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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 12:54 EDT

Max’s ad-supported tier is losing CNN and the Bleacher Report

Though Max has always said that it planned to charge more for access to its CNN and Bleacher Report Sports add-ons, the price hikes are coming in a roundabout way targeted at subscribers to the streamer’s cheapest tier. Max announced today that it no longer intends to charge subscribers to its Standard ($16.99/month or $169.99/year) […] Read more

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 12:50 EDT

Streaming services keep getting more expensive: all the latest price increases

Death. Taxes. All your streaming services getting a little more expensive all the time. These are the new certainties in life, it seems. In recent years, as the streaming TV and movie business has gotten more competitive and companies around Hollywood have thrown billions into building their own platforms and libraries in order to compete […] Read more

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Adi Robertson @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 12:40 EDT

Jeff Bezos bans Washington Post opinion writers from opposing ‘free speech and free markets’

In a move promoted as supporting freedom of speech, The Washington Post will no longer publish opinion columns that oppose the core views of Post owner and Amazon executive chair Jeff Bezos, Bezos has reportedly told staff. New York Times reporter Benjamin Mullin and Semafor reporter Max Tani published details about the move on Wednesday, […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 12:21 EDT

Alexa Plus’ AI upgrades cost $19.99, but it’s all free with Prime

Amazon announced a new version of its smart assistant today. Alexa Plus comes with expanded capabilities, the company appeared to demonstrate, like finding concert tickets on your behalf or ordering an Uber to pick up someone at the airport. The upgraded smart assistant will also make it easier to have more natural conversations with it, […] Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 12:04 EDT

Victrola’s cheapest Sonos-compatible turntable is over half off today

It’s shaping up to be a good week to be a Sonos fan. First, Sonos launched a sale for existing customers that includes steep discounts on soundbars, speakers, and headphones, and now the Sonos-ready Victrola Stream Onyx is more than 50 percent off. Now through February 28th, you can buy the two-speed, belt-driven turntable at Woot […] Read more

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 11:58 EDT

Pixel Watch 3 gets FDA clearance for Loss of Pulse alerts

Google just announced it’s received FDA clearance for the Pixel Watch 3’s Loss of Pulse Detection feature. It will start rolling out to US devices sometime at the end of March. The Loss of Pulse Detection feature is exactly what it sounds like: if the Pixel Watch 3 senses that you’ve lost your pulse through […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 11:36 EDT

Amazon is launching Alexa.com and new app for Alexa Plus

Amazon is launching an alexa.com website and a new mobile app where Alexa Plus subscribers will be able to use the AI-powered voice assistant. We don’t have many details beyond that, but the website and the app could be handy new ways to interact with the revamped Alexa, which was announced at an event this […] Read more

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William Joel @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 10:49 EDT

How to hide faces and scrub metadata when you photograph a protest

While showing up at a protest can demonstrate your opinion to the world, you may not want your face — or the faces of other protesters — to be included, especially when there is the possibility that authorities will collect and use that information (as they did for tracking movements during COVID-19 social distancing). As […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 10:25 EDT

Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus

Amazon is finally launching Alexa Plus, the long-awaited generative AI version of Alexa that, if all goes well, will take away much of the friction that comes with talking to a speaker to control your smart home or getting info on the fly. Amazon first announced it was going to “supercharge” Alexa with AI in […] Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 09:51 EDT

Lucid’s CEO steps down, as EV maker aims to double production

Lucid Motors founder and CEO Peter Rawlinson will step down, as the luxury EV company sets its sights on doubling production over the next year. Rawlinson won’t be leaving the company. Instead, he’ll be assuming the role of “Strategic Technical Advisor to the Chairman of the Board,” the company said. Chief operating officer Marc Winterhoff […] Read more

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Todd Haselton @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 09:42 EDT

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote

Amazon is set to announce new Alexa features beginning at 10AM ET this morning — and we hope a few devices accompany them. There isn’t a way to watch the event remotely, but our team is here in person to bring you all of the updates as they happen. We’re expecting Amazon to announce its […] Read more

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 09:40 EDT

Doctor Who returns in April with an evil new cartoon villain

Ncuti Gatwa’s version of the Doctor will be back pretty soon. Disney Plus and the BBC announced that the next season of Doctor Who will start streaming on April 12th, with new episodes dropping weekly. The season will span eight episodes total. Perhaps more interesting than the date, though, is a pair of new characters […] Read more

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Todd Haselton @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 09:10 EDT

All the news from Amazon’s AI Alexa event

The Verge is live blogging Amazon’s big Alexa event in New York City. It kicks off at 10AM ET on February 26th, and we’re expecting the company to announce a new subscription-based version of Alexa that’s beefed up with a bunch of AI features. It seems like a good time for the company to announce […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 09:00 EDT

Google makes it easier to remove your contact information from Search results

Google is making it easier to remove and update Search results that contain your personal information. The company’s “Results about you” tool for detecting personal information like addresses and phone numbers that appear in Search has been updated to make it “easier than ever” for users to sign up and for removals to be requested […] Read more

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 09:00 EDT

Framework Desktop hands-on: a possible new direction for gaming desktops

Framework’s mission is to “fix consumer electronics, one category at a time” by making them modular, repairable, and upgradable. It’s the only laptop maker to ever truly succeed at that “upgradable” part. But desktop PCs are already modular, so why is Framework making one? At first, I thought it saw a unique opportunity to make […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 09:00 EDT

More than 1 billion people are now watching podcasts on YouTube every month

YouTube isn’t a podcast app, but that hasn’t stopped it from becoming the number one place people who want to consume online radio shows now turn to. According to the company, a staggering 1 billion people are tuning into podcasts every month on YouTube. That’s not just more than either Apple or Spotify can claim […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 08:30 EDT

Qualcomm wants to bring longer Android support to more phones

More Android phones could soon provide longer lifetime support updates thanks to a new agreement between Qualcomm and Google. Qualcomm announced on Monday that “up to eight consecutive years of software and security updates” will be available to Android phones running on future Snapdragon 8 and Snapdragon 7-series chips. As Android specialist Mishall Rahman points […] Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 08:04 EDT

ChatGPT is a terrible, fascinating, and thrilling to-do list app

Every day for the last few weeks, I’ve received a notification on my phone at 7:30 in the morning. The notification comes from ChatGPT, and it always contains the same thing: instructions for a 20-minute full-body workout and a 10-minute meditation. The instructions are simple, and I’ve actually come to appreciate the daily prodding. I […] Read more

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 06:17 EDT

All the news about Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs

Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs are just around the corner, with the first releases — the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 — dropping on January 30th. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 will follow that with their own releases in February, but some are already getting a sneak peek at the software benefits of the […] Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 02/26/2025 03:00 EDT

Volvo ES90 will charge faster, drive farther than other Volvo EVs

Volvo is continuing to drop hints about its upcoming high-tech electric sedan, the ES90, ahead of the EV’s official reveal next month. Today, the Swedish automaker provided new details about the ES90’s range and battery efficiency, calling it “a car that goes further and charges faster than any electric Volvo before.” That’s mostly thanks to […] Read more

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