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Google employees liberally labeled their emails as “privileged and confidential” and spoke “off the record” over chat messages, even after being told to preserve their communications for investigators, lawyers for the Justice Department have told a Virginia court over the past couple of weeks.
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The Rust vs C battle raging in Linux circles has left even Linus Torvalds scratching his head. "I'm not sure why Rust has been such a contentious area," the Linux creator mused at this week's Open Source Summit, likening the fervor to ancient text editor wars. "It reminds me of when I was young and people were arguing about vi versus Emacs." The spat over integrating Rust into Linux has... Read more ›
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission published a new report about social media platforms and video streaming services’ data collection policies, and the results are damning if not unexpected. The report, which was released on September 19th, found that these platforms not only surveil consumers but often retain vast troves of data indefinitely about users and non-users alike — and suggests they can’t be trusted... Read more ›
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Image: Logitech Logitech is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its G502 gaming mouse with a limited edition aluminum version. The G502 X Plus AL Edition has the same functionality as the standard wireless G502 X mouse, plus an aluminum chassis with laser-etched markings, including a one-of-502 serial number. Sorry to put my high school chem-lab assistant hat on, but that L in “AL Edition” should really be lowercase — though... Read more ›
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One day after X started to come back online for some people in Brazil, the country’s Supreme Court is threatening the social media company and Elon Musk-owned Starlink with hefty daily fines. In a new order posted online, Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered regulators to “reactivate” blocking of X and said that the two companies could be hit with close $1 million a day in fines for not... Read more ›
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There's a BioWare game I keep coming back to when I think about the several hours I spent playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and it's probably not the game you're expecting me to say. It's not Dragon Age: Inquisition and it's not Dragon Age: Origins, or Dragon Age 2, as if I'd have the stones to say that. It's a game from another series the studio is probably better known... Read more ›
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Going head-to-head with Amazon's October Prime Day, Walmart is also giving you the opportunity to get a head start on seasonal shopping this fall. Read more ›
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Business Insider's reporter didn't pack healthy snacks or drink nearly enough water on a 13-hour Air New Zealand flight to Auckland, New Zealand. Read more ›
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The original PlayStation console, otherwise called the PS1, came out in Japan in late 1994. So we are quickly coming up on the console’s 30th birthday. To commemorate the occasion, Sony just revealed nostalgia-tinged redesigns of both the PS5 and the forthcoming PS5 Pro. They look like the original PlayStation, with that classic gray colorway and the old-school logo. Gamers of a certain age will have a hard time resisting... Read more ›
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A comment on a Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 video appearing to be from Saber CEO Matthew Karch has raised eyebrows for stating that games should be about "glory kills" instead of "imposing morals on gamers". Read more Read more ›
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In select U.S. states, residents can add their driver's license or state ID to the Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a convenient and contactless way to display proof of identity or age at select airports and businesses, and in select apps. The list of states where the feature is available currently includes Arizona, Maryland, Colorado, Georgia, Ohio, Hawaii, and most recently California, and Apple today announced... Read more ›
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Sony has reportedly settled on a $40 price tag for Bungie's Marathon reboot, despite the similarly priced Concord's recent flop - with development "too far along" to pivot to free-to-play. Read more Read more ›
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Apple today released the first public betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its October launch. Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple's beta testing program can download the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 updates by opening up the Settings app, tapping into the Software Update section and selecting the Public Beta option. iOS... Read more ›
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Image: Will Joel / The Verge From reading in the bath to scribbling notes in the margins, from diving into the Amazon ecosystem to avoiding it outright, there’s an e-reader for everyone. Continue reading… Read more ›
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The woman I dated was engaged to another man. I found it thrilling to be her lover, but the situationship turned me into a toxic version of myself. Read more ›
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Mark Zuckerberg's watch, the De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius Aérolite, costs an estimated $260,000, and only five are produced a year. Read more ›
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This proposed multimillion-dollar development campus in Portland, Oregon, could revitalize the city's sportswear-production industry. Read more ›
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Image: Apple Apple has just released public betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, and they include upcoming Apple Intelligence features like text re-writing tools, the glowy new Siri design, a “Clean Up” tool to remove objects from your photos, and more. To be able to access the betas, you’ll need to register on Apple’s beta software program site. Once you’ve done that, you should be able... Read more ›
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Georgia has abundant sunshine and its federal tax credit might make renewable energy sources -- particularly solar energy -- worth a closer look. Here's everything you need to know. Read more ›
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Image: Sony PlayStation has deftly come up with a way to get more people on board with the PS5 Pro. The company has announced a special 30th anniversary collection for the suite of PS5 consoles and accessories that is unfortunately sick as hell. “To celebrate this 30th anniversary milestone, we had to create something that honored the history and joy that PlayStation has brought us all,” said PlayStation platform business... Read more ›
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Stray, a game where you play a cat. | Image: Annapurna Annapurna Interactive, the game company famous for publishing indie hits like Stray, Outer Wilds, Gorogoa, Neon White, What Remains of Edith Finch, and many more, may not be the same company anymore. Bloomberg’s reports that the entire staff of Annapurna Interactive, the gaming division of Megan Ellison’s Annapurna, has resigned after failing to convince Ellison to let them spin... Read more ›
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Image: Nilay Patel Apple has hiked the price of its battery repair service for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. Now, it will cost $119 to get your battery replaced in either phone — a $20 jump over its older fee. The price remains the same for the standard and “Plus” models, as do those for last year’s phones, as MacRumors notes. The company doesn’t seem to have started... Read more ›
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s new sleep apnea detection feature has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration — and Watch Series 9 or Watch Ultra 2 owners can use it starting today. Sleep apnea is a disorder that causes people to suddenly stop breathing during sleep. The new feature, which is rolling out as part of the watchOS 11 update, will use the Apple... Read more ›
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Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge The Tesla Cybertruck gets a lot of hate for its polarizing design and even more polarizing creator. However, the Cybertruck also appears to be extremely popular, more popular even than all the other electric trucks on the market, and Elon Musk may end up laughing all the way to the bank. Tesla’s Cybertruck registrations in July almost match overall EV truck registrations in July,... Read more ›
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Image: PayPal Roughly 25 years after it launched payment processing, PayPal is “ushering in a new era for customers” with some generic black text. The company has a new logo, designed by Pentagram, that looks incredibly plain — especially compared to its previous iterations with their rakish slant, two shades of blue, and prominent PayPal Ps. Image: PayPal The evolution of PayPal’s logo. They justify this for a wide variety... Read more ›
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Image: The Verge The iPhone 16 lineup has 8GB of RAM, from the base model to the 16 Pro Max, and it’s all thanks to Apple Intelligence. Apple VP of hardware tech Johny Srouji confirmed as much in an interview with Geekerwan, published yesterday, that 9to5Mac spotted. Srouji explained in the interview that “DRAM is one aspect” when it comes to deciding hardware characteristics needed for Apple Intelligence, saying that... Read more ›
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A scene from Megalopolis, one of Lionsgate’s upcoming releases. | Lionsgate AI startup Runway has made a name for itself building generative models seemingly trained on unlicensed content from around the internet. Now the company has signed a deal with Lionsgate that will give it access to the studio’s massive portfolio of films and TV shows. Today, Lionsgate — the studio behind films like the John Wick and Hunger Games... Read more ›
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon’s warehouse workers and delivery drivers, the people critical to the company’s ability to get you things fast via Amazon Prime, will soon get Prime subscriptions as part of their employment. The new perk was revealed along with other benefits updates, including an average pay raise, that the company announced on Wednesday. The free Prime will be part of the benefits for “front-line”... Read more ›
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A crop of Spider-Man 2 from Sony’s PS5 Pro video. | Image: Sony We’ve got lossless screenshots — but you’ll have to download them. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Image: GM General Motors says it has updated the software in its electric vehicles so its customers can finally use Tesla’s Supercharging network. To gain immediate access, owners of electric Chevy, Cadillac, and GMC vehicles will need to purchase “GM approved” Tesla adapters through each brand’s smartphone app for $225. Future GM vehicles will come with Tesla’s charging port natively installed. The announcement comes more than 15 months after GM... Read more ›
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