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Star Wars Outlaws gets a new trailer — and PC hardware requirements

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Formula 1 is reportedly forcing some F1 creators to change their names

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Creators whose online identities center around Formula 1 racing have been changing their handles lately, and...
Creators whose online identities center around Formula 1 racing have been changing their handles lately, and they seem to be reluctant to say why. But the reason may be because they’re being asked to by F1 itself, who’s rumored to have been sending cease and desist orders to certain creators with monetized accounts ...
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A Googler’s guide to getting things done

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Laura Mae Martin is a big believer in the settings menu. As Google’s executive productivity advisor,...
Laura Mae Martin is a big believer in the settings menu. As Google’s executive productivity advisor, Martin spends much of her time working with other Googlers on improving their productivity and communication systems — and one of the things she often recommends is taking a few minutes to poke through the options. “...
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How much does it cost to crash a $3 million hypercar on a NASA landing strip?

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Hennessey Special Vehicles crashed its Venom F5 — a $3 million hypercar — while driving nearly...
Hennessey Special Vehicles crashed its Venom F5 — a $3 million hypercar — while driving nearly 250mph on the Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) runway at Kennedy Space Center in July. Newly reported details show the cost of the crash, which happened while the company was testing out new components of the car.The cras...
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The app for taking better photos — with no AI

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 48, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in...
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 48, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get ready for a lot of books this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) I’m back after a couple of weeks off — thanks to everyone who wished me a go...
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Rimac’s Nevera R makes the world’s fastest production EV a little faster

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iPhone 16: all the leaks and rumors about Apple’s next smartphone

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Apple should be spinning up the iPhone 16 line soon, and while rumors about its phones...
Apple should be spinning up the iPhone 16 line soon, and while rumors about its phones don’t tend to leak like certain other phones I know, some details have trickled out of the halls of Cupertino and its supply chain. Physically, we mostly expect them to look, well, like iPhones, but as the first new Apple smartpho...
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The Asus ROG Ally is on sale for its lowest price to date this weekend

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Now that the new and improved Asus ROG Ally X has arrived, we’re starting to see...
Now that the new and improved Asus ROG Ally X has arrived, we’re starting to see some solid deals on its predecessor, the Asus ROG Ally. Now until August 19th, for instance, the Windows-based gaming handheld is available at Best Buy with a Z1 Extreme chip for an all-time low of $499.99 ($150 off). That’s almost half...
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8 photo sites that let you showcase and discuss your work

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Instagram is a popular place to show off your latest photos, but if you’re a real...
Instagram is a popular place to show off your latest photos, but if you’re a real photography enthusiast, it may not be enough. You may want a better-looking portfolio — not to mention feedback and suggestions from other photographers. One way to get that is to exhibit your work on a site specifically geared toward ...
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An A/C and heater that can be taken anywhere

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The EcoFlow Wave 2 is an air conditioner, heater, and fan that can uniquely be powered...
The EcoFlow Wave 2 is an air conditioner, heater, and fan that can uniquely be powered by a battery and solar panel. This portable heat pump packs a lot of cooling and heating for its size and could be a game changer for some or a disappointment for others. It all depends on whether you believe EcoFlow’s marketing. ...
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National Public Data admits it leaked Social Security numbers in a massive data breach

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National Public Data (NPD), a company that resells collected personal data for background checks, has confirmed...
National Public Data (NPD), a company that resells collected personal data for background checks, has confirmed that a data breach leaked names, Social Security numbers, physical addresses, and more. As reported by Bleeping Computer, dark web forum posters have advertised and shared supposedly stolen data from a bre...
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Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel

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The tech review world has been full of murky deals between companies and influencers for years,...
The tech review world has been full of murky deals between companies and influencers for years, but it appears Google finally crossed a line with the Pixel 9. The company’s invite-only Team Pixel program — which seeds Pixel products to influencers before public availability — stipulated that participating influencer...
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Instagram is testing vertical profile grids — and knows that might mess up layouts

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Instagram is testing a potentially major change to profile pages: making the squares in your profile...
Instagram is testing a potentially major change to profile pages: making the squares in your profile grid vertical rectangles. Some users recently spotted the test, and there have been indications from at least 2022 that the company has toyed with a rectangular grid.“The vast majority of what is uploaded to Instagra...
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Marvel says X-Men ’97’s old showrunner was fired over ‘egregious’ investigation findings

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After dismissing X-Men ’97’s former showrunner, Beau DeMayo, just before the show’s season 1 premiere, the...
After dismissing X-Men ’97’s former showrunner, Beau DeMayo, just before the show’s season 1 premiere, the studio seemed ready to move on with a new creative team. But following DeMayo’s recent claims that Marvel unfairly pulled his credits from X-Men ’97’s upcoming second season, the company says he was fired over ...
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Court blocks Disney-Fox-WBD sports streaming bundle

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A federal judge in New York blocked the upcoming live sports streaming service from Disney, Fox,...
A federal judge in New York blocked the upcoming live sports streaming service from Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, siding with streamer Fubo that the package likely violates antitrust law. Fubo argued in an antitrust complaint that the partnership was the culmination of “a years-long campaign to block Fubo...
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Acura’s Performance EV concept looks like an angry sports boat

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Acura has a new EV concept debuting today at Monterey Car Week, featuring an all-new electric...
Acura has a new EV concept debuting today at Monterey Car Week, featuring an all-new electric vehicle platform developed by parent automaker Honda. Dubbed the Acura Performance EV concept, the vehicle is a crossover SUV with a boat-like front end that resembles the Precision EV concept from 2022, but with a sportbac...
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Let this tiny bean bag chair for your lap hold your heavy handhelds

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Doomscrolling isn’t going away any time soon, but there’s no reason you can’t be comfortable while...
Doomscrolling isn’t going away any time soon, but there’s no reason you can’t be comfortable while doing it. Mechanism’s $59 Gaming Pillow is designed to shift the weight of gadgets like handheld consoles, tablets, XL smartphones, and e-readers from your arms to your lap. With a 12-inch pillow made from lycra fabric...
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OpenAI says Iran tried to influence US elections with ChatGPT

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OpenAI has banned a string of ChatGPT accounts tied to an Iranian influence campaign that generated...
OpenAI has banned a string of ChatGPT accounts tied to an Iranian influence campaign that generated and shared content related to the US presidential election, among other topics. The operation mainly used ChatGPT to create longform articles and social media comments for platforms like Instagram and X, according to ...
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Walmart is ending DroneUp deliveries in three states

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Walmart is ending drone deliveries made with partner DroneUp in Phoenix, Arizona, Salt Lake City, Utah,...
Walmart is ending drone deliveries made with partner DroneUp in Phoenix, Arizona, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Tampa, Florida, because the services in those cities weren’t sustainable, according to Axios. This is after Walmart and DroneUp announced in 2022 that they would be bringing drone delivery to those states as p...
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Dark Matter is coming back for a second season on Apple TV Plus

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A key part of California’s online safety law for kids is still on hold after appeals court ruling

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A federal appeals court in California upheld part of a district court ruling on Friday that...
A federal appeals court in California upheld part of a district court ruling on Friday that blocked a landmark online safety bill for children from taking effect. The panel of judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals objected to a portion of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act — specifically, a requir...
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iPhones will help decide offside violations in English soccer this season

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The UK’s top soccer league is switching up the tech it uses to detect offside violations...
The UK’s top soccer league is switching up the tech it uses to detect offside violations on the football pitch. The English Premier League (EPL) has contracted with a company called Genius Sports, which will use dozens of iPhones combined with machine-learning models to help game officials make an offside call.Offsi...
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Valve is now hiding meme-y and ASCII art reviews on Steam store pages

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Valve has started publicly testing sorting reviews in the Steam store based on how well they...
Valve has started publicly testing sorting reviews in the Steam store based on how well they help players make purchase decisions about games. Historically we’ve sorted reviews by the number of ‘helpful’ votes given to each review by other players. However, we’ve seen that many players use reviews for sharing jokes,...
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The FTC’s fake review crackdown begins this fall

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The Federal Trade Commission has announced a final rule banning companies from creating or selling fake...
The Federal Trade Commission has announced a final rule banning companies from creating or selling fake reviews, including AI-generated ones. Once it goes into effect, the FTC can take action against companies that violate the policy.The new rule could help address AI-generated reviews that pop up on sites across th...
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