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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 12:29 EDT

Amazon is stuffing generative AI into its shopping experience

Amazon is using generative AI to create tailored product recommendations based on user’s shopping history. | Image: Amazon Amazon has introduced a batch of new generative AI tools that aim to improve the retail experience for both customers and sellers on the platform. One of the more notable features announced at the Amazon Accelerate event on Thursday will use customers’ preferences, search, browsing, and purchase history to create personalized product... Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 12:07 EDT

Project 2025 would ‘essentially eviscerate EPA,’ former staff warn

The United States Environmental Protection Agency building is seen on August 21st in Washington, DC. | Photo by Tierney L. Cross / Getty Images Implementing Project 2025, the conservative manifesto written by ex-Trump officials, could have serious repercussions on public health, former Environmental Protection Agency employees warn. Air quality protections issued over the past four years are supposed to cut down pollution and associated health risks, preventing premature deaths and... Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 12:03 EDT

Censorship accusations loom over Big Tech hearing on election threats

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Top policy executives from Meta, Microsoft, and Google testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday about what they’re doing to protect US voters from foreign election threats in 2024. But the elephant in the room was the pressure campaign social media companies have faced from the right to take a more hands-off approach when it comes to... Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 12:00 EDT

Google’s passkey syncing makes it easier to move on from passwords

Chrome users will need to either unlock their Android screen or use the Password Manager PIN feature to use passkeys on new devices. | Illustration: The Verge Google is improving passkey support in Chrome by making it easier to use the passwordless sign-in credentials across different devices. The search giant is introducing a Google Password Manager PIN that allows users to securely save and synchronize passkeys for use across Windows,... Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 11:54 EDT

The new Microsoft Flight Simulator will be a lot smaller

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will officially launch on November 19th, 2024. | Image: Microsoft Preorders are now open for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 through the Microsoft Store. The next installment of the franchise will launch on Xbox and PC on November 19th with updates that include new aircraft like hot air balloons and a more realistic looking simulated Earth. But the most welcome upgrade could be a much smaller installation... Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 11:21 EDT

Volkswagen ID.4 production halted in the US after its doors wouldn’t stay closed

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A few months ago, I was driving my 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 when seemingly out of nowhere my driver side door made several unusual clicking noises and then popped open. “That’s not good,” I thought, as I quickly shut the door while also attempting to keep my hands on the wheel. And apparently, I wasn’t the only one experiencing this problem. Hundreds of... Read more

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 11:20 EDT

Black Mirror season 7 cast includes Peter Capaldi, Paul Giamatti, and Issa Rae

Issa Rae. | Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage We still don’t know much about the seventh season of Black Mirror, but at least the show’s return will have a stacked cast. Netflix announced a big list of actors who will appear in the next installment of the anthology when it premieres in 2025, and it includes Doctor Who alum Peter Capaldi, Barbie star Issa Rae, Sunny’s Rashida Jones, and the always... Read more

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Ash Parrish @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 11:15 EDT

PlayStation’s 30th anniversary PS5 and PS5 Pro are delightfully retro

Image: Sony PlayStation has deftly come up with a way to get more people on board with the PS5 Pro. The company has announced a special 30th anniversary collection for the suite of PS5 consoles and accessories that is unfortunately sick as hell. “To celebrate this 30th anniversary milestone, we had to create something that honored the history and joy that PlayStation has brought us all,” said PlayStation platform business... Read more

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Ash Parrish @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 10:51 EDT

Palworld developer has no idea why Nintendo’s suing over its Pokémon-like game

Image: Pocketpair Pocketpair has responded to the lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. The studio that developed Palworld, the game at the heart of the suit, issued a statement early this morning saying it doesn’t know what patents it violated. “At this moment, we are unaware of the specific patents we are accused of infringing upon, and we have not been notified of such details,” the... Read more

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Nilay Patel @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 10:30 EDT

Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Today on Decoder, we’re talking about the big Google antitrust trial that’s currently taking place in a federal courthouse. No, not the one you’re thinking of — it’s the second Google antitrust case in just as many months. The company lost a landmark case in August in which a court ruled that it had an illegal monopoly in search. This time around,... Read more

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Barbara Krasnoff @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 10:27 EDT

How to sign up for Amazon Prime

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Time really does fly, doesn’t it? It seems like only yesterday we were looking at Amazon’s July sales event, and now we are once again heading for the company’s fall Prime Day roundup of deals. Amazon has announced that its two-day sales event for Prime subscribers will take place starting at 12:01AM PT / 3:01AM ET on Tuesday, October 8th, and run through... Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 09:18 EDT

Google employees’ attempts to hide messages from investigators might backfire

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Google employees liberally labeled their emails as “privileged and confidential” and spoke “off the record” over chat messages, even after being told to preserve their communications for investigators, lawyers for the Justice Department have told a Virginia court over the past couple of weeks. That strategy could backfire if the judge in Google’s second antitrust trial believes the company intentionally destroyed evidence... Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 09:01 EDT

Pokémon TCG Pocket wants to be a gateway to digital card collecting

The Pokemon Company When Pokémon TCG Pocket was first teased a few months back, it looked like yet another mobile app meant to capitalize on the physical card game’s recent wave of unexpected popularity. With Pokémon TCG Live already on the market, it was hard to suss out how The Pokémon Company envisioned Pocket fitting into the larger franchise. And while titles like Marvel Snap and Hearthstone have proven to... Read more

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 09:00 EDT

DJI goes pro with latest Osmo Action camera

DJI’s Osmo Action 5 Pro. | Image: DJI DJI’s response to GoPro’s new Hero 13 lineup is the Osmo Action 5 Pro. It justifies that professional moniker with a new image sensor that promises to improve image quality and low-light performance. It also features a built-in pressure sensor, the ability to capture super-slow motion at an insane 1080p/960fps, and a new power-sipping 4nm chip that enables up to four hours... Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 07:53 EDT

Palmer Luckey partners with Microsoft to turn US soldiers into Starship Troopers

Integrating IVAS with Anduril’s Lattice software aims to keep soldiers informed of battlespace threats. | Image: Anduril Anduril Industries, the military tech company started by Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey, is teaming up with Microsoft to improve the mixed-reality headsets used by the United States Army. The project announced by Anduril will embed the company’s Lattice software into the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), allowing the HoloLens-based goggles to update... Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 07:00 EDT

BMW will recycle old EV batteries with Redwood Materials

Photo by Abigail Bassett for The Verge BMW of North America struck a deal to recycle lithium-ion batteries from all of its electrified vehicles with Redwood Materials, the companies announced today. The German automaker said it would instruct its dealers to send old batteries from all of its electrified models, including battery-electric, hybrid, mild hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles from brands like BMW, Mini, and Rolls-Royce, to Redwood for recycling.... Read more

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 09/19/2024 06:00 EDT

Behold, the black Apple Watch Ultra 2

Black and custom blasted, like my soul. It makes no sense to upgrade based on color alone. Or does it? Continue reading… Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 09/18/2024 21:00 EDT

Agatha All Along is a whimsical road trip through Marvel’s world of witchcraft

Image: Disney Disney Plus’ new WandaVision spinoff series steers clear of the franchise’s multiversal messiness to do its own thing. Continue reading… Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 09/18/2024 20:02 EDT

Pokémon with guns? All the latest on viral gaming hit Palworld

Image: Pocketpair The multiplayer survival game was 2024’s biggest surprise, and now it’s being sued by Nintendo. Continue reading… Read more

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 09/18/2024 19:48 EDT

GTA V, one of the most popular Steam Deck games, is now ‘unsupported’

Image: Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto V was one of the top ten most played games on Valve’s Steam Deck handheld this past week. It’s been in the top twenty for at least two years. But as of today, Valve now lists the game as “unsupported” — because developer Rockstar mysteriously broke compatibility with Valve’s handheld for its online modes. As you can see in the image above, this is... Read more

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