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How GTA VI’s dominance is reshaping the entire video game industry

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on GTA VI and the state of the video game industry, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Four years ago

The Verge·August 23, 2026

TECHNOLOGY

LinkedIn’s AI slop flag reveals how badly the platform needs content moderation

LinkedIn actually announced a "Seems like AI slop" button on July 30th, and the company says that a lot of people have already used it. According to a Thursday post from chief product officer Hari Srinivasan, "over a million people" have clicked on the button, which is accessible from the three dots

The Verge·August 21, 2026

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Google adds natural language control to Discover feed curation

Google will soon allow you to customize your Discover feed by describing what you want to see. The new feature, rolling out to the Google app in the "coming days," will use AI to automatically tweak your feed and "remember" your preferences for future visits. You'll find the option within the three-

The Verge·August 20, 2026

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Brockman’s rise signals OpenAI’s pivot toward technical credibility ahead of IPO

OpenAI has had a hell of a year. The company spent months battling former cofounder Elon Musk in a sensational jury trial, was hit with a high-profile trade secrets lawsuit from Apple, and faced widespread scrutiny after an unreleased model hacked another AI company. As it prepares for an IPO, a ste

The Verge·August 20, 2026

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Third-party apps rescue Google’s half-baked Pixel 11 HiLight feature

Google's new HiLight notification LED on the Pixel 11 Pro is nearly useless. Out of the box, the only two things it can glow for are when the phone is face down and you're interacting with Gemini, or when you get a call from a favorite contact. And even then, it can only glow one […]

The Verge·August 20, 2026

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OpenAI’s safety pause reveals deeper competitive pressures reshaping AI

With a looming IPO, intense competition from Anthropic, and Chinese and open-weight rivals nipping at its heels, OpenAI has plenty of reasons to move fast. Instead, it hit the brakes. On Tuesday, the company said it had slowed the pace of some AI development while it tightened security and safeguard

The Verge·August 19, 2026

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Meta aims to embed AI into Mac users' daily workflows

Meta is launching a new Mac app dedicated to its AI chatbot. In an announcement on Wednesday, Meta says you can share your window with its AI chatbot, which can provide suggestions, answer questions, or create content based on what's on your screen. Meta AI on the Mac also supports dictation across

The Verge·August 19, 2026

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Williams family reclaims Robin’s Instagram to combat AI likeness abuse

Robin Williams' children are taking over their father's Instagram account after his daughter spoke out against the use of his AI likeness, as reported earlier by The Wrap. In a post on Tuesday, Zak, Zelda, and Cody Williams write that they want the late actor's Instagram profile to be a "safe, trust

The Verge·August 18, 2026

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OpenAI’s sandbox escape reveals limits of AI safety research containment

OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, including improvements to its research environments, monitoring, and alignment techniques. The company had already put the brakes on a new model, Astra

The Verge·August 18, 2026

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Apple unifies App Store rules to sidestep EU regulatory pressure

Apple is once again overhauling App Store rules in the European Union, which the company says will resolve its "disagreements with the Commission over business terms and alternative distribution." As part of the changes, every developer that distributes apps will be moved to a single set of business

The Verge·August 18, 2026

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Comcast’s router motion sensing raises questions about ISP power over home data

Comcast is bringing Wi-Fi motion sensing to millions of routers that are already in customers' homes, turning the devices into activity monitors. A new update to the Xfinity Internet app, arriving today, August 18th, enables the feature on compatible Xfinity routers at no extra cost. Announced as pa

The Verge·August 18, 2026

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Reddit’s AI narration experiment signals shift toward passive content consumption

Reddit is trying out a new way for people to take in content on Reddit: by turning text posts into audio / video content. As part of an experiment, some posts are being adapted into videos that use AI voices to read the text of the main post and some comments. The video highlights the […]

The Verge·August 17, 2026

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