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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 17:00 EDT

GM and ChargePoint plan to install hundreds of fast EV chargers by the end of 2025

A station render with Chargepoint-built GM Energy chargers. | Image: GM GM is partnering with ChargePoint to build out a new EV charging network under the GM Energy brand, the companies announced today. GM plans to install up to 500 DC fast-charging ports at stations deployed in “strategic” places across the US, with some equipped with ChargePoint’s Express Plus platform that supports charge speeds up to 500kW. GM and Chargepoint... Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 16:36 EDT

The Ram 1500 Rev is now delayed to 2026

Image: Ram Ram brand owner Stellantis is delaying its long-awaited all-electric Ram 1500 Rev pickup truck from the first half of 2025 to 2026. The automaker is now prioritizing the launch of its gas-extended hybrid Ramcharger truck, which is also being delayed beyond the first half of 2025 that it originally targeted. Stellantis says launching the Ramcharger first is a decision “driven by overwhelming consumer interest” and a slowdown in... Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 15:26 EDT

Apple reportedly won’t launch an iPhone subscription service

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is no longer developing a hardware subscription service for iPhones that would let subscribers get a new iPhone every year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman initially reported in 2022 that Apple was working on the service, and while it was apparently supposed to launch that year, the project was delayed due because of “software bugs and regulatory concerns,” Gurman says.... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 15:05 EDT

Threads will let you reshare pictures without the original post

Image: The Verge Threads is rolling out a new feature that lets you share someone’s photos and videos without including the original post. You’ll be able to add your own text alongside the reshared media, which will include a credit to the creator, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. “This is a quick, easy way to add your creative takes to trending images and clips without quote posting,” Mosseri says.... Read more

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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 15:00 EDT

Amazon’s bringing meaningful accessibility improvements to Fire TV

Image: Amazon Amazon today announced that its Dual Audio feature for Fire TV, which lets viewers listen through a hearing aid while others in the room experience standard sound from a TV’s speakers, will be rolling out in the next several weeks. It’ll be available first on the company’s latest Fire TV Omni Mini LED. Dual Audio uses the audio streaming for hearing aids (ASHA) protocol. In a blog post,... Read more

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 14:51 EDT

The best smart locks you can buy right now

Illustration: The Verge Never get locked out again with a smart lock you can control from your phone, with your voice, or with just a touch of your finger. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more

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Adi Robertson @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 14:37 EDT

This card game lets you build the ideal social network — or the most toxic

One Billion Users is currently on Kickstarter. | Image: Mike Masnick / Kickstarter My social network was booming. I had attracted top-tier users: the coveted Trendsetter, the popularity-lured Investor. I had bested server problems and bad press. Then, somebody picked a particularly unlucky card out of the One Billion Users deck I was testing. Sixty seconds later, I had lost it all. One Billion Users is a new card game... Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 14:20 EDT

Here are 40 last-minute gifts you can still grab in time for the holidays

If you know someone who is looking to get in shape in the new year, the Fitbit Charge 6 is on sale for $119.95. | Image: Google / Fitbit Believe it or not, we’re now a week away from Christmas. Don’t panic if you’ve yet to start your holiday shopping, though! While it might be too late to order some of the gifts on your holiday wish list, plenty of... Read more

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 14:15 EDT

Why is every picture of the New Jersey drones so bad?

This is such a weird episode of The X-Files. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Phone cameras are incredible little machines, capable of way more than their tiny lenses and sensors would lead you to believe. They can capture core memories at the beach and northern lights in the sky. But even with all of their computational smarts, they have their limits, including one that’s particularly obvious... Read more

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Kylie Robison @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 13:31 EDT

You can now call 1-800-CHATGPT

Image: The Verge For the 10th day of “ship-mas,” OpenAI rolled out a way to call ChatGPT for up to 15 minutes for free using 1-800-CHATGPT. The feature was a project spun up just a few weeks ago, OpenAI’s chief product officer Kevin Weil said on the livestream. Users can now call ChatGPT in the US and message via WhatsApp globally at 1-800-242-8478. The 15-minute limit is per phone number... Read more

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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 13:15 EDT

LG’s transparent OLED TV will put a very visible $60,000 hole in your wallet

LG’s Signature OLED T, the transparent TV that was the company’s big flashy reveal at CES 2024, now has an official price: $59,999. It’s available beginning today in the United States “at select LG-authorized retailers including Best Buy, Video & Audio Center and via LG.com” the company said in a press release. You can’t just walk into your local Best Buy and get this thing, mind you; it’s a special... Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 13:01 EDT

PlayStation announces ‘deeper collaboration’ with AMD to infuse games with AI

Sony is furthering its partnership with AMD so they can create more AI-powered technology to make games look and play better — and not just on PlayStation hardware. The two companies are establishing a “deeper collaboration” to work on “Machine Learning-based technology for graphics and gameplay,” lead architect of the PS5 and PS5 Pro Mark Cerny announced on Wednesday. The two already partner on the PS5 and PS5 Pro’s GPUs,... Read more

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 13:00 EDT

Homey launches a $200 smart home hub

They said smart home hubs were dead, but 2024 has seen a resurgence of these multi-protocol machines that work with every smart home radio out there. Case in point: this week, Homey announced the launch of the Homey Pro Mini. The Mini is a cheaper and pint-sized version of the $400 Homey Pro smart home hub, offering built-in support for Ethernet, Zigbee, Thread, and Matter. It runs the same Homey... Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 12:31 EDT

The Kids Online Safety Act’s last stand

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Shutterstock The Kids Online Safety Act was supposed to fix (or break) the internet. Now, after nearly three years of rewrites, it’s got days left to pass. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 12:00 EDT

It was a rough year for robotaxis — but not for Waymo

Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images While its rivals have been stuck in perpetual testing or forced to shut down completely due to dry coffers, Waymo has quietly amassed a legitimate robotaxi business that continues to grow and evolve. And today, it showed off a few numbers that underscore just how far ahead of the rest of the industry it is. Chief among those is the number 4 million,... Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 11:33 EDT

The New Jersey drone hysteria exposes one salient truth: no one knows anything

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? | Image: Getty Okay, I get it, we’re all sick of the drones. I went to two holiday parties over the weekend in the New Jersey suburbs, and it was all anyone wanted to talk about. The news coverage has been breathless, all-consuming, and most importantly, completely unhinged. No one knows anything. The cops don’t know anything. The feds sure don’t sound... Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 11:30 EDT

Flipboard’s Surf app is a big new idea about the future of social

Surf’s homepage is just feeds. It’s feeds all the way down. | Image: David Pierce / Flipboard Mike McCue, the CEO of Flipboard and an internet entrepreneur since the Netscape days, is a true believer in the fediverse. He doesn’t love the word: he’d much rather call it “the social web.” But whatever you want to call the open, decentralized, interconnected social networking experience that apps like Mastodon and Bluesky... Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 11:27 EDT

Supreme Court will hear TikTok ban arguments in January

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on whether a bill that could ban TikTok violates the First Amendment. The arguments will take place on January 10th, just over a week before a potential ban could take effect. While the outcome is far from guaranteed, SCOTUS’ decision to take up the case is a small win for TikTok, which is... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 11:16 EDT

Roku snaps up X Games streaming rights

Skateboarder Carlos Ribeiro during X Games Ventura 2024. | Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Roku got the exclusive US streaming rights to next year’s X Games Aspen and a “soon-to-be-announced” X Games event in the summer, the company announced on Wednesday. Both events will air on Roku’s free 24/7 sports channel as the service continues its push into live sports. Though the X Games were founded by ESPN in the... Read more

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Nilay Patel @ The Verge · 12/18/2024 10:05 EDT

Tech antitrust is about to get really weird

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is a regulatory wild card hanging over Big Tech. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more

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