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The 14-inch MacBook Pro looks just as nicely as it performs. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge In recent years, base MacBook Pro models have felt like an automatic skip. It made more sense to pay just a few hundred more for upgrades that truly justify the “Pro” moniker, or save…
Image: The Verge Google Fiber is changing up its internet plans in Huntsville, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee. The new Core 1 Gig, Home 3 Gig, and Edge 8 Gig plans appear to have launched last month and streamline the company’s existing options, as spotted earlier by 9to5Google. These options replace the 1 Gig, 2 Gig,…
President-elect Donald Trump filed an amicus brief late Thursday in support of a legal effort by Texas and Missouri to “immediately” stop the Biden administration’s sale of border wall materials, saying the action is “possibly criminal.” Texas and Missouri filed a motion earlier this week in a district court in the southern district of Texas…
Vitamin D, a nutrient known for promoting bone health, might not be effective in protecting all seniors from injury. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released a draft recommendation this week advising against the use of vitamin D for preventing falls and fractures in postmenopausal women and men over 60 years old. A panel…
Photo By Joaquin Corchero/Europa Press via Getty Images Netflix’s push into live sports has snagged another major event. Today the streamer announced that it has acquired US streaming rights for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in both 2027 and 2031. FIFA is calling the deal “a landmark announcement for women’s football.” The 2027 edition of…
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images To get Nosferatu’s nightmarish love triangle right, Robert Eggers looked to Wuthering Heights for inspiration. Though the Dark Universe might be dead, Robert Eggers has crafted something like its spiritual successor with a series of disturbing horror features. The Witch left you wondering how real its demons…
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Looking back at a very busy year. Read the full story at The Verge.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy joked last Christmas that he could not afford the traditional gifts given to the offensive lineman because of his rookie contract, but this year is a different story. The 24-year-old signal caller surprised his teammates with quite the gift this holiday season, gifting them all brand-new cars. “Boys, I…
It was former President Obama who famously quipped that “elections have consequences,” and one of the consequences of the 2024 election is that President-elect Donald Trump asked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to help him straighten out the government’s books. Now, just days before Christmas, the United States is staring down a federal government shutdown…
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Happy holidays! ‘Tis the season for trimming trees, hanging lights, baking cookies… and spending two weeks at home trying to figure out why you can’t get the lights to automatically come on at night, and which of those stupid bulbs is causing all the rest to not work. Truly…