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Like so many other retirees, Claude 3 Opus now has a Substack
- Matt Tate
- Feb 26, 2026
We appear to have reached a point in the information age where AI models are becoming old enough to retire from, er, service — and rather than using t...
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The astronaut whose illness forced an early return from the ISS was Mike Fincke
- Lawrence Bonk
- Feb 26, 2026
NASA recently ended a manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) a month early, citing a medical issue with one of the astronauts. The sp...
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Your smart TV may be crawling the web for AI
- Janko Roettgers
- Feb 26, 2026
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscriber...
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8BitDo’s customizable Pro 3 controller is $30 off for the first time
- Cameron Faulkner
- Feb 26, 2026
Woot is offering steep discounts on many video games and accessories, some of which are fairly recent releases. No matter what you choose from its sal...
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HBO Max’s password-sharing crackdown is going global
- Emma Roth
- Feb 26, 2026
HBO Max's password-sharing crackdown is going to get a lot bigger. During an earnings call on Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery streaming head JB Perre...
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Google’s Nano Banana 2 brings advanced AI image tools to free users
- Jess Weatherbed
- Feb 26, 2026
Google is bringing a more powerful version of its Nano Banana AI image model to free users. Nano Banana 2 (also known as Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) is ro...
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Democrats to introduce bill aimed at resurrecting IRS Direct File
- Emma Roth
- Feb 26, 2026
160 Democratic lawmakers from across the country are backing a soon-to-be-introduced bill that would reverse the Trump administration's decision to el...
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Google's Nano Banana 2 is a faster version of Nano Banana Pro
- Mariella Moon
- Feb 26, 2026
Google has launched its new image generation model, the Nano Banana 2, which is powered by Gemini 3.1 Flash Image. The company says the new model has...
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Google might reshuffle search results to try to dodge fines in the EU
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 26, 2026
Google is planning to test changes to how it displays search results for certain topics, nearly a year after it was charged with violating antitrust r...
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Xbox is in danger. Will Microsoft fix it or kill it?
- Nilay Patel
- Feb 26, 2026
Today, we’re talking about the future of Xbox. Phil Spencer, a two-time Decoder guest who’s led Xbox for more than a decade, resigned last week. But i...
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We asked experts how to build a resume for the AI hiring era
- Verge Staff
- Feb 26, 2026
With AI-backed hiring on the rise, tips for "hacking" your resume are all over social media. As job search companies increasingly rely on artificial i...
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Tim Cook confirms a week of Apple product reveals
- Kris Holt
- Feb 26, 2026
Apple CEO Tim Cook has teased “a big week ahead" for Apple, starting on the morning of Monday, March 2. The company had already announced an in-person...