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Spotify has a group messaging feature now
- Andre Revilla
- Jan 29, 2026
Spotify is adding group chats to the messaging service it premiered last year. In an addendum to the original blog post introducing Messages, the comp...
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Spotify’s new group chats share music with everyone in your circle
- Emma Roth
- Jan 29, 2026
Spotify is expanding its in-app messaging feature with group chats. Now you can add up to 10 friends and family members to your discussion about your...
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Waymo is finally starting passenger trips at SFO — but not to the terminals
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- Jan 29, 2026
Waymo has finally broken through its SFO logjam. The company announced today that it will start offering robotaxi rides to a select group of passenger...
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Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows
- Tom Warren
- Jan 29, 2026
Windows is in a weird spot. In its 40-year history, the operating system has weathered its fair share of missteps, but Windows 11 is testing the patie...
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Google’s AI helped me make bad Nintendo knockoffs
- Jay Peters
- Jan 29, 2026
This week, a new generative AI tool from Google let me create bad knockoffs of 3D Nintendo worlds. Check out my version of something like Super Mario...
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Half of developers think gen AI is bad for the gaming industry
- Andrew Webster
- Jan 29, 2026
While generative AI is being adopted at various levels of game development, a new survey suggests that developers increasingly think the technology is...
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Linux gaming developers join forces to form the Open Gaming Collective
- Stevie Bonifield
- Jan 29, 2026
Gaming on Linux has already come a long way over recent years, with improvements to Valve's Proton and more gamers switching to Linux, but the newly-f...
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What Netflix’s Warner Bros. deal could mean for TVs and remotes
- Janko Roettgers
- Jan 29, 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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Pokémon Legends: Z-A is 20 percent off at Best Buy today only
- Cameron Faulkner
- Jan 29, 2026
If you’ve been considering picking up the latest Pokémon game for the Switch 2, there’s good reason to do it today, as Best Buy is knocking $14 off th...
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Deezer opens its AI music detection tool to other platforms
- Emma Roth
- Jan 29, 2026
The music streaming service Deezer is giving other companies access to its AI song-detecting tool. The tool, which identifies, tags, and excludes AI-g...
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The rise of the slopagandist
- Mia Sato
- Jan 29, 2026
The violent federal occupation of Minneapolis - and the subsequent killings of two residents at the hands of immigration agents - began with a vlog. N...
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A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near a school
- Kris Holt
- Jan 29, 2026
Waymo said one of its robotaxis struck a child, who sustained minor injuries. The incident took place in Santa Monica, California, on January 23. The...