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Some app users are seeing options to filter homepage videos by green, blue, or red. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge

YouTube is testing a new feature that allows users to filter videos on their home feed by color, creating a more visually cohesive and pleasing experience when browsing. 9to5Google and users on Lemmy have reported seeing a new prompt window appear on



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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is departing a meeting with Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) in the Hart Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 2024
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun.
  • Airline CEOs have criticized Boeing in the wake of the Alaska Airlines blowout.
  • Alaska's CEO said he was "mad" and United threatened to change its order book.
  • While the FAA criticized Boeing's production problems as "unacceptable."

The Alaska Airlines blowout in January has subjected Boeing to a torrent of criticism from airline



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Whether you're looking for a last-minute Valentine's Day gift for your special someone or a pick-me-up as winter rages, discounted AirPods are a solid option. Right now, Apple's third-generation AirPods are down from $169 to $140 – a 17 percent discount. The sale brings these earbuds down to the lowest we've seen them this year.

The third-gen Apple AirPods came on the scene in 2021 as a major



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Nvidia cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang.
  • Nvidia's stock surge boosted its market cap by about $500 billion, almost Tesla's entire worth.
  • Its $1.7 trillion market cap is closing in on Amazon and Alphabet.
  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's fortune has surged by $17 billion this year to $61 billion, per Bloomberg.

Nvidia's stock surge in 2024 has boosted its value by about $500 billion



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Meta’s Oversight Board wants the company to update its manipulated media policy, calling the current rules “incoherent.” This follows the board’s decision about a misleadingly edited video of President Joe Biden.

The video featured footage from October 2022, when the president accompanied his granddaughter, who was voting in person for the first time. News footage shows him placing an “I voted”



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Hertz has rolled back its ambitious EV plans in recent weeks.
  • Hertz is pausing plans to buy 65,000 EVs from Polestar, the Swedish firm's CEO told the FT.
  • It comes after Hertz said it would sell 20,000 electric vehicles due to high repair costs.
  • It's the latest sign the EV push is stalling as automakers and drivers rethink going electric. 

Hertz is scaling back its EV



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The latest beta update for the PlayStation 5 will make it easier to hear what's going on in your game. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has announced the software update, which will enable DualSense and DualSense Edge wireless controllers to produce louder audio so that you can hear in-game sounds and audio chats more clearly. 

In addition to giving controllers the ability to produce louder



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A stock image shows a gavel, keyboard, and dollar notes.
  • A company has agreed to pay a former employee $105,000 in back page and damages.
  • According to the lawsuit, she was fired after refusing to retire at 65.
  • The company replaced her with a man in his 30s, despite telling her the role was being eliminated.

A former employee will receive $105,000 in back pay and damages after



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Spotify’s growing userbase. | Image: Spotify

Spotify now boasts 236 million Premium subscribers, a 4 percent increase over last quarter, while its total number of monthly active users rose 5 percent to 602 million. The announcement came as part of its fourth quarter earnings release, which covers the three months ending on December 31st. Over the course of 2023, Spotify’s



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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be



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Justin McLeod, founder and CEO of Hinge.
  • Justin McLeod accepted a job offer from the consulting firm McKinsey while in business school. 
  • However, he kept delaying starting the job for two years. 
  • McLeod had invested his $12,000 signing bonus into an idea for a dating website called Hinge. 

Hinge's CEO accepted a job offer from McKinsey while in business school but kept delaying the start date



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A home for sale in Austin, Texas, in October, 2023.
A home for sale in Austin, Texas, in October, 2023.
  • The Sunbelt has seen its population continue to surge since the pandemic hit in 2020. 
  • But now, it's West Coasters who are increasingly moving south.
  • These movers are disproportionately higher-income, a new Bank of America report found.

Southern and Southwestern American cities have welcomed a growing number of new residents


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