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For millions of people, any one of the many unprecedented actions in the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency was enough to show that the US is barreling toward – or has already arrived at – billionaire-helmed fascism. Sure, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has indiscriminately fired thousands of federal employees…
In less than 100 days the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been converted from a media and telecom watchdog into a bizarre, rights-trampling grievance machine built for one purpose: to coddle and protect the ego of President Donald J. Trump. Gone is the agency that used to occasionally care about whether broadband maps were accurate…
The Phone 2 Pro is compatible with a kickstand, lanyard, and extra lenses — all sold separately. Nothing has announced the second phone under its colorful subbrand CMF: the Phone 2 Pro. Just like the first CMF phone, this is a modular handset with extra accessories you can screw into place. And also just like…
Elon Musk’s expansive portfolio of companies could avoid more than $2.37 billion in potential legal liability due to his unprecedented influence over the US government, a new Senate report finds. The figure comes from a report assembled by Democratic staff for the Senate Homeland Security permanent subcommittee on investigations (PSI) probing the impact of Musk’s…
Ever wanted a mouse that could easily stick to your laptop as you carry it around? I can’t say so myself – but one’s launching on Kickstarter today that seems to do the job! I’ve been testing the $36 ESR MagMouse for roughly a week now, and I’m genuinely surprised we haven’t seen anything like…
Yellow line shows actual power, red line is projected. | Image: <a href=”https://demanda.ree.es/visiona/peninsula/nacionalau/total”>Red Eléctrica</a> Power went down Monday afternoon in vast areas of Spain, crossing over into Portugal and France causing widespread outages in homes and businesses and bringing transportation infrastructure to a halt. The cause of the outage is currently unknown. Lisbon, Madrid, Seville,…
Nike’s Cryptokicks iRL, a physical sneaker released under the RTFKT brand. A group of people sued Nike this week over its decision to wind down its virtual show project RTFKT last year. The buyers of the digital assets accuse Nike of causing “the rug to be pulled out from under them,” and say they wouldn’t…
A battery that goes for days at a price that’s nice. The OnePlus 13R is a particular kind of midrange phone for a particular kind of person. It’s a pared-down version of the OnePlus 13 – which is a full-on flagship and a good one at that. And even though it shares a lot of…
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 80, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you had better luck than I did preordering a Switch 2, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about The…
One of the most frustrating realities about modern technology products is that while so many of them can get exciting new features via the internet, they can lose them just as easily. That happened to owners of Nixplay smart digital photo frames this week when they were hit with a previously announced update the company…