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Stevie Bonifield

Stevie Bonifield

News Writer

News Writer

Stevie Bonifield is a news writer at The Verge covering all things consumer tech, from laptops and gaming gear to AI and cybersecurity. Before joining The Verge, Stevie spent almost two years writing for Laptop Mag and has also written news, reviews, and features for PC Gamer, Tom’s Guide, IGN, XDA, and TechRadar.

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Roblox is planning new voice and video chat features.

After announcing it’s shutting down Roblox Connect, Roblox said in its latest earnings report that it’s working on adding “integrated voice calls” and video chat, as alternatives to tools like Discord.

Our roadmap includes a plan to provide users the option to video chat with friends or stream with their Roblox avatar. Because the calls will originate within the Roblox app and accompany users as they move between games, they deliver a safer, richer, more immersive connection than any off-platform alternative.

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Chrome for Android has custom new tab page backgrounds now.

As spotted by 9to5Google, you can change the background to different colors and images, including uploading your own, and set the background to refresh everyday, like on the desktop version of Chrome. The new backgrounds are under “Customize new tab page” in Chrome’s three dots menu.

A screenshot of new tab page customization options on Chrome for Android
A screenshot of new tab page customization options on Chrome for Android
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Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Firefox’s new tab page now has a daily puzzle game.

After adding widgets to the browser’s new tab page last month, Mozilla updated mine to add a mini crossword puzzle widget. There’s one puzzle per day.

A screenshot of an unfinished crossword puzzle on the Firefox new tab page
A screenshot of a completed daily crossword puzzle from the Firefox home page
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Here’s a mostly blank puzzle. If you want to see the solution, click the arrow.
Image: Mozilla
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
The latest trailer for Jumanji: Open World brings its avatars into the real world.

This time around, Jumanji’s avatars, played by Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black, escape the game in “demo mode,” before a family jumps into their bodies to fix things. The trilogy’s final film is set to release in theaters on December 25th.

OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbotsOpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots
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Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Now you can have Gemini clear up comments in your Google Docs.

A new Google Workspace update lets Gemini summarize and respond to comments, like highlighting all the unresolved changes in a document, Android Authority reports. You can also ask Google’s AI to draft new comments and replies and add suggested edits based on comments.

A screenshot of Gemini suggesting edits in a Google Doc
Image: Google

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