Kristen Radtke / The Verge Bluesky feels like the big winner right now. Iâve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. Iâve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for a long while, it didnât have the critical mass of users that I could follow... 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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The Spectra smartwatch is now available for preorder through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. | Image: Pocuter The Spectra is a new smartwatch designed from the ground up to be hackable and easy to repair. It was created by Pocuter, a company that has spent the last few years honing an expertise in building small electronics like its tiny Pocuter One computer. What makes the Spectra unique is that itâs repairable,... Read more âș
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty Images The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on a case involving funding for a major broadband subsidy program, the Universal Service Fund (USF). SCOTUS granted cert in a pair of cases called Federal Communications Commission v. Consumersâ Research, and Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition v. Consumersâ Research, which were consolidated for oral arguments. They center around whether... 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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Gemini could spring into action soon. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google released the first Android 16 developer preview earlier this week and keen-eyed observers are already uncovering interesting tidbits, including one that hints about a much more useful future for Googleâs AI assistant. In Android Authority, Mishaal Rahman writes about a mysterious new API in Android 16 called âapp functions,â which appears to give Gemini Assistant... Read more âș
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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Sling TV is increasing its monthly subscription prices by $5.99 for all of its plans starting in December. The streaming TV provider said ârising costsâ are to blame for the price hikes without specifying why â presumably, not all six of those bucks are intended to pay for its âarcadeâ library of interactive games that just added Pac-Man and Trivia Crack. There are... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DirecTV has dropped its plans to acquire Dish, the company announced Thursday. The deal wouldâve created a TV service megamerger, but it fell through after Dish bondholders rejected the takeover. In September, DirecTV reached an agreement to acquire Dish, Sling TV, and EchoStarâs TV business for just one dollar, while also taking on Dishâs $9.75 billion in debt. However, Dish bondholders â or... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The young streamer behind a viral meme coin called Quant was doxxed by the crypto community after he ripped off investors, as reported by Decrypt and The Crypto Times. During a livestream earlier this week, the kid giddily watched the price of his meme coin go up before selling his stake for $30,000 and flipping off viewers, causing its price to plummet. The... Read more âș
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The SonarPen 2 includes upgraded features like USB-C and finer pen tips. | Image: Greenbulb In 2018, the SonarPen debuted as a cheaper alternative to the Apple Pencil by using audio signals transmitted to the iPad over a cable instead of Bluetooth. Its creators are back with an upgraded USB-C version that introduces additional functionality, including tilt detection and an improved tip that now closely resembles the Apple Pencilâs. The... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have laid out their plans for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a currently nonexistent entity they say will âcut the federal government down to size.â Though DOGE isnât a real department â and may in fact just be President-elect Donald Trumpâs way of placating Musk by giving him the appearance of a real job â it... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge Meta is promising âlong-overdue improvementsâ to its X competitor, Threads, including more precise search features and expanded trending topics. First, users will be able to search for posts within a specific date range or from a single account â similar to what Xâs search allows. Threads is also testing a new trending page in the US that includes additional topics to follow as well as AI-generated summaries... Read more âș
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SteelSeries brings its EQ audio expertise to consoles and mobile devices. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Audi RS E-tron GT Performance starts at $167,000 before destination charges. | Image: Audi Audi is giving its all-electric E-tron GT sports sedan higher performance, more battery range, and faster charging speeds for the 2025 model year. Itâs also increasing its starting price. The lineup now includes a new entry S E-tron GT model that starts at $125,500 before destination charges, a far cry from the already expensive $100,000 base... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon announced today that itâs pumping another $4 billion into Claude AI maker Anthropic, bringing its total funding amount to $8 billion. This latest round follows $1.25 billion last September and another $2.75 billion in March. Along with the money, Amazon wrote in its blog post that Amazon Web Services (AWS) would be named Anthropicâs âprimary training partnerâ and that the OpenAI rival... Read more âș
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The new Paperwhite is bigger, and the base Kindle comes in a new color. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge Itâs about that time of the year to turn on the heat, warm up some cocoa, and curl up in your reading nook. If youâre running out of space for physical books to enjoy, Amazonâs newest Kindle ebook readers can hold thousands of digital ones, and some are on... Read more âș
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Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge A tentative proposal to tax cryptocurrency mining to raise funds for climate action took off during a United Nations climate conference thatâs set to come to a close today. A levy on energy-hungry crypto mining, at $0.045 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity used, could generate $5.2 billion in revenue annually, according to a report released last week by the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force,... Read more âș
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Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge For two decades, Google Search has been unstoppable. Invincible. So thoroughly dominant that would-be competitors often couldnât even get funding, because investors didnât see the point in trying. But earlier this year, a judge declared that Googleâs power, and the way the company wields it, was an illegal monopoly. And so now the US Department of Justice has to figure out how to undo... Read more âș
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Some Apple Home users have shoehorned iPads into wall-mounted home controllers. However, reports indicate Apple is developing a dedicated home control device. | Photo By Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The smart home has an interface problem. Searching for an app on your phone, fighting with a confused voice assistant, and fiddling with a âsmartâ display to turn off a light is enough to... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snap says the basis of a scathing lawsuit suggesting it systematically recommends teensâ accounts to child predators is backwards â the company is now accusing the New Mexico attorney general of intentionally seeking out such accounts before recommendations were made. The company says the AGâs case is based on âgross misrepresentationsâ and cherry picks from Snapâs internal documents. In a motion to dismiss... Read more âș
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New iPhones for the AI era. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Whether you want a battery that lasts for days or the very best deal, weâve got some recommendations for an iPhone youâll love. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isnât so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, weâre here... Read more âș
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Image: Elen Winata for The Verge From noise-canceling earbuds to robot vacuums and 4K OLED TVs, there is already plenty on offer. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Image: Department of Transportation The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to finalize new spectrum rules that will push cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications technology forward. C-V2X will use existing cellular networks to send messages from vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to infrastructure, vehicle to cyclists, or vehicle to pedestrians to warn of each other's presence for safety purposes. It could cross-alert for hazardous road conditions, including speeding cars, weat Read more âș
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Photo: David Pierce / The Verge Rabbit is rolling out âteach modeâ to its R1 devices, allowing you to create an AI agent that can perform tasks for you. The feature works by âlearningâ a task you demonstrate, such as retrieving updates from a content creator you follow, or helping you draft a post on social media. You can access the feature by logging into the Rabbithole, the web interface... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple is planning a major AI overhaul of Siri that will make the digital assistant more like OpenAIâs ChatGPT and Googleâs Gemini Live, according to a report from Bloombergâs Mark Gurman. The assistant, reportedly called âLLM Siri,â will be powered by Appleâs AI models and will let users have more conversational, natural-sounding interactions with Siri. As part of Appleâs plan to infuse its iPhones... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge In a stunning misstep, OpenAI engineers accidentally erased critical evidence gathered by The New York Times and other major newspapers in their lawsuit over AI training data, according to a court filing Wednesday. The newspapersâ legal teams had spent over 150 hours searching through OpenAIâs AI training data to find instances where their news articles were included, the filing claims. But it doesnât explain how this mistake... Read more âș
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Image: Laura Normand / The Verge The auto industry is sending an urgent message to President-elect Donald Trump: spare the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit. In a November 14th letter to Trump and his transition team, the auto industryâs main lobbying group urges the new administration to preserve incentives for EV buyers and manufacturers that were enacted under President Joe Biden, arguing these policies keep the US competitive globally while... Read more âș
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