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Xbox Live is back after an outage lasting several hours

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Xbox has resolved a widespread outage that prevented players from connecting to Xbox Live, playing online games, downloading games, or using other services for several hours. “Users should no longer be encountering issues signing in to…

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This dual-screen laptop swings horizontally — and quotes the Whole Earth Catalog

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The Acemagic X1, a laptop with a side-folding second screen for multi-monitor use. | Image: Acemagic

Apple’s Phil Schiller is reportedly joining OpenAI’s board

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Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge

Tuesday, Jul 2

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You can pay to put a virtual house on Snapchat’s map

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I can’t afford an actual house in this hellish economy, so a virtual one will have to do. | Image: Snap

Mastodon rolls out built-in bylines for journalists in the fediverse

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If you’re on Mastodon, you might notice new author bylines appearing alongside articles — including those from The Verge. Click on the byline, and you’ll jump directly to the author’s fediverse account, allowing you to track their work…

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Figma pulls AI tool after criticism that it ripped off Apple’s design

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Figma’s new tool Make Designs lets users quickly mock up apps using generative AI. Now, it’s been pulled after the tool drafted designs that looked strikingly similar to Apple’s iOS weather app. Figma CEO Dylan Field posted a thread on X…

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Netflix’s latest game is a mobile take on Minesweeper

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Netflix is launching Minesweeper as part of its selection of subscriber-only games, and it’s available now on Android and iOS.

Google’s carbon footprint balloons in its Gemini AI era

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Google’s greenhouse gas emissions have ballooned, according to the company’s latest environmental report, showing how much harder it’ll be for the company to meet its climate goals as it prioritizes AI.

Shadow of the Erdtree’s new perfume weapons are seriously broken and seriously fun

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Imagine if those aggressive salespeople at the Macy’s perfume counter were shoving napalm in your face instead of Chanel No. 5: that’s what it feels like playing with the new perfume bottle weapons in Shadow of the Erdtree.

Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media

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A federal judge blocked a Mississippi law from taking effect that would have required age verification for all and parental consent for teens in order to make accounts on many social media sites.

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Longer-lasting laptops: the modular hardware you can upgrade and repair yourself

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Modular laptops with parts that can be swapped out as needed are becoming more popular, like Framework’s Laptop 16 and the Lenovo ThinkPad P1.

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A year of Paramount Plus with Showtime is half off ahead of its impending price hike

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The current promo lets you secure a better rate than either of the monthly plans, but you’ll have to pay upfront. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

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The Pixel 9’s ‘Google AI’ is like Microsoft Recall but a little less creepy

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The Pixel 9 could come with a new camera bump. | Image: OnLeaks via 91Mobiles

How to create PDFs on Android devices using Google Drive

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It hasn’t always been that simple to create a PDF using your phone. Several years ago, when I started handling my mother’s bills, I realized I needed a quick way to scan her documents while I was at her home. Rather than drag a scanner…

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Biden administration proposes new heat protections for workers

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A traffic warden during an eight-hour shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 12th, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees Fahrenheit amid a heatwave. | Photo: Getty Images

‘Maxxxine is very different from both of them’: Ti West on closing out his X horror trilogy

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For the last few years, Ti West hasn’t stopped thinking about the horror villains Pearl and Maxine. Since 2020, the writer and director has been fully immersed in the genre-spanning franchise that started with the ’70s slasher flick X and…

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Netflix is starting to phase out its cheapest ad-free plan

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Netflix is following through on its plan to phase out its cheapest ad-free tier for existing subscribers. As spotted in numerous posts on Reddit, Netflix is now asking some basic plan subscribers to choose a new plan to stay subscribed to…

Apple’s Vision Pro: five months later

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The Apple Vision Pro is many things. But for us, and for many other users, it’s one thing in particular: a really, really, really big screen. Since Apple started shipping its spatial computing headset five months ago today, we’ve tested…

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A new Resident Evil is in the works

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Leon Kennedy in the Resident Evil 4 remake. | Image: Capcom

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Samsung SmartThings takes a step toward a smarter grid

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Samsung has launched a new demand response program for its SmartThings smart home platform. Flex Connect allows your SmartThings connected appliances to communicate with the grid and automatically reduce energy use when there’s a spike in…

The Atari 400 Mini plays dozens of classic games, and it’s 15 percent off

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It looks even more ancient than a Fallout terminal, and that’s awesome. | Image: Atari

The massive car dealership outage could be cleared up by July 4th

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Car dealerships hamstrung by outages following two cyberattacks against CDK Global in June might finally be able to use their systems again this week, as the company says it aims to get dealers back online by July 4th.

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Tap-to-pay could get more capable and more complicated

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The first Thunderbolt 5 cables are here, but there’s barely anything to plug in

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Thunderbolt 5 cables, like their TB4 and TB3 predecessors, have USB-C tips. | Image: Cable Matters

Silvergate Bank didn’t adequately monitor $1 trillion in crypto transactions, SEC says

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Silvergate Bank, once a cornerstone of the crypto financial world until its collapse in early 2023, defrauded its investors by lying about its anti-money laundering controls and misleading investors about how the fallout from the FTX…

This is Big Tech’s playbook for swallowing the AI industry

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. | Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images

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At 0.72 pounds, Vaio’s first portable monitor is one of the lightest ever

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Would you believe today marks an entire decade since Sony spun out its Vaio computer brand? Vaio has stood for lightweight laptops pretty much ever since — and now the company’s announcing one of the lightest-ever portable monitors to go…

Clean energy has become an even more divided topic in the US

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While the majority of Americans would like to see more clean energy from solar and wind farms — support for new renewable energy projects has started to wane, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. It also found a drop in…

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Some Pixel 6 owners say factory resets have bricked their phones

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Some folks are reporting being left with bricked Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6A phones after they factory reset them. Google is aware of the issue and is investigating, according to a comment from a member of the Pixel support forums’ product…