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Amazon is bringing a whole lot of AI to Thursday Night Football this season

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Amazon is bringing a whole lot of AI to Thursday Night Football this season Amazon’s still showing a football game… but it has some ideas about what else it can do. | Image: AmazonThis NFL season, if you watch a Thursday Night Football game on Amazon Prime Video, you’re likely to see all sorts of new on-screen stuff. If a team finds itself in a late-game drive with everything on the line, you might see a graphic telli…

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The new Beats Studio Pro are $100 off for the first time

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The new Beats Studio Pro are $100 off for the first time The Beats Studio Pro look similar to their predecessor but sound and drown noise out better. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeIt’s not often you see significant discounts land on gadgets that were just released a month ago, which is why even we’re taken aback by today’s Beats Studio Pro deal. After a long six-year wait, a new pair of Apple-owne…

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Max will launch a 24/7 CNN stream for all subscribers next month

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Max will launch a 24/7 CNN stream for all subscribers next month Illustration: The VergeWarner Bros. Discovery’s Max service is making a bigger push into news with a new 24/7 CNN stream that’s scheduled to debut on September 27th. It’s called CNN Max, and in a press release this morning, the company said the new service will “be part of an open beta for news that will enable experimentation with product featu…

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Ford’s matte black F-150 Lightning looks ready to chase the Joker

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Ford’s matte black F-150 Lightning looks ready to chase the Joker Platinum Black Ford F-150 Lightning with a smoked light bar and matte black finish.Ford’s making a special new factory matte black Platinum Black edition of its all-electric F-150 Lightning truck. Revealed today, this Lightning looks like Batman’s Tumbler Batmobile from The Dark Knight trilogy, with some glossy finish remaining on the door handl…

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Meta launches own AI code-writing tool: Code Llama

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Meta launches own AI code-writing tool: Code Llama Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeMeta has released a tool called Code Llama, built on top of its Llama 2 large language model, to generate new code and debug human-written work, the company said. Code Llama will use the same community license as Llama 2 and is free for research and commercial use. Code Llama, Meta said, can create string…

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Intel’s 14th Gen processors leak out thanks to MSI

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Intel’s 14th Gen processors leak out thanks to MSI Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIntel is getting ready to launch its 14th Gen desktop processors later this year and now MSI has accidentally spilled all the details. VideoCardz spotted a training video on MSI’s YouTube channel that includes important details on Intel’s unannounced 14th Gen processors, codenamed Raptor Lake-S Refresh. MSI…

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Scammers are offering fake Waymo jobs on Adobe’s Behance creative social network

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Scammers are offering fake Waymo jobs on Adobe’s Behance creative social network Several users have been contacted by scammers using the identify of real Waymo employees. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeSeveral users of Adobe’s art-themed social media platform Behance have encountered an elaborate scam in recent weeks involving fraudulent job offerings from people claiming to be recruiters at autonomous driving …

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Microsoft investigating Windows 11 BSOD ‘unsupported processor’ update errors

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Microsoft investigating Windows 11 BSOD ‘unsupported processor’ update errors Microsoft says it’s investigating reports of a Blue Screen of Death with an “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR” error message that’s been cropping up on some Windows 11 PCs after installing an update released earlier this week. The latest KB5029351 update includes the usual monthly fixes, but it appears to be causing issues when used with some MSI motherboa…

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Here’s our best look yet at Philips Hue’s upcoming security camera

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Here’s our best look yet at Philips Hue’s upcoming security camera Renders from the Android app show a camera with a similar design to that seen in the FCC listing. | Image: Philips Hue via Dave ZatzFirst came a report from a reputable blog, then came a series of blurry images via the FCC, and now The Verge can exclusively reveal renders of Philips Hue’s forthcoming entry into the smart home security market. Th…

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How to convert a PDF for your Kindle

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How to convert a PDF for your Kindle Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeNot that long ago, a friend sent me a preview of a book that she was about to have published and asked me to read it. I was delighted — but unfortunately, the copy she sent was formatted as a PDF. And since I usually read books and other documents using my phone, I knew already that this was a recipe fo…

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Nvidia just made $6 billion in pure profit over the AI boom

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Nvidia just made $6 billion in pure profit over the AI boom Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeRoughly three months after joining Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft among the world’s trillion-dollar companies — on the back of the AI boom — Nvidia is now making far more money than it’s ever made before. The company raked in $13.5 billion in revenue since May, it revealed in its Q2 2024 earnings, …

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Reddit comments weren’t loading for awhile

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Reddit comments weren’t loading for awhile Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeOn Wednesday, Reddit was acting up again. Some of us at The Verge ran into some issues browsing the site, including threads with blank comments and some pages with a “504 Gateway Timeout” message. The key issue seemed to be that comments weren’t loading when you were browsing Reddit’s website when not logge…

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GuliKit’s Steam Deck dock looks like a Super Nintendo

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GuliKit’s Steam Deck dock looks like a Super Nintendo Images: GuliKitGuliKit, the company whose patented Hall effect joysticks are sweeping the industry with both aftermarket gamepads and drop-in replacements for your Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck, is now putting Nintendo and Microsoft on notice in a very different way. I don’t know how else to say this: the company’s new docking station looks lik…

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Surprise: Apple now supports California’s right-to-repair

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Surprise: Apple now supports California’s right-to-repair Illustration: The VergeIn a major reversal, Apple is now expressing support for a right-to-repair bill in California, as reported by TechCrunch and iFixit. In a letter to California Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman, Apple says it endorses the SB 244 bill, which requires manufacturers to give customers and independent repair shops the appropriate …

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Two years after Safari, Chrome plans to let you move the address bar to the bottom

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Two years after Safari, Chrome plans to let you move the address bar to the bottom Screenshot by Jay Peters / The VergeA test version of Google Chrome on iOS now lets you put the address bar on the bottom of the screen, as spotted by MacRumors contributor Steve Moser. It’s a nice change that lets you move the address bar closer to your thumb — though notably, it comes two years after Apple moved the URL bar to the bottom of Sa…

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Google’s AR projects are reportedly facing even more setbacks

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Google’s AR projects are reportedly facing even more setbacks Illustration: The VergeFollowing reports that Google gave up on its Project Iris AR glasses in June, a new report from Insider suggests that the company’s plan to launch a mixed reality headset with Samsung is also facing setbacks. The rumored device, which is apparently called Project Moohan internally, is supposed to offer a mixed reality expe…

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Gmail may ask for verification to add a forwarding address or edit filters

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Gmail may ask for verification to add a forwarding address or edit filters Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeGmail may add an extra verification step when you try to do things like adding a forwarding address and editing your filters, Google announced in a blog post on Wednesday. The extra step could help prevent a bad actor who has access to your account from filtering emails in ways you don’t expect or forwardin…

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The best laptops for video editing

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The best laptops for video editing We’ve tested and reviewed every laptop on this list ourselves. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The VergeHere are the best laptops for video editing of every shape, size, and price point. Continue reading…

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Spotify will let podcasters customize their show page to bring in new listeners

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Spotify will let podcasters customize their show page to bring in new listeners Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeSpotify said its “next phase” of podcasting would be all about creators — and today, the company is starting to deliver. The audio giant is announcing a wave of new creator-focused updates that will let podcasters customize their show page and get deeper analytics about who’s tuning in. Creators will have …

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Samsung’s 2020 smart TVs are getting cloud gaming apps soon

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Samsung’s 2020 smart TVs are getting cloud gaming apps soon Samsung’s gaming hub. | Image: SamsungSamsung says it’s planning to bring cloud gaming apps to its 2020 smart TVs later this year. Samsung made the announcement during a Gamescom event earlier today, but it’s not yet clear which 2020 smart TV models will be updated with cloud gaming apps, nor an exact release date outside of “later this year.” …

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