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After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that could ban TikTok, it looks like one of its last possible lifelines is unlikely to save it from the impending ouster.
TikTok will be banned from the US unless either the Supreme Court blocks the law from taking effect before the January 19th deadline or its China-based parent company, ByteDance, finally agrees to sell it. A sale â and return â of TikTok could happen after the deadline, and Pres
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More than 35,000 acres have burned so far, and at least 10 deaths have been reported, in what could be the most costly fire in California history. Read more âș
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White and President-elect Trump's friendship has spanned decades, and the UFC CEO's efforts to elect Trump were key in the 2024 race. Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Like Meta, Amazon is ending some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. In a memo sent last month, Candi Castleberry, Amazonâs VP of inclusive experiences and technology, said the company has been âwinding down outdated programs and materialsâ related to its efforts around representation and inclusion, as reported earlier by CNBC and Bloomberg. In the memo, a copy of which Amazon... Read more âș
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While the gaming world waits for Nintendo to finally reveal Switch 2, the rumours continue to swirl. And a reliable leaker has now claimed Microsoft will be a "very big supporter" of the console, bringing two major Xbox series to Switch 2 this year, including Halo. Read more Read more âș
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Fine-tuning large language models is a decisive step in adapting them for specific tasks. With the growing demand for tailored AI solutions, choosing the right model type has become more important. Open-source and proprietary models offer distinct options, each with its advantages and challenges. This article explores how these models differ and provides practical guidance... Read more » Read more âș
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Trump became the first US president to be sentenced with felony convictions. Read more âș
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The eighth and final episode of the Disney+ Star Wars series starring Jude Law arrives January 14. Read more âș
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Apple CEO Tim Cook earned $74.6 million in 2024, up from $63.2 million in 2023, Apple said in its annual proxy filing. Cook's earnings included a $3 million base salary, $58 million in stock awards, $12 million in performance-based awards, and $1.5 million in other compensation, such as 401(k) contributions, life insurance premiums, vacation cash-out, security expenses, and personal air travel expenses. Cook is required by Apple to use private... Read more âș
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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. Read more âș
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Meta employees took to an internal forum, viewed by Business Insider, to vent disappointment and anger over DEI roll back. Read more âș
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Previously, OpenAI partnered with robotics startup Figure to provide the models powering the latter's humanoid robots. Read more âș
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Manor Lords today receives its fourth major update as early access continues, bringing a new bridge-building mechanic, bug fixes, and some experimental changes. Read more Read more âș
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The International Fact-Checking Network proposed crowdsourcing in conjunction with professionals, a "new model." Read more âș
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Meta is the latest company to back away from diversity, equity and inclusion policies and goals. Read more âș
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This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we round up the current deluge of leaks surrounding Nintendo's under-wraps Switch 2. Read more Read more âș
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Apple Intelligence hasn't convinced people to buy an iPhone 16, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today. According to Kuo, a supply chain survey suggests âApple Intelligenceâ is not pushing people to upgrade their devices. The delay between the âApple Intelligenceâ introduction in June 2024 and a launch even after âiPhone 16â models came out was a contributing factor, and âApple Intelligenceâ "appeal has significantly declined" compared to cloud-based services like... Read more âș
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Fortnite Festival, the concert-themed rhythm-action portion of Epic Games' free-to-play jack-of-all-trades juggernaut, is getting local co-op support next month - conjuring nostalgic memories of countless evenings spent twanging away in Rock Band with pals. Read more Read more âș
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The Los Angeles fires have devastated the city this week. Local restaurants like Yeastie Boys Bagels and LaSorted's Pizza are working hard to help. Read more âș
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Director Fede Alvarez confirmed the visual effects of Ian Holm's android have been changed post release. Read more âș
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There's good news for those wanting to try The First Berserker: Khazan before they buy - a free demo is on the way. Read more Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images As part of Metaâs sweeping changes to content moderation announced today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that the company will also be moving its content moderation teams from California to Texas to âhelp remove the concern that biased employees are overly censoring content,â he wrote on Threads. âWeâre going to move our trust and safety and content moderation teams out of California, and... Read more âș
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Meta says itâs seen the shift to Community Notes âwork on X.â | Image: The Verge Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are ditching third-party fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes program inspired by X, according to an announcement penned by Metaâs new Trump-friendly policy chief Joe Kaplan. Meta is also moving its trust and safety teams from California to Texas. âWeâve seen this approach work on X â where they... Read more âș
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Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge You may be wondering how to delete your Facebook account now that fact-checking is no longer considered important, and Metaâs changing its definition of what constitutes Hateful Conduct. Itâs easy to do, and weâll show you how. But, you should download all your stuff first. The following instructions are for the web version of Facebook, but you can follow pretty much the same... Read more âș
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Image: VideoLAN The popular open-source VLC video player was demonstrated on the floor of CES 2025 with automatic AI subtitling and translation, generated locally and offline in real-time. Parent organization VideoLAN shared a video on Tuesday in which president Jean-Baptiste Kempf shows off the new feature, which uses open-source AI models to generate subtitles for videos in several languages. âAt the same time we have automatic translation working to translate... Read more âș
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holding the Project Digits computer on stage at Nvidiaâs CES 2025 press conference. | Image: Nvidia If you were looking for your own personal AI supercomputer, Nvidia has you covered. The chipmaker announced at CES itâs launching a personal AI supercomputer called Project Digits in May. The heart of Project Digits is the new GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, which packs enough processing power to run sophisticated... Read more âș
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Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge As I write this, there are a lot of social network users who are wondering if they should look for a new home. Over at X, Elon Musk has essentially become part of the incoming Trump administration, while various changes have made the formerly popular social network a dark and forbidding forest for many of its former inhabitants. Meanwhile, Metaâs announcement that it was... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge Xbox chief Phil Spencer has been dropping hints about an Xbox handheld for months, but what about Windows handheld gaming PCs? Jason Ronald, Microsoftâs VP of âNext Generation,â tells The Verge that we should expect to see the Windows handheld gaming experience change within this calendar year. Ronald was a roundtable panelist this evening at an AMD and Lenovo event titled âThe Future of Gaming Handhelds,â which... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge Microsoft is pulling yet another trick to get people to use its Bing search engine. If you use Bing right now without signing into a Microsoft account and search for Google, youâll get a page that looks an awful lot like... Google. Itâs a clear attempt from Microsoft to make Bing look like Google for this specific search query, and other searches just list the usual Bing... Read more âș
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Image: Chris Welch / The Verge Afeela is starting to become a little bit more than just a feeling. The electric vehicle thatâs a joint venture between Sony and Honda is finally available for preorder. And it only took five years to get here. At its press conference at CES today, Sony Honda Mobility announced pricing and preorder details for Afeela. The vehicle will come in two trims: the $89,900... Read more âș
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Photo by Apu Gomes / Getty Images As fires rage across Los Angeles and tens of thousands flee their homes, the usual suspects have decided to blame the blazes on their political enemies. In a series of posts on Truth Social, President-elect Donald Trump claimed firefightersâ inability to get the fires under control was due to California Governor Gavin Newsomâs water policies, including an effort to âprotect an essentially worthless... Read more âș
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