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YouTube now lets parents set time limits for their kids’ YouTube Shorts stream, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, with an option for zero minutes ahead (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 14, 2026

Stevie Bonifield / The edge: YouTube now lets parents set time limits for their kids’ YouTube Shorts stream, ranging from…

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Instagram says there was no breach and has fixed an issue that allowed an external third party to send password reset emails, after reports that 17.5 million users’ data was exposed (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 11, 2026

Terrence O’Brien / The edge: Instagram says there was no breach and has fixed an issue that allowed an external…

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Ford plans to launch an AI voice assistant on its apps this year before expanding it to its vehicles in 2027, and aims to launch Level 3 autonomous driving in 2028 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith: Ed Policy: How technology is changing the game in Green Bay Microsoft…

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Amazon launches Alexa+ in early access to all users through a new web interface on Alexa.com and now allows users to upload documents, emails and images (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 5, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The High Growth Handbook: Molly Graham’s Frameworks for Managing Chaos, Change, and Scale Interviews with world-class…

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Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, similar to the $159 NotePin but with a button, plus a new desktop app for recording meeting audio (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 5, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The High Growth Handbook: Molly Graham’s Frameworks for Managing Chaos, Change, and Scale Interviews with world-class…

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laptops with new Intel, Qualcomm and AMD chips, more AI integrations, smart home robotics, smart glasses and more (The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 3, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Meta’s AI Agent Plan, Grok’s Perversion, The Prison of Financial Mediocrity The Big Technology Podcast…

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OpenAI rolls out an update to let users adjust ChatGPT’s characteristics, including whether it’s warm or enthusiastic, as well as its use of headers, lists and emojis (Emma Roth/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 20, 2025

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Why Roomba is Dead + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Christmas Song The…

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Google launches CC, an experimental AI assistant that sends a personalized daily “Your Day Ahead” email update based on users’ emails and calendar (Robert Hart/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Uncapped with Jack Altman: Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners Conversations with people I admire about things that really…

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GM adds native Apple Music to some vehicles and rolls out support for digital keys, after starting to phase out CarPlay in 2023 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 15, 2025

Andrew J. Hawkins / The edge: GM is adding native Apple Music to some vehicles and rolling out support for…

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Google unveils Emergency Live Video, similar to iOS’s Emergency SOS Live Video, allowing US users running Android 8 or later to share live video with 911 responders (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 10, 2025

Stevie Bonifield / The edge: Google unveils Emergency Live Video, similar to iOS’s Emergency SOS Live Video, allowing US users…

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French market regulator warns crypto companies they could face blacklisting and legal action if they don’t have MiCA licenses in place by the EU’s June 30 deadline (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters)

Triomics, which is building an AI-driven platform to help oncologists automate data-intensive tasks, has raised a $22 million Series B, following a $15 million Series A in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Doc: EU prepares emergency powers to intervene in European chip supply chains in the event of shortages, including forcing chipmakers to cancel contracts (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)

Corgi, which uses AI to provide insurance to startups, raised a $106 million Series B1 at a valuation of $2.6 billion, up from $1.3 billion on May 6, for total funding of $378 million (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Reactor, which claims its AI platform can generate real-time video with near-zero latency, comes out of stealth with a $59 million Series A round led by Lightspeed (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Browsing: Verge

YouTube now lets parents set time limits for their kids’ YouTube Shorts stream, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, with an option for zero minutes ahead (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)

Instagram says there was no breach and has fixed an issue that allowed an external third party to send password reset emails, after reports that 17.5 million users’ data was exposed (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

Ford plans to launch an AI voice assistant on its apps this year before expanding it to its vehicles in 2027, and aims to launch Level 3 autonomous driving in 2028 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Amazon launches Alexa+ in early access to all users through a new web interface on Alexa.com and now allows users to upload documents, emails and images (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, similar to the $159 NotePin but with a button, plus a new desktop app for recording meeting audio (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

laptops with new Intel, Qualcomm and AMD chips, more AI integrations, smart home robotics, smart glasses and more (The Verge)

OpenAI rolls out an update to let users adjust ChatGPT’s characteristics, including whether it’s warm or enthusiastic, as well as its use of headers, lists and emojis (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Google launches CC, an experimental AI assistant that sends a personalized daily “Your Day Ahead” email update based on users’ emails and calendar (Robert Hart/The Verge)

GM adds native Apple Music to some vehicles and rolls out support for digital keys, after starting to phase out CarPlay in 2023 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Google unveils Emergency Live Video, similar to iOS’s Emergency SOS Live Video, allowing US users running Android 8 or later to share live video with 911 responders (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)