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Randy Travis gets his voice back in a new Warner AI music experiment

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Randy Travis in 1987. | Photo: Mark Junge / Getty Images

Sunday, May 5

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Bluesky confirms Jack Dorsey is no longer on its board

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Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge

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Tesla plans to charge some Model Y owners to unlock more range

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted on Friday that the Standard Range rear-wheel drive Model Y the company has been building and selling “over the last several months” actually has more range than the 260 miles they were sold with. Pending…

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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks tonight — here’s how to see it

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Photo taken during the Eta Aquarid meteor shower in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka on May 5th. | Photo: Thilina Kaluthotage / NurPhoto via Getty Images

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A speedrunner’s quest to (re)build the perfect N64 controller

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A good video game speedrun is a marvel to witness. You watch players fly through your favorite games, hitting impossible jumps and finding shortcuts you never knew existed. It makes you see a familiar game in a whole new light. If you’ve…

Better Siri is coming: what Apple’s research says about its AI plans

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Apple hasn’t talked too much about AI so far — but it’s been working on stuff. A lot of stuff.

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The best new browser for Windows

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 36, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, hello, I’m thrilled you found us, the Installerverse loves you, and also you can read all the old editions at the…

Saturday, May 4

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The newest Star Wars Acolyte trailer seems to reveal the show’s big bad

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Carrie-Anne Moss in The Acolyte. | Screenshot: Disney

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ChromeOS gets better multitasking and Wi-Fi traffic prioritization

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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

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The Boys’ season 4 trailer is bloody and a little bubbly

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When we last left The Boys, Homelander’s (Anthony Starr) political dabbling was humming along and Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) had a terminal illness. Two years and a new spin-off later, Homelander’s supercharging of a presidential campaign…

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The teens making friends with AI chatbots

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Teens are opening up to AI chatbots as a way to explore friendship. But sometimes, the AI’s advice can go too far.

Komoot is helping me get back on my bike after a long hiatus

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Know just how steep that hill is before you go. | Screenshot: Komoot

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How to make the most of Apple Notes

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Apple Notes is one of those apps you can turn to on a daily basis without ever really making full use of all the different features and functions it’s got to offer. That’s where this particular guide comes in. The idea is to point you to…

Here are some of our favorite Star Wars Day deals

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May the Fourth be filled with awesome deals on games, toys, and collectibles. | Image: Star Wars

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The Flextail Tiny Bike Pump is a solid pump half the time

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The tiny Flextail pump inflated this city bike tire in 45 seconds. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge

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As Google’s antitrust trial wraps, DOJ seeks sanctions over missing messages

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The fate of Google’s search business is now in the hands of Judge Amit Mehta, as closing arguments concluded in the landmark trial on Friday.

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Microsoft needs some time to ‘refine’ updates for Copilot AI in Windows

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Microsoft’s latest Windows Insider blog posts say that when it comes to testing new Copilot features in Windows 11, “We have decided to pause the rollouts of these experiences to further refine them based on user feedback.” For people who…

Google bans advertisers from promoting deepfake porn services

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Google has had a longstanding ban on sexually explicit ads — but until now, the company hasn’t banned advertisers from promoting services that people can use to make deepfake porn and other forms of generated nudes. That’s about to change.

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LG’s quirky briefcase TV is nearly matching its best price to date

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I wouldn’t call portable in the traditional sense, but it sure as hell beats lugging a 65-inch OLED around. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

Friday, May 3

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Luminar, maker of lidar for autonomous driving, lays off 20 percent of its workforce

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Luminar, which makes lidar sensors for autonomous driving systems, announced today plans to lay off 20 percent of its workforce amid a broader restructuring of its production process.

Environmental journalism is under attack

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Rufino Choque, from the Urus Indigenous community, stands over a boat in the middle of the extinct Poopó Lake, which disappeared in 2015. | Photo by Manuel Seoane

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Here’s the letter from 14 senators slamming TSA facial recognition in airports

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The TSA’s been planning to expand facial recognition to a whopping 430 US airports over the next several years — but a bipartisan group of 14 senators is now challenging that.

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More details emerge about Apple’s plans for AI in iOS 18

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Apple CEO Tim Cook has made it clear that AI features are coming soon, and a new report from AppleInsider offers more details about what we might see in the next version of iOS. One of the big focuses will be on Siri, which will reportedly…

DoorDash won’t let you tip NYC drivers without the app

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Last week, I placed a big dinner order for myself and several friends through DoorDash. There was no way to add a tip when I placed my order, but I wasn’t too worried — DoorDash assured me I’d be able to tip after the order was placed or…

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Tesla’s Supercharger layoffs couldn’t have come at a worse time

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Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images

Helldivers 2 will require Steam players to link to a PSN account

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Attention, Democracy Defenders: Helldivers 2 will soon require players on Steam to link their account to a PlayStation Network account. According to the announcement, all new players on Steam will be required to link to a PSN account…

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Hisense is launching a $999 CanvasTV as a cheaper rival to Samsung’s Frame

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Hisense is launching the CanvasTV, a matte television designed to display artwork and photos, letting it blend in with the rest of your decor when not in use. If it sounds similar to The Frame by Samsung, that’s because it is — but the…

The conspiracy theory behind Florida’s lab-grown meat ban

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Photo by Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images

AT&T Turbo will boost your service for $7 per month

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The carriers are at it again. | Illustration: The Verge

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Read Satya Nadella’s Microsoft memo on putting security first

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Microsoft is overhauling its security processes after a series of high-profile attacks in recent years. Security is now Microsoft’s “top priority,” the company outlined today in response to ongoing questions about its security practices…