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Amazon will let you text Alexa your shopping list
The Alexa for Shopping AI assistant can now order groceries and recommend products over text messages.
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The Alexa for Shopping AI assistant can now order groceries and recommend products over text messages.
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If you prefer your virtual pets with a side of gimmick, Netflix and Bandai have collaborated on a new Tamagotchi featuring a Stranger Things-inspired design, and an inverted screen. Functionally it’s the same as a standard Tamagotchi, but you’ll have to get used to raising your pet in the simulated upside down world when it launches next February for around $20. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/tamagotchi.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
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If you’re into incredibly uncomfortable listens (as you’ve probably guessed based on previous posts: I am), might I suggest Piss’ you made me / skin on linen. To soothe my frayed nerves after another spin of that, I’ll probably need to pick up the new William Basinski as well. [Media: https://pisstheband.bandcamp.com/album/you-made-me-skin-on-linen]
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Because time travel can be “illogical” by nature, the level design had to be super clear.
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Apple’s first foldable matches its Android rivals in a few key areas, but it falls short in others.
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Will Enough be enough?
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At $649 on sale, the Bambu P2S Combo is basically unbeatable.
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Europe is witnessing a wave of protests against data centers.
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Cybertruck production at the Texas Gigafactory is being axed to make way for more Cybercabs.
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The comments, made in an interview with Yahoo Finance, come after the chipmaker reported its “largest and most profitable” quarter in history. Su expects AMD’s data center business to grow 50 percent from Q3 to Q4, calling the growth a “testament to how important computing is” to the AI boom.
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Silver Lake, a private equity firm, and PIF, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, were also involved in the recent $55 billion deal to take EA private. The consortium of investors looking at Unity, which include Silver Lake and PIF, have discussed a valuation of about $25 billion for the company, Reuters reports. [Link: Silver Lake, PIF have held recent talks to buy gaming software provider Unity, sources say | https://www.reuters.com/world/silver-lake-pif-have-held-recent-talks-buy-gaming-software-provider-unity-2026-11-05/ | Reuters]
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The new terms had come under scrutiny over language that appeared to give Meta broad leeway to train AI on scraped publisher content, even after the company updated them. Meta said last week it expected to delay implementation past November 20th (which itself was a delayed date). Now, Meta states on its website that the new terms “will not take effect on November 20, 2026,” as reported by Nieman Lab. [Link: Meta pulls down controversial terms of service | https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/11/meta-pulls-down-controversial-terms-of-service/ | Nieman Lab]