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A fully electric Chrysler Pacifica is in the works

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You can save $10 on Google’s 4K-ready Chromecast before it’s gone for good

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It’s clear the world is ready to go all in on streaming for premier live events....
It’s clear the world is ready to go all in on streaming for premier live events. That’s evidenced most recently by massive deals brokered by the likes of Netflix, which will exclusively broadcast two NFL games on Christmas Day and weekly episodes of WWE’s Monday Night Raw.If you aren’t already set up with a capable ...
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Microsoft is testing a new in-game browser

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Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Edge Game Assist, a new Edge-powered in-game browser overlay, is available...
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Edge Game Assist, a new Edge-powered in-game browser overlay, is available for beta testing in Windows 11. The “game-aware” overlay lives in the Microsoft Game Bar and is designed to automatically find and show you links to tips and guides for the game you’re playing, using the...
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The iMac M4 wasn’t built for this world

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The M4 iMac is a beautiful computer that feels more and more like it fell out...
The M4 iMac is a beautiful computer that feels more and more like it fell out of a universe where laptops never took off. You can see it, can’t you? In a world without laptops, the iMac would be the ultimate computer. Instead of a box and a screen with a tangle of wires leading everywhere, everything you need is rig...
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What’s on your desk, Kylie Robison?

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Kylie Robison is The Verge’s senior reporter covering artificial intelligence. Previously, she worked at Fortune, where...
Kylie Robison is The Verge’s senior reporter covering artificial intelligence. Previously, she worked at Fortune, where she covered Twitter; before that, she covered software developer culture (“a beat,” she says, “I made up and loved”) for Business Insider. “I’ve always been obsessed with technology in an extremely...
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The Supreme Court will decide the fate of America’s low-income broadband fund

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The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on a case involving funding for a major broadband...
The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on a case involving funding for a major broadband subsidy program, the Universal Service Fund (USF). SCOTUS granted cert in a pair of cases called Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, and Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition v. Consumers’ Res...
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DirecTV and Dish’s on-and-off merger saga switches back to off

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You can easily disassemble this repairable smartwatch using just a Phillips screwdriver

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The Spectra is a new smartwatch designed from the ground up to be hackable and easy...
The Spectra is a new smartwatch designed from the ground up to be hackable and easy to repair. It was created by Pocuter, a company that has spent the last few years honing an expertise in building small electronics like its tiny Pocuter One computer. What makes the Spectra unique is that it’s repairable, yet with a...
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Automakers plead with Trump: don’t kill the EV tax credit

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The auto industry is sending an urgent message to President-elect Donald Trump: spare the $7,500 electric...
The auto industry is sending an urgent message to President-elect Donald Trump: spare the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit. In a November 14th letter to Trump and his transition team, the auto industry’s main lobbying group urges the new administration to preserve incentives for EV buyers and manufacturers that we...
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It will soon be easier than ever for Android apps to stay signed in on a new phone

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The company that sold cameras with ‘terrible’ security flaw has a new problem

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing more than $700,000 in fines against Eken, a Hong...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing more than $700,000 in fines against Eken, a Hong Kong-based video doorbell manufacturer whose products were found to be susceptible to hackers, for an unrelated rules violation discovered during the commission’s ongoing investigation. The commission began inve...
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The best budget robot vacuums

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Today’s robot vacuums are becoming a bit like cars: with all the features, upgrades, and fancy...
Today’s robot vacuums are becoming a bit like cars: with all the features, upgrades, and fancy trimmings available these days, it’s easy to forget that they can just be simple machines that get us from point A to point B. Yes, some bots blow hot air on their bums (mop pads) and deftly navigate dog poop, but there ar...
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Google’s Black Friday sale features record low prices on Pixel, Nest, and more

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Google’s Black Friday sale has kicked off with sizable discounts on Pixel phones, wearables, earbuds, tablets,...
Google’s Black Friday sale has kicked off with sizable discounts on Pixel phones, wearables, earbuds, tablets, smart home gear, and more. You’ll notice the base 128GB Pixel 9 is down to $649 ($150 off) at Google and Best Buy, for example. But some colors of the flagship Tensor G4 smartphone are actually even cheaper...
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Steam is adding support, and more rules, for ‘season pass’ content

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Steam is building support for season passes into its platform and setting up rules to help...
Steam is building support for season passes into its platform and setting up rules to help protect buyers from buying ones with unclear promises. Steam published new guidelines urging developers to “think about whether there’s a customer benefit” for purchasing season passes, as reported by SteamDB creator Pavel Dju...
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Google reportedly cancels Pixel Tablet 2 and might quit the category — again

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Yesterday Android Headlines reported that Google had canceled its development of the Pixel Tablet 3 —...
Yesterday Android Headlines reported that Google had canceled its development of the Pixel Tablet 3 — even before announcing a second-gen model. Well, today Android Authority is saying that it’s in fact the second-generation Pixel Tablet that has been canned, meaning that the device released last year will apparentl...
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Star Wars Outlaws’ first expansion brings Lando into the game

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A few months after it first launched, Star Wars Outlaws is getting some major updates. First...
A few months after it first launched, Star Wars Outlaws is getting some major updates. First up is the game’s first batch of downloadable content, which adds a new storyline involving Lando Calrissian and what appears to be a very dangerous game of Sabacc. The new expansion is called Wild Card and will be followed b...
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Kia announces high-performance EV9 GT with virtual shifting and native Tesla charging

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Kia came to the LA Auto Show with not one but two revamped electric vehicles, a...
Kia came to the LA Auto Show with not one but two revamped electric vehicles, a sign that the South Korean automaker is still feeling bullish about its momentum in the plug-in car market. First off, the 2025 Kia EV9 GT is a performance version of its three-row SUV, which we first tested earlier this year. This one p...
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Sonos speakers and soundbars are up to $200 off ahead of Black Friday

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Good news: Black Friday has come early for Sonos fans. Now through December 2nd, you can...
Good news: Black Friday has come early for Sonos fans. Now through December 2nd, you can potentially save hundreds on a variety of Sonos products, including soundbars, smart speakers, and headphones. There are a lot of things on sale — and the Sonos app is in better shape than it was a few months ago, thankfully — w...
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Reddit is having some issues

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Microsoft tries to convince Windows 10 users to buy a new PC with full-screen prompts

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Microsoft has been trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 for months...
Microsoft has been trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 for months now, ahead of the end of support date for Windows 10 in October, 2025. Earlier this year, Microsoft started using fullscreen prompts to warn Windows 10 users about the support cutoff, and now it’s using similar prompts to try ...
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Messenger video calls will look and sound better — and add AI backgrounds

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Sonos’ smart TV plans might have found an OS

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After its foray into headphones, the next major new product category from Sonos is rumored to...
After its foray into headphones, the next major new product category from Sonos is rumored to be a video streaming box similar to a Roku, Amazon Fire TV, or Apple TV. Such a device has been rumored for ages now, with Bloomberg previously reporting that its price is expected to fall between $150 and $200. And today w...
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T-Mobile actually stopped some hackers from stealing customer data

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The New York Times is trying to shut down a popular Connections puzzle creator

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The New York Times wants to shut down a copy of its popular Connections word game....
The New York Times wants to shut down a copy of its popular Connections word game. The publication sent a cease and desist letter to the owner of a website that lets you make your own Connections games. The site also has a full archive of all of the NYT’s past Connections puzzles, which the NYT keeps behind a paywal...
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