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Mr. Lif’s Emergency Rations EP is post-9/11 hip hop at its most daring

There was a period in the early aughts when Definitive Jux (nee: Def Jux) seemed like it was going to be the future of hip hop. While the l…

Where to preorder Grand Theft Auto VI

Rockstar's long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI is launching November 19th, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X consoles. The game will …

Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI

"Group project, but make it 1776." That's how a new commercial for Google Workspace opens. And things only get cringier from there. The cli…

The Sourdough Sidekick automates the boring bit of baking

Baking sourdough bread is inherently old-fashioned, relying on natural fermentation and wild yeast instead of the simple, predictable comme…

How Keurig saved — and ruined — your coffee

Before Keurig, the coffee in your office was almost certainly terrible. Old, burned, made by someone who would rather poorly eyeball than p…

Vizio accidentally made the best dumb TV on the market

When I first started testing Vizio's 65-inch Mini LED Quantum TV, I thought the big story was that Vizio was back and that it had a quantum…

Xbox is a disaster

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the bleak state of the video g…

NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth

The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004, but recent solar storms have pushed its orbit lower, and it's in danger of burning up in Earth'…

White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US

The US Department of Energy reportedly deleted about 6,000 pages related to energy conservation as a historic heatwave tears across the cou…

Matic’s robot vacuum is getting a $250 price hike in September

The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum by a pretty comfortable margin. If you’ve been thinking about buying one, you may want to plan on do…

Flatbush Zombies’ Erick the Architect misses his BlackBerry keyboard

Erick the Architect is a founding member of, and the primary producer for, the legendary Flatbush Zombies. He's toured the world, performed…

Hey number pad lovers, this is a keyboard we can finally agree on

I know a vocal group of people who swear by the number pad on their keyboard. And yet, for years I haven't cared about using one - until I …

The square-ish phone that I wanted to love

The Ikko MindOne Pro is delightfully small. I keep calling it a square phone, which isn't quite right; the screen is square, but the phone …

The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself

Over the past week, a new fanworks movement has kicked off, with the aim to root out authors using generative AI. But the detection methods…

Qi fan fan

Despite my initial skepticism, I'm now sold on wireless Qi chargers that add integrated fans to keep your phone cool while charging. I figu…

The Verge · Jul 3 👁 0 ❤ 0

Amazon quietly updated 2023’s Fire HD 10 tablet with 4GB of RAM

The Fire HD 8 that launched in 2024 was the last new addition to Amazon's budget-minded tablet lineup, but the company has quietly updated …

The Verge · Jul 3 👁 0 ❤ 0

While you’re watching the World Cup, the feds may be watching you

It's a big year for America. It's the semiquincentennial, otherwise known as America250, and the United States is cohosting the World Cup. …