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Netflix’s next animated Witcher movie streams in February

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Eufy’s new smart lock may Matter to Apple Home users

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The latest smart lock from Eufy is its first product to support Matter. The Eufy Smart...
The latest smart lock from Eufy is its first product to support Matter. The Eufy Smart Lock E30 ($169.99) works over Thread, which should allow for faster responsiveness, longer battery life, and better connectivity than locks that work over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The E30 is also the first smart lock from Anker’s smart...
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Halide’s advanced camera app is now as easy to launch as Apple’s

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Tile’s new AirTag competitors now double as panic buttons

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Tile, one of the leading makers of Bluetooth item finders, has just added a twist —...
Tile, one of the leading makers of Bluetooth item finders, has just added a twist — its newest trackers can now send SOS alerts that notify friends, family, and possibly even emergency services.The 2024 Tile Pro, Tile Mate, Tile Slim, and Tile Sticker are the first new products since Life360 bought the company nearl...
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Chipotle’s testing an avocado-peeling robot and an automated bowl assembly line

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How Google got away with charging publishers more than anyone else

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For years, Google took the same 20 percent commission for ad transactions that ran through its...
For years, Google took the same 20 percent commission for ad transactions that ran through its platform, even though it was higher than what any other industry player charged. Executives privately worried the fee was difficult to defend. Now, the Justice Department argues it’s a key sign of Google’s monopoly over on...
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Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week

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Wordle is now available in virtual reality

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Wordle now has a native app for Meta Quest so that you can easily play the...
Wordle now has a native app for Meta Quest so that you can easily play the game in virtual reality. The free app is available for Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3, and Meta Quest Pro. Based on screenshots in a Meta blog post and an NYT video, the game looks like, well, Wordle in VR: you’ll have six attempts to guess a fiv...
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iOS 18 is a smart upgrade, even without the AI

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It’s a weird year for iOS. Usually, the new software version arrives all at once. Not...
It’s a weird year for iOS. Usually, the new software version arrives all at once. Not so with iOS 18. The foundational stuff has arrived, and in a normal year, things like RCS support and a redesigned control center would be more than enough. But iOS 18’s headline feature, Apple Intelligence, isn’t even part of this...
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watchOS 11 is now available with sleep apnea detection for the Series 9 and Ultra 2

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Apple has just released watchOS 11, the latest version of its smartwatch operating system, alongside iOS...
Apple has just released watchOS 11, the latest version of its smartwatch operating system, alongside iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. The update, available for the Apple Watch Series 6 and later models, will finally allow users to take rest days without breaking their activity streak and introduces FDA-cleared sleep apnea dete...
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8BitDo’s new Bluetooth mod kit puts GameCube controllers back into play

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8BitDo announced it’s taking preorders for a new mod kit that lets you retrofit a wired...
8BitDo announced it’s taking preorders for a new mod kit that lets you retrofit a wired GameCube controller with Hall effects joysticks and Bluetooth connectivity. The company is charging $25.98 for the kit, which it says is a simple, solderless mod.8BitDo has made a few of these in the past for old Nintendo control...
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Check out the Pixel 9 Pro Fold’s guts in iFixit’s latest teardown

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Samsung’s massive OLED monitor is on sale with a free 24-inch display thrown in

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A running gag here at The Verge and on The Vergecast is that ever since Samsung...
A running gag here at The Verge and on The Vergecast is that ever since Samsung switched to a six-day workweek for its executives, it’s made some particularly wild decisions — like throwing out its own unique earbud design for glorified Apple knockoffs with light strips. And right now, Samsung will not only sell you...
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Ace Attorney’s spinoffs are great mysteries, if you can deal with their minigames

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Capcom’s Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, the spinoffs to the popular if wildly legally inaccurate Ace Attorney...
Capcom’s Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, the spinoffs to the popular if wildly legally inaccurate Ace Attorney series, are finally out. The two-game collection includes a long-awaited gift for Ace Attorney diehards: the official Western release of Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Gambit. And thoug...
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Apple confirms the iPhone 16 has 8GB of RAM

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Apple’s Visual Intelligence could be a step toward Apple glasses

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Apple’s new “Visual Intelligence” feature was one of the most impressive things shown at Monday’s iPhone...
Apple’s new “Visual Intelligence” feature was one of the most impressive things shown at Monday’s iPhone 16 event. The tool lets users scan the world around them through the iPhone’s camera to identify a dog breed, copy event details off a poster, or look up just about anything around them.It’s a handy-looking featu...
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Disney has struck a deal to bring Monday Night Football back to DirecTV

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Disney and DirecTV are back in business with each other after a carriage dispute that has...
Disney and DirecTV are back in business with each other after a carriage dispute that has kept ESPN, ABC, and other Disney-owned networks off of the cable provider since the beginning of September. ESPN and other channels Disney had blocked have been restored, giving DirecTV subscribers access, once again, to Monday...
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This is a great AI voice recorder, and it’s totally doomed

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Kudos to Plaud for one thing: in a year otherwise marred by high-profile failures and oh...
Kudos to Plaud for one thing: in a year otherwise marred by high-profile failures and oh so much AI vaporware, it made an AI gadget that does exactly what it claims to do and does it pretty well. The gadget is called the NotePin, and it’s a $169, pill-shaped voice recorder that can transcribe, summarize, and pull im...
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JD Vance sells himself to Silicon Valley

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JD Vance’s appearance at the All-In Summit was easily the most comfortable I’ve seen him, but...
JD Vance’s appearance at the All-In Summit was easily the most comfortable I’ve seen him, but then he was with the people he understands best: other VCs.The All-In podcast appearance was what business leaders refer to as a display of synergy. Cohost David Sacks’ and Vance’s political fortunes are tied together — if ...
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TikTok is about to get its day in court

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Next week, a court will hear arguments about whether the US government can ban TikTok, based...
Next week, a court will hear arguments about whether the US government can ban TikTok, based on evidence it doesn’t want anyone — including the social media company — to see.On September 16th, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments for TikTok v. Garland, TikTok’s First Amendment c...
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Meta, Snap, and TikTok partner to stop the spread of suicide and self-harm content

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It will cost you over $1,100 to replace the screen on Huawei’s trifold phone

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Huawei has revealed the cost of replacement parts for the world’s first dual-hinged, triple-screen folding phone,...
Huawei has revealed the cost of replacement parts for the world’s first dual-hinged, triple-screen folding phone, and it’s another round of sticker shock. The Mate XT Ultimate Design starts at around $2,809, but should you damage its folding screen enough to need repairs, you’ll be potentially paying an additional 7...
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Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now

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If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Apple’s ever-popular AirPods. Although...
If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Apple’s ever-popular AirPods. Although we’re not likely to see significant deals on the forthcoming AirPods 4 and updated AirPods Max ahead of their release on September 20th, Apple’s second- and third-gen AirPods can still often be found at a steep discoun...
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Right-wingers can’t get enough of anti-Haitian AI disinformation

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Right-wing media figures and influencers have descended on Springfield, Ohio, hunting for anything that can help...
Right-wing media figures and influencers have descended on Springfield, Ohio, hunting for anything that can help them prove the veracity of a viral racist rumor about Haitian migrants in the community — and relying on misleading, occasionally AI-generated content to help them prove their point. Springfield, which ha...
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