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Apple’s new App Review Guidelines clamp down on apps sharing personal data with ‘third-party AI’

Apple updates its App Store rules to restrict apps from sharing personal data with third-party AI without disclosure and explicit permission.

Tiny chips hitch a ride on immune cells to sites of inflammation

Tiny chips can be powered by infrared light if they're near the brain's surface.

Forget being a ‘Meta Quest 3 killer’ I think the Steam Frame could be an ‘every XR headset killer’ for two important reasons

The Steam Frame could be the most exciting VR headset in years, unless you're Meta, Apple, and Samsung.

Looking for the best biggest Black Friday cloud storage discounts? These won't disappoint

This Black Friday we've rounded up all the deals that offer 90% off or more.

Valve wants Half-Life: Alyx to work well standalone on Steam Frame

When I tried Half-Life: Alyx streaming from a PC to Valve’s new Steam Frame VR headset, I was blown away; thanks to the Frame’s dedicated wireless adapter and a cool trick Valve calls “foveated streaming,” I didn’t detect any latency as I explored an industrial building and fought some head crabs. B...

Apple adjusts to the rise of the mini app with better reporting and lower commissions – and you might be the benefactor

Apple has updated how it handles mini apps with a new App Store Mini Apps Partner Program that may improve the experience and lead to cheaper in-mini-app purchases.

Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser

In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.

Black Friday comes early for printing fans: Elegoo's Centauri Carbon 3D printer is now just $279

The Elegoo Centauri Carbon is a budget 3D printer priced at just $279.99 this Black Friday.

I tested these officially licensed earbuds for Nintendo Switch 2 – are they really worth buying?

Looking to buy cheap earbuds for your Nintendo Switch 2? I tried this officially licensed set and they weren’t half bad.

Anthropic details how it measures Claude’s wokeness

Anthropic is detailing its efforts to make its Claude AI chatbot “politically even-handed” — a move that comes just months after President Donald Trump issued a ban on “woke AI.” As outlined in a new blog post, Anthropic says it wants Claude to “treat opposing political viewpoints with equal depth,...

Apple will take a mini commission from mini app developers

Apple is launching a new program for mini app developers that slashes its fees for in-app purchases. On Thursday, the company announced that mini app creators who join the program take advantage of a lower 15 percent commission rate — half of the up to 30 percent rate Apple charges other developers....

What if the aliens come and we just can’t communicate?

Ars chats with particle physicist Daniel Whiteson about his new book Do Aliens Speak Physics?

Buying a new camera phone this Black Friday? Megapixels aren’t the only important spec

If you’re looking for a new camera phone during sales season, resolution isn’t the only thing you should keep an eye out for on the spec sheet

Save $150 on the incredible Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer this Black Friday

The Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer is slightly older tech, but it's still one of the best hair dryers around – and now it's got a big price cut for Black Friday.

Hackers use Anthropic’s AI model Claude once again

Anthropic announced on Thursday that Chinese state-backed hackers used the company’s AI model Claude to automate roughly 30 attacks on corporations and governments during a September campaign, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. Anthropic said that up to 80% to 90% of the attack was...

Who is buying VR and XR headsets anyway?

From the outside, it looks like virtual and mixed reality is having a moment. Three new headsets have launched or been announced in the last month: Apple's M5 Vision Pro, the Samsung Galaxy XR, and, just this week, Valve announced the Steam Frame. Given the marketing, you might assume that means Big...

I discovered 3 criminally underused VPN features – and they're all on sale right now!

These VPNs can do more than you think, and few people realise!

Now that's a bonus - top camera company gifts solid gold keycaps worth thousands of dollars to its top employees

Insta360’s lavish gold keycap rewards reflect a growing culture of luxury that blurs the line between motivation and marketing.

The New Apple Watch Ultra 3 Is $100 Off

You could save big on Apple's most recently released and most powerful wrist hardware.

Uber quietly pilots in-app video recording for drivers in India

Uber's in-app video recording pilot is currently live in 10 cities across India. The tool is meant to deter misconduct in a market where most drivers do not use dashcams, according to Uber.

The last-gen Apple Watch Series 10 has returned to its lowest price to date

The Apple Watch Series 11 is only a few months old, so discounts have been hard to come by thus far. However, if you don’t need the latest tech, the Apple Watch Series 10 delivers nearly the same experience, and the 42mm base model is currently down to an all-time low of $279 ($120 off) […]

Netflix is turning its biggest shows into daily puzzle games

Netflix is getting into the daily puzzle games trend in a big new way. As part of a bunch of games announcements, the company revealed it would be releasing a new daily puzzle games app called Netflix Puzzled that will feature a bunch of puzzles themed around Netflix’s biggest franchises. “Get ready...

Netflix’s new era of TV games starts now

Netflix's next stab at gaming is here. Starting today you'll be able to play a number of multiplayer party games on your TV using your phone as a controller. To start, Netflix is offering Boggle Party, Party Crasher: Fool Your Friends, Lego Party, Pictionary: Game Night, and Tetris Time Warp. A soci...

Where have all the TV cameras gone?

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Earlier this month, the UK's Comcast-owned pay TV operator Sky announced plans to pull the plug on one of its more ambitious hardware i...

Newsletter platform beehiiv adds AI website building, creator tools in major expansion

Newsletter platform beehiiv announced a massive expansion to its platform on Thursday, including offering real-time analytics and AI website creation.

After 5 months, the $1,200 bottles of Besties All-In tequila are finally starting to ship

When the hosts of the popular All-In podcast launched their own tequila brand at a star-studded party last June, all 750 bottles of the $1,200 spirit quickly sold out. But getting those bottles into customers' hands has proven harder than expected.

Black Friday comes early: Save $300 on the Creality K2 Plus Combo 3D printer and get a year's free VIP access to Creality Cloud software

The Creality K2 Plus Combo 3D printer deal is priced at just $1,199 this Black Friday, and you get freebies thrown in too!

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Civil war is brewing in the wasteland in Fallout S2 trailer

Ghoulish Elvis impersonators are the least of Lucy's problems as the wasteland prepares for war.