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People across the country received racist text messages in the days after Donald Trump was elected to a second term for president, and now federal authorities are investigating.
“In multiple states, including Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, Black women, men, and students have reported receiving racist text messages from an unknown source, urging them to report to a plantation to pick cotton,” the NAACP said in a press release. Messages said vari
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Artists like Beyoncé, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, and Sabrina Carpenter are nominated in major categories at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Read more ›
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OpenAI's ChatGPT service is experiencing an outage at the current time, which means the ChatGPT website and app are not available, and the Siri ChatGPT feature in iOS 18.2 is non-functional at the current time. According to OpenAI's website, the company is aware of an issue that has caused ChatGPT to be unavailable and it is investigating the issue. Functionality will be restored as soon as possible.This article, "ChatGPT Experiencing... Read more ›
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With the launch of iOS 18, Apple added support for RCS, or Rich Communication Services. RCS replaces SMS/MMS as the default messaging standard for any "green bubble" conversations, and because it's more modern, it supports features like read receipts and typing indicators. RCS is also supposed to support emoji reactions from Android users, but it wasn't working properly when iOS 18 launched. It's not clear what changed, but The Verge... Read more ›
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If you’re at least in your mid-30s (give or take), you know the voice of Elwood Edwards, realize it or not. He recorded the phrase, “You’ve got mail!” and three other lines for Quantum Computer Services in 1989. That company later rebranded to America Online, and the rest is early internet history. Edwards died on Tuesday. WKYC first reported (via Variety) that Edwards passed away one day before what would... Read more ›
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As Sony said it shipped a total of 65M PS5s to date, Sony president Hiroki Totoki said the focus will be on single-player games now. Read more ›
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YouTube channel Brandon Geekabit today shared a teardown video for the new Mac mini base model with the M4 chip, 256GB of storage, and 16GB of RAM. The video provides the first complete look inside Apple's smallest Mac ever, revealing the computer's logic board, built-in power supply, cooling system, and other components. While previous Mac mini models with Apple silicon chips had plenty of unused internal space, since the computer... Read more ›
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube’s premium subscriptions are about to get more expensive for long-time subscribers with legacy plans in more places. In December, YouTube told US subscribers with legacy YouTube Premium plans (stemming from discontinued services Google Play Music or YouTube Red) they’d need to start paying the current $13.99 per month price in the new year. YouTube Music users in Europe have posted emails they... Read more ›
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Donald Trump threatened the "market manipulators" he said were spreading the "probably illegal rumors" that he intended to sell Trump Media shares. Read more ›
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Prince William's candidness on 2024 being the 'hardest' year marks a strategic shift in the royal family's image amid scrutiny over finances. Read more ›
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Apple launched the new Mac mini, iMac, and MacBook Pro models with M4 chips today, and because the Mac mini is the only one of the machines that got a design update, we thought we'd check it out to see how it compares to the prior version. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. The 2024 version of the Mac mini is much smaller than the previous M2... Read more ›
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TSMC will no longer manufacture AI chips at advanced process nodes of 7 nanometers or smaller for Chinese firms, per reports. Read more ›
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In Sardinia, "there's not a lot of stinky stuff in the air, and there's not a lot of crap in the food," Goldberg, a host of "The View" said. Read more ›
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Swifties say they’re leaving X over Elon Musk’s support of Donald Trump—and the rhetoric that has erupted on the platform following Trump’s win. Read more ›
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Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Elon Musk is a busy man right now. He’s supposedly running X, SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink, all while actively campaigning for Trump. But despite those myriad concerns, Musk still finds the time to play Diablo 4. He’s even said he’s pretty good at it, claiming in a recent interview with Joe Rogan that he’s in the top 20 of Diablo 4... Read more ›
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Striking New York Times tech workers have created a “Guild Builds” page dedicated to strike-themed games you can play, including a spin on Wordle, a word search, and the custom Connections I reported on earlier today. As part of its strike announcement on Monday, the New York Times Tech Guild requested that people don’t cross the digital picket line to play the NYT’s daily puzzle games. This collection of five... Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election. Trump, who announced his reelection campaign in 2022, is the second president in US history to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms. Trump declared victory early on Wednesday, followed by the AP, The New York Times, and other outlets. Trump has made immigration, the border, and the economy hallmarks of... Read more ›
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Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple’s second iOS 18.2 developer beta includes a new feature for update’s integration with ChatGPT: users will be able to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus from the Settings menu, 9to5Mac reports. ChatGPT Plus is OpenAI’s paid version of ChatGPT, offering features like more messages with its GPT-4o model, for $19.99 per month. If you end up using ChatGPT a lot within iOS — you’ll be... Read more ›
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Artistic representation of Lignosat wooden satellite. | Art: KyotoU/Gakuji Tobiyama In a first for the world, scientists launched a satellite made from wood into space. As it orbits the planet from some 250 miles away, researchers will study whether wood is sturdy enough for space. Called LignoSat, after the Latin word for wood, the satellite launched Monday night aboard a SpaceX mission bound for the International Space Station. It’ll eventually... Read more ›
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Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo: GM GM’s Baris Cetinok is committed to building a custom experience to rival that of Apple and Google. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Image: The Verge Nintendo hasn’t announced its Switch successor yet, but we do know one thing for sure: it will be able to play current Switch games, with carryover for your Nintendo Switch Online services and account. The news was announced during Nintendo’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, with further information promised “at a later date.” All three of the major console manufacturers have had spotty records with backward compatibility. Both... Read more ›
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Striking New York Times tech workers have created a custom Connections puzzle so fans can get their daily fix without crossing the digital picket line. The “Strike Edition” puzzle was made on a website that lets people create their own Connections. The workers, part of the New York Times Tech Guild, specifically asked NYT readers not to play NYT games when the strike began on Monday, so the custom puzzle... Read more ›
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Cath Virginia / The Verge Microsoft has been testing a new AI-powered Xbox chatbot, and now Xbox Insiders can try it out for the first time. I exclusively revealed the existence of this new “Xbox Support Virtual Agent” earlier this year, and Microsoft now says it’s designed “to help Xbox players more efficiently solve their support-related gaming issues.” Xbox Insiders in the US can start trying out this new Xbox... Read more ›
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Amazon’s MK30 drone. | Image: Amazon Amazon is starting up drone delivery operations at its Tolleson, AZ, same-day delivery site. Customers who live in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area are eligible to receive packages via Prime Air and will have “access to the over 50,000 everyday essentials” that include household, beauty, and office/tech supplies — which Amazon claims is its largest selection yet for fast drone deliveries. The news... Read more ›
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