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Cars with Android Automotive are about to get a lot more apps

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Blue Origin is gearing up for a high-stakes launch with its New Glenn rocket

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Following a scrubbed launch attempt and weather-related delays, Blue Origin will once again try to send...
Following a scrubbed launch attempt and weather-related delays, Blue Origin will once again try to send its New Glenn rocket into space for the first time. During the attempt, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company aims to reach orbit, helping to further its goals of shuttling Project Kuiper satellites, equipment, and e...
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Sonos continues to clean house with departure of chief commercial officer

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This week is quickly becoming a sea change moment for Sonos as the company looks to...
This week is quickly becoming a sea change moment for Sonos as the company looks to undo the damage done to its reputation since last May. It all began on Monday with the departure of CEO Patrick Spence, who was replaced by board member Tom Conrad. Then came news that chief product officer Maxime Bouvat-Merlin would...
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Trump’s transportation pick says he’ll let Tesla investigations proceed

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Sean Duffy, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Transportation, said he would allow safety...
Sean Duffy, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Transportation, said he would allow safety investigations into Tesla’s advanced driving technology to proceed, possibly setting himself up for a clash with a top supporter of the president-elect. Duffy, a former Republican congressman, lobbyist, and Fox News ...
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uBreakiFix will be able to repair your Xbox Series X and S

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The Google Home app will soon support the Nest Protect

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Meta is already working on Community Notes for Threads

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Meta announced last week that it would be ditching fact-checkers in favor of X-like Community Notes,...
Meta announced last week that it would be ditching fact-checkers in favor of X-like Community Notes, and self-described “leaker” Alessandro Paluzzi shared screenshots on Monday showing what the feature might look like in Threads.Based on the screenshots, it appears you’ll be able to start the process of writing a Co...
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AGDQ 2025 earns $2.5 million for charity with its best event yet

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Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 has concluded, raising just over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer...
Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 has concluded, raising just over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Every Games Done Quick event is worth tuning in to either live or later via VODs, but this AGDQ was uniquely fantastic, filled with runs that’ll go down as some of the best GDQ has to offer. Here are some o...
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Chinese social media app RedNote tops App Store chart ahead of TikTok ban

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Nintendo’s Alarmo will be available for everyone starting in March

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eBay’s new acquisition could make it easy to buy a car from anywhere

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Free Our Feeds wants to build a social media ecosystem ‘resistant to billionaire influence’

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Technology advocates and celebrities are backing the launch of Free Our Feeds, a campaign designed to...
Technology advocates and celebrities are backing the launch of Free Our Feeds, a campaign designed to “save social media from billionaire capture.” The project aims to raise $30 million over three years to support the development of a social media ecosystem powered by the AT Protocol, or the decentralized network po...
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Samsung is adding two new Galaxy Ring sizes

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Mercedes-Benz’s Virtual Assistant uses Google’s conversational AI agent

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Google Cloud’s new Automotive AI Agent platform promises to “continue conversations and reference information” throughout users’...
Google Cloud’s new Automotive AI Agent platform promises to “continue conversations and reference information” throughout users’ drives, and the first car announced with it is the new Mercedes CLA. That car has the next-generation MB.OS operating system with an upgraded MBUX Virtual Assistant. When Mercedes revealed...
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8BitDo’s drift-free mobile controller is on sale for the first time

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While the cradle-style Backbone One is a great mobile controller we often recommend, it’s not the...
While the cradle-style Backbone One is a great mobile controller we often recommend, it’s not the right choice for everyone. Thankfully, 8BitDo’s Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller is a cheaper alternative for Android users, one that’s available at Amazon in black for $39.99 ($10 off) for the first time. That’s well ...
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Microsoft creates new AI engineering group led by former Meta executive

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Microsoft is creating a new engineering group that’s focused on artificial intelligence. Led by former Meta...
Microsoft is creating a new engineering group that’s focused on artificial intelligence. Led by former Meta engineering chief Jay Parikh, the new CoreAI – Platform and Tools division will combine Microsoft’s Dev Div and AI platform teams together, alongside some employees on the Office of the CTO team, to focus on b...
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What does Mark Zuckerberg want from Donald Trump?

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At this point, it’s pretty clear what Donald Trump wants from Mark Zuckerberg. But what does...
At this point, it’s pretty clear what Donald Trump wants from Mark Zuckerberg. But what does Zuckerberg, who has now gone to Mar-a-Lago twice since the November election, want from the President-elect?That’s the question I’ve been asking sources in and around Meta over the last several days. They all described Meta’...
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Robot vacuums with appendages were everywhere at CES

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There were a slew of innovations in robot vacuums on the CES show floor this year,...
There were a slew of innovations in robot vacuums on the CES show floor this year, from arms and legs to extendable mops, movable towers, and new navigation systems.As the industry races ahead in its quest to find the best way to clean our floors, it can be hard to see the function through all the hype. I spent the ...
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The iPhone Air could be coming later this year

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Apple may have settled on iPhone 17 Air as the name for the rumored skinny iPhone...
Apple may have settled on iPhone 17 Air as the name for the rumored skinny iPhone that’s expected this fall, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. He writes that the phone will be “a testing ground for future technologies,” including the tech that leads to the company’s first foldables.The ...
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How to turn off Apple Intelligence on your iPhone

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It’s getting increasingly difficult to avoid AI when you open up your phone or laptop —...
It’s getting increasingly difficult to avoid AI when you open up your phone or laptop — as soon as I started this article in Google Docs, I was immediately offered some AI assistance to write it (which I didn’t take). And with the rollout of Apple Intelligence, that now applies to iPhones, iPads, and Macs, too.But i...
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L’Oréal’s new skincare gadget told me I should try retinol

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Las Vegas is punishingly dry. The arid winter air means I woke up on Day 3...
Las Vegas is punishingly dry. The arid winter air means I woke up on Day 3 of CES 2025 with a nosebleed, chapped lips, and ashy legs. This in spite of the fact I slathered myself with two pumps of a fermented bean essence, eye cream, moisturizer, and a lip mask. Staring at my face in the hotel mirror, I wonder if an...
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The best actually real stuff at CES 2025

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 66, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in...
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 66, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy 2025, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about loneliness and Web3 scams and the future of procedural TV, watching D...
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How Watch Duty’s wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA

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If you live in Los Angeles, you are probably already intimately familiar with Watch Duty, the...
If you live in Los Angeles, you are probably already intimately familiar with Watch Duty, the free app that shows active fires, mandatory evacuation zones, air quality indexes, wind direction, and a wealth of other information that everyone, from firefighters to regular people, have come to rely on during this week’...
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Amazon Prime will shut down its clothing try-on program

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Amazon will be winding down its Prime Try Before You Buy program, which let Prime members...
Amazon will be winding down its Prime Try Before You Buy program, which let Prime members try on clothes before paying for them, reports The Information. It will shutter on January 31st, according to a banner at the top of the service’s landing page.Amazon spokesperson Maxine Tagay said in a statement emailed to The...
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