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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images French authorities arrested Durov as part of an investigation into criminal activity on Telegram. Continue reading…

You mean it’s all copyright? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Why is OpenAI paying publishers if it already took their work? Continue reading…

Lacey still faces about 30 other charges related to prostitution facilitation and money laundering. | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Michael Lacey, a founder of the defunct classified site Backpage.com, received a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday and was fined $3 million. Lacey was found guilty of money laundering last…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google recently started letting you use its Gemini AI chatbot to ask questions about your Gmail inbox on the web, and now, that feature is coming to mobile. The company says its Gmail Q&A feature is starting to roll out on Android and that the feature will be…

Looks like a Dreamcast. Needs more arrows. | Image: EmuDeck Valve once dreamt of building Linux-based game consoles called Steam Machines. They flopped — but the dream eventually became reality as the handheld Steam Deck instead. Now, a particularly noteworthy Steam Deck enthusiast is reviving the idea of a console-sized Steam Box, one with his…

Image: Sonos Sonos is still trying to clean up from the mess from the messy rollout of its new app, and to help give users a better idea of what fixes are in the pipeline, the company has shared a public Trello board detailing fixes that it’s working on. “All the cards here are sourced…

Just look at those eyes. | Image: Sony After initially selling out, Sony’s limited-edition Astro Bot DualSense controller for the PS5 is available for preorder once again for $79.99. The forthcoming gamepad, which initially sold out but is now available from Walmart and Antonline, will launch alongside the next Astro Bot game on September 6th,…

Illustration: The Verge OpenAI says that more than 200 million people use ChatGPT each week, as first reported by Axios. OpenAI spokesperson Taya Christianson confirmed the number to The Verge, which is now double the 100 million weekly active users OpenAI reported last November. Additionally, Christianson says that 92 percent of Fortune 500 companies are…

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Spotify users on iPhone will no longer be able to control the volume on connected devices using their physical volume buttons. In an update to its support page, Spotify said Apple “discontinued” this technology, forcing iPhone owners to use an annoying workaround. This change only affects Spotify Connect, a…

Image: The Verge OpenAI is reportedly gearing up for a huge round of funding, and Apple and Nvidia might be among the investors. On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple, which is planning to integrate ChatGPT into iOS, is in talks to invest. Soon after, Bloomberg also reported that Apple is in talks…