Americas
Latest news and updates from Americas.
You can now make Alexa’s AI personality more friendly, blunt, or chilled out
Amazon is giving you more control over how Alexa behaves during conversations and responses. Three "personality style" presets are launching today for Alexa Plu...
Adobe’s new AI video editing tool stitches clips into a first draft
Adobe is launching a new Firefly tool that helps video editors to focus on storytelling by creating a first cut to refine and build around. The Quick Cut featur...
Amazon continues retreat from games by ending publishing deal for open world racer
Amazon continues to scale back its gaming efforts, this time by ending a notable publishing deal. The Game Business reports that Amazon will no longer be the pu...
Honor’s new MagicPad 4 is the world’s thinnest Android tablet
Honor has announced a new version of its already slim MagicPad tablet that's now even thinner. Last year's MagicPad 3 was just 5.8mm thick, but the new MagicPad...
Trump's many tariff tools mean consumer prices won't go down, analysts say
The Supreme Court struck down President Trump's signature tariffs. But the president has other tariff tools, and consumers shouldn't expect cheaper prices anyti...
How Mexico's ‘CJNG’ Drug Cartel Embraced AI, Drones, and Social Media
Drug kingpin Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes may be dead, but the Jalisco cartel he ran for years will likely outlive him—thanks, in part, to the crimina...
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon AI bro squad includes a former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers covering the broligarchs, the influencers, and the (potentially conscious) artificial intelli...
Apple’s new age verification tools block underage app downloads where required by law
Apple, like many others, has had to launch age verification features in response to new requirements for age checks in many regions, and on Tuesday, the company...
Apple’s touchscreen MacBooks might also have a Dynamic Island
Apple's OLED touchscreen MacBook Pros set to launch this fall will get a Dynamic Island feature like what's available on iPhones, according to Bloomberg's Mark...
OpenAI defeats xAI’s trade secrets lawsuit
OpenAI won a victory Tuesday in one of its legal battles with xAI, which involved allegations of poaching and theft of trade secrets. The former company's motio...
Let me see some ID: age verification is spreading across the internet
Age verification is a reality on a growing number of social media platforms, requiring an ID or facial scan for full access to everything from YouTube to Roblox...
Discord is delaying its global age verification rollout
Discord won't roll out age verification globally on its platform next month as previously announced, and says in a blog post that it's delaying the launch until...