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From the Boox Palma to the Light Phone 2, it seems that everyone is looking for distraction-free reading, if only they had the right device. I don’t blame them: every time I pull out my phone to mindlessly scroll, I know my time could be put to better use. But as the owner of many fine gadgets, I also don’t really want another device in my life, so I was pretty excited to stumble upon a partial solution with a gadget I already have: the Playdate.
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The Bridgewater Associates founder welcomed giving people some financial "wiggle room," but said no-strings cash payments may have negative outcomes. Read more ›
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Okami was a "huge failure" in terms of initial sales, director Hideki Kamiya has said. Had it been more successful, its developer Clover "would have probably continued" - rather than shutting down the following year. Kamiya discussed the development of Okami with Ikumi Nakamura for the YouTube channel of her new studio Unseen. The pair worked together for the first time on the Zelda-like adventure game. Okami has received plenty... Read more ›
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Gen Zers have ditched traditional flirting methods, and experts say it could have a positive impact on the dating landscape. Read more ›
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A new AirPods firmware update for improved call quality has been spotted, and its rollout to iPhones could be soon. Read more ›
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"House of the Dragon" sent Rhaenys and Meleys into battle. Eve Best broke down Rhaenys' death scene, and what dragon warfare really means in Westeros. Read more ›
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Best Buy today has some of the biggest discounts on the M2 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro that we've tracked in months, starting as low as $699.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi 11-inch tablet. A My Best Buy Plus/Total membership is not required to see these discounts. Best Buy has every model of the 2022 iPad Pro on sale except the 128GB Wi-Fi model of the 12.9-inch tablet. Otherwise, you'll find... Read more ›
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Rogue Company has scrubbed all mentions of Dr Disrespect from the game.The free-to-play multiplayer live-service shooter – which was heavily promoted by Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm – hadn't been updated in over a year.But within weeks of the news that Beahm had allegedly been sending sexually explicit messages to a minor via Twitch, developer First Watch Game and publisher Hi-Rez Studios had updated the game to remove all content affiliated... Read more ›
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The New York Times reported that operations at SpaceX's Starbase in Texas is damaging the environment, including a local migratory bird habitat. Read more ›
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Brittany McAnally and her family moved to Slovenia for a year from the US. Here are four the biggest cultural differences. Read more ›
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Moore Threads is making significant progress in the data center space and can now scale GPU clusters to 10,000 accelerators. Read more ›
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Professor Barry Smith worked with big names in the food industry but stopped when he realized foods were made to be irresistible, despite health risks. Read more ›
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On Tuesday, the Ariane 6 rocket is set to blast off from a spaceport in French Guiana, carrying the hopes of Europe's space industry into orbit. Read more ›
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Leading health and fitness employee experience app GoJoe has announced its latest €2.8 million financing round to grow in the digital health and fitness market. Led by Venrex Partners, this latest round of investment is supported by Amrock Ventures and includes follow-on investment from Hellen’s Rock Ventures. GoJoe is also supported by Superbet Ventures as ... Read more ›
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Image: Jackson Gibbs for The Verge From note-taking apps to all-in-one browser tab managers, here are some of the tools that kept me, a massive mess, organized. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Transformers: Galactic Trials will feature "exciting rogue-lite combat".In a departure from the typical Transformer treatment – most of the dozens of Transformer games to have released over the last 20 years or so have been shooters or RPGs – this Transformer adventure will feature 10 racing circuits for Autobots and Decepticons to race against in "both vehicle and bot form".Check out the action in the trailer below: Read more Read more ›
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CMF, a London-based sub-brand of Nothing, has officially announced the CMF Phone 1, boasting a highly customizable modular design and featuring some decent hardware specs for an Android smartphone that starts at just $199. The CMF Phone (1) is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset and features a 6.67-inch FHD, 120Hz AMOLED display. There's a 50MP Sony camera on the back, accompanied by a second depth sensor for portraits,... Read more ›
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The fast food chain's experiment with salads and meatless burgers was a dumb move. Read more ›
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David Ellison’s Skydance Media and Paramount Global formally unveiled their merger, ending for now the months-long auction of the TV and film company. Skydance promised to bring its tech-forward management approach to overhauling Paramount, which owns CBS, MTV, Paramount Pictures as well ... Read more ›
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A 70-year-old man lost almost $300,000 — all of his savings — to a scam. He feels older people are more vulnerable to online scams than ever before. Read more ›
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Visma has acquired Moj eRačun, a leading provider of SaaS business tools in Croatia. Founded in 2014, Moj eRačun digitalises administrative processes in Croatia, pioneering solutions for eInvoicing an... Read more ›
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Illustration: The Verge A widespread Xbox outage is preventing players from connecting to Xbox Live and playing online games, downloading games, or using other services, with many seeing the message “Error 0x87DD0033.” In a post at around 3PM ET, Xbox says it’s “aware that some users have been disconnected from Xbox Live” and that the company is “investigating.” Bethesda, which is now owned by Microsoft, published a similar message, saying... Read more ›
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Photo by Sheena Vasani / The Verge An ongoing outage is preventing Amazon Kindle users from downloading both new and previously purchased books to their e-readers. According to moderators responding to users reporting the issue on Amazon’s support forums, the company is aware of the issue and is “currently working to resolve it.” Attempting other troubleshooting steps, like resetting the device, has not fixed the problems, so users may need... Read more ›
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Photo: Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled that presidents are “absolutely” immune from criminal prosecution when their actions involve allegedly official acts while they were in office. Former presidents also have a “presumption of immunity” for their official acts while in office — but, the court ruled, there is no immunity for “unofficial acts.” The decision in Trump v. United States means that the special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution against... Read more ›
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Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In March, Microsoft notified the US Department of Veterans Affairs that it was impacted by the security breach that enabled the Russian hacking group known as “Midnight Blizzard” to steal some of the company’s source code, reports Bloomberg. Already assigned blame for the earlier SolarWinds attack, the group has been accused of spying on email accounts of Microsoft’s senior leadership team and... Read more ›
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Image: The Verge Until Friday, OpenAI’s recently launched ChatGPT macOS app had a potentially worrying security issue: it wasn’t hard to find your chats stored on your computer and read them in plain text. That meant that if a bad actor or malicious app had access to your machine, they could easily read your conversations with ChatGPT and the data contained within them. As demonstrated by Pedro José Pereira Vieito... Read more ›
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Twilio says someone has obtained phone numbers associated with its two-factor authentication service (2FA), Authy, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. In a security alert on Monday, Twilio warns that the “threat actors” may try to use the stolen phone numbers to carry out phishing attacks and other scams. The incident follows a 2022 data breach that occurred after a phishing campaign tricked... Read more ›
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Image: Marvel Studios The premise of Disney Plus’ What If…? made it seem like the animated Marvel series might run indefinitely as the studio keeps putting out live-action projects, but it looks like this chapter of the big multiverse story is just about over. Though What If…? season 3 doesn’t have a premiere date, Entertainment Weekly reports that it will be the final installment in the series that gave us... Read more ›
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The Astro for Business robot is no more. | Image: Amazon For a moment there, it seemed like Amazon might pivot its Astro home robot to enterprise after giving it a better job as a camera-equipped patrol dog. But today, it’s discontinuing the Astro for Business robot for good. On September 25th, every one of the 20-pound wheeled robots will stop working, and Amazon will automatically issue full refunds for... Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Figma’s new tool Make Designs lets users quickly mock up apps using generative AI. Now, it’s getting delayed after the tool drafted designs that looked strikingly similar to Apple’s iOS weather app. Figma CEO Dylan Field posted a thread on X early Tuesday morning detailing the delay, putting the blame on himself for pushing the team to meet a deadline, and defending the company’s... Read more ›
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Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Apple has chosen App Store chief and former marketing head Phil Schiller to represent the company on OpenAI’s nonprofit board, according to a report from Bloomberg. Schiller will reportedly get an observer role, meaning he can attend board meetings but can’t vote or act as a director. Joining the board will allow Schiller to learn more about the inner workings of OpenAI as... Read more ›
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