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Starfield is finally getting a 60fps mode on Xbox

Image: Bethesda Softworks Starfield players on Xbox will no longer have to deal with the game’s 30-frames-per-second (fps) cap. As part of an update arriving on May 15th, Bethesda will let Xbox Series X players run the game at 60fps. The 60fps option comes as part of several new display customization settings. The game...

Wed May 1, 2024 20:20
Microsoft’s billion-dollar OpenAI investment was trigged by Google fears, emails reveal

Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019 because it was “very worried” that Google was years ahead in scaling up its AI efforts. An internal email, titled “Thoughts on OpenAI,” between Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, CEO Satya Nadella, and co-founder Bill Gates reveals some of the...

Wed May 1, 2024 19:30
Audible tries book recommendations based on your streaming history

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Audible is testing a new section that provides audiobook recommendations based on your Prime Video viewing history. The test is rolling out to half of all users with both Audible and Amazon Prime, and there’s no way to opt out for now. If you have both services, you might see a new...

Wed May 1, 2024 19:10
Costa Rica restored its forests and switched to renewable energy — what can the world learn from it?

Land in Indigenous territory in Costa Rica that Cabécar leaders have reclaimed and are working to reforest. | Justine Calma / The Verge The Verge takes you to Costa Rica to explore how it restored its forests and manages to get nearly 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy. Continue reading… ...

Wed May 1, 2024 18:28
LastPass goes independent over a year after serious breaches

Image: LastPass It’s been over a year and a half since LastPass suffered back-to-back high-profile hacks, and the company now says it has separated from its parent company, GoTo. GoTo announced that it would spin LastPass off as its own company back in December 2021, six years after buying the company. Now, the password...

Wed May 1, 2024 18:18
Anthropic finally releases a Claude mobile app

Image: The Verge Anthropic, which makes the Claude 3 family of AI models, is launching an iOS app and adding a second paid tier for groups to share access to the models. The Claude mobile app can act as a chatbot, and users can also upload photos straight to the app for “image analysis.” Previously, Claude was only available...

Wed May 1, 2024 18:08

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