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The company ‘not owned by a billionaire’ is hoping to persuade frustrated Threads users to jump ship.

By Jess Weatherbed, a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews.

Bluesky will now let you pin posts, apply language filters, and customize fonts and text sizes. The decentralized short posting platform announced these and other new features via the Threads account it created yesterday, seizing the chance to promote its superiority — “we’re not owned by a billionaire” — to increasingly frustrated users of its Meta rival.

Spooky season continues to be new Mac season. But what should we expect, aside from Apple Intelligence everywhere?

By Antonio G. Di Benedetto, a writer covering tech deals and The Verge’s Deals newsletter, buying guides, and gift guides. Previously, he spent 15 years in the photography industry.

Another round of Apple devices is about to arrive. After launching the iPhone 16 lineup, new Apple Watches, and the AirPods 4 in September, Apple appears to be gearing up to introduce updated Macs and iPads sometime this month.

Optimus robots walked out into the crowd after the new Robovan reveal.

By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge.

A bunch of Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robots walked out alongside the reveal of Tesla’s new Robovan vehicle at tonight’s Cybercab event. The robot is also seen in a video doing daily human tasks like bringing in a package from the porch and watering your plants.

Elon Musk has dropped hints about a van in the past.

By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk surprised attendees of the “We, Robot” event by presenting a new, unexpected vehicle: a passenger van.

Of course, it was far from a conventional van. The Tesla Robovan (Musk pronounces it ruh-BO-vehn) looked like something out of an Art Deco fever dream, with a sleek train engine-like shape and no visible wheels. Musk said that the vehicle could carry up to 20 people or be used to transport goods.

Musk showed off a prototype of a self-driving car he calls the ‘Cybercab,’ which he claims will help propel Tesla to new heights.

By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a new electric vehicle dedicated to self-driving, a possible milestone after years of false promises and blown deadlines.

A new feature called Quick View allows searchers to read a recipe without leaving Google.

By Mia Sato, platforms and communities reporter with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools.

Google is testing yet another feature aimed at keeping users on search results pages — this time targeting the popular recipe blog industry.

The company is testing a new feature called Quick View that appears for some cooking recipes. A search for “chocolate chip cookie recipe,” for example, shows a “quick view” button on a recipe from the blog Preppy Kitchen. Clicking it pulls up a full recipe with ingredients, photos, and step-by-step instructions — all without leaving Google Search. The new feature was previously reported on by industry blog Search Engine Roundtable.

People are calling for violence against FEMA on TikTok and X, new reports say.

By Justine Calma, a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals.

FEMA employees scrambling to respond to the devastation caused by hurricanes Milton and Helene are facing a new, unexpected challenge: violent threats on social media.

Microsoft’s mixed reality dream is now in the hands of Meta.

By Tom Warren, a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.

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When I first tried Microsoft’s HoloLens headset, it blew my mind. I played Minecraft on a coffee table, and the virtual explosions made it look like the table really had holes in it. I had to lift the headset off my head to make sure there weren’t real bats flying out of the walls around me. At the time, in 2015, HoloLens was the most intriguing product from Microsoft in years. It felt like an early look at the future beyond smartphones, where everything in the real world was suddenly a canvas for holograms. But like many Microsoft hardware products, it didn’t survive long enough to make that future a reality.

Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer is a gripping erotic thriller about the power stories have over us.

By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years.

Disclaimer feels like a direct response to the way studios have grown skittish about producing bona fide erotic thrillers aimed squarely at adults. Though the Apple TV Plus series is a cinematic delight and its lead performances are tremendous, its raw sexuality is what makes it seem like writer / director Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Children of Men) is trying to get you into a very specific kind of headspace. But what’s brilliant about Disclaimer is the way it uses its sensuality to complicate your read on its wild puzzle box mystery.

Can AI actually change our love-hate relationship with our tools?

By Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast.

On today’s episode of Decoder, I’m talking with my good friend David Pierce, cohost of The Vergecast and editor-at-large at The Verge. We’re talking about something that David spends honestly too much time thinking and writing about: software.

In particular, we’re talking about the software that you use at work. That’s the stuff you like — or maybe just tolerate — and use every day, the stuff you hate and try to avoid using at all costs, and the stuff in between that you love and hate because your job revolves entirely around using it all day long.