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Roku expands its smart home lineup with a $99 home monitoring system, a solar panel to power its outdoor camera, and a multicolored LED strip light (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Roku expands its smart home lineup with a $99 home monitoring system, a solar panel to power its outdoor camera, and a multicolored LED strip light  —  Roku is expanding its smart home lineup and adding a smart security system, a solar panel to power its outdoor camera, and

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Live blog of the Google I/O keynote, where Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet, a general-use LLM called PaLM 2, and more are expected (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Live blog of the Google I/O keynote, where Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet, a general-use LLM called PaLM 2, and more are expected  —  This year, Google has a lot to prove — and at least one product to unfold. … It’s time for Google’s annual developer conference —

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The best Mother’s Day sales happening now

Apple’s second-gen AirPods Pro are $50 off and available at their all-time low price. | Image: Chris Welch / The Verge It’s another holiday, so of course there’s yet another sale — and quite a few, in fact. In honor of Mother’s Day, everyone from Amazon to Fitbit is offering discounts on an array of

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Sources: EU regulators are expected to approve Microsoft’s Activision acquisition next week, most likely on May 15, three weeks after the UK blocked the deal (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: EU regulators are expected to approve Microsoft’s Activision acquisition next week, most likely on May 15, three weeks after the UK blocked the deal  —  EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) $69 billion acquisition of Activision (ATVI.O) next week …

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Tether reports a $1.5B net profit in Q1, $2.44B in excess reserves, and $81.8B+ in assets as of May 9, including $1.5B in bitcoin and $3.3B in precious metals (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Tether reports a $1.5B net profit in Q1, $2.44B in excess reserves, and $81.8B+ in assets as of May 9, including $1.5B in bitcoin and $3.3B in precious metals  —  – Tether reported $1.5 billion of net profit for the first quarter — more than double its Q4 2022 net

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Best Portable Projectors of 2023

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s becoming increasingly important to have access to technology that is portable and convenient. Portable projectors have become a popular choice for individuals who need a compact and lightweight device that can project images or videos onto a wall or screen. Whether you’re looking for a projector for business presentations, travel,

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Tears of the Kingdom will have ‘huge’ dungeons

Image: Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is going to have big dungeons with distinct designs, Nintendo confirmed in a developer Q&A published Wednesday. One of the biggest questions for Tears was whether it would offer something different from Breath of the Wild’s Divine Beast dungeons, which all had a largely similar

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Good Omens season 2 hits Prime Video in July

David Tennant and Michael Sheen. | Image: Amazon A few years after the show debuted, Good Omens is finally getting its second season. Amazon announced that season 2 of the show will start streaming on Prime Video on July 28th. Series co-creator Neil Gaiman will return as executive producer and co-showrunner, and much of the

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Tether reports a $1.5B net profit in Q1, $2.44B in excess reserves, and $81.8B+ in assets as of May 9, including $1.5B in bitcoin and $3.3B in precious metals (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Tether reports a $1.5B net profit in Q1, $2.44B in excess reserves, and $81.8B+ in assets as of May 9, including $1.5B in bitcoin and $3.3B in precious metals  —  – Tether reported $1.5 billion of net profit for the first quarter — more than double its Q4 2022 net

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Roblox reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $655.3M, bookings up 23% YoY to $773.8M, DAUs up 22% YoY to 66M, and a $268M loss, up from $160.2M in Q1 2022 (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Roblox reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $655.3M, bookings up 23% YoY to $773.8M, DAUs up 22% YoY to 66M, and a $268M loss, up from $160.2M in Q1 2022  —  – Roblox beat analyst expectations on the top line but reported a wider-than-expected loss per share of 44 cents.

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Google needs to stop throwing good money after Bard

Illustration: The Verge Google has had a rough six months. Since ChatGPT launched last November — followed by the new Bing in February and GPT-4 in March — the company has failed to establish its AI credentials. Its own offering, the “experimental” chatbot Bard, compares poorly to rivals, and insider reports have portrayed a company

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Couples can now make Etsy wedding registries

Image: Etsy Couples looking for more bespoke or personalized wedding gifts will have the ability to create a registry on Etsy. The platform known for handmade and vintage items has added a wedding registry option, available to users starting today. Couples can create and add items to their list, and guests will be able to

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A Binance executive says recent US crypto actions have been “very confusing” and the exchange will do “everything we possibly can” to be regulated in the UK (Financial Times)

Financial Times: A Binance executive says recent US crypto actions have been “very confusing” and the exchange will do “everything we possibly can” to be regulated in the UK  —  World’s largest cryptocurrency exchange says it is ‘very difficult’ to do business in US after moves by Washington regulators

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As Miami prepares to host Bitcoin 2023 on May 18, the city and its mayor, who continues to take his salary in bitcoin, have mostly moved on from crypto (Deborah Acosta/Wall Street Journal)

Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal: As Miami prepares to host Bitcoin 2023 on May 18, the city and its mayor, who continues to take his salary in bitcoin, have mostly moved on from crypto  —  On the eve of the annual bitcoin conference, the city and its mayor have mostly moved on from crypto 

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