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YouTube now has more than 100 million Premium subscribers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube reached an important milestone on Thursday for its paid music and video tiers, crossing...
A Shape-Shifting Plastic With a Flexible Future
The material can be tempered into different shapes — like steel in the hands of a blacksmith — and could someday transform space travel,...
How to Quit Your Smartphone
Readers who have taken the plunge said it had improved their lives, marriages and mental health, and offered advice to those going...
TikTok and Universal Music Group: What’s Next for Users...
Universal Music Group, the biggest of the three major conglomerates, pulled songs by Taylor Swift, Drake and other stars after failing...
Arc is building an AI agent that browses on your behalf
For years, Google (or any other search engine) has been the main gateway for people to discover websites and other content. The Browser...
Snap recalls discontinued Pixy drone over fire risk
Snap and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are recalling the company’s discontinued Pixy drone and telling owners to stop...
Antitrust enforcers admit they’re in a race to understand...
Antitrust enforcers on both sides of the Atlantic are grappling to get a handle on AI, a conference in Brussels heard yesterday. It’s...
Google Maps experiments with generative AI to improve discovery
Google Maps is introducing a generative AI feature to help you discover new places, the company announced today. Using large language...