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  • Young entrepreneurs are increasingly leveraging their unique backgrounds and perspectives to disrupt established industries, exemplified by leaders like Young, who faces initial skepticism due to his age.
  • Sierra AI, a startup focusing on enterprise AI agents, has achieved significant growth, reaching $100 million in annual recurring revenue within just two years, indicating a warming reception towards AI solutions in corporate environments.
  • In the gaming realm, Ubisoft has unveiled a prototype featuring voice-controlled AI teammates, showcasing advancements in interactive gaming technology, while simultaneously facing challenges related to corporate espionage allegations.
  • Cybersecurity remains a pressing concern, with reported data breaches, including one involving Google that impacted 200 companies and was linked to the hacking group Scattered Lapsus$, emphasizing an ongoing need for robust security measures in tech companies.
  • The European startup ecosystem is poised for growth, as investors and founders are eager to cultivate the region's capabilities, aiming to produce the first trillion-dollar startup, highlighting an increasing focus on innovation and venture funding.

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  • Get half off one of our favorite budgeting apps for Black Friday 34 minutes ago by Kris Holt
    Software, Technology & Electronics, Banking & Budgeting, Finance, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Kris Holt

    Those looking for a better way to keep track of their finances should consider a budgeting app. There are dozens of them on the market now, and one of our favorites is running a discount for new subscribers. Monarch Money is offering 50 percent off annual plans right now when you use the code MONARCHVIP at checkout. With the typical yearly price being $100, this will save you $50. As mentioned before, the discount is only for new users and it can't be combined with other offers. The code only works when you sign up through the web as well. You

  • X's handle marketplace is open and there are some... interesting names if you're willing to pay 9 hours ago by Karissa Bell
    Media, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Karissa Bell

    After previewing its plans to open a marketplace to "redistribute" dormant handles last month, X has made the feature available to all Premium+ subscribers on the platform. The feature allows subscribers to request new handles that up to now have been unavailable because they belonged to accounts that have since become inactive.  The marketplace offers two types of handles: "priority" and "rare." For priority handles, X has suggested the goal is to give people the chance to have a handle that more closely reflects their name. In practice, though, it's not at all clear how X is determining what's considered a

  • Meta is bringing usernames to Facebook Groups 9 hours ago by Ian Carlos Campbell
    Media, Arts & Entertainment, Social & Online Media, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Ian Carlos Campbell

    Meta has long required Facebook users to post under their real names (with some exceptions), but at least for Facebook Groups, the company is now offering new options. Members of Facebook Groups will now be able to participate under a custom nickname and avatar, rather than being forced to use their real name or post anonymously. You can set a custom nickname via the same toggle that lets you create an anonymous post, Meta says. Nicknames have to be enabled by a group's administrators, and in some cases individually approved, but once they are, you can switch between posting under your

  • Hytale will only cost $20 because it isn't good yet, its developer says 11 hours ago by Ian Carlos Campbell
    Video Games, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Ian Carlos Campbell

    Hytale, a more action-packed take on Minecraft, will be available for $20 when it relaunches in early access, Hypixel Studios announced on X. The developer shared that it planned to relaunch Hytale earlier this week after successfully reacquiring the rights to the game from Riot Games. Alongside its $20 "Standard" edition, Hypixel also plans to offer $35 "Supporter" and $70 "Cursebreaker" editions of Hytale with additional in-game cosmetics. Pricing the game at $20 is an acknowledgement of how unfinished it is, according to Hypixel Studios co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. "I'm pricing Hytale as aggressively low as possible," Collins-Laflamme said in an X

  • You can now search the Epstein emails in a simulated Gmail tab 12 hours ago by Will Shanklin
    Celebrities, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Will Shanklin

    Here's some light — and revolting! — reading while we wait for the Epstein Files to be released (or stonewalled). You can now peruse the Jeffrey Epstein emails, recently released by Congress, in a simulated Gmail account. "You're logged in as Jeffrey Epstein," the Jmail website reads. (Ick.) Luke Igel, CEO of Kino, and software engineer Riley Walz collaborated on the project. The latter is one of the creators of the Panama Playlists, which (in a similar light) turned Spotify's lax privacy into a website for public figures' "leaked" musical tastes. Jmail is about as faithful a recreation of Gmail as you


The Verge

  • ‘Jmail’ is like any other inbox, except this one has Jeffrey Epstein’s emails 8 hours ago by Richard Lawler
    Culture, Entertainment, Internet Culture, News, Policy, Politics, Tech, Web

    The more than 20,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein emails released earlier this month by the House Oversight Committee have been enough to prompt more investigations into the convicted child sex offender and the people around him, like former Harvard president and OpenAI board member Larry Summers. Now, Luke Igel and Riley Walz have reformatted the source documents into a more familiar format for anyone looking into them by copying the Gmail inbox on a website called “Jmail.” Walz, who has previously authored stunts like a website that unearths long-forgotten iPhone clips on YouTube and a fake Manhattan steakhouse, said they used

  • Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI 9 hours ago by Jay Peters
    AI, Google, News, Tech

    Google is pushing back on viral social media posts and articles like this one by Malwarebytes, claiming Google has changed its policy to use your Gmail messages and attachments to train AI models, and the only way to opt out is by disabling “smart features” like spell checking. But Google spokesperson Jenny Thomson tells The Verge that “these reports are misleading – we have not changed anyone’s settings, Gmail Smart Features have existed for many years, and we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.” You may want to double-check your settings anyway, as one Verge staffer

  • Judge wants to fix Google’s ad tech monopoly before it’s too late 10 hours ago by Lauren Feiner
    Antitrust, Google, News, Policy, Tech

    Google and the Justice Department had their last chance to make their case before Judge Leonie Brinkema Friday before she decides whether Google needs to be broken up to remedy its ad tech monopoly. Brinkema expects to issue her ruling next year, but understands that “time is of the essence,” as Reuters reported. While the DOJ wants the court to force Google to sell its AdX exchange, and leave open the option to force a sale of its publisher ad server, Google argued that only behavioral changes were necessary to remedy the issues the court found with its business. Brinkema previously

  • You can save up to $1,300 on robovacs from Roborock and Eufy ahead of Black Friday 10 hours ago by Sheena Vasani
    Black Friday, Deals, Gadgets, Smart Home, Tech, Verge Shopping

    The Tapo RV30 Max Plus is down to $200 for a limited time, rendering it an even better value than before. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but it can also be the most exhausting. Between hunting for gifts and getting the house ready for guests, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Thankfully, we’re already seeing steep discounts on robot vacuums ahead of Black Friday, which can at least make the cleaning part feel a little more manageable. This year, some of the best midrange models — including Eufy’s X10 Pro Omni — have fallen to budget robovac pricing, meaning you

  • You can now try the Xbox Full Screen Experience on any PC, laptop, or tablet 11 hours ago by Jay Peters
    Entertainment, Gaming, Microsoft, News, Tech, Windows, Xbox

    Microsoft is bringing the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE), which adds a console-like UI while navigating through your game library on a PC with a controller, to laptops, desktops, and tablets. FSE launched with the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, and it has so far only been available on PC handhelds. The expansion to laptops, desktops, and tablets is available as part of new Windows Insider Preview Builds on the Dev and Beta channels and for people in the Xbox Insider Program. To turn on FSE on your PC, “hover over the Task View icon on your taskbar and choose


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