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A startup called Fauna Robotics has revealed a new humanoid robot called Sprout it's been developing over the past two years. Standing around 3.5-feet tall, Sprout's design, featuring a soft padded exterior, a wide head, and expressive mechanical eyebrows, was inspired by some of science fiction's friendlier robots like Baymax and Rosie Jetson, the startup's […]
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Today, Spotify announced that it had paid out more than $11 billion to the music industry in 2025. It's an impressive-sounding number that's a full $1 billion more than it paid last year. And, according to Spotify, that accounts for roughly 30 percent of the entire recording industry's revenue. And, according to Spotify, that accounts […] Read more ›
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NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts. Read more ›
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It's nearly impossible for outsiders to understand how a platform works, whether that's TikTok, Google, or anything else. Skepticism makes sense. Read more ›
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In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic Read more ›
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Following its recent AI makeover of Gmail, Google is bringing more Gemini-powered tools to Chrome. Starting today, a host of new features are rolling out for the browser, with more to come over the next few months. The first of the new features is a sidebar. Available to all Gemini in Chrome users, the interface allows you to chat with Gemini and keep a conversation going across multiple tabs. Google... Read more ›
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Former election clerk Tina Peters is a hero to conspiracy theorists, and even received an empty “pardon” from the president. Colorado's governor has held firm against commuting her sentence—so far. Read more ›
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Thanks to the AI boom, RAM is worth its weight in gold — actually more if you count the price hikes it's received in the past few months — so even a large retailer like Costco is now guarding it. A customer at their local store spotted that Costco has removed RAM sticks from all PCs on display, with some removing GPUs as well. Read more ›
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Another month means another batch of games for PlayStation Plus and, as we ready for the hopefully marginally warmer embrace of February, Sony has revealed what's coming next for all subscribers. Read more Read more ›
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Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said that the company wants to "help families save for their children's future through everyday spending." Read more ›
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Minneapolis residents and anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protestors can claim at least a partial victory after weeks of protest, confrontation, and violence in Minnesota. The Trump administration is scaling back its immigration enforcement surge in the region, after bipartisan outrage and criticism over a second ICE killing of an American citizen last weekend. This scrutiny […] Read more ›
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The latest episode of 'Starfleet Academy' will give its young cadets a lesson in diction from the good Doctor himself. Read more ›
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The Zeekr van was seen on video driving up on an embankment in Echo Park before crashing into several parked cars. Waymo told CBS that its looking into the incident but stressed that the vehicle was being manually driven and was not in autonomous mode. Waymo has yet to deploy its new Zeekr vans in […] Read more ›
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American Airlines said Winter Storm Fern resulted in over 9,000 flight cancellations, the "largest weather-related" disruption in its history. Read more ›
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Henry Cavill is the new Connor MacLeod in Chad Stahelski and Amazon MGM's fresh take on the fantasy adventure film. Read more ›
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mspohr shares a report: When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989, his vision was clear: it would used by everyone, filled with everything and, crucially, it would be free. Today, the British computer scientist's creation is regularly used by 5.5 billion people -- and bears little resemblance to the democratic force for humanity he intended. Since Berners-Lee's disappointment a decade ago, he's thrown everything at a... Read more ›
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Music hardware and software manufacturer Native Instruments has entered into preliminary insolvency proceedings, according to a report by Create Digital Music. This is the company behind iconic software like Massive, Traktor and Kontakt and hardware like Maschine+. Native Instruments also owns the brands iZotope, Brainworx and Plugin Alliance. We don't have many specifics as to what this entails and what the future of the company will look like. We do... Read more ›
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the coffee giant will continue to expand its wellness offerings during the company's latest earnings call. Read more ›
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AdHoc's brilliant superhero workplace comedy, Dispatch, is gearing up for its debut on Switch later today, however there will be some censorship differences on Nintendo's consoles. Read more Read more ›
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The document describes pay, benefits, severance and other topics for staff who are losing their jobs in this round of layoffs. Read more ›
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Shortly after federal agents killed Alex Pretti Saturday morning, DHS began to run with the story that the dead man had been armed and dangerous. He had a gun, DHS said. (A Bellingcat analysis of the video concludes that Pretti was unarmed when he was shot.) He had approached the agents holding the gun, DHS […] Read more ›
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Federal agents in Minneapolis repeatedly punched a man, forced him to the ground, and then shot him multiple times. The man was later pronounced dead. This is just the latest incident of deadly violence involving ICE, which has grown increasingly frequent, especially on the streets of Minneapolis. It's been less than three weeks since an […] Read more ›
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Americans do not like masked secret police. There is really no other way to put it. The reasons why are manifold: accountability, trust in law enforcement, and just plain overall vibes. More concretely, not being able to tell who's a cop and who's not is dangerous. An assassin masquerading as law enforcement killed Minnesota legislator […] Read more ›
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It's not surprising when the guy who's been yelling about the horrors of late-stage capitalism on Instagram for the last five years turns his ire towards ICE. But something different has been happening over the week or so, following the most recent shootings of civilians by federal agents - even accounts that stay laser focused […] Read more ›
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The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an investigation into potential fraud involving the COVID unemployment assistance program in Guam - and Microsoft complied. Typically, companies resist handing over encryption keys to authorities. Most famously, […] Read more ›
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OpenAI's co-founder and longtime president, Greg Brockman, didn't just make a run-of-the-mill donation to the main pro-Trump super PAC - together, he and his wife Anna's September 2025 donations equaled the largest of them all, totaling $25 million to "MAGA Inc.," per a recent filing. The Brockmans' donations made up nearly one-fourth of the six-month […] Read more ›
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Steven Garcia, as told to Gaby Del Valle: I was in the middle of a frozen lake when I got the notification from the Minnesota Star Tribune that there had been a shooting. I was at a pond hockey event, and someone who was supposed to play later that evening said he probably wouldn't be […] Read more ›
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TikTok has suffered from extensive problems on its first weekend after completing the sale of its US arm, though some issues appear to have spread globally. TikTok has yet to confirm any issues a day after troubles began, making it difficult to surmise the extent of the problems. Nevertheless, Tiktokkers - including some Verge writers […] Read more ›
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Ring's partnership with Flock is sparking renewed online backlash this week, with influencers calling for people to smash their Ring cameras and claiming the company is part of the surveillance state amid heightened concerns over ICE actions. Flock is an AI-powered surveillance camera company that has reportedly allowed government agencies - including ICE - to […] Read more ›
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Xbox showed off new footage of its Fable reboot during its Developer Direct on Thursday and announced that the game is set to launch this autumn for Xbox, PC, and PS5. The new Fable is an open world action-RPG. In addition to letting you customize your character and your combat skills, you can also do […] Read more ›
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