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Callum Booth @ The Verge · 12/27/2024 07:31 EDT

The USB-C charging mandate arrives in the EU — here’s what that means

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Directive 2022/2380 comes into force on December 28th across the EU. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 18:46 EDT

Here’s how many people tuned into Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL games

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Netflix says it had a big audience for its live NFL games on Christmas Day, with Nielsen ratings designating them “the most-streamed NFL games in US history.” The Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers notched a 24.1M AMA (average minute audience), while the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens hit 24.3M AMA, totaling nearly 65 million total viewers. Though Netflix buckled under the weight of... Read more ›

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 18:44 EDT

Hertz is asking EV renters if they want to keep it, permanently

Some EVs in stock on the Hertz Car Sales site. | Screenshot: The Verge Hertz has contacted multiple electric vehicle renters recently with interesting low-cost offers for cars like Teslas, offering them the option to buy their rental EVs instead of returning them. One 2023 Model 3 renter shared on Reddit that they were offered a price of $17,913, which is similar to deals currently showing on the Hertz Car... Read more ›

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 16:03 EDT

The best smartwatches for Android

Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge Wear OS is much better than it used to be, so there’s never been a better time to consider a smartwatch. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more ›

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 15:55 EDT

A weird Windows 11 bug won’t let some people install any security updates

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is warning users that some manually made Windows 11 installer media could contain a bug where new PC installs may not get future security updates. It affects USB and CD installers made with October and November release patches, which may be relevant to professional users who set up PCs within business or education environments, or enthusiasts who recently built their own PCs.... Read more ›

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 15:07 EDT

The best fitness trackers to buy right now

Photo illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge From simple fitness bands and rugged sports watches to rings, these are the best trackers you can get. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more ›

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 14:50 EDT

The best deals on MacBooks right now

Apple’s newer M4 Macs are starting to dip in price. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge 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 to make room for the latest models, but some retailers are still selling the last-gen laptop starting at $649 — a far cry from the... Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 14:26 EDT

ChatGPT is down

Image: The Verge ChatGPT isn’t working for many users right now. With numerous reports on social media, we also confirmed that the chatbot loads but isn’t able to respond to queries, while others are seeing an “internal server error” message. It looks like the outage started around 1:30PM ET, which is when reports began to spike on Down Detector. At around 2PM ET, OpenAI posted an update to its status... Read more ›

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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 12:27 EDT

Samsung will let you disable annoyingly-bright HDR content across all apps

Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Loading up HDR photos and videos can be a great way of showcasing the fancy display on your new phone and testing just how bright it can get. But sometimes, especially at night, you might not want your screen to crank into overdrive with blinding highlights just because someone posted a random video to Instagram in HDR. (Devices are increasingly set to capture... Read more ›

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 11:21 EDT

Eddy Cue explains why Apple won’t make a search engine

Illustration: The Verge Apple senior VP of services Eddy Cue says Apple will not create a search engine to compete with Google as it “would cost billions of dollars and take many years,” as recorded in a motion to intervene filed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday. The purpose of the motion is to participate in the penalty phase of the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google, where as... Read more ›

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 11:14 EDT

The 2TB WD_Black C50 expansion card for Xbox Series X/S hits record low $190

WD_Black Xbox expansion cards still sport the brand’s trademark rugged exterior, only in a much tinier form. | Image: Western Digital If you’ve just unwrapped a new Xbox Series X or Series S for Christmas, you’ll have enough storage out of the box to download several games. But you’ll quickly feel the squeeze from 100GB-plus installs, especially if you tend to keep a heavy rotation. Expansion cards are your only... Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 10:18 EDT

LG’s new lamp puts a mini garden inside your home

Image: LG LG has developed a new lamp that doubles as an indoor garden. The lamp, which LG will show off at CES in January, serves as an adjustable grow light for the tray of up to 20 plants beneath it, while also brightening up your room. It has two different lighting modes: downward-facing lighting during the day that helps grow your plants, and upward-facing lighting at night to help... Read more ›

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Ash Parrish @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 10:00 EDT

The best shows and movies on Netflix in 2024

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Here’s what to watch over the holidays in case all those live sports broadcasts don’t work out. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more ›

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 09:00 EDT

Even Apple wasn’t able to make VR headsets mainstream in 2024

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Glasses may be more promising as the head-worn computers of the future — and there’s a chance Apple might be looking in that direction. Apple’s Vision Pro headset is an incredible piece of technology, but even Apple’s design and marketing magic hasn’t been enough to convince many people to don a VR headset for an entire day. Instead, people seem more willing... Read more ›

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Barbara Krasnoff @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 08:45 EDT

Bluesky adds Trending topics to its arsenal

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge As a special holiday treat, on December 25th, the social media app Bluesky announced that it has added a new feature to its mobile app: a list of Trending topics that lets you know what subjects are popular among its users. Screenshot: Bluesky Bluesky now shows you its current Trends below the search bar. The new feature can be found by selecting the search... Read more ›

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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 08:00 EDT

Bose SoundLink Home review: a speaker that’s all about looks

This Bluetooth speaker’s design is a breath of fresh air, but Bose skimped on some features that are usually standard at this price. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more ›

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 12/26/2024 03:00 EDT

Squid Game season 2 is a brutal remix of Netflix’s biggest show

Image: Netflix After years of brand tie-ins and ill-conceived spinoffs, the series is back — and it’s just as tense as ever. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more ›

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Andrew Marino @ The Verge 2 place · 12/25/2024 10:00 EDT

What podcasts looked like in 2024 — literally

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images These days, podcasts are going video, and there are a number of visual trends we’ve noticed — some good, some not so much. We’ll show you. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more ›

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Jay Peters @ The Verge 3 place · 12/25/2024 09:00 EDT

2024 has been an amazing year for roguelikes

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images This year showed that a roguelike can be almost anything. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more ›

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Ash Parrish @ The Verge 3 place · 12/24/2024 12:00 EDT

There’s a reason Metaphor: ReFantanzio’s battle music sounds as cool as it does

Image: Atlus Metaphor: ReFantanzio is one of 2024’s best games racking up a stack of Game Awards including best RPG, best art direction, and best narrative. But one category in which Metaphor particularly stood out was its music. The soundtrack, produced by Shoji Meguro – the long-time music director of the Persona series, is one of the outstanding achievements in video game music this year, particularly its battle theme which... Read more ›

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