Windows will soon let you grab text from your Android photos Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeAn upcoming version of Microsoft Phone Link lets you select and copy text from within images synced from your Android phone. The feature is live now in Release Preview Insider builds, so it should roll out to everyone soon. Phone Link (called Link to Windows on the phone side) lets you sync calls, messages…

Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion to fund its race against ChatGPT and all the rest The VergeElon Musk founded xAI last summer, and today it announced raising $6 billion in funding, saying it will help bring the startup’s “first products to market, build advanced infrastructure, and accelerate the research and development of future technologies.” So far, xAI has launched Grok, a supposedly edgier version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT av…

HBO’s MoviePass doc is a snapshot of how C-suites kill companies HBODirector Muta’Ali’s MoviePass, MovieCrash is a thorough but circuitous breakdown of how executives’ obsession with exponential growth all but destroyed the company. Continue reading…

How Netflix turned from chasing HBO to signing a deal with WWE Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeNetflix isn’t just programming content only a small group of people would like — it’s intent on having a little something for everyone. During an interview with The New York Times, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says he regrets comparing Netflix to HBO and its more limited selection of content in the past. He…

Apple’s WWDC may include AI-generated emoji and an OpenAI partnership Illustration: The VergeApple will finally tell its own AI story at WWDC 2024, but it may not mean the sorts of showy features demoed by the likes of Google, Microsoft, or OpenAI. Instead, the event may see Apple rolling out basic AI features like transcribing voice memos or auto-generated emoji — and announcing a rumored partnership with OpenAI,…

Seeing the real world inside a virtual one Image: Samar Haddad / The VergeFrom the earliest pixelated games to the outrageously realistic experiences of today, flight simulators have always been pushing the boundaries of what can be visually recreated in a video game. It’s one thing to make space look good; it’s another thing entirely to faithfully recreate the cockpit of a 747 and the w…

A big list of the best tiny games on the internet Image: David Pierce / The VergeHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 39, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get ready for gadgets this week, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been writing about Surfaces and other tablets, chatting with som…

There’s no easy 3D printer, but Bambu has won me over Bambu P1P vs. Creality K1C: an ‘easy’ 3D printer showdown. Continue reading…

Ventje turns VW’s ID Buzz into a very charming camper Ventje’s eVentje.The eVentje custom buildout is a worthy all-electric successor to the iconic VW Camper in Europe. Continue reading…

YouTube Music will let you search by humming into your Android phone Tap the waveform icon, circled above, to search with sound. | Screenshots: YouTube MusicThe Android YouTube Music app is rolling out a feature that’s part Shazam and part your friend when you say, “hey what’s that song that goes…” right before you hum out a bar. The feature lets you hum, whistle, sing, or play a recording of a song to figure o…

A jury hands Bungie a victory in a landmark anti-cheating decision Image: BungieA jury found on Friday that Phoenix Digital, which owns the cheat mod site AimJunkies, is guilty of violating Bungie copyrights when it created cheats for Destiny 2, reported Stephen Totilo, who has written about Bungie’s cheating lawsuits for Axios. The landmark decision may be the first time a jury has agreed that a cheat creator …

Activision and Meta sued by families of Uvalde school shooting victims Image: ActivisionThe families of the victims killed in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting are suing Meta and Call of Duty developer Activision over allegations that they promoted the use of firearms to underage boys. The lawsuit claims both companies “knowingly exposed the Shooter to the weapon, conditioned him to see it as the solution to his pr…

Activision and Meta sued by families of Uvalde school shooting victims Image: ActivisionThe families of the victims killed in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting are suing Meta and Call of Duty developer Activision over allegations that they promoted the use of firearms to underage boys. The lawsuit claims both companies “knowingly exposed the Shooter to the weapon, conditioned him to see it as the solution to his pr…

Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search Image: Álvaro Bernis / The VergeSocial media is abuzz with examples of Google’s new AI Overview product saying weird stuff, from telling users to put glue on their pizza to suggesting they eat rocks. The messy rollout means Google is racing to manually disable AI Overviews for specific searches as various memes get posted, which is why users are…

Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search Image: Álvaro Bernis / The VergeSocial media is abuzz with examples of Google’s new AI Overview product saying weird stuff, from telling users to put glue on their pizza to suggesting they eat rocks. The messy rollout means Google is racing to manually disable AI Overviews for specific searches as various memes get posted, which is why users are…

Judge orders Google to calculate the costs of Epic’s biggest Play Store demand Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Philip Pacheco, Bloomberg, Getty ImagesDespite Epic Games’ surprise win at trial, I was skeptical that Judge James Donato would seriously consider forcing Google to let the Epic Games Store live inside its own Google Play Store, and give it access to every app inside Google Play. Those …

Judge orders Google to calculate the costs of Epic’s biggest Play Store demand Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Philip Pacheco, Bloomberg, Getty ImagesDespite Epic Games’ surprise win at trial, I was skeptical that Judge James Donato would seriously consider forcing Google to let the Epic Games Store live inside its own Google Play Store, and give it access to every app inside Google Play. Those …

EcoFlow’s $200 PowerStream is so clever, you might buy a $4,000 solar generator A mini power plant that turns a standard power outlet into a solar power inlet. Continue reading…

EcoFlow’s $200 PowerStream is so clever, you might buy a $4,000 solar generator A mini power plant that turns a standard power outlet into a solar power inlet. Continue reading…

I hated Animal Well until I beat the game Image: Big Mode / Shared MemoryAbout midway through Animal Well, I felt I had been lied to. I read all the glowing reviews of the game and heard the breathless praise heaped upon it on social media. But my expectations did not match my reality… until I beat the game. Now, I’m well on my way to 100 percent completion for a game I was seriously …