The Verge

Qualcomm is about to raise prices and that’s bad news for everyone

Midjourney bought the astrology app Co-Star

DJI camera clone company Xtra is halting and refunding all preorders

Nothing confirms layoffs, but calls market exit rumors ‘fake news’

Roku raises streaming hardware prices by up to $50

Blade Runner 2099’s moody dystopia streams on Amazon in November

You can’t ignore Google Zero anymore

Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilities

Whack-a-drone

TikTok’s protection of minors should not be opt-in, warns EU

Facebook considers giving up and becoming TikTok

Microsoft pressures LG into killing unwanted McAfee ads

Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions

The Echo Show 21 is a great smart home hub that’s $80 off

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s war on the First Amendment

Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet

Patreon is laying off 20 percent of workers

Corsair’s PC case with a panoramic glass design is $70 off

Tesla’s robotaxi promises are clashing with reality

OpenAI is making big claims as it rolls out ChatGPT Health to everyone