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A UN task force proposes taxing crypto mining to raise funds for climate action and cites IMF research that says $0.045 per kWh used could raise $5.2B annually (www.theverge.com)
2 hours ago Tax Climate IMF

Microsoft releases the first beta preview of its Recall AI feature for Copilot Plus PCs, including Click to Do, a feature similar to Google's Circle to Search (www.theverge.com)
9 hours ago Google Microsoft AI

Threads is testing AI-powered summaries of what users are discussing in the app's Trending Now section in the US, and improvements to Search and Trending Now (www.theverge.com)
12 hours ago AI

Snap files to dismiss New Mexico's lawsuit over Snap's alleged child safety issues with predators, saying the complaint misrepresents the state's investigation (www.theverge.com)
1 day ago Mexico

SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees to pay ~$2.3M to settle a discrimination lawsuit and will no longer display certain tenant scores (www.theverge.com)
1 day ago AI

Adam Mosseri says Threads is rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people that users follow, warns that creators' “unconnected” reach may go down (www.theverge.com)
1 day ago

Microsoft opens up Xbox Cloud Gaming to existing Xbox game libraries, letting Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers stream 50 supported games they already own (www.theverge.com)
2 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Amazon unveils the $400 Echo Show 21, an upgrade to the Echo Show 15 from 2022, with a 21" 1080p display and auto-framing camera, and updates the Echo Show 15 (www.theverge.com)
2 days ago Amazon

Samsung Galaxy Watch FE review: identical to the Watch 7 with similar health features, but has the guts of a three-year-old Watch 4, poor battery, and one size (www.theverge.com)
2 days ago Samsung Battery

Google tightens its rules against “parasite SEO” content, or articles that have little to do with the website's focus, after cracking down on “reputation abuse” (www.theverge.com)
2 days ago Google

Sony launches cloud streaming on the PlayStation Portal in beta, letting PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers in some countries stream select PS5 games (www.theverge.com)
3 days ago Sony

Microsoft announces Zero Day Quest, a new Black Hat-like hacking event that it says will be the largest of its kind, at its Redmond headquarters in 2025 (www.theverge.com)
3 days ago Microsoft

Microsoft debuts the Windows Resiliency Initiative to help avoid another CrowdStrike-like incident, including a Quick Machine Recovery feature (www.theverge.com)
3 days ago Microsoft

Microsoft unveils the $349 Windows 365 Link, a mini PC companion for its Windows 365 cloud service that runs a small Windows-based OS, shipping in April 2025 (www.theverge.com)
3 days ago Microsoft

A look at emails between Musk and Altman from the early days of OpenAI, discussing its partnership with Microsoft, fundraising, employee compensation, AGI, more (www.theverge.com)
4 days ago Microsoft

Telegram updates “mini-apps” to be able to run full screen and be pinned to homescreens; devs can now add subscription plans, a “gift” sending feature, and more (www.theverge.com)
4 days ago

Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content (www.theverge.com)
7 days ago AI

Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View (www.theverge.com)
7 days ago Facebook Instagram

Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds (www.theverge.com)
7 days ago Zuckerberg

NASA partners with Microsoft to create Earth Copilot, an AI chatbot that can answer questions about the Earth using NASA's geospatial information (www.theverge.com)
8 days ago Microsoft AI chatbot NASA

Fake AI albums targeting real artists are flooding Spotify to profit from royalty fraud, abusing a distribution process effectively based on the honor system (www.theverge.com)
8 days ago AI Spotify

TikTok makes its AI ad creation tool, Symphony Creative Studio, available to all advertisers and adds the ability to use content from Getty Images with the tool (www.theverge.com)
8 days ago AI

Google plans to stop showing political ads to users in the EU in 2025 due to uncertainties around new transparency rules coming into effect in October 2025 (www.theverge.com)
8 days ago Google

Adam Mosseri says Threads had “more than 15M signups in November alone” and it is “going on three months with more than a million signups a day” (www.theverge.com)
8 days ago

Echoing TikTok's gifting, YouTube is rolling out “jewels” that users can buy to support creators during livestreams, for those in the YouTube Partner Program (www.theverge.com)
8 days ago YouTube

Google releases a new free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions and chat via text, voice, or camera, as well as use conversational Gemini Live (www.theverge.com)
8 days ago IOS Google

Snap unveils new Snapchat location and privacy tools, including letting parents request their teen's location and view their location-sharing settings (www.theverge.com)
8 days ago Snapchat

Google updates Maps to help users search for products like home goods, clothing, and electronics and find stores nearby, improve traffic reporting, and more (www.theverge.com)
8 days ago Google

Sonos reports Q4 revenue down 8% YoY to $1.5B, spent $4M on “app recovery investments”, and has released 16 app updates and “restored 90% of missing features” (www.theverge.com)
8 days ago 4Q

Google says it will test removing news articles from EU-based publishers from Search for 1% of users in France, Poland, Greece, Belgium, and other EU countries (www.theverge.com)
9 days ago France Google Greece Poland Belgium

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