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The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sample https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/615584/bbc-radiophonic-workshop-archive

Rabbit shows off the AI agent it should have launched with https://www.theverge.com/news/615990/rabbit-ai-agent-demonstration-lam-android-r1

FTC Chair praises Justice Thomas as ‘the most important judge of the last 100 years’ for Black History Month https://www.theverge.com/antitrust/614973/ftc-chair-andrew-ferguson-justice-clarence-thomas-black-history-month

Mastodon will add quote posts, even though some users don’t want them https://www.theverge.com/news/613376/mastodon-quote-posts-update

Tim Cook teases a new Apple launch next week, and it’s probably the iPhone SE https://www.theverge.com/news/612163/tim-cook-teases-iphone-se-event

Popcorn brand distances itself from DOGE employee ‘Big Balls’ after backlash https://www.theverge.com/news/611388/lesserevil-popcorn-edward-coristine-doge-big-balls

Discord now lets you quietly block people https://www.theverge.com/news/609310/discord-ignore-mute-users-feature-block

Here’s Tim Cook hanging out in New Orleans for the Super Bowl https://www.theverge.com/news/609127/tim-cook-new-orleans-appearances-super-bowl-eddy-cue

Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’ https://www.theverge.com/news/608858/google-calendar-missing-events-holidays

PlayStation Network is down https://www.theverge.com/news/608946/playstation-network-down-outage

Apple drops lawsuit against former iOS engineer accused of leaking Vision Pro details https://www.theverge.com/apple/608407/apple-engineer-leak-lawsuit-dismissed

Sony apparently hates fun, axes the Bloodborne demake with another copyright claim https://www.theverge.com/news/607803/sony-copyright-claim-bloodborne-psx

Deadline for government’s ‘Fork in the road’ mass resignation program delayed by court https://www.theverge.com/news/607649/federal-judge-blocks-fork-in-the-road-deferred-resignation

Spotify signs Warner Music deal heralding new subscription tiers https://www.theverge.com/news/607418/spotify-warner-music-streaming-deal

Microsoft is bringing major MIDI improvements to Windows 11 https://www.theverge.com/news/607351/microsoft-windows-11-midi-2-0-support

A reviews site embroiled in AI scandal is back from the dead https://www.theverge.com/news/606628/gannett-usa-today-reviewed-stackcommerce

Trump agrees to a one-month pause on Mexico tariffs https://www.theverge.com/news/605119/trump-tariffs-mexico-pause-trade-negotiations

Mark Zuckerberg to employees in leaked all-hands meeting: ‘buckle up’ https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/603754/mark-zuckerberg-tells-employees-to-buckle-up-in-leaked-all-hands-meeting

Tesla’s profits slide over 70 percent in the fourth quarter https://www.theverge.com/news/602163/tesla-q4-earnings-2024-profit-revenue-musk

Elliot Page’s production company is making Beyond: Two Souls into a TV show https://www.theverge.com/news/602059/beyond-two-souls-tv-show-elliot-page