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Richard Lawler is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. In a speech Tuesday morning at the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump railed against Iran, “globalists,” and transgender people while also claiming that
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Rivian always planned for its all-important R2 vehicle to be less expensive than its pricey R1 predecessors, but also less polluting. The production process for the R2 would rely on more renewable energy, and the vehicle itself would feature more recycled and biodegradable materials than the models that came before
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Palo Alto Networks is launching a subscription service that puts Anthropic and OpenAI models to work hunting for weaknesses in customers’ systems around the clock. Its threat research and consulting arm, Unit 42, announced the service today, called Continuous Frontier AI Defense. The service is built on models whose access
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Adobe Premiere’s mobile video editing app is now available on Android, a year after its iPhone launch. The app is free to download from Google Play and works on phones running Android 13 or later with at least 5GB of RAM. Premiere mobile is a touch-first version of Adobe’
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TikTok’s US business has joined Lantern, a program that lets tech companies share warning signs about people who sexually exploit children as they move from one platform to another, TechCrunch reported. The member is TikTok USDS Joint Venture, a majority-American-owned company formed in January to operate TikTok in the
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Wayve has signed a definitive production agreement with Mercedes-Benz to put its AI Driver into future vehicles within the next two years, providing urban and motorway point-to-point driving assistance. Mercedes invested in Wayve’s $1.5B Series D in February, and the software has been integrated into its production architecture
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Rayman Legends Retoldlooks to bring the platforming classic into the modern age, with a smattering of new levels, fully revamped visuals, and expanded cinematics featuring full voice acting for the very first time. Released back in 2013 to critical acclaim and still beloved by fans, it's certainly an
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NymVPN's latest update has shaken up its entire pricing structure. Two-year plans are completely gone, and, oddly, some prices have gone up, but, with the product better than ever before, it may be time to take notice. NymVPN has rapidly been maturing. Most recently, its v2026.12 update
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Microsoft Word has spent the past few years getting increasingly acquainted with AI. Copilot can already draft text, rewrite passages, summarize documents, and answer questions about whatever you have open. Microsoft has even been rolling out more advanced editing capabilities that let Copilot make broader changes directly inside a document.
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It Started With One Simple Thought I have always thought a journal is one of the most precious things a person can have. It doesn't just contain words. It contains memories, thoughts, experiences, and small moments that eventually become part of who we are. But when I looked
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App Store screenshots are the chore everyone puts off until the last week, which for Shipaton entrants is the week you are reading this in. The reason they get put off is that they look like a design job and are actually a state-management job: getting the app into fifteen
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The first Slovo paywall was technically complete. It loaded subscription packages, let the user select a plan, and could begin a purchase. It was also visually cold, overly spacious, and disconnected from the rest of the app. The feedback was direct: “Why is this design so ugly?” That was more
