Spotify’s co-CEO said it will keep tweaking verification as people ‘find holes around’ methods like its new QR codes over time. theverge.com/entertainment/1…

Didn’t Microsoft say the next Xbox needed to be affordable? theverge.com/games/1016134/x…

Canva Craft can generate images at up to 2K resolution and in more than 30 aspect ratios. theverge.com/ai-artificial-i…

Counterpoint Research says higher prices are tanking demand for new PCs. theverge.com/gadgets/1017144…

Meta’s new business terms could still help it justify training AI on scraped sites. theverge.com/tech/1017082/me…

The first exercise of a new FCC power. theverge.com/policy/1017016/…

Meta has given new URLs to shared Muse ‘artifacts’ after security researchers reported that public links could be easy to find. theverge.com/tech/1017066/me…

TE’s EP-35 is a battery-powered speaker for your synths, guitar, and voice. theverge.com/gadgets/1017022…

Yes, of course there are pay package incentives in play for Musk. But that’s not all. theverge.com/ai-artificial-i…

Google suggests a few fixes if your Android device is showing the incorrect time as a result of clocks not turning back. theverge.com/tech/1016977/go…

Some Indian American conservatives say bigotry against their community has driven them away from the party they once supported. theverge.com/report/1017003/…

Markdown files in Discord now render ‘all nice and neat’ thanks to a new update. theverge.com/news/1017012/di…

The discounted Fire TV Stick 4K drops external power and includes a redesigned remote. theverge.com/gadgets/1016792…

Or, a fancier DualSense color scheme adds $23. Both the refurbished controller and console have a one-year warranty. theverge.com/gadgets/1016959…

Delta 2.0 adds support for the iPhone Duo, Sega Genesis games, and more. theverge.com/games/1016524/d…

A trailer for a game titled ‘Mass Effect: Universe’ popped up on Reddit, and it appears to be the real deal. theverge.com/games/1016932/m…

“... everyone is just going to have to adapt,” Meta’s chief financial officer Susan Li said during the third-quarter earnings call. theverge.com/tech/1016905/me…

Police report dashcam footage confirmed attempts to brake and steer around the man before he was hit by the right front of the vehicle. theverge.com/transportation/…

‘We’re going to build something that is indistinguishable from human performance … in the next couple of years,’ Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman tells The Verge. theverge.com/ai-artificial-i…

Musk is targeting 5 million annual vehicle deliveries by 2030, but after back-to-back years of falling sales, banking on unproven robotaxis instead of an affordable EV makes that goal look practically impossible. theverge.com/transportation/…