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Sundar Pichai. | Image: Laura Normand / The Verge
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees ahead of Election Day to “remember the role we play” and make sure “the products we build” are “a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief.”
“As with other elections, the outcome will be a major topic of conversation in living rooms and other places around the world,” Pichai said in an internal memo on November 4th obtained by The Verge. “And of course, the outcome will have import
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The first wooden data centres by Microsoft aim to reduce carbon emissions by up to 65%. The company is overhauling supplier contracts to require carbon-free electricity use by 2030. In northern Virginia, Microsoft is undertaking an unconventional experiment: building data centres with wood. The company uses cross-laminated timber (CLT), a specialised engineered wood product, in... Read more » Read more ›
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Following a seemingly solid launch for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, there's probably a fair few series newcomers considering delving into the original trilogy. But anyone hoping for a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition style remaster shouldn't hold their breath; Dragon Age: The Veilguard creative director John Epler says the project would be challenging because hardly anyone left at BioWare knows how the studio's old engine works. Read more Read more ›
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Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Elon Musk is a busy man right now. He’s supposedly running X, SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink, all while actively campaigning for Trump. But despite those myriad concerns, Musk still finds the time to play Diablo 4. He’s even said he’s pretty good at it, claiming in a recent interview with Joe Rogan that he’s in the top 20 of Diablo 4... Read more ›
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Young voters in Nevada, many of whom didn't grow up with cursive in school, are having difficulty voting, the secretary of state said Tuesday. Read more ›
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy denied that the company's return-to-office policy is a 'backdoor layoff,' amidst rumors of quiet firing strategies. Read more ›
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Review aggregation site Metacritic has spoken out in response to the ongoing review bombing of Dragon Age: The Veilguard by online commenters upset at the game's inclusive characters and themes. Read more Read more ›
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Chelsey Nelson moved from the US to Australia to be with her boyfriend. They get taxed 39% of their income and they could still afford to buy a house. Read more ›
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Schneider Electric confirmed that it is investigating a breach as a ransomware group Hellcat claims to have stolen more than 40 GB of compressed data -- and demanded the French multinational energy management company pay $125,000 in baguettes or else see its sensitive customer and operational information leaked. The Register: And yes, you read that right: payment in baguettes. As in bread. Schneider Electric declined to answer The Register's specific... Read more ›
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Not only is the presidency on the line for Donald Trump in the 2024 election, but so are the four criminal indictments against him. Read more ›
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Social media companies that once at least tried to promote a healthy information ecosystem have largely given up—and insiders say Musk’s example gave them cover. Read more ›
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A mother of three says hiking for multiple days and carrying everything they needed on their backs, was the best ways to truly connect with family. Read more ›
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American automaker General Motors (GM) last year announced it would be phasing out support for CarPlay and Android Auto in its new electric vehicles, in favor of its own software platform called Ultifi. The decision has been very controversial, as many drivers consider CarPlay to be a must-have feature in a new vehicle. In 2022, for example, Apple said 79% of U.S. buyers would only consider a vehicle that works... Read more ›
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The tiny cubesat arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon ship on Tuesday and will be deployed to orbit before the end of this year. Read more ›
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YouTube offers free movies with ads. The best free movies in November 2024 include a Christopher Nolan sci-fi adventure and an Adam Sandler comedy. Read more ›
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The results aren’t in yet, but if Donald Trump ends up winning the 2024 presidential election and regaining the presidency, he could radically reshape international politics. Trump has made very clear on the campaign trail that he believes major changes to US foreign policy are necessary: “We have been treated so badly, mostly by allies […] Read more ›
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Microsoft and Amazon tried to make alternatives to Google and Apple's mobile platforms. And we know how that turned out. Read more ›
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Matthew Lillard told BI that he worried that going on "Dancing with the Stars" would ruin his chances of someday winning an Oscar. Read more ›
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The Internet Archive is continuing the recovery process after a series of DDoS attacks that took down its servers in early October. On Monday, the nonprofit digital library posted on X that its 'Save Page Now' service has been restored to the Wayback Machine. Save Page Now is back online via the Wayback Machine: https://t.co/0x24WHlhAcWeb pages archived since October 9 will start being added to @waybackmachine. pic.twitter.com/fbQxXKSRL5— Internet Archive (@internetarchive)... Read more ›
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X-37B started executing a series of aerobraking maneuvers to change from a highly elliptical orbit to a lower orbit. Read more ›
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Image: Pixelmator Apple has agreed to acquire Pixelmator, a popular image editing app available on Mac and iOS. Pixelmator announced the news in a post on its blog, saying it will now “have the ability to reach an even wider audience and make an even bigger impact on the lives of creative people around the world.” No details about the deal were revealed except that it is still pending, subject... Read more ›
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Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple’s second iOS 18.2 developer beta includes a new feature for update’s integration with ChatGPT: users will be able to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus from the Settings menu, 9to5Mac reports. ChatGPT Plus is OpenAI’s paid version of ChatGPT, offering features like more messages with its GPT-4o model, for $19.99 per month. If you end up using ChatGPT a lot within iOS — you’ll be... Read more ›
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Image: The Verge ChatGPT is officially an AI-powered web search engine. The company is enabling real-time information in conversations for paid subscribers today, with free, enterprise, and education users gaining access in the coming weeks. Rather than launching as a separate product, web search will be integrated into ChatGPT’s existing interface. The feature determines when to tap into web results based on queries, though users can also manually trigger web... Read more ›
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Illustration: The Verge This week’s new Macs all had one thing in common: a minimum of 16GB of RAM. That was true of the new Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, and iMac, which were all refreshed with M4 processors this week. The MacBook Air was refreshed to start at 16GB of RAM, too, even though it didn’t get a bump up to the M4 chip. The change brings an end to... Read more ›
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Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo: GM GM’s Baris Cetinok is committed to building a custom experience to rival that of Apple and Google. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Cath Virginia / The Verge Microsoft has been testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot, and now Xbox Insiders can try it out for the first time. I exclusively revealed the existence of this new “Xbox Support Virtual Agent” earlier this year, and Microsoft now says it’s designed “to help Xbox players more efficiently solve their support-related gaming issues.” Xbox Insiders in the US can start trying out this new Xbox... Read more ›
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Canon’s budget-friendly VR lens will be available in November with an estimated retail price of $449.99. | Image: Canon Canon has officially announced its new RF-S7.8mm F4 STM Dual lens, which features stereoscopic elements that have been squeezed into a body no larger than a traditional 2D camera lens. It was originally teased during the Apple WWDC 2024 keynote last June and is designed to work with a Canon EOS... Read more ›
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Image: Nintendo While we all wait for the reveal of Nintendo’s next console, the company has once again announced something very different. This time, it’s a mobile app called Nintendo Music, which lets users listen to classic gaming tunes from Nintendo games spanning the last few decades, including Splatoon, Animal Crossing, and The Legend of Zelda. It’s only available to Switch Online subscribers, and it’s launching later today. The app... Read more ›
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Image: Intel Intel is rolling back one of the biggest changes to its laptop chips in years. Remember how this fall’s Lunar Lake laptops ditched the idea of memory sticks, putting a fixed amount of RAM on the processor package instead? Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger now says that turned out to be a financial mistake, and Intel won’t do it again. Oh, and he may be axing desktop GPUs, too.... Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Former President Donald Trump has made immigration a centerpiece of his campaign: he’s promised mass deportations, a crackdown on asylum at the border, and a ban on mortgages for undocumented immigrants. But while Trump rails against illegal immigration, his allies and advisors are also preparing to sharply reduce legal immigration, the Wall Street Journal reports. Groups including the America First Policy Institute,... Read more ›
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