Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple has released iOS 18.2, and the update adds a bunch of new Apple Intelligence features, including Image Playground, Genmoji, and integration with ChatGPT. With Image Playground, users can generate an image from a prompt or make something based off of one of Appleâs suggestions. However, Image Playground seems to opt for cartoony or stylistic photos instead of photorealistic images, which could prevent potential... Read more âș
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Image: FTC President-elect Donald Trump has selected Andrew Ferguson to be the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission. Ferguson will take over for Lina Khan, who has earned praise from Vice President-elect J.D. Vance for her efforts to fight big tech. âAndrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country,â Trump says in a post on Truth... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Get some peace and quiet with any of our top picks for noise-canceling headphones. Sonyâs still the best overall, but there are reasons to go elsewhere, too. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress parent company Automattic. On Tuesday, a California District Court judge ordered Automattic to stop blocking WP Engineâs access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with its plugins. The preliminary injunction comes after WP Engine, a third-party WordPress hosting service, filed a lawsuit that accused Automattic and its CEO, Matt Mullenweg, of âmultiple forms of immediate irreparable... Read more âș
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Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Steam Deck OLED, the best version of Valveâs gaming handheld with additional battery life, a slight increase to performance, and an eye-popping screen, can now be purchased refurbished for $110 less than it costs brand-new. Valve has just begun selling certified refurbished Steam Deck OLED models starting at $439 in the US, UK, Canada, and EU. That buys you the 512GB model... Read more âș
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Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge We found the best cameras for your budget and needs. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube says it has expanded its AI-powered auto-dubbing to âhundreds of thousands of channelsâ in the YouTube Partner Program that are âfocused on knowledge and information.â YouTube says it will bring the feature to âother types of content soon.â What the dubs consist of depends on the language used in the original video. If it was in English to start, itâll be translated... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The YouTube Kids mobile app is getting a redesign that both makes it look and behave more like the standard YouTube app and lets kids browse through videos in portrait mode for the first time. Itâs rolling out over the next few weeks on iOS and Android, while the web and smart TV experiences stay the same. YouTube Kids launched nearly a decade... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge In what itâs calling a âfirst-of-its-kind partnership,â Google will collaborate with developers to build data centers powered by renewable energy generated on-site. Itâs partnering with energy company Intersect Power and investment firm TPG Rise Climate on a $20 billion initiative to develop an unspecified number of âindustrial parksâ across the US this decade. The first one is supposed to be partially operational by 2026 and completed by... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge Microsoft is changing up how Copilot works on Windows yet again. After demoting Copilot to a Progressive Web App (PWA) earlier this year, Microsoft is now rolling out an update to Windows testers that replaces the PWA version of Copilot with a ânativeâ experience that includes a new keyboard shortcut and quick view UI. The new quick view for Copilot floats above the taskbar, much like Microsoftâs... Read more âș
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Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images General Motors said it would no longer fund its Cruise robotaxi service as it seeks to focus autonomous vehicle development on personally owned vehicles. GM said Cruise employees would be combined with its internal teams working on advanced driver assist systems, as well as its project to develop personally owned autonomous vehicles. âConsistent with GMâs capital allocation priorities, GM will no longer fund Cruiseâs robotaxi... Read more âș
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Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Even with the abundance of streaming services weâre using now, Windows PC storage can still fill up quickly. Games, photos, movies, and apps can take up significant chunks of room, and before you know it, that SSD is starting to run low on free space. And a cluttered PC drive can impact performance as well as Windows updates. You donât have to accept... Read more âș
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple enabled non-emergency satellite messaging from iPhones earlier this year. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, it may do the same for the next Apple Watch Ultra in addition to adding the long-rumored blood-pressure monitoring feature. Satellite messaging on the Watch Ultra has been rumored since before we even knew what Appleâs XL-sized sporty take on its smartwatch line would be called. According... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The best from Apple, Bose, Samsung, Sony, Beats, Google, and more. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more âș
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In response to the utterly baffling discussion as to whether people should be allowed to sing along with Wicked in theaters (absolutely not), Universal is rolling out a bunch of screenings specifically for the folks who fancy themselves background vocalists. Universal announced today that special interactive, sing-along Wicked screenings are making their way to theaters in the United States, Canada, and select international markets beginning December 25th. In addition to... Read more âș
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Image: Lucid Lucid Motors began manufacturing its Gravity SUV last week, and now the EPA has finalized the vehicleâs all-electric range, which is 450 miles on a full charge. The new official estimate is slightly above the 440 miles originally advertised by Lucid. The companyâs Air sedan can go up to 512 miles, depending on the trim. Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson announced the updated Gravity range figure today via LinkedIn... Read more âș
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Image: CD Projekt Red Cyberpunk 2077âs new 2.2 update is out now, and it adds a lot of new ways to customize your character and your cars as well as some improvements to photo mode. For character customization, developer CD Projekt Red is introducing a bunch of additional options to make your V, as detailed in a blog post. One of those changes is an option to have horrifying /... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google Docs is rolling out 40 new templates to make your documents more visually appealing. The new pageless templates cover a wider range of scenarios, whether youâre writing a blog post, creating a project roadmap, or making an interview guide. Google says its âhigh-quality, visually modernâ templates come with preset layouts and styles. They also make use of some of the newer features... Read more âș
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Netflix Weâve known for some time that the second season of Castlevania: Nocturne was scheduled to hit Netflix some time in the new year, but we finally have a solid release date and a bloody new trailer to boot. Though the sun is shining bright in Nocturneâs new trailer, the fact that vampire god queen Erzsebet BĂĄthory (Franka Potente) is still out there plotting has Annette (Thuso Mbedu) convinced that... Read more âș
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The company closes out a difficult year with this terrific soundbar that proves Sonos still knows how to do hardware. Software, though... Read the full story at The Verge. Read more âș
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