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The EU has formally charged Meta with violations of its Digital Markets Act (DMA), marking its second such charge in as many weeks. The European Commission writes in a preliminary ruling that the “pay or consent” advertising model that launched last year for Facebook and Instagram users runs afoul of Article 5(2) of the DMA by not giving users a third option that uses less data for ad targeting but is still free to use.
Regulators found in their investigation that Meta gives users a
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard will let you escape death entirely as part of its extensive difficulty customisation options, which will also let you manually adjust player and enemy health. As detailed to Game Informer, BioWare has included a range of set difficulty levels and a further option that offers more granular customisation of your play experience. The Veilguard's base levels are named Storyteller, Adventurer and Nightmare - the latter of... Read more ›
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We know our 5-year-old won't thrive in a public school setting, so he's going to a private school. He can receive scholarships for college. Read more ›
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Scottsdale, Arizona, attracts retirees with its weather, health and wellness amenities, and outdoor activities. Read more ›
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Chinese companies still have access to Nvidia's A100 and H100 GPUs due to smuggling. Read more ›
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Pete Ballmer discusses starting his career in software engineering and product management before becoming a full-time standup comedian. Read more ›
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Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko called Ukraine an "enemy" and said his troops along Ukraine's border have a "high combat readiness." Read more ›
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Netflix is proceeding with its plan to discontinue its cheapest ad-free subscription tier, starting with the UK and Canada, with more countries inevitably to follow. The streaming giant has reportedly begun notifying users via on-screen messages about the last day they can access the service unless they upgrade. One Reddit user shared a notification they had received from the Netflix app, saying: "Your last day to watch Netflix is July... Read more ›
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Yesterday, a video of a pink Pixel 9 made the rounds on the internet, but the device was powered off. Now a new video has surfaced showing the screen on. Okay, this might not be the same device as yesterday, but it is the same Peony color. The video shows off the vanilla Google Pixel 9 from all angles. The most important feature to notice is the dual camera setup... Read more ›
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Swiss privacy company Proton today launched Proton Docs, which it is pitching to customers as a "secure alternative to Google Drive and Docs." Proton Docs offers user end-to-end encrypted (E2E) document creation, editing, and collaboration, all of which is integrated with Proton's cloud storage product, Drive. The implementation of E2E means not even Proton can access your docs content or metadata (such as file names), and user data is kept... Read more ›
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Whether you’re looking to pick up new tech, upgrade your kitchen, or revitalize your yard, you’ve got to grab these deals while they’re hot. Read more ›
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Korean Air said it would finish cabin service 20 minutes earlier so it ends before the descent, due to concerns over increased turbulence. Read more ›
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Picking up my new passport at the post office. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Perhaps you’ve heard you can now renew your US passport online. As long as you meet certain requirements, there’s a beta website for that. The State Department tells me it’s not necessarily faster — but anecdotally, my family just had two of the speediest, most painless experiences we’ve ever had with the US... Read more ›
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Anonymous insiders revealed to Politico that President Joe Biden's poor debate showing is due to the isolation imposed by his top aides. Read more ›
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Six Marriott hotels in New York City are providing free Blade helicopter transfers to JFK and Newark Airport for some top-paying guests. Read more ›
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I've lived in Germany for over a decade with my family. Here you need to bag your own groceries and there isn't as much variety of products as in US. Read more ›
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Tons of different categories of items are on sale right now for the July 4th holiday. Here are our top deals across some of our favorite retailers. Read more ›
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This week alone, a massive Category 5 hurricane tore through the Caribbean, and major rainstorms in Switzerland, France, and Italy have caused flooding and landslides and have led to the deaths of at least seven people. Meanwhile, a severe heat wave forecasted to put many Californians through several consecutive days of triple-degree temperatures has gripped […] Read more ›
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Justice Clarence Thomas argued OSHA's authority is unconstitutional in a dissent against the court's decision to reject a challenge to the agency. Read more ›
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Proton now has its own version of Google Docs in its Drive cloud storage service, and like the company's other products, it comes with end-to-end encryption. The company says its flavor of Docs "offers a unique solution in a market where most popular products neglect privacy" and recommends it for use in the healthcare, media, finance and legal industries. Proton Docs has advanced formatting and image embed options like Google... Read more ›
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Google’s greenhouse gas emissions spiked by nearly 50 percent in the last five years, due to data centers required to power artificial intelligence, according to the company’s 2024 Environmental Report. The report shows the company’s progress towards meeting its self-proclaimed objective of becoming carbon neutral by 2030 – despite this additional challenge. Using AI features (let alone training the models) uses a lot of energy. In 2023, researchers at AI... Read more ›
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Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty Images Since the New Deal era, the bulk of the functioning US government is the administrative state — think the acronym soup of agencies like the EPA, FCC, FTC, FDA, and so on. Even when Capitol Hill is not mired in deep dysfunction, the speed at which Congress and the courts operate no longer seems suitable for modern life. Both industry... Read more ›
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Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit Microsoft AI boss Mustafa Suleyman incorrectly believes that the moment you publish anything on the open web, it becomes “freeware” that anyone can freely copy and use. When CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin asked him whether “AI companies have effectively stolen the world’s IP,” he said: I think that with respect to content that’s already on the open web, the social contract of... Read more ›
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An Uber and Lyft vehicle in New York. | Photo: Lindsey Nicholson / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rideshare drivers in Massachusetts will soon get company-provided benefits, as well as a minimum pay of $32.50 per hour, starting on August 15th. That’s thanks to a new settlement between the state and rideshare companies Uber and Lyft, four years after Attorney General Andrea Campbell sued the companies, asserting... Read more ›
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Buzz buzz. | Image: Bananbin I don’t think I’m going out on a limb when I say that not everyone agrees on the best way to handle their computer’s trash directory. Some folks like to let it go until their computer yells at them about storage, while others empty it every single day. I’m somewhere in the middle, but I do try not to let it go too far. And... Read more ›
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A Redbox machine from 2015. Redbox’s owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy protection overnight. This comes at the tail end of a month in which the DVD rental company defaulted on loans, saw an order for its cars to be repossessed, and missed payroll for employees. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment informed employees of the filing late Friday, writing in an email seen by The... Read more ›
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Photo by David Becker / Getty Images Dr Disrespect’s YouTube channel has been demonetized. In a statement to The Verge, YouTube spokesperson Nicole Bell wrote, “We have suspended monetization on DrDisrespect’s channel for violating our Creator Responsibility policy.” Bell also wrote that Dr Disrespect has been suspended from YouTube’s partner program “following serious allegations against the creator.” The allegations refer to multiple reports that the streamer, whose real name is... Read more ›
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ASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 11: Exterior view of the U.S. Supreme Court building. | Photo: Getty Images On Friday the Supreme Court overturned a longstanding legal doctrine in the US, making a transformative ruling that could hamper federal agencies’ ability to regulate all kinds of industry. Six Republican-appointed justices voted to overturn the doctrine, called Chevron deference, which could affect everything from pollution limits to consumer protections in the US.... Read more ›
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Photo: Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled that presidents are “absolutely” immune from criminal prosecution when their actions involve allegedly official acts while they were in office. Former presidents also have a “presumption of immunity” for their official acts while in office — but, the court ruled, there is no immunity for “unofficial acts.” The decision in Trump v. United States means that the special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution against... Read more ›
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Hori’s design is a little funky, but those yellow and violet versions look fantastic. | Image: Hori Nearly five years after Valve discontinued its experimental Steam Controller, a new officially licensed gamepad for Steam is on the way. The new controller is made by Hori, and it’s only coming to Japan (at least for now). Dubbed the Wireless Horipad for Steam, the PC-centric controller matches the Steam Deck’s menu buttons... Read more ›
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Over the last day or so, customers of the big three US mobile carriers — Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile — who are using data roaming internationally have complained about an inability to connect and make calls. Complaints about connection problems have spread across social media for hours, with little response from the carriers. In an email sent to... Read more ›
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