Last week, General Motors CEO Mary Barra caused a stir when she said that the company would eventually kill Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in all of its gas cars. The company had already successfully removed phone mirroring capabilities from most of its electric vehicles, and now it was plotting how to drop support from [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Today, Iām talking with Sean Fitzpatrick, the CEO of LexisNexis, one of the most important companies in the entire legal system. For years ā including when I was in law school ā LexisNexis was basically the library. Itās where you went to look up case law, do legal research, and find the laws and precedents [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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After last weekās major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage took Signal along with it, Elon Musk was quick to criticize the encrypted messaging appās reliance on big tech. But Signal president Meredith Whittaker argues that the company didnāt have any other choice but to use AWS or another major cloud provider. āThe problem here is [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Fitbit's new Gemini-powered health coach is debuting in preview today, as part of an entirely new app experience that was announced back in August. Premium subscribers in the US on Android will have access to it first as it starts rolling out today, with plans to expand to iOS "later this year," according to Taylor [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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If youāre in the market for workout earbuds, nowās your chance to make a move. The Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 are back down to $199.99 ($50 off) in multiple colors at Amazon and Walmart. Although we saw the wireless earbuds drop to $179 earlier this year, they werenāt discounted during Amazonās most recent Prime Day [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Teslaās board of directors issued a stark warning to shareholders today: approve Elon Muskās unprecedented $1 trillion pay package or risk losing him as CEO. Itās a familiar threat, one that the board has used before, and if history offers any clues, itās likely to work again. Teslaās executive team is in full lobbying mode [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Qualcomm is launching a pair of new AI chips in an attempt to challenge Nvidiaās dominance in the market. On Monday, Qualcomm announced plans to release its new AI200 chip next year, followed by the AI250 in 2027 ā both of which are built on the companyās mobile neural processing technology.Ā The new chips are [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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OpenAI's new deepfake machine, Sora, has proven that artificial intelligence is alarmingly good at faking reality. The AI-generated video platform, powered by OpenAI's new Sora 2 model, has churned out detailed (and often offensive or harmful) videos of famous people like Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Jackson, and Bryan Cranston, as well as copyrighted characters [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Threads is launching a new feature called theĀ āghost post:ā a post it will automatically archive after 24 hours. These posts will come in handy if you want to share a thought, but donāt want to keep it on your profile. Itās also a feature that users on X, formerly Twitter, have long requested, leading them [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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X is preparing to put Twitter.com out to pasture, and the official @Safety account posted on Friday warning anyone using physical security keys or passkeys for 2FA that they will need to re-enroll them. According to X, if the login methods arenāt updated by November 10th, the associated accounts will be locked until the update [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Between increased tariffs and price hikes, itās not a great time to buy a PlayStation 5 console. That is, unless you head over to GameStop, which is selling the 825GB PS5 with a disc drive in its original (thicker) design along with 24 months of PS Plus Premium included for just $579.99 (previously $749.99). Given [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Faking wealth has always been big business, from buying designer dupes to renting private jet āsetsā for photoshoots. But these days, people are using AI to make it a little more personal: creating photos of themselves living in leisure and luxury not to chase clout, but as a form of personal escapism or an attempt [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Earlier this month, Lyra Health announced a "clinical-grade" AI chatbot to help users with "challenges" like burnout, sleep disruptions, and stress. There are eighteen mentions of "clinical" in its press release, including "clinically designed," "clinically rigorous," and "clinical training." For most people, myself included, "clinical" suggests "medical." The problem is, it doesn't mean medical. In [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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After a steady stream of spec teases, OnePlus has launched its new OnePlus 15 flagship in China today. Release plans elsewhere are still unconfirmed, but the company promises that the phoneās global launching will be āsoon.ā Weāve known what the 15 would look like since September, when OnePlus also confirmed it would be powered by [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Samsung warned us last month that ads were coming to the giant Android tablets embedded in its Family Hub smart fridges. I've been eyeing mine ever since - and the first ones are about to arrive. Starting November 3rd, the $2,000-plus connected fridges will get a new widget that serves up ads, Shane Higby, head [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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There are only a handful of albums that I think qualify as genuinely scary. You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters, and Swans To Be Kind both immediately come to mind. But those records come withā¦ let's say, baggage. I've Seen All I Need to See lacks some of the atmospheric spookiness of To [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Adobeās computational photography app, Project Indigo, had a bit of trouble adapting to the new square-format selfie sensor in the iPhone 17 series. For the last month or so, the app simply didnāt support Appleās latest phones at all. Adobe was working behind the scenes to get things up and running, and posting occasional updates [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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"Sharp Dressed Man," by ZZ Top. Hard on a good day, Medium when my friends were over, Expert once and then never ever again. That was my Guitar Hero sweet spot. And for years, it seemed like everybody had one. The plastic guitar controllers became a staple of living rooms everywhere, and the songs - [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the legal morass of AI, follow Adi Robertson. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started The song was called "Heart on My Sleeve," and [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 103, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, sorry everything's so expensive this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about gooning and Costco and protein bars and [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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