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Meta is increasing the price of the Quest 3 by $100 to $599.99 and both Quest 3S models by $50 to $349.99 for 128GB and $449.99 for 256GB, starting April 19 (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/912921/meta-quest-3-3s-vr-price-hike-ram-me…

Meta blames RAM shortage for $100 Quest 3 price hike
Beginning April 19th, Meta’s 128GB Quest 3S will cost $349.99, the 256GB Quest 3S will cost $449.99, and the Quest 3 will cost $599.99.

Privacy advocates want Google to stop handing consumer data over to ICE https://www.theverge.com/news/911789/eff-google-giving-data-ice-california-new-york

YouTube now lets users set a zero-minute Shorts time limit, effectively removing them from its iOS and Android app; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/streaming/912898/youtube-shorts-feed-limit-zero…

YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts
All YouTube users are getting an option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes.

YouTube now lets users set a zero-minute Shorts time limit, effectively removing them from its iOS and Android app; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/streaming/912898/youtube-shorts-feed-limit-zero…

YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts
All YouTube users are getting an option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes.

Ich schaue beinahe jeden Tag den Podcast der 20-Uhr-Tagesschau, und jedesmal, wenn ich die Fanfare »D-G-A-H-Cis-D« höre, während im Hintergrund die Hackfressen der BRD und der Welt durchgespult werden, singt es leise in mir mit »Deutschland, leck mich am Arsch«.
Ich verdiene langsam eine Tapferkeitsmedaille dafür, dass ich nicht einfach sofort wegklicke…

Q&A: Ronan Farrow on his Sam Altman profile in The New Yorker, investigating salacious rumors amid a flood of funding for opposition dossiers, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/911753/sam-alt…

Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Is Sam Altman a liar? The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow joins Decoder to discuss his and Andrew Marantz’s massive feature in The New Yorker digging into this question.

Samsung releases an ad for the Galaxy S26 series that briefly shows a "Zero-peeking privacy" toggle to black out on-screen content for onlookers at an angle (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/879652/samsung-ga…

Samsung ad confirms rumors of a useful S26 ‘privacy display’
Leaker Ice Universe has shared a video of Samsung’s privacy display in action, while the company teases the tech in a new advert.

Intel unveils the Core Ultra 200HX Plus CPUs for high-end gaming laptops, offering an Intel Binary Optimization Tool to improve native performance in some games (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/895921/intel-core-ul…

Intel announces Core Ultra 200HX Plus CPUs for high-end gaming laptops
The new flagship Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus is accompanied by a Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus.

Nvidia announces BYD, Geely, Isuzu, and Nissan will use its Drive Hyperion AV platform and says Uber will launch Hyperion-powered robotaxis in 28 cities by 2028 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/895301/nvidia-robotaxi-byd-geely-hyp…

Nvidia says China’s BYD and Geely will use its robotaxi platform
Nvidia says it’s adding BYD and Geely to its robotaxi program, as well as Uber and Lyft. The chipmaker is stepping up its automotive business as robotaxis expand.

Q&A: Ronan Farrow on his Sam Altman profile in The New Yorker, how Altman changed in 18 months of reporting, OpenAI's board drama and enterprise shift, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/911753/sa

Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Is Sam Altman a liar? The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow joins Decoder to discuss his and Andrew Marantz’s massive feature in The New Yorker digging into this question.