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Mia Sato @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 09:00 EDT

TikTok users can now save songs directly to SoundCloud

TikTok users will now be able to save tracks they discover straight to their SoundCloud app. On Wednesday, the two companies announced they’re partnering to expand an existing TikTok feature that was previously available to users of music streaming platforms like Apple Music and Spotify. The “add to music app” button appears when a TikTok […] Read more ›

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 09:00 EDT

Oura rings will now track step counts more accurately

Following the debut of the Oura Ring 4 last October, which featured improved accuracy for blood oxygen tracking and heart rate readings, the company has announced it’s introducing additional algorithm improvements that will deliver more comprehensive and accurate movement tracking. First announced last month, the updates are now “rolling out to members globally” and include […] Read more ›

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 09:00 EDT

Strava updates its AI route planning and cheater detection

Strava is making it easier to plan workouts and keep activity leaderboard rankings fair. The updates rolling out over the coming weeks focus on helping users optimize their workout routes to compete against other users and their own personal bests, building on some of the existing AI features that Strava announced last year. Anyone paying […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 08:30 EDT

Personal context is Google’s big advantage in AI

Google's AI models have a secret ingredient that's giving the company a leg up on competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic. That ingredient is your data, and it's only just scratched the surface in terms of how it can use your information to "personalize" Gemini's responses. Google first started letting users opt in to its "Gemini […] Read more ›

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Tim Stevens @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 08:00 EDT

The pursuit of better drugs through orbital space crystals

In The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton wrote about killer alien space crystals that are (spoiler alert) ultimately stymied by Earth's breadth of pH values. In reality, crystals grown in space could be key to a new generation of cancer-fighting treatments that save lives, not threaten them. Colorado-based startup Sierra Space is nearly ready to launch […] Read more ›

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 07:49 EDT

AMD takes aim at Intel with new 96-core Threadripper 9000 series CPU

AMD has announced its latest Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series of CPUs at Computex today. The 9000 Series and 9000 WX-Series are built for the demanding workstation market, and the top Threadripper Pro 9995WX will ship with 96 cores and 192 threads. This flagship Threadripper chip is designed for professionals who are working on […] Read more ›

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 07:30 EDT

Google’s future is Google Googling

Google I/O was, as predicted, an AI show. But now that the keynote is over, we can see that the company's vision is to use AI to eventually do a lot of Googling for you. A lot of that vision rests on AI Mode in Google Search, which Google is starting to roll out to […] Read more ›

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 07:11 EDT

Windows 11 is getting a macOS-like Handoff feature between phone and PC

Microsoft is working on a new “Cross Device Resume” feature for Windows 11 that works similarly to Apple’s Handoff feature in macOS. The feature was spotted in a Microsoft Build 2025 session, before Windows Central noticed Microsoft editing out the demo that showed a mobile Spotify session resuming on a PC. “When you open the […] Read more ›

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 05:48 EDT

Microsoft blames Apple for its delayed Xbox mobile store

A year ago Xbox president Sarah Bond revealed that Microsoft was planning to launch a new Xbox mobile gaming store in July 2024. That never happened. I’ve been wondering what the hold up has been over the past year, and it seems we might have an answer: Apple. Microsoft filed an amicus brief late on […] Read more ›

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 05:25 EDT

Miniot returns with a sleeker Wheel 3 vertical turntable

The original Wheel vertical turntable was a bust, the Wheel 2 redemption, and now the small mom and pop team at Miniot is back for a victory lap with the Wheel 3. It can play your record collection upright on its stand, laid flat on a table, or hung on a wall.  Inside the handmade […] Read more ›

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Dominic Preston @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 05:14 EDT

Amazon is sending customers refunds for some really, really old returns

Amazon is issuing refunds to customers who’d returned products but never received their money back, in some cases from as long ago as 2018.  “Following a recent internal review, we identified a very small subset of returns that were unresolved because we could not verify that the correct item had been sent back to us,” […] Read more ›

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 03:13 EDT

Microsoft’s AI security chief accidentally reveals Walmart’s AI plans after protest

Microsoft’s head of security for AI, Neta Haiby, accidentally revealed confidential messages about Walmart’s use of Microsoft’s AI tools during a Build talk that was disrupted by protesters.  The Build livestream was muted and the camera pointed down, but the session resumed moments later after the protesters were escorted out. In the aftermath, Haiby then […] Read more ›

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 05/21/2025 03:00 EDT

Volvo will be the first to install Google’s Gemini in its cars

At yesterday’s I/O conference, Google announced plans to start putting its AI chatbot, Gemini, in a variety of different places, including cars. Today, Volvo said it was shoving its way to the front of the line to be the first to receive the new tech. Volvo said it was expanding its preexisting partnership with Google […] Read more ›

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 05/20/2025 23:00 EDT

AMD’s new RX 9060 XT looks set to challenge Nvidia’s RTX 5060

AMD is officially announcing its Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU at Computex today. Like the number implies, this graphics card will challenge Nvidia’s recently released RTX 5060, with AMD offering models with 8GB or 16GB of VRAM. AMD is following Nvidia’s controversial choice to ship a modern GPU with just 8GB of VRAM in the […] Read more ›

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 05/20/2025 18:15 EDT

Fortnite is back on US iPhones again

Fortnite is once again available on the iOS App Store in the US, according to Epic Games. You can get it from the App Store here. Epic says it has returned to the Epic Games Store and AltStore as well. Apple kicked Fortnite off the App Store nearly five years ago after Epic Games added […] Read more ›

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 05/20/2025 17:27 EDT

We tried on Google’s prototype AI smart glasses

Here in sunny Mountain View, California, I am sequestered in a teeny tiny box. Outside, there's a long line of tech journalists, and we are all here for one thing: to try out Project Moohan and Google's Android XR smart glasses prototypes. (The Project Mariner booth is maybe 10 feet away and remarkably empty.) While […] Read more ›

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 05/20/2025 17:05 EDT

Google starts beta testing Android 16’s youthful new look

Google has announced its rolling out the colorful new Android 16 interface for beta testers as reported by 9to5Google. The QPR1 beta includes the company’s Material 3 Expressive design language revealed officially last week and includes new visuals for the launcher, notifications, lock screen, and a very Apple-inspired quick settings page. QPRs, or quarterly platform […] Read more ›

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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 05/20/2025 15:58 EDT

Lost in Cult’s new Editions publishing label focuses on art and indie games preservation

Editions is the name of a new game publishing label launched by Lost in Cult, the same company known for making gorgeous books about video games, like Outer Wilds: Design Works. The new label’s aim is to preserve indie games, including some that haven’t been released on physical media before, and to celebrate their artistic […] Read more ›

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 05/20/2025 15:32 EDT

The FDA is making it more difficult for many Americans to get vaccinated for covid 

The Trump administration is working to limit access to covid booster shots by creating more regulatory hoops for companies developing vaccines for “healthy persons.” The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it’s only prioritizing covid vaccine approvals for adults older than 65 and others over the age of 6 months who have at least one […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 05/20/2025 14:57 EDT

The 15 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2025

Google just wrapped up its big keynote at I/O 2025. As expected, the keynote was chock-full of AI-related announcements, ranging from updates across Google’s image and video generation models, to new features in Search and Gmail. But there were some surprises too, like a new AI filmmaking app and an update to Project Starline. If […] Read more ›

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