Monday’s top tech news: OpenAI’s chatbot doesn’t have all the answers… yet – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2022-12-05T23:02:34+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/23258332 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Sheena Vasani <![CDATA[Apple may shift some iPad production away from China to India]]> https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23494901/apple-ipad-china-india-supply-chain-protests 2022-12-05T18:02:34-05:00 2022-12-05T18:02:34-05:00

After shifting iPhone production away from China, it now looks as if Apple's got its eye on iPad production. According to CNBC, Apple is discussing producing some of its iPads in India to help diversify its supply chain.

The news comes almost two years after reports emerged that Apple is considering manufacturing iPads in Vietnam, too. Apple is doing this as the company looks to move up to 30 percent of its manufacturing outside of China.

Apple's been trying to diversify its manufacturing for years amid trade wars between China and the US and rising labor costs in China. More recently, strict covid restrictions sparked countrywide protests …

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]]> Allison Johnson <![CDATA[Pixel 7 phones are getting a VPN and call enhancements today]]> https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23488942/google-pixel-7-pro-clear-calling-google-one-vpn-december-feature-drop 2022-12-05T17:20:39-05:00 2022-12-05T17:20:39-05:00
Google’s December Pixel update includes a couple of anticipated features for its newest phones. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

If you've been eager to try Clear Calling on the Pixel 7 but unwilling to download beta software to use it, then today's your day - Google is taking it and a couple of other features promised for the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro public in today's feature drop.

That includes new speaker labels for transcriptions in the Recorder app and access to Google One's VPN feature at no cost - it's otherwise reserved for subscribers on Google's $9.99 / month 2TB plan.

Clear Calling attempts to reduce background sounds when the person you're talking to is in a noisy environment. It's only coming to the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro and won't be added to Pixel 6 phones in the …

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]]> Ash Parrish <![CDATA[Around 300 QA workers at Microsoft-owned ZeniMax are organizing a union]]> https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23495139/microsoft-union-zenimax-bethesda-cwa 2022-12-05T17:06:06-05:00 2022-12-05T17:06:06-05:00

As labor movements in the video game industry build up momentum, over 300 quality assurance workers at ZeniMax Online Studios, former Bethesda parent company and current subsidiary of Microsoft, are in the process of organizing a union. The workers are organizing in collaboration with CODE-CWA, which has assisted in the formation of Activision Blizzard's two unions.

In a statement on Twitter, ZeniMax Workers United posted: "Today we, a majority of QA workers at ZeniMax, are proud to announce the launch of our union with [CODE-CWA]. We are the first group of workers at Microsoft to formally unionize. We are empowered to advocate for ourselve …

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]]> Emma Roth <![CDATA[Facebook threatens to ban news in the US over journalism bill]]> https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23495067/facebook-threat-ban-news-us-journalism-bill 2022-12-05T17:03:40-05:00 2022-12-05T17:03:40-05:00

Facebook warns it could ban news in the US if Congress passes a bill that would require the platform to negotiate with and compensate publishers for their content. Andy Stone, Meta's head of policy communications, said on Twitter that Facebook will "be forced to consider removing news" from Facebook if the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) is passed. Facebook previously threatened to block news in Canada and Australia when similar laws were proposed.

Introduced last year with bipartisan support, the JCPA would allow publishers to negotiate with platforms like Facebook and Google over the distribution of their content. It's …

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]]> Allison Johnson <![CDATA[The alert slider lives on in leaked OnePlus 11 render]]> https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23494862/oneplus-11-leak-alert-slider-camera-specs-launch 2022-12-05T16:57:42-05:00 2022-12-05T16:57:42-05:00
An alleged render of the unannounced OnePlus 11 shows a round camera bump and a beloved feature sticking around. | Image: OnLeaks via GadgetGang

Reliable leaker OnLeaks is offering what's likely an early look at the upcoming OnePlus 11, with an updated camera bump treatment and the beloved alert slider intact. The image, courtesy of GadgetGang.com, shows a sleek round camera bump, green and black color options, and the alert slider alive and well on the device's side rail above the power button. It also corroborates an earlier leak. All told, it looks like the 11 will represent a slight cosmetic update to the 10 Pro's design - a welcome sight to OnePlus fans who feared that the slider was on its way out when it was omitted from the 10T.

In addition to a slight design update, the One …

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]]> Mia Sato <![CDATA[Shein will spend $15 million on ‘improving standards’ at factories after a report found labor violations]]> https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23494891/shein-factories-improvement-labor-violations-investigation-ecommerce-fast-fashion 2022-12-05T16:31:56-05:00 2022-12-05T16:31:56-05:00

Online shopping behemoth Shein will spend $15 million on upgrades to its suppliers' factories, the company announced today. The news follows a UK documentary report that found workers were subject to long hours and that wages were withheld, according to The Guardian.

Shein says that, through an independent audit, it discovered that workers at two factories in China were working 12.5- and 13.5-hour-long days - more than is legally permitted by local law. While it's "significantly less than claimed in the documentary," the e-commerce giant is giving factories until the end of the year to correct the problem, Shein says.

The company denied re …

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]]> Jay Peters <![CDATA[Starlink is delaying its daytime data caps]]> https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23495003/starlink-data-caps-february-2023-launch-date 2022-12-05T16:15:04-05:00 2022-12-05T16:15:04-05:00
A Dishy McFlatface satellite dish. | Image: Starlink

Starlink's upcoming daytime data caps will be going into effect in February instead of December, according to revised language on the company's website (via CNET). When Starlink first announced the caps in November, the company had said they'd kick in sometime this month. Now, they'll be in place a little bit later than originally planned.

The terms of the data caps otherwise seem to be the same. As part of Starlink's new "Fair Use Policy," customers will have a dedicated amount of "Priority Access" data every month. Any data used from peak hours, which Starlink defines as 7AM to 11PM, will be pulled from that Priority Access pool. If you g …

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]]> Tom Warren <![CDATA[Microsoft says it has offered Sony a 10-year deal on new Call of Duty games]]> https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23494886/microsoft-sony-10-year-call-of-duty-deal 2022-12-05T14:39:45-05:00 2022-12-05T14:39:45-05:00

Microsoft has offered Sony a 10-year contract to make future Call of Duty games available on PlayStation if its proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition goes ahead. Microsoft president Brad Smith confirmed the deal in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal today, noting that "Sony has emerged as the loudest objector" to Microsoft's proposed $68.7 billion acquisition and that "it's as excited about this deal as Blockbuster was about the rise of Netflix."

"We've offered Sony a 10-year contract to make each new 'Call of Duty' release available on PlayStation the same day it comes to Xbox," says Smith. "We're open to providing the same commitment …

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]]> Ash Parrish <![CDATA[Ramattra will be easier to earn in the Overwatch 2 battle pass]]> https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23494808/overwatch-2-season2-battle-pass-ramattra 2022-12-05T14:34:07-05:00 2022-12-05T14:34:07-05:00

Ramattra, the sleek and terrifying new tank coming with Overwatch 2's second season, will be much easier to earn than the previous hero Kiriko. Aaron Keller, Overwatch 2's game designer, stated in a brief message on Twitter that developer Blizzard is lowering the level at which Ramattra unlocks from 55 to 45.

In the …

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]]> Mitchell Clark <![CDATA[Now you won’t have to get a Real ID for two more years]]> https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23494552/real-id-deadline-delay-2025 2022-12-05T13:41:25-05:00 2022-12-05T13:41:25-05:00
The DHS may need to come up with a better marketing slogan than “be your REAL ID self” before time is up. | Image: Department of Homeland Security

The government has extended the deadline for when federal agencies like the TSA will start requiring Real ID cards, moving the date from May 3rd, 2023, to May 7th, 2025. This will give people an extra two years to get an updated driver's license or ID card; after the deadline, they won't be allowed to fly without them.

The extension is meant to "address the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ability to obtain a REAL ID driver's license or identification card," according to a Monday press release from the Department of Homeland Security. The standard was implemented after 9/11 in an attempt to improve security while flying, so …

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