartphone, and it's the highly-anticipated Galaxy Z TriFold. During an interview in July, a Samsung exec confirmed that the company was working on a three-panel phone that it aimed to release by the end of the year. The company said it expects the phone to be available for purchase in Korea on December 12, with markets including China, Taiwan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.... Read more ›
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