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By now, you've likely heard of Dogecoin, the popular cryptocurrency named after the popular "doge" internet meme. During the last cryptocurrency boom, buoyed by the few successful examples like Dogecoin and the similarly-inspired Shiba Inu coin, memecoins became pretty popular among get-rich-quick scammers looking to make fast money with quick pump-and-dump schemes.The memecoin craze is now once-again very popular among the cryptocurrency community, especially on the Solana blockchain. But, over

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge United States v. Apple is a lawsuit written for the general public, an 88-page press release designed to be read aloud on cable news shows.A lawsuit is, functionally speaking, a communication between lawyers and a judge. Because it is a specialized missive to a specialized audience, it can become highly technical and jargonistic — this is especially so when it comes to niche areas of law like antitrust or complex sectors of litigation like technolo

Image: Mozilla Mozilla is ending its partnership with Onerep after the company’s CEO admitted to having ties to a data broker, as first reported by Krebs on Security. “Though customer data was never at risk, the outside financial interests and activities of Onerep’s CEO do not align with our values,” writes Mozilla’s vice president of communications Brandon Borrman, in a statement provided to The Verge.
In February, Mozilla bundled Onerep’s data removal servic

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UPDATE: Mar. 22, 2024, 4:35 p.m. EDT This post has been updated with the latest pricing and availability on WiFi routers, mesh systems, and other home networking equipment during Amazon's Big Spring Sale. At the time of writing, you can take up to 38% off, or $170, on WiFi routers.Best Amazon Big Spring Sale WiFi and mesh router deals at a glance:Best WiFi 6E router dealTP-Link Archer AXE75$179.99 at Amazon(save $20) Get DealBest WiFi 7 router dealTP-Link Archer BE550$249.99 at Amazon(save $50

Photo by Taylor Hill / WireImage Two years after several legendary musicians broke with Spotify in protest over controversial remarks made on podcaster Joe Rogan’s show, most have now returned to the music service — with Joni Mitchell as the latest example. As noted by The New York Times, several of the singer-songwriter’s most pivotal albums, including Blue, are once again available to stream on Spotify. Mitchell’s representatives haven’t offered any comment on her

Get a free $529.99 TV: As of March 22, pre-ordering a premium QLED or OLED TV from Samsung's 2024 lineup unlocks a free 65-inch 4K TV from Samsung (a $529.99 value). The deal is available during Amazon's Big Spring Sale, as well as at Walmart, Best Buy, and Samsung's website. Opens in a new windowCredit: SamsungSamsung 65-inch TU690T 4K TVFree with the pre-order of select 2024 Samsung TVsPre-Order HereSamsung drops new TVs every year, and that typically triggers discounts on older Samsung TVs fr

Image: The Verge / Getty Images So, what do artificial teeth have to do with the Department of Justice’s massive lawsuit against Apple? Well, they may be one of the reasons why the DOJ decided to file its lawsuit in the state of New Jersey — instead of, say, Virginia or Washington, DC, like it did for Google and Microsoft.
The DOJ previously filed — and won — a similar antitrust case against a company that makes fake teeth in the Third Circuit, which includes New Jersey.

From streaming your favorite movies and games to multi-tasking on projects for work, tablets are powerful tools for staying engaged with our activities even when we're not at our desks or in front of our media centers. As Amazon continues its Prime Day-worthy Big Spring Sale, tablet prices are dropping to lows we've never seen before. Today's best Big Spring Sale Samsung tablet deals:Best family tablet dealSamsung Galaxy Tab A9+ Tablet 11” 64GB Android Tablet$169.99(save $50) Get DealBest

Cath Virginia / The Verge The Department of Justice’s antitrust division has come into its own, having filed its third tech monopoly lawsuit in four years.
The accumulated experience shows up in the complaint, according to antitrust experts who spoke with The Verge about the complaint filed Thursday accusing Apple of violating antitrust law. The DOJ describes a sweeping arc of behaviors by Apple, arguing that it adds up to a pattern of illegal monopoly maintenance. Rather than focusing on

Earlier this week we reported that iPod shuffle hair clips are on the rise again, and now a second retro reboot is gaining steam. Creator Emma Orhun combined the shell of a vintage Tamagotchi with an Apple Watch face to create what she has christened a "Tamawatchi."Orhun came up with the idea last summer and has since posted several videos explaining how she made it a reality, including an October TikTok with more than half a million likes. But an Instagram reel from earlier this month has gaine

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The free 65-inch TVs being given away on Samsung's website didn't make us forget that Amazon's Big Spring

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A new security vulnerability has been discovered in Apple's Mac and MacBook computers – and the worst part is that it's unpatchable.Academic researchers discovered the vulnerability, first reported by Ars Technica, which allows hackers to gain access to secret encryption keys on Apple computers with Apple's new Silicon M-Series chipset. This includes the M1, M2, and M3 Apple MacBook and Mac computer models.  SEE ALSO:Bing vulnerability made it possible to alter search results
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is scrapping plans to build a MicroLED display for the Apple Watch, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company reportedly stopped working on the display “around the same time as the company’s decision to cancel work on a self-driving car,” writes Gurman, after finding it too costly and complex to develop.
This corroborates an earlier rumor from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who said the company canceled

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The stinky stylus in question. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge I smelled the S Pen, and the reports are true: it kind of stinks.The S Pen is one of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra’s signature features — it’s a stylus that lives in the phone. A report from Reddit user LatifYil kicked off the S Pen aroma discussion earlier this week, noting that the S Pen on their Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra “absolutely reeks.” Dozens of commenters with S24 Ultras (and earlier stylus

The stylish Victrola Stream Onyx is on sale for $334.20 as part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. | Image by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge We’re two days into Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, and we’ve already seen some pretty good deals on personal audio gear and home theater equipment, including a new low on Apple’s latest AirPods Pro and a rare discount on the Sonos Ray and second-gen Sonos Beam. The sale has gotten even better since it kicked off, too, especially now

With the critically heralded comedy Problemista, writer/helmer/star Julio Torres not only made his audacious directorial debut, but also placed his unique version of New York City onto the cinema landscape. Alongside a radiant and ruthless Tilda Swinton, Torres unfurls a tale of immigrants and outsiders who make the city their home, while acknowledging the iconic metropolis's heady blend of high art and heaping garbage. As I wrote in my review of the film, "From the moment I saw the trash p

Boom’s XB-1 demonstrator took off for the first time last week.| Image: Boom Aviation startup Boom Supersonic took a major step today toward its goal of returning commercial supersonic aviation to the skies, after the company’s prototype aircraft, the XB-1, left the ground for the first time this week. The short, subsonic flight over the Mojave Desert came years later than expected, but it shows that Boom is at least still making progress.
The XB-1 took off Thursday at 7:28AM PT, rea

Gaming laptops are known for pushing tech boundaries, prioritizing top-tier hardware like advanced GPUs, fast processors, and ample RAM to gain an edge. And machines like the AORUS 16X and GIGABYTE G6X now integrate cutting-edge AI for better performance and efficiency.GIGABYTE recently rolled out seven new gaming laptops amped up with AI, each packing NVIDIA's GeForce RTX™ 40 Series Laptop GPUs. These powerhouses deliver top-notch performance, razor-sharp graphics, and less lag for gamers

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Attendees arrive for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nuclear Energy Summit at the Brussels Expo on March 21st, 2024.  | Photo by Nicolas Maeterlinck / BELGA / AFP via Getty Images More than 30 countries have pledged to pursue nuclear energy as one way to meet global climate goals. Even so, nuclear energy is still a controversial energy source that’s bogged down by concerns about radioactive waste, safety, and high costs.At a nuclear energy summit in Brussels yesterday, t

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Scott Olson, Getty Images Shareholders of the Digital World Acquisition Corporation approved a long-awaited merger with Truth Social, former President Donald Trump’s beleaguered social media app, on Friday — potentially boosting Trump’s net worth by $3 billion.As a result of the merger, shareholders of publicly traded DWAC will become shareholders of the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company behind Truth Social. Tr

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Nobody likes doing the storage shuffle. You know what we mean — constantly having to delete stuff off of your

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On March 22, Samsung hosted an Unbox & Discover event in New York City, where the manufacturer revealed four new flagship TVs and a Frame smart speaker. All of the new products are available for pre-order now at the Samsung website, and Samsung is offering some attractive incentives to encourage customers to place pre-orders.The new products include a new Frame art TV and accompanying Music Frame smart speaker, as well as new QLED and OLED models. Thanks to a speedy new processor, the AI-pow

It looks like Meta is distancing itself — and users — from political content even more.It's easy to see why. Social media sites have been rife with misinformation and disinformation during past elections. It seems Meta's response to these egregious mistakes is to make political content rarer on its platforms. Users have noticed that Instagram and Threads are quite literally putting limits on political content. On many users' accounts, including my own, the settings were automatically

Image: Larian Studios With the sheer popularity surrounding Baldur’s Gate 3, the game is ripe for an expansion — but if it ever happens, it won’t be made by its developer Larian Studios. During a panel at the Game Developers Conference on Thursday, Larian founder Swen Vincke revealed that the studio plans on moving away from Dungeons & Dragons games, as first reported by IGN.
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Max has released its first trailer for The Penguin, the next chapter in director Matt Reeves' Batman saga. By the looks of it, the show is basically all about how Oz "the Penguin" Cobb (an unrecognizable Colin Farrell) wants a parade to celebrate him.Yes, there's more to the trailer than that, including several moody shots of Gotham in flames. But for the most part, this trailer is a slow burn of Oz recalling a famed gangster from his childhood: Rex Calabrese. He was such a big deal in Oz's neig

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Sonos’ discounted entry-level soundbar, the Sonos Ray, is ideal for small apartments and bedrooms. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Spring is a season of refreshment and renewal. It’s an “upgrade season,” if you will, and Amazon’s Big Spring Sale offers a little something for everyone to add faster and better gadgets to their homes and everyday carry. The sale, which runs through March 25th, offers great deals on tech across the board, whether you’re after a

Microsoft is adding spellcheck and autocorrect to its Notepad app on Windows 11, and it only took 40 years.On Thursday, the Microsoft blog announced this as a preview release for testers, also known as Windows Insiders. Notepad, the notes-writing app has been around since 1983, but hasn't received a lot of attention in recent years thanks to the release of more advanced PC text editors like Notepad2 and Notepad++. SEE ALSO:Everything announced at the 2024 Microsoft Surface event
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Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Michael Duva, Getty Images Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal and Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn are calling for TikTok briefings to be declassified so the government can “better educate the public on the need for urgent action.” The briefings come as support grows for a forced sale of TikTok due to national security concerns around ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the app.
“We are deeply troubled by the information and conce

UPDATE: Mar. 22, 2024, 11:40 a.m. EDT The Acer Aspire 3 (AMD Ryzen 3 7320U, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) is now on sale for just $256.99 during the Amazon Big Spring Sale. That's $73 off its sticker price, $43 better than its initial Big Spring discount earlier this week, and only $7 away from its all-time low.Opens in a new windowCredit: AcerAcer Aspire 3$256.99 at Amazon $329.99 Save $73.00Get DealAmazon has a big-name laptop on sale for well under $300 during its inaugural Big Spring savings even

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The NC State and Oakland University men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a tournament game at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 23. The game is scheduled to start at 7:10 p.m. ET. No. 14-seeded Oakland University enters the contest 24-11

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The Iowa State and Washington State Cougars men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday, March 23. The game is scheduled to start at 5:10 p.m. CT/3:10 p.m. PT. No. 2 seed Iowa State enters the matchup

Image: Max We may be waiting a while to see Robert Pattinson return as Batman, but the franchise isn’t going totally quiet. Max just released the first teaser trailer for The Penguin, which sees Colin Farrell reprise the titular role from the 2022 film The Batman. As a teaser, the short clip doesn’t give much away, but the vibes are clear: this is going to be a crime drama, only set in Gotham.
Matt Reeves, who directed The Batman, will serve as an executive producer, while Lauren LeF