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Illustration: The Verge Threads is coming to the fediverse — and we just got our first official look at how that might work from Meta itself. During the FediForum conference on Tuesday, Meta’s Peter Cottle showed off a brief demo of how users will eventually be able to connect their accounts and posts to the fediverse. The integration will let users share their posts across different platforms through Threads, letting them reach multiple audiences at once. Meta is just one of the man

Image: OnLeaks / Smartprix Google’s Pixel 8A may have a 120Hz display — up from 90Hz in the Pixel 7A — and a brighter screen, according to Kamila Wojciechowska, whose past leaks have included videos of the pre-release Pixel Fold.Google’s I/O 2024 conference is set for May 14th, when the company will likely talk a lot about AI again. That’s also probably where the company will announce the Pixel 8A.
Writing for Android Authority, Wojciechowska says this next entry in

SAVE UP TO $580: Amazon has a small assortment of Mashable-approved laptops on sale for as low as $620 ahead of its Big Spring Sale (taking place from March 20 to 25).Best early Amazon spring sale laptop deals at a glance:Best Apple MacBook dealApple MacBook Air, 13.6-inch (M3)$1,049.99 at Amazon(save $49.01) Get DealBest Samsung Galaxy Book dealSamsung Galaxy Book3$619.99 at Amazon(save $380) Get DealBest ASUS gaming laptop dealASUS TUF Gaming A17$1,099.99 at Amazon(save $200) Get Deal
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UPDATE: Mar. 19, 2024, 2:00 p.m. EDT This article has been updated with the latest Bluetooth speaker deals from Amazon's Big Spring Sale.Amazon's Big Spring Sale is just about here, but as usual, the party is starting early. That's wonderful news for you, because with so many deals already live, you can get your spring and summer parties started early. We're talking pool parties, BBQs, casual hangs, shindigs, and everything in between. And for those to run smoothly, you're going to need a great

Check out the best Mac and MacBook deals just ahead of Amazon's Big Spring Sale: Best Mac and MacBook dealsBest MacBook deal2023 MacBook Air (M2, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD)$1,199 at Best Buy(Save $300) Get DealBest Mac deal24-inch iMac (M1, 8-core GPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD)$899.99 at Best Buy(Save $550) Get Deal
Apple laptops and computers are zippy, sleek, and expensive as all hell — but you can get more bang with your buck if you buy when the time is right. With Amazon's Big Spring Sale just arou

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more.The common wisdom goes that video is the key to podcast discovery: you take the juiciest clips from your show, hope one goes viral every now and then on TikTok, and then that wider (and younger) audience becomes your new listeners. Uncah jamz is the prime example of this, sending a bunch of new attention to Call Her Daddy. But even podc

Some of the heroes added to Overwatch | Image: Blizzard Overwatch 2 heroes will no longer need to be unlocked through Battle Pass or via purchase, taking some of the grind out of the now free-to-play team FPS. Starting in Season 10, players will be able to unlock all existing and future heroes for free. This will include Venture, the latest hero joining Overwatch’s roster next season.New players to the game will still need to complete the first-time user experience. Only when novice player

Following a much buzzed-about trailer, Alex Garland's political action thriller Civil War had its world premiere at SXSW last Thursday, garnering a slew of rave reviews. The reaction online since then — both to the movie itself and reviews out of the film festival — have been divisive, which might have been Garland's purpose.Set during a second American Civil War in a not-so-distant future, the film follows four journalists (Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Priscilla's Cailee S

Segway’s new Navimow i robot lawn mower is now available in the US on Amazon. | Image: Segway Following its launch in Europe earlier this month, Segway’s Navimow i series robot lawn mower is now available in the US. As one of the first robotic mowers under $1,000 that can navigate autonomously without a boundary wire, its arrival could be the beginning of the robot lawn mower going mainstream.
The Navimow i series has two models: the i105N costs $999 and covers 0.125 acres, and the $

Anker Soundcore headphones, earbuds, and speakers are seeing significant price drops ahead of Amazon's Big Spring Sale, which officially runs from March 20 through 25. Here are some of our top picks as of March 19.The best Anker Soundcore headphone and speakers deals at a glance:BEST HEADPHONE DEALAnker Soundcore Space Q45 noise-cancelling headphones$99.99 at Amazon(save $50) Get DealBEST EARBUDS DEALAnker Soundcore Space A40 noise-cancelling earbuds$49.99 at Amazon(save $50) Get DealBEST SPEAKE

Some AI-generated videos will now require a label on YouTubeThe policy was first announced by the company last November, but according to a new update from YouTube posted on Monday, the new policy and its required compliance tools are now being launched, and will continue to roll out over the coming weeks. "We’re introducing a new tool in Creator Studio requiring creators to disclose to viewers when realistic content – content a viewer could easily mistake for a real person, pla

Everything old is new again, and this week's happy return belongs to Apple's iPod Shuffle. For several years, young folks have been repurposing Shuffles as hair accessories, brooches, and more, using the clips on the back of the devices to adorn locks and Levis alike.Mashable's Elena Cavender prophesied the trend's growth in 2022, after a December 2021 video of TikTok creator Kira Lyn Vaden using Shuffles as hair clips earned more than 350,000 likes. And, though we may not have had it on our 202

UPDATE: Mar. 19, 2024, 1:15 p.m. EDT There's still one more day until Amazon's Big Spring Sale starts, but we've already found some great deals on headphones and speakers. Here are some of our favorites so far.Best headphone and Bluetooth speaker deals from Amazon's 2024 spring sale:Best noise-cancelling headphone dealBose QuietComfort Ultra headphones$379 at Best Buy(Save $50) Get DealBest AirPods dealApple USB-C AirPods Pro$189 at Amazon(Save $60) Get DealBest wireless earbuds dealsAmazon Ech

Nvidia has made bank on hardware for powering AI over the last few years. Now, it's set to potentially make more.The computing company announced in a press release on Monday that its next-gen "Blackwell" chip is on the way. It's the follow-up to the H100 chips that are widely used to fuel things like ChatGPT in recent years, and according to Nvidia, Blackwell is up to 30 times more powerful and uses as much as 25 times less energy in doing so.SEE ALSO:It's like ChatGPT with a body: Watch creepy

Image: Getty Microsoft has hired Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman. In a post on X, Suleyman announced that he’s joining Microsoft as the CEO of a new team that handles the company’s consumer-facing AI products, including Copilot, Bing, and Edge.
Suleyman will also serve as executive vice president of Microsoft AI and join the company’s senior leadership team that reports directly to CEO Satya Nadella. In addition to hiring Suleyman, Microsoft is also bringing on some

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The US is heading into its first presidential election since generative AI tools have gone mainstream. And the companies offering these tools — like Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft — have each made announcements about how they plan to handle the months leading up to it.
This election season, we’ve already seen AI-generated images in ads and attempts to mislead voters with voice cloning. The potential harms from AI chatbots aren

A new AI feature from Truecaller is taking on spam calls, which is tech we can get behind. Per TechCrunch, the caller ID app released "Max," a setting that uses AI to filter out unwanted calls. The feature comes in an update for Truecaller Premium subscribers, which is only available for Android. So, the release is limited to Android users who pay $9.99 or more for the premium tiers. Due to Apple's closed ecosystem approach to app development, Truecaller functionality is limited and doesn't have

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga promises desert car chases, over-the-top villains, and War Boys galore — and that's just the trailer.George Miller's return to the world of Mad Max centers on a young Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy). As a child, Furiosa grew up in the idyllic Green Place, safe from the horrors of the desert wasteland beyond. But after the warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) kidnaps her, Furiosa will spend her whole life trying to get back home. By the looks of this trailer, her attempts to

Lego’s Dungeons and Dragons set is ready to roll. | Image: Lego Grab your dice and get ready to (literally) assemble your adventuring party next month — Lego has finally unveiled the 3,745-piece Dungeons & Dragons set it co-developed with Wizards of the Coast as the tabletop roleplaying game celebrates its 50th anniversary.
The $360 set, called “Red Dragon’s Tale,” was inspired by Lucas Bolt’s fan design, “Dragon’s Keep: Journey’s End,&rd

Amazon's Big Spring Sale starts March 20, but we think these Apple Watch deals are already worth looking at:Best Apple Watch dealsBest Series 9 dealApple Watch Series 9 (45mm, GPS)$329 at Best Buy(Save $100) Get DealBest SE dealApple Watch SE (40mm, GPS)$189 at Walmart(Save $60) Get Deal
Fun fact about Apple Watches: big sale or not, at most points in the year you can find the latest models for significantly cheaper than their MSRPs. And most times, you'll find those deals at Amazon.With Amazon

Image: Aleksandar Vacić For years, there’s been a dedicated community of tech tinkerers who’ve built unofficial “Macs” out of PC hardware or successfully gotten macOS running on a laptop that ran Windows in a past life. But now, some of those enthusiasts believe the Hackintosh dream is becoming more and more untenable.
This blog post by Aleksandar Vacić, highlighted by 9to5Mac, runs through some of the difficulties that seem to be growing by the day. In a nutshe

UPDATE: Mar. 19, 2024, 11:45 a.m. EDT This article has been updated with the latest wireless earbud deals from Amazon's Big Spring Sale.Amazon's Big Spring Sale is just one day away, but that doesn't mean there aren't already a bunch of great deals you can start shopping immediately. From fitness trackers to spring cleaning devices, you shouldn't have any trouble finding big discounts on must-have items to welcome the changing of the season. If you happen to be ready for a headphone upgrade, Am

SAVE $20: The Echo Dot Kids (5th gen) is just $39.99 at Amazon, down from the typical price of $59.99. That's a 33% discount.Opens in a new windowCredit: AmazonEcho Dot Kids (5th gen)$39.99 at Amazon $59.99 Save $20.00Get DealAmazon has an extensive lineup of Echo devices that make life at home just a bit easier. Paired with Alexa, these speakers and screens can provide tunes for a dance party, connect to the grandparents on a video call, or display your calendar so you're less likely to forget

“Passion. You can feel it, can’t you?” begins Bloom, an AI NPC from Ubisoft in collab with InWorld, and Nvidia. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge For the past three months, ever since I spoke to the AI NPCs in Nvidia’s cyberpunk ramen shop, I’ve been wondering: Which game developer will take a flying leap on this controversial and intriguing tech? If you said “Ubisoft,” the company that’s always raising its hand to play with VR, NFTs, interacti

“Passion. You can feel it, can’t you?” begins Bloom, an AI NPC from Ubisoft in collab with InWorld, and Nvidia. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge For the past three months, ever since I spoke to the AI NPCs in Nvidia’s cyberpunk ramen shop, I’ve been wondering: Which game developer will take a flying leap on this controversial and intriguing tech? If you said “Ubisoft,” the company that’s always raising its hand to play with VR, NFTs, interacti

Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images The speed in which automakers will have to phase out their gas-powered vehicles in favor of ones that are all-electric will be determined Wednesday, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to release its new vehicle emissions rules.Environmental groups are hoping for a sped-up timeline that will put the country on the path to an all-electric fleet by the early part of next decade, while automakers are pushing for a slower adoption that

All of Disney Plus’ Star Wars spinoff series have been focused on Jedi and other heroes aligned with the light side of the Force. But the first trailer for The Acolyte from executive producer Leslye Headland is a reminder that, in order for there to be true balance, sometimes darkness has to win.
Set in Star Wars’ High Republic era long before the events of The Phantom Menace, The Acolyte will tell the story of how a revered Jedi Master’s (Lee Jung-jae) investigation into a st

SAVE $300: As of March 19, get the Samsung M8 Smart Monitor for $399.99 at Amazon. That's 43% off its normal price of $699.99 and a discount of $300.Opens in a new windowCredit: AmazonSamsung M8 Smart Monitor$399.99 $699.99 Save $300.00Get DealIf you're ready to bring home a new monitor, bigger is usually better. You can get so much done on a larger screen, and it just feels better than using a smaller display. Especially if it comes equipped with smart features that make it feel like so much mo

The Dark Side rises in the first trailer for new Star Wars series The Acolyte. Created by Russian Doll's Leslye Headland, The Acolyte marks our first live-action introduction to the High Republic Era — a time of peace 100 years before the Star Wars prequels take place. However, that peace is under attack by dark forces, ones which leave dead Jedi in their wake. A respected Jedi Master (Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae) investigates the murder spree, only to come face-to=face with a dangerous warr

A look at the best self-emptying robot vacuum deals from Amazon's Big Spring SaleBest budget dealShark AI AV2501349.99 at Amazon(save $300) Get DealBest 2-in-1 dealRoborock Q7 Max+$419.99 at Amazon(save $450) Get Deal
We can only assume that most anyone shopping for a robot vacuum is in it for the convenience aspect. And a majority of those people probably wouldn't complain about that convenience going a step further with self-emptying robot vacuum. Automatic emptying happens each time the robot

SAVE 54%: The Echo Buds (2nd gen) with active noise cancellation are just $54.99 at Amazon, down from the regular price of $119.99. That's a savings of $65. Opens in a new windowCredit: AmazonEcho Buds (2nd gen) with active noise cancellation$54.99 at Amazon $119.99 Save $65.00Get DealThe world outside has some wonderful sounds. Birds chirping as spring warmth rolls in, waves lapping onto a tropical beach, and leaves rustling in the wind are all enjoyable and relaxing. But other noises — l

The Covert Protocol demo shows how AI is being used to create unique NPC interactions. | Image: Nvidia Nvidia is showing off how developers have started using its AI “digital human” tools to voice, animate, and generate dialogue for video game characters. At the Game Developers Conference on Monday, the company released a clip of Covert Protocol, a playable tech demo that showcases how its AI tools can allow NPCs to respond in unique ways to player interactions, generating new respon

SAVE UP TO $55: Ahead of the official start for Amazon's Big Spring Sale, the retailer is already dishing out unseasonably good deals on phone accessories. Here are some of our top picks as of March 19.The best phone accessory deals at a glance:BEST CHARGER DEALAnker MagGo foldable 3-in-1 charging station$82.49 at Amazon(save $27.50) Get DealBEST POWER BANK DEALAnker 622 MagG 5,000mAh portable charger$39.98 at Amazon(save $30.01) Get DealBEST PHONE CASE DEALSamsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 Phone Case wit

Illustration: The Verge There are few bigger jobs at Google than being the person who runs Search. As of today, there’s a new person in that seat: Liz Reid, who has been at Google for more than 20 years and has most recently been leading the company’s efforts with AI search, known as Search Generative Experience (SGE).
Reid’s promotion is part of a bigger change within Google’s Search team. Pandu Nayak, a longtime executive overseeing ranking and quality, is now going to

UPDATE: Mar. 19, 2024, 10:35 a.m. EDT This story has been updated with current pricing and availability, plus new early deals on Apple devices and Fire tablets from Amazon's Big Spring Sale.Best early Amazon Big Spring Sale deals at a glance:Best TV dealTCL 75-inch Q6 QLED TV$599.99 at Amazon(save $300) Get DealBest robot vacuum dealiRobot Roomba j7$299.99 at Amazon(save $300) Get DealBest Apple dealApple AirPods Pro (USB-C)$189 at Amazon(save $60) Get DealBest headphones/earbuds dealAmazon Ech

UPDATE: Mar. 19, 2024, 10:10 a.m. EDT This article has been updated with early fitness tracker deals from Amazon's Big Spring Sale.Best fitness tracker deals from Amazon's Big Spring SaleBest fitness tracker dealGarmin Forerunner 255$249.99 at Amazon(save $100) Get DealBest kids fitness tracker dealGarmin Vivofit Jr. 3$69.99 at Amazon(save $20) Get Deal
Amazon's Big Spring Sale doesn't technically start until Wednesday, March 20, but when has that ever stopped them from dropping a bunch of earl

SAVE $10: As of March 19, save $10 on an Uber or Uber Eats gift card at Best Buy. That's a discount of 10%. Opens in a new windowCredit: Best BuyUber and Uber Eats Gift Card$90.00 at Best Buy $100.00 Save $10.00Get DealPlanning on grabbing an Uber to go somewhere soon? Or maybe you order takeout regularly with Uber Eats. Whatever the case may be, saving money is always a good thing, even if it's just a little at a time. Right now, you can save on your next Uber ride or Uber Eats order by pre-pay

SAVE $100: Several models of the Apple Watch Series 9 are $100 off at Best Buy, including the Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS, 41mm), which is on sale for $299. Opens in a new windowCredit: AppleApple Watch Series 9 (GPS, 41mm)$299.00 at Best Buy $399.00 Save $100.00Get DealIf you're a fan of the Apple family of tech products, you know they come packed with top-of-the-line features. Not only do they prove essential for everyday life, they play well with the other members of the Apple family. One of th

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Delivery apps seem like a good idea, and it’s obvious why they’re handy to have around. It’s also often unclear whether delivery apps actually work for anyone involved. They make your stuff more expensive, often in hard-to-see ways. They take huge fees from restaurants that need it to survive. Drivers don’t get the pay or benefits they should. And in many cases, even the apps themselves don’t make any money! What are we doing here?Into

All three chargers deliver up to 15 watts of power to compatible iPhones. | Image: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Few things test my patience more than waiting for my phone to charge when I’m in a rush, which is why Qi2 chargers are a godsend. They deliver fast, certified MagSafe charger speeds without the price tag, and right now, many of Anker’s new, Qi2 certified versions are down to all-time lows. Amazon’s selling the new version of our favorite MagSafe-compatible battery pack,

There is a new AI tool that is designed to help keep cyclists safer as they navigate busy roadways. Velo's AI-based bike safety light "Copilot" (not to be confused with Microsoft's generative AI assistant) aims to do exactly that, as spotted by Ars Technica.SEE ALSO:First impressions of Humane's Ai Pin: A very out-of-hand proof of concept
This little $400 gadget can allegedly tell you (via audio) if a vehicle is approaching or overtaking you, warn drivers who are coming on to you too quickly, an

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta says it’s offered to reduce the price of its ad-free subscription for Instagram and Facebook in Europe to address regulatory concerns, Reuters reports. Speaking in a hearing with the European Commission, Meta lawyer Tim Lamb said the company has “offered to drop the price from €9.99 to €5.99 for a single account and €4 for any additional accounts” in its discussion with privacy regulators in an attempt to “get t