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  • YouTube Shorts are getting less short

    Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube Shorts, the company’s answer to TikTok, is getting updates including longer video lengths, the company announced today. Beginning on October 15th, creators will be able to upload YouTube Shorts that are up to three minutes in length — a feature YouTube says was highly requested by users.…

  • Google Lens now lets you search with video

    Illustration: The Verge If you can’t capture what you want to search for with just a picture, Google Lens will now let you take a video — and even use your voice to ask about what you’re seeing. The feature will surface an AI Overview and search results based on the video’s contents and your…

  • Inside Elon Musk’s AI party at OpenAI’s old headquarters

    Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images It had all the makings of a typical recruiting event for a tech startup in San Francisco. There was free food, drinks, and live music generated via code being written in real time. But there were also mandatory metal detector screenings, ID checks, and security guards…

  • Spotify now automatically creates an offline playlist when you lose internet

    Forget to create an offline playlist before a flight, Spotify can now autogenerate one for you based on tracks it has cached. | Image: Spotify Spotify has introduced a new feature that will keep your music playing even when your device unexpectedly goes offline. The app will automatically generate an Offline Backup playlist filled with…

  • Tesla recalls over 27,000 Cybertrucks over laggy reverse cameras

    Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge Tesla issued a recall notice for the Cybertruck due to faulty software causing a slow-to-display rear camera feed. It’s the fifth recall for the polarizing electric truck since Tesla started customer deliveries last November. Other recalls have involved faulty wipers, loose trim, and jammed accelerator pedals. According to the…

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender’s next game will let you play as a new Avatar

    Image: Paramount There’s a new game coming in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Paramount and Saber Interactive are teaming up to make the action RPG, which will put you in control of an “all-new, never-before-seen Avatar,” as reported earlier by IGN. Details about the upcoming game are still slim, but the companies say…

  • The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard

    Illustration:The Verge / Image: Blizzard Entertainment Journalist Jason Schreier discusses his new book, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment. Continue reading…

  • What’s on your desk, David Pierce?

    A revolving set of tech, together with some great family art. Continue reading…

  • How four expensive cards imploded Magic: The Gathering’s most popular format

    Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast is fundamentally changing how Magic: The Gathering’s most popular format will operate. Earlier this week, the card game’s publisher announced that it will assume control of the Commander format after a week of controversial decisions punctuated by an outpouring of violent…

  • How to import email from other accounts into Gmail

    Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of each day jumping between multiple email accounts — and multiple email apps — trying to get to inbox zero. Anything that can be done to reduce the number of places where messages are piling up can save time…