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The twist in the Ticketmaster antitrust fight
A lot of people are mad at Ticketmaster, and have been for a long time. (Did Swifties directly create an antitrust trial? Discuss.) The US government's case against Live Nation-Ticketmaster appeared...
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to politicians and journalists
Public officials and journalists will soon be able to keep track of AI-generated deepfakes of themselves on YouTube through the platform's likeness detection feature. The tool is already available...
Yamaha launches Creator Pass for music makers and podcasters
Yamaha is taking a big leap into subscription services with its new Creator Pass, which bundles a bunch of different services and apps focused on music and podcast production under a single...
The Sonos Play puts the best parts of the Era 100 in a portable speaker
Sonos has just announced its first new products since 2024, when the company’s plans went sideways after a disastrous update to its app. First up is the Sonos Play, the company’s latest portable...
Sonos just launched Play, a new $299 portable speaker
The new portable Sonos Play includes a carrying loop and can connect via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. | Image: Sonos Sonos is returning to focus on the system that made it a driving force in whole-home...
iRobot’s Roomba Mini can clean where its larger robovacs can’t reach
iRobot has announced its first new robot since the company filed for bankruptcy last December and was later acquired by China's Picea Robotics. At just 9.5-inches in diameter, the new Roomba Mini is...
MacBook Neo review: Apple puts every $600 Windows PC to shame
I really don't know how Apple did it. The MacBook Neo is a $600 laptop that doesn't feel like an afterthought, which is a curse that has befallen so many cheap Windows notebooks. Sure, it has a...
MacBook Neo review: the Mac for the masses
The citrus Neo. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The MacBook Neo is basically the M1 MacBook Air all over again. That laptop changed the game in 2020, and became the default option for...
Project Hail Mary is popcorn sci-fi at its best
Have you ever wondered what Arrival would be like if it was also a goofy buddy comedy? Me neither. And yet the strange combination somehow fits together in Project Hail Mary. The movie follows a...
Google’s Gemini AI is getting a bigger role across Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Google is embedding its Gemini AI assistant even more deeply within its Workspace apps. The changes, which are rolling out to Google Workspace and AI plan subscribers, include a new Gemini chat...