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- The new MacBook Air M3 is $100 off for the first timeThe new M3-powered MacBook Air is faster than its predecessor with GPU upgrades. | Image: Apple It’s a good day for Apple deals. Not only can you get $150 off the Apple ... read more
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- Qualcomm quietly demos Baldur’s Gate 3 and Control on Snapdragon X Elite laptopsThe red Snapdragon X Elite reference design laptop Qualcomm used to show off the games. | Image: Qualcomm If you read my scoop last week, I bet you’ve been wondering — how ... read more
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- Google adds more AI in shoppingIllustration: The Verge Google is adding more AI into its search in the hopes that it will help shoppers find the items they want — even if it’s something they’ve generated with ... read more
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- Cheryl Hines’ husband chooses Sergey Brin’s ex-wife as running matePhoto by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Independent presidential candidate and notable anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tapped Nicole Shanahan, a wealthy Silicon Valley lawyer, as his running mate. Shanahan ... read more
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- Ford’s Europe-only Explorer EV gets an estimated 375 miles of rangeThe all-electric SUV set a new record as the first globe-trotting EV. | Image: Ford Ford neglected to share the maximum range of its newest all-electric Explorer when it announced the Europe-only ... read more
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- The ad-free Kindle Kids is on sale for the first time since Black FridayAmazon’s latest Kindle Kids comes with perks the standard version lacks, including a protective case and an extended two-year warranty. | Image: Kindle Kids For some reason, Kindle deals have been hard ... read more
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- Microsoft Teams is getting smarter Copilot AI featuresImage: Microsoft Microsoft is improving the way its AI-powered Copilot works in Microsoft Teams with new ways to invoke the assistant during meeting chats, summaries, and more. Copilot is already able ... read more
- Dragon’s Dogma 2’s lovable pawns make it an adventure worth fighting forImage: Capcom The sequel to Capcom’s action RPG is big and chaotic, but the companion characters are what make it all work. Continue reading… ... read more
- AI headphones and clicky phone keysImage: The Verge / Photo courtesy of University of Washington The world is a noisy place. High-end headphones are getting better at shutting it out; solid noise-canceling headphones from Sony, Bose, and ... read more
- Disney Plus has a new Hulu-ified logoThe old Disney Plus icon logo (left) compared with the updated teal one (right). | Image: Disney Disney has made some slight but notable updates to the logo and splash screen for ... read more
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- Canva acquires Affinity to fill the Adobe-sized holes in its design suiteAffinity’s professional design software could give Canva the edge it needs to seriously compete against Adobe. | Image: Canva / Affinity Web-based design platform Canva has acquired the Affinity creative software suite, ... read more
- Nissan announces plans to make 16 new electrified vehicles by 2026Image: Nissan Nissan has laid out a new plan to electrify 16 of the 30 vehicles it produces by 2026, with the rest using internal combustion instead. For those of us in ... read more
- Microsoft has a new Windows and Surface chiefIllustration: The Verge Microsoft is naming Pavan Davuluri as its new Windows and Surface chief today. After Panos Panay’s surprise departure to Amazon last year, Microsoft split up the Windows and Surface ... read more
- Telegram’s Peer to Peer Login system is a risky way to save $5 a monthPlease don’t sign up for this program. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Telegram is offering a new way to earn a premium subscription free of charge: all you have ... read more
- The creators of 3 Body Problem want to have ‘a back and forth’ with the book3 Body Problem executive producers Alexander Woo, David Benioff, and D.B. Weiss. | Image: Ed Miller / Netflix Between its expanded, more ethnically diverse cast and its more advanced take on virtual ... read more
- Elon Musk has fully bought into the ‘great replacement’Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge For months, Elon Musk has been dropping decidedly unsubtle hints that he believes in the great replacement, a conspiracy theory that liberal elites are “importing” ... read more
- Meta’s new opt-out setting limits visibility of politics on Instagram and ThreadsIllustration: The Verge Meta’s executives have been saying for a while that they don’t want to boost posts about politics in their apps. Now, an opt-out setting that limits recommendations of “political ... read more
- Razer’s lightning-quick Huntsman V2 keyboard is down to its lowest price to dateThe mechanical keyboard might sell out faster than its light-based optical switches can read your keystrokes. | Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge Amazon’s Big Spring Sale ends today, March 25th, ... read more
- Judge tosses Elon Musk’s X lawsuit against anti-hate groupImage: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images In a decision filed Monday, federal Judge Charles Breyer dismissed a lawsuit from Elon Musk’s X against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), ... read more
- Nvidia’s AI chip dominance is being targeted by Google, Intel, and ArmA coalition of tech companies, including Intel, Google, Arm, and Qualcomm, hopes to loosen Nvidia’s grip on the AI market. | Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Major tech companies are ... read more
- Ron DeSantis signs bill requiring parental consent for kids under 16 to hold social media accountsPhoto by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) just signed into law HB 3, a bill that will give parents of teens under 16 more control over their kids’ ... read more
- Microsoft forgot to update this Windows feature for 30 yearsThe Format drive dialog in Windows 11. | Screenshot by Tom Warren / The Verge On a Thursday morning nearly 30 years ago at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, a software developer checked-in ... read more
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- Microsoft is making Chrome’s text rendering better on WindowsIllustration: The Verge Microsoft has committed changes to Chromium that will improve text rendering on Windows machines. Following years of complaints, Chrome version 124 will finally support contrast and gamma values from ... read more
- Apple, Meta, and Google targeted by EU in DMA non-compliance investigationsCath Virginia / The Verge The European Commission is opening five non-compliance investigations into how Apple, Google, and Meta are complying with its new Digital Markets Act antitrust rules, the regulator announced ... read more
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- Spotify adds video learning courses in latest experimentCourses cover a range of subject matter like learning music or building a business. | Image: Spotify Spotify’s UK users are getting access to a fourth category of content to sit alongside ... read more
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- Where to preorder Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (and what’s included)The world of Elden Ring expands on June 21st with a new world, items, and bosses to slay. | Image: Amazon We spent much of the time following Elden Ring’s launch begging ... read more
- The Sonos Roam 2 may launch in JuneThe first-generation Roam speakers. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Sonos will launch the follow-up to its Roam wireless AirPlay 2 and Bluetooth speaker in June, along with a new ... read more
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- Final Fantasy XVI’s next DLC gets a trailer and a release dateYesterday, Square Enix released a trailer for The Rising Tide, the next paid DLC for Final Fantasy XVI, and gave the expansion a release date: April 18th. The update to the PS5 ... read more
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