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• Kia’s next EV is the affordable, long-range EV4 sedan (theverge.com)
  Kia revealed the electric EV4 sedan, EV4 hatchback, and concept EV2 compact urban SUV EVs at the 2025 Kia EV day event.
• A Canadian investigation into X’s AI training practices. (theverge.com)
  “The investigation will focus on the platform’s compliance with federal privacy law with respect to its collection, use, and disclosure of…
• Sora launches in Europe. (theverge.com)
  The AI video generator can only be accessed by users who are subscribed to ChatGPT’s Plus ($20/£20 per month) or Pro ($200/£200 per month)…
• Aurzen Zip tri-fold projector review: mirror anything (without DRM) (theverge.com)
  The tri-fold Zip projector mirrors the screen on your iPhone or Android device and is so portable and easy to use you’ll want to use it eve…
• EA open-sources four more Command & Conquer games (theverge.com)
  Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Renegade, and Generals have all been added to EA’s GitHub page, joining the 2020 Remastered Collection.
• Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia now works for DOGE (theverge.com)
  Joe Gebbia, Airbnb’s billionaire co-founder, has joined President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) service.
• Elon Musk enters the circus at CPAC, the annual conservative gathering (theverge.com)
  The GOP big tent gets even bigger, but MAGAworld figures like Steve Bannon had criticisms of the tech oligarch’s hold over Trump.
• AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT start at $549, ship March 6th (theverge.com)
  AMD is launching its next-gen Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs on March 6th. AMD has priced the GPUs to compete with Nvidia’s RTX 50-series.
• Meme coins aren’t subject to securities regulations, says SEC (theverge.com)
  Meme coins don’t meet the requirements to be protected by federal securities law according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Louis Vuitton caught the iPod nostalgia bug. (theverge.com)
  And I’m here for it. The haute couture brand is launching a small cross-body bag in the shape of an iPod, complete with a little window tha…
• NHL officials are wearing Apple Watches on ice (theverge.com)
  Apple and the NHL are collaborating to give on-ice officials more awareness of their surroundings with the Apple Watch.
• Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams (theverge.com)
  Microsoft is shutting down Skype on May 5th. Existing users will need to export their data or migrate to Microsoft Teams.
• DJI’s new Dock 3 can launch drones from moving vehicles (theverge.com)
  DJI’s new Dock 3 can autonomously launch a drone from the top of a skyscraper or the back of a moving truck, but starts at over $21,000 wit…
• Alexa Plus: the high stakes for Amazon’s AI assistant (theverge.com)
  Alexa Plus is an LLM-powered virtual assistant with big ideas. Plus, the Sigma BF, the iPhone 16E, and YouTube podcasts, on The Vergecast.
• Severance opens up a new kind of terror in latest episode (theverge.com)
  Episode 7 of Severance season 2, called “Chikhai Bardo,” might just be the scariest so far.
• Severance: dive deep into the Apple TV Plus workplace thriller (theverge.com)
  Stay up to date with the latest news, reviews, trailers, and interviews for the Apple TV Plus series Severance.
• Apple accused of misleading consumers with Apple Watch ‘carbon neutral’ claims (theverge.com)
  Apple faces a class action lawsuit over carbon neutral claims it made about the Apple Watch.
• Alexa Plus is much easier to chat with. (theverge.com)
  I grabbed a few minutes with the new Alexa at Amazon’s event and was impressed. Gone is the need for “Alexa speak.” Instead, I created a mo…
• MWC 2025: what to expect from this year’s Mobile World Congress (theverge.com)
  Every phone, laptop, and concept device we expect to launch at Mobile World Congress 2025.
• Intel pushes Ohio chip factory opening to 2030 (theverge.com)
  Intel has delayed the opening of its $28 billion Ohio chip plants yet again. Now the company expects to begin production at its first plant…
• Dragon Quest fore. (theverge.com)
  Look, I don’t know why Square Enix is making a line of DQ-themed golf products. But I do know I need that adorable slime golf ball whenever…
• Ted Cruz ‘investigation’ flagged mint research as ‘woke.’ (theverge.com)
  Why? The grant application — for a project on the evolution of mint — discussed the diversity of plants and mentioned that there was a fema…
• Apple’s AirTags are on sale for their best price to date (theverge.com)
  For a limited time, you can grab a four-pack of AirTag trackers for just $64.49, an all-time low.
• EVgo says no to fast-charging extension cables and breakaway adapters (theverge.com)
  EVgo prohibits fast charging DC extension cables and breakaway adapters like those from A2Z and EVject.
• Mozilla says its new Firefox terms don’t give it ownership of your data (theverge.com)
  Mozilla introduced its first Terms of Use for Firefox this week, but the company has already had to post an update to address criticisms of…
• Steam’s Next Fest is full of weird-ass, cool-ass games (theverge.com)
  Steam Next Fest 2025 features a wide selection of game demos to try before they’re released.
• Windows 11 tests putting an emoji button in the taskbar. (theverge.com)
  The new button opens up a panel where you can quickly access emoji and GIFs, similar to what you can already do with the Win + . keyboard s…
• CFPB employees say DOGE is trying to wind down the agency (theverge.com)
  Staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau say in sworn declarations that the administration is terminating staff without regard…
• Google Gemini is now remembering things for free. (theverge.com)
  Last year, the AI chatbot gained the ability to personalize responses for you based on your personal preferences, but only if you were a pa…
• Pretty pretty please, let this magical girl pilot get a series order. (theverge.com)
  Kiana Khansmith’s (Big City Greens) Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl isn’t a fledged show just yet, but her new pilot…
• Audit Me! (theverge.com)
  It’s tax season, so naturally, H&R Block is launching Roblox experiences within two other Roblox games, Mega Mansion Tycoon and Club Roblox…
• The Verge hires Tina Nguyen as senior reporter to cover the Trump administration (theverge.com)
  Tina Nguyen is joining The Verge to cover the Trump administration, Elon Musk, and the MAGA movement.
• Cold Wallet’s director wanted to make a thriller for the crypto era (theverge.com)
  The Verge sits down with Cold Wallet director Cutter Hodierne to discuss what it takes to make a home invasion thriller inspired by Reddit.
• Tesla will install dozens of Superchargers at Steak ‘n Shake restaurants. (theverge.com)
  The partnership was announced amid an exchange over seed oils on X.
• Nintendo Switch Online’s first delisting. (theverge.com)
  Super Formation Soccer is being pulled from the service on March 28th, a Japanese Nintendo support account announced. The game, which seems…
• The armless PP-1 turntable is made from a solid block of aluminum (theverge.com)
  Created by Waiting For Ideas, a Paris-based creative studio, the PP-1 is made from a solid block of aluminum and features a minimal design…
• More Washington Post cancellations. (theverge.com)
  Following owner Jeff Bezos’ opinion section changes, the Post has lost more than 75,000 digital subscribers, NPR reports. More than 300,000…
• The UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryption (theverge.com)
  The United Kingdom dealt a significant blow in its war on encryption last week that could have worldwide ramifications for personal data pr…
• More Questing. (theverge.com)
  Apple debuted a trailer today for Side Quest, the upcoming four-episode anthology series based off of Mythic Quest. I bounced off Mythic Qu…
• Amazon’s Wondery podcast studio is laying off workers. (theverge.com)
  In a statement to Reuters, Amazon spokesperson Alice Zou said the layoffs impact a “small number of roles” without offering any specifics.…
• Zapier says someone broke into its code repositories and may have accessed customer data (theverge.com)
  Zapier is notifying customers about a “security incident,” which involved an unauthorized user gaining access to the company’s code reposit…
• Waze is dropping Google Assistant on iPhone after leaving it broken for ‘over a year’ (theverge.com)
  Waze is dropping Google Assistant on iPhones, saying “this feature has not been working as intended for over a year.” It plans to replace i…
• The Atlantic releases strike group chat messages (theverge.com)
  The Atlantic has released more details of military strike plans from a Trump admin Signal group that included its EIC Jeffrey Goldberg.
• The Nissan Leaf lives on as a compact SUV with a Tesla charge port (theverge.com)
  Nissan announced the third-generation Leaf as an electric compact SUV with a NACS charging port.
• 2025 Apple iPad review: the 11th-generation iPad is being left behind (theverge.com)
  Compared to the iPad Air and iPad Pro, the newest $349 iPad simply can’t keep up with complicated tasks. But for normal iPad tasks, it’s st…
• Metaphor: ReFantazio’s elaborate menus are designed to heighten your emotions (theverge.com)
  Koji Ise, lead interface designer on Metaphor: ReFantazio, talks about creating the RPG’s UI and menus.
• Google Pixel 9 alarms are turning off instead of going off. (theverge.com)
  People on Reddit are complaining they’ve missed work after their Pixel 9 alarms didn’t wake them up. Some claim they told Gemini to “stop”…
• Google is getting a little more private about Android development. (theverge.com)
  The operating system will still be open source, but Google is now moving all development to a private, internal software branch. It previou…
• World of Warcraft will rollback some Hardcore mode permadeaths (theverge.com)
  Blizzard has introduced a new policy whereby hardcore mode players can come back to life if they died during a DDoS attack.
• This company is using AI to give people American-sounding accents (theverge.com)
  Krisp is rolling out a new AI accent conversion tool meant to make someone sound more American in video conferencing apps. It will support…