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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 09/03/2024 08:00 EDT

EcoFlow launches four new batteries for phones, homes, and RVs

From left to right: The River 3, the Rapid power bank, the Delta 3, and Power Kit v2. | Image: EcoFlow EcoFlow just launched four new battery products designed to power everything from your Qi2-compatible phone, to RVs, to your home appliances in the event of a blackout. Going from most powerful to least, there’s the second-generation PowerKit to power your off grid vanlife fantasies, the mid-range Delta 3 and... Read more â€ș

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 09/03/2024 07:50 EDT

Canva says its AI features are worth the 300 percent price increase

Existing subscribers Canva teams subscribers are being moved to a new, more expensive pricing model. | The Verge The price of some Canva subscriptions are set to skyrocket next year following the company’s aggressive rollout of generative AI features. Global customers for Canva Teams — a business-orientated subscription that supports adding multiple users — can expect prices to increase by just over 300 percent in some instances. Canva says the... Read more â€ș

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Abigail Bassett @ The Verge · 09/03/2024 03:00 EDT

Volvo EX90 first drive: not fully baked

The Volvo EX90 is a year delayed and still won’t arrive with all its promised features. | Image: Abigail Bassett Volvo’s new flagship EV has plenty of luxury bells and whistles, but some of its technology is still TBA. Continue reading
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Richard Lawler @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 17:06 EDT

Brazilian Supreme Court panel upholds X ban, while Starlink refuses to comply

Image: The Verge A panel of five Brazilian Supreme Court justices voted Monday to uphold a decision (PDF) requiring the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to limit access to X, the service formerly known as Twitter. Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the ban on Friday in response to X owner Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with court orders to block certain accounts and to identify a legal representative in the country.... Read more â€ș

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Sarah Jeong @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 15:38 EDT

Jacob Wohl is running an AI lobbying company under a pseudonym, Politico reports

Alex Castro / The Verge Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are far-right activists, convicted felons, and engineers of questionable political stunts. Politico reports that they are now also running LobbyMatic, a company that sells an “AI automation platform for lobbyists.” LobbyMatic claims on its website that its AI-powered software can do everything — like automatically monitor congressional hearings or “supercharge research” into legislative and regulatory issues. Jumping on the AI... Read more â€ș

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 11:53 EDT

Oasis ticketing chaos prompts probe into dynamic pricing

The tour marks the first reunion for Oasis since Liam (left) and Noel Gallagher split the band in 2009. | Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images The British government has pledged to investigate the use of dynamic pricing by ticketing websites after Oasis fans got priced out of the band’s surprise reunion tour. The UK’s advertising regulator told BBC News it had received 450 complaints regarding misleading ticket prices and availability,... Read more â€ș

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 10:43 EDT

The best Labor Day sales happening now

Hoto’s electric screwdriver might not offer a ton of torque, but it’s great for making small or medium-sized repairs. | Image: Hoto It’s always sad when summer comes to a close. However, on the bright side, Labor Day represents yet another long weekend — not to mention an opportunity to save on a slew of goods before the holiday shopping season kicks off in earnest. Although many Labor Day sales... Read more â€ș

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 10:40 EDT

Windows 11 is now the most popular OS for PC gaming

Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system has passed Windows 10 usage for Steam users for the first time since its launch in 2021. Windows 10 has been holding strong in recent years, despite Microsoft’s plans to end support for Windows 10 in October 2025. There are now signs that Windows 11 adoption is finally heading in the right direction for Microsoft. Steam hardware survey data for August puts Windows 11 usage... Read more â€ș

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Kevin Nguyen @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 10:00 EDT

Is tennis the sport of the future?

Image: Samar Haddad for The Verge I’d been promised the future of tennis was in the desert. From the stands of the Next Gen ATP Finals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, I watched as the eighth seed, Abdullah Shelbayh, was given the most dramatic of entrances. Inside one of the stadiums in King Abdullah Sports City, which features a sprawl of soccer fields and indoor arenas across nearly 4 million square... Read more â€ș

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 09:00 EDT

Google Pixel 9 review: the phone that Android needs

The Pixel 9 is the Android flagship for anyone who just wants a dang phone. Continue reading
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Adi Robertson @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 08:43 EDT

Social networks can’t be forced to filter content for kids, says judge

Image: The Verge A federal judge issued a last-minute partial block on a Texas law that would require some large web services to identify minors and filter what they see online. Called HB 18 or the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, it was signed into law last year and was set to take effect over the weekend on September 1st. But a late Friday court ruling determined... Read more â€ș

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David Zipper @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 08:00 EDT

What a 160-year-old theory about coal predicts about our self-driving future 

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After a brutal 2023, the vibes around self-driving cars are improving. Cruise, the industry leader whose vehicle was involved in a horrific San Francisco crash last fall, has rebooted under new management, while rival Waymo is expanding to serve broader swaths of the Bay Area and Los Angeles and Tesla is promising a new robotaxi service. Although Americans say they remain wary of... Read more â€ș

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 07:44 EDT

Lenovo leak reveals cheaper Copilot Plus PCs are coming this month

Image: Microsoft Lenovo appears ready to launch new more affordable Copilot Plus PCs. Reliable leaker Evan Blass has published a press release from Lenovo that details a variety of Copilot Plus PCs that will be announced at the IFA trade show later this week, including two that are powered by an unannounced 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus chip. The new Qualcomm-powered Copilot Plus PCs from Lenovo include the IdeaPad 5x... Read more â€ș

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 05:24 EDT

Disney blocks ESPN, ABC, and other channels for millions of DirecTV subscribers

Disney and DirecTV both blame each other for causing the blackout. | Image: The Verge Disney-owned channels including ABC and ESPN were pulled from DirecTV’s lineup on Sunday after talks to reach a new distribution deal between the companies collapsed. The blackout started midway through ESPN’s broadcast of the US Open tennis tournament, and just ahead of the NFL season opener this coming weekend. DirecTV and Disney are both blaming... Read more â€ș

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 09/02/2024 04:42 EDT

Microsoft says its Recall uninstall option in Windows 11 is just a bug

Image: Microsoft While the latest update to Windows 11 makes it look like the upcoming Recall feature can be easily removed by users, Microsoft tells us it’s just a bug and a fix is coming. Deskmodder spotted the change last week in the latest 24H2 version of Windows 11, with KB5041865 seemingly delivering the ability to uninstall Recall from the Windows Features section. “We are aware of an issue where... Read more â€ș

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 09/01/2024 17:17 EDT

Boeing’s Starliner started making a repeating ‘pulsing’ sound yesterday

Image: NASA US astronaut Barry Wilmore called NASA ground crew on Saturday, asking for help with a repetitive knocking sound that was coming from the Boeing Starliner craft. The interaction was captured by a NASA Space Flight forum member, who included a recording of it in a post that was spotted by Ars Technica. In the recording, Wilmore asks NASA crew in Houston to configure their call so that he... Read more â€ș

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 09/01/2024 10:38 EDT

Apple’s rumored Mac Mini redesign may ditch the USB-A port

The next version of the Mac Mini may be so much smaller than this. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s next Mac Mini won’t have USB-A ports, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who writes in today’s Power On newsletter that the new desktops will start to hit Apple’s warehouses in September. The higher-end variant with an Apple M4 Pro chip will ship in October, he writes.... Read more â€ș

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 09/01/2024 10:00 EDT

Nintendo gets dark with detective game Emio

Image: Nintendo Sure, it’s not straight-up horror as the early teasers suggested, but even still, Emio — The Smiling Man is among the darkest games Nintendo has ever made. It’s a murder mystery that doesn’t skimp on the murder and throws in an unsettling urban legend for good measure. More than that, though, it’s just a really great mystery on a platform that has steadily become an ideal home for... Read more â€ș

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 09/01/2024 09:54 EDT

The best Labor Day sales happening now

Amazon’s highest-end streaming stick, which can display both artwork and widgets when idle, is down to $39.99 at multiple retailers. | Image: Amazon It’s always sad when summer comes to a close. However, on the bright side, Labor Day represents yet another long weekend — not to mention an opportunity to save on a slew of goods before the holiday shopping season kicks off in earnest. Although Labor Day isn’t... Read more â€ș

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 09/01/2024 09:00 EDT

Sub.club is here to help the fediverse make money

The fediverse has the potential to help create enduring and interoperable social networks. But many creators and businesses rely on bigger, closed platforms because they offer direct ways to make money from their audiences, which is hard to do in the fediverse right now. Sub.club is trying to solve that. The idea is that this will let users on ActivityPub-based platforms like Mastodon easily offer paid subscriptions and premium content... Read more â€ș

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