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    Google was ordered to identify people who watched certain YouTube videos.

    Police investigating suspected Bitcoin money laundering wanted info on viewers of certain tutorial videos viewed over 30,000 times, Forbes reported.

    The court orders show the government telling Google to provide the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity for all Google account users who accessed the YouTube videos between January 1 and January 8, 2023. The government also wanted the IP addresses of non-Google account owners who viewed the videos.

    The documents reportedly don’t reveal whether Google gave over the information.

    Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube Users. Critics Say It’s ‘Terrifying.’

    [Forbes]

    Final Fantasy XVI’s next DLC gets a trailer and a release dateFinal Fantasy XVI’s next DLC gets a trailer and a release date
    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    WhatsApp is working on putting Meta AI right in the search bar.

    Instead of opening a Meta AI conversation, users would be able to start typing in the search bar to get answers from the chatbot. WABetaInfo spotted the feature in a new Android WhatsApp beta update (2.23.25.15).

    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    The first Boeing Starliner astronaut flight test is planned for May.

    The mission will launch “hopefully the first of May,” according to Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore, who was joined by fellow astronaut Suni Williams during a NASA press conference yesterday.

    NASA postponed the first crewed Starliner flight test last summer over safety concerns. When the mission launches, Wilmore and Williams will dock with the International Space Station for up to two weeks before returning to Earth.

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    Wes Davis
    Congratulations to Team 0%!

    The group that’s been trying to beat every single uploaded Wii U Super Mario Maker level before the servers go dark on April 8th has succeeded.

    In fact, a Team 0% member beat it last week. GamesRadar writes that the creator of “Trimming the Herbs,” which Team 0% thought was the final level, revealed he’d faked proving a human could beat it. Team 0% says despite that, some will “keep grinding it for eternal glory until the service ends.”

    A screenshot from issmmbeatenyet.com, reading “Is Super Mario Maker beaten yet? YES”
    The sign has been flipped to “Yes.”
    Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge
    AI-generated blues misses a human touch — and a metronomeAI-generated blues misses a human touch — and a metronome
    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    The Rabbit R1 will start shipping on Easter Sunday (March 31st).

    Get it? Rabbit? Easter? Customers will get it beginning April 24th, or a day earlier at Rabbit’s NYC pickup party. The company posted the update last night after announcing it had sold 100,000 units.

    Rabbit had previously said its little Teenage Engineering-designed AI doohickey would start shipping in March, and so it will! It just... needs to go through some things on its way to owners. Like customs.

    DoorDash begins Baconator deliveries by droneDoorDash begins Baconator deliveries by drone
    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    The US Justice Department’s Apple antitrust lawsuit may be imminent.

    The New York Times reported in January that the DOJ was nearing the end of an investigation into Apple’s locked-down ecosystem. Now, Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, says the agency is preparing for the next step:

    The Justice Department is poised to sue Apple Inc. as soon as Thursday, accusing the world’s second most valuable tech company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features of its iPhone.

    Apple (AAPL) Shares Drop on News of Impending US DOJ Antitrust Suit

    [Bloomberg]

    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    Google is rolling out a way to manage custom contact ringtones in one place.

    Look for the new “Contact ringtones” option in the Fix & manage tab of the Google Contacts app. I have it, but Android specialist Mishaal Rahman notes that may not be true for all yet.

    In honor of this (and as the only Verge staffer who still uses custom ringtones, apparently) I’d like to point out that you, too, can hear a Brak song when your partner calls you.

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