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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), making it easier to protect consumers who are tricked into paying scam tech support companies. The FTC could already go after these fraudster companies if they initiated calls to people ā now, they can do the same thing if people call the scammers too.
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Worldās first gigawatt-scale floating solar power system launches off Chinaās eastern coast. The 1,223-hectare installation has annual output of 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours. China has expanded its renewable energy portfolio with a pioneering floating solar power installation in the Yellow Sea. The one-gigawatt facility, activated by state-owned utility CHN Energy, transforms unoccupied ocean space into a... Read more Ā» Read more āŗ
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Some women are playing poker to help build their risk-taking and negotiating skills, which in turns helps them in their careers. Read more āŗ
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Traveling for the holidays doesn't have to mean leaving your favorite streaming channels at home. My go-to streaming stick gets a big discount for Black Friday. Read more āŗ
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Western officials believe that Moscow likely orchestrated the Baltic Sea incident as part of growing efforts to cripple key maritime infrastructure. Read more āŗ
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On Thursday, tens of millions of Americans will partake in a national ritual many of us say we donāt especially enjoy or find meaning in. We will collectively eat more than 40 million turkeys ā factory farmed and heavily engineered animals that bear scant resemblance to the wild birds that have been apocryphally written into [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Larian would like you to know it's still not done with the Baldur's Gate 3. The studio has now revealed what's next for the multi-award-winning RPG, with cross-play, a photo mode, and 12 new subclasses all set to launch next year. Read more Read more āŗ
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Get the latest beauty tech deals from across the web. Save on skincare tech, hair dryers, multi-stylers, and more during Black Friday. Read more āŗ
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The Miss Universe first runner-up, Chidimma Adetshina, earned Nigeria's highest-ever placement. She shared her tumultuous pageant journey with BI. Read more āŗ
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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said her country would go after the US with its own tariffs if Donald Trump pushed ahead with his. Read more āŗ
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The race for better performance is irrelevant to me. How long the product lasts on a charge is what I'm really looking for. Read more āŗ
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Kristen Radtke / The Verge Bluesky feels like the big winner right now. Iāve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. Iāve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for a long while, it didnāt have the critical mass of users that I could follow... Read more āŗ
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Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the governmentās bloat and posting about them to his hundreds of millions of followers on X. Earlier this week, as first... Read more āŗ
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isnāt so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, weāre here... Read more āŗ
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Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Musically speaking, Iād say Drake lost the tit-for-tat feud this year between himself and Kendrick Lamar, which culminated in Lamarās hit song āNot Like Us.ā But Drake (real name: Aubrey Graham) doesnāt seem to want to accept defeat that easily. In a petition filed in New Yorkās state Supreme Court on Monday, Drake is accusing Universal Music Group ā the label thatās represented him for his... Read more āŗ
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Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Youād think Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and its wide-reaching Supercharger network, would already know about the workings of the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program that has dedicated $7.5 billion to building a national charging network. However, he needed Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to chime in on X yesterday to stop some Republican leaders from spreading misinformation about the program.... Read more āŗ
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Image: Universal Jon M. Chuās Wicked adaptation gets at the heart of what makes musicals such a spectacular form of storytelling. Continue readingā¦ Read more āŗ
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Image: Elen Winata for The Verge From noise-canceling earbuds to robot vacuums and 4K OLED TVs, there is already plenty on offer. Continue readingā¦ Read more āŗ
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Image: The Verge A New York judge has determined that SiriusXMās ālong and burdensomeā cancellation process is illegal. In a ruling on Thursday, Judge Lyle Frank found SiriusXM violates a federal law that requires companies to make it easy to cancel a subscription. The decision comes nearly one year after New York Attorney General Leticia James sued SiriusXM over claims the company makes subscriptions difficult to cancel. Following an investigation,... Read more āŗ
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Photo by Liam James Doyle for The Verge One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home. But after she noticed another account hocking the same minimal aesthetic, a rivalry spiraled into a first-of-its-kind lawsuit. Can the legal system protect the vibe of a creator? And what if that vibe is basic? Continue readingā¦ Read more āŗ
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Some Apple Home users have shoehorned iPads into wall-mounted home controllers. However, reports indicate Apple is developing a dedicated home control device. | Photo By Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The smart home has an interface problem. Searching for an app on your phone, fighting with a confused voice assistant, and fiddling with a āsmartā display to turn off a light is enough to... Read more āŗ
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