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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 02/17/2025 16:18 EDT

Spotify’s HiFi streaming could finally arrive this year

It’s been nearly four years since Spotify announced a HiFi tier for its music streaming service that would support lossless audio. That wait could end this year, Bloomberg reports, as the company works to finalize details, including streaming rights. Spotify could charge as much as $5 or $6 extra per month for the new tier […] Read more

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Nathan Edwards @ The Verge · 02/17/2025 15:05 EDT

DOGE is trying to access the IRS’s data on millions of taxpayers

The Department of Government Efficiency has requested access to the Internal Revenue Service’s taxpayer data system — potentially giving it access to highly sensitive information, including Social Security Numbers and tax returns — according to a report from CNN. DOGE has also launched an IRS-specific account on X and is soliciting “insights on finding and […] Read more

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/17/2025 15:05 EDT

Trump’s first 100 days: all the news affecting the tech industry

President Donald Trump kicked off the first day of his presidency by signing a flurry of executive actions, including halting enforcement of the TikTok ban and rolling back the Biden administration’s artificial intelligence order. Having already run the country once before, Trump entered the presidency with the goal of hitting the ground running, having already […] Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 02/17/2025 14:53 EDT

Here are the best streaming service deals available right now

It being winter and all, there’s a high probability that many of us are spending more time bingeing TV shows and movies indoors than we might otherwise. And while it’s true that most streaming services don’t cost much in comparison to most of the tech we cover, we all know monthly subscription fees have a […] Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge 1 place · 02/17/2025 14:37 EDT

A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system

A team from Elon Musk’s SpaceX is visiting the Air Traffic Control Command Center in Virginia Monday to help overhaul the system in the wake of last month’s deadly air disaster in Washington, DC, US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced. The news comes after CNN reported that the Federal Aviation Administration fired hundreds of […] Read more

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Abigail Bassett @ The Verge · 02/17/2025 13:29 EDT

BMW’s next-gen EVs depend on an unassuming black box called ‘Heart of Joy’

Last November, I strapped into the rear passenger seat of an all-electric, four-door sedan with BMW test driver and 24-hour racer Jens Klingmann behind the wheel. It was a cold day at BMW’s Performance Driving Center in Greer, SC, and beneath the five-point harnesses, roll cage, and heavily camouflaged body, Klingmann had an unexpected co-pilot: […] Read more

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 02/17/2025 12:59 EDT

The best Presidents Day sales from Apple, Bose, Google, and more

Thanks to the one-two punch that is Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day, there are plenty of sales to take advantage of throughout the month of February. And while V-Day might officially be behind us, Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and plenty of other retailers are still discounting a range of tech for Presidents Day, including some […] Read more

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Gaby Del Valle @ The Verge · 02/17/2025 10:30 EDT

The war on DEI is a smoke screen

Violent metaphors abound for what’s happening in Washington: Elon Musk and his allies have taken a “slash-and-burn” approach to the government and a “sledgehammer” to government institutions, doing away with supposed waste and excess while leaving the fundamental structure intact. All of this is being done with the stated goal of ridding the federal workforce […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 02/17/2025 08:56 EDT

X is blocking links to Signal

X users are currently unable to post links to Signal.me, which are used to quickly and securely send direct messages to Signal users. A variety of failure notifications are being reported when X users attempt to post Signal links on the platform, some of which identify the blocked message as containing spam, harmful content, or […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 02/17/2025 07:01 EDT

The New York Times adopts AI tools in the newsroom

The New York Times has reportedly approved artificial intelligence tools that newsroom staff can use for editing copy, summarizing information, coding, and writing. The publication announced in an internal email that product and editorial staff will receive AI training, according to Semafor, and introduced a new internal AI tool called Echo for summarizing articles, briefings, […] Read more

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/17/2025 05:13 EDT

DeepSeek: all the news about the startup that’s shaking up AI stocks

DeepSeek is shaking up the AI industry with cost-efficient large language models it claims can perform just as well as rivals from giants like OpenAI and Meta. The Chinese startup says its flagship R1 reasoning model is capable of achieving “performance comparable” to OpenAI’s o1 equivalent, while the newly released Janus Pro multimodal AI model […] Read more

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Abigail Bassett @ The Verge · 02/16/2025 18:01 EDT

BMW’s next-gen EVs depend on an unassuming black box called ‘Heart of Joy’

Last November, I strapped into the rear passenger seat of an all-electric, four-door sedan with BMW test driver and 24-hour racer Jens Klingmann behind the wheel. It was a cold day at BMW’s Performance Driving Center in Greer, SC, and beneath the five-point harnesses, roll cage, and heavily camouflaged body, Klingmann had an unexpected co-pilot: […] Read more

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/16/2025 16:11 EDT

Trump’s first 100 days: all the news affecting the tech industry

President Donald Trump kicked off the first day of his presidency by signing a flurry of executive actions, including halting enforcement of the TikTok ban and rolling back the Biden administration’s artificial intelligence order. Having already run the country once before, Trump entered the presidency with the goal of hitting the ground running, having already […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge 3 place · 02/16/2025 09:34 EDT

YouTube TV has a deal to keep Paramount content

Days after YouTube published a blog post saying it could lose Paramount content soon, it updated the post to announce a deal to keep it. The company posted on X that, as a result, channels such as CBS, CBS Sports, and Nickelodeon and add-ons like Paramount Plus, Showtime, and BET Plus will stick around after […] Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 02/16/2025 08:00 EDT

A treasure trove of comedy history

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 71, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy long weekend to all those allowed to celebrate, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)  This week, I’ve been reading about Alan Turing and OnlyFans […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge 1 place · 02/15/2025 18:20 EDT

‘TeslaTakeover’ protests are small, but numerous

Today marked a second weekend of scattered protests at Tesla showrooms, following a “TeslaTakeover” hashtag that has been trending on Twitter alternative Bluesky this week. Protestors’ messages largely focused on the divisive efforts of Tesla CEO Elon Musk as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency since the start of Donald Trump’s Presidency. The […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 02/15/2025 14:05 EDT

The Nintendo DS Drastic emulator is gone from Google Play

The popular Nintendo DS emulator Drastic has disappeared from the Google Play store, reports Android Authority. It’s not clear at the moment why the app is now gone, but it seems likely that it was the developer, not Nintendo, that prompted its removal. Developer Exophase made Drastic free-to-download last year and indicated that it planned […] Read more

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/15/2025 13:03 EDT

All the buzz about Nintendo’s Alarmo clock

It seems like Nintendo just revealed its mysterious device that recently crossed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — and it’s not the Switch 2. On Wednesday, Nintendo announced, of all things, the “Alarmo” alarm clock. But in classic Nintendo fashion, the clock has some playful tricks. The clock responds to your movements, which you can […] Read more

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 02/15/2025 12:30 EDT

The best Presidents Day sales you can already shop

Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day fall in the same week this year, meaning there are plenty of sales to take advantage of between the two of them. Thankfully, if you’re looking to get ahead, Amazon, Best Buy, and other retailers are already discounting plenty of tech, including some of the items we fawn over at […] Read more

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/15/2025 12:18 EDT

From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet

Big players, including Microsoft, with Copilot, Google, with Gemini, and OpenAI, with GPT-4o, are making AI chatbot technology previously restricted to test labs more accessible to the general public. How do these large language model (LLM) programs work? OpenAI’s GPT-3 told us that AI uses “a series of autocomplete-like programs to learn language” and that […] Read more

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