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<img alt="The Camera Control button on an iPhone 16 Pro being used to change settings." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25626274/247263_iphone_16_pro_AKrales_0368.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100" />
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Meta won’t let you block its AI account on Threads
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Meta announced on Tuesday that it's testing a Threads feature that lets users tag a Meta...
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Meta will tell parents when their teens add new interests to their Instagram algorithm
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<img alt="Screenshots of algorithm topics in an Instagram Teen Account" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Meta" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/meta-teen-account-algorithm-topics-news.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100" />
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Starting Tuesday, parents can get more details about what their teens are up to on Instagram. ...
#4
Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI
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<p class="has-text-align-none">OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk did "huge damage" to the culture of the AI startup. During testimony as part of <a href="ht...
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<p class="has-text-align-none">This week at I/O, Google rolled out a series of major updates for Android Auto that include better sizing for unconventionally shaped screens, vi...
#6
Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebook
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<img alt="A render of a half-open Googlebook laptop against an empty black background." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Google" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/HW-Zoom-2.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100" />
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Google is announcing a new line of laptops coming in the fall called <a href="https://blog.google/products...
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Gemini’s latest updates are all about controlling your phone
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Panasonic has announced a new addition to its Lumix camera line with a compact body and fixed lens that's targe...
#10
Parents say ChatGPT got their son killed with bad advice on party drugs
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<p class="has-text-align-none">The family of a 19-year-old college student is suing OpenAI over claims that his conversations with ChatGPT led to an accidental overdose. In <a href="https://w...
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