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I'm Alex Heath, deputy editor at The Verge and author of the Command Line newsletter. I'm hosting our Thursday episodes while Nilay is out on parental leave.
FTC v. Meta: Meta rested its case on May 21 after four days of arguments, including that it faces hefty competition and helped build Instagram and WhatsApp
And So Are We ”: Meta is even trickier. We think of it as a social media company—but it's far more than that. In last week's FTC antitrust trial, The Verge reported that Meta is in the midst of an i...
Elon Musk fanboy Adrian Dittmann's X activity and alleged 4chan posts suggest he might be Musk's fake online persona; source: the viral 4chan screenshot is fake
www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/243... [embedded post] Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona : According to The Verge, that screenshot that seems to tie the Adrian Dittmann account directly to Elon Musk is alm...
A look at the DOJ's proposed remedies in the Google Search antitrust case, and why forcing a sale of Chrome might not be biggest threat to Google's power
Similarly, Apple's anticompetitive behavior has been obvious for years. Eventually, the wheels of justice will catch up with them too. Mastodon: Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe@mas.to : If you're interested ...
Source: OpenAI plans to launch its next flagship model, codenamed Orion, by December, rolling it out in phases starting with the company's trusted partners
OpenAI plans to launch Orion, its next frontier model, by December, The Verge has learned. — Unlike the release of OpenAI's last two models …
Mullenweg says WordPress.org “belongs to me personally”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, the WordPress Foundation, and Automattic
Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’ — https://www.theverge.com/... #WordPress #opensource #Automattic @Khrys@mamot.fr : Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’ — https:/...
As social media platforms pivot away from news distribution, a look at news sites like The Verge, which feel more like social media, with aggregation and more
As social networks become less reliable distributors of the news, consumers of digital journalism are seeking out an older form of online real estate.
The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue
community responds Gaurav Girotra / Tech in Asia : NYT files copyright suit against OpenAI, Microsoft Jacob Oliver / CryptoSlate : New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringem...
After users complained about seeing a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin's Creed Odyssey on both Xbox and PlayStation, Ubisoft blames a “technical error”
let's hope so Ted Litchfield / PC Gamer : Assassin's Creed players started having their games interrupted by full-screen pop-up ads, but Ubisoft says it was a ‘technical error’ and quickly patched it ...
Apple MacBook Pro 14- and 16-inch review: incredible performance with very long battery life and beautiful displays but expensive with absurd RAM pricing
here's why Apple says no Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Apple Regarding Face ID on the MacBook: Touch ID Makes More Sense Samuel Axon / Ars Technica : 2021 MacBook Pro review: Yep, it's what you've be...