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Half-Life 2 is getting a huge 20th anniversary update
ESPN is testing a generative AI avatar called ‘FACTS’
Google will let you make AI clip art for your documents
Disney has reportedly pulled a Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode for telling a trans-inclusive story
The M4 MacBook Pro features a quantum dot display
Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts
Senator to Valve: what’s with all the Nazis on Steam?
Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
The new Mac Mini is great — now do the iPhone SE
Casio’s first smart ring has innovative features like a stopwatch and flashing alarm
Cruise fined $500k for submitting a false report after last year’s pedestrian crash
The best robot vacuums
Facebook is changing its primary metric to ‘views’
Threads is testing custom feeds for your favorite topics
Elon Musk targets Microsoft in amended OpenAI lawsuit
The Rabbit R1 now lets you remake its whole interface
The Verge’s 2024 holiday gift guide for new parents
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max has plunged to a record-low for Black Friday
Bluesky’s quest to be the next Twitter
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