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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 05/10/2025 18:14 EDT

The FTC puts off enforcing its ‘click-to-cancel’ rule

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was set to start enforcing the remaining provisions of its “click-to-cancel” rule on May 14th, requiring that subscriptions be as easy to cancel as to start. Now, the agency says it won’t enforce the rule until July 14th, as TechCrunch reports. Also known as the Negative Option Rule, the big [
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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 05/10/2025 16:48 EDT

Pope Leo XIV names AI one of the reasons for his papal name

As Pope Leo XIV laid out his vision for the papacy in an address to the College of Cardinals, he also explained why he picked his papal name. Incredibly, artificial intelligence played a big part. In the Vatican’s translation of his speech, Pope Leo XIV explained that his name references Pope Leo XII, who presided [
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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 05/10/2025 13:52 EDT

Whoop backpedals on its paid upgrade whoops

Whoop is in damage control mode. After debuting its Whoop 5.0 fitness tracker, users were angered to find it had reneged on a promise of free hardware upgrades. In a new Reddit post, the company now says users who have been members for over 12 months can get the Whoop 5.0 for free. Part of [
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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 05/10/2025 11:40 EDT

SoundCloud says it isn’t using your music to train generative AI tools

The music-sharing platform SoundCloud quietly updated its terms of use in February last year, adding language that lets it train AI models on its users’ content, as TechCrunch reported. And while the company says it hasn’t used user-created content for model training, it doesn’t rule out the possibility that it will in the future. Marni [
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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 05/10/2025 11:00 EDT

Can Donald Trump really put a tariff on films?

After slamming everything from clothing to avocados with tariffs, now President Donald Trump has taken aim at films. "The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death," Trump proclaimed on Truth Social last week, while floating a 100 percent tariff on movies "produced in Foreign Lands." The news stirred up confusion across Hollywood, [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 05/10/2025 11:00 EDT

The enduring cool of skateboarding games

More than 25 years after the first Tony Hawk's Pro Skater put skateboarding games on the map, developers are still finding new ways to explore skating in video games, especially in 2025. Skateboarding fans are about to have some promising new games to play, with Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 remake releasing [
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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 05/10/2025 10:49 EDT

Amazon’s ad-free Kindle Paperwhite Kids has hit its best price to date

Whether you’re after a distraction-free reading experience or a fun way to keep the kids engaged this summer, the latest Kindle Paperwhite Kids is worth considering. And now, thanks to Amazon’s Mother’s Day promo, you can pick it up at either Amazon or Best Buy starting at just $139.99 ($40 off), which matches the e-reader’s [
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David Nield @ The Verge · 05/10/2025 10:00 EDT

How to turn on Lockdown Mode for your iPhone and Mac

Apple is known for prioritizing privacy and security, but there are additional measures you can turn to if you feel you need them. iPhones, iPads, and Macs have what's known as a Lockdown Mode that takes protecting your data to a whole new level. It's clear that this isn't for everyone: Apple describes it as [
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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 05/10/2025 09:00 EDT

Despelote is a picture-perfect portrait of childhood obsession

For a kid with an obsession, it's impossible to think about anything else. When I was really into skateboarding, every piece of architecture was filled with a potential for tricks that I could never actually pull off. When I was on a quest to complete Super Mario Bros. 3 on my own, any piece of [
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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 05/10/2025 02:16 EDT

Adidas’ 3D-printed sneaker review: What are those!?

A shoe engineered to be made entirely from additive manufacturing will be polarizing in the first quarter of the 21st century. That's certainly been my experience wearing Adidas' new 3D-printed Climacool sneakers on the beach, trail, or in the city. I felt more eyes on my footwear than normal, with a determined flick upward to [
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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 05/09/2025 20:56 EDT

Donald Trump takes aim at more water and energy efficiency standards

Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Friday afternoon directing the Department of Energy to “consider using all lawful authority to rescind” or weaken regulations for water and energy efficiency for dishwashers and washing machines. The action also includes water use standards for showers, faucets, toilets, and urinals. It closes out a week of attacks on [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 05/09/2025 20:12 EDT

Google will pay a $1.375 billion settlement to Texas over privacy violations

Google is set to pay $1.375 billion to settle claims of data privacy violations brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to a press release. Texas filed two lawsuits in 2022 against Google for “unlawfully tracking and collecting users’ private data regarding geolocation, incognito searches, and biometric data,” the release says. Before now, no [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 05/09/2025 18:41 EDT

Deltarune’s next chapters will launch alongside the Switch 2

The paid release of Deltarune, Toby Fox’s episodic Undertale spinoff, will be available for most people at the same time the Nintendo Switch 2 launches in Japan, Fox says in the Deltarune newsletter for May 2025. Deltarune’s first two chapters, released in 2018 and 2021 respectively, were free, but this new release, which adds chapters [
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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 05/09/2025 18:29 EDT

You can now use Apple Pay to buy games on your PS5

PS5 users can now buy games in the PlayStation Store using a new payment method: Apple Pay. You could use Apple Pay in the browser or via the mobile app already, but now the method joins other on-console options like using a saved credit or debit card, and PayPal. As reported by 9to5Mac, you may [
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Alex Heath @ The Verge · 05/09/2025 18:14 EDT

Figma’s CEO on his new approach to AI

Tech event season is in full swing. This week, Stripe and Figma gathered thousands of people in downtown San Francisco for their respective conferences. I caught up with Figma CEO Dylan Field after his opening keynote at Config, where he announced the most significant product expansion in the company's history. Below, you'll find our chat [
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Brandon Widder @ The Verge · 05/09/2025 18:12 EDT

Samsung’s Galaxy Ring is on sale with a $100 gift card starting at $299.99

Smartwatches have come along way since the first Apple Watch arrived on the scene more than a decade ago. However, despite how ubiquitous they’ve become, they’re still nowhere near as discrete — or long-lasting — as a smart ring like the Samsung Galaxy Ring. Thankfully, if you’re looking to ditch the watch, Samsung’s first-gen smart [
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Sarah Jeong @ The Verge · 05/09/2025 16:58 EDT

Trump illegally fires Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission

On Friday, Donald Trump abruptly removed the three sitting Democrat appointees on the five-person U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission — the independent watchdog agency that issues recalls and regulates everyday products, including consumer electronics. With no apparent cause for removal, the firings violate existing Supreme Court precedent dating back to 1935, as did Trump’s removals [
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Gaby Del Valle @ The Verge · 05/09/2025 15:58 EDT

Border agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by car

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans on photographing every single person who leaves the US by car, an agency spokesperson told Wired. The agency says it will start using facial recognition technology at official border crossings to match all outbound travelers’ faces to their passports, visas, or other travel documents, though there’s no public timeline [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 05/09/2025 15:32 EDT

Don’t expect to hear about the Outer Wilds team’s next game for ‘years’

Outer Wilds developer Mobius Digital is working on a new game, but it might be a very long time before we hear anything about it, the studio’s head of production tells The Verge. “It’s going to be quite awhile before we have any news or hints about our next game,” says Jackie Kreitzberg. “Likely on [
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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 05/09/2025 15:00 EDT

An in-depth interview with Sonos interim CEO Tom Conrad

It's my final day at The Verge and Vox Media after over 13 years. And as luck should have it, I was able to wrap up my tenure here by interviewing Tom Conrad, the interim CEO of Sonos. I've covered this company more extensively than any other, and as our readers know, Sonos has been [
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