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Tina Nguyen @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 17:53 EDT

Trump White House invites a bloc of conservative podcasters as a jab at legacy media

On Thursday, several conservative podcasters were invited to the White House to participate in Podcast Row, an event meant to engage alternative media by granting them hours of unprecedented access to senior Trump Administration officials. The White House intends to make this a recurring event.  “Bringing in new media outlets has obviously been a priority […] Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 17:40 EDT

Amazon’s latest Kindle Scribe is the cheapest it’s been in months

Unsurprisingly, Amazon is discounting a variety of e-readers during its Big Spring Sale, including its first color e-reader. But if you like to take notes while reading, there’s only one Kindle that allows you to do so: the Kindle Scribe. Luckily, the 16GB version of the latest model is on sale for an all-time low […] Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 17:01 EDT

FTC tells staff to stop calling the agency ‘independent’ in complaints

Staff at the Federal Trade Commission have been instructed to no longer refer to the agency as “independent” in complaints, according to an email obtained by The Verge.  “Moving forward, when describing the Commission as the Plaintiff in a Complaint, please track the below edit,” Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Christopher Mufarrige said in a […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 16:54 EDT

Ploopy upgraded its open-source trackball with better scrolling

Ploopy, a Canadian company known for its customizable open-source peripherals, has announced an upgraded version of its Classic trackball mouse. The Classic 2 has the exact same shape and ergonomics as the original but offers improved connectivity, a more accurate and reliable scroll wheel, and an upgraded design, making it easier to 3D print without […] Read more

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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 16:15 EDT

The 24 best Amazon Big Spring Sale deals under $30

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is happening now through Monday, March 31st, with several dozen good-to-great deals available that don’t require an Amazon Prime membership. Our main roundup has you covered with more than 90 deals on Verge-favorite gear with quite a high price ceiling. But, for this post, we wanted to provide some low-cost alternatives […] Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 16:09 EDT

Ubisoft’s $4 billion carveout sells Tencent a 25 percent stake in some of its biggest games

Ubisoft is spinning off Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six into a subsidiary backed by Tencent, according to an announcement on Thursday. The Chinese gaming giant will invest €1.16 billion (~$1.3 billion) for a 25 percent stake in the carveout, which will have a total value of about €4 billion (~$4.3 billion). […] Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 16:01 EDT

The best deals on MacBooks right now

Editor’s note: Amazon’s Big Spring Sale has arrived. Lucky for you, we’ve already sifted through the deluge of discounts to find the best deals available on Verge-approved gadgets and gear. Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series chips in a wide range of sizes and price points. It discontinued the M1 MacBook Air […] Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 14:52 EDT

Facebook’s new Friends-only feed ditches all the algorithmic junk

Facebook is trying to go back to its roots with a new “Friends” tab that filters out the algorithmic recommendations that have taken over its main feed. The new tab is rolling out in the US and Canada, and will show your friends’ stories, reels, posts, and birthdays. In a blog post announcing the feature, […] Read more

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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 14:17 EDT

Bird Buddy’s solar-powered smart feeder is $100 off

I admire birds as much as the next person, but taking up birdwatching isn’t something I’ve considered. I don’t have the patience, nor do I own a good pair of binoculars — which is necessary for seeing the majestic, winged creatures up close. What I might sooner settle on, however, is the Bird Buddy Pro, […] Read more

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 14:06 EDT

Nintendo is paving the way for the Switch 2

The biggest news at Nintendo’s March Direct showcase was a software update. Mixed in amongst a trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and the surprise reveal of a mobile news app, the company also announced what it calls “virtual game cards.” They’re billed as a lending system that makes it relatively straightforward to share digital […] Read more

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Richard Lawler @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 14:00 EDT

Fired Democratic FTC commissioners sue Trump

The two Democratic Federal Trade Commission members illegally fired by Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit against the president and newly appointed Republican FTC chair Andrew Ferguson, as well as fellow commissioner Melissa Holyoak and executive director David Robbins. Commissioners Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya write that, “Last week, President Donald Trump purported to fire […] Read more

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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 13:28 EDT

OpenAI says ‘our GPUs are melting’ as it limits ChatGPT image generation requests

The fervor around ChatGPT’s more accessible (and more advanced) image generation capabilities has forced OpenAI to “temporarily” put a rate limit on image generation requests, according to CEO Sam Altman. “It’s super fun seeing people love images in ChatGPT, but our GPUs are melting,” he posted on X today. Altman didn’t specify what the rate […] Read more

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 13:00 EDT

Satya Nadella: DeepSeek is the new bar for Microsoft’s AI success

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella moved quickly to get DeepSeek’s R1 deployed on Azure in January. Nadella appeared to have anticipated the rise of a breakthrough like R1, and now he says a new bar has been set for the company’s own AI work. Speaking at an employee-only town hall last month, Nadella and his senior […] Read more

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Richard Lawler @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 12:54 EDT

Nintendo’s news app launches with a tiny Switch 2 leak

While we expected to find out much more about Nintendo’s next game system next week during the Switch 2 Direct event on April 2nd, a tiny new detail has been confirmed in this promo image for the new Nintendo Today news app. One of the screenshots listed in App Store and Google Play shows a […] Read more

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Brandon Widder @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 12:44 EDT

Amazon Big Spring Sale: all the deals you should know about

Forget about Black Friday and Cyber Monday — or Prime Day, for that matter. For the second year in a row, Amazon has launched a spring sales event, which will run through Monday, March 31st, offering Prime and non-Prime members alike an opportunity to save big well ahead of the traditional shopping season. As you […] Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 12:43 EDT

iPhone users can now set WhatsApp as their default calling and texting app

You can now choose WhatsApp as your iPhone’s default app for calls and text messages, as noted by WABetaInfo. After updating WhatsApp to version 25.8.74, you’ll see the app appear as an option in your Messaging and Calling default app settings. Apple first announced that it would let iPhone users in the European Union change […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 12:32 EDT

Robosen’s self-transforming Bumblebee is finally giving Optimus Prime some backup

Robosen’s partnership with Hasbro continues with a new Bumblebee self-transforming robot toy launching this summer. Powered by 31 servo motors, Bumblebee transforms from a bright yellow bot to a classic Beetle with a scaled-down design officially licensed by Volkswagen that can be driven using a smartphone and Robosen’s app. They even brought back Dan Gilvezan, […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 12:14 EDT

Audio-Technica’s R2-D2 earbuds play beeps and bloops for audio alerts

Ahead of Star Wars Celebration Japan getting underway on April 18th in Tokyo, Audio-Technica has announced four new limited edition versions of its ATH-CKS50TW2 wireless earbuds that originally debuted at CES 2025. Functionality is the same, but the earbuds have gotten a Star Wars-themed makeover with new colors and details inspired by R2-D2, Grogu, the […] Read more

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 12:08 EDT

Microsoft is giving its Office apps a speed boost

Microsoft is planning to improve the startup speed of its Office apps, starting with Word in May. The launch times of Office apps will improve thanks to a new scheduled task that will run silently when you boot your PC to make sure Word and eventually other Office apps open quickly. “We are introducing a […] Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 03/27/2025 12:00 EDT

Amazon Luna gets EA games and is launching in more countries

Luna, the cloud gaming service from Amazon that lets you stream to PC, Fire TV sticks, and more, is getting several Electronic Arts games, including Star Wars titles and sports games, added to its library soon. The first collection of games will be released tomorrow and available to Luna Plus subscribers, including Star Wars Jedi: […] Read more

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