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Google’s Pixel 10A is a good midrange phone that’s $50 off

Cameron FaulknerApr 13

Richard LawlerApr 13

Amazon’s online auto listings are expanding.

Since launching in 2024 with 48 Hyundai dealerships, we’ve seen Amazon Autos add used cars from Hertz and Ford, but now the Wall Street Journal says it’s active in over 130 cities with Kia, Mazda, Subaru, Chevrolet, and Jeep vehicles listed. According to the article, one benefit to Amazon, beyond the listing fee, is attracting carmakers and dealers as advertisers.

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Amazon’s Car Sales Bet Is Getting Bigger With New Brands and More Cities

[Wall Street Journal]

Andrew J. HawkinsApr 13

Amazon’s Starlink competitor now has an airplane antenna.

The new Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) antenna will enable air travelers bandwidth of up to 1 gigabit per second for downloads and 400 megabits per second for uploads on Delta, JetBlue, and any other commercial airlines Amazon signs up.

Still, Amazon isn’t close to meeting its deadline from the FCC to launch 1,600 satellites by July 2026, having recently requested a two year extension.

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Can Puck reinvent the news business for the influencer age?

CEO Sarah Personette’s big bet on the place where influencers and reporters might meet

Nilay PatelApr 13

SwitchBot’s button-pressing robot is now available with a rechargeable battery

Andrew LiszewskiApr 13

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

Emma RothApr 13

Dominic PrestonApr 13

Oppo’s new flagship is one of the best-looking phones of the year.

The Find X9 Ultra isn’t coming out for another week or so, but Oppo is ready to show off how it looks, and you can see why. Stay tuned for my full review, and let me know in the comments what you’d like me to test out — the 10x lens is a given.

<em>Oppo sent me the “tundra umber” version of the phone, though there’s an inevitable orange version too.</em>

<em>This version has orange accents too, like this shutter button, though in fairness orange is the classic Hasselblad color.</em>

<em>The curved hexagonal edge to the rear camera is the only design flourish I’m not a fan of. </em>

<em>But I love the two-tone vegan leather effect, and the joint landscape logos.</em>

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Oppo sent me the “tundra umber” version of the phone, though there’s an inevitable orange version too.

Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge

Did Neuralink make the wrong bet?

The field of brain-computer interfaces is moving away from mind-controlled computer cursors to restoring speech.

Elissa WelleApr 13

Microsoft’s new Xbox Gamepad Cursor adds a virtual mouse to handhelds

Tom WarrenApr 13

Sam Altman reportedly targeted in second attack

Jess WeatherbedApr 13

Robert HartApr 13

SoftBank creates new company building ‘physical AI.’

It wants to make an AI model that can autonomously control machines and robots by 2030, Nikkei reports. The project, part of SoftBank’s robotics push, has buy-in from domestic giants including Sony, Honda, and Nippon Steel. It comes as countries increasingly encourage sovereign AI efforts to compete with US and Chinese firms.

Japan's SoftBank launches unit to develop homegrown AI

[Nikkei Asia]

Thomas RickerApr 13

Jeff and Lauren Sánchez Bezos, they’re just like us.

Their morning routine, per an unapologetic New York Times profile, which delivers on the premise that “unabashed rich-person exuberance is back with a Blue Origin bang:”

They don’t touch their phones. Instead, they begin each day by listing 10 things they’re grateful for — and they can’t repeat what they named the day before. From there, the couple drink their morning coffee in a sunroom and watch the sun rise: hers from a mug that reads “Woke Up Sexy as Hell Again,” his from one she got him that spells HUNK in symbols from the periodic table.

And because I know you’re gonna search for it: here’s the mug.

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Huawei beats Apple and Samsung with new wide foldable

Dominic PrestonApr 13

Thomas RickerApr 13

Bespoke Musk virus.

Elon Musk has apparently made the jump from X to infect both TikTok and Instagram with new verified accounts. According to the New York Times:

Mr. Musk needs to build widespread public interest in SpaceX so it can raise billions of dollars from investors. The public offering could turn the 54-year-old tech mogul, who is already the world’s richest man, into the first trillionaire.

Elon Musk, Who Owns X, Appears to Post on TikTok

[nytimes.com]

Terrence O'BrienApr 12

Apple is reportedly testing four different designs for its smart glasses.

The next big product category Apple is supposedly tackling is display-free smart glasses to rival Meta’s. But the design has yet to be locked in, according to Cupertino whisperer Mark Gurman. The company might launch some or all four of the designs under consideration:

A large rectangular frame, reminiscent of Ray-Ban Wayfarers
A slimmer rectangular design, similar to the glasses worn by Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook
Larger oval or circular frames
A smaller, more refined oval or circular option

Apple AI Glasses Will Rival Meta’s With Several Styles, Oval Cameras

[Bloomberg]

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