YouTube will have fewer ad breaks on TV — but the ads are getting longer

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/24000286/youtube-fewer-ad-breaks-tv

AT&T is Rivian’s latest EV customer following Amazon deal

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/24001138/rivian-commercial-van-ev-att-amazon-exclusivity-end

Intel’s Core Ultra CPUs are here — and they all come with silicon dedicated to AI

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/23998215/intel-core-ultra-cpu-specs-availability

Elon Musk wants to open a university in Texas

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/24001119/elon-musk-university-schools-texas

Google will turn off third-party tracking for some Chrome users soon

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/24000451/google-chrome-tracking-protection-launch-third-party-cookies-ads

Google’s Nest Renew joins Alphabet spinoff to form Renew Home

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/24000407/google-nest-renew-smart-thermostat-renew-home-alphabet

Threads launches for nearly half a billion more users in Europe

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/23953986/threads-european-union-launch-eu-meta-twitter-rival

Proton Mail finally gets a desktop app for encrypted email and calendar

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/24000696/proton-mail-desktop-app-mac-windows-encrypted

Opera’s gamer browser now has a ‘panic button’ for when you’re caught in the act

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/24001016/opera-gx-browser-panic-button

Beeper says Apple is blocking some iMessages, but there’s a fix

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000609/beeper-mini-cloud-outage-imessages-investigating

Beeper says some people aren’t getting iMessages again

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000609/beeper-mini-cloud-outage-imessages-investigating

The Tesla Cybertruck’s infamous wiper will reportedly cost $165 to replace

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000685/tesla-cybertruck-windshield-wiper-replacement-part-price

Twitch loosens its policy on sexual content

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000534/twitch-loosens-sexual-content-policy

Threads will let you push fact-checked posts further down your feed

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000356/threads-reduce-fact-checked-posts-moderation-meta-facebook-instagram

Now Microsoft PowerPoint for the web can add videos with closed captions

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000229/microsoft-powerpoint-for-the-web-accessibility-tech-closed-captions

An X outage broke all outgoing links, again

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000170/x-outage-link-error-message-broken

Apple will make it harder for governments to get your push notifications

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/23990706/google-apple-court-order-required-push-notification-ron-wyden-letter-surveillance-e2e-encryption

Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available on Meta’s Quest VR headsets

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000134/xbox-cloud-gaming-meta-quest-3-vr-headset

Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000120/threads-meta-activitypub-test-mastodon

Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are down to their lowest price to date

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/23998703/samsung-galaxy-buds-2-pro-xbox-series-x-ipad-m1-deal-sale