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Did you think Amazon Fire tablets were exempt from generative AI tools? Think again. The company just announced a spate of AI-centric features that are rolling out to the just-announced Fire HD 8 refresh and a bunch of older models.
None of these features are too surprising, but they seem useful and fun. There’s something called Writing Assist, which is exactly what it sounds like. This tool integrates with the on-screen keyboard and should be compatible with any app on the tablet. It provides grammar assis
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40% off select tools and tool accessories at Home Depot. Thank you, Black Friday. Read more ›
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A recent neo-Nazi rally in Columbus, Ohio drew national attention—but it was just one of dozens that increasingly emboldened white power groups have held this year. Read more ›
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google is testing out media playback straight from Android smartwatches’ built-in speakers in Wear OS 5.1, according to Android developer release notes spotted by Mishaal Rahman. That’s in addition to adding support for credential managers in the coming update, which Google revealed is based on Android 15. (Wear OS 5, which rolled out earlier this month, is based on Android 14.) Watch... Read more ›
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The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet. Read more ›
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Drake's company Frozen Moments has filed a petition claiming that Universal Music Group and Spotify falsely boosted Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." Read more ›
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The rapper's music company has accused Kendrik Lamar's label of artificially inflating the popularity of the song "Not Like Us' using bots and illegal payment schemes. Read more ›
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Buying a new keyboard probably won’t make you happy. But this one is orange. | Photo by Nathan Edwards / The Verge The Omnikeys Bauer Lite, one of my favorite keyboards of the year, is down to just $95 ($25 off) this week as part of Omnitype’s ongoing Black Friday sale. I paid full price for mine earlier this year, and it was a steal. It feels great to type... 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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You might be surprised to learn that foam swords, snow globes, and Magic 8 Balls are prohibited in carry-on luggage. Read more ›
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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew was set to debut on December 3. However, Disney has moved the two-episode premiere to an earlier release date. Read more ›
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Huawei’s new Mate 70 lineup will be the first to offer the company’s HarmonyOS Next that isn’t compatible with Android apps. | Image: Huawei Huawei has announced its new Mate 70 series smartphone lineup, which will be the first offered with the company’s new HarmonyOS Next operating system that doesn’t rely on Google’s Android services and won’t run any Android apps, according to a report by Reuters. The four models... Read more ›
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The word "boyfriend" didn't accurately capture the man I was dating. When I started using "partner," people in the US seemed to get annoyed with me. Read more ›
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The 2024 Beats earbuds are on sale for only the second time in the Black Friday sales, saving you 38% on retail. Read more ›
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Disney's decision to pivot from a Moana TV series to a fully fledged cinematic sequel pays dividends. Read more ›
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For under $300, it's clearly the best smartphone you can get. Read more ›
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Bluesky announces new moderation efforts as it spots a growth of child sexual abuse material among users. Read more ›
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Known for his perfectionism and total dedication to Elon Musk, Omead Afshar has emerged as one of Tesla's most powerful executives. Read more ›
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I can't stop staring at Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Whether I'm exploring the game's home base in the dream-like Fade, or a forest shimmering with golden leaves and wild magical energy, the game simply looks gorgeous. And, if you've got the graphical horsepower to see it, it also delivers some of the most sumptuous ray tracing I've ever seen. There's a level of polish across every aspect of the game,... Read more ›
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William Shatner, who once sparred with Engadget over Twitter’s verification policy, has finally reprised his most famous role. Captain Kirk is back in the short film 765874 - Unification. This eight-minute story is live now on YouTube and follows the events of Star Trek: Generations, which was the last time Shatner donned his Starfleet uniform. The short was made by a graphics company called OTOY, along with Paramount and Shatner... Read more ›
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As people leave or deactivate their X accounts, there's been meaningful growth for alternative platforms like Meta's Threads and underdog Bluesky. Despite the huge gap in both user numbers and funding between the two, Threads seems to be borrowing from Bluesky's feature set to prevent it from becoming competitive. The Verge reported that Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, announced that Threads’ algorithm is getting a “rebalancing” to “prioritize content... Read more ›
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Sony announced that it will run a beta test for cloud streaming on its PlayStation Portal gaming handheld. The feature will begin rolling out in an update today, with Europe due to get it starting on Wednesday. Only PlayStation Plus Premium members will be able to access cloud streaming during the beta test, but it's a promising sign that Sony is finally working on this function, even though it took... Read more ›
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Hackers breached an online course founded by far-right influencer, and accused human trafficker, Andrew Tate, according to reporting by Daily Dot. The hackers captured data on more than 800,000 users and revealed the email addresses of around 325,000 of them. Tate’s self-proclaimed “online university” hosts courses on fitness, finance and content creation, all for the low price of $50 per month. The site currently claims it has over 113,000 active... Read more ›
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday present great opportunities to get a bunch of tech for less, and some of the best deals you can typically find are on charging gear and mobile accessories. Anker makes some of our favorites in both departments, and this year a ton of Anker gear has been discounted as part of the Black Friday deals. Whether you’re looking for a new power bank to take... Read more ›
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Season passes are one of the most common ways to generate revenue for games such as Fortnite or Call of Duty that want players to keep returning day after day, month after month. This week, PC game platform Steam has rolled out support for this monetization approach. The Valve-owned platform clarified its policy about what it considers a season pass, as well as implementing rules for how developers should communicate... Read more ›
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It's hard to beat the promise of a big box for one-stop shopping. Target is one of my favorites if I just want to browse with no agenda, because I'll inevitably stumble on something fun or on sale. Or in the case of this Black Friday deal, both. Target is currently selling a Meta Quest 3S for $300, as is Amazon. That's the usual price tag for this virtual reality... Read more ›
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Researchers from the University College London have done what celebrity chefs and Italian nonnas could only dream of: they've made the world's thinnest spaghetti. This culinary-sounding accomplishment, published in Nanoscale Advances, has yielded strands of starch nanofibers that are just 372 nanometers wide, which is invisible to the naked eye and is even smaller than some wavelengths of light. "The world's thinnest spaghetti" sounds silly, but starch can actually have... Read more ›
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Apple's new Mac mini hasn’t been available for that long yet, but you can already grab it at a discount. The M4-powered Mac mini has dropped to an all-time low of $500 thanks to a discount and an additional, clippable coupon that will bring the final price down to $500. That’s a total of $100 of savings off the original price of the model with 16GB of RAM and 256GB... Read more ›
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