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The Moto Razr and Razr Plus are victims of shrinkflation

Motorola's midtier and entry-level flip phones have increased in price by $100. The 2026 Razr Plus costs $1,099, up from $999, and still features a Snapdragon 8...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 09:30 PM Read more →

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The new Razr Ultra is still the best-looking phone out there

Look, you're not going to find much new on the 2026 version of the Motorola Razr Ultra. There's a new main camera sensor, a slightly bigger battery, and a highe...

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Motorola just revealed the Razr Fold’s price and hoo boy

2026 is shaping up to be a tough year to launch a high-end phone due to the memory crisis, causing prices to rise. The Razr Fold is expected to cost $1,900 when...

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Microsoft is giving its Xbox employees an Xbox email address

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants everyone to know: "We are Xbox." Just last week, she scrapped Microsoft Gaming as the name of Microsoft's gaming division in favor of...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 09:13 PM Read more →

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Roku’s $3 streaming service, Howdy, reaches 1M subs, per recent report

Roku’s $2.99 streaming service Howdy has topped 1M subscribers, showing demand for cheaper, low-commitment alternatives to pricier streamers.

TechCrunch · 29 Apr, 09:03 PM Read more →

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The best deals we found during Amazon’s Gaming Week

Amazon’s annual Gaming Week is bringing discounts on video games, accessories, and PC components through May 4th. This event is smaller than Amazon’s other sale...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 08:44 PM Read more →

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Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI

Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during its annual event, which push far beyond the company's original ride-hailing purpose and deeper into its ...

TechCrunch · 29 Apr, 08:42 PM Read more →

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Google TV is getting a dedicated row for YouTube Shorts

Google TV will feature a "Short videos for you" row on its homepage, showcasing a feed of personalized YouTube Shorts videos. This update is expected to roll ou...

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Uber adds hotels to its app in big travel swing

Uber's app now includes options to hail a car, order food, go grocery shopping, and book a hotel room. The company has added the ability to book and pay for a h...

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Tumbler Ridge families sue OpenAI for not alerting police to the suspect’s ChatGPT activity

Seven families of victims from the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and its CEO, accusing the company and its leadersh...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 08:17 PM Read more →

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ChatGPT downloads are slowing — and may cause problems for OpenAI’s IPO

ChatGPT saw a 132 percent increase in uninstalls year over year in April, with an even higher uninstall rate of 413 percent year-over-year in the previous month...

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12

The keyboard used to score Dune 2 is getting more affordable

Expressive E has introduced a new version of its Osmose MPE keyboard, the Osmose CE, which is now a simple MIDI controller. It is available in 49 and 61 key siz...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 07:37 PM Read more →

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Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court

Apple has lost its bid to pause court-ordered App Store payment changes, allowing external purchase links to remain in place as its case with Epic heads to the ...

TechCrunch · 29 Apr, 07:36 PM Read more →

14

Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals

When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its own hands.

TechCrunch · 29 Apr, 07:30 PM Read more →

15

Larry’s risky business

If you want to know whether the AI bubble is bursting, there's only one publicly traded company that will tell you: Oracle. That's right, the database company. ...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 07:27 PM Read more →

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Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry

The government of Sri Lanka has lost more than $3 million in two recent, separate cybersecurity incidents as the country continues to recover from its 2022 debt...

TechCrunch · 29 Apr, 06:53 PM Read more →

17

Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field

A defense startup just raised $82 million to put drone factories inside shipping containers and bring manufacturing to the front lines.

TechCrunch · 29 Apr, 06:40 PM Read more →

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BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun

BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as industrial software, advanced materials, and manufacturing and supply...

TechCrunch · 29 Apr, 06:40 PM Read more →

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Taylor Swift deepfakes are pushing scams on TikTok

Scammers are using AI-generated videos of celebrities, including Taylor Swift and Rihanna, to promote shady services on TikTok. The ads typically show celebriti...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 06:30 PM Read more →

20

Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats

Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans.

TechCrunch · 29 Apr, 06:30 PM Read more →

21

Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation

The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and India with support for English, Spanish, and Hindi.

TechCrunch · 29 Apr, 06:04 PM Read more →

22

Electric air taxis are finally taking flight — just not with passengers

An electric aircraft from Joby Aviation took off from JFK Airport on Monday for a demonstration flight of the company's future air taxi route to Manhattan. The ...

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23

Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public

Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.

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24

Saros reminded me how great the DualSense can be

The DualSense controller was one of Sony's main selling points for the PS5. Beyond things like a striking new design and adaptive triggers, the controller's hap...

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Your PS5 can now transform into a Linux PC

A developer has created a method to get Linux running on some versions of Sony's PlayStation 5 console. Andy Nguyen previously showed off a ported version of Ub...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 05:13 PM Read more →

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Meta isn’t doing enough to keep kids off Facebook and Instagram, rules EU

Meta is breaching Europe's Digital Services Act rules by failing to prevent children under 13 from using Facebook and Instagram, according to a preliminary deci...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 04:16 PM Read more →

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China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos

China has suspended new licenses for autonomous vehicles, following an incident in Wuhan where dozens of robotaxis operated by a Chinese tech giant ground to a ...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 04:09 PM Read more →

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GitHub rushed to fix a critical vulnerability in less than six hours

GitHub employees fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in under six hours last month. A vulnerability in GitHub's internal git infrastructure was...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 03:34 PM Read more →

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Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.

We visited Scout AI's training ground where it's working on AI agents that give individual soldiers control of fleets of autonomous vehicles.

TechCrunch · 29 Apr, 03:15 PM Read more →

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General Motors is adding Gemini to four million cars

General Motors plans to bring Google's Gemini AI assistant to around four million vehicles across the US. Eligible vehicles include model year 2022 and newer Ca...

The Verge · 29 Apr, 02:44 PM Read more →