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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 04/30/2025 09:00 EDT

Rad Power Bikes’ bestselling RadRunner is getting a Class 3 upgrade

Rad Power Bikes may be going through some turmoil in its upper ranks, but the e-bike company’s product team is still working hard to churn out new bikes. Today, Rad Power revealed its refreshed RadRunner lineup, with a slew of cool new features, including a new Class 3 model. RadRunner is the company’s bestselling utility […] Read more

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Elizabeth Lopatto @ The Verge · 04/30/2025 09:00 EDT

The DOGE days have just begun

I once wondered whether law enforcement might stop Elon Musk's power grab. About a month ago, I got my answer: no. On March 17th, the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency broke into the nonprofit, congressionally funded US Institute for Peace, according to court documents filed by the USIP's board of directors. By allegedly threatening to […] Read more

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 04/30/2025 08:00 EDT

Would you wear a smart ring that proves you’re not a cheater?

Imagine this. You wake up, roll over, take your smart ring off its charger, and slip it onto your finger. After eating breakfast and getting ready for work, you kiss your lover goodbye and head out. Everything's hunky-dory - until you look down at your finger. The LED light on your smart ring is flashing […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 04/30/2025 08:00 EDT

Content moderators are organizing against Big Tech

Content moderators who comb through harmful material uploaded to online platforms have formed a global trade union alliance in a bid to improve working conditions. The Global Trade Union Alliance of Content Moderators (GTUACM) announced today in Nairobi, Kenya, says it aims to “hold Big Tech responsible” for failing to address workers’ issues like low […] Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 04/30/2025 07:52 EDT

Raycast brings its super-powerful Mac launcher to iOS, sort of

Raycast users have been asking the app's developers for an iOS app for a long time. It took a while, though, for the developers to figure out exactly what that app was supposed to do. See, on a Mac (and soon a Windows PC), Raycast is a hugely powerful tool for navigating your computer. You […] Read more

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 04/30/2025 07:00 EDT

GPD Win Max 2 review: a surprisingly competent tiny laptop that doubles as a gaming handheld

Since Neuromancer took the sci-fi world by storm in 1984, computing nerds have pined for a "cyberdeck" - the ultimate in personal, portable PCs for surfing and hacking the world. Usually, they're DIY affairs. But the 10-inch GPD Win Max 2 is the closest I've seen to an off-the-shelf cyberdeck worth buying. It's far from […] Read more

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Dominic Preston @ The Verge · 04/30/2025 05:20 EDT

New York City wants subway cameras to predict ‘trouble’ before it happens

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it’s exploring the use of AI systems for “predictive prevention” of crime and dangerous behavior on the city’s subway platforms. MTA chief security officer Michael Kemper said that the agency is “studying and piloting technology like AI to sense potential trouble or problematic behavior on our subway platforms.”  “If […] Read more

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Richard Lawler @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 22:34 EDT

Nintendo’s new Switch 1 update is getting things ready for Switch 2

With just over a month to go before the Nintendo Switch 2 release date on June 5th, Nintendo has released a Switch 1 update that will help prepare things for the new console’s arrival. The V20.0.0 update for the original Switch adds a bunch of new features that go along with the Switch 2, like […] Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 20:29 EDT

A Canadian mining company wants Trump’s permission to mine the deep sea

The Metals Company, which has been trying for years to exploit battery materials strewn across the ocean floor, announced today that it has applied for a permit from the Trump administration to start commercially mining in international waters. Together, the company and President Trump are circumventing a multilateral process to develop rules for deep sea […] Read more

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Tina Nguyen @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 19:15 EDT

France accuses Russia of a decade’s worth of high-profile cyberattacks

In an unprecedented display of diplomatic aggression, French authorities publicly accused Russia of sponsoring several high-profile cyber attacks on French entities for over a decade to gather intelligence and destabilize the country. The incidents include everything from a faked Islamic State takeover of a French television broadcast signal in 2015 to the leak of President […] Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 18:58 EDT

EA lays off staff and cancels a Titanfall game

Electronic Arts is reportedly eliminating “between 300 and 400 positions” and scrapping a game set in the Titanfall universe, codenamed R7, that was in the works at Respawn Entertainment, according to Bloomberg. “As part of our continued focus on our long-term strategic priorities, we’ve made select changes within our organization that more effectively aligns teams […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 18:27 EDT

Lyft’s AI ‘Earnings Assistant’ offers ideas about how drivers can make more money

Lyft has launched “Earnings Assistant,” an AI chatbot tool for drivers seeking to “optimize their time on the road.” With it, drivers can create plans based on information about things like airport arrivals or local events, announced Jeremy Bird, EVP of driver experience at Lyft in an email to The Verge. The Earnings Assistant feature […] Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 16:58 EDT

Netflix is streaming a showcase of Hitchcock’s greatest films this June

It’s always a good time to lock in for a marathon watch of Alfred Hitchcock films, and Netflix is getting ready to make a bunch of the legendary director’s features a lot easier to watch in one place. Today, Netflix announced that it plans to stream a number of Hitchcock’s films next month as part […] Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 16:47 EDT

The EPA says it still cares about forever chemicals, but health advocates are wary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a new plan to address “forever chemicals” once widely used in non-stick and water-proof products that have since been linked to cancer, reproductive health issues, and liver damage. The vague details the EPA has shared so far, however, have health and environmental advocates wondering whether the EPA’s plan helps […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 16:29 EDT

OpenAI undoes its glaze-heavy ChatGPT update

OpenAI is rolling back its latest GPT-4o update after CEO Sam Altman said the company would be making fixes to address the chatbot’s “sycophant-y and annoying” personality introduced with recent updates. The rollback, which started Monday night, is “now 100%” rolled back for free ChatGPT users and will be rolled back for paid users “hopefully […] Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 16:17 EDT

Snapchat scraps ‘simple’ redesign as it loses users in North America

Snap is backing away from plans to simplify the design of Snapchat as it reports losing 1 million users in North America. As part of its Q1 2025 earnings report on Tuesday, Snap revealed that it’s instead going to start testing a “refined” layout that keeps the app’s five existing tabs. The company first started […] Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 16:11 EDT

Apple launches a new celebrity hub that’s all about Apple

Apple has quietly launched a new website called “‎Snapshot on Apple” that presents viewers with a carousel of celebrities and information on where you can find their work across the company’s services. The website, spotted by 9to5Mac reports, presents two slowly moving rows of celebrity images, with no way to manually scroll or search them. […] Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 16:01 EDT

Natasha Lyonne to direct and star in a new sci-fi film created with generative AI

Poker Face’s Natasha Lyonne has a new project in the works that seemed poised to become a case study in the debate about how and whether Hollywood should be using generative AI. Lyonne is teaming up with technologist and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier to produce a new sci-fi film that will feature elements generated […] Read more

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Tim Stevens @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 15:41 EDT

Slate Auto confirms where it’ll build its $20,000 Truck

Since Slate Auto came out of stealth mode last week, the internet has been abuzz with speculation about the finer details of the ultra-barebones electric Truck, which is set to cost just $20,000 when it enters production next year — assuming our federal EV incentives are still in place by then. One of those questions […] Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 04/29/2025 14:33 EDT

Tesla won’t have to report as many Level 2 crashes after Trump’s rule change

Last week, the US Department of Transportation announced a major change to the Biden-era rule that requires automakers and tech companies to report crashes that involve fully or partially autonomous vehicles. Under the revised rules, companies will no longer have to report certain crashes, such as those involving a vehicle equipped with a Level 2 […] Read more

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