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Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account https://www.theverge.com/news/638967/microsoft-windows-11-account-internet-bypass-blocked

Elon Musk’s xAI buys Elon Musk’s X for $33 billion on paper https://www.theverge.com/news/638933/elon-musk-x-xai-acquisition

iPhone users can now set WhatsApp as their default calling and texting app https://www.theverge.com/news/637489/iphone-whatsapp-default-calling-texting-app

Google is rolling out Gemini’s real-time AI video features https://www.theverge.com/news/634480/google-gemini-live-video-screen-sharing-astra-features-rolling-out

Is it safe to travel with your phone right now? https://www.theverge.com/policy/634264/customs-border-protection-search-phone-airport-rights

Google will let you make AI podcasts from Gemini’s Deep Research https://www.theverge.com/news/634117/google-gemini-ai-podcast-audio-overviews-deep-research

ChatGPT accused of saying an innocent man murdered his children https://www.theverge.com/news/633700/chatgpt-openai-child-murderer-ai-hallucination-norway-noyb

We ran the wrong headline about the fired FTC commissioners https://www.theverge.com/policy/633397/ftc-bedoya-slaughter-democrat-media

Ghost connects its newsletters to the open web https://www.theverge.com/news/632880/ghost-newsletter-blog-fediverse-activitypub-beta-live

Andor creator refuses to publish scripts thanks to AI https://www.theverge.com/news/632613/andor-tony-gilroy-ai-star-wars-training-copyright

Google Search charged with breaking EU antitrust rules https://www.theverge.com/news/618168/google-search-eu-dma-charge-violation

Plex Pass is going up in price — and now you’ll need it for remote playback https://www.theverge.com/news/632631/plex-subscription-price-increase-remote-playback

The Playdate is about to get a price increase https://www.theverge.com/news/632418/playdate-price-increase-panic-malaysia

Lego announces Pokémon sets are coming next year https://www.theverge.com/news/631679/lego-pokemon-building-sets-availability

The head of a Biden program that could help rural broadband has left https://www.theverge.com/news/630954/rural-broadband-equity-program-head-leaves-trump-musk-starlink

District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is planning a new Starship Troopers movie https://www.theverge.com/news/630821/starship-troopers-neil-blomkamp-director-book-robert-heinlein

Leaked Apple meeting shows how dire the Siri situation really is https://www.theverge.com/news/629940/apple-siri-robby-walker-delayed-ai-features

House GOP subpoenas Big Tech for evidence that Biden made AI woke https://www.theverge.com/news/629831/subpoena-ai-gop-political-bias

Zombies, Run! and Marvel Move maker lays off majority of staff https://www.theverge.com/news/629678/zombies-run-marvel-move-six-to-start-layoffs-fitness-tech

All this bad AI is wrecking a whole generation of gadgets https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/628039/bad-ai-gadgets-siri-alexa