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“The avalanche of reports detailing this material — at times depicting women and children engaged in sexual activity — is shocking and, as my office has determined, potentially illegal,” Attorney General Rob Bonta says. The state has also opened an investigation into xAI.

Emojipedia has a fascinating article about the convergence of emoji designs across platforms (generally toward Apple’s designs) from 2018-2026. “Across most major platforms, the risk of sending one emoji and unintentionally conveying another meaning has been dramatically reduced, thanks to years of incremental, often quiet, design alignment,” Emojipedia’s Keith Broni says.

“Google traffic from organic search to over 2,500 sites was down by a third (33%) globally between Nov 2024 and Nov 2025 and by 38% in the United States,” according to Chartbeat data included in a report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

Friend of The Verge Nicole Carpenter published a fascinating piece for Aftermath about trying to track down another reporter named Nicole Carpenter who may or may not exist.

Michael O’Leary, on the radio show Newstalk, was asked about Elon Musk calling his reasoning for not installing Starlink on Ryanair airplanes “misinformed.“

Bluesky is expanding the beta of its Live Now feature, which puts a red LIVE badge on your avatar when you’re streaming on Twitch, to all users. Bluesky initially announced the feature in May.

As part of a multiyear agreement, Sony Picture Entertainment films will stream on Netflix worldwide following their “full theatrical and home entertainment runs.” The deal is worth more than $7 billion, Deadline reports. Netflix already has Pay-1 rights in the US and other select territories.