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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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Jess Weatherbed is a news writer, and part of The Verge UK-based team. While passionate about the future of technology, she originally trained as a prosthetics makeup and wig-making technician, fuelled by a love of animatronics and practical movie effects.

Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews across computing, PC gaming and streaming. Additional bylines can be found at GamesRadar, PCGamer, Creative Bloq and Space.com.

Adobe’s AI video model is here, and it’s already inside Premiere Pro

New beta tools allow users to generate videos from images and prompts and extend existing clips in Premiere Pro.

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Speaking of robots...

While Tesla’s Optimus bot can now hand out drinks, Agility Robotics’ Digit has been available to actually buy since 2020. It’s been deployed in environments like Amazon warehouses and Agility’s own RoboFab, where it's used to move, load, and unload boxes.


WoW, that’s a novel way to attract young Democratic voters.

The latest tactic in Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign feels directly inspired by TikTok’s Subway Surfers attention stimulation gimmick.

Tim Walz’s Arizona rally yesterday was broadcast on the campaign’s Twitch account in a split-screen view, with commentary and live World of Warcraft gameplay provided by streamer Preheat playing alongside it.


A screenshot taken of Tim Walz’s Arizona rally being livestreamed to Twitch.
For folks who want some raids to accompany their rallies.
Image: Twitch / Kamala Harris Campaign
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AI is enabling job seekers to think like spammers.

With so many job applications now being reviewed by automated AI software, it’s little wonder some people have embraced using bots like AI Hawk to apply to thousands of roles on their behalf.

AI Hawk co-founder Federico Elia told 404 Media that he created the project to “balance the use of artificial intelligence in the recruitment process” and help re-level the playing field.


Canva is walking back some of its pricing changes.

The company says that Canva Teams users will still be able to add up to four users to the account for free, after previously planning to move existing subscribers to a pricing model that charges an additional fee per user.

It’s also introducing a “Pricing Promise” to help win back some of the faith it lost when some users were faced with massive price increases.