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    The FAA is investigating Boeing after a door plug blew out during a flight.

    The agency ordered a temporary grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes after the incident occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight over the weekend, but now it’s opening a formal investigation.

    A group of senators are also pushing Boeing to cooperate with an investigation from the NTSB, which will focus on missing or loose bolts meant to hold the door plug in place — something United Airlines also found on its Boeing 737 Max 9 planes.

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    Meetup got acquired by Bending Spoons.

    Meetup, the app that lets you find and join local activities and events, just got acquired by Bending Spoons — yes, the same company that bought Evernote (and started severely limiting its free plan). There’s no word on whether there will be any major changes to Meetup following the acquisition, but Bending Spoons CEO Luca Ferrari says the company will share “future plans” soon.

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    Volkswagen isn’t the only carmaker that’s adding ChatGPT to vehicles.

    Skoda, the Czech car brand that’s also owned by Volkswagen, is building the AI chatbot into its voice assistant in newer vehicles. Drivers will be able to use the ChatGPT-enabled assistant to control the infotainment system, navigation, and air-conditioning, as well as use it to “answer general knowledge questions,” according to Skoda.

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    Even X is giving up on NFTs.

    The Elon Musk-owned platform quietly removed the option for Premium subscribers to use NFTs as their profile pictures, as spotted earlier by TechCrunch. X also scrubbed all mention of NFT profile pictures from its support page.

    This comes a little less than one year after Meta ended tests that let users share NFTs on Instagram and Facebook.

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    Netflix’s Wednesday is coming to DVD and Blu-ray.

    Not every Netflix original gets the privilege of a release on DVD and Blu-ray, but Wednesday is one of them. A physical copy of the show’s first season will be available on March 26th, 2024. It’s currently up for preorder on Amazon for $19.99.

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    Another day done at CES.

    The show floor only just opened yesterday, but we got a glimpse at a ton of cool new products, prototypes, and features:

    • Asus made a portable monitor — and a laptop — with two screens.

    • Sony and Honda showed off an Afeela EV prototype that puts Fortnite on your bumper.

    • Amazon announced Matter casting support for Prime Video.

    Google and Samsung teamed up to combine Quick Share and Nearby Share into a single sharing solution.

    • This AI startup made a little gadget that’s supposed to use your apps for you.

    There’s still more to come! Stay tuned to our coverage, and make sure to check out The Verge’s TikTok and Instagram where we go hands-on with new devices.

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    Twitch is reportedly planning to lay off 35 percent of its staff.

    The Amazon-owned game streaming platform could lay off around 500 workers as soon as Wednesday, according to a report from Bloomberg.

    Twitch laid off dozens of workers as part of Amazon’s company-wide cuts last year, and it recently shut down its service in South Korea due to “prohibitively expensive” costs.