Technology

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As ESPN’s future drifts in the direct-to-consumer wind, a deal with Penn Entertainment will let the sportsbook rename existing properties, like its Barstool Sportsbook, to ESPN Bet. In return, Penn is scheduled to pay ESPN $1.5 billion over the next ten years, as well as $500 million in warrants to …

OpenAI has launched web crawler GPTBot to improve artificial intelligence models. “Web pages crawled with the GPTBot user agent may potentially be used to improve future models and are filtered to remove sources that require paywall access, are known to gather personally identifiable information (PII) or have text that violates …

Valve might sell refurbished Steam Decks sometime soon. The creator of the SteamDB database tweeted Monday about “certified refurbished” Steam Decks in all three storage offerings, and deals maestro Wario64 tweeted screenshots of the listings soon after (via Gizmodo). Unfortunately, as I write this, Wario64’s links redirect to Steam’s main …

AI-generated audio that mimics humans can be so convincing that people can’t tell the difference a quarter of the time – even when they’re trained to identify faked voices, a new study claims. Researchers at University College London investigated how accurately humans can differentiate between AI-generated audio and organic audio, …

Fortnite’s new v25.30 update released Tuesday adds a new anime crossover with Jujutsu Kaisen. Alongside some themed outfits you can buy in the shop, the update adds a special series of quests you can complete to earn in-game rewards. And while you’re running around the island while the crossover is …

We’ve all got an email address, but not all of us know how to protect it from cyber threats. Think of your email address as the key to a treasure chest filled with virtual riches, aka all your private information.  Your email address — especially access to messages — is …

Over the weekend, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman dug into the specs of a Mac Mini in testing with the new generation of Apple Silicon, and today, he’s reporting that in the high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro, at least one version of the M3 Max chip seen in testing contains 16 CPU cores …

Are you tired of taking blurry and underexposed photos at night? Well, I’m here to help. With a few tips and settings on your phone’s camera app, you can fine-tune and improve your chances of capturing stunning low-light and night photos that will leave your friends and family in awe. …

What do you gift your mom? That’s a challenging question to answer, especially given mothers — the generous, unselfish beings they can be — are not likely to spill the beans when asked.  Luckily, we’ve done the hard work for you. With the help of The Verge staff, we’ve curated …