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How to find the reading mode built into your browser
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I’ve got a stack of bookmarked, favorited, and saved-for-later web articles that I’m going to get around to reading one day… but haven’t. I think that part of what puts me off working through that list is that readi...
theverge.comAnthropic’s crawler is ignoring websites’ anti-AI scraping policies
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The ClaudeBot web crawler that Anthropic uses to scrape training data for AI models like Claude has hammered iFixit’s website almost a million times in a 24-hour period, seemingly violating the repair company’s Terms of Use in the process....
theverge.comHow the Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling could doom net neutrality
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On today’s episode of Decoder, we’re talking about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Chevron deference and what it means for the future of the internet.
I’ve been covering the fight over net neutr...
theverge.comChrome adds new warnings and cloud scanning for suspicious downloads
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Google has updated the suspicious file warnings Chrome displays for why it might have blocked a potentially suspicious or dangerous file download to hopefully give users clearer explanations. For people who turn on the anti-phishing Enhanced ...
theverge.comX replaced the water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason
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Years after Twitter replaced the pistol emoji with a green and orange water gun, X has decided to change it back to a regular handgun. An X employee announced the change in a post last week.
The company hasn’t explained the change, but it ...
theverge.comHome Depot’s viral giant skeleton has some upgrades — and lots of new friends
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Five years ago, Home Depot stumbled upon a viral hit with a 12-foot-tall skeleton nicknamed Skelly. The towering Halloween decoration can be seen year-round in some neighborhoods, has been featured in countless memes and TikToks, and rema...
theverge.comThe Netflix app for Quest headsets is no more
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Netflix has discontinued its streaming app for Quest headsets, Upload VR reports. The good news for Quest owners is that Meta recently added support for Netflix in the Quest browser, complete with 1080p streaming.
Ne...
theverge.comGoogle tests out Gemini AI-created video presentations
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Google is launching its new Vids productivity app in Workspace Labs with the idea that “if you can make a slide, you can make a video in Vids.” Announced in April, Vids allows users to drop docs, slides, voiceovers, and video recordings into ...
theverge.comGoogle is reportedly planning its biggest startup acquisition ever
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Google is considering spending $23 billion to buy Wiz, a cloud cybersecurity startup with partners that include Amazon and Oracle, reports The Wall Street Journal. At close to twice what it spent for Motorola Mobility in 2012, it wo...
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