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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 23:00 EDT

Waymo readies autonomous cars for first international tests in Japan

Next week, Waymo’s driverless vehicles will begin testing on public roads in Japan for the Alphabet company’s first international trip. Waymo has yet to confirm whether it will eventually launch a commercial robotaxi service in the country, but the company is still celebrating the excursion as a “significant milestone.” Waymo describes it as a simple […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 20:04 EDT

OpenAI countersues Elon Musk to stop his attacks and ‘fake takeover bid’

OpenAI filed a countersuit against Elon Musk on Wednesday, saying on X that “Elon’s nonstop actions against us are just bad-faith tactics to slow down OpenAI and seize control of the leading AI innovations for his personal benefit.” In the lawsuit, OpenAI’s lawyers argue that “Musk’s continued attacks on OpenAI, culminating most recently in the […] Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 18:41 EDT

Lawmakers are skeptical of Zuckerberg’s commitment to free speech

Meta’s latest whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams, got a warm reception on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as the Careless People author who the company has fought to silence described the company’s chief executive as someone willing to shapeshift into whatever gets him closest to power. The message was one that lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on crime […] Read more

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 17:36 EDT

How to choose which Apple Watch to buy

Editor’s note: Due to a patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo, new Apple Watch Series 9, 10, and Ultra 2 units sold in the US no longer have the blood oxygen feature. Older models are unaffected. You can tell if you have a unit with the blood oxygen feature disabled if the part number […] Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 17:10 EDT

Adobe is building AI agents for Photoshop and Premiere Pro

Adobe is building AI agents for Photoshop and Premiere Pro that can suggest ways to edit your photos or videos and then carry out the tasks for you, according to a blog written today by Ely Greenfield, Adobe’s CTO of digital media. Adobe Photoshop’s agentic AI, or what the company calls its “creative agent,” will […] Read more

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 17:06 EDT

Aqara adds support for 50 new Matter device types

Aqara is adding support for over 50 new Matter device types, making it one of the most comprehensive smart home platforms in terms of Matter support, alongside Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant.  The company is also bringing advanced bridging to all its Matter controllers, allowing you to integrate Aqara’s many advanced automation features into any […] Read more

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 16:40 EDT

Framework’s entry-level modular Laptop 12 starts at £499

Earlier this year, modular computer company Framework began a quest to fix “entry-level laptops” with the Framework Laptop 12, its first 12-inch laptop and its first 2-in-1 touchscreen PC. And as you might expect, Trump’s new US tariffs are making entry-level pricing difficult for Framework, which has at least briefly delayed US preorders of the […] Read more

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Tina Nguyen @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 15:25 EDT

Trump says the future of AI is powered by coal

The day before several major tech leaders appeared before Congress, begging for ways to get more energy for the nascent American artificial intelligence industry, Donald Trump signed an executive order offering a solution: increased coal production. As part of a series of executive orders released Tuesday designed to promote the rapid growth of the coal […] Read more

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 15:09 EDT

Framework raised prices and then un-raised them an hour later because of Trump

Thanks to Framework, one of the most transparent computer companies out there, we now have a sterling example of just how ridiculous President Donald Trump’s tariffs can make life in the year 2025. Today, the company made all of its computers more expensive. Then, it almost immediately reversed that to bring its computers back to […] Read more

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 14:59 EDT

Gemini can now turn your Google Docs into podcasts

Were you clamoring for two AI-generated podcast hosts to talk through the key points of your document before you send it to your boss? No? Well, you’re getting it anyway. Google has announced new Gemini features coming to Workspace apps, including NotebookLM-style AI podcasts integrated right into Google Docs. There’s a wide spread of new […] Read more

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 14:26 EDT

Smart home device manufacturers are bracing for chaos — again

President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs — including a now 125 percent levy on Chinese imports — will hit the smart home industry hard. Many smart home device makers are already struggling, thanks, in part, to Trump’s first round of tariffs. Increased competition from budget smart home companies largely based in China has also […] Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 14:03 EDT

One of our favorite video doorbells is on sale for $80

One of our favorite doorbells, TP-Link’s Tapo D225 Video Doorbell Camera, is on sale for just $79.99 ($20 off) at Amazon. That’s a buck shy of its best price. A lot of video doorbells come with extra hidden subscription fees if you want to make the most of them, but this one doesn’t. It lets […] Read more

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Richard Lawler @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 13:45 EDT

Trump announces a ’90-day pause’ on tariffs outside of China

President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal” tariffs have only been in effect since midnight ET, and he has already announced “a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff” of 10 percent for countries that haven’t retaliated against the tariffs he created. However, Trump also said in his post on Truth Social that he will […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 13:41 EDT

Teenage Engineering has updated its KO II synthesizer with new sampling powers

Nearly a year and a half after it first launched the EP-133 KO II synthesizer in late 2023, Teenage Engineering has released its first major software update. The OS 2.0 update, which can be downloaded to the synth through a web browser or installed using a USB cable, includes features like creating new samples from […] Read more

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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 13:30 EDT

The best AirPods to buy

Whether you’re buying your first pair of AirPods or replacing a well-used older pair, it’s easy to understand why so many iPhone owners prefer Apple’s earbuds and headphones over other options. Apple has spent years gradually adding new features that work best — and sometimes only work at all — within the company’s walled garden. […] Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 13:28 EDT

WordPress.com is offering a new AI site builder

WordPress.com has launched a new AI-powered site builder in early access that can construct your WordPress webpage, including fully written text, layout, generated images, and more. WordPress.com says the AI website builder can make “beautiful, functional websites in minutes.” However, it can’t yet do the heavy lifting of creating an ecommerce site or one with […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 13:24 EDT

The Switch 2’s Joy-Con charging grip has two extra buttons

The Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller isn’t the only new Nintendo gamepad getting two back buttons: the Joy-Con 2 Charging Grip has the additional buttons as well, according to Nintendo’s online listing for the controller. Like the Pro Controller, the new back buttons are GL and GR that can be remapped to other buttons, the […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 13:15 EDT

Why I love Twinkly Strings and Twinkly Flex

Jess Weatherbed is a news writer and part of our international team. Jess describes herself as “mostly a generalist who covers a wide range of stories before my US and Canadian colleagues jump online.” Their main beat, however, is with the creative industries, where they cover what tech and software they are using, how creators […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 13:15 EDT

You can now give Google’s AI video model camera directions

Google is trying to make it easier for users of its video AI model Veo 2 to make cinematic-looking generations and edit real footage. The new Veo 2 capabilities are available to preview via Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, alongside other updates to improve Google’s text-to-image generator, Imagen 3, and audio-related AI models. New Veo […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 04/09/2025 13:11 EDT

Adobe brings 1,500 new fonts to Creative Cloud

Adobe has launched its largest typeface expansion in five years, giving Creative Cloud subscribers access to 1,500 new fonts that can be used on websites and apps like Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. More than 750 of these fonts have been provided via a collaboration with Monotype, which owns the licenses for Helvetica, Gotham, and Avenir.  […] Read more

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