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  • Ford is collaborating with Renault to introduce two affordable electric vehicles in Europe by 2028, aiming to compete against a growing influx of cheaper Chinese-made EVs.
  • Google Photos has launched new video editing tools that include customizable templates, allowing for quicker and more versatile video content creation within the app.
  • NASA and USPS have stopped using Canoo EVs despite support from Canoo's CEO, who acquired the bankrupt startup's assets earlier this year.
  • A consortium of tech companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, is working with the Linux Foundation to establish open standards for AI agents, promoting interoperability and reducing fragmentation in the AI landscape.
  • The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into Google's AI tools, specifically examining whether the company has exploited web publisher content without fair compensation.

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  • Skyrim arrives on the Switch 2 an hour ago by Will Shanklin
    Video Games, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Will Shanklin

    You can add the Switch 2 to the (long) list of platforms where you can play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The bad news: It costs $60 to play the 2011 game optimized for Nintendo's 2025 hardware. The good news: It costs less (or nothing) if you own one of the versions for the original Switch. The (digital-only) Switch 2 port is the Anniversary Edition of Skyrim, released in 2021. That includes the base game and three expansions (Dawnguard, Dragonborn and Hearthfire). You'll also find hundreds of Creation Club items, like quests, weapons, armor, spells and dungeons. The Anniversary Edition's Zelda

  • Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 now has a Stranger Things expansion an hour ago by Lawrence Bonk
    Media, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Lawrence Bonk

    Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 just got a fairly bizarre expansion inspired by the Netflix show Stranger Things. If you've ever wanted to fly over a fictional Indiana town in the 1980s, this is the update for you. That's right. The game now lets folks fly over Hawkins, Indiana and check out more than 40 iconic locations from the series, including Starcourt Mall, the junkyard, the government lab and, of course, the upside down. > Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 introduces Netflix’s Stranger Things expansion, out Dec 9 > > 📡 Recreation of Hawkins with more than 40 iconic locations > 🚁 Five exhilarating missions > >

  • Meta is trying to make Facebook suck less by simplifying things a bit an hour ago by Kris Holt
    Media, Arts & Entertainment, Social & Online Media, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Kris Holt

    Somewhere along its never-ending quest to increase engagement, Meta realized that giving Facebook users more of what they want would make it more likely that they'll stick around. The company has announced a bunch of updates designed to help improve the feed and the broader Facebook experience by making it easier to find, create and share interesting things. (Because primarily showing updates from your friends with the occasional ad or meme post is maybe just too complicated.) Simplification is a big focus of this overhaul. First, the Facebook feed will be a bit more streamlined. Whenever you post multiple photos, Facebook

  • Google Pixel Watch 4 gets double pinch and wrist turn features 2 hours ago by Sarah Fielding
    Technology & Electronics, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Sarah Fielding

    It has been two months since Google released the Pixel Watch 4 and now the company is introducing new updates to the wearable. In our review, Engadget managing editor Cherlynn Low was impressed enough with the watch to give it an 86, but called out the lack of gesture-based interactions. The new one-handed gesture features, like double pinch and wrist turn, should make up for that.  In an industry that involves constant borrowing of ideas, it should come as no surprise that these features are very similar to those available on the Apple Watch. Double pinch works much the same to

  • Study shows that Instacart was charging different amounts for the same items 2 hours ago by Andre Revilla
    Shopping, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Andre Revilla

    A collaborative report from Consumer Reports, Groundwork Collaborative and More Perfect Union has uncovered pricing experiments within the Instacart app that yielded higher or lower prices for different users on the exact same items from the same store location. The organizations partnered to enroll 437 shoppers in an experiment across four cities, where each shopper added the same items to their carts within Instacart from the exact same store. Almost 75 percent of grocery items were shown to shoppers at multiple price points, with as many as five different prices shown for the same item. The average difference between the highest


The Verge

  • RAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortage 13 minutes ago by Emma Roth
    AI, Business, Gaming, News, PC Gaming, Samsung, Tech

    Random access memory, or RAM, is in just about every piece of technology we use. But it’s also the technology that AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta are using to power the servers in their massive data centers. Now, the world’s biggest memory makers — Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron — are taking advantage of a surge in demand, shifting their resources away from consumer-focused products and toward more lucrative deals with AI companies. The result is a severe shortage in RAM for consumer products, which is not only contributing to price hikes on the RAM kits used by

  • Google Photos’ new video editor makes it more like Capcut 38 minutes ago by Stevie Bonifield
    Android, Apple, Google, iOS, News, Tech

    The Google Photos app on Android and iOS is getting a video editing overhaul with a redesigned editor, templates for highlight reels, and options for adding custom text overlays and music to individual videos. Highlight reels, which automatically cut together a video featuring selected photos and videos, were already part of Google Photos, but now you'll have more options for creating them. The previous version of the highlight reel feature had fairly limited editing and style options, and simply compiled selected photos and videos into a basic mashup video. The new themed templates have built-in music and text overlays that your

  • Data center construction moratorium is gaining steam an hour ago by Justine Calma
    AI, Crypto, Energy, Environment, News, Policy, Science, Tech

    A Microsoft data center under construction in Aldie, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images More than 230 groups including Food & Water Watch, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Greenpeace are demanding a pause on the construction of any new data centers in the US until stronger regulations are in place to prevent soaring electricity rates, water use, and pollution. "The rapid, largely unregulated rise of data centers to fuel the AI and crypto frenzy is disrupting communities across the country and threatening Americans' economic, environmental, climate and water security," the groups say in a letter sent to

  • The Verge’s 2025 holiday gift guide for tinkerers 2 hours ago by Brandon Russell
    Gadgets, Gift Guides, Tech, Verge Shopping

    As AI tools continue to rise in popularity, it's easy to forget the satisfaction of using something that doesn't need an update or a prompt to help you get things done. I'm talking about tools. They're simple and rugged, and they don't make things needlessly complicated. And now that the holidays are approaching, these tools can help you tackle projects you didn't finish over the summer (or, let's be real, two summers ago). If you're shopping for someone who would rather read a repair manual than scroll through a social media feed, you're in the right place. We've rounded up options

  • YouTube creators can now test multiple video titles 2 hours ago by Jess Weatherbed
    Creators, News, Streaming, Tech, YouTube

    Here’s what the A/B testing interface looks like in YouTube Studio. YouTube is giving more creators a way to test how different titles perform on their videos. After rolling out the ability to test and compare video titles to a "small percentage" of creators in July, YouTube has now expanded the tool in YouTube Studio to "all creators with access to advanced features," making it easier to pick the best titles for attracting viewers. This expansion builds on an existing tool in YouTube Studio that allows users to test the performance of various video thumbnails. Creators can now upload up to three


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