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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 10:17 EDT

Microsoft’s refreshed Xbox Wireless Headset has a better mic and more battery life

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is refreshing its Xbox Wireless Headset today, adding an upgraded microphone and improving the battery life. The refreshed headset will also support Dolby Atmos at no extra cost and Bluetooth 5.3. This updated model has similar rotating ear cup dials to the original, letting you adjust volume and game / audio chat balance. Microsoft has tweaked the design slightly on the outside, removing the green accent in... Read more ›

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 10:08 EDT

Canva has a shiny new text-to-image generator

Here are some of the AI tools that Canva is increasing prices for. | Image: Canva Canva has added a bunch of new AI features to its web-based design platform, including updates for generating text and video effects and a more powerful text-to-image app. The latter is called “Dream Lab” — a new image generator tool born from Canva’s acquisition of generative AI startup Leonardo.ai earlier this year. Dream Lab... Read more ›

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 09:37 EDT

AirPods are good for your (hearing) health

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge For years, we’ve heard that over-the-counter hearing aids were about to be amazing. They’d look like headphones and seem totally socially inconspicuous; they’d be able to help you tune the sound around you to exactly your needs in every situation. It’s a nice idea, but we haven’t seen much product to back it up. With a new software update coming to Apple’s AirPods Pro... Read more ›

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 09:30 EDT

Democrats want DOJ to prosecute tax prep companies that allegedly shared user data with Meta and Google

Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A group of Democratic lawmakers are urging the Justice Department to prosecute tax prep companies accused of improperly sharing user information with Meta and Google through their advertising pixels. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), are calling on the DOJ to take action against tax prep companies that they say failed to protect taxpayer privacy. In... Read more ›

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 09:12 EDT

Tech critics want a Google exec punished for deleted chats

Three advocacy groups are trying to amp up the pressure on Google for allegedly destroying company records. The American Economic Liberties Project, Check My Ads, and the Tech Oversight Project are urging the State Bar of California to investigate Kent Walker, Google’s President of Global Affairs and a member of the Bar. They claim Walker “coached” the company “to engage in widespread and illegal destruction of records relevant to multiple... Read more ›

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 09:03 EDT

Spotify’s new playlist art maker gets that design is your passion

Spotify’s new cover art maker is fun, and surprisingly not AI. | Image: Spotify Spotify now has a new “Create cover art” option for playlists that lets you make custom collages to represent your playlists. The beta feature, which is available for both free and Spotify Premium members, is launching for English users in 65 markets. The company says it partnered with artists like Ugly Primo, who designed Bad Bunny’s... Read more ›

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 09:00 EDT

Insta360’s GoPro competitor now has a bigger screen and improved 8K capabilities

The Insta360 Ace Pro 2 can now capture 8K footage at 30fps. | Image: Insta360 Insta360 has announced its new Ace Pro 2 action camera, an upgraded version of its GoPro Hero-series competitor. The compact camera now has a larger screen on the back that flips up 180 degrees for framing selfie videos, and it debuts at $399.99 — $50 cheaper than Insta360’s original Ace Pro. The design of the... Read more ›

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 09:00 EDT

Apple iPad Mini 2024 review: missing pieces

Apple’s smallest tablet got an upgrade — but it won’t feel like much of one unless Apple Intelligence is better than it seems. Continue reading… Read more ›

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 09:00 EDT

Ozlo Sleepbuds hands-on: resurrected and I’ve slept so good

If they look like the Bose Sleepbuds, well, that’s by design. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge The Bose Sleepbuds are back. Kind of. After Bose decided to discontinue the product in 2023, three ex-Bose engineers decided to acquire the technology and relaunch the device under the name Ozlo. The buds have been around for a while via a crowdfunding campaign, but starting today, they’re officially available for... Read more ›

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 08:19 EDT

Meta brings back face scanning to combat scams and account hacking

Facebook is getting ready to scan your face again. | Image: Meta Facebook and Instagram are testing new facial recognition tools that could help users quickly restore compromised accounts and combat fake celebrity-endorsed scams. Meta announced its plan to roll out experimental features that can scan a user’s face to verify their identity by comparing it against profile pictures on Facebook and Instagram. The first usage of these tools aim... Read more ›

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 08:00 EDT

Epic’s ambitious digital asset shop is now open

Epic Games’ Fab marketplace, which is designed to serve as a unified place to get digital assets like environments and animations, is now live, the company announced today. The launch of the marketplace is an important step in Epic’s plans to make it easier for developers to acquire assets for developing games — and, maybe someday, to let them make content for an interoperable metaverse. The company first revealed its... Read more ›

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 10/22/2024 05:22 EDT

Celebrity jet-tracking accounts have vanished from Threads and Instagram

Jack Sweeney says that 38 of his jet tracking accounts have been suspended. | Illustration: The Verge Meta has suspended several Threads and Instagram accounts that track the private jets of celebrities such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, and former US president Donald Trump. Jack Sweeney, who gained notoriety for his @ElonJet account on X and maintained many of the suspended accounts, said on Threads that... Read more ›

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 18:14 EDT

Disney Plus and Hulu won’t let you sign up through Apple anymore

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge If you want to subscribe to Disney Plus or Hulu on your iPhone, you can’t do that anymore. Support documents for Disney Plus and Hulu now say that new and returning subscribers to those streaming services can’t sign up through Apple, as reported by MacRumors. I’m not currently paying for Disney Plus, so out of curiosity, I tried logging into my account through... Read more ›

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 17:43 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. Continue reading… Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 17:39 EDT

Google’s taking the extra search box out of your search results

Image: Google For years, Google has included an extra search box within some search results, encouraging you to dig further and look only within a specific website. But now that sitelinks search box is going away because “usage has dropped.” Google: It’s been over ten years since we initially announced the sitelinks search box in Google Search, and over time, we’ve noticed that usage has dropped. With that, and to... Read more ›

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 17:23 EDT

Elon Musk sued for using AI-generated Blade Runner imagery at robotaxi event

A still from Blade Runner 2049. | Warner Bros. Though it remains very unclear whether any of the self-driving vehicles demoed at Tesla’s We, Robot presentation will ever actually make it to market, one of the production companies behind Blade Runner 2049 thinks Elon Musk ripped off their copyright for the event, and are taking him to court. Today, Alcon Entertainment — an LA-based production company behind Blade Runner 2049... Read more ›

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 17:18 EDT

The best instant cameras you can buy right now

Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge We found the best cameras for your budget and needs. Continue reading… Read more ›

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 16:40 EDT

iRobot’s budget-friendly Roombas add a self-emptying option

The Roomba Combo 2 Essential can clean and mop floors for up to two hours on a single charge. | Image: iRobot The new Roomba Combo 2 Essential and Roomba Vac 2 Essential include a dock for self-emptying their dirt bins — a feature missing from the budget-friendly Essential robovacs that iRobot introduced six months ago. The 2-in-1 Combo 2 features both vacuuming and mopping capabilities for $424.99 and is... Read more ›

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 16:01 EDT

Amazon says it ditched plastic air pillows

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon says that it has gotten rid of plastic air pillows at its warehouses. “As of October 2024, we’ve removed all plastic air pillows from our delivery packaging used at our global fulfillment centers,” the e-commerce giant said in an October 9th blog post. It’s a welcome change following years of pressure from environmental groups to stop plastic pollution flooding into oceans. The... Read more ›

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Gaby Del Valle @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 15:44 EDT

One-third of DHS’s border surveillance cameras don’t even work

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The House Committee on Homeland Security is looking into Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) surveillance network in the wake of a report that nearly one-third of the agency’s cameras along the US-Mexico border don’t work. Privacy advocates say this is just the latest instance of expensive border surveillance infrastructure not working as advertised. An internal Border Patrol memo obtained by... Read more ›

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