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A damning report from the Anti-Defamation League published Thursday on the “unprecedented” amount of racist and violent content on Steam Community has prompted a US Senator to take action. In a letter spotted by The Verge, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) asked Valve CEO Gabe Newell how he and his company are addressing the issue.
“My concern is elevated by the fact that Steam is the largest single online gaming digital distribution and social networking platform in the world with over 100 million unique user acc
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Elon Musk alleges in his lawsuit that OpenAI and Microsoft are using anticompetitive practices like "lavish compensation" to build a gen AI monopoly. Read more ›
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Today marks two years since Apple made its Emergency SOS via satellite feature available on all iPhone 14 models in the U.S. and Canada. Apple has since expanded its suite of satellite-based features, and they all remain free to use for now. Below, we recap the rollout of Apple's satellite features and what's next. November 2022: Apple launches Emergency SOS via satellite in the U.S. and Canada, allowing you to... Read more ›
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From getting booted from the Disney Channel to allegedly driving through a protected turtle beach, Jake Paul has built a brand off being controversial. Read more ›
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Robin Zeng, founder and chairman of CATL, says Musk's 4860 battery design "is going to fail and never be successful." Read more ›
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Customers are dissatisfied with Copilot, rivals are circling, and Microsoft insiders are skeptical: a BI exclusive. Read more ›
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Following Sony's seemingly premature announcement earlier this week it'll be knocking $70 off the PS5 Slim Digital Edition in the US ahead of Christmas, reliable leaker Bilbil-kun has claimed similar discounts are coming to Europe soon - including a PSVR2 price cut of a whopping €200. Read more Read more ›
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Chloe Diaz says dating tech bros in San Francisco and New York City is completely different. The guys in one city make her not want to move back. Read more ›
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The Pixel Watch 3 is receiving its first notable discount to date, dropping it to $279.99 for a limited time. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Can’t wait until Black Friday to start your holiday shop or score a killer deal on a gadget you’ve been eyeing? You may not have to. Although Black Friday isn’t until November 29th, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target have begun rolling... Read more ›
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Elon Musk has added Microsoft to an amended lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the ChatGPT maker of starving rivals of AI talent. Read more ›
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Bluesky, the social network surging in popularity, says it has "no intention" of training AI tools on users content. "The social network made the announcement on the same day that X (formerly Twitter) is implementing its new terms of service that allow the platform to use public posts to train AI," notes TechCrunch. From the report: "A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we... Read more ›
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Elon Musk has amended his lawsuit against OpenAI, adding more anti-trust claims against the company and including Microsoft as a defendant. He also added his company, xAI, as well as Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member and mother to three of his children, as plaintiffs. Musk originally sued OpenAI in March, accusing founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of violating the organization's non-profit mission by teaming up with Microsoft.... Read more ›
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As users defect from X, rapidly growing social media platform Bluesky pledges to not scrape user data for training AI . Read more ›
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Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is looking for people to join — but it's not clear if it's a paid role, or if you need X to apply. Read more ›
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One of the remaining episodes of the since-canceled Marvel animated series was supposedly pulled due to concerns over current tensions around trans athletes. Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Social network Bluesky, in a post on Friday, says that it has “no intention” of taking user content to train generative AI tools. It made the statement shortly ahead of competitor X implementing its new terms of service that spell out how it can analyze user text and other information to train its generative AI tools. “A number of artists and creators have made... Read more ›
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Wi-Fi 8, aka IEEE's 802.11bn Ultra High Reliability (UHR) specification, is focused on the reliability of connections. Read more ›
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Ncuti Gatwa shared a sneak preview of upcoming holiday special "Joy to the World," coming in December. Read more ›
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Earlier this week, Apple released Final Cut Pro 11, a major update to the company's professional video editing software. There are quite a few new features in Final Cut Pro 11, so we thought we'd go over them for those who are considering picking up the software. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Apple didn't bring Apple Intelligence to Final Cut Pro 11, but there are new... Read more ›
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My husband and I moved to Mexico in 2020 in our 50s. We feel far more secure about retirement thanks to lower taxes and housing and healthcare costs. Read more ›
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Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk has updated his fraud, breach of contract, and racketeering lawsuit against OpenAI to make antitrust claims against Microsoft, accusing the two companies of attempting to “monopolize the generative AI market.” The amended complaint filed on Thursday names Microsoft as a new defendant, as well as LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Microsoft VP Dee Templeton, a former OpenAI board member. Microsoft... Read more ›
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The Guardian announced it will no longer be active on X (formerly Twitter) — all its editorial accounts will stop posting on the platform. Users can, of course, still share the outlet's articles on X, and journalists working for The Guardian may link to or embed X posts in their articles or continue using the platform to gather news. According to the statement, X has become rife with “far-right conspiracy... Read more ›
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Bluesky may still be the underdog in the race for alternatives to X, but the once Twitter-affiliated service is gaining momentum. The app just passed the 15 million user mark after adding more than a million new users over the last week, the company said in an update. While Bluesky is still considerably smaller than Threads, which with 275 million users is its biggest rival, there are signs that Threads... Read more ›
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President-elect Donald Trump has named Elon Musk as the leader of a new “Department of Government Efficiency," that will “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” The Tesla CEO and owner of X will spearhead the effort along with former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump announced in a statement on Truth Social. The scope of the role isn’t exactly clear. Trump’s press release said... Read more ›
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This year's action RPG Stellar Blade has been a solid win for Sony as a PlayStation 5 exclusive. Developer Shift Up revealed in a recent quarterly earnings report that sales "have remained steady even as the initial surge has calmed" following its spring launch. But there may be a second boost coming for the game, because the studio is planning a PC port of Stellar Blade some time next year.... Read more ›
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Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against a streamer called EveryGameGuru, whom it's accusing of streaming gameplays of pirated games before they were even released and of providing viewers access to illegal ROM copies and piracy tools. In its lawsuit, the company said the defendant livestreams himself playing games on YouTube, Discord, Twitch, TikTok, Trovo, Kick, Vaughn, Dlive, Picarto, Nimo, Facebook and Loco, often with very little commentary. Apparently, EveryGameGuru streamed... Read more ›
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Black Friday is right around the corner and the deals are already coming in hot. You can pick up a four-pack of Apple AirTags for just $70, as an early Black Friday promotion. This is a discount of 30 percent and represents a record low price. Apple AirTags easily made our list of the best Bluetooth trackers, particularly for regular iPhone users. We love the vast finding network, which really... Read more ›
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Nintendo just dropped details on its various Black Friday promotions, all of which go live on November 24 and end on November 30. These include fairly steep discounts on first-party Switch titles, which rarely happens. The deals will be available at retailers like Best Buy, GameSpot, Target and Walmart, though it doesn’t look like the Nintendo eShop will host these sales. Perhaps the jewel in Black Friday’s crown is a... Read more ›
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After briefly offering a transparent Steam Deck OLED last year, Valve has announced its next limited edition variant featuring a bold new color: "white." It'll cost you $679 when it's available on November 18, and it features the exact same hardware as the 1TB Steam Deck OLED. (Most importantly, it sports that gorgeous 7.4-inch display with HDR and a 90Hz refresh rate). There's also a white carrying case, naturally. While... Read more ›
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We initially heard about a team modding an RTX remaster of Half-Life 2 last August. Today, NVIDIA released a trailer giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at Orbifold Studios' efforts to apply more modern graphics tools to the iconic title. The video highlights the RTX Remix engine and how the team is using it to make visual upgrades to a game with an engine two decades old. They have examples of... Read more ›
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Amazon Haul will be the ecommerce titan's new discount storefront designed to compete against Temu and Shein, CNBC reports. This new corner of Bezos's empire is mobile-only and promises items at “crazy low prices.” Unlike Amazon Prime’s fast speeds, Amazon promises its Haul orders orders will arrive in less than two weeks. Previously, CNBC mentioned in a previous report that Amazon was exploring a storefront where goods would be sold... Read more ›
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