Reddit brings back its old award system — ‘we messed up’ (www.theverge.com)
SpaceX is reportedly building a $1.8 billion network of spy satellites for US intelligence (www.theverge.com)
The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down (www.theverge.com)
Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs (www.theverge.com)
Nokia tells Reddit it might be infringing on Nokia's patents. (www.theverge.com)
I can't believe I have to defend reddit for once.
Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down (www.theverge.com)
Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it (www.theverge.com)
Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it::Funimation is shutting down on April 2nd, 2024. The service will automatically transfer subscribers to Crunchyroll, and legacy members will see a price increase.
Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)
Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I don’t use Microsoft Edge regularly, and I have Google Chrome set as my default browser. Bleary-eyed at 9AM, it took me a moment to realize that Microsoft...
Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers (www.theverge.com)
Reddit has a new AI training deal to sell user content (www.theverge.com)
Reddit has a new AI training deal to sell user content::Reddit has reportedly made a deal with an unnamed AI company to allow access to its platform’s content for the purposes of AI model training.
Passkeys might really kill passwords (www.theverge.com)
Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use...
Meta’s “set it and forget it” AI ad tools are misfiring and blowing through cash (www.theverge.com)
EcoFlow’s $200 PowerStream is so clever, you might buy a $4,000 solar generator (www.theverge.com)
Title reads like at ad, but this is a new way to reach energy independence. I actually have a small EcoFlow device and it’s pretty good for the price....
Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training data (www.theverge.com)
"How Google perfected the web" or how google made everything worst (www.theverge.com)
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Mercedes is trialing humanoid robots for ‘low skill, repetitive’ tasks (www.theverge.com)
Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not (www.theverge.com)
The Apple Vision Pro is supposed to be the start of a new spatial computing revolution. After several days of testing, it’s clear that it’s the best headset ever made — which is the problem.
Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox::Mozilla has responded to Apple’s App Store changes in the EU, which will finally allow other browsers, like Firefox, to run on their own engines.
Apple won’t be forced to open up iMessage by EU (www.theverge.com)
President Biden is now posting into the fediverse (www.theverge.com)
Google’s AI search results are already getting ads (www.theverge.com)
Reddit has a new AI training deal to sell user content (www.theverge.com)
Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate (www.theverge.com)
Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate::The bill would create a duty of care for tech platforms to protect child and teen users.