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Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images The Onion’s acquisition of InfoWars isn’t happening — at least for now. In a ruling on Tuesday, a Texas bankruptcy judge rejected The Onion’s purchase of the conspiracy-ridden website founded by Alex Jones, according to a report from The New York Times. Last month, The Onion announced that it had…
It may be her face, but Lindsay Lohan knows when to give credit where credit is due. The 38-year-old actress, who seems to be the latest celebrity to “Benjamin Button” overnight, took to social media earlier this week to thank her cosmetic dermatologist, Dr. Radmila Lukian, for her youthful glow. Lukian, a board certified physician…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that state workers will get three extra days off this month. “In addition to Christmas Day and New Years Day, our state workers will get three extra days off—December 23, 24 and 31—to spend more time with their families and loved ones this holiday season,” the governor declared in a…
2024 had some stand-out moments in tech: from AI-generated images to TikTok’s near ban, to beigecore, Windows BSOD, the best smart ring of them all, and the list goes on. If you want to see the technology that we just couldn’t ignore, check out our video here. But now, we’re looking toward 2025, and it’s…
Image: The Verge. Photos: Getty Hello, and welcome to Decoder! I’m David Pierce, editor-at-large of The Verge. As you may have noticed, we’re dropping some extra episodes in the feed this week. You’ll have Nilay back on Friday and for next week, as we run toward the end of the year. But I’m really excited…
TCPi / Aardman Aardman Animation, the studio behind the Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep, and Chicken Run franchises, is working with The Pokémon Company International on a mysterious new project. In a surprising turn of events, TCPi and Aardman announced today that they’re teaming up for “a special project” that’s set…
Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., whose once-promising career was seemingly destroyed by sexting scandals, is eyeing a political comeback and exploring a return to New York City Council. Weiner, 60, who resigned from Congress in 2011 after admitting to sending women explicit photos, has filed to run for a seat on the council where he previously…
Jana Kramer and her husband, Allan Russell, were very candid about how comfortable they are with allowing sex scenes to be filmed during their marriage. On the actress’ “Whine Down” podcast, Russell joined his wife and discussed a recent “Yellowstone” episode the couple watched together. During one of the final episodes of the hit Western,…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube just released some new stats that show how the service is being consumed on televisions, and the numbers are enormous. Watch time on TV for sports content was up 30 percent year over year; viewers watched more than 400 million hours of podcasts on their TVs every…
Outgoing Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen said that she’s “concerned about fiscal sustainability” and thinks the deficit must be decreased. She made the comments during the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit after Greg Ip, chief economic commentator for the outlet, noted that President Joe Biden and Yellen are leaving behind a big budget deficit. “Are…