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David Pierce @ The Verge · 04/08/2025 08:57 EDT

Switch 2: the good news and bad news

In most ways, Nintendoñ€™s Switch 2 is exactly what we wanted: a Switch, only better. Nintendo has an occasional tendency to follow its best and most successful consoles with some of its weirdest ideas ñ€“ Wii U, anyone? 񀔠but this time seems to have stayed the course in the best way. Still, this is Nintendo, [
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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 04/08/2025 08:04 EDT

Teen restrictions expand on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger

Meta is broadening Instagram restrictions that prevent minors from being exposed to inappropriate contact and content, bringing those protections to Facebook and Messenger and adding new limits for teenage Instagram users.  After introducing “Teen Accounts” to Instagram in September — which automatically make younger users’ accounts private and restrict them from accessing certain features — [
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Kylie Robison @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 21:32 EDT

Meta got caught gaming AI benchmarks

Over the weekend, Meta dropped two new Llama 4 models: a smaller model named Scout, and Maverick, a mid-size model that the company claims can beat GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash ñ€œacross a broad range of widely reported benchmarks.ñ€ Maverick quickly secured the number-two spot on LMArena, the AI benchmark site where humans compare outputs [
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 19:55 EDT

The best budget robot vacuums

Today’s robot vacuums are becoming a bit like cars: with all the features, upgrades, and fancy trimmings available these days, it’s easy to forget that they can just be simple machines that get us from point A to point B. Yes, some bots blow hot air on their bums (mop pads), deftly navigate dog poop, [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 19:12 EDT

Framework stops selling some of its cheapest laptops due to Trump tariffs

Framework says it’s “temporarily pausing” US sales on some of its laptops due to the Trump administration’s tariffs that went into effect on April 5th, according to a post on X. The affected models are “a few base Framework Laptop 13 systems (Ultra 5 125H and Ryzen 5 7640U),” the company says, and it has [
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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 18:39 EDT

The best noise-canceling headphones to buy right now

Whether you’re wearing them for the morning commute, while traveling, or if you’re simply trying to find some peace and quiet while working at home, noise-canceling headphones are a more essential piece of kit nowadays than ever before. And you’ve got a slew of great options to pick from; it’s hard to make a bad [
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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 18:17 EDT

Gemini Live’s screensharing feature is rolling out to Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25 devices

Google’s Gemini Live camera and screenshare functions, which let the conversational AI chatbot answer questions about the stuff you’re looking at in real-time, are rolling out now on Pixel 9 series phones and Samsung Galaxy S25 devices. The free update is also coming soon to other Android devices, but you’ll need to be a paid [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 18:06 EDT

Shopify CEO says no new hires without proof AI can’t do the job

Shopify CEO Tobi LĂŒtke sent a memo to employees saying that before they ask for more headcount or resources, teams must show why they “cannot get what they want done using AI,” as reported by CNBC. “What would this area look like if autonomous AI agents were already part of the team? This question can [
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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 17:54 EDT

Some Shein and Temu ‘haul video’ creators are stocking up

TikTok creator @pwinpudding specializes in ñ€˜haul videos,ñ€™ specifically all things pink, pastel, and cute. Her videos show a collection of packages received from sites like the Chinese retailer AliExpress, as well as Amazon and the Japanese retailer Daiso and the accessories, clothes, plushies, and other items she took out of them. In her most recent [
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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 17:41 EDT

It’s not looking good for Tesla’s Cybertruck range extender

Tesla’s battery range extender accessory for Cybertruck, which promised to give the electric pickup the capability to drive about 445 miles on a single charge, was removed from the online configurator over the weekend, Electrek reports.  The Cybertruck Range Extender was announced at the vehicle’s delivery event as a $16,000 add-on that appears to take [
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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 17:27 EDT

You can build these marble runs and connect them to your smart home over Wi-Fi

Marble run toys typically rely on just gravity to send a marble careening through a complex maze of obstacles, but the creator of Marblelous thinks they can be improved through technology. These new marble run building sets feature powered Wi-Fi-connected components that can keep balls rolling continuously and a marble-detecting sensor that can incorporate your [
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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 16:27 EDT

Waymo: ‘no plans’ to use in-car camera data for targeted ads

Waymo has “no plans” to use footage from cameras inside its robotaxis to train AI models for targeted ads, spokesperson Julia Ilina said in an email to The Verge. Ilina was responding to an unreleased page from Waymo’s privacy policy that appears to offer customers the ability to opt-out from having their “personal information,” including [
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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 16:25 EDT

You can borrow and resell Nintendo’s Switch 2 game-key cards

Following the reveal of Nintendo’s new game-key cards during its Nintendo Switch 2 event last week, we’re finally getting more details about why they exist and how they can be used. Although they don’t contain a physical copy of a game, Nintendo’s Tetsuya Sasaki explained to GameSpot that game-key cards aren’t permanently tied to a [
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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 16:05 EDT

Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’

Microsoft has fired one of the employees who disrupted the company’s 50th-anniversary event. In an email seen by The Verge, Microsoft told Ibtihal Aboussad that their employment has been terminated due to “acts of misconduct.” Aboussad was one of two protesters that interrupted Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event on Friday by calling Microsoft’s AI CEO, Mustafa [
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Elizabeth Lopatto @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 15:47 EDT

Whoopsie daisy Bitcoin!

Sure, the stock market is melting down after the US declared a global trade war. But have you considered that crypto is also melting down? Starting around April 6, the Bitcoin price fell off a cliff — and is sitting at $78,800 as of this writing, after touching a low of about $74,000. That’s quite [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 15:38 EDT

Google TV remotes are getting a ‘Free TV’ button

Google TV streaming devices will be required to have a “Free TV” or “Live TV” button on their remotes that opens up the Live tab where you can watch free, ad-supported TV channels via Google TV FreePlay, a company spokesperson confirmed to Android Authority.  “Google TV gives users access to a wide range of free [
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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 13:59 EDT

Here are the best streaming service deals available right now

So far, 2025 has been a great year for watching new, must-see TV shows and movies on subscription services. But if you, like many of us, have more concurrent subscriptions than you care to admit, you’ll agree that keeping up with the latest each month is expensive. They may not cost as much as most [
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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 13:22 EDT

Major publishers call on the US government to ‘Stop AI Theft’

Hundreds of publishers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Verge parent company Vox Media, are running an ad campaign this week urging the government to protect content from AI. The campaign, called Support Responsible AI, is run by the News/Media Alliance trade association and consists of several ads that [
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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 13:09 EDT

The best Nintendo Switch controllers to buy right now

The best Nintendo Switch controllers aren’t the ones that come with the console. While the removable Joy-Cons included with all non-Lite Switch consoles are convenient given they can be detached for wireless use, their tiny, curveless design isn’t comfortable for long gaming sessions or large hands. And while Nintendo has taken steps to address the [
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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 12:54 EDT

The White House’s group chat screwup is even more ridiculous than we thought

Last month, Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal group chat about a military strike in Yemen planned for later that day. Now, sources inside the White House have apparently told The Guardian that an internal investigation revealed the roundabout way that happened: Siri was being helpful.  When national security adviser Mike Waltz [
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