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The Hollywood Con Queen gets a new documentary from Apple TV Plus
Apple TV+ Before AI meant you could impersonate someone’s voice with just a snippet of audio, con artists needed actual skill to impersonate famous figures. Take Hargobind Tahilramani, who allegedly impersonated such powe...

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CISA ransomware warning program will launch this year
Illustration: Beatrice Sala The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, is rolling out a program that warns organizations about potential ransomware attacks, CyberSco...

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TCLs entry-level Q6 QLED TV has fallen to a new low price for a limited time
The Q6 isn’t known for top-tier gaming specs and ultra-deep black levels, but it offers a lot of TV for just $450. | Image: TCL Here at The Verge, we spend a lot of time reporting on pristine, high-end TV sets — includi...

04-25-24 -

BlizzCon 2024 has been canceled
Photo by Joe Scarnici / Getty Images Blizzard has announced it will not hold BlizzCon, the publisher’s annual fan convention, this year. “After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the deci...

04-25-24 -

Spyware dealers could face visa restrictions
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The State Department will soon impose visa restrictions on people who it says have been involved in the development of spyware. In a press release issued on Monday, the department sai...

04-25-24 -

Garrys Mod is taking down decades of Nintendo-related add-ons
Image: Facepunch Studios The popular physics sandbox game Garry’s Mod is pulling all of its Nintendo-related add-ons following copyright takedown requests from the gaming giant. On Wednesday, the developers of Garry’s M...

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This self-transforming Megatron is as badass as it is expensive
Megatron. | Image: Robosen Three years later, Hasbro’s self-transforming, dancing, driving, talking, and attacking Optimus Prime finally has a villain to fight. Megatron, the leader of the Decepticons, is about to arrive....

04-25-24 -

Google is updating Android TVs to fix a big Gmail privacy problem
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google is working on a fix to block crafty individuals from gaining access to the emails of accounts logged in to some Android TV units. The Android TV operating system, which is preloa...

04-25-24 -

Cities are ending their ShotSpotter contracts, but the sensors themselves are...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Chicago and Mobile, Alabama, are cutting ties with ShotSpotter, the controversial gunshot detection company — but the sensors that notify police about shootings probably aren’t go...

04-25-24 -

Reddit is back after a widespread outage
Image by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit isn’t working for most users right now. The site isn’t loading and displays an error message reading, “Oops, something went wrong, please try again later.” Reddit is aware of ...

04-25-24 -

Threads will now automatically filter out offensive words from your feeds
Illustration: The Verge Just like Instagram, Threads will now automatically filter out potentially offensive words, phrases, or emoji by default. In a post on Thursday, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced that the new Hid...

04-25-24 -

EPA administrator Michael Regan on undoing the toxic legacy of power plants i...
EPA administrator Michael Regan during the EPA’s “Journey to Justice” tour on November 16th, 2021. | USEPA photo by Eric Vance The Verge spoke to EPA administrator Michael Regan about the agency’s new rules for...

04-25-24 -

The Fossil-size hole in Wear OS
For Fossil, the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When Fossil announced it was leaving the Android smartwatch space, I wasn’t surprised. The signs had been there for a while. ...

04-25-24 -

FCC votes to restore net neutrality
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission voted 3–2 to restore net neutrality rules, reversing a repeal ushered through during the Trump administration. Net neutrality is t...

04-25-24 -

Wacom says its first OLED drawing tablet is cool and skinny
Image: Wacom Wacom has thrown a tablet-shaped curveball at digital creatives waiting on Apple’s highly anticipated OLED iPads. The company introduced the Wacom Movink 13 on Wednesday, its own OLED-based offering that targ...

04-25-24 -

Ford looks to future EV breakthroughs and smaller cars to staunch the bleeding
Image: Ford Ford is the No. 2 seller of electric vehicles in the US. It’s very proud of that fact, but the amount of cash it had to burn to get there is enough to make you wonder whether it can keep that title. The comp...

04-25-24 -

Google Meet now lets you switch devices without hanging up
Illustration: The Verge Google is making it a lot easier to move between devices during a meeting. The new “Switch here” feature allows you to move an active Meet call from your computer to your smartphone or vice versa...

04-25-24 -

Anyone want to buy TikTok?
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge It was going to happen, and then it wasn’t going to happen, and then it happened. The United States Congress passed a bill that would either ban TikTok or force it to be sold, and President ...

04-25-24 -

Microsoft needs to win back trust
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images The world’s largest tech company has a security problem. A series of high-profile security incidents have rocked Microsoft over the past few years, and a scathing report...

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The next big game from Clash of Clans developer Supercell launches in May
Image: Supercell Supercell doesn’t release a lot of games, but the studio’s mobile releases tend to be big hits. Think Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars, and Clash Royale. Now, the developer is gearing up for its next major r...

04-25-24 -

The EPAs new power plant pollution rule has a big, gassy hole in it
A power plant in Thompsons, Texas, U.S. that’s home to the Petra Nova Carbon Capture Project on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. | Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just finali...

04-24-24 -

Zuckerberg says it will take Meta years to make money from generative AI
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The generative AI gold rush is underway — just don’t expect it to create profits anytime soon. That was the message from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to investors during Wednesday’s...

04-24-24 -

Threads wants to let you wipe your old posts away
Image: The Verge Threads is testing the option to automatically hide your old posts. Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the feature is only available to a “small number” of users for now, but it will let you choose to arc...

04-24-24 -

The BattlerGC Pro might be the GameCube controllers final form
BattleGC Pro in limited-edition crystal. | Image: Retro Fighters This new BattlerGC Pro controller looks like it could be the ultimate GameCube gamepad — one with drift-resistant Hall effect joysticks, hybrid analog / dig...

04-24-24 -

Drake threatened with lawsuit over diss track featuring AI Tupac
Photo by Prince Williams / Wireimage While Drake’s fans have been having a ball with the Canadian rapper’s recently released track dissing fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar, the legal team representing Tupac Shakur is threat...

04-24-24 -

Airlines will soon have to pay you back if they cancel or delay your flight
Photo by Urbanandsport / NurPhoto via Getty Images The Department of Transportation (DOT) finalized rules that will soon require airlines to quickly refund passengers if they cancel or delay flights or make significant chan...

04-24-24 -

WhatsApp for iOS is rolling out passwordless logins with passkeys
Illustration: The Verge One more app joins the passwordless future we’ve been promised. WhatsApp says it’s now rolling out support for passkeys in the iOS version of the app. With the feature enabled, users of Meta’s ...

04-24-24 -

TikTok will stop paying people to watch videos every day
The Digital Services Act strikes again. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok Lite users in Europe will have to find another way to earn an extra 38 cents a day. The light version of the TikTok app, which launche...

04-24-24 -

Net neutrality is about to make a comeback
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote to restore net neutrality on Thursday in the latest volley of a yearslong game of political ping-pong. The commission...

04-24-24 -

Paramount Plus is trying to carve out a safe streaming space for kids
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge There are two types of parents I’m friends with: those who let their kids watch YouTube and those who work very hard to keep their kids as far from YouTube as possible. Given I know...

04-24-24 -

Apples new AI model hints at how AI could come to the iPhone
Illustration: The Verge Apple has been quiet about its plans for generative AI, but with the release of new AI models today, it appears the company’s immediate ambitions lie firmly in the “make AI run locally on Apple d...

04-24-24 -

Apple blocked Spotifys latest EU update, again
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Spotify submitted a new version of its iOS app that should give users in the European Union in-app pricing information for subscriptions made outside of Apple’s payment system — provided...

04-24-24 -

Feds charge Iranian nationals for cyberattacks against US government
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The US government has charged and sanctioned four Iranian nationals over claims they carried out a yearslong hacking campaign against US government agencies and companies. It also...

04-24-24 -

Another Crabs Treasure is a cheery, accessible take on Dark Souls
Image: Aggro Crab The underwater adventure is a rare glimpse into a more accessible soulslike experience. Continue reading…

04-24-24 -

Reddit is updating its app to focus more on comments
Illustration: The Verge Reddit is updating its mobile app on iOS and Android to emphasize comments, the company said today. The handful of changes announced are aimed at “removing hurdles and reducing friction points,” ...

04-24-24 -

Our pick for the best fitness tracker is down to its best price of the year
Amazfit’s GTR 4 offers an impressive feature set for its price, including an OLED display and dual-band GPS. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Smartwatches like the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Samsung Galaxy ...

04-24-24 -

Nissans Iruyo knows when your baby is sleeping, knows when theyre awake
Just look at the abject horror on that kid’s face. | Image: Nissan Almost seven years ago, my partner and I took an ill-advised road trip for a wedding with our nearly one-month-old child. In those early days, our kid cri...

04-24-24 -

Elon Musk wants to turn Teslas fleet into AWS for AI would it work?
Image: Getty During last night’s earnings call with investors, Elon Musk threw out an all-time late-night dorm room bong sesh of an idea: what if AWS, but for Tesla? Musk, who loves to riff on earnings calls, compared the...

04-24-24 -

Biden signs TikTok ban bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to div...
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year. ...

04-24-24 -

PBS Retro is coming to Roku as a FAST channel
It’s where Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood lives. | Image: PBS Distribution via The Wrap. Parents, it’s time to green-light more screen time. PBS classics from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, including titles like Mister...

04-24-24 -

Stellar Blade on PS5 has flash and fun but is mostly dull
Image: Shift Up While the combat is challenging and rewarding, it takes far too long to get to the good stuff. Continue reading…

04-24-24 -

A morning with the Rabbit R1: a fun, funky, unfinished AI gadget
The Rabbit R1 is a fun little thing — and oh boy, is it orange. There were times I wasn’t sure the Rabbit R1 was even a real thing. The AI-powered, Teenage Engineering-designed device came out of nowhere to bec...

04-24-24 -

Qualcomm strong-arms its way into Windowslaptopsthis summer
Image: Joanna Nelius / The Verge On Wednesday, Qualcomm announced the impending arrival of its Snapdragon X Plus laptop processor alongside more information for its previously announced Snapdragon X Elite chips. While this ...

04-24-24 -

App Store video game emulators: all the news on retro console ports for iOS
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge iPhone users can finally enjoy retro gaming emulators without jailbreaking their phones. Continue reading…

04-24-24 -

Lamborghinis popular Urus SUV grows a plug and goes hybrid
Lamborghini’s mission to produce gas-electric hybrid versions of all of its models continues with today’s release of the plug-in hybrid Urus SE. The SUV is the top selling vehicle in Lamborghini’s lineup, and a hybrid version...

04-24-24 -

What happens after your country runs on 99 percent renewable electricity?
Kenneth Lobo Méndez, director of planning and sustainability in electricity management, and Marco Jiménez Chavez, an engineer, at the state-run electricity utility Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). | Collage by Israe...

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Adobes impressive AI upscaling project makes blurry videos look HD
Adobe claims its new VideoGigaGAN generative AI model can upscale video clips more consistently and in higher quality than other VSR methods. | Image: Adobe Adobe researchers have developed a new generative AI model called ...

04-24-24 -

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone
The app recommendations in the Windows 11 Start menu. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this ...

04-23-24 -

The Mercedes G-Wagen, the ultimate off-road status symbol, goes electric
Image: Mercedes-Benz AG Mercedes’ box-shaped luxury off-roader finally gets an electrified makeover. Continue reading…

04-23-24 -

Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Bidens desk
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Brendan Hoffman, Getty Images A bill that would force China-based company Bytedance to sell TikTok — or else face a US ban of the platform — is all but certain to become law after th...