Elizabeth Lopatto, for the Verge, listened to Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast so none of us need to. Lopatto does a good job in this article of walking through some of the claims made by Zuckerberg and the conspicuous things he omits. It is a good piece. Howev … | Continue reading
Mattel has partnered with TOKYOPOP to create a new publishing initiative. Some of the toy makers’ hottest properties will be getting a manga-styled graphic novel series for Mattel’s Hot Wheels and Barbie. The first titles are set to debut in print in early 2026. This series will … | Continue reading
Professor John Gallaugher of Boston College has a free course on making apps with SwiftUI, to be updated in 2025: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VJ9OpT-IPSM6dFSwQCIl409gNBsqKTe On his website, there’s a previous iteration of the course using UIKit (which I believe is st … | Continue reading
Good discussion. Good report on climate disasters and the Crisis in Home insurance. It’s not just happening in California, Florida, or Louisiana. Midwestern states are seeing rapid rise in Insurance rates, and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told the US Senate last year that insurance … | Continue reading
For a limited time, get Microsoft Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac for £32.76 (reg. £187.59) at the Mashable Shop. | Continue reading
The Headway app summarises books into 15-minute reads or listens so you can get key insights on the go. Unlock lifetime access for just £49.14. | Continue reading
Google is testing a new feature for its main app for Android and iOS. It is called Daily Listen and will pull stories on topics you are interested in for a five-minute recap. You have to opt in to try this experiment with Search Labs. In addition to the audio, the app will provid … | Continue reading
There is a pent-up demand for smaller tablets. For example, the new Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 sold out within 48 hours of going on sale for $499.99. This device is aimed at gaming, which is not the case with many tablets. There is no word yet, on when it will be back on sale […] Th … | Continue reading
I wrote over on WordPress.org about breaking the status quo with a Joost/Karim fork. It’s a perfect time as Automattic is re-focusing its work while the legal stuff is going on. | Continue reading
Phi-4 Bug Fixes by Unsloth This explains why I was seeing weird suffexes during my experiments with Phi-4 the other day: it turns out the Phi-4 tokenizer definition as released by Microsoft had a bug in it, and there was a small bug in the chat template as well. Daniel and Micha … | Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg takes his “no, really, Mr. Trump, I’m your guy!” tour to Joe Rogan | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images I’ll spare you the experience of listening to one of the richest men in the world whine and just tell you straight out: Mark Zuckerberg’s interview … | Continue reading
Nissan is taking a break from releasing overnight camper van concepts in all sizes and styles to present a concept more rightfully classified a day camper. What it lacks in sheltered sleeping and cooking amenities, it makes up for with a wavy ergonomic trailer lounge and slide-ou … | Continue reading
Laura Normand / The Verge Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks Apple “[hasn’t] really invented anything great in a while” and that it has been coasting off of its past success. “Steve Jobs invented the iPhone and now they’re just kind of sitting on it 20 years later,” he said this wee … | Continue reading
Chance Miller listened so we don’t have to: Zuckerberg also took issue with AirPods and the fact that Apple wouldn’t give Meta the same access to the iPhone for its Meta Ray-Ban glasses: They build stuff like AirPods, which are cool, but they’ve just thoroughly hamstrung the abil … | Continue reading
In my neighborhood—a mobile-home park on the western side of Malibu—the power and gas have been out for days, and cell service is intermittent at best. If I drive to the right vantage points, I can see the Palisades Fire and Kenneth Fire—two of the five major fires blazing across … | Continue reading
This behind-the-scenes of one of my favorite 2024 movies was so much fun Shout out to Truth social, which got called out as having the best UX in this video...which is based on Mastodon The internet's dad, Hank Green, is starting a new podcast I'm | Continue reading
A last-ditch effort to protest the ban before the Supreme Court is not looking favorable for ByteDance. | Continue reading
I really enjoyed sitting down with Fredrik Malmfors, CEO of Lignin Industries, to talk about how his company and its patented technology are taking on fossil based plastics, leveraging good old fashioned horse sense, supply chains, waste materials, and … carbon sequestration tech … | Continue reading
ShiftCam showcased its latest product for iPhone content creators at CES 2025: A tiny SSD called Planck. | Continue reading
Service used undocumented APIs and other tricks to bypass safety guardrails. | Continue reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Like Meta, Amazon is ending some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. In a memo sent last month, Candi Castleberry, Amazon’s VP of inclusive experiences and technology, said the company has been “winding down outdated pro … | Continue reading
To White Hall, and there spoke with Sir Paul Neale about a mathematical request of my Lord's to him, which I did deliver to him, and he promised to employ somebody to answer it, something about observation of the moon and stars, but what I did not... | Continue reading
James Thomson: So, we are coming up on a little anniversary for me this weekend. On the 5th of January 2000, Steve Jobs unveiled the new Aqua user interface of Mac OS X to the world at Macworld Expo. Towards the end of the presentation, he showed off the Dock. You all know the Do … | Continue reading
Barnes and Noble is the largest bookselling chain in the US and has announced that it will open 60 new bookstores in 2025. The bookseller opened up 57 stores in the US in 2024, so a further 60 is reasonable. They currently run over 600 stores, and sales are strong. Bookstores are … | Continue reading
Just heartbreaking, and a scale of destruction that’s hard to comprehend. ★ | Continue reading
A top aide to incoming President Donald Trump is claiming the president-elect wants the U.S. to acquire Greenland to acquire more rare minerals. “This is about critical minerals. This is about natural resources,” Trump’s soon-to-be national security advisor Michael Waltz told Fox … | Continue reading
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Last week, I pronounced unequivocal judgement—as I tend to do regarding many things … | Continue reading
Even before World War II, proposals had been made to build a military cemetery in Hawaii, but the need for such a cemetery became more pressing after the devastating loss of life during the war. An extinct volcanic crater located inland from downtown Honolulu was chosen as the si … | Continue reading
Location data hack highlights just how many apps are involved with efforts to track you. | Continue reading
The enormous near-Earth asteroid (887) Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare once-in-a-decade event. Here's how to watch it live this weekend. | Continue reading
Responders, medical equipment, and supplies are ready for deployment, HHS says. | Continue reading
On Friday, Angelenos awoke to their first good news in three days: that the battle against the city’s unprecedented fires had finally turned in firefighters’ favor. Though the two biggest blazes — the Palisades and the Eaton — were still only single-digit contained, at 8% and 3%, … | Continue reading
Tesla's Model Y electric crossover SUV became the world's best-selling car of 2023. Not just the best-selling EV, but the best-selling vehicle, even outselling the Toyota Corolla, making the Model Y a key player in EV adoption. Now we get to see what's new in the 2025 version. Co … | Continue reading
Water runs from a pipe where a home once stood in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles in January 2025. Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed more than 10,000 structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue to battl … | Continue reading
After helping Trump win the election, the world’s richest man is turning his attention to Europe. | Continue reading
Once the fires stop burning in Los Angeles and the city picks itself up from the rubble, the chorus of voices asking how such a disaster could have been prevented will rise. In California, the answer to that desperate query is so often “better forestry management practices,” and … | Continue reading
Terra founder Do Kwon is finally extradited, the CFPB proposes crypto consumer protections, and Polymarket reaches new lows. | Continue reading
I will never forget the sight of a bright yellow cool looking car hurling up the narrow gravel road to my house — in 1976! Yes, my dad was testing a brand new Renault 5 and just had to give me — 7 years old — a ride in it. ... [continued] The post Renault 5 Is Car Of The Year In … | Continue reading
After long denying the possibility, some intelligence agencies are no longer willing to rule out a mystery weapon. | Continue reading
The two Sony-published titles are nominated for DICE's best game of 2024 alongside Indiana Jones, Balatro, and Black Myth: Wukong. | Continue reading
Don’t look to Nicole Kidman for a frank accounting of what sexual domination looks like. | Continue reading
Emrich previously designed tabletop and video games such as Master of Orion and Totaler Krieg, and coined the now famous strategy game term '4X.' | Continue reading
Meta claims it will find other ways to hire employees from different backgrounds. | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Niléane is out, so Chris and Matt are left to fend on their own. Chris steals like an artist and Matt defends a new purchase. Ruminate Some snack reviews from the festive period, Robb was on another podca … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that could ban TikTok, it looks like one of its last possible lifelines is unlikely to save it from the impending ouster. TikTok will be banned from the US unless either the Sup … | Continue reading
Philly sports fans ... rowdy or rude? Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Philadelphia sports fans like to think of themselves as “gritty.” In Philadelphia, grittiness can be defined as a working-class ideology that thrives on being the “underdog” and emphasizes toughness … | Continue reading
Most of these experiments don't stick around for long, but who knows. | Continue reading
Hookworms that cause deadly dog infection and 'creeping eruption' in humans are growing resistant to drugs. | Continue reading