Save 41% on a set of 2 waterproof outdoor wall lights that bring both safety and a DIY light show to your home's exterior. | Continue reading
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America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago. | Continue reading
Learning from Finland’s success in combatting homelessness. “It is the result of a sustained, well-resourced national strategy […] which provides people experiencing homelessness with immediate, independent, permanent housing…” | Continue reading
Algis Budrys wrote this in 1983: Budrys brings this up in the context of how our reading of a book is affected by whatever reviews and publicity materials we’ve seen–an interesting point which I became more aware of after going … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge CES is a TV show. And a car show. And a wearables show. And this year, oddly, kind of a pool-vacuum show? It is the biggest, most elaborate, most bizarre tech show of the year, during which practically the whole industry flies to Las Vegas to show o … | Continue reading
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A techno-colonialist project sees Greenland as the perfect opportunity to trial its utopian ambitions. | Continue reading
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Grab Apple's rare discount on the 3rd generation AirPods before they're gone. | Continue reading
Plus, Julia Garner shares an unsurprising detail about her Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. | Continue reading
Located in the scenic Sandusky Bay, with a view of Cedar Point on the horizon, the Confederate Stockade Cemetery on Johnson’s Island is a fascinating historical stop along the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail. In 1861, the United States government leased the island for $500 a year to … | Continue reading
Once again, solutions to our well-being and health can easily be found in nature. Experts explain why messy childhood pastime could offer surprising benefits: 'May reduce kids' risk of developing allergies' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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A Super Scooper drops ocean water on the Palisades fire. | Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images An aircraft helping to fight wildfires that are raging across Los Angeles was struck by a civilian drone on Thursday. The collision damaged the wing of the aircraft … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Venu, the live sports streaming service from ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, isn’t happening. In a statement on Friday, the three companies announced the decision “not to move forward with the contemplated joint venture.” Here’s a joint sta … | Continue reading
"Never buying another brand ever again." Driver fleeing LA wildfire sings Tesla's praises after little-known feature helps evacuation: 'Literally saving my life' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Lenovo’s rollable laptop stole the show, but there are a bunch of upcoming models I’m excited to test when the time comes. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The new CPUs, GPUs, and laptops announced at CES this week set the tone for Windows computers in the year to c … | Continue reading
The AquaVault Wireless ChargeCard, featured on Shark Tank, fits in your wallet and you can eliminate battery anxiety forever! | Continue reading
Illustration: The Verge Meta’s popular messaging app WhatsApp is testing a new design that gives prominent space to a suite of AI chatbots. The design, currently only accessible through the app’s Android beta, adds a dedicated tab for AIs on the app’s homescreen. WABetaInfo spott … | Continue reading
I’ll start with the good news: These are the best years of your life. That’s right. You are currently at your overall happiest, most attractive, and most employable. (You were better looking in your twenties, but you were also a total nutcase.) This brings us to the bad news: Ser … | Continue reading
Beyond the updated SoC, the spec sheet doesn't hold any excitement for another year in a row. | Continue reading
Jordan Michael Smith at Harper’s Magazine: On Taisa Carvalho Mick’s first day as a psychotherapist with Larned State Hospital’s Sexual Predator Treatment Program (SPTP), her co-workers warned her to be careful around her patients. She shouldn’t get close to them or believe a word … | Continue reading
Five strategies to help you beat malaise and lock back in. | Continue reading
Handle all your daily business with a new Chromebook that's less than $160 thanks to this Amazon deal. | Continue reading
In this farotto recipe, whole-grain farro delivers deeper flavor and a more substantial chew than traditional risotto made from rice. Here’s how to make a creamy, satisfying version packed with savory mushroom and sun-dried tomato flavor. | Continue reading
Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's four symmetrical faces were forged through natural processes. | Continue reading
The OnePlus 13R isn’t perfect but it's as good as $600 phones get. | Continue reading
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"Using our business to make the world a better place gives our work its meaning." Ben & Jerry's is partnering with farms to reduce major source of air pollution — and it's already working first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Image: Samar Haddad for The Verge Fluffy robots, portable TVs, and vacuums with arms and legs. This is what we come to CES for. Read the full story at The Verge. | Continue reading
In my latest (of many) posts on that redoubtable sinograph, biáng ("Annals of Biang, Vienna edition" [1/3/25]), I posed this question: "How do we know that this character is to be pronounced in the second tone?" Chris Button sensibly queried in reply: "So, something aside from th … | Continue reading
The latest Gemini overlay redesign brings a more colorful glow effect that resembles Apple's new Siri animation. | Continue reading
Dana Smith in The New York Times: When Dr. Nir Barzilai met the 100-year-old Helen Reichert, she was smoking a cigarette. Dr. Barzilai, the director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, recalled Mrs. Reichert saying that doctors had repe … | Continue reading
Janice Kaplan in Time Magazine: If your goal is to be happier in the year ahead, you might focus on your body rather than your mind. You can start right now by sitting up a little straighter. Then give a brief smile—even a fake one. These tweaks will tell your brain that somethin … | Continue reading
The Fire Burns When you find human society disagreeable and feel yourself justified in flying to solitude, you can be so constituted as to be unable to bear the depression of it for any length of time, which will probably be the case if you are young. Let me advise you, then, to … | Continue reading
'Underwater' did what many Lovecraft adaptations couldn't: It brought Cthulu to the big screen. | Continue reading
Smart glasses were everywhere on the show floor this year. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge At CES, the next generation of eyewear was everywhere. It’s just no one seems to agree on why we want it or what’s the best approach. It’s the second day of CES, and I’m wait … | Continue reading
But will he bother to build something new? | Continue reading
LA wildfire victims are getting satellite SMS and free Starlink internet as relief measures, thanks to T-Mobile and SpacX. | Continue reading
Cast your vote for your favorite of the photographs, which are all contenders for the People’s Choice award, through January 29 | Continue reading
People talk more about past events than future ones—and memories hold clues for navigating the present | Continue reading
"It's always in style." Shopper shares 'amazing' vintage item found at thrift store: 'I went running!' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The company hasn’t been back in the US TV market for long, but the Z95B OLED proves that Panasonic can hang with Sony, LG, and Samsung at the very high end. Panasonic returned to the US TV market last year, and only a matter of months later, I’ve convinced myself that its latest … | Continue reading
There's a significant imbalance between matter and antimatter in our universe, but a strange particle called "the Majoran" could finally explain it, an audacious new study suggests. | Continue reading
This is the 72nd edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Steven Garrity and his blog, actsofvolition.com. To follow this series subscribe to the newsletter. A new interview will land in your in … | Continue reading
Image: Tesla Tesla has officially revealed the latest version of its Model Y crossover following images leaking online that teased the EV’s redesign. Codenamed “Juniper,” the Model Y 2025 refresh is now live on Tesla’s website in China and other Asia-Pacific markets with deliveri … | Continue reading
I can’t wait to play this song live! https://saltercane.bandcamp.com/track/something-underwater “There’s something in the water Like the holy face of God It’s out there on the borders And rising inside us” | Continue reading