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Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., excoriated Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the estimated “tens of billions” of U.S. taxpayer dollars he says have been sent to the Taliban since U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan. Mast, who was selected a day earlier to become the new chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee next month, grilled…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., pledged to try to find agreement with President-elect Trump when the Republican takes power next year. “Democrats have consistently made clear that we are ready, willing and able, to find bipartisan common ground with the incoming administration on any issue,” Jeffries said during his weekly press conference on Wednesday….
My favorite dynamic wallpaper floating in the desert. | Screenshot: Mac Virtual Display Since its release, I’ve mostly used Apple’s Vision Pro like a movie theater. The VR headset is an amazing way to watch Dune — but beyond that, it hasn’t really lived up to its potential as a general-purpose computing device. Today, that’s…
Image: Krispy Kreme Krispy Kreme is currently dealing with a cybersecurity breach that has brought down parts of its online donut ordering service in the US. The company has been working to resolve the issue for over a week now after detecting unauthorized access to its systems on November 29th. In a filing issued to…
Image: Roku Roku City, the purple-tinted cityscape screensaver that debuted in 2018, might look a little sharper and more detailed the next time you see it scrolling by. This week, Roku is increasing the screensaver’s resolution to 1080p; it was still stuck at 720p until now — despite running on millions of 4K Roku TVs…
Image: Apple Apple is bringing layered recordings to the Voice Memos app on the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. With the new feature, you can record vocals while listening to an instrumental track out loud in iOS 18.2. Even though the microphone will technically pick up the instrumentals, Apple says the iPhone 16’s A18…
The Pentagon has not yet asked U.S. Northern Command to intervene amid reports of mysterious drones witnessed flying over New Jersey, according to a military spokesperson. The large drone sightings have caused concern and confusion as dozens have been reported and officials are at a loss to explain where they come from. Northern Command confirmed…
Democratic New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Rep. Josh Gottheimer admitted to manufacturing a Spotify Wrapped playlist in what he said was a “fun holiday tweet” that prominently featured New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen. “No surprises here…Fun fact: My first ever concert was at Meadowlands to see The Boss!” Gottheimer posted to X on Dec. 6, showcasing…
Illustration: The Verge Google has announced an experimental AI-powered code agent called “Jules” that can automatically fix coding errors for developers. Jules was introduced today alongside Gemini 2.0, and uses the updated Google AI model to create multi-step plans to address issues, modify multiple files, and prepare pull requests for Python and Javascript coding tasks…
Here’s what Google’s latest smart glasses prototype looks like. | Image: Google Google is working on a lot of AI stuff — like, a lot of AI stuff — but if you want to really understand the company’s vision for virtual assistants, take a look at Project Astra. Google first showed a demo of its…