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A handful of changes coming to X may be pushing users to its competitor. Bluesky, the decentralized social platform, says it added 500,000 new users in a day this week. The new wave of signups could be related to several controversial changes on X in the last few days.
This week, X users got a popup notifying them that their posts will be visible even to users theyâve previously blocked. Those accounts still wonât be able to interact with their posts, but itâs a substantial change to.
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is back to once again paint a glorious portrait of the heavens. This time, the powerful telescope was set loose on the Sombrero galaxy, otherwise called Messier 104 or M104. The end result? A gorgeous image that reframes our understanding of that particular region of space. Upon closer inspection using the JWSTâs mid-infrared view, the Sombrero galaxy no longer truly resembles its namesake. It... Read more âș
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Notable Silicon Valley figures like Joe Lonsdale and Marc Andreessen are involved in DOGE's planning, The Wall Street Journal reported. Read more âș
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Warren Buffett said he's gifting $1.2 billion of stock to his family's foundations, and appointed three potential trustees to disperse his wealth. Read more âș
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iPad deals are in abundance this week, and this includes all-time low prices across the entire M4 iPad Pro lineup at Best Buy. The majority of these deals will require a My Best Buy Plus/Total membership, but there are some that are available to all shoppers. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment,... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The European Union says Twitter alternative Bluesky violates the EU Digital Services Act rules around information disclosure, reports Reuters. But since Bluesky isnât yet big enough to be considered a âvery large online platformâ under the DSA, the regulator says it canât regulate Bluesky the way it does X or Threads. The Financial Times quotes European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier, who told reporters about... Read more âș
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I gave Google's Pixel Buds Pro 2 high marks but said they were a tad pricey. Now they're down to $179 or $50 off their list price of $230. Read more âș
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Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images California Governor Gavin Newsom vowed to bring back the stateâs rebate for new electric vehicle purchases if President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to kill the federal tax credit. During the campaign, Trump vowed to eliminate President Joe Bidenâs âEV mandateâ on âday oneâ of his presidency. And now with this transition underway, his advisors have already discussed including a measure to kill... Read more âș
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Sony is developing a portable version of the PlayStation 5, according to a new report. Read more Read more âș
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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 governmentâs bloat and posting about them to his hundreds of millions of followers on X. Earlier this week, as first... Read more âș
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Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Sony is bringing a big new feature to the PlayStation Portal: cloud streaming. When it first launched, the device was only able to stream games from your PS5 over Wi-Fi. But as part of a new system update thatâs rolling out starting later today, youâll be able to stream select PS5 games from the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog to your PlayStation... Read more âș
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Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge HarperCollins has agreed with an unnamed AI tech company to let the company use some nonfiction titles to train its models, 404 Media reports, but only if authors opt-in to having their books be used for training. Some authors are currently suing companies like OpenAI, accusing them of copyright infringement for training AI models on their works without permission. According to a statement HarperCollins... Read more âș
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Control. | Image: Remedy Entertainment We already knew that the supernatural thriller Control was getting a sequel, but now Remedy has provided some more details on the game. Well, one major detail: Control 2 will be an action RPG, seemingly deviating from the action-adventure template set by the original. The news came during an investors presentation, in which the studio revealed a few other tidbits about the franchise: the original... Read more âș
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Image: Universal Jon M. Chuâs Wicked adaptation gets at the heart of what makes musicals such a spectacular form of storytelling. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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The US Department of Energy headquarters building on February 9th, 2024, in Washington, DC. | Photo by J. David Ake / Getty Images President-elect Donald Trumpâs pick to lead the Department of Energy is fossil fuel executive Chris Wright â who has misleadingly claimed on LinkedIn that âthere is no climate crisis, and weâre not in the midst of an energy transition either.â Hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, and other disasters exacerbated... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge A New York judge has determined that SiriusXMâs âlong and burdensomeâ cancellation process is illegal. In a ruling on Thursday, Judge Lyle Frank found SiriusXM violates a federal law that requires companies to make it easy to cancel a subscription. The decision comes nearly one year after New York Attorney General Leticia James sued SiriusXM over claims the company makes subscriptions difficult to cancel. Following an investigation,... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has been trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 for months now, ahead of the end of support date for Windows 10 in October, 2025. Earlier this year, Microsoft started using fullscreen prompts to warn Windows 10 users about the support cutoff, and now itâs using similar prompts to try and tempt people to buy a new Windows... Read more âș
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New V4 cabinet and Supercharger stalls. | Image: Tesla Tesla will launch fully realized V4 Supercharger stations that support up to 500kW charging for EVs and 1.2MW for Teslaâs commercial Semi trucks next year. Sites with new V4 cabinets are going into permitting now. When they open next year, theyâll connect the charging stalls EVs plug into with upgraded electronics that support faster charging on Cybertruck and other manufacturersâ EVs.... Read more âș
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