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Jay Peters

Jay Peters

Senior Reporter

Senior Reporter

Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more. He’s also covered major tech and gaming events, interviewed CEOs like Steve Huffman and Tim Sweeney, appeared on broadcast outlets like CNBC and NPR, and reviewed a lot of indie games. Before The Verge, he worked at Techmeme and in technology public relations. He graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication.

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Bluesky posts can now have higher quality images.

The platform has doubled the maximum file size to 2MB, and the resolution limit has been upped to 4000x4000. There are photo carousels now, too.

A screenshot of Bluesky’s photo carousels.
Check out the carousels in motion in Bluesky’s post.
Image: Bluesky
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani shared his Citi Bike stats.
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Jay Peters
The company behind Sam Altman’s World orb said it had a partnership with Bruno Mars, except it actually doesn’t.

Wired has the story about the not-real partnership, which was promoted alongside other announcements last week. How did this happen??

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Jay Peters
Threads is getting live chats.

When you’re in a Threads Community’s live chat, you can talk with real time with other users about what’s going on. For the NBA playoffs, the NBA Threads Community will be hosting some live chats to follow games. Live chats will come to other Community feeds in the coming months, Meta says.

Screenshots of Threads’ live chat feature.
Image: Meta
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Jay Peters
Two more states announced settlements with Roblox.

Following Nevada’s settlement on Friday, West Virginia and Alabama have settled with company to address alleged child safety issues, as reported by Bloomberg. Last week, Roblox announced a bunch of new safety updates, including dedicated Kids accounts with increased restrictions.

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Jay Peters
Tim Cook: “I am healthy. My energy is high, and I plan to be in this new role for a long time.”

Apple’s outgoing CEO and incoming executive chairman addressed employees today about the transition, Bloomberg reports.

John Ternus, who will take over as CEO, also spoke to staff, noting that AI — something that Apple has struggled with, to put it mildly — is “going to create almost unlimited potential.”

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