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Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes
Meta says it may be forced to pull Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp from New Mexico if the attorney general gets his way. The state is demanding a host of chan...
With Saros, Housemarque makes a case for doing next-gen games differently
It is generally frowned upon to care too much about appearances. We have a lot of little aphorisms discouraging this - books and their covers, beauty being skin...
Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok
In a federal courtroom in California on Thursday, Elon Musk testified that his own AI startup, xAI, has used OpenAI's models to improve its own. The matter at q...
The Onion's bid to take over Infowars hits another snag
A Texas appeals court granted Jones's request to pause a deal that would allow the satirical website The Onion to license the Infowars brand name and turn the s...
Xbox owners can now disable Quick Resume for specific games
Microsoft has released a new Xbox update that adds a bunch of new features, including the ability to disable Quick Resume for individual games. Quick Resume, wh...
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with b...
Cricut’s Joy 2 makes creating stickers easier for beginners, and it’s on sale
If you’ve ever thought about making your own stickers for Etsy or just for fun but don’t know where to begin, I’d recommend taking a look at the Cricut Joy 2. I...
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI has always been complicated, so I expected the close partnership-turned-situationship to end in tears. After all, executive...
Gemini is rolling out to cars with Google built-in
Google is preparing to update vehicles that have Google built-in with its Gemini AI assistant. This will be an upgrade from the current Google Assistant accordi...
Microsoft’s DLSS competitor is now available on the Xbox Ally X handheld
Microsoft is starting to test its Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) feature with the Xbox Ally X. Auto SR first debuted on some Copilot Plus PCs nearly two y...
Now California’s cops can give tickets to driverless cars
Autonomous vehicles roving California's roads will no longer be immune to traffic tickets starting on July 1st. New regulations announced by the California DMV...
After working on the Vision Pro, this AR veteran is going back to phones
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a w...