Month: July 2024
The workout-ready Beats Fit Pro have returned to their all-time low
I don’t know about you, but I can’t get on board with the AirPods Pro’s tailpipe design. If I’d participated in The Verge’s summer in / out list, they’d go firmly in the “out” column. But the Beats Fit Pro are a great alternative that you can often find on…
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OpenAI’s latest model will block the ‘ignore all previous instructions’ loophole
Have you seen the memes online where someone tells a bot to “ignore all previous instructions” and proceeds to break it in the funniest ways possible? The way it works goes something like this: Imagine we at The Verge created an AI bot with explicit instructions to direct you to…
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Watch out — this fake ad blocker might actually end up infecting your device with malware
Imagine installing an ad blocker that ends up displaying even more adware. To make matters worse, this “ad blocker” also steals sensitive data from the device it’s installed on, and even allows other malicious actors to run code with elevated privileges. This is exactly what HotPage, a new adware module…
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Ubisoft insists Star Wars Outlaws won’t be delayed following graphics criticism
Ubisoft has come out in defence of the Star Wars Outlaws graphics criticism and said it won’t delay the game. IGN published 10 minutes of Star Wars Outlaws gameplay earlier this week ahead of its August 30 launch date, showcasing the game’s playable protagonist Kay Vess on an expert mission…
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CrowdStrike and Microsoft: all the latest news on the global IT outage
Thousands of Windows machines are experiencing a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue at boot today, impacting banks, airlines, TV broadcasters, supermarkets, and many more businesses worldwide. A faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike is knocking affected PCs and servers offline, forcing them into a recovery boot loop so machines…
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Splitgate 2 is coming to PC and console for free in 2025
Developer 1047 Games has announced that Splitgate 2, the sequel to the 2021 first-person shooter Splitgate, will launch for free on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in 2025. The upcoming game is a 4v4 multiplayer shooter built in Unreal Engine 5 and boasts “fast-paced portal gunplay with objective-based game…
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