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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 14:41 EDT

Did WhatsApp really need Meta?

In its antitrust case against Meta, the US Federal Trade Commission is asking a judge to consider an alternate reality. In that world, the company never bought Instagram and WhatsApp. The two apps remained competitive with Facebook, developing features that competed for users' attention. And that competition created a thriving ecosystem of social media apps […] Read more ›

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Antonio G. Di Benedetto @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 14:15 EDT

The best MagSafe and Qi2 chargers

Wireless charging is slower and less efficient than plugging in a wire, but it’s certainly convenient — especially when you add magnets. Most people who have an iPhone 12 or later (except the 16E) and want a magnetic charger should get a Qi2 charger. Any Qi2-certified charger will charge a MagSafe iPhone up to 15W […] Read more ›

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 13:12 EDT

OpenAI is buying Jony Ive’s AI hardware company

OpenAI is buying io, a hardware company founded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive, the two companies announced on Wednesday. “We gathered together the best hardware and software engineers, the best technologists, physicists, scientists, researchers and experts in product development and manufacturing,” Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a joint post. “Many […] Read more ›

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 13:08 EDT

The best Memorial Day deals you can already get

Memorial Day weekend isn’t just for barbecues and beach trips — it’s also a chance to score some of the best tech deals you’ll find all season. And despite the fact the holiday isn’t until Monday, May 26th, multiple retailers are already offering steep discounts on some of our favorite gadgets, from big-ticket items to […] Read more ›

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 13:00 EDT

Energy efficiency rollbacks could cost Americans $43 billion in higher utility bills

The Trump administration’s attempts to gut 12 energy efficiency standards could cost Americans billions of dollars in higher electricity bills.  The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that it plans to rollback dozens of policies in what it called its “largest deregulatory effort in history.” While the DOE claims that getting rid of “burdensome and […] Read more ›

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 12:48 EDT

Google rejected giving publishers more choice to opt out of AI Search

Google didn’t want to give publishers the choice to keep their content out of AI Search results because it’s “evolving into a space for monetisation.” That’s according to a newly disclosed internal document spotted by Bloomberg, which reveals that Google had discussed offering publishers more granular control over how website data would be used in […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 12:38 EDT

Lidar maker Luminar lays off more workers following CEO exit

Luminar, a company that develops lidar systems for autonomous vehicles, started laying off workers just one day after its founder and CEO, Austin Russell, abruptly resigned. In a regulatory filing spotted by TechCrunch, the company said it began carrying out restructuring efforts on May 15th, which include a “reduction in its workforce.” Last year, Luminar […] Read more ›

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 12:29 EDT

Android 16 adds AI-powered weather effects that can make it rain on your photos

Google’s latest Android 16 beta adds a bunch of new wallpaper and lock screen options for Pixel phones, including live-updating weather animations and a feature that automatically frames subjects of photos within a variety of bubbly shapes. When you select an image to use as a wallpaper in the beta, you can tap the sparkly […] Read more ›

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Tina Nguyen @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 12:16 EDT

Eric Adams and crypto whales demand that New York stop regulating crypto licenses

At a "crypto summit" on Tuesday held by Eric Adams - the controversial mayor of New York City who recently escaped several federal corruption charges - crypto CEOs and investors made an open plea: please get rid of state crypto regulations so we can write our own and turn the Big Apple into a "crypto […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 12:00 EDT

Google is stuffing even more ads into its AI results

Google’s AI search results are about to get even more ads. On May 21st, the company announced that it’s going to start testing ads in AI Mode, the new AI-powered search feature that just rolled out to everyone in the US. AI Mode is the new tab in Google Search that opens an AI chatbot-like […] Read more ›

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 11:29 EDT

PlayStation Stars burns out

Sony is shutting down the “current version” of the PlayStation Stars loyalty and rewards program that it launched in 2022, according to a blog post.  The program let users obtain “digital collectibles,” which Sony described at the time as “digital representations of things that PlayStation fans enjoy, including figurines of beloved and iconic characters from […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 11:29 EDT

19-year-old student to plead guilty to huge school database hack

A 19-year-old college student will plead guilty to carrying out a massive hack against PowerSchool, a popular student information system used by schools around the country. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice said Matthew Lane of Massachusetts agreed to plead guilty to four counts, including cyber extortion, unauthorized access to protected computers, and aggravated identity […] Read more ›

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 11:27 EDT

Hellblade II is the latest Xbox game coming to PS5 this summer

Microsoft’s Ninja Theory studio is bringing Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II to the PS5 “this summer.” Set in a dark ninth-century Iceland, Hellblade II originally debuted on Xbox Series S / X and PC last year, and it’s now making its way to Sony’s console just over a year later. Hellblade II is the latest Xbox […] Read more ›

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 10:51 EDT

Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing looks like one for the Baby Driver fans

If you got a kick out of Baby Driver, there’s a very good chance you’re going to be into Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming black comedy / thriller, Caught Stealing. Adapted from Charlie Huston’s 2005 novel of the same name, Caught Stealing tells the wild take of Hank Thompson (Austin Butler), a former high school baseball prodigy […] Read more ›

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 10:25 EDT

Nintendo explains why it’s not called Mario Kart 9

Nintendo’s latest entry in its “ask the developer” interview series has some fun new details about the Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World. Among the many things discussed is an explanation for why the game isn’t called Mario Kart 9, despite being a sequel to the best-selling Mario Kart 8 — and it has […] Read more ›

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Ash Parrish @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 10:14 EDT

The best rpg of 2024 heads to Game Pass this month

Metaphor ReFantazio — a game that combines innovative turn-based combat with a story timely for our current political moment — is coming to Xbox Game Pass later this month. In fact, the Game Pass line up for the rest of May is actually pretty sweet. Metaphor, Atlus’ best RPG since Persona 5, arrives on Game […] Read more ›

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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 09:57 EDT

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 is a glorious co-op shooter that’s now cheaper than ever

If you ask me, there’s always space in my games catalog for a fun third-person shooter that I can play with my buds online. Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 delivers some of the best blood-gushing, bug-crushing action, filling a Gears of War void that I didn’t know needed filling. You can jump into the fray […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 09:34 EDT

Google teases an Android desktop mode, made with Samsung’s help

Google is working with Samsung to bring a desktop mode to Android. During Google I/O’s developer keynote, engineering manager Florina Muntenescu said the company is “building on the foundation” of Samsung’s DeX platform “to bring enhanced windowing capabilities in Android 16,” as spotted earlier by 9to5Google. Samsung first launched DeX in 2017, a feature that […] Read more ›

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 09:30 EDT

How MrBeast ended up in the new season of Love, Death, and Robots

One of the more surprising moments in volume four of Love, Death, and Robots is an appearance from YouTube star MrBeast. He shows up in the episode "The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur," playing a sort of twisted game master presiding over a death race on one of the moons of Jupiter. Also, there are dinosaurs. […] Read more ›

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Dominic Preston @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 09:07 EDT

Google is shrinking Pixel phones’ At a Glance widget

Google’s new Material 3 Expressive design language includes a welcome surprise for Pixel owners: the mandatory At a Glance home screen widget has shrunk, leaving space for an extra row of apps. The new look is included in the latest version of the Android 16 beta. Upon installation, Pixel owners are greeted with a pop-up […] Read more ›

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