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Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has launched Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini: two new models of its Grok chatbot that offer upgraded performance and new image-generation capabilities. Grok’s prompt-based image maker is powered by Black Forest Lab’s Flux 1 AI model, and allows users to generate and publish images directly to the X social platform — with seemingly few guardrails in place to prevent abuse.
xAI says that Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini are available in beta on X (where Grok access is currently limi
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Mistral AI releases content moderation API powered by its Ministral 8B language model. The €6 billion-valued European AI startup has backing from tech giants Nvidia and Microsoft. The European artificial intelligence powerhouse Mistral AI has announced the release of its new content moderation API, marking a step in its mission to deliver sovereign AI solutions.... Read more » Read more ›
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Samsung DeX has had a good run, but One UI 7 will mark its end of the Windows app. Read more ›
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Taylor Swift's self-published "The Eras Tour Book" was released exclusively at Target on Black Friday. Read more ›
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Amazon workers across the world have gone on strike for Black Friday, according to the labor advocacy group UNI Global Union. The protests, dubbed “Make Amazon Pay,” are scheduled to last until December 2. Strikes are happening everywhere, from the US to Australia and Nepal. There are also demonstrations happening in more than 20 countries over “labor abuses, environmental degradation and threats to democracy.” The demonstrators are petitioning the company,... Read more ›
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From 3rd January 2025, Riot Games will ban content creators for bad "off-platform conduct". Read more Read more ›
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Meta is said to be planning a fiber-optic subsea internet cable that will span the world and could cost north of $10 billion. The project, which was originally reported by subsea cable expert Sunil Tagare, could be formally announced early next year. However, sources linked to Meta told TechCrunch that the project is in the early stages. Only a few contractors would be capable of building out that infrastructure and... Read more ›
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At 45% off, this smart lamp transforms any room into a showpiece with colors and music—now at its lowest price ever. Read more ›
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Hulu's incredible Black Friday deal is going on through Monday. Lock in one year of Hulu for just $1 per month, or bundle with Disney+ for $3 per month. That's not a typo. Read more ›
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Sony’s PlayStation 5 “slim” is smaller than the original PS5 but packs 1TB of storage and a pair of front-facing USB-C ports. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Black Friday is brimming with great deals on new games, including older titles you can purchase for pennies on the dollar and recent hits that might be hard to justify at full price. You can usually find great... Read more ›
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Solo Stove has dropped a massive Black Friday sale that offers significant savings on fire pit bundles. The most notable deal here is for the Bonfire Backyard Bundle, which is down to $400 from $580. That’s a nice savings of $180. This combo pack includes the well-regarded Bonfire smokeless fire pit and a whole swath of related accessories. The bundle comes with a removable ash plate, a lid, a carry... Read more ›
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Pure Telecom, the Irish-owned fibre broadband and telecoms company, has officially opened a multisensory room for children visiting Children’s Health Ireland at Connolly. The room and services were entirely funded by Pure Telecom’s fundraising initiatives for Children’s Health Foundation. Children’s Health Foundation raises vital funds to support sick children and their families in Ireland. It […] Read more ›
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Tom King became a counterterrorism officer in the CIA after 9/11. He quit to focus on being a father, using the opportunity to turn his cover into his career. Read more ›
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Illustration: The Verge You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a robot clean your floors. Here’s our pick of the most cost-effective bots you can buy right now. Continue reading… Read more ›
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On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the recently leaked design of the iPhone 17 "Air" and iPhone 17 Pro. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos Earlier this week, a report from The Information's Wayne Ma revealed that the iPhone 17 Air will have a thickness of between 5mm and 6mm, which would make it the thinnest iPhone ever. In comparison, iPhone 16... Read more ›
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Photo illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge From simple fitness bands and rugged sports watches to rings, these are the best trackers you can get. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Whether you want a new streaming device to upgrade an aging TV or you want to outfit a new projector with one, Black Friday deals can make it so you spend less on that new set-top box or dongle. One of the best deals we’ve seen on streaming gear is on the latest Roku Ultra, which is on sale for $79, or $21 off its usual rate. That’s an all-time-low... Read more ›
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Now is the best time to grab that iPad Mini or the best TV ever that you've been eying all year. Read more ›
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Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the Department of Government Efficiency. Read more ›
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Kristen Radtke / The Verge Bluesky feels like the big winner right now. I’ve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. I’ve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for a long while, it didn’t have the critical mass of users that I could follow... Read more ›
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Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the government’s bloat and posting about them to his hundreds of millions of followers on X. Earlier this week, as first... Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isn’t so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, we’re here... Read more ›
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Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Musically speaking, I’d say Drake lost the tit-for-tat feud this year between himself and Kendrick Lamar, which culminated in Lamar’s hit song “Not Like Us.” But Drake (real name: Aubrey Graham) doesn’t seem to want to accept defeat that easily. In a petition filed in New York’s state Supreme Court on Monday, Drake is accusing Universal Music Group — the label that’s represented him for his... Read more ›
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Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge You’d think Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and its wide-reaching Supercharger network, would already know about the workings of the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program that has dedicated $7.5 billion to building a national charging network. However, he needed Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to chime in on X yesterday to stop some Republican leaders from spreading misinformation about the program.... Read more ›
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Image: Elen Winata for The Verge From noise-canceling earbuds to robot vacuums and 4K OLED TVs, there is already plenty on offer. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Photo by Liam James Doyle for The Verge One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home. But after she noticed another account hocking the same minimal aesthetic, a rivalry spiraled into a first-of-its-kind lawsuit. Can the legal system protect the vibe of a creator? And what if that vibe is basic? Continue reading… Read more ›
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A still from a video generated by OpenAI’s Sora. | OpenAI OpenAI first teased its text-to-video AI model, Sora, back in February and hasn’t provided any meaningful updates on when it will be released since then. Now, it looks like some artists leaked access to the model in protest of being used by the company for what they claim is “unpaid R&D and PR.” On Tuesday, a group of Sora... Read more ›
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Image: Elen Winata for The Verge From noise-canceling earbuds to robot vacuums and 4K OLED TVs, there is already plenty on offer. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images Microsoft says it isn’t using customer data from its Microsoft 365 apps to train its AI models. The clarification addresses reports circulating online in the last few weeks claiming Microsoft required Word and Excel users to opt out of training the company’s AI systems. The confusion arose from a privacy setting in Microsoft Office that toggles “optional connected... Read more ›
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