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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 11:13 EDT

The best ebook reader to buy right now

Any ebook reader will let you cram a Beauty and the Beast-sized library’s worth of books in your pocket, but so will your phone. An ebook reader offers a more book-like reading experience, with fewer distractions and less eye strain, and many include extra features, like adjustable frontlighting. Some really are pocketable. Others are waterproof […] Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 11:04 EDT

Donald Trump’s data purge has begun 

Key resources for environmental data and public health have already been taken down from federal websites, and more could soon vanish as the Trump administration works to scrap anything that has to do with climate change, racial equity, or gender identity. Warnings floated on social media Friday about an impending purge at the Centers for […] Read more

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 11:04 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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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 11:00 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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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 11:00 EDT

The Gemini AI app can now show its thinking

Google is bringing its experimental “reasoning” artificial intelligence model capable of explaining how it answers complex questions to the Gemini app. The Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking update is part of a slew of Gemini 2.0 AI rollouts announced by Google today, including its latest Gemini 2.0 Pro flagship model. This comes as the search giant […] Read more

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 10:55 EDT

Amazon announces February product event

Amazon sent out invites today for a February event in New York City. The invite gives few clues as to what will be announced at the event, which will be hosted by Panos Panay and the Amazon Devices & Services team on February 26th. However, a blue swirly logo behind the words “You’re invited” does […] Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 10:51 EDT

Bandai’s live-action Gundam movie is getting a theatrical release

For a while, it looked like the first live-action Gundam movie was going to make its debut on Netflix, but Bandai now plans to put the movie in theaters. Though details about the film are still very slim, Bandai and Legendary announced today that their live-action Gundam feature will now be written and directed by […] Read more

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 10:33 EDT

Beats Studio Buds Plus are matching their record low with $50 off

We’re still awaiting a new pair of Powerbeats Pro to drop sometime this year, but if you’re a Beats fan in need of a solid pair of wireless earbuds to bridge the gap, you’re in luck. The Beats Studio Buds Plus are on sale for their all-time low of price of $119.99 (about $50 off) […] Read more

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 10:30 EDT

The end of Squid Game and Stranger Things solidifies Netflix’s new era

Netflix has a busy year of premieres ahead, but it might be most notable for what’s ending. As the streaming service continues to push into a new era full of live events, reality TV, and ad sales, it’s also saying goodbye to arguably its two biggest franchises, with both Stranger Things and Squid Game wrapping […] Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 10:14 EDT

Disney is doubling down on its plan to make ESPN the future of sports streaming

Disney wants to win the sports streaming war by making ESPN available “however the consumer wants it, wherever the consumer wants it,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said during an earnings call on Wednesday. The entertainment giant aims to give viewers multiple ways to watch ESPN, whether it’s through a standalone app slated to launch this […] Read more

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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 10:00 EDT

Comcast is adding Dolby Atmos to its ‘4K’ Super Bowl broadcast this year

From a presentation standpoint, Super Bowl LIX will largely be sticking to the status quo on Sunday. Fox Sports is capturing the game in 1080p HDR and upscaling that to 4K for its own networks and the free Tubi live stream. Comcast just announced that it’ll be airing the game in Dolby Vision, which it […] Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 09:50 EDT

Jurassic World Rebirth’s new trailer makes it sound like a video game

The larger Jurassic Park franchise feels like it should be telling stories about dinosaurs having taken over the entire planet at this point, but the new trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth makes it seem like the movie is going to retread old territory with a bit of a video game-inspired twist. Set five years after […] Read more

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 09:44 EDT

Nintendo Switch 2 announcement: all the news on the next console

It’s finally time: after months of teases and rumors, Nintendo has finally revealed the successor to the Switch. A new console generation is always a big deal, but this is an especially pivotal one for Nintendo. Since its debut in 2017, the Switch has become Nintendo’s second-bestselling piece of hardware ever, trailing only the Nintendo […] Read more

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Ash Parrish @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 09:44 EDT

Nintendo shares more info on its Switch 2 direct

As we settle in for the long, excruciating wait for more tangible news on the Switch 2, Nintendo has thrown us a little extra nugget of information. While we knew the company was planning to share more about the Switch 2 on April 2nd, now we have a time: 9 AM ET / 6 AM […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 09:43 EDT

Kagi search engine won’t bill you next month if you forget to use it

Kagi, a paid alternative to Google Search, now says it will credit your account if you subscribe and forget to use it. The company introduced what it calls “Fair Pricing” in a blog post yesterday, writing that any time you don’t use any of your searches during a full billing cycle, it will apply a […] Read more

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Dominic Preston @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 09:14 EDT

USPS backtracks, will accept parcels from China after all

The US Postal Service has reversed yesterday’s surprise decision to stop accepting inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong. It will continue to accept international shipments from the two countries, though it warns of “disruption” to deliveries. USPS previously announced that it was temporarily halting all packages shipped from China and Hong Kong. The decision […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 09:00 EDT

Rift of the NecroDancer’s story is an intro to some incredible music

Rift of the NecroDancer, a new music game from the creators of the music roguelike Crypt of the NecroDancer, solves the problem of exploring a big library of tracks with a simple idea: a story mode. In Rift, you have to press buttons in time with notes that appear on lanes in front of you, […] Read more

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Barbara Krasnoff @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 08:48 EDT

Six ways to send a message to your representatives

We are living through what can charitably be called interesting times, and one of the questions that many people are asking is: “What can I do?” One answer to that question — no matter what side of the political spectrum you fall on — is to contact your federal or local representatives and let them […] Read more

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 08:00 EDT

DJI explains why it won’t stop drones from flying over the White House — and what happens in a US ban

Time is not on DJI’s side.  The world’s largest drone maker has less than a year to convince the Trump administration to save its products from an automatic US ban — at a time when drone fears have been stoked more than ever.  Some of those fears were exacerbated by DJI’s own bad timing: days […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 02/05/2025 07:14 EDT

Google scraps promise not to develop AI weapons

Google updated its artificial intelligence principles on Tuesday to remove commitments around not using the technology in ways “that cause or are likely to cause overall harm.” A scrubbed section of the revised AI ethics guidelines previously committed Google to not designing or deploying AI for use in surveillance, weapons, and technology intended to injure […] Read more

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