Month: December 2025
Amazon’s bet that AI benchmarks don’t matter
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Amazon’s AI chief has a message for the model benchmark obsessives: Stop looking at the leaderboards. “I want real-world utility. None of these benchmarks…
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Apple Music Replay 2025 is live ahead of Spotify Wrapped — here’s how to get your recap
Apple Music Replay 2025 has landed before Spotify Wrapped Any subscriber can access it in the Music app or on the web It’ll highlight top tracks, top artists, and genres as a start Rather than following in the footsteps of Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music is getting ahead with its annual…
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Silicon Valley is rallying behind a guy who sucks
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers that covers the political intrigue and power struggles between Big Tech and Big Government. Subscribe here for a weekly dispatch of tech oligarchs fighting regular oligarchs. Prior to last week, only highly specialized political insiders knew the extent of David…
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New data centers will need almost triple the current energy demand by 2035
New data centers to push energy demands 2.7x more by 2035 These projects put huge pressure onto energy grids This drives up prices and harms the nearby environments A new wave of energy demand is hitting grids across the US, with current projections outlining that by the end of 2035,…
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Concorde-style air travel could be back soon – these powerful EV motors are unlocking the secrets to supersonic air speeds
Motors found in a Lotus Evija are being tested in aircraft engines A hybrid-electric architecture can mimic a turbofan Both military and civilian applications are being considered We could soon see a return of three-hour flight times between London and New York, as Helix Motors, a UK engineering firm that…
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FiiO’s wired FT13 over-ear headphones offer unique design and an organized sound, they just lack a bit of bite
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. FiiO FT13: Two-minute review If you’re after a touch of individuality in your wired, over-ear, closed-back headphones, the FiiO…
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