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[ad_1] This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Today we have a look at how YouTube’s new AI rules will (and will not) affect podcasting, another late-night host ditching TV for audio, and a bunch of your recs on podcasts covering the Israel-Hamas …

[ad_1] It was a little anticlimactic when I went from the iPhone 14 Pro Max to the 15 Pro Max. Side-by-side, they look an awful lot like the same phone. The one thing that stood out was how shiny and clean the 15 looked. You don’t have to shell out …

[ad_1] Set on a tropical island where pokémon travel for some much-needed downtime, Pokémon Concierge tells the story of Haru (​​Karen Fukuhara), a young woman working at resort that caters to the specific desires of its many pokémon guests. As new hires, there’s a lot about tending to the needs …

[ad_1] Amazon’s Black Friday 10-day sales event will start on Friday, Nov. 17, and end on Friday, Nov. 24. This is Amazon’s longest Black Friday sale yet. The first phase of deals is from Nov. 17-22, and from Nov. 23-24 expect exclusive deals. To find the Best Early Black Friday Deals …

[ad_1] The first killer app of AI for businesses, it appears, is a simple thing: to be able to find information in the morass of files, folders, attachments, incompatible enterprise software apps, and everything else that constitutes modern knowledge work. Notion, which aims to replace most of those things in …

[ad_1] Google Maps is one of the most popular and widely used navigation apps in the world, but it’s not resting on its laurels. The tech giant recently announced that it is giving it a massive AI upgrade with five new features. Google Maps is getting a massive AI upgrade …

[ad_1] Meta is rolling out a way for you to delete your Threads profile without having to delete your Instagram account, too. You’ll be able to access the new feature from the settings menu in a new “Delete or Deactivate Profile” section, according to a post from Instagram boss Adam …

[ad_1] Your new iPhone can do a lot, thanks to the new iOS 17 update. You don’t need an iPhone 15 to access this operating system update, but that’s what comes installed when you buy a new iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max. With iOS 17, …

[ad_1] It used to be easy to pick an Apple Watch. All you had to do was choose whether you wanted the larger model or the smaller one. Then Apple added optional cellular connectivity. Then, a more affordable Watch SE (now in its second generation) and, in 2022, the rugged …

[ad_1] Did you know that Google pays Apple billions of dollars every year to remain the default search engine on your iPhone?   Google revealed in court recently it paid $26.3 billion overall in 2021 to be the default search engine across various services. Google didn’t specify who got what, but …