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How Watch Duty’s wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA
‘We view what we are doing as a public service,’ says the cofounder of the nonprofit that millions of people are relying on to stay safe. Share this story a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol / Anadolu via Getty Images a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Watch Duty a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin...
Amazon Prime will shut down its clothing try-on program
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Anker’s display-equipped wall charger from CES is already on sale
Deals/ Tech / Amazon’s inexpensive air quality is also discounted today, along with the entry-level Samsung Galaxy Buds FE. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Anker The inventive gadgets and gizmos at CES can often define the year, but most everything that appears on the showroom floor isn’t going to be available until later in the year, if at all. Fortunately, that’s not the case with Anker’s 140W GaN charger, which is already available in black or silver ...
Facebook Littered With Fake Headlines After Mark Zuckerberg Announced Meta Will No Longer Be Fact-Checking
The Meta founder is being smacked with fake news headlines after announcing a policy shift on his social media platforms, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, to end fact-checking, replacing it with "community notes," copying Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk's lame social media platform, X.
Everything we know (and think we know) about the Nintendo Switch 2
Leaks and rumors supported by multiple third-party manufactures make up the bulk of info out there about the new Switch. By Ash Parrish, a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and writing about the intersection of video games and sex. Share this story Nintendo’s announcement of the Switch successor is imminent. Just how imminent is anyone’s guess with the company stating that it would reveal info on the console before the end of its fiscal year in March. Rumors regarding the new Switch have been circulating for more than a year, but with less than two months to go until the promised deadline, and in the absence of any real information from Nintendo itself, speculation about the console, its specs, physical profile, a...
‘Indiana Jones & The Great Circle,’ ‘Astro Bot,’ ‘Helldivers II’ Lead 2025 DICE Awards Nominations Plus Our Predictions
The categories and nominees for the 28th Annual DICE Awards have been revealed. Battling out for the highly-coveted title of Game of The Year include Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Helldivers 2, and late entry, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Why Honda is merging with Nissan: factories, SUVs, and China
/ Honda executives are interested in Nissan’s big SUVs for future hybrids. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>The Honda 0 Saloon at CES.a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>Honda wants Nissan’s large SUVs and underutilized factories During the roundtable, Kaihara said that Honda is looking at Nissan as a way to reduce costs around future software-defined vehicles (SDV). “We have significant labor and development costs, and if there are operations we could share, that would be good...
Coming back to CES after a decade-long break was a trip
/ Some things change and some things really, really don’t. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Cool screens are still undefeated at CES. Twelve years ago, I could have told you exactly what happened at my first CES and what happened at my third. Each was a chapter with a beginning, middle, and end; the lines between them drawn clearly. But now, 15 years since I attended my first CES, it’s a lot fuzzier. I know I missed my flight home at that first show. I know I saw a lot of cameras at first, and then progressively fewer cameras over the years. I know there were team dinners and early meetings, but I couldn’...
Intel still dreams of modular PCs — it brought a tablet laptop gaming handheld to CES
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Mark Zuckerberg lies about content moderation to Joe Rogan’s face
/ The head of Meta cracked under Republican pressure. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Mark Zuckerberg takes his “no, really, Mr. Trump, I’m your guy!” tour to Joe Rogan
TikTok still seems headed for a ban after its Supreme Court arguments
/ The justices didn’t seem to buy TikTok’s interpretation of why the law violates its First Amendment rights. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that could ban TikTok, it looks like one of its last possible lifelines is unlikely to save it from the impending ouster. TikTok will be banned from the US unless either the Supreme Court blocks the law from taking effect before the January 19th deadline or its China-based parent company, ByteDance, finally agrees to sell it. A sale — and r...
Amazon’s latest Blu-ray promo nets you three movies for just $33
/ The sale includes a number of box office hits from the past year, from ‘Dune’ to ‘Twisters.’ a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Warner Bros. If you’re looking for indoor activities to keep you entertained this winter, you might want to check out Amazon’s ongoing Blu-ray sale. Now through January 20th, you can pick up three 4K Blu-ray titles for $33 when you add them to your cart, regardless of their sale price. That amounts to $11 per film, which is the kind of ...
