Image: Microsoft Microsoft appears to be stepping back from charging Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscribers another $20 per month to get access to AI-powered Office features. The software giant quietly announced itâs making Copilot Pro features part of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions last week, but only in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand for now. âItâs been nine months since we introduced consumers to... Read more âș
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Pokemon developer Game Freakâs unreleased Project Bloom game is included in the sale. | Image: Private Division Take-Two Interactive is selling off its indie games label Private Division, which published titles such as The Outer Worlds and OlliOlli World, following rumors over the summer that Take-Two laid off most of Private Divisionâs staff. Take-Two did not disclose the buyer of Private Division or how much they paid. In an emailed... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission has charged Sitejabber, an online review platform, with violating its new fake reviews rules by using point-of-sale reviews to misrepresent what customers think about products. In one of its first enforcement actions under new rules banning companies from making or selling fake reviews, the FTC is ordering the company to stop. The FTC says Sitejabber âdeceptivelyâ punched up businessesâ review... Read more âș
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Striking New York Times tech workers have created a âGuild Buildsâ page dedicated to strike-themed games you can play, including a spin on Wordle, a word search, and the custom Connections I reported on earlier today. As part of its strike announcement on Monday, the New York Times Tech Guild requested that people donât cross the digital picket line to play the NYTâs daily puzzle games. This collection of five... Read more âș
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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft is testing a big Windows on Arm update to let more x64 software and games run under Prism emulation on Copilot Plus PC with Qualcommâs Snapdragon X Elite or X Plus processors. The capability comes as part of the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27744, rolling out to testers in the Canary Channel. This way, Qualcommâs new chips can run more kinds... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge Roblox is going to block kids from accessing certain types of experiences following reports alleging that the platform has enabled child abuse. One new measure will stop kids under 13 from accessing experiences with âcertain types of interactive features,â Roblox says in a post on its developer forum. Those include âsocial hangouts,â where the primary purpose is to communicate with others over text or voice chat, and... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung might be working on a âGalaxy S25 Slimâ model, with similar rumors to the ones about a âSlimâ iPhone 17 in 2025 that may replace the iPhone Plus. South Koreaâs ET news first reported on it, saying Samsung might release a slim smartphone during the second quarter of 2025 (April â June) as a follow-up a few months after the rest of... Read more âș
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Photo by James Bareham / The Verge These days, we are all dealing with huge amounts of information, from meeting notes to social media, to photos and videos, to whatever else weâve collected â and we are all trying to find some way to store it, organize it, and find it when we need it. If you want to get really basic, you can use a spreadsheet or create a... Read more âș
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Image: OpenAI On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a simple URL on X: chat.com. It automatically routes to OpenAIâs popular chatbot, ChatGPT. Prior to this, the domain was owned by Dharmesh Shah, the founder and CTO of HubSpot. In early 2023, Shah purchased the chat.com domain for $10 million. However, just a few months later, he announced that he had sold the domain, though he wouldnât disclose the details... Read more âș
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You can get a great device for less than $500 these days if you know how to pick your priorities. | Image: The Verge You canât have everything at this price, but you can get a great smartphone. Whether you want an iPhone, a 120Hz screen, or water resistance, youâve got options. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Get some peace and quiet with any of our top picks for noise-canceling headphones. Sonyâs still the best overall, but there are reasons to go elsewhere, too. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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The all-electric CLA. | Image: Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is showing off its all-electric CLA prototype and sharing a few new details planned for the upcoming 2025 production version. The CEO of Mercedes-Benz Group, Ola KĂ€llenius, provides a limited tour of the car, in which he talks to its new AI assistant, and takes it for a spin in a new video posted by the automaker. The CLA is camouflaged like the... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is adding AI-powered text editing to Notepad. The feature, called Rewrite, is rolling out in preview to Windows Insiders and will let you use AI to ârephrase sentences, adjust tone, and modify the length of your content,â according to the Windows Insider Blog. If youâre a Windows Insider with early access to the feature, you can try it by highlighting the text... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge Apple has released iOS / iPadOS 18.2 into public beta, as spotted by MacRumors. It includes access to the second wave of Apple Intelligence features that were already available to developers, like the AI-generated custom emoji feature Genmoji and the Image Playground feature that generates pictures. It also adds ChatGPT integration, Visual Intelligence for searching using iPhone 16 cameras, a more robust Siri with improved responses to... Read more âș
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Striking New York Times tech workers have created a custom Connections puzzle so fans can get their daily fix without crossing the digital picket line. The âStrike Editionâ puzzle was made on a website that lets people create their own Connections. The workers, part of the New York Times Tech Guild, specifically asked NYT readers not to play NYT games when the strike began on Monday, so the custom puzzle... Read more âș
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Nintendoâs next console is going to have a kickass library of games to start. Last night, when there was absolutely nothing else of note happening in the world, Nintendo announced that its still-unannounced Switch successor would be backward-compatible with existing Switch games. The announcement is an early sign that Nintendo might be able to avoid the painful transition between consoles and better... Read more âș
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Image: Laura Normand / The Verge Big Tech leaders from across the industry are lining up to congratulate Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election. Trump has butted heads with many of the executives now cozying up to the soon-to-be president, who recently threatened to throw Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in prison and said Google could be broken up because its search results are ârigged.â Despite these... Read more âș
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Image: Square Enix The gameâs final episode also teases a larger Life is Strange universe to come. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images On the campaign trail, Donald Trump said a lot of things about electric vehicles. He said he would âend the electric vehicle mandate on day one,â that EVs âdonât work,â and that they benefit China and Mexico while hurting American autoworkers. But he has also closely aligned himself with Elon Musk, who runs the biggest EV company in the US. And he... Read more âș
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Googleâs Pixel Watch 3 is an excellent upgrade over its predecessor, with a wealth of new fitness features and smarts. | Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you thought you needed to wait until Black Friday to score a steep discount on the new Google Pixel Watch 3, weâve got some good news: right now, Wellbots is giving readers of The Verge an exclusive $75 discount, dropping the... Read more âș
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