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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Brandon Bell, Getty Images The people behind World Liberty Financial — former President Donald Trump, his sons, and his business associates — have made a lot of promises about the cryptocurrency platform’s revolutionary potential. It will liberate “the average American” from “the big banks and financial elites,” Trump posted on Truth Social. It will help unbanked and debanked people, Donald Trump Jr

An unboxing video reveals what appears to be the first Anker wall charger with a status screen. | Screenshot: YouTube An unboxing video shared on YouTube last week has our first hands-on look at a new 140W wall charger from Anker. It appears to be the first from the company featuring an integrated display that shows how much power is being drawn from each of its four USB ports.
Earlier this month, leaked details and an image of the charger were shared to the Anker subreddit by user joshuadwx. Th

This aerial picture taken on September 27th, 2024, shows a flooded street after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Steinhatchee, Florida. | Photo by Ricardo Arduengo / AFP via Getty Images The Southeastern United States is reeling from Hurricane Helene, a monstrous storm that made landfall in Florida on Thursday before cutting a terrifying path all the way up to Tennessee. How did it get this bad?
The storm has killed more than 100 people, and hundreds more are still missing. Power is out for mil

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube has reached a deal with the music licensing organization SESAC that will bring back songs that were removed over the weekend. Many hit songs from artists such as Adele, Nirvana, and others disappeared, which YouTube blamed on the lack of an agreement to renew its existing deal.
SESAC stands for the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers and its website says that it “...currently licenses the public performance of more than 1.5 millio

Microsoft has partnered with medical note taking software startup Autoscriber to further scale the latter’s software across the EMEA region. The company’s speech-based AI tool frees up large chunks of doctors’ time and allows them to stay focused on their patients during consults. Based out of the Netherlands and South Africa, Autoscriber offers an ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) product that automatically generates summaries from real-time doctor-patient conversations and

Microsoft has partnered with medical note taking software startup Autoscriber to further scale the latter’s software across the EMEA region. The company’s speech-based AI tool frees up large chunks of doctors’ time and allows them to stay focused on their patients during consults. Based out of the Netherlands and South Africa, Autoscriber offers an ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) product that automatically generates summaries from real-time doctor-patient conversations and

The Echo Hub offers an intuitive interface, making it easy for the whole household to control the smart home. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon offered some pretty good deals ahead of its Prime Big Deal Days sale last week and continues to do so, but admittedly, we’ve seen most of these discounted prices before. Today’s deal on the Echo Hub is the exception, though, as Amazon is now selling it at a new all-time low price of $124.99 ($55 off). That’s a deal a

The Pixel 9A looks a lot like the Pixel 9, only with its sunglasses removed. | Image: OnLeaks / Android Headlines Google’s first leak of the fall is here, with new renders of its upcoming Pixel 9A posted online for the world to see. As with the Pixel 8A leak earlier this year, Android Headlines has yet again acquired images of Google’s next budget A-series release, this time by way of OnLeaks, which was responsible for spoiling the recent Pixel 9 lineup.
The big change coming on the

The Home Depot’s newest smart door features smart glass that can turn from opaque to clear with the press of a button or a smart home command. | Image: The Home Depot Glass front doors are great for letting light in during the day but not so great when you want privacy at night. The Home Depot has a smart solution for this problem — a glass front door that can switch from clear to opaque on a schedule, with a voice command, or by pressing a button.The smart glass Feather River door i

The Home Depot’s newest smart door features smart glass that can turn from opaque to clear with the press of a button or a smart home command. | Image: The Home Depot Glass front doors are great for letting light in during the day but not so great at night when you want some privacy. The Home Depot has a smart solution for this problem — a glass front door that can switch from clear to opaque on a schedule, with a voice command, or by just pressing a button.The Smart Glass Feather Ri

Cruise’s failure to disclose the fact that a pedestrian was seriously injured by one of its driverless vehicles in San Francisco last year has now resulted in a $1.5 million fine to the federal government.Last October, a Cruise vehicle hit a pedestrian and then drug her 20 feet after she was initially struck by a human driver in a hit-and-run incident. In the aftermath, Cruise disclosed that its vehicle had struck a pedestrian, but omitted details about the victim being dragged.As a resul

Flooding in Boone, NC, about an hour northeast of Spruce Pine. | Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall and flooding to western North Carolina last week, leaving dozens dead and catastrophic damage stretching across the state’s mountain towns. The devastation also reached the small town of Spruce Pine, which is home to the purest quartz on Earth.
Spruce Pine’s high-quality quartz is an essential ingredient in the chip-making process, as i

Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Amid the hullabaloo around California Gavin Newsom vetoing a closely watched artificial intelligence bill, three other bills that would regulate a different type of AI — autonomous vehicles — landed on his desk with less fanfare. The governor signed one, and vetoed two others.For the second time in two years, Newsom vetoed legislation (AB 2286) that would have banned autonomous trucks from operating on public roads. He also vetoed ano

Illustration: The Verge Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform. Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able to change if their subreddit is public or private without first submitting a request to a Reddit admin. The policy applies to adjusting all community types, meaning moderators will have to request to make a switch from safe for work to not safe for work, too.
By requiring admin approval for the changes, Reddit is taking away a lever many com

Screenshot: YouTube Amazon Prime has released a trailer for its spin on the Shark Tank concept: Buy It Now, a JB Smoove-hosted show where people put their product ideas before a panel of investors. The twist is that they’ll also be judged by “The 100,” which Amazon says is an audience of “potential customers” (otherwise known as “people”), and if their products are picked, Amazon will sell them in a special section of the store.
The company announced the

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Verizon is experiencing a huge outage affecting its mobile services across the country.“During the incident we received reports from Clermont, Naples, Ocala, St. Petersburg, Decatur, Carmel, Cloverdale, Indianapolis, Caldwell, Ottawa, Shawnee, Lexington, Louisville, Wentzville, Elizabeth, Dallas, Houston, McGaheysville, Keyser, Chillicothe and 53 other cities,” according to a website tracking the outage.
There are also more than 90,000 user reports of

Image: Parker Ortolani / The Verge Some Tesla Cybertruck owners are starting to get Full-Self Driving (FSD) access on their vehicles. The company’s polarizing electric pickup truck has lacked the driver assistant software feature since its launch last November. Now, members of the Cybertruck Owners Club (as reported by Electrek) are reporting that the update has been installed on their vehicles.
Tesla had promised that FSD would come to the Cybertruck in September after the launch of the A

Photo: Getty Images Oasis announced the North America leg of its 2025 reunion tour this morning, and the band’s management also shared a decision that will be welcome news to fans: they won’t have to worry about inflated “dynamic pricing” rates when ticket sales kick off on October 4th. Dynamic pricing allows for ticket costs to fluctuate based on demand, but all too often, the end result is that prices surge far beyond face value for high-profile performances. This has l

Image: Kojima Productions The 2024 edition of Tokyo Game Show took place over the weekend, and one of the highlights was a presentation from Death Stranding 2 studio Kojima Productions. And it included a few interesting details about the weird-as-hell sequel, which the developer has helpfully split up into a series of clips in lieu of a traditional trailer. They feature some of the new characters joining the cast, some dialogue that makes little sense out of context, as well as what looks like a

Image: AMD AMD is releasing new BIOS updates that will boost performance for its Ryzen 9600X / 9700X processors and address some latency issues. The performance improvements and latency reductions arrive around a month after disappointing Zen 5 desktop CPU reviews and appear alongside updates to Windows 11 that include optimized AMD-specific branch prediction for both Zen 4 and Zen 5 chips.
CPU reviewers have been reporting a higher-than-expected core-to-core latency across the Ryzen 9000-series

If successful, the merger would create a combined satellite streaming business with around 20 million US subscribers. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DirecTV has reached an agreement to acquire Dish, alongside its parent company EchoStar’s wider satellite TV business, for a single dollar — and assume $9.75 billion of Dish’s debt. Private equity firm TPG has arranged a two-step agreement to buy the remaining 70 percent of DirecTV that it didn’t already own from A

Image: Ford For customers still unsure whether they’re ready to make the switch to an all-electric vehicle, Ford is sweetening the pot.Today, the company launched a new initiative called the “Ford Power Promise,” in which it will provide a suite of benefits to customers who buy or lease a new EV. And chief among them is a complimentary home charger for all new customers, as well as the costs of standard installation.The charger that’s being offered is the company’s

Gone are the days of elite footballers buying pubs. Today’s star players prefer to put their money into tech. Kylian Mbappe is one of the new generation’s leaders. The French captain has his own investment company, Coalition Capital, which just bought a stake in German electronics giant Loewe Technology. The luxury brand has an ambitious business plan. Over the next few years, the company aims to increase annual revenues from €60mn to €300mn. Mbappe’s investment aims

Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Philip Pacheco, Getty Images Four years after Epic sued Google for running an illegal app store monopoly — a case it won this past December — Epic is suing again. The Fortnite game developer has filed a second antitrust lawsuit against Google, and now additionally Samsung, accusing them of illegally conspiring to undermine third-party app stores.
The lawsuit revolves around Samsung’s “Auto Blocker” feature,

The value of X (formerly Twitter) continues to circle the toilet at an impressive rate.The social media platform is now worth 79 percent less than what it was worth when Elon Musk purchased it, according to analysis by investor Fidelity.SEE ALSO:Elon Musk's X is losing users in the U.S., UK, and EU. X's own data proves it.
The financial platform should know what it's talking about, too, because it helped Musk acquire X back in 2022 and owns a stake in the company. Fidelity's initial investment,

Apple's smart home products are about to become a lot more futuristic. This is according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who detailed the company's plans for the smart home market over the weekend. Apple is reportedly working on a new operating system called homeOS, as well as two smart displays. The more advanced of these will have a robotic limb, Gurman claims, and a large, "iPad-like" display. It might cost $1,000 or more, and it probably won't be ready very soon. SEE ALSO:Apple reportedly backs

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

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TL;DR: Get a near-mint refurbished iPad Pro on sale for $399.99 (reg. $799). Traveling as a family can be filled with great memories, but keeping everyone entertained and organized during long trips is key to a smooth journey. Whether you're managing your kids' screen time, capturing family moments, or keeping important travel details at your fingertips, having a reliable device that does it all is a must.This 12.9-inch iPad Pro is great for families on the move, offering a balance of power

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The new Raspberry Pi AI Camera uses Sony’s IMX500 image sensor to handle the AI processing. | Image: Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi and Sony have co-developed a Raspberry Pi AI Camera module that’s launching today for $70. It comes with onboard AI processing that can help Raspberry Pi users develop “edge AI solutions that process visual data” with ease, according to the tiny computer maker.
The new camera builds on Raspberry Pi’s plans to offer chips and add-ons for AI d

Dubai is a city on the rise. The first nine months of 2023 saw its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase by 3.3%, while in the same period, its information and communications sector shot up by 4.4%. Alongside its prolonged economic success, the city has also become a haven for startups and the tech sector in general. A big part of this has been the country’s dedication to stoking business, something many feel Europe hasn’t focused on in the same way. While the continent still has a

Music lovers are having a turbulent time online right now. Not only did Spotify suffer an outage on Sunday (though it was quickly fixed), YouTube has also suddenly stopped serving many popular tunes. Unfortunately, it seems as though this issue won't be rectified as easily.YouTube users in the U.S. received an unwelcome surprise this weekend, with the video streaming platform suddenly blocking a significant swathe of music. Numerous videos are now unavailable, replaced by a black screen and dour

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If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, w

Industry's Season 3 finale is both a blessing and a curse for viewers who ship Robert Spearing (Harry Lawtey) and Yasmin Kara-Hanani (Marisa Abela). After three seasons of buildup, the pair finally admit their love for each other and have sex for the first time. Then, just hours later, Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington) announces that he and Yasmin are engaged. Talk about whiplash.SEE ALSO:'Industry' stars Myha'la and Marisa Abela break down Harper and Yasmin's big fight: 'This is the end for them'

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for September 30's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself