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Source: The Verge In Rachel Yoder’s novel Nightbitch, an unnamed woman’s unfulfilling life playing homemaker becomes so all-consuming that she snaps. She’s angry, horny, and hungry, which are all feelings she can understand. But she also suspects that she might be transforming into a dog, an idea that both terrifies and excites her. All of…

Source: The Verge Waymo and Uber — bitter enemies turned awkwardly polite work friends — announced they were expanding their two-year robotaxi partnership to two new cities: Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, starting in early 2025. The companies have been working together in Phoenix, Arizona, since last year — but not in California in San…

Source: The Verge If you’re yearning for a fistfight with an artist, one simple phrase should do the trick: AI can do what you do. The recent explosion of chatbots and text-to-image generators has prompted consternation from writers, illustrators, and musicians. AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E are extraordinary technical accomplishments, yet they seem increasingly…

Source: The Verge Sony’s new PlayStation 5 Pro appears to be very powerful. But at $700 — plus another $80 if you want to buy the disc drive accessory, since the console itself doesn’t have one — a lot of gamers have been left wondering exactly how powerful it needs to be in order to justify…

Source: The Verge Apple had six months to ensure iPadOS was compliant with DMA obligations, which include allowing users in the EU to download apps from outside of the Apple App Store, uninstall preloaded iPad apps, and choose their own default apps like browsers. It also opens up iPadOS, like iOS, to apps that use…

Source: The Verge United Airlines’ in-flight Wi-Fi is getting a big upgrade on of its jets, thanks to SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. After teasing “something big” for the skies, United says that it will start testing Starlink’s fast Wi-Fi service in early 2025, with the first passenger flights expected later next year. United is installing Starlink…

Source: The Verge The Netflix app is dropping support for older iPhones and iPads that are stuck at iOS 16. 9to5Mac reports that Netflix is showing an alert to users on some iOS 16 devices that says “We’ve updated the Netflix app! To use the latest version, install iOS 17 or later.” The change only…

Source: The Verge I think Sony might have made a mistake. Not by pricing the PS5 Pro at $700 or ditching the optical drive — it can always drop the price or bundle — but by trying to showcase the PS5 Pro’s graphical improvements using a bandwidth-limited, compressed YouTube video. I say that because I’m…