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  • The FTC’s noncompete agreements ban has been struck down

    Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images A federal judge has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements that make it difficult for workers to join their employers’ rivals or launch competing businesses. The ruling prevents the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements from taking effect on September 4th, though the agency could…

  • Microsoft’s latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs

    Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo: Getty Images Microsoft’s latest monthly security update is wreaking havoc on dual-boot Windows and Linux systems. The software giant issued a security patch last week to fix a two-year-old vulnerability in the GRUB open-source boot loader used by lots of Linux devices. Microsoft’s patch wasn’t supposed to hit…

  • JBL made its charging case touchscreen more useful with a size boost

    The touchscreen on the JBL Tour Pro 3’s charging case is now 30 percent larger. | Image: JBL JBL has announced an upgraded version of its first wireless earbuds with a touchscreen charging case. The new JBL Tour Pro 3’s case features a larger screen and now works as a transmitter, broadcasting audio to the…

  • The Democratic platform is doubling down on tech antitrust and kids online safety

    While billionaires have pushed Kamala Harris to depart from President Joe Biden’s antitrust policy, the Democratic Party seems to be doubling down. The word “competition” comes up 18 times in the party’s 2024 platform, compared to nine in the 2020 version. Other key policy areas, like tackling junk fees and noncompetes, are mentioned several times…

  • Civilization 7 lets you mix and match history — and it’s a blast

    Image: Firaxis Games For the first time in the game’s 30-year history, leaders and civilizations can be chosen independently of one another. Continue reading…

  • Gemini in Gmail can now help polish up your drafts

    Illustration: The Verge Google is upgrading its Gemini writing tools in Gmail to help you polish drafts that you’ve already written. Now, among other Gemini-powered “Help me write” options like Formalize and Elaborate, you can tap “Polish” to refine your emails, Google says in a blog post. The company has also added shortcuts that appear…

  • Google has to face a class action lawsuit over Chrome’s data collection

    Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Google will have to face a class action lawsuit that accuses it of collecting users’ data through Chrome without their consent. In a decision on Tuesday, a federal appeals court reversed a December 2022 ruling that dismissed the case, saying the lower court should’ve reviewed Google’s disclosures and…

  • Google Classroom comes back from summer break with a better approach to group projects

    Illustration: The Verge Today, Google announced it’s making assigning group work in Google Classroom easier and faster with a new feature called Student Groups. Teachers will now be able to add individual students to predefined groups before creating and assigning group work. Google is entering this school year with a bunch of new updates for…

  • Shein is now copying Temu’s copyright lawsuit

    How many of those $5 skirts do these retailers have to sell to pay their lawyers? | Image: The Verge The Shein complaint about Temu kicks off with a bang, accusing Temu of being “an unlawful enterprise built on counterfeiting, theft of trade secrets, infringement of intellectual property rights, and fraud” in just the first…

  • Sonos CEO says the old app can’t be rereleased

    Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you want the old Sonos app back, it’s not coming. In a Reddit AMA response posted Tuesday, Sonos CEO Spence says that he was hopeful “until very recently” that the company could rerelease the app, confirming a report from The Verge that the company was considering doing…