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Alexa+ can now swear, thanks to a new personality style
- Lawrence Bonk
- Mar 12, 2026
Amazon just unveiled a new personality type for Alexa+. The "sassy" option is reserved for adults and the company claims it will throw out censored cu...
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BallotGuessr is Geoguessr for budding political pundits
- Kris Holt
- Mar 12, 2026
Fancy yourself as one of those folks who stands in front of an expensive touchscreen display on a news network on election night, zooming in and out o...
- Technology
Gemini’s task automation is here and it’s wild
- Allison Johnson
- Mar 12, 2026
A couple of weeks ago, Google and Samsung announced a big Gemini development coming to their newest devices: task automation. Starting with food deliv...
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Ukraine allows allies to train AI models on its battlefield data
- Will Shanklin
- Mar 12, 2026
Ukraine's four-year war with Russia has made it the world leader in battlefield drone technology. One byproduct of that is that the data it collects h...
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Google’s TV Streamer 4K doubles as a smart home hub and it’s on sale
- Sheena Vasani
- Mar 12, 2026
Between March Madness and the Oscars, now might be a good time to improve your TV setup. Google’s TV Streamer 4K is currently on sale for $79.99 ($20...
- Technology
Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan returns with a Western survival shooter
- Kris Holt
- Mar 12, 2026
After spending many years as the public face of Overwatch, Jeff Kaplan stayed well out of the limelight after leaving Blizzard in 2021. Five years lat...
- Technology
Anthropic’s Claude AI can respond with charts, diagrams, and other visuals now
- Emma Roth
- Mar 12, 2026
Anthropic's latest update to Claude will allow the AI chatbot to generate custom charts, diagrams, and other visualizations during your conversation....
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Claude can now generate charts and diagrams
- Igor Bonifacic
- Mar 12, 2026
With Claude enjoying a moment of newfound popularity among regular people, Anthropic is previewing an update designed to make its chatbot better at ex...
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Honda cancels three EVs that were months away from US production
- Andre Revilla
- Mar 12, 2026
Honda has announced it is canceling three electric vehicles it was months from starting production on at its EV Hub in Ohio. The Honda 0 SUV, the Hond...
- Technology
Google built a flash-flood prediction tool using Gemini and old news reports
- Lawrence Bonk
- Mar 12, 2026
Flash floods are notoriously difficult to predict, but Google might have a novel solution. The company just revealed Groundsource, a prediction tool f...
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Meta exec hopes VR teens will stick around
- Janko Roettgers
- Mar 12, 2026
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscriber...
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Microsoft's Copilot Health can use AI to turn your fitness data and medical records 'into a coherent story'
- Kris Holt
- Mar 12, 2026
Microsoft has unveiled Copilot Health, an AI-powered tool it claims can help make sense of your medical records, health history and fitness data from...