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Netflix is all about the money, not the members

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Netflix is moving beyond subscriber numbers. In its first quarter earnings results released on Thursday, Netflix...
Netflix is moving beyond subscriber numbers. In its first quarter earnings results released on Thursday, Netflix announced that it will stop reporting quarterly membership numbers in 2025 because subscribers are “just one component” of its growth. The change comes after a quarter where it added 9.3 million subscribe...
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Senate advances vote on reauthorizing warrantless surveillance program

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The Senate is moving forward on a vote to reauthorize a controversial program that allows warrantless...
The Senate is moving forward on a vote to reauthorize a controversial program that allows warrantless surveillance of foreign “targets.” Before voting on the reauthorization bill, senators had to vote on a cloture motion to begin voting. The cloture motion passed 67–32, just one day ahead of the program’s expiration...
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Your Happy Hacking Keyboard deserves some fresh caps

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Listen, I don’t want to be the guy who always posts about weird keyboard stuff. I...
Listen, I don’t want to be the guy who always posts about weird keyboard stuff. I have other interests. But I need to tell the dozens of Verge readers with Topre keyboards about these keycaps. Ursa is a new spherical doubleshot keycap profile for Topre that is available for group buy until May 15th. Reactions to the...
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All the news on Qi2 wireless charging

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The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has (finally) released the new Qi2 standard that will help new...
The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has (finally) released the new Qi2 standard that will help new devices and chargers line up perfectly, thanks to the magic of magnets. Version 2.0 of the Qi wireless charging standard supports up to 15W charging so that iPhone owners don’t have to get expensive MagSafe-certified a...
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Meta says Llama 3 beats most other models, including Gemini

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The next generation of Meta’s large language model Llama, which releases today to cloud providers like...
The next generation of Meta’s large language model Llama, which releases today to cloud providers like AWS and to model libraries like Hugging Face soon, performs better than most current AI models, the company said in a blog post.Llama 3 currently features two model weights, with 8B and 70B parameters. (The B is fo...
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The podcast industry keeps reinventing itself

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This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry.Today is my last...
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry.Today is my last day at The Verge, and this will be my final issue of Hot Pod. I’ll have one more story coming out in the next week or two. But until then, I wanted to offer some parting thoughts on the industry I have covered so closely...
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The Humane AI Pin is lost in translation

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Of all the things the Humane AI Pin promised, I was most intrigued by translation. In...
Of all the things the Humane AI Pin promised, I was most intrigued by translation. In a demo, a man speaks to Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri in Spanish. The AI Pin automatically translates it to English. Chaudhri replies in English. Again, the AI Pin translates his words back into Spanish. There are notable pauses...
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You should be playing Music League

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Writing about the decline of Pitchfork made me sad about the music industry — and also...
Writing about the decline of Pitchfork made me sad about the music industry — and also about the state of music discovery. Besides the fact that TikTok doesn’t prioritize music as anything other than background noise, it means that artists have to win the viral lottery in order to make a hit. And that’s entirely out...
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Meta is adding real-time AI image generation to WhatsApp

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The future of the Xbox looks a lot like a PC

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When I reviewed the Xbox Series X nearly four years ago, I called the console a...
When I reviewed the Xbox Series X nearly four years ago, I called the console a “next-gen PC.” Not only did the Xbox look like a PC with its boxy, rectangular, tower-like case but it also felt like one thanks to hardware upgrades that allowed it to run games with a variety of PC-like graphical modes. Now, as we appr...
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A new NES emulator was briefly available on the Apple App Store

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Just two days after Apple removed the iGBA emulator from the iOS App Store, an NES...
Just two days after Apple removed the iGBA emulator from the iOS App Store, an NES emulator called Bimmy briefly appeared before being taken down. MacRumors reported that the app was described as being for homebrew games but also supported ROMs provided by players. Unfortunately, when we attempted to download Bimmy,...
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Report: TikTok’s efforts to silo US data are ‘largely cosmetic’

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Since 2022, TikTok has undertaken a massive, expensive effort to silo off its US operations —...
Since 2022, TikTok has undertaken a massive, expensive effort to silo off its US operations — and American users’ data — from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. TikTok has described the corporate restructuring, which it dubbed Project Texas, as “an unprecedented initiative dedicated to making every American on T...
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Motorola’s new $130 earbuds are a Bose collab

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A new wooden Edge phone isn’t all that Motorola announced today. The company also introduced two...
A new wooden Edge phone isn’t all that Motorola announced today. The company also introduced two pairs of earbuds: the higher-end set is called the Moto Buds Plus and costs $129.99, while the more basic Moto Buds will only be available in select markets. But the Plus standout as the more interesting product, and tha...
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People are afraid of self-driving cars — can the industry change that?

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Forget the fact that most autonomous vehicles operate each day safely, anonymously, and without fanfare. There...
Forget the fact that most autonomous vehicles operate each day safely, anonymously, and without fanfare. There are hundreds in operation today in California, Arizona, Texas, and elsewhere, and the numbers are only going to increase. But when they do make mistakes, people tend to notice. Numerous public opinion polls...
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Take it slow in this stop-motion sci-fi adventure

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Harold Halibut moves at its own pace. A point-and-click adventure built with real-world materials and then...
Harold Halibut moves at its own pace. A point-and-click adventure built with real-world materials and then animated with stop-motion, Harold Halibut tells a story that’s at times slow and ponderous and, at others, cozy and heartwarming. It’s sort of like what would happen if Wes Anderson teamed up with Aardman Anima...
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Here’s where the Humane AI Pin stands post-launch

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It’s possible the Humane AI Pin will go down as one of the — if not...
It’s possible the Humane AI Pin will go down as one of the — if not the — worst-reviewed product launches in modern tech history. Humane, the company started by former Apple executives and designers, first announced its generative-AI powered, screenless wearable in 2023, hyped up to the point where runway models wor...
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Kickstarter is adding the ability to collect money indefinitely

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Creators fundraising for projects on Kickstarter will soon be able to collect money even after their...
Creators fundraising for projects on Kickstarter will soon be able to collect money even after their campaign ends.Currently, Kickstarter projects can last anywhere from one to 60 days, and creators hoping to continue fundraising after meeting their goal have had to go off-platform to keep raising money.The new late...
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Amazon Music’s Maestro lets listeners make AI playlists

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Amazon Music may soon let you create playlists with a text prompt using Maestro, its new...
Amazon Music may soon let you create playlists with a text prompt using Maestro, its new AI playlist maker. Maestro, which is currently available in beta to a small number of Amazon Music subscribers in the US, will let users put together playlists using any prompt, including emojis, Amazon said in a blog post. Acco...
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The best sleep gadgets to help you catch those Zzzs

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Sleep tech runs the gamut from trackers and apps to expensive smart beds, but it doesn’t...
Sleep tech runs the gamut from trackers and apps to expensive smart beds, but it doesn’t all address the same issues. Are you trying to see how your sleep impacts your athletic performance? Hoping to mask the sound of a snoring partner? I’ve tested all sorts of sleep tech and can point you toward the right gadget fo...
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Truth Social says it’s building a live TV service

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Google’s Pixel 9 may get an Apple-like satellite SOS feature

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Google could be adding a feature very similar to Apple’s Emergency SOS feature to the Pixel...
Google could be adding a feature very similar to Apple’s Emergency SOS feature to the Pixel 9 and the next Pixel Fold. That’s according to leaker Kamila Wojciechowska, who writes for Android Authority that the company would partner with T-Mobile to offer the feature but may add other providers later.Just like Apple’...
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Blackmagic Design releases a DaVinci Resolve editing panel for iPads

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Blackmagic Design announced its video editing software, DaVinci Resolve, was coming to the iPad back in...
Blackmagic Design announced its video editing software, DaVinci Resolve, was coming to the iPad back in 2022, and although it supports multitouch input and the Apple Pencil, sometimes, nothing beats purpose-built hardware. On Friday, Blackmagic announced the $495 DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel, which it says will...
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The first Apple-approved emulators for the iPhone have arrived

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I played Game Boy Advance games on my iPhone last night thanks to a new emulator...
I played Game Boy Advance games on my iPhone last night thanks to a new emulator called iGBA, which appears to be the first Game Boy Advance emulator on the App Store since Apple started allowing emulators worldwide. The only trouble is, it doesn’t look like iGBA is developer Mattia La Spina’s own work.In an email t...
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Best video game TV show ever?

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 34, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in...
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 34, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) I also have for you an excellent new video game show, a new ebook reader worth a look, yet...
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