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• More people can get refunds from the FTC’s big settlement with Amazon. (theverge.com)
  The September 2025 agreement said that Amazon would pay up to $1.5 billion over “deceptive” Prime signup practices. But after a court appro…
• Twitch CEO: GTA VI multiplayer is coming in 2027. (theverge.com)
  Bloomberg interviewed Twitch CEO Dan Clancy: > “We spent a lot of time talking with Rockstar about their plans, and also helping them think…
• The international rollout of Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk movie was in doubt, but now it might happen. (theverge.com)
  Universal Pictures, which has the rights for Musk outside of North America, hasn’t put a release date on the film yet and sources told The…
• Are we getting direct tax filing after all? (theverge.com)
  Don’t hold your breath, but the government may effectively reverse course on killing a Biden-admin program that helped people file their ta…
• A Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘theft of unprecedented proportions.’ (theverge.com)
  In court documents unredacted Thursday, lawyers for the NYT in its copyright infringement case against Microsoft and OpenAI cited Microsoft…
• Virtual Desktop dev says he’ll ‘try to bring the app’ to Steam Frame. (theverge.com)
  The Steam Frame and Meta Quest headsets can natively beam your Windows monitors into a headset — but some still prefer Virtual Desktop, the…
• Joby completes first cross-country autonomous flight. (theverge.com)
  The flight covered 3,199 miles with “zero control inputs from onboard safety pilot,” including autonomous taxi, takeoff, cruise, and landin…
• Will there be anyone left covering this White House? (theverge.com)
  Trump has once again escalated his capricious assault on journalism. The president said today that “effective immediately” he is banning CN…
• CNN reports the US military nearly intercepted a Chinese ship based on an “entirely false” (theverge.com)
  According to CNN, the US military had planes in the air and armed personnel ready to board a Chinese ship in the Middle East this spring be…
• Google fined over $450 million for location data failures. (theverge.com)
  Features like Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy were found to violate GDPR privacy rules in Europe from 2018 to 2…
• Tesla re-opens $50,000 reservations for its next-gen Roadster. (theverge.com)
  Nearly a decade after it was first revealed, Tesla is planning on re-revealing the next-generation Roadster on October 1st. For real this t…
• This tiny scroll wheel mouse doubles as a page-turning smartphone remote. (theverge.com)
  The TimeXplayer V2 shrinks a two-button mouse with a scroll wheel down to the size of a matchbook, including a 2.4GHz USB receiver hidden i…
• Apple’s smart display could finally arrive next month. (theverge.com)
  According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, the long-rumored Apple home hub with a screen is now being positioned as an AI hub for the home, wor…
• Microsoft patent application shows how it might start using in-game context to show ads. (theverge.com)
  A system for “contextually aware” ads described in the patent application could pause gameplay “at the operating system level” to show an a…
• Apple still appears to be working on an “AutoLock” feature for stolen iPhones. (theverge.com)
  As spotted by 9to5Mac, code in the latest iOS 27.2 beta backs up earlier reporting that suggests Apple may automatically lock iPhones when…
• Yashica is upgrading a 67 year old camera to digital but keeping its retro flash. (theverge.com)
  The original Yashica Y16 debuted in 1959 as a 16mm film camera but the company is reviving it as a 12-megapixel retro digital shooter with…
• The screen-used hero Batmobile from Tim Burton’s Batman Returns is headed to auction. (theverge.com)
  If you’re on team Burton instead of team Nolan when it comes to which is the best Batmobile of all time, starting on November 23rd you can…
• Undead Labs has completed its separation from Xbox. (theverge.com)
  State of Decay 3 developer Undead Labs is now an independent employee-owned studio. It’s the third studio to successfully separate from Xbo…
• Waymo expands teen accounts to Nashville. (theverge.com)
  The company first introduced teen accounts in Phoenix last year, in which riders aged 13-17 can sign up to use the Waymo ridehail app. Now…
• Acer’s CEO expects PC prices to come down… eventually. (theverge.com)
  Digitimes reported on remarks from CEO Jason Chen, who said recently that he expects PC prices to rise another 20% before coming down in th…
• Americans sour even more on data centers. (theverge.com)
  A new report from the Pew Research Center adds more data points to the thing everyone seems to know by now: data centers are pretty unpopul…
• The original smart oven goes dark. (theverge.com)
  Today, Weber shut down June Oven’s cloud servers, leaving ovens that cost up to $1,500 unable to do anything beyond basic functions. Owners…
• State of Decay developer Undead Labs announces layoffs as it goes independent. (theverge.com)
  While Undead Labs is avoiding closing as Xbox’s assortment of developers continues to shrink, the studio announced on LinkedIn that “Unfort…
• How Apple accidentally turned the Mac into an absolute AI monster (zdnet.com)
  Before Apple Silicon, the Mac’s professional future looked uncertain. Eight years later, Apple Silicon-based Macs have become unusually att…
• OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol doubles its accuracy rate - for half the cost (zdnet.com)
  GPT-6 Sol and Luna arrive less than three months after GPT-5.6, with OpenAI claiming major accuracy gains, dramatic cost reductions, and od…
• Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Being Sued Under the Privacy Act: What to Know (wired.com)
  At least eight ongoing lawsuits related to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged access to sensitive data hinge on th…
• These Are the SpaceX Engineers Already Working Inside the FAA (wired.com)
  SpaceX engineers were said to be simply touring the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday. In fact, some were already being onboarded a…
• Mandatory age verification lands in Ohio – here’s all you need to know (techradar.com)
  Ohio joins over 20 US states in enforcing some form of mandatory age verification requirements. Critics keep warning against the impact on…
• Game Developers Fear Anti-Trans Measures Could Hit Their Industry Next (wired.com)
  As companies like Meta, Google, and Amazon follow President Trump’s moves to roll back diversity initiatives, trans and genderqueer devs wo…
• What Are Those Weird Devices Basketball Players Are Holding? (wired.com)
  Palm-cooling devices—designed to help humans bounce back quickly from exertion and heat stress by chilling their palms—are showing up on si…
• This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout (wired.com)
  Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But without US foreign a…
• $1.4 Billion Stolen From ByBit in Biggest Crypto Theft Ever (wired.com)
  Plus: Apple turns off end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups in the UK after pressure to install a backdoor, and two spyware apps expose victi…
• Microsoft’s New Majorana 1 Processor Could Transform Quantum Computing (theconversation.com)
  The processor uses qubits that can be measured without error and are resistant to outside interference, which the company says marks a “tra…
• Sony celebrates 30 years of PlayStation with a fancy and expensive new commemorative photography (techradar.com)
  To celebrate 30 years of the original PlayStation console, Sony has announced a new collaboration with Reebok and a new book to mark the mi…
• The Saw-Toothed Function That Broke Calculus (wired.com)
  In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In t…
• The Anonymous YouTubers Street-Racing Through New York (wired.com)
  In January, a 20-year-old man that police believe to be an internet-famous street racer known as Squeeze was sentenced to five years in pri…
• TVs at HUD Played an AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump Kissing Elon Musk’s Feet (wired.com)
  On Monday morning, TV sets at the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development played the seemingly AI-generated video o…
• DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System (wired.com)
  At least three people linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE task force have access to NIH systems that control budgets, procurement, and more, accordi…
• Inside the Telegram Groups Doxing Women for Their Facebook Posts (wired.com)
  A WIRED investigation goes inside the Telegram groups targeting women who joined “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” groups on Facebook with doxi…
• Rockstar co-founder and GTA writer Dan Houser says GTA 6's story will be 'great' despite zero (techradar.com)
  Rockstar Games co-founder and veteran writer Dan Houser has confirmed that he had no involvement in Grand Theft Auto 6, but believes the st…
• Ads Popped Up on Drivers’ Screens. There May Be More on the Way (wired.com)
  When Jeep owners complained ads were appearing while driving, the carmaker said it was a glitch. But as automakers consider connected car o…
• DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers (wired.com)
  Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could ass…
• How AI is transforming HR (techradar.com)
  The integration of AI into HR operations allows departments to deliver superior service while promoting employee well-being. Now is not the…
• DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica (wired.com)
  Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only import…
• A new Halo announcement seems imminent as Halo Studios teases 'deep dive' panel next month (techradar.com)
  The future of Halo could be revealed next month, as Halo Studios confirms a new "deep dive" panel that will hopefully announce what it
• USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working (wired.com)
  Elon Musk claims he mistakenly fired Ebola prevention workers, then quickly fixed the error. But Ebola programs are still in tatters, along…
• Behind DOGE’s Many Conflicts of Interest and Elon Musk’s Weekend Email Chaos (wired.com)
  On this special episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into the many DOGE staffers keeping two jobs at once, plus what happened when US federa…
• Fear not, newcomers to Resident Evil Requiem, as the producer shines light on how much prior (techradar.com)
  Resident Evil Requiem producer Masato Kumazawa says the game was designed for both newcomers and long-time fans in mind.
• Elon Musk’s Takeover Is Being Aided by a Trumpworld Power Couple (wired.com)
  Stephen and Katie Miller—he's “the prime minister,” sources say; she’s DOGE’s comms guru—liaise between the White House and Elon Musk, and…
• How to watch Galatasaray vs Liverpool: live Champions League 2025/26 (techradar.com)
  All the ways to watch Galatasaray vs Liverpool live streams online and on TV from anywhere, as the Reds look to bounce back from their leag…