News Editor
Jay Peters is a News Editor at The Verge. He covers breaking news in consumer technology, social media, video games, virtual worlds, streaming, and more. He’s appeared on CNBC, NPR, BBC News, WNYC, and other broadcast outlets to discuss technology news.
Before joining The Verge as a News Writer in 2019, Jay worked for Techmeme, where he helped curate the most important technology news of the moment. He actually started his career in technology public relations, working in the field for more than five years. He graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication.
When he’s not writing, Jay really likes running. But he prefers to run far, not fast.
CosmOS 1.3 adds the ability to create contacts and connect to Bluetooth devices with your voice, which seems useful. Humane is also promising that the update will “unlock an extra hour of battery life.”
Verge alum Sam Sheffer posted a video showing off some of the new things you can do.
After seeing this animated short to promote Monument Valley 3, I’d watch 10 others like it.
YouTube is now testing multiplayer on two of its casual Playables games, Ludo Club (which is basically Sorry!) and Magic Tiles 3 (a music game).
More new Playables features are on the horizon: “We’re just getting started testing out new features for YouTube Playables with more to come in the future,” YouTube says.
From Perplexity’s blog post:
Today, we’re excited to welcome over a dozen new partners to Perplexity’s Publishers’ Program: ADWEEK, Blavity, DPReview, Gear Patrol, The Independent, Lee Enterprises, Los Angeles Times, MediaLab, Mexico News Daily, Minkabu Infonoid, NewsPicks, Prisa Media, RTL Germany brands stern and ntv, and World History Encyclopedia.
Perplexity kicked off the program earlier this year by signing deals with Time, Der Spiegel, Fortune, and others.
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