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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 12:27 EDT

Hyundai’s touchscreen honeymoon is over because sometimes buttons are just better

The interior of the Hyundai Ioniq 6. | Photo by Patrick George for The Verge Hyundai, a company that has been just as guilty in the past of spreading the touchscreen scourge in cars as any other, has been course-correcting lately, putting more buttons and knobs into its cars. The reason isn’t surprising: people hate touchscreens, at least for certain essential controls like HVAC systems, and they told Hyundai so.... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 12:21 EDT

Now there’s an ‘anti-AI’ camera app for Android, too

Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge If you’ve been looking to replace your Android phone’s camera app with one that doesn’t overprocess photos to alter lighting and detail in sometimes extreme ways, now there’s an option. Zerocam is a barebones app that promises to “shoot in RAW and process your photos to remove all artificial effects, delivering soft, pleasant-to-eye images.” We’ve been talking about the definition of a photo... Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 12:00 EDT

Chrome on your iPhone can search using pictures and words at the same time

Illustration: The Verge The iOS version of Google’s Chrome browser is getting upgraded with several features from the Android iteration, including simultaneous Google Lens image and text search. Chrome for iOS could already use Google Lens to search for a picture on your iPhone or one taken from the camera, but now you can add words along with it to narrow your search in one go. For instance, you can... Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 11:56 EDT

Donald Trump’s EPA pick wants to ‘make America the AI capital of the world’

Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) on October 29th, 2024, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. | Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Artificial intelligence is top of mind for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY). Zeldin plans to help “unleash US energy dominance” and “make America the AI capital of the world,” he said... Read more

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 11:18 EDT

Microsoft is killing off Windows 11’s Mail and Calendar apps by the end of the year

The Verge Microsoft is planning to no longer support the Windows Mail, Calendar, and People apps later this year. The software giant has been moving existing users of these apps over to the new Outlook for Windows app in recent months, and now it has set an end of support date for the Mail, Calendar, and People apps of December 31st. Once the apps reach end of support later this... Read more

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 11:05 EDT

Apple is planning an Apple Home smart security camera

Logitech’s Circle View is one of only a handful of security cameras that work with Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video service. The rumor is Apple is now developing its own. | Photo: Logitech It appears Apple’s rumored push into the smart home will include an Apple smart security camera. Supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports the company is planning to start production of a smart home IP camera in 2026 and aims... Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 11:00 EDT

Waymo’s robotaxis are now available to everyone in Los Angeles

Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images Waymo is ditching its waitlist in Los Angeles, much like it did before in Phoenix and San Francisco, making its fully autonomous vehicles available to anyone who downloads the company’s Waymo One app. There are still some geographic limitations with which to contend: Waymo only operates within 80 square miles of Los Angeles County, which includes neighborhoods such as Hollywood, Chinatown, Westwood, Marina... Read more

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 10:54 EDT

Fortnite OG is coming back permanently in December

Image: Epic Games Fortnite is going old school once again. Epic has announced that the throwback mode Fortnite OG, which brings back the battle royale’s original island, will become a permanent fixture of the game starting on December 6th. OG first launched last November as a limited-time event, which turned out to be a big hit and was designed explicitly to bring back lapsed players to the game ahead of... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 10:40 EDT

Netflix used to not have ads, now it’s ‘celebrating’ two years with them

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Netflix’s subscription plan with ads has reached a new milestone: it hit 70 million monthly users since its launch two years ago. That’s a big jump compared to the 40 million monthly ad-supported users Netflix reported in May. Additionally, the streaming service said that the ad-supported plan accounted for 50 percent of all new signups in countries where it’s available. Netflix rolled out... Read more

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 10:26 EDT

Microsoft Edge is trying to forcefully get your Chrome tabs again

Image: The Verge Earlier this year Microsoft’s Edge browser automatically started up on my PC and imported my Chrome tabs without consent. Microsoft refused to explain why this behavior had occurred, and then quietly addressed the problem in a Microsoft Edge update. Microsoft hasn’t given up on trying to get your Chrome data though, as a new update is rolling out that automatically starts Edge and offers to import your... Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 10:25 EDT

Andor is going to war in new look at season 2

Following its announcement that the second season of Andor (now subtitled A Star Wars Story) is set to premiere next April, Disney Plus has dropped a new sizzle reel giving us a proper look at the show and a whole bunch of other things coming to the streamer. Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) is going to need a pilot in Andor season two, and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) might just be... Read more

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 10:14 EDT

Third-gen AirPods are cheaper than ever at $94

There’s no better pair of AirPods you can buy for under $100. | Image: Chris Welch / The Verge If you’re looking for a good opportunity to upgrade from an older pair of AirPods, then some of the early Black Friday sales going on right now are where you want to be. Walmart, for example, has chopped down the price of a pair of Apple AirPods (third-gen) with a Lightning... Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 09:56 EDT

Apple receives EU warning to end ‘discriminatory’ geo-blocking practices

Cath Virginia / The Verge The European Union has accused Apple of unlawfully discriminating against EU customers after finding the Cupertino company’s geo-blocking measures may be violating the bloc’s consumer protection rules. Announced via a press release on Tuesday, the European Commission and the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) said a joint investigation had identified “several potentially prohibited geo-blocking practices” that Apple applies to its App Store, iTunes Store, Arcade, Books. Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 09:20 EDT

23andMe is ending its cancer research program and slashing over 200 jobs

Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images 23andMe is laying off 40 percent of its employees, or over 200 workers, as the company attempts to recover from last year’s massive data breach and reverse its plummeting stock price. The genetic testing company also announced that it will shut down its therapeutics business. Though 23andMe says the restructuring plan will cost it around $12 million, it expects to save more than $35 million... Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 09:17 EDT

Smart sleep is worth the cost

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge A better night’s sleep, every night, and you don’t have to do anything to make it happen. Sounds like the, ahem, dream, right? Also sounds like a line you might hear from some infomercial salesman at 4 in the morning when you can’t sleep and are willing to try anything. Turns out, the promise is real. It’s just really, really, really expensive. On this... Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 09:01 EDT

LG Display’s stretchable screen is now even stretchier

LG Display’s stretchable screens can now stretch up to 50 percent. | Image: LG Display LG Display has recently announced a new version of its unique stretchable display with improved elasticity and durability. The 12-inch prototype can now be stretched up to 18 inches without being destroyed in the process, opening up new possibilities for where screens can potentially be installed. The company first demonstrated a prototype of the display... Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 09:00 EDT

Particle is a new app using AI to organize and summarize the news

You can customize Particle, but AI does most of the work. | Image: David Pierce / The Verge It is, you might say, a complicated moment for news online. There are the efforts to erode the First Amendment, the dominant platforms that aren’t sending traffic like they used to, the complexities of an ever-changing ad business, and on and on the list goes. Maybe most of all, there’s the rise... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 09:00 EDT

Apple AI notification summaries exist; rarely useful, often hilarious

Apple Intelligence is just doing the best it can. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge iPhones, iPads, and Macs with Apple Intelligence now have a unique AI feature that summarizes notifications for you. Starting with iOS / iPadOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1, when multiple notifications pile up for a given app, the tiny LLM that Apple has crammed into our stuff tries its hardest to algorithm up a brief... Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 08:04 EDT

Countries are ramping up renewable energy plans, but not fast enough

UN climate chief Simon Stiell delivers a speech during the opening of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 11th, 2024. | Photo by Alexander Nemenov / AFP via Getty Images Governments around the world agreed to triple renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade during pivotal United Nations climate talks at a summit in Dubai last year. As the annual climate... Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 11/12/2024 08:00 EDT

Cadillac officially debuts three-row Vistiq electric SUV with 300 miles of range

Image: Cadillac Buoyed by a bustling EV business, GM is ready to take the wraps off its next offering. On Tuesday, Cadillac officially announced the 2026 Vistiq SUV, a three-row SUV with 300 miles of range and a starting price of $80,185. The Vistiq joins the Lyriq, Optiq, and Escalade IQ, as well as the ultra-luxury, bespoke Celestiq, in Cadillac’s growing family of electric vehicles. And it comes as GM’s... Read more

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