Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down (www.theverge.com)
Threads starts testing a TweetDeck-like feed of real-time posts (www.theverge.com)
This new UI is limited to Threads on the web.
Single-tap passkeys are coming to Android 15 (www.theverge.com)
Passkeys are also coming to Wear OS 5 smartwatches.
Sony Music warns AI companies against “unauthorized use” of its content (www.theverge.com)
Did that AI system use Doja Cat records for training data?
New Teslas might lose Steam (www.theverge.com)
Have you played Steam in your Tesla lately?
Reddit’s deal with OpenAI will plug its posts into “ChatGPT and new products” (www.theverge.com)
Reddit’s signed AI licensing deals with Google and OpenAI.
Twitter is officially X.com now (www.theverge.com)
So long, Twitter.com.
TikTok is testing hour-long videos (www.theverge.com)
TikTok takes on YouTube.
Instagram and Facebook under EU investigation for causing child addiction and harm (www.theverge.com)
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Arizona accuses Amazon of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers with “dark patterns” (www.theverge.com)
Arizona's Attorney General, Kris Mayes, filed two lawsuits against Amazon on Wednesday for allegedly engaging in deceptive business practices and maintaining monopoly status. The first lawsuit accuses the company of using dark patterns to keep users from canceling their Amazon Prime subscriptions, violating Arizona's Consumer...
Google now offers ‘web’ search — and an AI opt-out button (www.theverge.com)
Bluesky confirms Jack Dorsey is no longer on its board (www.theverge.com)
Arizona accuses Amazon of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers with “dark patterns” (www.theverge.com)
Amazon already faces a major antitrust challenge from the FTC.
Hugging Face is sharing $10 million worth of compute to help beat the big AI companies (www.theverge.com)
Hugging Face is hoping to lower the barrier to entry for developing AI apps.
Social media users are blocking celebs to support Palestine (www.theverge.com)
The juxtaposition of the Met Gala and Gaza have users making references to The Hunger Games....
Microsoft’s AI obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions (www.theverge.com)
Its carbon pollution has ballooned since making a big climate pledge.
Android 15’s second beta release lets users lock down access to private apps (www.theverge.com)
Android 15 beta 2 is great for those who’d like to hide apps.
Bumble apologizes for its anti-celibacy ad fumble (www.theverge.com)
Bumble is pulling the billboard ads and says they were a “mistake.”
Google now offers ‘web’ search — and an AI opt-out button (www.theverge.com)
Want 10 blue links back? This is the best we’re likely to get.
Everything happening at Google’s I/O developer conference 2024 (www.theverge.com)
Meta will shut down its Teams competitor Workplace next year (www.theverge.com)
Unless you work at Meta.
Android apps will soon let you use your face to control your cursor (www.theverge.com)
The face-driven gaming ‘mouse’ may no longer be just for gamers.
Google’s Gemini video search makes factual error in demo (www.theverge.com)
Google even highlighted the wrong answer in the video!