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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel will have to testify in an upcoming trial that deals with social media safety and whether the executives' platforms are addictive. A Los Angeles judge ruled that the three men will need to testify in the trial set to begin in January, according to CNBC.

"The testimony of a CEO is uniquely relevant, as that officer’s



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Players aren't the only ones facing higher price tags from Xbox. According to a report by The Verge, Microsoft has upped the cost of the Xbox Development Kit from $1,500 to $2,000. That's a 33 percent jump in cost for these custom hardware kits, which are essential for devs to make and test games for release on the console. 

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Mariah Carey in "Fantasy" and Taylor Swift in "The Fate of Ophelia."
  • Only 30 songs have debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and remained there for a second consecutive week.
  • Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" is the most recent song to achieve the feat.
  • Swift has the most hits on this list, followed by Mariah Carey.

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Netflix, no stranger to adapting games into streaming hits, has announced that it's partnering with game publisher Asmodee to create new TV shows and films based on the board game Catan, with multiple projects already in development. While the streamer has primarily specialized video game adaptations, the belief in post-Barbie Hollywood is that any recognizable IP could be the source of a future



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Kindle (2024) vs. Kindle Paperwhite (2024): Price

Our first category is the simplest. One number is higher than the other, after all.

In terms of price, the regular Kindle walks away with this one because it's $50 cheaper than the Paperwhite. Whatever other advantages the Paperwhite may have, it will never have that one.

Winner: Kindle (2024)

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GM is ending production of the Chevy Brightdrop electric van, according to portions of a transcript of a recent earnings report published by The Verge. The decision was made due to slowing demand in the EV market, as hundreds of Brightdrop vans have begun piling up in dealer lots.

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With the release of the iOS 26.1 beta 4 update, both the critics and accessibility advocates can rejoice: Apple has made it easier for users to customize the Liquid Glass UI.

The Liquid Glass design, which drew some mild criticism from iPhone users transitioning to iOS 26, now offers the choice between Clear and Tinted modes. The update applies to both mobile and desktop users (read more about the



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OpenAI Sam Altman warned of an AI bubble.
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman showed off a new AI-infused web browser on Tuesday.
  • The browser, called ChatGPT Atlas, combines a web browser with OpenAI's chatbot and Agent AI tool.
  • Shares of Google Chrome-maker Alphabet fell 3% on the news.

OpenAI is coming for Google Chrome.

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UPDATE Tuesday, 1:41 p.m. ET: With Amazon's AWS issues fully resolved, the online world was left to parse through the postmortem on Tuesday.

It's concerning and, yet, unsurprising to see how fragile the internet's ecosystem can prove. When a central pillar like AWS goes down, it topples large chunks of the internet with it. We've seen it before with Google Cloud, Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and others