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Parents can now set Fortnite time limits
Image: Epic Games Fortnite is getting controls that let parents set time limits for how much their children play the game. Parents will be able to pick how much their child can play Fortnite per day, select windows for when they can play, and choose if their child has the ability to ask for more…
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Chromebooks are getting a new button dedicated to Google’s AI
The Quick Insert button replaces the search or launcher key that’s usually where the caps lock key would be on a Chromebook. | Image: Google Google is announcing a pair of new Chromebooks today — Samsung’s Galaxy Chromebook Plus and Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet 11 — and along with them, a brand-new button. Dubbed the Quick…
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How Google tried to unravel the DOJ’s ad tech case
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images To wrap up its case, Google tried to fit it into a Supreme Court precedent that could undermine the government’s argument. Continue reading…
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Samsung is partnering with Ashley Furniture to sell you on the smart home
Samsung is selling the benefits of the smart home with a store-within-a-store concept at Ashley Furniture. | Image: Samsung Explaining the benefits of the smart home isn’t always easy — it’s more of an “if you know, you know” deal. But that “aha” moment — when someone finally gets what’s so great about home automation…
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Your front door is the key to the smart home
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge When we talk about the smart home, we often talk about grand visions of perfectly automated everything. You know the ones: you wake up perfectly rested thanks to some bedside light thing, and as you stretch luxuriously toward the ceiling, a sensor notices and turns on the coffee pot,…
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T-Mobile promises to try not to get hacked again
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile is investing millions of dollars into revamping its cybersecurity practices as part of a settlement with the US Federal Communications Commission. The company will also need to pay the US Treasury $15.75 million in civil penalties — the same amount as its internal cybersecurity investment. The commission…
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A PS5 update that screwed up game backgrounds was just a bug
News posts appearing in the PS5 dashboard are the result of a bug. | Screenshot: PlayStation 5 dashboard An apparent bug was causing game art backgrounds to be replaced by promotional messages and news posts on the PlayStation 5 dashboard for some people on Monday. The images they saw featured promotions for long-expired discounts and…
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Trump’s crypto platform is now open to the public — kind of
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Brandon Bell, Getty Images The people behind World Liberty Financial — former President Donald Trump, his sons, and his business associates — have made a lot of promises about the cryptocurrency platform’s revolutionary potential. It will liberate “the average American” from “the big banks and…
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Is this Anker’s first 140W wall charger with a screen?
An unboxing video reveals what appears to be the first Anker wall charger with a status screen. | Screenshot: YouTube An unboxing video shared on YouTube last week has our first hands-on look at a new 140W wall charger from Anker. It appears to be the first from the company to feature an integrated display…
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YouTube’s missing hits will come back now that it has a deal with SESAC
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube has reached a deal with the music licensing organization SESAC that will bring back songs that were removed over the weekend. Many hit songs from artists such as Adele, Nirvana, and others disappeared, which YouTube blamed on the lack of an agreement to renew its existing deal.…