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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The LG G8 ThinQ isn’t the most amazing phone in the whole wide world, but it might just be the best bang for the buck this Black Friday. In April, we wrote that “you’ll get a lot of phone for your money” if you managed to find it at $699 — but today, you can snap up the unlocked version for just $400 at Amazon! That’s $450 off the original price.
For that money, you’ll be getting a sharp 6.1-inch OLED-screened

Image: TheGoncas2 / YouTube China has released a new government policy designed to prevent the spread of fake news and misleading videos created using artificial intelligence, otherwise known as deepfakes. The new rule, reported earlier today by Reuters, bans the publishing of false information or deepfakes online without proper disclosure that the post in question was created with AI or VR technology. Failure to disclose this is now a criminal offense, the Chinese government says.The rules go

Image: Cards Against Humanity The creators of Cards Against Humanity are back for their annual Black Friday stunt, and this one is delightfully dystopian. Starting at 11AM ET today and lasting for the next 16 hours, the human writers on the CAH team are facing off against an artificial intelligence to see who can create the most popular new pack of cards, based on how many people pay for more $5 packs. You can upvote or downvote your favorite cards for each side on CAH’s website before bu

Apple Watch | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Walmart’s Black Friday sale are happening in-store and online all over the country. Like other retailers, there are impressive deals on the seventh-generation iPad, PS4 Slim, and more. It hosted the best deal on the Apple Watch Series 3 that we had ever seen (for $129), but unsurprisingly, it sold out quickly. You’ll be able to take advantage of any of the deals below right now, and in the cases when competing retailers offer

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Hulu’s Black Friday deal is here, and offering a pretty low price for new subscribers, who can get their first year of service on the streaming site for just $1.99 per month, or $23.88 total. That’s 66 percent off of what Hulu usually costs ($5.99 per month), making it one of the cheapest ways to get Hulu, short of borrowing your friend’s login.There are, of course, a few catches: the $1.99 price is only for new customers, or former customers w

It’s rude to play with your food at the Thanksgiving dinner table, but exceptions can be made if you’re sculpting newly announced cyberpunk pickup trucks out of your tubers.
On Thanksgiving day, Dan Milano, a producer for NowThis News, shared a video of his brother Greg recreating a Tesla Cybertruck out of his mashed potatoes. Amazingly, the tiny car truly does resemble the truck’s polarizing angular style.
My brother has been working on a mashed potato cybertruck for over an h

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Costco’s Black Friday sale is underway, and while members will get the most of its discounts, some of them are even open for non-members. Costco was one of the first retailers to debut big Black Friday deals on Dell’s XPS 13, the latest MacBook Pro, as well as the Apple Watch Series 5. Many retailers have since jumped onboard with those offers, but there are still some excellent offers that you can check out below.Vizio’s 36-inch 5.1.2 sound s

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Security researchers at SRLabs have found a number of vulnerabilities with the way carriers around the world are implementing RCS, the new messaging standard designed to replace SMS, Motherboard reports. In some cases, these issues could compromise a user’s location data, they could allow their text messages or calls to be intercepted, or they might allow their phone number to be spoofed.One issue identified on an unnamed carrier’s implementat

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge As you’ve probably seen on The Verge, we’ve been rounding up all of the best Black Friday deals on laptops, truly wireless earbuds, gaming tech, 4K TVs, and plenty of other kinds of tech for the past few weeks. Many well-rated products that our team has reviewed are cheaper than ever, so if you haven’t had a chance to jump into shopping for yourself, or for some lucky people, you’re right on time to snag some excellent deals.
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If you’re always forgetting your passwords, or losing the piece of paper you’ve written them on, it may be time to switch to a password manager. A password manager is a great way to keep your accounts secure. It can create strong passwords for you, store them securely, and automatically log you into sites and apps, so you don’t have to go searching for your passwords.
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Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verg From tomorrow, November 30th, it will be illegal to fly a drone weighing over 250g in the UK without being registered, reports BBC News. That makes today the deadline for registration.In order to do so, you’ll need to head over to this page on the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) website where you can register for an operator ID (if you’re responsible for a drone) and flyer ID (to fly drones). You must be at least 13-years old for a flyer ID, a