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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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Anker’s display-equipped wall charger from CES is already on sale

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The inventive gadgets and gizmos at CES can often define the year, but most everything that...
The inventive gadgets and gizmos at CES can often define the year, but most everything that appears on the showroom floor isn’t going to be available until later in the year, if at all. Fortunately, that’s not the case with Anker’s 140W GaN charger, which is already available in black or silver for $79.99 ($10 off) ...
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Everything we know (and think we know) about the Nintendo Switch 2

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Nintendo’s announcement of the Switch successor is imminent. Just how imminent is anyone’s guess, with the...
Nintendo’s announcement of the Switch successor is imminent. Just how imminent is anyone’s guess, with the company stating that it would reveal info on the console before the end of its fiscal year in March. With just over two months to go until the promised deadline, speculation about the console, its specs, physic...
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TikTok still seems headed for a ban after its Supreme Court arguments

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After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that could ban TikTok, it looks...
After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that could ban TikTok, it looks like one of its last possible lifelines is unlikely to save it from the impending ouster.TikTok will be banned from the US unless either the Supreme Court blocks the law from taking effect before the January 19th deadline or its ...
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Amazon’s latest Blu-ray promo nets you three movies for just $33

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If you’re looking for indoor activities to keep you entertained this winter, you might want to...
If you’re looking for indoor activities to keep you entertained this winter, you might want to check out Amazon’s ongoing Blu-ray sale. Now through January 20th, you can pick up three 4K Blu-ray titles for $33 when you add them to your cart, regardless of their sale price. That amounts to $11 per film, which is the ...
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Meta disbands diversity team and says DEI has become ‘charged’

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Automattic cuts WordPress contribution hours, blames WP Engine

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Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, is scaling back its contributions to the WordPress open-source project,...
Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, is scaling back its contributions to the WordPress open-source project, according to an announcement on Thursday. The company says it’s decreasing contributions to “match” the amount of time companies like WP Engine spend on the ecosystem, further escalating the tensi...
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How Elon Musk’s xAI is quietly taking over X

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When Elon Musk launched his own AI startup, xAI, he touted a key advantage over his...
When Elon Musk launched his own AI startup, xAI, he touted a key advantage over his competitors: access to the vast trove of data from his newly acquired social media platform Twitter. By implementing new API fees on the network he quickly renamed X, Musk locked out other AI companies, maintaining exclusive access f...
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Fortnite Festival is turning into Rock Band with local multiplayer

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Tesla recalls 200,000 vehicles with faulty on-board computers

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Tesla issued a recall for over 200,000 electric vehicles due to an issue with its latest...
Tesla issued a recall for over 200,000 electric vehicles due to an issue with its latest computer hardware that can short circuit and disable some safety features including the rearview camera.Tesla submitted the recall on January 6th, which acknowledges faulty computers are in some of the most recent builds of Mode...
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This versatile MagSafe smartphone light can also charge your phone in a pinch

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Godox, a company known for its professional photography gear like flashes and reflective umbrellas, has announced...
Godox, a company known for its professional photography gear like flashes and reflective umbrellas, has announced a new lighting product for smartphones. Its MA5R is a magnetic power bank with an array of diffused color-changing LEDs on the back that can improve phone photography while keeping battery anxiety in che...
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