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The Verge
The US military captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife during a dramatic raid in Caracas. Read more âș
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A mother describes how her family was stranded in Puerto Rico after flight cancellations following the capture of Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro. Read more âș
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Trump said the US would run Venezuela until a "safe, proper" election could occur, and that US oil companies would be entering Venezuela's industry. Read more âș
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Gen Z or older, it doesn't matter: the two needle drops in 'Stranger Things' reignited interest in Prince's music catalog. Read more âș
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For months, as the US has built up military forces around Venezuela, attacking alleged drug boats and seizing sanctioned oil tankers, the big question was whether the US would escalate to a campaign of regime change against the government of Venezuelan dictator NicolĂĄs Maduro. After the dramatic events of Saturday morning, that question would appear [âŠ] Read more âș
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President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US had captured Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro following a "large-scale strike" on Venezuela. Read more âș
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President Donald Trump called for the US to ârunâ Venezuela on Saturday, shortly after the arrest of Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro amid US strikes on the countryâs capital of Caracas. The attack is a major escalation in Trumpâs months-long pressure campaign against Venezuela and pushes the US into uncertain territory legally, politically, and militarily. Hereâs [âŠ] Read more âș
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Valve has announced the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards and, unsurprisingly, Hollow Knight: Silksong, took home the Game of the Year honors. It was also given the "Best Game You Suck At" award, which, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. Given the relentless fawning over Silksong since its release in [âŠ] Read more âș
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Microsoft has somehow put the cap on yet another way to circumvent its internet-powered setup process, and this time it's on a build that they haven't even supported for a while! Production activation via call is still listed in Microsoft's support docs, but a new YouTube video running Windows 7 shows it now redirects you to the online portal. Read more âș
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Editorâs note: President Donald Trump announced early on Saturday, January 3, that the United States had captured Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro and his wife after a âlarge scale strikeâ on the country, a significant escalation of US involvement in the region. Since the early fall, the US has been building up its military forces in [âŠ] Read more âș
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The US military carried out a "large scale strike" in Venezuela earlier on Saturday, the president said. Read more âș
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In the aftermath of the attack on Venezuela, the president said the US would be running the country and bringing in American oil companies. Read more âș
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The operation involved more than 150 military aircraft, including fighter jets, helicopters, drones, and bomber planes. Read more âș
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From seemingly AI-generated videos to the recirculation of old footage, TikTok, Instagram, and X did little to stop the onslaught of misleading posts in the wake of the US invasion of Venezuela. Read more âș
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In a statement, President NicolĂĄs Maduro's government said the US had targeted both military and civilian areas. Read more âș
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2025 has been the worst year on record for Xbox console sales in the UK. Read more Read more âș
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Over the past few days, many customers purchased an incorrectly-priced kit of premium DDR5 memory from Corsair's webstore for just $240. Today, the company has cancelled all those orders, saying the memory is out of stock and that the pricing was a mistake. It's safe to say this decision has been met with fierce scrutiny. Read more âș
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Donald Trump says that Venezuela's governance will remain in the hands of senior US officials until a "proper and judicious transition" can take place. The rest of the region is on notice. Read more âș
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Several benchmark records have appeared online, with users saying they're from the MSI RTX 5090 Lightning, which the company is expected to announce on January 5 at CES 2026. Read more âș
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Tesla's sales fell in the fourth quarter of 2025, as rising competition and the expiration of the federal EV tax credit continued to sap the company's global ambitions. The numbers were a lot worse than many Wall Street analysts were expecting. The disappointing sales report raises the question whether Tesla can reverse its downward fortune [âŠ] Read more âș
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Instagram boss Adam Mosseri is closing out 2025 with a 20-images-deep dive into what a new era of "infinite synthetic content" means as it all becomes harder and harder to distinguish from reality, and the old, more personal Instagram feed that he says has been "dead" for years. Last year, The Verge's Sarah Jeong wrote [âŠ] Read more âș
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Itâs almost the New Year, and time to treat yourself to a new pair of earbuds â especially if one of your resolutions for 2026 is to work out more. If you find yourself reading this and nodding, take a look at the Beats Powerbeats Fit, a recent upgrade of Beatsâ Fit Pro earbuds that [âŠ] Read more âș
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xAI's Grok is removing clothing from pictures of people without their consent following this week's rollout of a feature that allows X users to instantly edit any image using the bot without needing the original poster's permission. Not only does the original poster not get notified if their picture was edited, but Grok appears to [âŠ] Read more âș
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LG is teasing the 2026 Gram Pro laptops that will be fully unveiled at CES, including what the company claims is the "world's lightest 17-inch RTX laptop." The LG Gram Pro 17 (17Z90UR) and Gram Pro 16 (16Z90U) will introduce a new ultra-light "Aerominum material" developed by LG that aims to reduce a laptop's weight [âŠ] Read more âș
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LG is adding a karaoke-focused party speaker to its lineup of Xboom devices, which is built in collaboration with Will.i.am. Announced this week, LG says the Stage 501 speaker comes with an "AI Karaoke Master" that can remove or adjust vocals from "virtually any song," similar to the Soundcore Rave 3S. It can also adjust [âŠ] Read more âș
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Some years ago, I was writing a science fiction short story in which I wanted to incorporate verses from a 1928 song, "Button Up Your Overcoat." However, when I sold the story, my editor told me that since the song was still copyrighted, it was safer not to include the verses. If I had written [âŠ] Read more âș
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You ever find yourself thinking, "I wish my phone had a phone?" Good news, friend. Clicks - the company behind the QWERTY keyboard case for your iPhone - has just the thing: the Clicks Communicator. It's intended as a kind of complement to your smartphone for when you just want to stay in touch without [âŠ] Read more âș
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Clicks is expanding beyond keyboard cases and bringing its QWERTY keys for phones to another format: a magnetic power bank accessory with a slide-out keyboard. The Power Keyboard offers a 2150mAh battery that can top off a phone battery via MagSafe or Qi2 wireless charging, but its real superpower is its full keyboard that can [âŠ] Read more âș
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Now that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has appointed a new CEO to run Microsoft's biggest businesses, he has a little more time on his hands for other adventures. Beyond focusing on Microsoft's technical work, Nadella is now turning to the ancient art of blogging to discuss Microsoft's year ahead and why he thinks everyone needs [âŠ] Read more âș
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