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  • Waymo's robotaxi service experienced significant growth, with reports indicating it now provides 250,000 rides, highlighting advancements in autonomous vehicle technology.
  • Nvidia received approval to export its H200 chips to China, despite recent legislative efforts in Congress aimed at restricting such exports, raising concerns about AI chip accessibility.
  • Google unveiled new features for its AI app Doppl, including a shoppable discovery feed to enhance the virtual try-on experience for users, illustrating the growing integration of AI in e-commerce.
  • Paramount made headlines with a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, signaling a competitive shift within the media and entertainment industry amidst Netflix's prior acquisition attempt.
  • In the cybersecurity realm, environmental groups are urging a moratorium on new data center constructions to address sustainability concerns, reflecting the ongoing struggle between tech expansion and environmental impact.

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  • An AI copycat of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard went unnoticed on Spotify for weeks an hour ago by Anna Washenko
    Music, Media, Arts & Entertainment, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Anna Washenko

    Despite making some moves to address the proliferation of AI-generated audio on its platform, Spotify failed to catch a copycat making imitations of music by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The long-running experimental rock band from Australia, has been a vocal critic of Spotify and was one of several artists that took their music off the platform in the summer. The move was in response to the discovery that outgoing CEO Daniel Ek was a leading investor in an AI-focused weapons and military company. Today, a poster on Reddit was recommended what appeared to be an AI-generated copy of

  • Google and Apple partner on better Android-iPhone switching 2 hours ago by Anna Washenko
    Technology & Electronics, Handheld & Connected Devices, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Anna Washenko

    Google and Apple have long existed as polar opposites, each ruling over their tech kingdoms with little interest in cooperation. But the latest build of Android's Canary operating system hints at an unusual instance of collaboration between the brands, with a new feature that seems aimed at making data transfer simpler between Android and iOS mobile device during the setup phase. It is expected to also be available in a future developer beta of iOS 26.  A representative for Google confirmed that the report from 9to5Google on this development is accurate, but didn't provide any additional details on how the transfer

  • Here's how Google is laying the foundation for our mixed reality future 3 hours ago by Sam Rutherford
    Technology & Electronics, Handheld & Connected Devices, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Sam Rutherford

    Today, during the XR edition of The Android Show, Google showed off a bunch of updates and new features headed to its mixed reality OS. And while most of the news was aimed at developers, I got a chance to demo some of the platform's expanded capabilities on a range of hardware including Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, two different reference designs and an early version of Xreal's Project Aura smart glasses and I came away rather impressed. So here's a rundown of what I saw and how it will impact the rapidly growing ecosystem of head-mounted displays. First up was one

  • TikTok announces shared feed and collections features 3 hours ago by Lawrence Bonk
    Software, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Lawrence Bonk

    TikTok just announced a couple of updates that that should make the app a bit more social. There's something called Shared Feed, which is exactly what it sounds like. It's a feed that friends and family can watch together, though at different times.  This feed is shared via direct messaging and pulls up relevant content to everyone involved in the chat. TikTok says this is a "new way to discover content together." It consists of a daily curated selection of 15 videos that are generated by TikTok activity. These feeds are shared via invitation and the participants can leave the chat at

  • Paramount makes a $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery 3 hours ago by Kris Holt
    Mergers, Acquisitions & Takeovers, Investment & Company Information, Arts & Entertainment, Finance, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Kris Holt

    Paramount has been none too pleased about Netflix striking an $82.7 billion deal to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Now, Paramount is making a hostile takeover bid for WBD. It's making its pitch directly to WBD shareholders with an all-cash offer of $30 per share that expires on January 8. Late last week, the WBD board unanimously accepted Netflix's offer of $27.75 per share. That breaks down to $23.25 per share in cash and another $4.50 per share in Netflix stock. Netflix's overall bid is valued at $82.7 billion, while Paramount's totals $108.4 billion. There's a key difference when it


The Verge

  • The 34 best gifts that your teen will actually use an hour ago by Sheena Vasani
    Gadgets, Gift Guides, Tech, Verge Shopping

    Between keeping up with TikTok trends and whatever new gadget just dropped, it's tough to know exactly what teens are into these days. Luckily, we can help. We may be older than teenagers, but many of us here at The Verge are kids at heart. Plus, we've also got a few staffers with older kids. To make your life a little easier this holiday season, we rounded up what we think are the best gifts for teens, based on our tech expertise as well as what our staff's teens are into right now. Below, you'll find gift ideas for many types

  • The Apple Watch Series 11 just got a big $100 discount ahead of the holidays 4 hours ago by Brandon Russell
    Apple, Deals, Gadgets, Smartwatch, Tech, Verge Shopping, Wearable

    The discount brings the price down to $299 ($100 off). | Image: The Verge We thought Black Friday and Cyber Monday would bring the lowest prices of the year, but apparently not. Right now, you can snag Apple’s Watch Series 11 in the 42mm configuration with GPS for a new all-time low of $299 ($100 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. That beats the $70 discount we saw at the beginning of the month, which means if you didn’t take advantage then, you can save even more now. The 46mm model with GPS is also down to its lowest price

  • Anthropic is bringing Claude Code to Slack 4 hours ago by Stevie Bonifield
    AI, Anthropic, News, Tech

    Slack users can now access Anthropic's Claude Code directly in Slack by tagging Claude on coding-related messages and threads. The new feature is launching today in beta as a research preview. When Claude is tagged, it will now automatically scan the message to see if it's a coding task and, if so, route it to Claude Code using the context from the related Slack thread and the code repositories you've authenticated in Claude Code. Slack users can also directly tell Claude that a request is a coding task. For instance, you could ask Claude to investigate a bug report you're discussing

  • Lenovo’s next gaming laptop may have a rollable OLED screen that stretches ultrawide 4 hours ago by Cameron Faulkner
    Gadgets, Gaming, Laptops, News, PC Gaming

    Lenovo has already demonstrated its ability to put rollable OLEDs into laptops by graduating last year from demo concept models to shipping the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, an actual device you can buy. It has a built-in mechanism that expands the screen vertically to give you more screen real estate for typing and scrolling. However, the company might soon debut its first laptop that uses a rollable OLED to effectively transform its screen into an ultrawide 21:9 aspect ratio screen, with left and right edges that extend far outside the bottom chassis. The Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable will be its first

  • It’s ugly, it’s beautiful, it’s how you know a game might be a classic 4 hours ago by Joshua Rivera
    Entertainment, Gaming, Report

    At their biggest and most expensive, video games all sort of look the same. The reason often comes down to simple economics: More resources means more costs that need to be recouped, and historically the way publishers have done that is by being comically risk-averse. Hence the glut of semi-realistic rocky wastelands that look like death metal album covers where everyone is some kind of Wild West fetishist, or the hero shooters that all look like Pixar but shredded as hell and ready for fan artists to go places I shall not. On occasion, however, new visual ground is staked. Octopath


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