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According to a new investigative report by Reuters, the Pentagon ran a year-long vaccine disinformation campaign using social media bots — all part of an anti-China political play built on problematic COVID-19 disinformation. One part of a larger, locally-targeted anti-vax campaign around the world, the propaganda efforts sought to discredit the validity of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine among internet users in the Philippines, where the vaccine had been deployed. Messaging include

The Philips Hue Twilight lamp. | Image: Smartlights.de Philips Hue’s next smart bedside lamp will reportedly be called the “Twilight.” The lamp will feature two buttons on top for power, scene selection, and sleep automation, and it also has LEDs in the back that will feature a sunrise or sunset effect, according to HueBlog.com.
The rear LED and main light, like the Hue Dymera’s top and bottom lights, will apparently be individually controllable, and when triggering its s

There are many 67W chargers out there, but few are as adorable as Sharge’s travel-friendly Retro 67. Earlier this week, we published a guide rounding up an assortment of last-minute Father’s Day gifts for those who celebrate. However, if you need a Hail Mary and your dad is the nostalgic type with a penchant for all things Apple, the Sharge Retro 67 is currently on sale for an all-time low of $39 ($30 off) at Amazon and direct from Sharge.In February, my colleague Sean Hollister penn

There are many 67W chargers out there, but few are as adorable as Sharge’s travel-friendly Retro 67. Earlier this week, we published a guide rounding up an assortment of last-minute Father’s Day gifts for those who celebrate. However, if you need a Hail Mary and your dad is the nostalgic type with a penchant for all things Apple, the Sharge Retro 67 is currently on sale for an all-time low of $39 ($30 off) at Amazon and direct from Sharge.In February, my colleague Sean Hollister penn

SAVE $100: As of June 15, get the Apple Watch Series 9 (45mm, GPS) on sale for $329 at Amazon. That's $100 off the listing price of $429 and a discount of 23%.Opens in a new windowCredit: AppleApple Watch Series 9 (45mm, GPS)$329.00 at Amazon $429.00 Save $100.00Get DealIt's officially adventure season, which means it might finally be time for you to get a smartwatch to come with you on your hot girl walks, hikes, bikes, and camping trips. You can score the newest Apple Watch iteration for its l

Another competitor has entered the AI-generated video ring, this time an open text-to-video model intent on building a rabid fanbase.Known as Dream Machine, the tool is, of course, already being compared to the "impressively complex" outputs of OpenAI’s Sora, with some users saying it blows the pioneering model out of the water. Time will tell. SEE ALSO:How to use Genmoji on iOS 18
What is Luma AI Dream Machine?Dream Machine was created by San Francisco artificial intelligence startup Luma

Apple and Meta are likely to be hit with official charges from the European Union (EU) under its new tech competition regulations. According to insiders, EU regulators are presenting charges on the companies' failure to comply with landmark EU regulation known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which establishes open competition criteria for online "gatekeepers." Similar to anti-trust laws in the U.S., the regulations demanded Apple and Meta reign in their marketplace dominance by the summer. The

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Got a broken arm? Just play Toss-Up! | Screenshot: YouTube Nintendo is a gaming juggernaut today, but it wasn’t really on anyone’s radar in the United States in 1980. And what was possibly the first US commercial for hardware produced by the company — a handheld called Toss-Up, from its “Game & Watch” series — certainly didn’t help, as a newly-restored copy shows. That’s because there’s no mention of Nintendo at all, or even Game & Wa

This should fold in half. It just should. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Folding an iPad in half is a very bad idea if you want to keep using your iPad. But hear me out: it should fold in half. Why? Because it would make an absolute banger of a folding phone.
First of all, what’s even going on here anyway? The Pro iPhones have more processing power than they know what to do with. The iPad Pro is an incredible computer that nobody can use as a computer. The iPad Mini still ex

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections &mdas

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple will finally adopt RCS in iOS 18, effectively ending a yearslong fight for feature parity between iMessage and Android. But the announcement wasn’t a celebration — you could’ve blinked and missed it. Instead of showing how RCS will make things better, Apple softly announced support for the standard and focused on all the great features coming to iMessage users — not RCS ones.
Apple didn’t go over how RCS adoption will

Long ago, a vigorous river filled an expansive Martian lake. Now, a NASA robot has rumbled through this ghost of Mars' water-rich past.In early June, the space agency's Perseverance rover drove across the Neretva Vallis river channel, now a wide, dried-up waterway. The Mars robot, en route to examine new areas of interest, looked up the channel and captured a rich Martian desert vista, home to the once swiftly moving water. Neretva Vallis once fed water into Mars' Jezero Crater, a region harbori

TL;DR: Save 85% on this lifetime AI tool that helps you easily create job-specific resumes and cover letters.Drake and Jojo Siwa don’t write their own songs, so why should you write your own resumes? What was once required for competing in the job market can now be offloaded onto, you guessed it, AI.While some algorithms are less trustworthy than others (we’re looking at you, ChatGPT), Resso simply takes the information you give it and reworks it to fit descriptions of different job

Astronomers continue to discover worlds beyond Earth's solar system, detecting hundreds of new ones each year in the vastness of space.The number of confirmed exoplanets — planets that don't orbit the sun — has currently risen to 5,638, according to NASA, with thousands more under review. These worlds exist in our galactic neighborhood, though scientists using the Chandra X-ray Observatory think they detected aplanet outside the Milky Way for the first time.This growing tally is only

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Other streaming services may keep raising their prices, but the ad-supported Tubi remains free — and it still boasts a broad selection of movies and TV shows to rival all those other platforms that make you enter your credit card information and pay money. Tubi doesn't require a subscription or even a login to enjoy its huge library of movies and TV shows; it just asks for the patience to sit through some commercials. The movies we've chosen as the best are all good enough that enduri

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If looking at this Mars vista conjures up childhood memories of the song, "One of these things is not like the others," NASA scientists are right there with you. Perseverance, a car-size lab on six wheels, traveled into the Red Planet's Neretva Vallis last week. Though this region may look like a barren desert, it was once an ancient river channel that fed into the Jezero crater billions of years ago. As Perseverance traversed the inlet, the rover came upon a hill covered in boulders,

The mysterious allure of stumbling upon some unknown oddity on late-night cable is recreated (and repurposed, to devastating effect) in Jane Schoenbrun's wildly abstract, masterfully accomplished I Saw the TV Glow. The A24 production is a remarkable follow-up and spiritual companion to Schoenbrun's Sundance emo-horror breakout We're All Going to the World's Fair, a hazy, low-budget indie from 2022 told through late-night vlogs and video chats. The latter was their narrative feature debut, and it

I was blessed in this life with a cat that is perfect. Colby Jack free feeds dry food (don't worry, I give him wet food periodically for that good good gut health). He is chatty, he has personality, he loves to play, he likes to cuddle, and, perhaps most importantly, he is one of the least demanding animals of all time. He just wants to hang out, and he doesn't eat on a schedule.But just because he doesn't eat on a strict schedule doesn't mean I don't want to see him all the time and keep him we

House of the Dragon Season 2 is on the horizon, and judging by the trailer it's going to be every bit as dramatic as the first season.But in terms of sheer WTF factor, can Season 2 really hope to top Season 1? Let's recap the most shocking moments in House of the Dragon so far, so we can establish the bench mark. (We've done a separate recap for the most gruesome deaths in the series.)SEE ALSO:'House of the Dragon' Season 2 wish list: Everything we want to see
1. Queen Aemma dying in childbirth

There are movies so chaotic in their influences that — by right — they shouldn't work. And yet, somehow, by combining wildly disparate elements with DIY spectacle, they are simply magic. This month has seen two such marvels, the first being Vera Drew's ultra-personal superhero parody The People's Joker, which unfurls a touching trans coming-of-age tale against a backdrop of Batman villains. The second is the gleefully absurd slasher spoof from directors Lindsey Haun and Nic

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TikTok, an app known for catapulting obscure artists onto the Billboard charts, had a turbulent start in 2024. At the end of January, Universal Music Group (UMG) pulled its catalog — including massive artists like Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and Drake — from the platform after negotiations dissolved between the music giant and TikTok. In February, UMG removed even more music from the platform, this time coming for all songs controlled by Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), whic

Dead on arrival at JFK, the one-scene, one-location Daddio unfolds in the most boring, unpleasant airport cab ride you can imagine. Writer/director Christy Hall's feature-length film debut follows a long, monotonous conversation about the nature of men, women, and relationships, led by a character whose idea of sexual power play seems copied verbatim from Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, with as much charm and nuance.The premise is not altogether unworkable: It's really two conversations

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TL;DR: Watch Namibia vs. England in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup for free on Disney+ Hotstar. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The 2024 Men's T20 World Cup has brought together the biggest names in cricket from across the globe, and fans have been enthralled by the action so far. We've reached the 34th match of the tournament, as England, the reigning champions, will be hoping to secure another win as they face off against Namibia.Want to tune in? Yo

TL;DR: Watch Italy vs. Albania in Euro 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Euro 2024 is here. And who can deny the brilliance of a summer football tournament? The sun is shining and there's non-stop football on the TV. It's four weeks of absolute footballing bliss. Italy vs. Albania is one not to miss. Italy won the last European Championship, beating England on penalties in the final. And the Italians are looking to defend

TL;DR: Watch India vs. Canada in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup for free on Disney+ Hotstar. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.We're more than halfway through the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup, and it has been a thrilling few weeks of cricket. Next from Group A, India and Canada will be going head to head. India are expected to win comfortably, but anything can happen in this format.If you want to watch India vs. Canada in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup for fr

TL;DR: Watch Hungary vs. Switzerland in Euro 2024 for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Euro 2024 has finally come back around and football fans are eager for things to really kick off. Group A began with Germany and Scotland going head-to-head and the next match will see Hungary and Switzerland hit the pitch. If you want to tune in to Hungary vs. Switzerland in Euro 2024 for free from anywhere in the world, keep reading for all the info

TL;DR: Watch Australia vs. Scotland in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup for free on Disney+ Hotstar. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The 2024 Men's T20 World Cup is well underway and it's already been a great summer of cricket for fans. Jointly hosted by the USA and the West Indies, we're now onto the 35th match of the tournament. And it's set to be an exciting one as Australia and Scotland go head to head.Want to tune in? You can watch Australia vs. Sc