Topic: geographic restrictions
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OpenAI Codex Chronicle: Mac Screen Capture for AI Context
OpenAI has launched Chronicle, a research preview for its Codex desktop app on Mac that enables ambient, screen-aware AI by periodically analyzing cloud-processed screenshots to create local text summaries, sparking privacy debates. The feature requires a ChatGPT Pro subscription, an Apple Silico...
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Get YouTube Premium 50% Off With Google One
Google One Premium subscribers on the 2TB or higher plan can get a 50% discount on YouTube Premium for one year, but the offer is only available in select countries. The promotion is valid until April 29, 2026, and significantly reduces the cost, such as cutting the U.S. monthly price from $15.99...
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Apple Pressures Europe for Regulatory Concessions
Apple has developed a breakthrough AI-powered Siri, but it will not launch on iPhones and iPads in the European Union due to a regulatory standoff. Apple blames the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which forces platforms to give competitors equal data access and creates an untenable environment fo...
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Apple launches lower-priced App Store subscriptions
Apple is introducing a new App Store feature allowing developers to offer lower monthly rates for auto-renewing subscriptions that require a 12-month commitment, aimed at boosting subscriber growth and providing more predictable revenue. This formalizes existing developer practices and establishe...
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OpenAI's Sora Tops Apple's US App Store Charts
OpenAI's Sora video app rapidly reached the number one spot on the U.S. App Store, achieving 164,000 downloads in its first two days despite being invite-only and limited to the U.S. and Canada. Its debut of 56,000 downloads tied with xAI's Grok and surpassed competitors like Anthropic's Claude a...
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Anthropic’s Claude Can Now Learn Your Job by Watching a Video
Anthropic's new "Record a Skill" feature for Claude Cowork lets paid subscribers record a video walkthrough of a task, which the AI can then automatically replay to complete the same task. The feature is available on Pro, Max, and Team plans via the Claude desktop app, similar to OpenAI Codex's "...
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Gemini Adds Chat and Memory Import From Other AI Apps
Google has introduced a new import feature for its Gemini AI platform, allowing users to transfer chat history and memory data from competitors like ChatGPT and Claude to simplify switching assistants. The process involves uploading exported .zip files for chats or using a specific prompt to impo...
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Unlock Top Surfshark Deals: November 2025 Promo Codes
Surfshark is a top-rated VPN offering secure, high-speed connections for bypassing geo-restrictions and protecting data on unlimited devices simultaneously. Current promotions provide significant savings, with plans starting as low as $2 per month, including free trials, money-back guarantees, an...
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Nevada grants Tesla 10 robotaxis after Las Vegas asks for 5,000
Nevada regulators granted Tesla only 10 autonomous vehicles for Las Vegas robotaxi operations, far below the 5,000 requested, with trips restricted to the Strip corridor and airport pickups banned. The permit imposes strict conditions, including mandatory "Robotaxi" markings, pre-trip passenger d...
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Amazon Offers Free AI Coding Tool Kiro to Startups
AWS is offering its Kiro Pro+ AI coding tool free for one year to eligible venture-backed startups, aiming to attract early-stage companies away from competitors. To qualify, startups must be venture-backed (pre-seed to Series B) and apply by December 31, with the offer excluding several regions ...
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I Tested DoorDash's AI Gig Work App: A Bleak Future Revealed
DoorDash Tasks is a new app that pays users to record videos of themselves performing everyday tasks, providing visual data to train artificial intelligence and robotics systems. The app's availability is currently limited, with residents of several major states and cities, including California a...
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SoundCloud Hit by Data Breach and DoS Attacks
SoundCloud experienced a combined security incident, involving a data breach that compromised email addresses and public profile data for about 20% of users, and separate disruptive denial-of-service attacks. The company clarified that financial data and passwords were not accessed, and the servi...
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Google Picks 15 Fans to Test the Next Pixel
Google has selected fifteen Pixel Superfans for its Trusted Tester Program, allowing them to provide direct feedback on future Pixel devices in development. Eligibility is restricted to U.S. residents aged 18 or older who received a direct email invitation, with entry via a unique link and submis...
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$4.5M Bounty: Zeroday Cloud Hacking Contest
The Zeroday Cloud hacking competition, backed by Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft, offers a $4.5 million prize pool for discovering critical vulnerabilities in open-source cloud and AI tools during the Black Hat Europe conference. Participants can compete in six categories, such as AI and Kuberne...
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Win a back-to-school tech bundle worth $800+
A sweepstakes is offering a Nomatic Messenger Bag packed with over $800 worth of tech gear, with the contest closing on August 18, 2026. To enter, users must submit the form in a Viralsweep widget and verify via an email code, which also opts them into The Verge Shopping newsletter. The contest r...
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Can't Find Your ChatGPT Recap? Here's How to Get It
OpenAI has launched a personalized year-end recap for all ChatGPT users, similar to Spotify Wrapped, which highlights key themes from their past conversations with the AI. To access the feature, users must have previously enabled "Reference saved memories" and "Reference chat history" settings, a...
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