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Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming for Xbox Insiders, limited to one-hour sessions for the games users already own (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/969969/xbox-testing-ad-supported-streaming

Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming for Xbox Insiders
Xbox Insiders can stream certain games from their libraries for free with an ad-supported cloud gaming option Microsoft is testing.

The headline is wrong. It's supposed to say "pervert glasses." I thought we all already agreed to that.
https://www.theverge.com/report/970901/instagram-meta-glasses-prank-harassment-ban

Meta just created a moderation nightmare for its smart glasses
After public backlash, Instagram is banning some content filmed using Meta’s smart glasses. Enforcing the rules will be difficult.

Anthropic’s biolab made a discovery it’s comparing to Crispr
It took nearly 1,000 Claude agents 21 hours and 210 million tokens to uncover a ‘novel enzyme system'
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/999470/anthropic-biolab-cl…

Anthropic’s biolab made a discovery it’s comparing to Crispr
It took nearly 1,000 Claude agents 21 hours and 210 million tokens to uncover the ‘novel enzyme system.’

ESPN plans to hike its subscription prices on September 17: ad-supported Select membership will rise by $1 to $13.99 per month and Unlimited by $2 to $31.99 (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/streaming/983794/espn-disney-plus-bundles-price-increa…

ESPN streaming plans are getting more expensive
ESPN is raising prices across its plans, with the ad-supported Select tier going from $12.99 to $13.99 per month, and its Unlimited plan increasing from $29.99 to $31.99 per month.

Anthropic says Claude autonomously discovered a new enzyme system in the DNA of bacteriophages, somewhat similar to CRISPR, the first result from its new biolab (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/999470/anthro…

Anthropic’s biolab made a discovery it’s comparing to Crispr
It took nearly 1,000 Claude agents 21 hours and 210 million tokens to uncover the ‘novel enzyme system.’

Google updates Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, an animated AI persona that lip-syncs and shows different facial expressions, for Gemini Enterprise customers (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1000328/google-gemini-ai-live-avatar-face

Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face
Google is rolling out a new Live Avatar feature for its Gemini 3.8 Live model, which shows an animated AI persona that lip-syncs and makes different facial expressions when it responds.

Meta unveils mobile app Horizon Create and web app Horizon Studio for building games with AI prompts; the games will run on Facebook, Instagram, and Horizon (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/999972/meta-horizon-create-studio-ai-games

Meta is going to let you build games with AI right on your phone
Meta announced two major new tools for Horizon development that will let you create games with AI prompts: Horizon Create, a mobile app, and Horizon Studio, a browser app that offers more granular controls.

Xbox has become a shell of its former self, weighed down by job cuts and studio closures, as it focuses on franchises like Halo and reaching "a billion people" (Andrew Webster/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/998758/xbox-activision-blizzard

Xbox is barely Xbox anymore
Further changes and layoffs at Xbox signal a further retreat from Microsoft’s gaming brand.

Primate Labs releases Geekbench 7, featuring larger, more demanding datasets for CPUs and GPUs, along with new video and audio encoding/decoding tests, and more (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/970012/primate…

Geekbench 7 will push your computer or phone even harder for better benchmarking
Primate Labs’ new generation of Geekbench looks the same but has lots of under-the-hood changes, like larger datasets, new audio / video tests, and more.

Meta says users will be able to video chat with Muse, agents will get their own email addresses, and Muse will get computer use on Mac and smart glasses support (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/999454/meta-muse-ai-agent-video-chat-connect-2…

Meta is making Muse more powerful and will let you video chat with it, too
Meta is adding a video call feature for its Muse AI agent. The agent will also be coming to Meta’s smart glasses.