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Amazon’s Q AI assistant lets users ask questions about their company’s data
/ Amazon Q, currently available for contact centers, will be integrated to other AWS services soon. By Emilia David, a reporter who covers AI. Prior to joining The Verge, she covered the intersection between technology, finance, and the economy. Share this story AWS CEO Adam SelipskyNoah Berger Amazon’s cloud business AWS launched a chat tool called Amazon Q, where businesses can ask questions specific to their companies. Announced during a keynote speech by AWS CEO Adam Selipsky at AWS re:Invent, Amazon Q acts like an AI assistant where users can ask questions about their businesses using their data. For example, employees can query Amazon Q on the company’s latest guidelines for logo usage or understand another engineer’s code to maintain an app. Q can surface the information instead of ...
Dragon’s Dogma 2 gets a March release date and tricky new class
/ Capcom put on a 15-minute showcase revealing the newest class, the trickster, and a release date set for March 2024. By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku. Share this story Image: Capcom A few weeks ago, Capcom announced that it would put on a showcase for Dragon’s Dogma 2. The livestream just wrapped up, showing off roughly 15 minutes of new gameplay, information, a trailer, and a release date: March 22nd. Check out the video here. The release date wasn’t exactly the newest of news. Hours before the livestream began on November 28th, the game’s Steam page accidentally leaked that you’d be able to dogma your dragons on March 21st. The livestream confirmed that the actual release d...
This Macintosh-inspired mini PC is short on power but long on good looks
/ Ayaneo’s new device borrows, uh, heavily from the Macintosh’s design. But who cares? It’ll look great on your desk. By David Pierce, editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Share this story If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. It’s a Macintosh! Only smaller! And made by Ayaneo!Image: Ayaneo Ayaneo, which is mostly known for making handheld gaming consoles, just fully revealed the new Retro Mini PC AM01 after teasing it a few weeks ago. It says it plans to ship the AM01 before the end of the year — and I’d be lying if I said I’m not tempted to get one. The AM01 won’t win any benchmarking contests, but it’ll almost...
How to find your Apple Music Replay
Tech/ Apple / If you’re an Apple Music user getting FOMO as Spotify users gear up for Wrapped, there is (technically) an alternative you can use. By Monica Chin, a senior reviewer covering laptops and other gadgets. Monica was a writer for Tom’s Guide and Business Insider before joining The Verge in 2020. Share this story Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge I am a devoted Apple Music user, and you will pry the service out of my cold, dead hands. Still, I’ve spent the past few Decembers incredibly jealous of the sea of Spotify rewinds that populated my friends’ social media profiles. Sure, Apple has always had ways to see your most-played songs over given periods of time. But it hasn’t had anything nearly as comprehensive or interesting as what Spotify puts out — at least, until ...
Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami isn’t worried AI will kill the web
The co-founder of website builder Wix is embracing generative AI, and he’s not too worried that it might destroy the business models of the web. By Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of the Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast. Share this story Photo illustration by Alex Parkin / The Verge Today, I’m talking with Avishai Abrahami, the CEO of Wix. You might know Wix as a website builder. It’s a competitor to WordPress and Squarespace. Tons of sites across the web run on Wix. But the web is changing rapidly, and Wix’s business today is less about web publishing and more about providing software to help business owners run their entire companies. It’s fascinating, and Avishai has built a fascinating structure inside of Wix to make all of that happen. Wix is also an Isr...
Tumblr sheds Post Plus subscriptions as the platform downsizes
/ Tumblr will no longer let creators make paywalled content starting in January 2024. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Illustration: The Verge Tumblr is doing away with Post Plus, the feature that lets creators charge users a subscription to access their content. Starting on December 1st, creators will no longer be able to enable Post Plus on their blogs. The discontinuation of Post Plus comes just weeks after a leaked memo revealed the platform’s plans to downsize after struggling to meet usage and revenue targets. At the time, Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of Tumblr’s parent company Automattic, said the company had plans to focus on the “core func...
OnePlus Previews New Flagship OnePlus12 in Green Marble Colorway
OnePlus was launched by Pete Lau and Carl Pei, the latter of whom has since started Nothing, nearly a decade ago. As the 10th anniversary of the company looms, OnePlus has previewed its latest flagship smartphone model.Set to roll out early next month in China, the new device looks almost identical to the OnePlus 11, with the same circular camera island design and center “1+” logo.In addition to the standard white and black colorways, the OnePlus 12 will come in an all-new green shade. Compared to the glossy finishes of the other colors, the green is finished in a texturized marble pattern.OnePlus didn’t publish any of the phone’s tech specs on its official website but according to Yahoo Tech HK, the brand shared a few details on Weibo. The OnePlus 12 will reportedly have a Qualcomm Snapdr...
Elon Musk’s X Could Lose $75 Million USD in Ad Revenue
Elon Musk's social media platform X could possibly lose up to $75 million USD in ad revenue earnings this year.According to Engadget, the multi-million dollar loss stems from the lack of advertisers on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Internal documents viewed by The New York Times reveal that more than 100 advertisers, ranging from brands to political candidates, have stopped running ads on X, while "dozens more" are contemplating on doing the same thing.The documents also allegedly tracks the possible aftereffects of X's lack of advertisers, including the ones that pulled their ads after Musk's tweet agreeing with a conspiracy theory many deemed to be antisemitic. Nonprofit and media watchdog Media Matters then shared a report noting that ads on X were placed next to the platform'...
The best Black Friday deals you can still get for under $25
/ No one says you have to spend big to save big this Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Image: Tile Every Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there’s always a ton of hype about the discounts on big-ticket items — you know, the deals on the OLED TVs, game consoles, and tablets of the world. But it never fails that many of the ultra-cheap items make for some of the most clutch deals, namely because spending very little on a small accessory you end up using all the time can be the most gratifying. This year throughout the annual shopping weekend, we’re once again keeping an eye out for the best tech deals on those little gadgets and gizmos under $25. We’ve also got a roundup for those working with a $100 budget, but the items below are pretty much as cheap as you can get in the tech world without simp...
ChatGPT’s Voice Chat Feature Is Now Available for All Free Users
OpenAI first introduced its voice chat function for ChatGPT in September. The feature, which lets users engage in back-and-forth conversations with the chatbot, was originally only available to Plus and Enterprise subscribers on Android and iOS. Now, however, the company has launched voice chat for all free users on mobile devices.Greg Brockman, co-founder of OpenAI, took to X to share the news, writing, "ChatGPT Voice rolled out for all free users."ChatGPT Voice rolled out for all free users. Give it a try — totally changes the ChatGPT experience: https://t.co/DgzqLlDNYF— Greg Brockman (@gdb) November 21, 2023ChatGPT's voice chat feature operates with a text-to-speech model that is capable of producing "human-like audio from just text and a few seconds of sample speech." In order to accom...
Spotify Has a New System for Paying Streaming Royalties
Spotify has revealed its new policy on paying artists for their streams. Sharing the news, Spotify said that its payouts to the music industry measure “over $40 billion USD and counting” to date.In the report, the company expectedly affirmed that it would no longer be compensating artists for songs that had fewer than 1,000 streams. For context, 1,000 streams generate just about 3 cents per month.The streamer says it believes “the policy will eliminate one strategy used to attempt to game the system or hide artificial streaming, as uploaders will no longer be able to generate pennies from an extremely high volume of tracks.”Spotify went on to outline that it had three main goals when it came to restructuring the system: it wanted to deter artificial streaming, better organize payouts to sm...
The best Black Friday deals for some of The Verge staff’s favorite stuff
/ We went back to our lists of favorites to see if any were part of this year’s Black Friday sales — and found some great deals. By Barbara Krasnoff, a reviews editor who manages how-tos. She’s worked as an editor and writer for almost 40 years. Previously, she was a senior reviews editor for Computerworld. Share this story If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The Black Friday sales are underway! For more deals we recommend across all categories, be sure to check out the rest of the Black Friday deals worth buying here. Every month or so, we like to ask our staff about their favorite stuff — whether it’s pet toys, travel aids, kitchen gadgets, or straightforward tech. And the results are usually very different, very interesting,...
