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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 16:25 EDT

GMC is delivering its first Sierra EV electric pickup trucks to customers

Image: GMC GMC says its limited “Denali Edition 1” launch versions of the new Sierra EV pickup truck are now being delivered to their first customers and are available for purchase at dealerships nationwide. GMC’s 2024 Sierra EV is parent company GM’s third electric pickup truck built on the Ultium EV platform after the just-launched Chevy Silverado EV. It’s also GM’s second GMC-branded EV after the beastly Hummer EV Pickup... Read more

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Mia Sato @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 16:20 EDT

With the DNC, Democrats finally understand that content is king

Lil Jon joins the Georgia delegation at the DNC roll call to raucous applause. | Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Compare clips from the Democratic National Convention, which kicked off on Monday in Chicago, to the Republican National Convention in July. They feel like different universes. At the RNC, during the roll call of votes nominating Donald Trump, states were called out to scattered applause along with the... Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 15:27 EDT

Telecom involved in Biden deepfake robocall fined $1 million

Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images A telecom company that transmitted the deepfake robocall of President Joe Biden’s voice has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve an enforcement action from the Federal Communications Commission, the agency announced. Lingo Telecom relayed a fake Biden message to New Hampshire voters in January, urging them not to turn out for the Democratic primary. The FCC identified political consultant Steve Kramer as the person... Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 15:22 EDT

Summer blackouts are increasing in the US

A lineman tends to fallen power lines in the East End neighborhood of Houston, days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, on Thursday, July 11, 2024 in Houston. | Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The US has dealt with 60 percent more weather-related outages during warmer months over the past decade than it did during the 2000s, according to data crunched by the nonprofit research organization Climate Central. It’s a... Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 15:02 EDT

Twitch is upping subscription prices on mobile

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge If you subscribe to Twitch channels from Twitch’s mobile app, you might have to pay a bit more starting in October. Twitch announced on Wednesday that that Tier 1 and gift subscriptions in more than 40 countries will have a higher price on the mobile app starting October 1st. According to emails from Twitch shared by Dexerto and on Reddit, Tier 1 subscriptions... Read more

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Barbara Krasnoff @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 14:20 EDT

How to freeze your credit after a data breach

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Back in 2017, Equifax announced that hackers stole half of the US population’s Social Security numbers in what, we said, “will likely end up being one of the worst data breaches to ever affect the country.” Perhaps — until this year, when about 2.9 billion rows of data were collected through a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a company that resells collected... Read more

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Gaby Del Valle @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 14:16 EDT

Senators want investigation of AI-enabled ammo vending machines

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge AI-enabled ammunition vending machines could facilitate mass shootings and let people circumvent federal bans prohibiting people with certain criminal convictions from buying ammunition, two senators warn. Massachusetts Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) asking it to “closely examine” facial recognition-enabled ammunition vending machines that have recently been installed in s Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 14:08 EDT

Google sales reps allegedly keep telling advertisers how to target teens

Illustration: The Verge Google representatives gave ad buyers tips on how they could reach teens, even though the company bars targeted advertisements to users under 18 based on their demographics, according to a report from AdWeek. Three unnamed ad buyers told AdWeek that Google sales reps suggested that they might be able to reach teens by targeting a group of “unknown” users, whose “age, gender, parental status, or household income”... Read more

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 13:57 EDT

Microsoft’s Recall AI feature won’t be available for Windows testers until October

Image: Microsoft Microsoft says it’s planning to allow Windows testers to try out its controversial Recall AI feature in October. The software giant was originally planning to launch Recall with its Copilot Plus PCs in June but was forced to hold back the feature after security concerns were raised. At the time of the delay on June 13th, Microsoft promised the feature — that screenshots nearly everything on your PC... Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 13:41 EDT

Tesla’s latest Model X recall isn’t just a software update

Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge Tesla is issuing a new recall for more than 9,000 of its Model X SUVs due to roof cosmetic trim pieces that could fly off while driving because they may have been adhered without primer. It’s the second such recall from the company to address the issue on the Model X, the first one issued in 2020, and it is again specific to early... Read more

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 13:00 EDT

Google’s AI ‘Reimagine’ tool helped us add wrecks, disasters, and corpses to our photos

Magic Editor’s new tool helped us add the bike and car with nothing more than a text prompt. | Photo: The Verge As it turns out, a rabbit wearing an AI-generated top hat was just the tip of the iceberg. Google is the latest phone company this year to announce AI photo editing tools, following Samsung’s somewhat troubling, mostly delightful sketch-to-image feature and Apple’s much more seemingly tame Image Playground... Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 12:39 EDT

The Beats Studio Pro headphones add one of Apple’s best features

A new firmware update brings audio sharing to the Beats Studio Pro. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple has released a firmware update for the Beats Studio Pro that finally brings audio sharing to the headphones, allowing an iPhone or iPad to stream audio to two pairs of wireless headphones simultaneously. The new feature, spotted by 9to5Mac, was noticeably missing when we reviewed the Beats Studio Pro... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 12:37 EDT

Airbnb makes it easier to get into rentals by connecting with more smart locks

The Yale Assure Lock 2 is one of the many smart locks that work with Airbnb. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Airbnb is expanding its smart lock integration, allowing the company to generate door codes from Yale and August directly within its app. This means more guests can easily find the code they’ll need to unlock their vacation rental, while hosts won’t have to worry about... Read more

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Antonio G. Di Benedetto @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 12:00 EDT

Nomad’s updated Stand One Max charger fixes an annoying design flaw

Gimme that excellent desk clock action while charging all the things. | Image: Nomad Nomad is course-correcting from a small design blunder last year on its three-in-one MagSafe charging stand. Like its predecessor, the new Stand One Max for 2024 is a wireless multi-charger for a compatible iPhone, Apple Watch, and set of AirPods. However, now you can charge all of those devices with your phone in landscape orientation, allowing... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 11:08 EDT

Asus brings Wi-Fi 7 to its tri-band ROG gaming router

The ROG Rapture GT-BE19000 is an 80s retro-future headcrab. | Image: Asus Asus announced three new Wi-Fi 7 products today, including a tri-band ROG Rapture GT gaming router, a dual-band router, and a new Wi-Fi 7 USB adapter. The ROG Rapture GT-BE19000 has a familiar, 80s retro-future look shared by predecessors like the quad-band GT-BE98, along with most of the same specs, including two 10Gbps and five 2.5Gbps ethernet ports.... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 11:00 EDT

Amazon cancels the Echo Show 8 Photos Edition’s main feature — focusing on photos

Photo by Alex Cranz / The Verge Last year, Amazon launched the Echo Show 8 Photos Edition that could default to displaying owners’ favorite pictures — as long as they paid an extra fee. Now it looks like that plan has been abandoned, with the Echo Show 8 Photos Edition and its accompanying $2 / month PhotosPlus subscription nearly erased from Amazon’s website. One customer received a message saying the... Read more

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 10:50 EDT

Microsoft’s new Xbox Adaptive Joystick puts accessibility at the center

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is launching a new $29.99 Xbox Adaptive Joystick early next year that’s designed for players with limited mobility. It’s a wired companion for existing Xbox controllers, and includes four buttons, an Xbox thumbstick, and two additional buttons for bumper and trigger controls. The Xbox Adaptive Joystick allows you to operate a controller without having to use both hands, making it ideal for any players who might have... Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 09:41 EDT

Lego’s Super Mario: Mario Kart sets will cross the finish line early next year

Six Super Mario: Mario Kart themed Lego sets will debut on January 1st, 2025. | Image: Lego After teasing the next expansion of its Super Mario line back in March, today Lego announced the first six Mario Kart sets that will release just after the holidays on January 1st, 2025. Lego’s Mario Kart collection includes new buildable versions of characters like Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Toad; baby versions of Mario,... Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 08/21/2024 09:30 EDT

Paramount Plus plans are 50 percent off ahead of the 2024 NFL season

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Paramount Plus recently raised its prices, and sadly, it’s too late to lock in a subscription at the previous rate. Luckily, in honor of the NFL season opener on September 5th, new and returning subscribers can get 50 percent off an annual subscription to Paramount Plus Essential and Paramount Plus with Showtime through September 6th. When you do the math, the current discount... Read more

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