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Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit·Splatoon Raiders preorders for the Switch 2 are nearly 20 percent off·Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One·Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix·Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs·Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter·Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise·All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman·Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’·Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality·More Gemini features are coming to Google TV·Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government·Motorola just revealed the Razr Fold’s price and hoo boy·The new Razr Ultra is still the best-looking phone out there·Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit·Splatoon Raiders preorders for the Switch 2 are nearly 20 percent off·Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One·Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix·Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs·Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter·Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise·All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman·Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’·Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality·More Gemini features are coming to Google TV·Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government·Motorola just revealed the Razr Fold’s price and hoo boy·The new Razr Ultra is still the best-looking phone out there·
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Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit

General atmosphere during Grindr White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend Party 2026 at LXIV DC on April 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Grindr Inc. Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and technology learning how to politick. If you're not a subscriber but would like to support our work, please subscribe here. I promise that your money will not go toward paying for a drone-proof ballroom for The Verge staff, no matter how much fun we'd have throwing parties there. Speaking of parties: The Verge normally wouldn't do a party report from the White House Correspondents' Dinner week, also known as "Nerd Prom," because it's a bit too much Washington insider circle-jerking for normal people to stomach. (This year was weirder than most, … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise

The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia, months after raising a previous $100 million.

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All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman

The Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being revealed piece by piece. So far, email exchanges, photos, and corporate documents are circulating from the earliest days of OpenAI - and from before the AI lab even had a name. Some high-level takeaways: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gave OpenAI an in-demand supercomputer, Musk largely drafted OpenAI's mission and heavily influenced its early structure, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appeared to want to lean heavily on Y Combinator for early support for OpenAI, OpenAI president Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever worried about Musk's level of con … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’

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Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality

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More Gemini features are coming to Google TV

Google TV just got more Gemini features, including the ability to transform photos and videos with tools Nano Banana and Veo.

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Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government

On Wednesday, Pursuit announced a $22 million Series A round led by Mike Rosengarten, the co-founder of OpenGov, with big-name VCs participating.

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Motorola just revealed the Razr Fold’s price and hoo boy

Gotta hand it to Motorola: it’s a good-looking phone. 2026 is shaping up to be a tough year to launch a high-end phone. The memory crisis has phone prices rising across the board, so an already expensive phone risks becoming a much too expensive phone. That might be what happened to the Razr Fold, which will cost $1,900 when it goes on sale in the US on May 14th. That doesn't include the Moto Pen Ultra stylus, which costs an additional $100. Motorola has dripped out some of the Fold's specs since it was first previewed at CES, and those early signs indicated that this device wouldn't be the more affordable folding phone the market so desperately needs. Today's announcement confirms that: it'll … Read the full story at The Verge.

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The new Razr Ultra is still the best-looking phone out there

I mean, c’mon. Look, you're not going to find much new on the 2026 version of the Motorola Razr Ultra. There's a new main camera sensor, a slightly bigger battery, and a higher price: $1,499, up from $1,299. But one thing hasn't changed: this is a darn good looking phone. The wood-finish back panel returns, and is joined by a new suede-like Alcantara option in orient blue. To everyone who has complained to me over the past year that "phones are boring now," which is many-a Verge reader, please look at these phones. They are definitely not boring. They feel nice, they look nice, and they are eminently photographable. That's the good ne … Read the full story at The Verge.

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The Moto Razr and Razr Plus are victims of shrinkflation

The Razr Plus only comes in one color, but it’s a good one. The memory crisis claims another couple of victims. Motorola's midtier and entry-level flip phones cost $100 more than their predecessors, and have few upgrades to show for it. The 2026 Razr Plus costs $1,099, up from $999. It still comes with a Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 chipset - two years old at this point - with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Its silicon-carbon battery offers a 4,500mAh capacity compared to the 4,000mAh capacity on last year's model, which is a significant boost. But that's its biggest improvement. The main camera hardware is unchanged, but Motorola swapped the previous generation's 50-megapixel 2x telephoto for a 50-megap … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Google Photos launches an AI try-on feature for clothes you already have

Google Photos is launching a new AI-powered feature you can use to virtually try on clothes you already have. Using the photos in your gallery, Google will create a virtual "wardrobe," allowing you to mix and match outfits, save the looks you like, and share them with friends. A video shared by Google shows how Photos organizes your outfits and individual pieces of clothing into a virtual "wardrobe." You can browse through the outfits you were captured wearing, as well as create new ones by choosing from tops, bottoms, skirts, dresses, and shoes to put together a new look. You can also select the button in the bottom right corner of each o … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Roku’s $3 streaming service, Howdy, reaches 1M subs, per recent report

Roku’s $2.99 streaming service Howdy has topped 1M subscribers, showing demand for cheaper, low-commitment alternatives to pricier streamers.

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Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI

Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during its annual event, which push far beyond the company's original ride-hailing purpose and deeper into its users' lives.

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Why friendly AI chatbots might be less trustworthy

Researchers found adjusting AI systems to be more warm and friendly to users would result in an "accuracy trade-off".

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