The Gocycle GXi we reviewed a few years ago. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Gocycleâs designer-in-chief Richard Thorpe is rebooting the e-bike company he founded more than two-decades ago. Following a January restructuring to reduce overhead, Thorpe is now turning to crowdfunding to help launch a new series of F1-inspired e-bikes while also expanding into non-electric foldables â a space currently dominated by Gocycleâs British compatriots Brompton.... Read more âș
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge One year to the day since Unity announced its runtime fee pricing model, the software developer is cancelling that program effective immediately. âAfter extensive consultation with our games community and customers, weâve decided to cancel the Runtime Fee,â said Unity CEO Matt Bromberg in the blog post announcing the news. Instead of the runtime fee, Unity will return to a per-seat subscription model.... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of âreasoningâ models that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can. Itâs being released alongside o1-mini, a smaller, cheaper version. And yes, if youâre steeped in AI rumors: this is, in fact, the extremely hyped Strawberry model. For OpenAI, o1 represents a step toward its broader goal... Read more âș
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Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Google has unlisted an impressive Gemini demo video it posted last December that seemed remarkably conversational. The BBB National Programsâ National Advertising Division (NAD), an ad industry watchdog, inquired whether the video âaccurately depicts the performance of Gemini in responding to user voice and video prompts.â Google chose to end the inquiry by ending its promotion of the video that showed Gemini quickly... Read more âș
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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Just days after Apple announced a new hearing aid feature for the second-generation AirPods Pro, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the software that powers this functionality. In a press release, the FDA describes Appleâs solution as âthe first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid software device.â The feature âwas evaluated in a clinical study with 118 subjects with perceived mild to... Read more âș
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Legoâs McLaren P1 isnât quite as fast as the real deal. | Image: Lego After releasing a 24-inch long scale replica of the McLaren P1 earlier this year, Lego has now debuted a full-size, driveable version of the hypercar built from over 342,817 Technic pieces and powered by hundreds of Lego electric motors. That eclipses the 3,893 pieces that go into building Legoâs 1:8-scale McLaren P1 model. The company says... Read more âș
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On mobile, you get a one-tap unsubscribe under annoying website notifications from Chrome. | Image: Google Google is expanding a Chrome safety feature to help you cancel pesky website notifications with a single tap. Itâs already available on Pixels and is coming to more Android devices; adding a simple unsubscribe button in the notification so that you can get rid of websites you didnât mean to subscribe to, like horoscopes... Read more âș
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Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta has acknowledged that all text and photos that adult Facebook and Instagram users have publicly published since 2007 have been fed into its artificial intelligence models. Australiaâs ABC News reports that Metaâs global privacy director, Melinda Claybaugh, initially rejected claims about user data from 2007 being leveraged for AI training during a local government inquiry about AI adoption before relenting after additional... Read more âș
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Disneyâs current promo runs through September 27th and extends to both new and returning subscribers. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Like most streaming services, the price of a Disney Plus is about to go up in the not-so-distant future. Fortunately for those dreading the $2 price hike â which is due to take effect on October 17th â both new and returning subscribers can sign up for... Read more âș
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Image: The Flappy Bird Foundation A self-described âteam of passionate fans committed to sharing the game with the worldâ says theyâve acquired the rights to Flappy Bird, the iconic mobile game whose creator took it offline less than a year after it was released. Now, âThe Flappy Bird Foundation Groupâ will relaunch the game on Android and iOS in 2025. But itâs unclear whether the original creator of Flappy Bird,... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Weâve been covering the rise of AI image editing very closely here on Decoder and at The Verge overall for several years now â the ability to create photorealistic images with nothing more than a chatbot prompt has the potential to completely reset our cultural relationship with photography and, in particular, how much we instinctively trust photos to reflect the truth. But... Read more âș
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An aerial photo of a warehouse next to homes in Bloomington, California. | Photo by Wes Reel for The Verge The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just handed communities a powerful new way to hold nearby warehouses accountable for the pollution they create. Until recently, air quality regulations largely overlooked tailpipe pollution choking neighborhoods near sprawling warehouses. Warehouses may not have smokestacks releasing pollutants that the EPA and local agencies typically... Read more âș
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Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge These days, there are so many digital subscriptions out there â music, movies, fitness, cloud storage, software, podcasts, audiobooks, Patreons, security cameras, AI bots, and more â that itâs perfectly understandable if you start losing track of what exactly youâre signed up for. To make things even more complicated, you may be paying some subscriptions monthly and others annually. Then, there are those... Read more âș
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GM and Hyundai executives announced a new partnership to co-develop vehicles. | Image: Hyundai Auto tie-ups are nothing new, but they have become more frequent and wide-ranging in the age of clean energy and alternate fuel sources, as companies seek to spread out the cost and risk of adopting expensive new technologies. The latest alignment is between General Motors and Hyundai, which are joining forces to co-develop new passenger and... Read more âș
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Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos: Getty Images Apple revealed its iPhone 16 lineup on Monday, and the big selling point was Apple Intelligence. Appleâs on-device AI system offers splashy features like the ability to rewrite emails, generate custom emoji, and a significantly upgraded Siri. But underneath it all, AI is delivering one other big change to the iPhone: more RAM. Although Apple never talks about RAM in... Read more âș
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Privatey-trained astronaut Jared Isaacman emerges from the capsule. | Screenshot: SpaceX SpaceXâs Polaris Dawn astronauts successfully performed a spacewalk, marking the first done by a private company. After depressurizing SpaceXâs Dragon capsule, the billionaire funding the mission, Jared Isaacman, emerged from the spacecraft early Thursday morning. With his torso and head fully sticking outside the capsule, Isaacman performed tests on SpaceXâs new spacesuits, which are designed for increased mobi Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge Google Wallet will start beta testing a digital ID soon that works at TSA checkpoints in almost half the country, including states like New York, California, Florida, Texas, and Illinois, but Google still advises that users keep their physical ID handy. Google says itâs also working with partners to use digital IDs for other purposes, like car rentals, account recovery, and identity verification. To create the digital... Read more âș
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The iFixit portable soldering station. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge My first USB-C soldering iron was a revelation. âYou mean I can make liquid metal connections anywhere, in seconds, just by plugging this tiny stick into a USB cable?â Now, repair company iFixit is introducing its own take on the idea. It claims the iFixit FixHub Smart Soldering Iron is powerful enough for pros and easier for... Read more âș
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Level Lock incorporates all the smart tech into a deadbolt that can be retrofitted into an existing lock. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Smart locks may still be a niche product, but lock behemoth Assa Abloy is clearly betting on a digital future for our doors. Despite being sued by the US Department of Justice for trying to buy too many smart lock manufacturers, the Swedish-based company... Read more âș
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Those arenât gas pumps! | Image: GM / EVgo GM and EVgo are collaborating to build âflagshipâ EV charging stations at urban sites with a total of 400 EV charging stalls. The flagship stations are cobranded by GM Energy, the automakerâs battery and charging division, and EVgo. The stations will be located in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New York, and Texas at places with shopping, food, coffee shops, and... Read more âș
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