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Before AI meant you could impersonate someone’s voice with just a snippet of audio, con artists needed actual skill to impersonate famous figures. Take Hargobind Tahilramani, who allegedly impersonated such powerful Hollywood women as Amy Pascal, Kathleen Kennedy, and Wendi Deng Murdoch. Now, it’s a documentary from Tiger King’s Chris Smith.
The scam artist dubbed “the Con Queen of Hollywood” sent victims to Indonesia, then extracted cash for what seemed like normal expenses, promising rei
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Helldivers 2 has been pulled from sale in 177 countries as its PSN linking requirement rolls out in countries where PSN is not available.Developer Arrowhead said this linking requirement was made optional when the game released at the beginning of February due to technical issues. However, that initial "grace period" for Helldivers 2 players on Steam is now over, and on Friday, Helldivers 2's publisher Sony announced that players on... Read more ›
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Hazel keeps over 7,000 open Firefox tabs for nostalgia but lost them all after the browser encountered an issue. Read more ›
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Bernard Hill, the actor that brought Lord of the Rings’ Théoden to life memorably in Peter Jackson’s movie adaptation trilogy, has died at the age of 79.Read more... Read more ›
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The popularity of coffee is devastating the environment. So some companies are developing lab grown coffee, or coffee made from other ingredients. Read more ›
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Before purchasing some motor oil, you may want to know which brands perform better than others. So who makes Walmart's Super Tech brand and how good is it? Read more ›
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Kate Tomas is a corporate psychic. She says CEOs have paid her hundreds of thousands to help them make decisions — and more money. Read more ›
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The Dell XPS 14 is a new member of Dell's iconic lineup, and it's a strong contender among 14-inch laptops. However, it has some serious competition. Read more ›
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Winning more than once is remarkable, but Christine Wilson's back-to-back wins aren't a first in lottery history. Read more ›
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"You don't need millions to retire," Debra Crockett said. She found out she could live comfortably abroad with a very low budget and has no regrets. Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple hasn’t talked too much about AI so far — but it’s been working on stuff. A lot of stuff. Continue reading… Read more ›
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As Helldivers 2 is pulled from sale in 177 countries following the disastrous rollout of mandatory PSN linking, Ghost of Tsushima developer Sucker Punch wants you to know that PSN is not required if you want to play the Director's Cut's singleplayer campaign on Steam.As spotted by wccftech, the studio responded to a now-hidden Twitter/X message to the studio, assuring players that a PSN account is "not required to play... Read more ›
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Of all the titles leaving Netflix in May 2024, there are four movies you need to catch before their time is up - and they all have over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Read more ›
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iOS offers everything a smartphone user might want, but one glaring omission lingers. Read more ›
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Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge A good video game speedrun is a marvel to witness. You watch players fly through your favorite games, hitting impossible jumps and finding shortcuts you never knew existed. It makes you see a familiar game in a whole new light. If you’ve never watched a speedrun, check out this world-record run through the original Super Mario Bros., and you’ll see what I’m talking about.... Read more ›
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At 93, Warren Buffett said he hoped he would be able to make next year's shareholders meeting for Berkshire Hathaway. Read more ›
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Elon Musk said during Tesla's Q1 earnings call that the company will double the number of Nvidia AI chips it uses by year-end. Read more ›
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Ryanair makes no secret of the fact it charges extra for almost everything, but with extras my flight nearly doubled in price. Read more ›
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Samsung will build all the AI features in the world, then make you swipe through apps page by page like you're on Jelly Bean. Read more ›
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The blog Its FOSS has 15,000 followers for its Mastodon account — which they think is causing problems: When you share a link on Mastodon, a link preview is generated for it, right? With Mastodon being a federated platform (a part of the Fediverse), the request to generate a link preview is not generated by just one Mastodon instance. There are many instances connected to it who also initiate requests... Read more ›
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Upgrading to a shiny new device? Here’s how to restore your old phone to its factory settings. Read more ›
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Musk said he wants Tesla to be “absolutely hard core” about the headcount reduction. | Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Barely two weeks after initiating layoffs for at least 14,000 staffers, Tesla is now reportedly laying off hundreds more — including senior executives and the majority of its Supercharging team. According to an email first reported by The Information and then Electrek, the automaker’s senior director... Read more ›
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I mean, at least it’s just $200? | Image: David Pierce / The Verge Since it launched last week, Rabbit’s R1 AI gadget has inspired a lot of questions, starting with “Why isn’t this just an app?” Well, friends, that’s because it is just an app. Over at Android Authority, Mishaal Rahman managed to download Rabbit’s launcher APK on a Google Pixel 6A. With a little tweaking, he was able... Read more ›
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Image: Posche (via Car & Driver) Mercedes-Benz doesn’t have any plans to adopt Apple’s immersive, next-generation version of CarPlay, the German automaker’s CEO said in an episode of Decoder. “The short answer is no,” Ola Källenius told The Verge’s Nilay Patel in response to a question about whether Mercedes-Benz will enable Apple CarPlay to take over all the screens inside its vehicles. Instead, he touts the need for a “holistic... Read more ›
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We’ve been teased for long enough, Spotify. Just drop the HiFi update already. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge After years of waiting for Spotify to release the lossless audio tier it promised, some leaked UI elements suggest the project is alive and kicking, if not (dare I say) possibly close to release. Spotify’s current bitrate tops out at 320kbps, but that could soon change if screenshots taken from... Read more ›
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Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge Instagram is making significant changes to how its system recommends content, with a focus on original content and increased distribution for smaller accounts. The slew of changes were announced by the company in a blog post today. The biggest change deals with aggregators — accounts that download or screenshot other users’ videos and photos and repost them. Sometimes aggregators will credit the original poster... Read more ›
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Photo by Joseph Weiser / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Automatic emergency braking is now the law of the land. The US Department of Transportation finalized a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard requiring all vehicle manufacturers to include automatic emergency braking in their light-duty vehicles (basically all passenger vehicles, including SUVs and pickup trucks) by 2029. The new rule aims to prevent hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands... Read more ›
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Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission is fining the largest US mobile carriers a combined nearly $200 million for allegedly illegally sharing customers’ location data without their consent. The FCC says it found the carriers “sold access to its customers’ location information to ‘aggregators,’ who then resold access to such information to third-party location-based service providers.” The agency says the carriers... Read more ›
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Image: The Verge Microsoft is making security its number one priority for every employee, following years of security issues and mounting criticisms. After a scathing report from the US Cyber Safety Review Board recently concluded that “Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate and requires an overhaul,” it’s doing just that by outlining a set of security principles and goals that are tied to compensation packages for Microsoft’s senior leadership team. Last... Read more ›
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Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019 because it was “very worried” that Google was years ahead in scaling up its AI efforts. An internal email, titled “Thoughts on OpenAI,” between Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, CEO Satya Nadella, and co-founder Bill Gates reveals some of the high-level discussions around an investment opportunity in the months before Microsoft revealed the partnership. The email... Read more ›
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Photo: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Tesla was on the cusp of taking over electric vehicle charging in the US — then, the layoffs came. Today, multiple outlets reported that the company has laid off hundreds of employees, just weeks after cutting 10 percent (approximately 14,000 people) of its global workforce. Tesla’s Supercharger division was said to be particularly hard hit, with several soon-to-be-former employees saying... Read more ›
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