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Like the wildfire conditions in Los Angeles County, my For You page on TikTok turned overnight.
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Mark Lemley, who represented Meta in a copyright case, said he was no longer working for Mark Zuckerberg's company following its recent policy changes. Read more âș
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The app could theoretically continue to function in the short term, but service providers will be prohibited from working with TikTok. Read more âș
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The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of the cosmic woods. Read more âș
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Trump's inauguration coincides with Day 1 of Davos, a yearly meeting of the world's business and politics elite. Which will the powerful opt to skip? Read more âș
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GOG has joined the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP) as it continues to push for game preservation. Read more Read more âș
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Apple's financing partner Affirm this month started offering interest-free financing on iPhone purchases in Canada again, after stopping doing so in mid-2023. With a 0% loan from Affirm, you can pay for an iPhone over 24 months with zero interest added. This change, first reported by the blog iPhone in Canada, could help to boost iPhone sales in Canada following the recent holiday shopping season. Affirm is still charging interest... Read more âș
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Remote Raid Passes are now usable for the first time within PokĂ©mon Go to take part in Shadow Raids, the game's developer Niantic has announced. Read more Read more âș
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TikTokers have been creating memes mourning the possible demise of the Chinese-owned social media app. Read more âș
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The Folio Society's latest George R.R. Martin release offers a reminder that season three of House of the Dragon will likely arrive before The Winds of Winter. Read more âș
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Image: Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft will soon let you get in-person repairs for Xbox Series X / S consoles at uBreakiFix stores, the company announced today. Microsoft already offers in-person Xbox repairs at Microsoft retail stores, but uBreakiFix will be the âthe first Xbox Authorized Service Provider,â according to the announcement. Youâll be able to get Xbox repairs at uBreakiFixâs ânearly 700 participating store locations across the USâ... Read more âș
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James Harr had a great idea to capitalize on a social media moment. Then most of the platforms removed him. Read more âș
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Economist Paul Krugman says Trump's tariffs, tax cuts, and deportations won't bring down grocery prices and will harm working-class Americans. Read more âș
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The Invisible Man's Leigh Whannell directed and co-wrote the updated Universal Monsters creature feature, in theaters Friday. Read more âș
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Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase kicked off banks earnings season with blowout results. Here's what it could mean for hiring across Wall Street. Read more âș
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Nvidia may have come under heavy criticism during the RTX 4000 series launch, but that's changed now with the RTX 5000 series and DLSS 4. Read more âș
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DJI Drones no longer automatically recognize no-fly zones in the US which does not improve drone safety. Read more âș
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Get a super-fast 13.3-inch Grade A refurbished Apple laptop while it's $600 off at StackSocial. Read more âș
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Jamie Dimon said there is a running list of executives who could replace him as CEO of JPMorgan. The comments follow the latest leadership reshuffle. Read more âș
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Nikita Bier's "Explode" brings disappearing texts and photos to iMessage. Read more âș
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A Super Scooper drops ocean water on the Palisades fire. | Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images An aircraft helping to fight wildfires that are raging across Los Angeles was struck by a civilian drone on Thursday. The collision damaged the wing of the aircraft â a CL-415 âSuper Scooperâ capable of scooping up 1,600 gallons of ocean water to drop onto nearby blazes â... 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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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge As chief executive, Spence oversaw many successful products. But there was no coming back from last yearâs app debacle: it has finally led to his ouster. Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is resigning from the company today, effective immediately, with board member Tom Conrad filling the role of interim CEO. Itâs the most dramatic development yet in an eight-month saga that has proven to be... Read more âș
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Mark Zuckerberg takes his âno, really, Mr. Trump, Iâm your guy!â tour to Joe Rogan | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Iâll spare you the experience of listening to one of the richest men in the world whine and just tell you straight out: Mark Zuckerbergâs interview on The Joe Rogan Experience is full of lies. Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebookâs parent company Meta, sets the tone at... 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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Image: Free Our Feeds Technology advocates and celebrities are backing the launch of Free Our Feeds, a campaign designed to âsave social media from billionaire capture.â The project aims to raise $30 million over three years to support the development of a social media ecosystem powered by the AT Protocol, or the decentralized network powering Bluesky. The raised funds will go toward launching a public interest foundation to support the... 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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Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft announced a âstrategic updateâ today, and the changes include a delay for Assassinâs Creed Shadows, the upcoming entry in the franchise that takes place in feudal Japan, from February 14th to March 20th. âAs part of the renewed focus on gameplay quality and engaging Day-1 experiences, it has been decided to provide an additional month of development to Assassinâs Creed Shadows,â Ubisoft writes in a press release.... Read more âș
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Image: Tesla Tesla has officially revealed the latest version of its Model Y crossover following images leaking online that teased the EVâs redesign. Codenamed âJuniper,â the Model Y 2025 refresh is now live on Teslaâs website in China and other Asia-Pacific markets with deliveries expected to begin in March. Itâs the most significant update to the Model Y design since it first launched in 2020, which became the first EV... Read more âș
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