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Amazon is phasing out Fire Tablets because they weren’t ‘giving customers what they were asking for’
In an interview with Bloomberg, Amazon's head of consumer electronics, Panos Panay, confirmed the company would phase out the Fire brand in favor of Alexa Table...
Apple announces surprise ‘Welcome home’ launch event
Apple has just announced a new October event, taking place in New York on October 13th at 9AM ET. The event company is rumored to be launching smart home-focuse...
Google’s AI note-taking app transcribes your meetings completely offline
Google has released an experimental note-taking app that can transcribe meetings and audio files entirely offline, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The app, c...
GTA VI will have in-game podcasts and at least six radio stations
Music is always a major part of a Grand Theft Auto game, and Rockstar Games says GTA VI will have the series' "biggest and widest-ranging selection of in-game r...
The Retro Song Bird plays just the music from your favorite Game Boy cartridges
The Retro Song Bird may look similar to devices like Epilogue's GB Operator with a slot on top for Game Boy cartridges, but it's not designed for playing retro...
75 great October Prime Day deals are still happening
It’s always a little awkward when this many deals survive what was supposed to be the “end” of a big Amazon sale. Nevertheless, I’m happy to say that most of th...
Google is launching a one-stop Gemini agent for your work tasks
Google is launching a "universal" Gemini AI agent that can work across apps and devices in the background. The tool, announced as part of the Gemini at Work eve...
Atari is bringing back one of its earliest 8-bit home computers
After resurrecting iconic consoles like the 2600 and Mattel's Intellivision, Atari is relaunching one of the brand's personal computers that originally debuted...
Alexa Plus is better at running my home, but it’s not ready to run my life
Of all the things Alexa Plus can do, I never expected it to make me cry. Since my son left for college, the Echo Show in my office has been making then-and-now...
Can you trust Meta’s Muse or OpenAI’s Dots to run your life?
My Decoder guest today is Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, and we’re discussing the new wave of consumer-friendly AI agents. If you’ve been paying...
Artificial is a wicked satire that also sticks to the facts
At the New York Film Festival premiere of Artificial, Luca Guadagnino's satirical Sam Altman biopic, the director said onstage that "[when] someone wants to pla...
Amazon’s new Kids Tablets let parents manage access to the Google Play store
Alongside its new collection of Alexa Tablets that run Android with full access to the Google Play store, Amazon is introducing kid versions with similar functi...