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Free streaming platform Tubi reportedly getting into original programmingFree streaming platform Tubi has plans to branch out into original programming, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the company’s plans.The Verge 1 ay
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Judge rules Google has to face lawsuit that claims it tracks users even in Incognito modeA judge in California ruled Friday that Google has to face a class action lawsuit that claims the search giant secretly collects data from users even when they’re using its private “Incognito” mode, Bloomberg reported.The Verge 1 ay
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Go watch this drone video that will really make you miss movie theatersLast week everyone was fixated on the “Right Up Our Alley” drone video that made us all nostalgic for bowling alleys.The Verge 1 ay
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Tesla reportedly had 450 cases of coronavirus at its California plant after reopening last MayAfter it reopened in defiance of health department orders last May, Tesla’s plant in Fremont, California saw 450 cases of COVID-19 through December 2020, new data from legal website PlainSite shows (via The Washington Post).The Verge 1 ay
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Judge blocks US restrictions against Chinese smartphone maker XiaomiA federal judge has blocked the US Department of Defense from placing restrictions on Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi that were set to take effect next week.The Verge 1 ay
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Google will now let third party developers create custom Tiles for Wear OSGoogle says in a new blog post that it will now allow third-party developers to create custom Tiles for Wear OS.The Verge 1 ay
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Nvidia brings its latency-reducing tech Reflex to OverwatchAn update to Overwatch’s Public Test Region (PTR) is bringing Nvida’s latency-reduction tech, called Reflex, to the popular esports title (via Engadget).The Verge 1 ay
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Amazon ordered to temporarily close facility near Toronto due to increase in COVID-19 casesA public health authority has ordered Amazon to close one of its fulfillment centers in Canada for two weeks because of an uptick in the rate of COVID-19 infections at the facility.The Verge 1 ay
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A hacker who exposed Verkada’s surveillance camera snafu has been raidedTillie Kottmann, a 21-year-old hacker, has been raided by Swiss authorities and their devices seized, Bloomberg reports — days after helping to reveal how Silicon Valley security startup Verkada’s own security was so poor that that hackers were able to access over 150,000 of the company’s cameras to see the insides of schools, jails, hospitals, police stations, and Tesla factories.The Verge 1 ay
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Apple discontinues HomePod, but HomePod Mini will live onApple is discontinuing the original, full-size HomePod and will now focus its speaker efforts on the HomePod mini, the company told TechCrunch on Friday evening.The Verge 1 ay
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Slack will soon respect your chosen skin tone color when you smash that emoji reactionMany of us here at The Verge are big fans of emoji reactions in Slack, and today we noticed that our newsroom’s Slack now groups emoji reactions with different skin tones into one mass reaction.The Verge 1 ay
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Some Bethesda games now on Xbox Game Pass are getting frame rate boosts on Xbox Series X/SMicrosoft’s Xbox Game Pass platform just got a huge boost with the addition of 20 new Bethesda Softworks titles starting today, and now a quarter of those games will be getting performance boosts on the next-gen Xbox consoles in an upcoming update.The Verge 1 ay
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Bitwarden adds secure text and file transfer to its arsenalMany current password managers allow you to share your passwords with family members or other individuals or groups.The Verge 1 ay
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Here’s where you can buy a PS5Update March 12th, 2021 3:55PM ET: Best Buy currently has both the PS5 Digital Edition and PS5 consoles in stock and available for purchase.The Verge 1 ay
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Amazon Prime Video will soon let you shuffle all the shows you’ve been meaning to bingeAmazon is updating its Prime Video app to include a new feature: the ability to play episodes of a show on shuffle (via Android Central).The Verge 1 ay
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Sony’s PlayStation 5 is restocked at Best BuyIf you missed Target’s PS5 restocks Thursday, you may be in luck.The Verge 1 ay
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Microsoft’s Edge browser will match Chrome’s upcoming four-week release cycleMicrosoft is going to adjust its release cycles for Microsoft Edge to match the every-four-weeks release cadence for Chrome that Google announced last week.The Verge 1 ay
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Pocket’s sort by time to read feature seems designed for the return of commutesPocket, an app for saving articles to read later, is rolling out a sorting option to Android users over the next few weeks that could solve my paralysis when choosing something to read.The Verge 1 ay
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A secretive metaverse creator bought the $69 million Beeple NFTMetaKovan, the pseudonymous founder of MetaPurse, is the buyer behind the $69 million winning bid for a Beeple NFT at Christie’s yesterday.The Verge 1 ay
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Microsoft and newspapers join forces to fight GoogleOver the last decade, hundreds of newspapers have disappeared largely due to Big Tech’s disruption of the ad market.The Verge 1 ay
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GM-backed startup Lordstown Motors accused of faking preordersGeneral Motors-backed EV startup Lordstown Motors has been accused of fabricating some of the 100,000 preorders for its forthcoming Endurance electric pickup and misleading investors, the public, and government regulators about how much progress it’s made in developing the truck.The Verge 1 ay
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Let this robot Twitter composer serenade you with randomly generated musicI have been listening to robot-made music all week. No, not Daft Punk, but randomly generated music posted every hour by a Twitter bot, @MelodyBot3456.The Verge 1 ay
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MSI Summit B15 review: average businessFunctional but could be better.The Verge 1 ay
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Disney’s MagicMobile pass is a contactless alternative to the MagicBandIn 2013, Walt Disney World resort offered the MagicBands — a plastic bracelet that made it easy to perform numerous services such as park tickets.The Verge 1 ay
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Facebook’s next big AI project is training its machines on users’ public videosTeaching AI systems to understand what’s happening in videos as completely as a human can is one of the hardest challenges — and biggest potential breakthroughs — in the world of machine learning.The Verge 1 ay
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Tim Berners-Lee says internet access should be a basic rightTim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, writes in a new post on the internet’s 32nd anniversary that governments must work to ensure global broadband access by the year 2030 in order to bridge the digital divide and better hold tech companies accountable.The Verge 1 ay
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Almost all of LG’s Android 11 updates aren’t coming until the end of 2021LG’s German website has revealed its Android 11 update roadmap — at least for Europe — and the news isn’t too encouraging.The Verge 1 ay
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Vergecast: NFT mania, the Sonos Roam, and the next Android phonesEvery Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast The Vergecast, our chat show discussing the week in tech news featuring our reporters and editors.The Verge 1 ay
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Google slams Microsoft for trying ‘to break the way the open web works’Google and Microsoft engineers might collaborate on the Chromium browser code, but that hasn’t stopped corporate politics between the pair.The Verge 1 ay
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The engineers building ridiculous dart blasters that Nerf won’t touchInside the DIY Nerf arms race.The Verge 1 ay
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How modders rebuilt Resident Evil 4’s graphics from scratchAlbert Marin has taken some very specific vacations. In Wales, he visited Raglan Castle to snap pictures of its stone wall.The Verge 1 ay
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 phones are up to $500 off today at WootWoot has discounted Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 line today, with up to $500 in savings available depending on which phone you buy.The Verge 1 ay
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Stream it yourselfHere’s what it’s like to craft live on stream.The Verge 1 ay
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Sen. Marco Rubio endorses Amazon warehouse union drive in surprise op-edWriting in USA Today on Friday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) made a surprise endorsement of a fledgling union at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.The Verge 1 ay
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When games are hard on their hands, some players turn their voices into controllersVoice control provides unique opportunities for accessibility — and some complicated setup.The Verge 1 ay
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These LED dice could electrify your next DnD campaignSometimes it’s nice to get away from technology for a bit, settle down with some friends, and play an entire role-playing game using just pen, paper, and lots of dice.The Verge 1 ay
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Google says Chrome 89 keeps your Mac cooler, and saves ‘significant memory’ on WindowsGoogle has detailed the efficiency improvements it made with Chrome 89, the latest version of its browser released earlier this month.The Verge 1 ay
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Almost a fifth of Facebook employees are now working on VR and AR: reportFacebook has nearly 10,000 employees in its division working on augmented reality and virtual reality devices, according to a report in The Information based on internal organizational data.The Verge 1 ay
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Los Angeles movie-goers will soon be able to visit a theater for the first time in a yearLos Angeles theaters will be allowed to reopen at 25 percent capacity next week, according to the LA Department of Public Health (via Variety).The Verge 1 ay
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Biden: ‘all American adults will be eligible to get a vaccine no later than May 1st’President Joe Biden just announced that he will direct states to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations by May 1st.The Verge 1 ay
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Facebook’s ‘culture fit’ is the focus of a discrimination complaint, report saysA Black woman who interviewed at Facebook last year says she was told the company was “looking for a culture fit” before being rejected, according to The Intercept.The Verge 1 ay
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Microsoft says the latest Xbox Series X update fixes controller disconnect issuesMicrosoft released a new Xbox update earlier this week that brings toggles for Auto HDR and FPS Boost and improvements to better support the new Xbox Wireless Headset.The Verge 1 ay
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The latest Windows 10 update could cause your printer to crash your PCThe latest Windows update has been causing problems for some printer owners, according to a report from Windows Latest (via Gizmodo).The Verge 1 ay
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T-Mobile’s long-promised 5G home broadband will launch later this monthAt an analyst event on Thursday, T-Mobile revealed that its long-awaited 5G home broadband service will launch later this month, which it confirmed to The Verge.The Verge 1 ay
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Go listen to Spotify’s podcast about itself that ignores the existence of iTunesSpotify is making a podcast about its own history, and the first two episodes are well worth a listen for the details on the jump from piracy to streaming, how the company decided to build its business, and the technical details of how it did so.The Verge 1 ay
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Pakistan is again banning TikTok, this time for ‘peddling vulgarity’Pakistan has banned TikTok yet again, citing objectionable content on the shortform video app.The Verge 1 ay
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Gogo’s 5G network launch has stalled due to the chip shortageGogo will be delaying the rollout of its 5G network, pushing it back from 2021 to 2022.The Verge 1 ay
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A Game Boy Advance might be the best way to watch Tenet, actuallyTenet, the latest film by director Christopher Nolan, arrived on Blu-ray in December 2020, but now it has been released in another physical format: Game Boy Advance cartridges.The Verge 1 ay
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T-Mobile plans to turn up 5G speed this year, cover 90 percent of Americans with fast 5G by 2024During its virtual analyst event today, T-Mobile outlined some bold plans for expanding its 5G coverage and speeding up its current offerings.The Verge 1 ay
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Apple sues 11-year veteran MacBook designer for allegedly stealing trade secrets for a journalistApple is suing Simon Lancaster, a former product design architect at the company, accusing him of selling trade secrets and details on unreleased Apple products to an unnamed media correspondent.The Verge 1 ay
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Netflix is trying to crack down on password sharing with new testNetflix has more than 200 million subscribers around the world, and now the company is looking at ways to curb password sharing for both business and security reasons.The Verge 1 ay
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Xbox boss says Microsoft’s Bethesda deal was all about exclusive games for Game PassMicrosoft completed its $7. 5 billion Bethesda acquisition earlier this week and initially hinted that “some new titles in the future” would be exclusive to Xbox and PC players.The Verge 1 ay
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Uber and Lyft will share information about drivers deactivated for serious offensesUber and Lyft announced a “first-of-its-kind” effort to share information about drivers who were deactivated for committing serious offenses, including physical and sexual assault and murder.The Verge 1 ay
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Spotify lets passengers fight over your road trip playlist, disturbing natural order of universeIt’s a fundamental rule of the road: driver picks the music.The Verge 1 ay
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NFTs, explainedThere’s nothing like an explosion of blockchain news to leave you thinking, “Um… what’s going on here?” That’s the feeling I’ve experienced while reading about Grimes getting millions of dollars for NFTs or about Nyan Cat being sold as one.The Verge 1 ay
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Four years later, we are all BBC DadFour years ago yesterday, a meme was born: professor Robert Kelly, who will be forever known as “BBC Dad,” had the gall to get interrupted by his kids during a live video interview broadcast around the world.The Verge 1 ay
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20 Bethesda games will be available on Xbox Game Pass tomorrowMicrosoft finalized its Bethesda acquisition earlier this week, and now the company is revealing which existing games will appear on Xbox Game Pass.The Verge 1 ay
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The Hyundai Staria is the coolest-looking minivan in yearsMinivans are pretty much dead in the US, but Hyundai’s new Staria looks so slick that it makes me believe there could be a revival some day soon.The Verge 1 ay
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Bumble’s new Night In feature is an attempt to break the ice on virtual datesDating app Bumble has announced Night In, a new feature that lets you play games on a virtual date.The Verge 1 ay
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Google Maps will soon let you draw on a map to fix itIf you’ve ever been frustrated by a road simply not existing on Google Maps, the company’s now making it easier than ever to add it.The Verge 1 ay
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GM aims to make its electric vehicles go farther and cost less with new battery partnershipGeneral Motors announced a new joint venture with SolidEnergy Systems, a spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that is focused on improving the energy density in lithium-ion batteries.The Verge 1 ay
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Go read this story on how Facebook’s focus on growth stopped its AI team from fighting misinformationFacebook has always been a company focused on growth above all else.The Verge 1 ay
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Soon you’ll be able to buy a one-foot-tall figurine of ChilledCow’s lo-fi chill beats anime girlJesus. Okay.. Look, I like capitalism as much as the next schmuck who blogs for a living, but what is going on right now with regard to the efficient allocation of the Earth’s precious resources?.The Verge 1 ay
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Taser maker Axon teams up with Skydio to sell drones directly to copsAxon — the law enforcement company that makes Tasers, police body cameras, and other police and military technologies — has announced a new partnership with US drone company Skydio.The Verge 1 ay
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Anker’s Liberty Air 2 Pro pair good noise cancellation with a low priceAnd they have a surprisingly great app.The Verge 1 ay
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These new 3D-printed homes in Austin are going for $450KWhen it showed off its 3D-printed homes at the South by Southwest festival back in 2018, Austin-based construction technology company ICON told The Verge its Vulcan printer could create an 800-square-foot structure for about $10,000.The Verge 1 ay
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Grassroots online efforts are forming a new queer network of careA decades-old caretaking tradition puts down digital roots.The Verge 1 ay
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Lip-syncing app Wombo shows the messy, meme-laden potential of deepfakesYou’ve probably already seen a Wombo video floating around your social media.The Verge 1 ay
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Apple’s MagSafe Duo charger is down to its lowest price yet at Best BuyAt $129, Apple’s MagSafe Duo charger is an expensive accessory.The Verge 1 ay
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How Facebook could escape the FTC’s antitrust lawsuitIn December, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to sue Facebook for illegally maintaining a monopoly in social networking.The Verge 1 ay
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Beeple sold an NFT for $69 millionUntil October, the most Mike Winkelmann — the digital artist known as Beeple — had ever sold a print for was $100.The Verge 1 ay
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How to create a signature for PDF documents on a PCEven before the COVID-19 pandemic closed most offices, more and more official papers were being turned into PDF documents.The Verge 1 ay
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Microsoft’s Xbox Series X / S consoles are in stock again at TargetMicrosoft’s Xbox Series X and Series S consoles are some of the most sought-after consoles to buy right now.The Verge 1 ay
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Facebook is testing a way for creators to make money through Stories: sticker adsFacebook introduced Stories to its platform four years ago, mostly as a way to encourage people to post content that wasn’t highly produced or necessarily photogenic.The Verge 1 ay
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Building the ultimate retro computerThe MiSTer FPGA project recreates classic hardware.The Verge 1 ay
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Dashlane is giving its one-click password changer a big upgradePassword manager Dashlane is introducing a rebuilt version of its its one-click password changer in beta, the company announced today.The Verge 1 ay
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Sony’s PlayStation 5 is back in stock at Target againIf you have been waiting for another chance to buy the PlayStation 5 this week, your next opportunity has arrived.The Verge 1 ay
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Amazon quietly opens its eleventh Fresh store, reportedly plans 28 moreLast Thursday, Amazon opened its 11th Amazon Fresh grocery store, Bloomberg reports.The Verge 1 ay
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Oppo announces Find X3 Pro flagship with microscope cameraAfter a drawn-out series of leaks and teases, Oppo has announced its 2021 flagship in full.The Verge 1 ay
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Chrome for Android can now preview a page before opening a linkChrome’s Android app now lets you preview a webpage before committing to clicking on a link, 9to5Google reports.The Verge 1 ay
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Microsoft’s Xbox TV era ends in May with the removal of OneGuide TV listingsMicrosoft is removing its TV listings feature on the Xbox One in May.The Verge 1 ay
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Tens of thousands of Verkada cameras were easily accessible to employees as well as hackersEmployees of cloud-based surveillance firm Verkada had widespread access to feeds from customers’ cameras, according to new reports from Bloomberg and The Washington Post.The Verge 1 ay
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Verizon decrees only ‘premium’ customers can escape its slowest 5G speedsIf you’re on a basic Verizon plan, you’re going to be stuck with the company’s poor performing “nationwide” 5G network — even after critical C-band spectrum comes online.The Verge 1 ay
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Canoo reveals a bubbly electric pickup truckNo, that’s not a Duplo toy — what you see above (and in the renders below) is the design for a pickup truck from California electric vehicle startup Canoo.The Verge 1 ay
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GameStop’s stock was on the rise again, until it wasn’tGameStop stock (GME) soared in value on Wednesday, peaking at $348.The Verge 1 ay
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Leaked OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 renders leave little to the imaginationWe have a very clear picture of what the upcoming OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro will look like thanks to WinFuture — the site has published a whole bunch of official press renders of the upcoming phones well ahead of the March 23rd launch.The Verge 1 ay
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Artifacts from the first COVID-19 vaccination in the US are headed to the SmithsonianThe glass vial used in the first US COVID-19 vaccination has been acquired by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.The Verge 1 ay
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AMC revenue drops nearly 90 percent in fourth quarter, but CEO remains optimisticAMC Theaters reported another jarring but predictable loss in its fourth quarter earnings, but the company’s CEO is optimistic that the theater chain will make it out of the pandemic alright.The Verge 1 ay
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Apple reportedly denies Parler’s App Store appeal, citing derogatory terms and ‘Nazi symbols’Apple has reportedly denied social media company Parler’s bid to reenter the iOS App Store, saying its platform hasn’t addressed problems with offensive content.The Verge 1 ay
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Nyan Cat’s creator is running an event to sell memes like Bad Luck Brian and Keyboard Cat as NFTsAfter selling Nyan Cat as an NFT, its creator, Chris Torres, has found himself working on an even bigger event: a week-long series of auctions where classic memes are being sold on the blockchain by their original creators.The Verge 1 ay
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I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV nowThis afternoon, I was updating the streaming apps on my 2020 LG CX OLED TV, something I do from time to time, but today was different.The Verge 1 ay
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A YouTuber has already posted a full Galaxy A52 5G unboxingThe Galaxy A52 5G will likely be announced next week at Samsung’s second Unpacked event of the year, but thanks to an early unboxing video spotted by GSMArena, we won’t have to wait that long to see it in action.The Verge 1 ay
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Valorant pro Sinatraa suspended following sexual assault allegationsJay “Sinatraa” Won, one of the biggest names in competitive Valorant, has been suspended from the game and by his team following accusations of sexual assault.The Verge 1 ay
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YouTube’s search bar is spacing out in many web browsersSo this is a weird one: depending on the browser you’re using, your space bar may not work in the YouTube.The Verge 1 ay
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Twitter plans to let anyone start hosting Twitter Spaces in AprilIf you opened your phone this morning to see a Twitter app update, you might have been excited — and then confused — to see an advertisement for Twitter Spaces, the audio chat rooms that the social network recently launched to compete with the similar Clubhouse app.The Verge 1 ay
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Facebook moves to dismiss the US government’s antitrust caseIn two motions filed Wednesday, Facebook called on the courts to dismiss a pair of sweeping competition cases brought on by the federal government and a coalition of states.The Verge 1 ay
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Don’t invest in SPACs just because of celebrity endorsements, SEC saysToday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has found the growing trend of celebrity-endorsed special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) dangerous enough to warn investors in a new statement: just because a celebrity is participating in or endorsing a SPAC, doesn’t mean you should invest.The Verge 1 ay
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Amazon withholds its ebooks from libraries because it prefers you pay it insteadAmazon is withholding ebook and audiobook versions of works it publishes through its in-house publishing arms from US libraries, according to a new report from The Washington Post.The Verge 1 ay
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Facebook adds a path to partnership for its Level Up creatorsFacebook Gaming has announced a path to partnership for streamers in its Level Up creators program, which is the site’s equivalent of Twitch’s affiliates.The Verge 1 ay
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Kia releases teaser images of its next electric car, the EV6Kia has given its next electric vehicle a name and is getting ready to pull the cover off the new car sometime within the next few weeks.The Verge 1 ay