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Amazon’s new AI guides can help shoppers find what they need
Amazon’s AI Shopping Guides are a more visual way to filter for specific product types and features. | Image: Amazon Amazon has a new shopping tool that uses AI to help customers quickly find products based on the specific features they need. AI-powered “Shopping Guides” are now rolling out in the US on Amazon’s mobile…
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You can grab three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for just $29 today
Game Pass Ultimate offers first-party games on day one and a rotating library of other titles. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If your Game Pass Ultimate subscription is in danger of expiring, Woot’s latest deal is a great opportunity to reset the clock. Now through 12:59AM ET on October 10th, you can…
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How the DOJ wants to break up Google’s search monopoly
Illustration: The Verge After winning a fight to get Google’s search business declared an unlawful monopoly, the Department of Justice has released its initial proposal for how it’s thinking about limiting Google’s dominance — including breaking up the company. The government is asking Judge Amit Mehta for four different types of remedies to Google’s anticompetitive…
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Here are my picks for the best Prime Day deals on robot vacuums and mops
The excellent Roomba j7 is down to $400 this Prime Day. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Robot vacuums are some of the most useful smart home gadgets you can buy. Small, circular home helpers that clean areas you can’t reach and work hard so you don’t have to, these little suckers…
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Zoom will let AI avatars talk to your team for you
Image: Zoom Zoom is getting one step closer to letting AI avatars attend meetings for you. As part of a broader AI expansion, Zoom announced it will soon let you create an AI avatar of yourself that you can use to send brief messages to your team. To create a digital avatar, you’ll need to…
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Wimbledon is Wimble-done with line judges
LYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images The Wimbledon Championships, the most prestigious of professional tennis events, declared it would no longer use human line judges at next year’s tournament. In 2025, the London event will use an electronic line-calling system (ELC) instead. First reported in The Times of London, the announcement marks a radical change to…
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Nintendo’s original alarm clock prototypes were a lot less playful
Image: Nintendo Nintendo just announced its new Alarmo clock with a motion sensor, and even though we’re still soaking in the $100 device, the company also shared a look at some interesting early prototypes that reveal how the project changed during its development. While the Alarmo is round and an eye-catching red, one “early” prototype…
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US v. Google: all the news from the search antitrust showdown
Image: Laura Normand / The Verge One of the biggest tech antitrust trials since the US took on Microsoft. Continue reading…
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You can add wireless controller support to the NES through its unused expansion port
The NES Hub is compatible with NES consoles featuring the same design as the North American model. | Screenshot: X RetroTime has found a good use for the expansion port Nintendo included on the underside of the NES but never utilized. Its NES Hub connects to that port and adds Bluetooth connectivity, allowing up to…
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Brazil’s FCC gives the order to unblock X
Illustration: The Verge Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency sent orders to service providers to unblock X, ending a five-week ban of the social media company. The agency known as Anatel, which is like the country’s FCC, issued the directive today and indicated that each internet service provider is responsible for taking the measures to implement the…