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7 of our favorite deals from Amazon’s Pet Days sale
- Cameron Faulkner
- May 11, 2026
A big part of my job here at The Verge is to find deals on tech that readers will like. But in my personal life, I’m not spending anywhere near as muc...
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GM settles California lawsuit claiming it sold driving habit data to insurance companies
- Emma Roth
- May 11, 2026
General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million to settle a California data privacy lawsuit that accused the automaker of selling driver location and...
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Matter and OpenADR team up to connect smart homes to the grid
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- May 11, 2026
Smart energy management just took a step closer to becoming simpler. This week, the organizations behind Matter, the smart-home interoperability stand...
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Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she lived with them
- Nilay Patel
- May 11, 2026
My guest today is longtime friend of the show Joanna Stern. You all know Joanna: she is the former senior personal technology columnist for The Wall S...
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TikTok is letting UK users pay to remove ads
- Jess Weatherbed
- May 11, 2026
TikTok is preparing to roll out a paid, ad-free version of its app in the UK. The new subscription announced today will be available to users over 18...
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Discord adds a free Xbox Game Pass ‘starter edition’ for Nitro subscribers
- Tom Warren
- May 11, 2026
Discord is announcing the launch of Nitro Rewards today, a new program for subscribers that bundles benefits from third parties like Microsoft, Logite...
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Wordle is being turned into a primetime game show
- Jay Peters
- May 11, 2026
Wordle could be the next great game show. NBC has greenlit a game show version of The New York Times' popular puzzle game, and it's set to debut in 20...
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Venmo finally takes privacy seriously
- Jay Peters
- May 11, 2026
Venmo is starting to test a big redesign of its app, and as part of the changes, it will be implementing a major new privacy measure: the onboarding p...
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Windows 11 is getting a macOS-like speed boost
- Tom Warren
- May 11, 2026
Microsoft is currently testing a new speed boost feature in Windows 11 that is designed to improve app launch times and make things like the Start men...
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Forza Horizon 6 has been leaked and cracked a week before its release
- Tom Warren
- May 11, 2026
The full version of Playground Games' upcoming Forza Horizon 6 has leaked online over the weekend and has already been cracked by pirates. The downloa...
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I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
- Ruth Fowler
- May 11, 2026
For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contrac...
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Logitech’s tiny folding mouse improves upon the laptop trackpad
- Jess Weatherbed
- May 11, 2026
Logitech is reportedly developing a new wireless mouse that folds in half to make it easier to carry around in a bag or pocket. According to leaked ma...