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Jay Castello @ The Verge · 05/25/2025 09:00 EDT

Real-world map data is helping make better games about farms and transportation

I'm feeling a strange sense of pressure as I set up my first bus route in City Bus Manager. I want to get things right for the public transportation users of this city, probably because it's the city I actually live in. City Bus Manager uses OpenStreetMap (OSM) data to populate its maps, so I […] Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 05/25/2025 08:00 EDT

Meta’s antitrust defense wraps with one big claim: WhatsApp and Instagram couldn’t be better

For five weeks, the Federal Trade Commission asked a federal judge to imagine a world where Instagram and WhatsApp flourished outside Meta's control instead of being acquired by the tech giant. In the sixth and final week of trial, Meta asked Judge James Boasberg to consider that actually, these apps might be as good as […] Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 05/25/2025 08:00 EDT

Summer blockbuster season is here

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 84, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Mubi and Around The Horn and millennial tech, […] Read more

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Darryl Campbell @ The Verge 1 place · 05/25/2025 08:00 EDT

The Newark airport crisis is about to become everyone’s problem

There are too many planes in the sky. In 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) supervised nearly 16.8 million flights in American airspace - half a million more than the year prior. To manage all of those airplanes, however, the FAA uses an air traffic control system designed in the early 1990s - when features […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 05/24/2025 17:51 EDT

The Nintendo Switch 2 sure seems to work just fine with a USB mouse

You’ll be able to use a USB mouse with the Nintendo Switch 2 in at least one game, as a Koei Tecmo developer commentary video for the upcoming Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition revealed this week. That’s great news if your wrists, like mine, started preemptively cramping the first time you saw video of someone […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 05/24/2025 14:27 EDT

The oldest Fire TV devices are losing Netflix support soon

It’s finally time to upgrade for many owners of the earliest Amazon Fire TV devices, as Netflix is ending support for them next month, reports German outlet Heise. The cutoff for US users is June 3rd, according to ZDNet, which writes that the company has been emailing those who would be affected by the change. […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 05/24/2025 11:57 EDT

X is back after an apparent widespread outage

X is back up for most users after what appeared to be a significant outage that spiked early this morning around 9AM ET. Global internet monitor NetBlocks posted this morning that X “has been experiencing international outages for some users for a second time in a week,” adding that the issue isn’t “related to country-level […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 05/24/2025 11:43 EDT

Whoop is reportedly replacing defective MG trackers

Users of Whoop’s fitness trackers have been reporting that their Whoop MG fitness trackers are turning unresponsive, in some cases within under an hour of setting them up. Now, the company is apparently replacing the trackers, in some cases before the users even ask, TechIssuesToday reports. Launched alongside the Whoop 5.0 earlier this month, the […] Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 05/24/2025 10:31 EDT

Twelve South’s slick 3-in-1 charging stand has dropped to a new low price

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, and if you somehow managed to skip your spring cleaning earlier this year, the turning of the season offers a fresh chance to declutter your space. Thankfully, the Twelve South HiRise 3 Deluxe offers a stylish way to organize your desk or bedside table, and it’s currently […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge 1 place · 05/24/2025 09:15 EDT

X is down

Elon Musk’s X appears to be in the midst of a significant outage. Feeds aren’t loading, and reports indicate that neither are DMs. A quick check of Down Detector shows a spike in reports that appeared to start shortly after 8AM ET and rise sharply. Reports seem to be leveling leveling off. Elsewhere on social […] Read more

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Ash Parrish @ The Verge · 05/24/2025 09:00 EDT

Last Defense Academy makes confusion part of the fun

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy starts off by asking a simple question: what happens when you pluck a handful of colorful teenagers from their homes, plop them in a state-of-the-art school filled with every convenience, then force them to fight for their lives? Your guide as you navigate this question is an unsettling and […] Read more

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 05/24/2025 07:00 EDT

Google’s Veo 3 AI video generator is a slop monger’s dream

Even at first glance, there's something off about the body on the street. The white sheet it's under is a little too clean, and the officers' movements are totally devoid of purpose. "We need to clear the street," one of them says with a firm hand gesture, though her lips don't move. It's AI, alright. […] Read more

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 05/24/2025 02:05 EDT

BougeRV water heater review: hot showers to go

Hot water is like internet connectivity for most Verge readers: you just expect it to be there. But that's unlikely to be the case this summer when tent camping at a music festival or road-tripping into the great unknown. That's where BougeRV's battery-powered shower comes in. The $310 "Portable Propane Outdoor Camping Water Heater" from […] Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 05/23/2025 21:42 EDT

The Verge’s 2025 graduation gift guide

Graduation is one of those unique milestones in life that’s both exciting and nerve-wracking. It’s worth celebrating, but it also marks a new chapter that can feel overwhelming. That’s why your grad will surely appreciate a little support as they step into the next phase of their life, whether that be college or their first job. […] Read more

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 05/23/2025 19:22 EDT

Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year

Valve co-founder and CEO Gabe Newell, the company behind Half-Life and DOTA 2 and Counter-Strike and preeminent PC game distribution platform Steam, has long toyed with the idea that your brain should be more connected to your PC. It began over a decade ago with in-house psychologists studying people’s biological responses to video games; Valve […] Read more

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Tina Nguyen @ The Verge · 05/23/2025 17:19 EDT

Presidential seals, “light vetting,” $100,000 gem-encrusted watches, and a Marriott afterparty

The winners of the $TRUMP meme coin contest did get to see President Donald Trump speak at a private dinner closed to the press - but his speech was probably the least exciting part of their night. They did get a better, more valuable, and potentially more lucrative experience: the opportunity to network with the […] Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 05/23/2025 16:53 EDT

Amazon has canceled its Wheel of Time series

After three seasons, Amazon’s live-action take on Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s Wheel of Time series is coming to an end. Though The Wheel of Time‘s third season was hailed by fans as the show’s strongest chapter yet, Deadline reports that Amazon has decided not to bring it back due to its relatively high production […] Read more

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Dominic Preston @ The Verge · 05/23/2025 16:03 EDT

Trump threatens Apple, Samsung and others with a 25 percent iPhone tariff

President Donald Trump has threatened Apple and other smartphone manufacturers with a tariff of “at least 25 percent” for iPhones and similar hardware unless production is moved to the United States. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America […] Read more

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Alex Heath @ The Verge · 05/23/2025 16:02 EDT

I/O versus io: Google and OpenAI can’t stop messing with each other

The leaders of OpenAI and Google have been living rent-free in each other's heads since ChatGPT caught the world by storm. Heading into this week's I/O, Googlers were on edge about whether Sam Altman would try to upstage their show like last year, when OpenAI held an event the day before to showcase ChatGPT's advanced […] Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 05/23/2025 15:38 EDT

Google I/O revealed more updates for Wallet, Wear OS, Google Play, and more

The Google I/O keynote may have been all about AI, but there were a handful of other meaningful updates that didn’t make it to the main stage. In addition to updates coming to Google Wallet, the company’s developer sessions also revealed handy features that will roll out to smartwatches, the Google Play Store, and Google […] Read more

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