Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is taking a page out of the TikTok playbook by adding âjewelsâ you buy to exchange for gifts for your favorite creators during livestreams. The feature, announced in Septemberâs Made on YouTube event, is rolling out in the US over the next few weeks for eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program. The feature is reminiscent of TikTokâs livestream gifting, which essentially... Read more âș
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Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge Disney made money off its streaming business for the second time in a row. During Q4 2024, profit from Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus soared to $321 million, up from $47 million last quarter. During an earnings call on Thursday, Disney CEO Bob Iger said around 60 percent of all new subscribers are choosing Disney Plusâs ad-supported plan. Meanwhile, 37 percent of total... Read more âș
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Image: Amazon Amazon is today introducing its latest Fire TV Omni TV series, and itâs the first to feature Mini LED backlighting for improved contrast, less blooming, and greater brightness than past models. The âFire TV Omni Mini-LED Seriesâ features up to 1,344 dimming zones (depending on screen size) and delivers up to 1,400 nits of peak brightness. Thatâs respectable, but falls short of top Mini LED contenders like TCLâs... Read more âș
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Wordleâs success has caused an explosion in newspaper-style puzzle games, and now Words With Friends is getting in on the action. The long-running word game is adding four solo modes that can be played daily, and theyâll sound familiar to those who use The New York Timesâ gaming app. The new games include a mini crossword puzzle; a word search; Word Wheel,... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple is facing a ÂŁ3 billion (about $3.75 billion) lawsuit from a consumer group that alleges the iPhone maker violated UK competition law by âforcingâ customers to use its iCloud service. In its press release, UK consumer watchdog Which? says that Apple gave its iCloud storage service preferential treatment and encouraged users to use the service to store photos, videos, and other data while... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Once known only for its self-destructing pics, in recent years Snapchat has sneakily evolved into a location-oriented social media app. Itâs now leaning further than ever into that identity with a new real-time location sharing feature that allows family members to share their live locations with each other. The feature will roll out alongside other new location and privacy tools in the coming... Read more âș
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In the AI chatbot world, ubiquity is everything. Companies have raced to build desktop and mobile apps for their bots, in order to both give them new capabilities but also to make sure theyâre right in front of your face as often as possible. Thereâs no better example of that than Googleâs new Gemini app for iPhone, which quietly hit the App Store around the world this week. The free... Read more âș
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The Verge Google has added some new travel and shopping features to Maps that aim to make it easier to find local products and stay on time during busy periods. Starting today, Maps now allows users to search for items like home goods, clothing, and electronics, and find stores nearby that sell them â a useful feature to have for any last-minute holiday shopping. The search results in Maps will... Read more âș
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PayPal is making it easier to collectively pool together funds on the platform. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images PayPal is introducing a new money-pooling feature that aims to make it easier to collect and pay for things as a group. The feature is free and allows PayPal users to create a pool online or via the platformâs app, invite friends and family to contribute, track contributed... Read more âș
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Apple Logic Pro for Mac 11.1 with Quantec Room Simulator | Image: Apple Apple today announced some minor updates to Logic Pro for both the Mac and the iPad, including the ability to search for plug-ins and sources and the addition of more analog-simulating sounds. In Logic Pro for Mac 11.1 and Logic Pro for iPad 2.1, you can now reorder channel strips and plug-ins in the mixer and plug-in... Read more âș
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Itâs been 25 years since the first Final Cut Pro was announced. More than a decade after the launch of Final Cut Pro X, Appleâs video editing software is taking a step forward. The app is now being updated to Final Cut Pro 11, after dropping the number in its name for the past few years. The update includes new AI masking tools, the ability to generate captions directly in... Read more âș
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images OpenAI is preparing to release an autonomous AI agent that can control computers and perform tasks independently, code-named âOperator.â The company plans to debut it as a research preview and developer tool in January, according to Bloomberg. This move intensifies the competition among tech giants developing AI agents: Anthropic recently introduced its âcomputer useâ capability, while Google is... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Sonos is still trying to climb out from the hole it dug itself earlier this year by recklessly shipping an overhauled mobile app well before the software was actually ready. Today, just a couple weeks after the release of its latest hardware products â the Arc Ultra and Sub 4 â Sonos reported its fiscal Q4 2024 earnings. And the damage done by the... Read more âș
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Google versus the bad guys. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google is beefing up its malware detection with new protections designed to suss out ever-sneakier bad actors. Androidâs Google Play Protect service is getting an update called live threat detection which seeks out potentially harmful apps on your phone by analyzing app behavior and alerts you in realtime if something looks fishy. The update was first announced at... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge The Wall Street Journal is experimenting with AI-generated article summaries that appear at the top of its news stories. The summaries appear as a âKey Pointsâ box with bullets summarizing the piece. The Verge spotted the test on a story about Trumpâs plans for the Department of Education, and the Journal confirmed itâs trialing the feature to see how readers respond. The âKey Pointsâ box has a... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images If you want to preserve the existing version of Lil Jonâs âGet Lowâ in your brain, maybe donât listen to this cover T-Pain made with Mark Zuckerberg â excuse me, Z-Pain. Their version transforms the âGet Lowâ I got down to at all my school dances into a song with a much slower tempo complete with an acoustic guitar. Trust me, I... Read more âș
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PC game platform GOG has launched a new preservation program dedicated to keeping beloved older games playable, ânow and in the future.â âIf a game is part of the Preservation Program, it means that we commit our own resources to maintaining its compatibility with modern and future systems,â the announcement blog reads. The program is launching with 100 games including Diablo, System Shock 2, and Resident Evil 1-3, with GOG... Read more âș
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Image: Reliant General Motors is teaming up with Reliant Energy to offer free nighttime charging to some Chevy electric vehicle owners in Texas. Chevy owners who enroll in Reliantâs EV charging plan will receive free nighttime charging through monthly bill credits that offset charges incurred between 11PM. and 6AM, the companies said. Customers must also designate an EV to receive the charging credit through GM Energyâs Smart Charging Portal. (GM... Read more âș
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Cath Virginia / The Verge Spotify is going all in on video. The company will soon begin paying creators based on how much engagement their videos receive from paid subscribers. Automated ad breaks in videos will also be turned off for paid Spotify subscribers to encourage more consumption. Both of these changes go into effect starting January 2nd, 2025 in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Paying video creators directly... Read more âș
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Blizzard just released Warcraft Remastered Battle Chest for PC and Macs, which collects remasters of realtime strategy classics Warcraft I and II, as well as a 2.0 update for Warcraft III: Reforged. The company announced the collection, which is $39.99 on Battle.net, during todayâs Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct livestream. The first two games have been updated much the same way that Starcraft was in 2017, replacing the original game sprites... Read more âș
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