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The Xbox Series X is now just $349
A new all-time low for Microsoft’s obelisk of a console. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge It’s the best time to buy an Xbox right now, as the Xbox Series X is selling Read more…
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Google celebrates 1 billion RCS users with emoji-filled messaging features
A handful of playful new RCS messaging features are debuting in open beta today. | Image: Google November has been a big month for RCS — the mobile messaging protocol championed by Google — and Read more…
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Wrapped 2023: what you were listening to on Spotify, Apple Music, and every other app
Spotify Wrapped 2023 summaries | Image: Spotify You were listening, and they were watching. Now Spotify and other apps are repackaging that data to show which songs were the most popular ones in 2023. Continue Read more…
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WhatsApp now lets you hide your locked chats behind a secret code
Illustration: The Verge WhatsApp is introducing a new way to keep your locked chats away from prying eyes. Instead of having your locked chats folder visible with all your other conversations, you can now hide Read more…
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These ex-Apple employees are bringing AI to the desktop
From left to right: Conrad Kramer, Kim Beverett, and Ari Weinstein of Software Applications Incorporated. AI chatbots like ChatGPT have, to date, been fairly impersonal, existing outside of the apps and data that we use Read more…
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Apple and Spotify have revealed their top podcasts of 2023. Here is what they do — and don’t — tell us.
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. It’s that time of year again, when all Read more…
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Netflix gets its biggest games yet with GTA trilogy in December
Image: Netflix Netflix is adding the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition to its ever expanding, ever impressive roster of games just in time for the holiday need-a-20-minute-break-from-the-family season. Grand Theft Auto: Read more…
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Sonos’ original Move speaker is up to $160 off as a refurb
The Move makes a great indoor or outdoor speaker you can take all around the house. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge The sun may be setting on availability for the original Sonos Read more…
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Robert De Niro accuses Apple of censoring awards speech
Robert De Niro, appearing onstage at the 2023 Gotham Awards in New York. | Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute Robert De Niro slammed Apple and the Gotham Film Read more…
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Google beefs up Drive’s document scanning feature and brings it to iPhone
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google Drive users on iOS are getting a new scanning feature that lets them quickly photograph documents and add them to their libraries, the search giant has announced. Read more…