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Spotify now lets you turn off all video
Sometimes, you just want your dang music streaming app to play music. Spotify, which has increasingly incorporated video features through the years, is finally giving us the option to turn that mess...
Waymo is offering to help cities fix their potholes
In recent months, some cities have sought a new recruit in their forever war against potholes: Waymo. Municipal officials in multiple cities where Waymo operates have reached out to the robotaxi...
Amazon’s Starlink competitor Leo gets a new date
An Amazon Leo terminal being installed. | Image: Amazon Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company's space-internet service Leo (formerly known as Project Kuiper) will "launch in mid-2026." I'm going to...
Two Pennsylvania amusement firms plead guilty in illegal gambling case, as former kingpin agrees to pay $5M
Two western Pennsylvania amusement businesses have admitted to felony corrupt organizations charges in a case involving hundreds of illegal video gambling machines, Attorney General Dave Sunday...
JBL Live 780NC and 680NC review: Great leaps, greater missteps
JBL introduced two new headphones to its Live series lineup and both are fighting to live up to expectations. Don’t get me wrong, the JBL Live 780NC and 680NC are both a solid set of cans, but in a...
Canada top court weighs Ontario cross border online gambling case as Loto-Québec joins fight
Canada’s top court is stepping into a case that could reshape how online gambling works across the country, with provinces, regulators and global operators all lining up to weigh in. New filings and...
I tested three Windows laptops in the MacBook Neo’s price range — there’s no contest
The Neo king of affordable laptops. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge When the MacBook Neo arrived last month, I knew Windows laptop makers were in trouble. For $599, the Neo offers...
Google makes it easy to deepfake yourself
YouTube Shorts is rolling out a new AI-powered feature giving creators an easy way to realistically clone themselves on camera. The launch, hinted at earlier this year, reflects the platform's...
Spotify now lets you turn off all its videos
The new controls apply to both individual and family accounts. | Image: Spotify Spotify is adding new toggles to stop any and all video from playing inside the app, for both music and podcasts. The...
The myth of the downwardly mobile college graduate
"Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators occupy a park near Wall Street in New York, October 3, 2011. | AFP via Getty Images The heyday of the “high-skill” worker is ending. As corporations find new ways...