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The Verge @theverge.com · Nov 11

made a starter pack of verge folks, i'll keep adding to this one

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Microsoft is moving GitHub over to Azure servers

Most of the migration will happen within 12 months

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Sennheiser’s new HDB 360 headphones support high-res audio without a wire

High-res audio without the inconvenience of cables.

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Google’s AI try-on imagines your feet in new shoes

Google’s AI will swap your shoes for you.

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Elon Musk will settle $128 million Twitter execs lawsuit

The settlement terms haven’t been disclosed.

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A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch’s CEO in the chat

Fandy’s livestream has garnered over 50,000 views.

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A bunch of 4K Blu-ray movies we love are under $20 for Prime Day

You don’t have much longer to save on 4K Blu-rays during October Prime Day

Load up on discs

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Anker’s portable Nebula P1 projector has a pair of detachable wireless speakers

The Bluetooth speakers have up to 20 hours of battery life but the projector itself needs a power source.

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It was Pikmin all along

One mystery revealed.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 19h

just going to speak this into the world: I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall for her first meeting with standards and practices. if you know anything, I'm very easy to reach xo

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 3h

Altman seems to be "surprised" by all of the exact most obvious parts of the public reaction to Sora, right down to the mundane stuff like "people will mostly want to share videos in groupchats"

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

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Sam Altman: "There are clearly going to be challenges for society contending with this quality, and what will get much better, with the video generation. But the only way that we know of to help mitigate it is to get the world to experience it and figure out how that’s going to go.”
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It’s a controversial take, especially for an AI CEO. For as long as AI has been around, it’s been used in ways that disproportionately affect minorities and vulnerable populations — ranging from wrongful arrests to AI-generated revenge porn. OpenAI has some guardrails for Sora in place, but if history — and the last week — is any guide, people will find ways to get around them.

Watermark removers are already proliferating online, with some people using “magic eraser”-type tools and others coding their own ways to remove the watermark convincingly. For now, text prompts don’t allow for generating a specific face without permission, but people have allegedly already gotten around that rule to generate close-enough approximations of someone to instill fear or make threats, and to make suggestive videos, including videos of women holding dildo-like objects.

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Amazon is putting prescription drugs in vending machines

Coming to LA this December.

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From May 2025: Meta’s former head of global affairs said asking for permission from rights owners to train models would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Our favorite batteries and chargers are on sale for October Prime Day

Anker, Belkin, Baseus — oh my!

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SoftBank makes a $5.4 billion bet on AI robots

‘SoftBank’s next frontier is Physical AI,’ said founder Masayoshi Son.

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The AirPods 4 are just $89, matching their best price to date during October Prime Day

You can save up to $60 right now.

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OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

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Amazfit’s Active 2, one of our favorite fitness trackers, is a steal at just $81

Packed with features you’d normally have to pay close to $200 for.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 5h

The Nothing Ear 3's Super Mic is a cool idea that doesn't quite work so well in reality. But the potential for a second generation is pretty apparent.