Illustration: The Verge Google is upgrading its Gemini writing tools in Gmail to help you polish drafts that youâve already written. Now, among other Gemini-powered âHelp me writeâ options like Formalize and Elaborate, you can tap âPolishâ to refine your emails, Google says in a blog post. The company has also added shortcuts that appear in the body of your emails on Android and iOS, making it more obvious that... Read more âș
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Google will have to face a class action lawsuit that accuses it of collecting usersâ data through Chrome without their consent. In a decision on Tuesday, a federal appeals court reversed a December 2022 ruling that dismissed the case, saying the lower court shouldâve reviewed Googleâs disclosures and determined âwhether a reasonable user reading them would think that he or she was consenting... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge Today Google announced itâs making assigning group work in Google Classroom easier and faster with a new feature called Student Groups. Teachers will now be able to add individual students to pre-defined groups before creating and assigning group work. Google is entering this school year with a bunch of new updates for the now 10-year-old Classroom platform, like a new Education Navigator, a Read Along feature, and... Read more âș
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How many of those $5 skirts do these retailers have to sell to pay their lawyers? | Image: The Verge The Shein complaint about Temu kicks off with a bang, accusing Temu of being âan unlawful enterprise built on counterfeiting, theft of trade secrets, infringement of intellectual property rights, and fraudâ in just the first sentence. But I guess you have to go big when the lawsuit against you accuses... Read more âș
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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you want the old Sonos app back, itâs not coming. In a Reddit AMA response posted Tuesday, Sonos CEO Spence says that he was hopeful âuntil very recentlyâ that the company could re-release the app, confirming a report from The Verge that the company was considering doing so. But after testing that option, re-releasing the old app would apparently make things worse,... Read more âș
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Itâs great for a desk, bedside table, or just about anywhere around a home. | Image: Noamd Nomad may run its fair share of deals on its various phone cases and Apple Watch bands, but we rarely see steep discounts on its fancy, premium multi-chargers. But, right now, the second-gen Base One Max is on sale in black or silver for $119 ($51 off) when you use coupon code VERGEB1M... Read more âș
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Image: Firaxis Games For the first time in the gameâs 30-year history, leaders and civilizations can be chosen independently of one another. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Image: Tesla A Tesla Semi truck crashed into trees and caught fire off the side of a highway in California early Monday, causing road closures on I-80 for almost 16 hours. As reported by KCRA 3 News, Cal Fire crews first headed to the crash site near the Nevada border after 3AM local time. Firefighters doused the Tesla Semi with thousands of gallons of water to cool its lithium-ion EV... Read more âș
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Image: Bethesda Microsoft and Bethesda are officially bringing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to PS5 after it debuts first on Xbox. During gamescom opening night live, Bethesda confirmed Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to Xbox and PC first on December 9th, before launching on PS5 in spring 2025. The confirmation comes months after The Verge exclusively revealed Microsoft was considering launching Indiana Jones and the Great... Read more âș
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Some of the latest M3 MacBooks are on sale, and you can find great discounts on older models, too. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series chips in a wide range of sizes and price points. It recently discontinued the M1 MacBook Air to make room for the M3 Air, but some retailers are still selling the last-gen laptop... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge Youâll soon be able to access your saved passwords, bookmarks, and addresses in Chrome by simply signing into your Google account on the browser. The change lets you skip the extra step of toggling on Chrome sync â and itâs coming to Chrome on Android and desktop following last yearâs rollout on iOS. Google says it will give you the option to sign into Chrome for a... Read more âș
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Image: Bethesda Softworks Earlier in the summer, Bethesda officially unveiled Shattered Space, the first major expansion for its sci-fi roleplaying game Starfield. Now, we finally have a date: the update will be launching on September 30th. Itâs coming to both Xbox and PC. Along with the date, the studio also revealed a (brief) trailer for the expansion, which shows off some more of its darker tone (at least compared to... Read more âș
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Image: Firaxis Games Youâll be able to rewrite the course of history in Civilization 7 next year. Firaxis Games showed up during Opening Night Live 2024 with a new trailer and some news â Civilization 7 will launch on just about everything you can play a video game on February 11th, 2025. Civilization 6 released eight years ago but has received a steady flow of updates and DLC in the... Read more âș
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Image: Gearbox Software Gearbox is planning to launch Borderlands 4 sometime in 2025, the company announced at the Gamescom Opening Night Live show on Tuesday. The game is set to launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X / S. The reveal trailer was pretty mysterious, and the trailerâs description on YouTube doesnât offer much in the way of specifics, either. âIn this next installment of the definitive looter shooter,... Read more âș
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Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge If you happen to crack the screen on your brand-new Pixel Watch 3, Google wonât repair it; the new smartwatch is âreplacement only,â a Google representative told Android Authority. That means this is the third smartwatch in a row where Google wonât offer repairs. Thatâs a shame, especially when you consider how Pixel Watch screens have held up in our reviews of the... Read more âș
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Who among you are going to run and actually read at the same time? Please, tell me who you are. | Image: Amazon If youâve ever thought, âMan, I wish I could read while sweating on the Pelotonâ, then good news. You can now access your Kindle library straight from the Peloton Bike, Bike Plus, Tread or Tread Plus. âNo more awkwardly holding a book or Kindle ereader while trying... Read more âș
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Photo by Sascha Thelen / picture alliance via Getty Images Geoff Keighley ends the summer of video game events with ONL live from Gamescom. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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The Verge Microsoft is finally launching a single unified Microsoft Teams app that will allow you to switch between personal and work accounts. The new app has been in testing for most of the year and Microsoft is now rolling it out for Windows and Mac users today. This app update not only supports work, personal, and education accounts in a single Teams app, but it also improves the experience... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge A group of authors has sued Anthropic, accusing it of training its models on pirated books, as reported by Reuters. The proposed class action lawsuit was filed in a California court on Monday and alleges Anthropic âbuilt a multibillion-dollar business by stealing hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books.â In the lawsuit, the authors say that Anthropic used a sprawling, open-source dataset known as âThe Pileâ to train... Read more âș
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Image: The Unwell Network Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper has signed a multi-year advertising and distribution deal with SiriusXM. The press release doesnât spell out the specific terms of the deal, but Variety reports that itâs worth as much as $125 million and will be in place for a bit more than three years. Call Her Daddy used to be exclusive to Spotify, and it remains one of the... Read more âș
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