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California cracks down on ‘predatory’ early cancel...
California has enacted new legislation that aims to limit companies from charging consumers “exorbit...
Discord blamed a vendor for its data breach — now ...
5CA is a customer service support company that works with Discord. Recently, the chat platform said ...
Gmail now uses AI to help you find meeting times
Google is trying to make it easier to find time to meet with coworkers and clients. It’s launching a...
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is a fantastic return to (meg...
After shaking up the Pokémon formula with Pokémon Legends: Arceus, its successor, Legends: Z-A, push...
Motorola has a super-thin Air phone too
Thin phones are in, and Motorola doesn’t want to miss out. It’s teasing the imminent launch of the X...
The latest Moto Razr Ultra foldable is an even bet...
If you’re on the fence about trying a foldable smartphone, Motorola’s Razr Ultra (2025) may be the o...
Google gadgets, ranked
Is a smartwatch better than a smartphone? Not which one is more important or which would you rather ...
Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 10, but million...
Windows 10 is so popular that Windows 11 only overtook it in terms of usage just a few months ago. T...
Netflix’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch picks up where...
It's been more than a decade since there was a proper Splinter Cell game. So when Derek Kolstad, a w...
SteelSeries’ refreshed Nova 7 gaming headset gets ...
SteelSeries is launching the second generation of its popular Nova 7 wireless gaming headset today, ...
The return of the trans underground
In the early 1970s, long before social media and more than a decade before the earliest internet for...
Spotify rolls out controls to keep kids music out ...
Spotify is expanding shared account features that make it easier for parents to control what their k...
How trans visibility became a trap
I renewed my passport the day after Trump won again. It wouldn’t expire for years, but I did it anyw...
Instagram is making all teen accounts ‘PG-13’
Instagram is making a major update to teen accounts that will only allow them to view content simila...
TiVo no longer makes DVRs
It’s the end of an era for TiVo. Cord Cutters flagged that the company has removed every digital vid...
Facebook is adding job listings, again
Meta, a company that is not shy about bolting new features onto its platforms, is bolting another ne...
Microsoft AI announces first image generator creat...
Microsoft AI just announced its first text-to-image generator, MAI-Image-1, designed and developed i...
Google will let you hide sponsored results in sear...
Ads in Google search results are getting a more prominent label, and a way to hide them if you’re no...
Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatlining
After a brutal few months, Tesla sales are finally picking up thanks to expiring federal EV tax cred...
New California law requires AI to tell you it’s AI...
A bill attempting to regulate the ever-growing industry of companion AI chatbots is now law in Calif...
California enacts its own internet age-gating law
California joins a growing group of states with a new internet age-gating law after Gov. Gavin Newso...
Nvidia’s ‘personal AI supercomputer’ is now availa...
Nvidia will start selling its DGX Spark “personal AI supercomputer” this week. The machine is powerf...
Apple TV Plus is being rebranded to… Apple TV
The Apple TV Plus streaming service is being rebranded with a “vibrant new identity,” according to t...
EcoFlow’s Delta Pro Ultra X can power a home for w...
EcoFlow just announced its latest “most powerful” and “easy-to-install” whole-home battery backup sy...
OpenAI partners with Broadcom to produce its own A...
OpenAI is teaming up with Broadcom to produce its own computer chips to power its AI data centers. T...
Palmer Luckey’s Anduril launches EagleEye military...
Anduril, the military tech company founded by Oculus creator Palmer Luckey, has announced the first ...
Vivo X300 Pro launches with an Ultra-rivaling came...
Vivo has announced the X300 and X300 Pro, its latest flagship phones, and they look closer to the co...
UK fines 4Chan over online safety compliance
The United Kingdom has slapped 4Chan with a £20,000 (around $26,000) fine in a bid to clamp down on ...
Slack is turning Slackbot into an AI assistant
Slack is testing an update for Slackbot that transforms it into an AI assistant. Presently, it opera...
Wi-Fi 8 demonstrated with first prototype connecti...
It feels like the rollout of Wi-Fi 7 is barely out of the gate, but TP-Link is already making advanc...
Marvel’s details upcoming slate of shows at New Yo...
We got our first proper look at the upcoming Wonder Man series, but Marvel has a whole slate of show...
You need to watch the bonkers Japanese fantasy hor...
Spooky season is upon us, and traditional horror films like Bring Her Back (excellently gruesome) or...
Amazon awkwardly edited the guns out of James Bond...
Last week, for James Bond Day, Amazon revealed updated poster art for the movies. But fans immediate...
Police are asking kids to stop pulling AI homeless...
We’ve been so worried about deepfaked politicians, AI musicians, virtual actresses, and phony satell...
How BlackBerry Messenger set texting free
It's important to remember that two decades ago, text messages cost 10 cents. Each. Back when we mea...
ChatGPT is becoming an everything app
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Welcome to the ‘papers, please’ internet
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For...
Apple ends support for Clips video-editing app
Apple’s Clips video editing app is no more. It debuted in 2017 as a way to stitch together videos wi...
How The Verge and our readers manage kids’ screen ...
This week the Pew Research Center published a study about how parents managed screen time for their ...
The AirPods 4 and Lego’s brick-ified Grogu are our...
Although Amazon’s fall Prime Day event has come to an end, there are still some lingering discounts ...
American politics has devolved into shitposting an...
When Donald Trump's administration issued orders to send the National Guard into Portland, Oregon, a...
Dreams of Another feels like a fever dream
Dreams of Another is like playing an art-filled dream. It's filled with unexpected events, disjointe...
Is the Coros Nomad really an adventure watch?
Coros' Nomad is marketed as a "go-anywhere, do-anything" adventure watch. It's got GPS and offline m...
Hollywood has no idea what to do about AI
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated...
OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation a...
Will OpenAI send police to your door if you advocate for AI regulation? Nathan Calvin, a lawyer who...
Bose is yanking key features from its SoundTouch s...
Bose is discontinuing support for the cloud-based features available on its SoundTouch products on F...
OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGP...
“ChatGPT shouldn’t have political bias in any direction,” OpenAI wrote in a post on Thursday. The la...
You can still snag LG’s C4 OLED TV at half the pri...
It’s normal to feel some FOMO after a big sales event like Amazon’s fall Prime Day, but don’t worry ...
Chrome will automatically disable web notification...
Google is introducing a new Chrome browser feature for Android and desktop users that automatically ...
Boox’s new smartphone-sized e-readers come with a ...
Now that the latest versions of Boox’s pocketable e-readers are finally available in China, we have ...
