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  6. <title type="text">The Verge</title>
  7. <subtitle type="text">The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.</subtitle>
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  9. <updated>2025-05-12T10:32:35+00:00</updated>
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  18. <author>
  19. <name>Jess Weatherbed</name>
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  22. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Google Keep brings text formatting to the web]]></title>
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  25. <updated>2025-05-12T06:32:35-04:00</updated>
  26. <published>2025-05-12T06:32:35-04:00</published>
  27. <category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="News" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Tech" />
  28. <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Google Keep has finally expanded the text formatting options to its web app, almost two years after making them available for Android users. The update for Google’s web-based note-taking service is now rolling out to Google Workspace, Workspace Individual, and personal Google account users and provides new options for customizing text and heading styles. It [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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  36. <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/STK093_GOOGLE_E.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
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  39. <p class="has-text-align-none">Google Keep has finally expanded the text formatting options to its web app, almost two years after making them available for Android users. <a href="https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/05/release-notes-05-09-2025.html">The update for Google’s web-based note-taking service</a> is now rolling out to Google Workspace, Workspace Individual, and personal Google account users and provides new options for customizing text and heading styles. It may take a few weeks for the text formatting options to appear for everyone. </p>
  40.  
  41. <p class="has-text-align-none">The new formatting options are housed in the underlined “A” button found in the bottom left-hand corner of the updated Keep text editor. Clicking this will open a new toolbar that allows users to underline, bold, italicize, and remove formatting, alongside converting regular text into H1 or H2 headers. </p>
  42.  
  43. <p class="has-text-align-none">The changes should help Google Keep users on the web to add more structure to their notes, making it easier to lay out and find specific information. And hopefully, all that formatting will now sync between the web and Android versions to avoid having to re-edit things.</p>
  44. <img src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/A-user-adds-bold-italic-underline-heading-1-and-heading-2-formatting-to-a-note.gif?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,5.7554752599366,100,88.489049480127" alt="A GIF demonstrating the rich text formatting options on the Google Keep web app." title="A GIF demonstrating the rich text formatting options on the Google Keep web app." data-has-syndication-rights="1" data-caption="&lt;em&gt;It’s nothing fancy, but the formatting options are enough to help Google Keep users better lay out their notes.&lt;/em&gt; | GIF: Google" data-portal-copyright="GIF: Google" />
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  48. </entry>
  49. <entry>
  51. <author>
  52. <name>Dominic Preston</name>
  53. </author>
  55. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Google’s AI image-to-video generator launches on Honor’s new phones]]></title>
  56. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/news/664812/google-honor-ai-image-to-video-gemini" />
  57. <id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=664812</id>
  58. <updated>2025-05-12T05:00:39-04:00</updated>
  59. <published>2025-05-12T04:45:06-04:00</published>
  60. <category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="AI" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Android" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Mobile" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Tech" />
  61. <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Chinese phone manufacturer Honor has launched an image-to-video AI generator powered by Google, before it's available to Gemini users. It will be available first for anyone who buys the Honor 400 or 400 Pro phones, which launch next week on May 22nd. The new AI tool, powered by Google's Veo 2 model, creates five-second videos [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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  69. <img alt="An AI-generated GIF of a cat" data-caption="My cat Noodle, brought to life with an unsettlingly large, humanlike tongue." data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/VID_20250512_084119.gif?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
  70. <figcaption>My cat Noodle, brought to life with an unsettlingly large, humanlike tongue.</figcaption>
  71. </figure>
  72. <p class="has-text-align-none">Chinese phone manufacturer Honor has launched an image-to-video AI generator powered by Google, before it's available to Gemini users. It will be available first for anyone who buys the Honor 400 or 400 Pro phones, which launch next week on May 22nd.</p>
  73. <p class="has-text-align-none">The new AI tool, powered by Google's Veo 2 model, creates five-second videos based on static images, in either portrait or landscape, and takes a minute or two to generate each time. The feature is built directly into the Gallery app on the new Honor phones, and is designed to be simple: there's no option to include a text prompt along with the image, so you're stuck hoping that the AI does something sensible with it. </p>
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  77. <img src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/IMG_20250511_210456.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,15.232329842932,100,69.535340314136" alt="" title="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" data-caption="A photo I took at a Feeder show." data-portal-copyright="">
  78. <img src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/VID_20250512_082705.gif?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,3.5738046339417,100,92.852390732117" alt="" title="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" data-caption="Google's AI idea of what singer Grant Nicholas might look like in motion." data-portal-copyright="">
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  81. <p class="has-text-align-none">Sometimes it works well. Give it a simple subject, like a clear photo of a person or pet, and it can generate quite realistic movement - albeit I'm pretty sure my cat Noodle's tongue isn't quite that big. Other subjects prove trickier: faced with a vintage car it made it rotate impossibly on the spot; fresh tomatoes were fondled by a ghostly hand; and it imagined a women's soccer game with at least 27 players across three teams, with two referees to keep control of the chaos. The first time I tried it, on …</p>
  82. <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/664812/google-honor-ai-image-to-video-gemini">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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  87. <entry>
  89. <author>
  90. <name>Jess Weatherbed</name>
  91. </author>
  93. <title type="html"><![CDATA[US and China slash tariffs]]></title>
  94. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/news/664811/us-china-pause-tariffs-90-days" />
  95. <id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=664811</id>
  96. <updated>2025-05-12T04:24:59-04:00</updated>
  97. <published>2025-05-12T03:58:33-04:00</published>
  98. <category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Business" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="News" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Policy" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Politics" />
  99. <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The United States and China have mutually agreed to a 90 day reduction on tariffs implemented in April, marking a significant attempt to de-escalate the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The deal was hashed out by US and Chinese officials in Geneva over the weekend, and will see the US reducing duties [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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  107. <img alt="" data-caption="The pause aims to provide time for further trade negotiations." data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/STKS488_TARIFFS_4_CVirginia_A.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
  108. <figcaption>The pause aims to provide time for further trade negotiations.</figcaption>
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  110. <p class="has-text-align-none">The United States and China have mutually agreed to <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/05/joint-statement-on-u-s-china-economic-and-trade-meeting-in-geneva/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/05/joint-statement-on-u-s-china-economic-and-trade-meeting-in-geneva/">a 90 day reduction on tariffs</a> implemented in April, marking a significant attempt to de-escalate the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.</p>
  111.  
  112. <p class="has-text-align-none">The deal was hashed out by US and Chinese officials in Geneva over the weekend, and will see the US reducing duties on Chinese imports from 145 percent to 30 percent, and China lowering tariffs on US goods to 10 percent, down from 125 percent. This new agreement doesn’t change the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/659676/us-de-minimis-expires-trump-import-tariffs-china">removal of the de minimis exception on May 2nd</a>, which closed the tariff loophole that allowed businesses like <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/605483/shein-temu-amazon-trump-tariffs-de-minimis-exemption">Temu and Shein</a> to send goods under $800 into the US without any added duties at all.</p>
  113.  
  114. <p class="has-text-align-none">“We concluded that we have a shared interest,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INzZpqIpK_Q">news conference in Geneva</a>. “We want more balanced trade, and I think both sides are committed to achieving that. Neither side wants a decoupling.”</p>
  115.  
  116. <p class="has-text-align-none">The 90-day pause is meant to provide the two countries time to negotiate a final trade deal.</p>
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  121. <entry>
  123. <author>
  124. <name>Wes Davis</name>
  125. </author>
  127. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mexico is suing Google over how it&#8217;s labeling the Gulf of Mexico]]></title>
  128. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/news/664796/mexico-lawsuit-google-gulf-of-mexico-america" />
  129. <id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=664796</id>
  130. <updated>2025-05-11T18:26:22-04:00</updated>
  131. <published>2025-05-11T18:26:22-04:00</published>
  132. <category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Google" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Law" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="News" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Policy" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Politics" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Tech" />
  133. <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Friday that her government is suing Google for relabeling the Gulf of Mexico as “Gulf of America” for US users, CBS News reports. The company had done so in Google Maps after President Trump ordered the name change at the beginning of his Presidential term. The lawsuit makes good on [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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  141. <img alt="" data-caption="Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaking on April 22, 2025. | Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/gettyimages-2210931451.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
  142. <figcaption>Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaking on April 22, 2025. | Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images</figcaption>
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  144. <p class="has-text-align-none">Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/gxiKDnWEJp4?si=L2km-uGbVtfFa4_g&amp;t=4529">announced Friday</a> that her government is suing Google for relabeling the Gulf of Mexico as “Gulf of America” for US users, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-sues-google-gulf-of-mexico-gulf-of-america-label/"><em>CBS News </em>reports</a>. The company had done so in Google Maps after President Trump ordered the name change at the beginning of his Presidential term. </p>
  145.  
  146. <p class="has-text-align-none">The lawsuit makes good on Sheinbaum’s <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/614154/mexico-threatens-to-sue-google-over-gulf-of-america-name">February threat</a> that Mexico would “proceed to court” if the company didn’t change the name, which it kept as Gulf of Mexico for users in Mexico, but switched to “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)” in regions outside of the two countries. According to a machine-translated transcript of Sheinbaum’s Friday press briefing, she says “the only thing we want is compliance with the decree issued by the United States government,” which, she adds, “wouldn’t have the authority to name the entire Gulf, because that is an international attribution.” </p>
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  149. <div><div><iframe title="Más de 5 mil participantes inscritos en México Canta. Conferencia presidenta Sheinbaum" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gxiKDnWEJp4?rel=0&#038;start=4529" allowfullscreen allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;"></iframe></div></div>
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  151.  
  152. <p class="has-text-align-none">President Sheinbaum continues:</p>
  153.  
  154. <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
  155. <p class="has-text-align-none">We couldn’t say anything about changing the name of a state, a mountain, or a lake. So, the part of their territory that corresponds to them can be called whatever they decide. The part that corresponds to Mexico can’t be renamed. The part that corresponds to Cuba can’t be renamed, either. So, what we’re saying is, “Google, stick to what the United States government approved.”</p>
  156. </blockquote>
  157.  
  158. <p class="has-text-align-none">Prior to her briefing, Mexico sent letters to Google asking it not to label its territorial waters as Gulf of America, and Sheinbaum <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gulf-mexico-america-sheinbaum-trump-google-maps-81daabb926ab2bc4d90eb5665d96f515">shared a reply</a> from Google VP of government affairs and public policy Cris Turner stating the company had no plans to change its policy. <em>CBS News</em> notes that the US House passed a bill on Thursday that would codify the name change.</p>
  159.  
  160. <p class="has-text-align-none">The Trump administration has been insistent that non-government entities honor the Gulf of America moniker, even <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/613525/t">barring <em>The Associated Press</em></a> from Oval Office press briefings when the outlet refused to use the new name in initial reporting — a ban that a <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/645545/a">federal judge ordered last month</a> be dropped. Among tech companies, Google was one of the first tech to comply with Trump’s wishes, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/609772/google-maps-gulf-of-america-rename-mexico">altering the Gulf of Mexico’s name to Gulf of America</a> in app and browser versions of Google Maps by February 10th. Apple <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/610580/apple-maps-gulf-of-america">soon followed suit</a>. MapQuest, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to have given in, and <a href="https://gulfof.mapquest.com/">has a site</a> specifically making light of the name change.</p>
  161.  
  162. <p class="has-text-align-none">Google did not immediately respond to <em>The Verge</em>’s request for comment. </p>
  163. ]]>
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  166. </entry>
  167. <entry>
  169. <author>
  170. <name>Wes Davis</name>
  171. </author>
  173. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Apple may release a ‘mostly glass, curved iPhone’ in 2027]]></title>
  174. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/news/664776/apple-curved-glass-iphone-2027" />
  175. <id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=664776</id>
  176. <updated>2025-05-11T16:03:55-04:00</updated>
  177. <published>2025-05-11T16:03:55-04:00</published>
  178. <category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="AI" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Apple" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Apple Rumors" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="iPhone" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="News" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Tech" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Wearable" />
  179. <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This morning, while summarizing an Apple “product blitz” he expects for 2027, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman writes in his Power On newsletter that Apple is planning a “mostly glass, curved iPhone” with no display cutouts for that year, which happens to be the iPhone’s 20th anniversary. That follows a report last weekend from The Information, which [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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  187. <img alt="" data-caption="The iPhone 16 Pro Max, pictured here, is already pretty glassy." data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25612700/DSC_3108_Enhanced_NR.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
  188. <figcaption>The iPhone 16 Pro Max, pictured here, is already pretty glassy.</figcaption>
  189. </figure>
  190. <p class="has-text-align-none">This morning, while summarizing an Apple “product blitz” he expects for 2027, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-11/apple-2027-plans-tabletop-robot-20th-anniversary-iphone-ios-19-wi-fi-feature?srnd=undefined"><em>Bloomberg</em>’s Mark Gurman writes</a> in his <em>Power On</em> newsletter that Apple is planning a “mostly glass, curved iPhone” with no display cutouts for that year, which happens to be the iPhone’s 20th anniversary. </p>
  191.  
  192. <p class="has-text-align-none">That follows a report last weekend <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-plans-iphone-release-schedule-shakeup-new-styles?rc=v4bmzs">from <em>The Information</em></a>, which said that “at least one 2027 iPhone model that will place the front-facing camera underneath the screen to enable a truly edge-to-edge display.”<em> </em>Late last year, a report from <a href="https://www.thelec.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=31956"><em>The Elec</em> said</a> Apple is working with its display partners to create a bezel-less iPhone, but not one that curves the display down the side of the phone — a trick companies <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/27/7077139/galaxy-note-edge-review">like Samsung</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20949323/vivo-nex-3-review-screen-curved-waterfall-fullview-display-specs-features-price">Vivo have employed</a> in the past. </p>
  193.  
  194. <p class="has-text-align-none">But the “mostly glass, curved” part of Gurman’s prediction is more interesting to me, because what the heck does that mean? After all, I’d describe the iPhone 15 Pro sitting on my desk right now as “mostly glass,” with the only exterior metal being around the camera lenses and in its titanium edge, which the front and back curve down to. Assuming he’s not describing a banana-shaped iPhone, the closest hints are probably in Apple patents revealed over the years, like <a href="https://www.patentlyapple.com/2019/11/apple-updates-their-iphone-with-a-wrap-around-display-patent-confirming-a-glass-housing-with-a-looping-display.html">one from 2019</a> that describes a phone encased in glass that “forms a continuous loop” around the device. </p>
  195.  
  196. <p class="has-text-align-none">Apart from a changing iPhone, Gurman describes what sounds like a big year for Apple. He reiterates past reports that the first foldable iPhone should be <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/23/24204421/apple-first-foldable-iphone-arrive-2026">out by 2027</a>, and that the company’s <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/663600/apple-smart-glasses-chips-ar-chip">first smart glasses competitor to Meta Ray-Bans</a> will be along that year. So will those rumored <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/25/24082760/apple-smart-glasses-airpods-cameras-smart-ring">camera-equipped AirPods</a> and Apple Watches, he says. </p>
  197.  
  198. <p class="has-text-align-none">Gurman also suggests that <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/9/24174800/apple-intelligence-ai-smart-home-robot-rumors">Apple’s home robot</a> — a tabletop robot that features “an AI assistant with its own personality” — will come in 2027. On that “personality” mention, it’s hard not to think about the adorable robotic lamp Apple’s <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/607663/apple-smart-home-robot-research-video">internal researchers have been tinkering with</a>. </p>
  199.  
  200. <p class="has-text-align-none">Finally, Gurman writes that by 2027 Apple could <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/622465/siris-real-ai-upgrade-could-still-be-years-away">finally ship an LLM-powered Siri</a> and may have created new chips for its server-side AI processing. A December report <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-is-working-on-ai-chip-with-broadcom?rc=v4bmzs">from <em>The Information</em></a> covered such a development and suggested that the team handling Apple’s new AI chips is the same Israel-based silicon design group that was “instrumental in designing” the Apple silicon chips that let the company ditch Intel chips for its Macs in 2020. </p>
  201.  
  202. <p class="has-text-align-none"></p>
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  204. </content>
  206. </entry>
  207. <entry>
  209. <author>
  210. <name>Wes Davis</name>
  211. </author>
  213. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use]]></title>
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  216. <updated>2025-05-11T12:15:14-04:00</updated>
  217. <published>2025-05-11T12:15:14-04:00</published>
  218. <category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Copyright" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Law" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="News" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Policy" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Politics" />
  219. <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Trump administration has reportedly fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, who leads the US Copyright Office, following the office’s choice to release a pre-publication version of its opinion on the fair use status of AI training data that’s made up of copyrighted information.&#160; Representative Joe Morelle, the ranking Democrat of the Committee on House [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  221. <content type="html">
  222. <![CDATA[
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  225. <figure>
  226.  
  227. <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/STK175_DONALD_TRUMP_CVIRGINIA_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
  228. <figcaption></figcaption>
  229. </figure>
  230. <p class="has-text-align-none">The Trump administration has reportedly fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, who leads the US Copyright Office, following the <a href="https://www.copyright.gov/ai/">office’s choice</a> to release a <a href="https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-3-Generative-AI-Training-Report-Pre-Publication-Version.pdf">pre-publication version</a> of its opinion on the fair use status of AI training data that’s made up of copyrighted information.&nbsp;</p>
  231.  
  232. <p class="has-text-align-none">Representative Joe Morelle, the ranking Democrat of the Committee on House Administration, <a href="https://democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-releases/morelles-statement-abrupt-firing-shira-perlmutter-register-copyrights">called her firing</a> an “unprecedented power grab with no legal basis,” linking the firing directly to her report, which he says amounted to her refusing “to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.”&nbsp;</p>
  233.  
  234. <p class="has-text-align-none">Among the report’s conclusions is that while the fair use status of AI training “will depend on what works were used, from what source, for what purpose, and&nbsp; with what controls on the outputs—all of which can affect the market.” The report says research and scholarship might be fair use but says many other AI tools might not be:&nbsp;</p>
  235.  
  236. <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
  237. <p class="has-text-align-none">But making commercial use of vast troves of copyrighted works to produce expressive content that competes with them in existing markets, especially where this is accomplished through illegal access, goes beyond established fair use boundaries. </p>
  238. </blockquote>
  239.  
  240. <p class="has-text-align-none">University of Colorado law professor Blake Reid called the report a “straight-ticket loss for the AI companies” <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/chup.blakereid.org/post/3lot4e7onuk2m">in a post</a> prior to reports emerged that Perlmutter had been fired, writing that he wondered “if a purge at the Copyright Office is incoming and they felt the need to rush this out.” <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/chup.blakereid.org/post/3lot4lyohls2m">Reid wrote</a> that although the Copyright Office generally can’t “issue binding interpretations of copyright law,” courts turn to its expertise when drafting their opinions.</p>
  241.  
  242. <p class="has-text-align-none">Whether the Copyright Office’s release of its findings is the reason Perlmutter was cut loose or is just very curious timing isn’t clear, as the White House doesn’t seem to have commented on it. Copyright law expert Meredith Rose <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mrose.ink/post/3lou4ih2cs22e">questioned the link</a>, calling the report “113 pages of ‘well, it depends!’” and adding that “people who find that offensive enough to call for her ouster would have to be utter lunatics—on EITHER side of this fight.”</p>
  243. <img src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-11-at-10.08.11%E2%80%AFAM-1.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,30.186967137131,100,39.626065725738" alt="Screenshot of a Trump repost of a Mike Davis post on Truth Social" title="Screenshot of a Trump repost of a Mike Davis post on Truth Social" data-has-syndication-rights="1" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Screenshot: Truth Social" />
  244. <p class="has-text-align-none">Confusing the issue further, President Trump reposted (or <em>ReTruthed</em>, if you like) <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@mrddmia/114486249003156970">commentary on news of Perlmutter’s firing</a> by a Truth Social account attributed to Mike Davis, a former legal clerk for Neil Gorsuch who was <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/20/mike-davis-trump-potential-attorney-general-profile-00179358">rumored last year</a> for Trump’s Attorney General pick.</p>
  245.  
  246. <p class="has-text-align-none">“Now tech bros are going to attempt to steal creators’ copyrights for AI profits,” Davis wrote while linking to a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-director-of-u-s-copyright-office-shira-perlmutter-sources/"><em>CBS News</em> story</a>, “This is 100% unacceptable.” </p>
  247.  
  248. <p class="has-text-align-none">The day the Copyright Office’s report was released, President Trump also fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, whose department the Copyright Office is part of. As <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393737/carla-hayden-fired-library-of-congress-trump"><em>NPR </em>reports</a>, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed, without specifics, that Hayden had done “concerning things … in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.” Every book published in the United States goes into the Library of Congress.</p>
  249. ]]>
  250. </content>
  252. </entry>
  253. <entry>
  255. <author>
  256. <name>Wes Davis</name>
  257. </author>
  259. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Giant Bomb goes independent]]></title>
  260. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/news/664747/giant-bomb-independent-gaming-site-employee-owned" />
  261. <id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=664747</id>
  262. <updated>2025-05-11T10:14:49-04:00</updated>
  263. <published>2025-05-11T10:14:49-04:00</published>
  264. <category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Entertainment" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Gaming" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="News" />
  265. <summary type="html"><![CDATA[At the beginning of the month, things weren’t looking good for gaming site Giant Bomb after its content was put on hold amid reports of editorial interference from its parent company, Fandom. Today, some feel-good news: Giant Bomb announced it is now an independent, employee-owned entity. “Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  267. <content type="html">
  268. <![CDATA[
  269.  
  271. <figure>
  272.  
  273. <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/Giant-Bomb.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
  274. <figcaption></figcaption>
  275. </figure>
  276. <p class="has-text-align-none">At the beginning of the month, things weren’t looking good for gaming site <em>Giant Bomb</em> after its <a href="https://kotaku.com/giant-bomb-fandom-dan-ryckert-jeff-grubb-gerstmann-1851778728">content was put on hold</a> amid reports of editorial interference from its parent company, Fandom. Today, some feel-good news: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/giantbomb.bsky.social/post/3lou2vs2v2c2t"><em>Giant Bomb</em> announced</a> it is now an independent, employee-owned entity.</p>
  277.  
  278. <p class="has-text-align-none">“Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to us,” the outlet wrote on Bluesky yesterday evening. In a <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/join">post on its website</a> about the new development, the <em>Giant Bomb</em> says it’s “not serving an algorithm or executives,” and that it aims “to lean into what’s always made Giant Bomb special, and that’s the people you see and hear on our content, and our extremely passionate community.”</p>
  279.  
  280. <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
  281. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:n46qe2qoi6qgo6fbknctquzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lou2vs2v2c2t" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreidfrkd2s24bjzboeggjsz3vr5g7ib2mei6bzsavtppgwbmmt4uutm"><p lang="en">Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to us and it is now fully independent and employee-owned. We&#039;ll see you all on Tuesday for the Giant Bombcast.For more info right now, head over to www.giantbomb.com/join</p>&mdash; <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n46qe2qoi6qgo6fbknctquzi?ref_src=embed">Giant Bomb (@giantbomb.bsky.social)</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n46qe2qoi6qgo6fbknctquzi/post/3lou2vs2v2c2t?ref_src=embed">2025-05-10T23:12:29.217Z</a></blockquote>
  282. </div></figure>
  283.  
  284. <p class="has-text-align-none">The site also announced a <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/get-premium/">new subscription model</a>, which it says “will go directly towards maintaining and growing Giant Bomb and paying the fine folks that you see on our programming week after week.”</p>
  285.  
  286. <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
  287. <p class="has-text-align-none">Games media has changed dramatically since Giant Bomb launched in 2008, and our new model aims to evolve with the times. We want people to be able to see our content whether they’re able to support us monetarily or not, so the large majority of what we put out will be available for free. That’s how Fortnite works, right? The kids love Fortnite. Dan Ryckert skin coming soon!</p>
  288. </blockquote>
  289.  
  290. <p class="has-text-align-none"><em>Giant Bomb</em> sums up its new monthly ($9.99 per month) and annual ($99.99 per year) subscriptions:</p>
  291.  
  292. <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
  293. <p class="has-text-align-none">If you sign up today, you’ll get ad-free RSS feeds for all of our podcasts and access to premium-only Discord channels (like behind-the-scenes, Town Hall Q&amp;As, and more). We are going to launch very simple and we will grow and adjust from there. This all finally came together literally hours ago, and we couldn&#8217;t even update the language on the sign up page yet. The perks are a little different from what&#8217;s listed there, so If you have any questions, reach out on social and we&#8217;ll get back to you as soon as we can. For example, our Discord verification process might be slow, so bear with us for now! </p>
  294. </blockquote>
  295.  
  296. <p class="has-text-align-none">The news feels like a pleasant combo-breaker after the May 1st one-two punch news of <em>Giant Bomb</em>’s content pause and <em>Verge</em> parent company Vox Media’s <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/659575/polygon-vox-media-sold-valnet-gamerant">sale of gaming site <em>Polygon </em>to Valnet</a>, a media company that’s <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250425504752/en/Valnet-Inc.-and-its-CEO-File-Lawsuit-Against-The-Wrap-News-Inc.-for-Defamation-Unfair-Competition-and-Other-Illegal-Actions">suing <em>TheWrap</em></a> over its <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/valnet-labor-lawsuit-hassan-youssef-digital-media-sweat-shop/">damning report</a> of accusations of “almost sweatshop-level” working conditions. </p>
  297. ]]>
  298. </content>
  300. </entry>
  301. <entry>
  303. <author>
  304. <name>Cath Virginia</name>
  305. </author>
  307. <title type="html"><![CDATA[What lies beneath: filming gators in Florida springs]]></title>
  308. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/art-club/656586/florida-spring-underwater-photographer-youtuber-snorkeling" />
  309. <id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=656586</id>
  310. <updated>2025-05-09T15:13:11-04:00</updated>
  311. <published>2025-05-11T10:00:00-04:00</published>
  312. <category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Art Club" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Creators" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Environment" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Photography" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Science" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Tech" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="YouTube" />
  313. <summary type="html"><![CDATA[If you're like me, you've been anxiously searching for any relief from the Bad News&#8482; and endless stream of AI slop plaguing your feed. Joseph Ricketts' breathtaking wildlife videos could be the antidote. An alligator taking a nap on the floor of a crystal clear spring. Schools of fish glittering in the darkness. A cosmic [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  315. <content type="html">
  316. <![CDATA[
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  319. <figure>
  320.  
  321. <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/257696_Joseph_Ricketts_Nick_Conzone1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
  322. <figcaption></figcaption>
  323. </figure>
  324. <p class="has-text-align-none"><em>If you're like me, you've been anxiously searching for any relief from the Bad News&trade; and endless stream of AI slop plaguing your feed. Joseph Ricketts' breathtaking wildlife videos could be the antidote. An alligator taking a nap on the floor of a crystal clear spring. Schools of fish glittering in the darkness. A cosmic cloud of burnt orange tannic river swirling into clear blue water. A giant salamander battle on an Appalachian riverbed. </em></p>
  325. <p class="has-text-align-none"><em>Joseph is an ecologist, underwater videographer, and alligator researcher based in Florida. He brings a calming and curious gaze to some of the more obscure underwater vistas through his work as a scientist and wildlife researcher, with his photography and videography skills. With his undersea strobes, he casts light on the mesmerizing behavior of some of the more obscure creatures that lurk below the water's surface, creating beautiful videos while educating his audience on the vulnerable wildlife he finds there. Documenting Florida's natural springs and America's freshwater ecosystems has become a passion project. </em>The Verge<em> caught up with him to learn about his fascinating YouTube content.  </em></p>
  326. <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
  327. <div><div><iframe title="Night Snorkel with Alligators in a Florida Spring" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/691sUQffFAE?rel=0" allowfullscreen allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;"></iframe></div></div>
  328. </div></figure>
  329. <p class="has-text-align-none"><em>This interview has been edited for length and …</em></p>
  330. <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/art-club/656586/florida-spring-underwater-photographer-youtuber-snorkeling">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
  331. ]]>
  332. </content>
  334. </entry>
  335. <entry>
  337. <author>
  338. <name>Jay Peters</name>
  339. </author>
  341. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Expedition 33’s big twist was designed to &#8216;inflict the pain on the player&#8217;]]></title>
  342. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/games/664492/clair-obscur-expedition-33-twist-spoilers" />
  343. <id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=664492</id>
  344. <updated>2025-05-09T17:39:25-04:00</updated>
  345. <published>2025-05-11T09:00:00-04:00</published>
  346. <category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Entertainment" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Gaming" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Interview" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Report" />
  347. <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is my favorite game of the year so far, with an exhilarating battle system, excellent exploration, and a haunting soundtrack. But I'm not the only one who loves it: the game has become a huge hit, with more than 2 million copies sold just 12 days after its late April release. [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  349. <content type="html">
  350. <![CDATA[
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  353. <figure>
  354.  
  355. <img alt="" data-caption="This screenshot does not involve the twist. | Image: Sandfall Interactive" data-portal-copyright="Image: Sandfall Interactive" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/ss_483a27df5072beb3a4650634a764bda750fbcb82.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
  356. <figcaption>This screenshot does not involve the twist. | Image: Sandfall Interactive</figcaption>
  357. </figure>
  358. <p class="has-drop-cap has-text-align-none"><em>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 </em>is my favorite game of the year so far, with an exhilarating battle system, excellent exploration, and a haunting soundtrack. But I'm not the only one who loves it: the game has become a huge hit, with more than 2 million copies sold just 12 days after <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/expedition33.bsky.social/post/3loiolfljys25">its late April release</a>. "It feels very surreal," says Guillaume Broche, Sandfall Interactive's CEO and creative director.</p>
  359. <p class="has-text-align-none">According to Broche, the game is performing "far beyond expectations" and that the team was not expecting it to "blow up" as fast as it did. "We are still in denial, basically" he says. Lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen adds, "I'm going to wake up tomorrow and this is all a joke, right?"</p>
  360. <p class="has-text-align-none">A major part of <em>Expedition 33</em>'s success is its gripping story. It kept me coming back to the game every moment I could just to see what happened next. The opening hits you with a gutpunch. Playing as Gustave, voiced by <em>Daredevil</em>'s Charlie Cox, you learn about the tragic circumstances of the world, its characters, and the annual "Gommage" that makes everyone of a certain age disappear in a flurry of petals when a giant being called the Paintress paints a new, lower number on a giant monolith.</p>
  361. <p class="has-text-align-none">Gustave …</p>
  362. <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/664492/clair-obscur-expedition-33-twist-spoilers">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
  363. ]]>
  364. </content>
  366. </entry>
  367. <entry>
  369. <author>
  370. <name>Wes Davis</name>
  371. </author>
  373. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Whoop backpedals on its paid upgrade whoops]]></title>
  374. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.theverge.com/news/664703/whoop-backpedals-on-its-paid-upgrade-whoops" />
  375. <id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=664703</id>
  376. <updated>2025-05-11T08:18:51-04:00</updated>
  377. <published>2025-05-11T08:18:51-04:00</published>
  378. <category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="News" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Smartwatch" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Tech" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Wearable" />
  379. <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Whoop is in damage control mode. After debuting its Whoop 5.0 fitness tracker, users were angered to find it had reneged on a promise of free hardware upgrades. In a new Reddit post, the company now says users who have more than 12 months left on their subscription can get the Whoop 5.0 for free. [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  381. <content type="html">
  382. <![CDATA[
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  385. <figure>
  386.  
  387. <img alt="" data-caption="A shot of the Whoop 4.0 from our 2022 review." data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23277334/vsong_220225_5048_0004.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" />
  388. <figcaption>A shot of the Whoop 4.0 from our 2022 review.</figcaption>
  389. </figure>
  390. <p class="has-text-align-none">Whoop is in damage control mode. After debuting its <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/661773/whoop-5-news-price-specs-battery">Whoop 5.0 fitness tracker</a>, users were angered to find it had reneged on a promise of free hardware upgrades. In a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/whoop/comments/1kj252l/megathread_clarifying_and_updating_our_upgrade/">new Reddit post</a>, the company now says users who have more than 12 months left on their subscription can get the Whoop 5.0 for free.</p>
  391.  
  392. <p class="has-text-align-none">Part of the outrage was prompted by Whoop’s confusing messaging. Early yesterday morning, my colleague <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/664111/whoop-5-0-upgrade-anger-wearables">Victoria Song reported</a> that to get a Whoop 5.0 band, users would need to extend their existing membership by an additional 12 months or pay a one-time upgrade fee. However, until at least March 28th of this year, Whoop’s website <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250328102036/https://www.whoop.com/us/en/thelocker/best-fitness-trackers/">had a blog post</a> that said users would only need to have been a member for at least six months to get a free upgrade to next-gen hardware.</p>
  393.  
  394. <p class="has-text-align-none">After the backlash, Whoop is now changing its tune — somewhat. Those with “more than 12 months remaining” are “eligible for a free upgrade to WHOOP 5.0 on Peak,” one of its new subscription offerings. Those with less than 12 months left still have to either extend their membership another 12 months or pay a one-time upgrade fee, the company says. The same information is reflected in an <a href="https://support.whoop.com/s/article/Membership-Pricing?language=en_US#:~:text=Starting%20Friday%2C%20May%209th%3A">update on its membership pricing page</a>.</p>
  395.  
  396. <p class="has-text-align-none">The company addresses the earlier blog post, writing that “a previous blog article incorrectly stated that anyone who had been a member for just 6 months would receive a free upgrade. This was never our policy and should never have been posted.” Whoop goes on:</p>
  397.  
  398. <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
  399. <p class="has-text-align-none">As noted above, our policy for upgrades from WHOOP 3.0 to WHOOP 4.0 was that members with 6 months or more remaining on their membership were eligible for a free upgrade to WHOOP 4.0. We removed that blog article when it came to our attention and updated WHOOP Coach with the proper information. We&#8217;re sorry for any confusion this may have caused.&nbsp;</p>
  400. </blockquote>
  401.  
  402. <p class="has-text-align-none">That seems to line up with a <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/johanmoreno/2021/09/27/whoop-ceo-on-digital-fitness-competition-just-because-a-big-company-enters-the-space-doesnt-mean-theyll-be-successful/"><em>Forbes</em> interview</a> that <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/whoop/comments/1kirq6x/comment/mritfpu/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button">a Reddit user found</a>, in which Whoop CEO Will Ahmed told the outlet that members with a Whoop 3.0 band could upgrade to the 4.0 model, so long as they had “at least 6 months of membership left on their account.” The company used similar language in a <a href="https://www.whoop.com/ie/en/thelocker/unlocked-2021-recap-announcing-4-0/">2021 blog post</a> about the Whoop 4.0 band. </p>
  403.  
  404. <p class="has-text-align-none">Still, Redditors aren’t responding well to the company’s response, with some complaining about the need to extend their subscription <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/whoop/comments/1kj252l/comment/mrjv7ck/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button">even if they have 11 months left</a>, or <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/whoop/comments/1kj252l/comment/mrjr0na/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button">threatening to cancel their subscription</a>.</p>
  405.  
  406. <p class="has-text-align-none">Even some who are more accepting of the change have criticisms. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/whoop/comments/1kj252l/comment/mrjkztw/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button">One person writes</a> that while they’re “pleased with the change,” they don’t buy that the blog post was made in error. “They should just own that they changed their mind/policy rather than claim it was a false posting to begin with.”</p>
  407.  
  408. <p class="has-text-align-none"><em><strong><em>Correction, May 11th: </em></strong><em>This article initially misstated Whoop’s new terms in one instance. Members must have 12 months left on their subscription; they do not need to have been a member for 12 months.</em>.</em></p>
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