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Watch the final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The Skywalker saga that started more than 40 years ago in Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope is finally coming to an end, and the final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker teases an epic...

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Huawei’s folding Mate X ships next month for $2,400

Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge Huawei’s much-delayed folding phone, the Mate X, is finally going on sale next month. The company announced the news at a launch event today attended and reported on by...

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Chromebooks will let developers more easily sideload Android apps with Chrome...

Chromebooks are able to run Android apps, but mostly just ones from the Google Play Store — if you wanted to install something that’s not officially sanctioned, you’d generally need to flip your...

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Why 10 percent of all Google Search results are changing

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is currently rolling out a change to its core search algorithm that it says could change the rankings of results for as many as one in ten queries. It’s...

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Migrating eagles racked up a huge cellular bill

Image: Russian Raptors Research and Conservation Network, via VK.com crowdfunding campaign Migrating eagles with tracking beacons that send texts reportedly accrued roaming charges so high that...

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7 new trailers you should watch this week

Photo: Disney I’m writing this entire column having just gotten back from seeing Parasite, so you’ll have to excuse me if my thoughts are a little scattered because Parasite is, to put it mildly,...

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Samsung’s ‘space selfie’ balloon crash-lands on Michigan farm

Nancy Mumby-Welke A device used by Samsung to launch a Cara Delevingne selfie into space has apparently made a dramatic return to Earth. Nancy Mumby-Welke of Gratiot County, Michigan, heard a loud...

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Game of Thrones showrunners quit Star Wars trilogy to work on Netflix projects

Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss have abandoned plans to work on a trilogy of Star Wars movies. “There are only so many hours in the day,...

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The PS4 has outsold the original PlayStation and the Wii

Sony has announced as part of its second-quarter earnings report that it sold 2.8 million PlayStation 4 consoles between July and September. Since the company hit exactly 100 million sales three...

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Nintendo’s Switch Lite helps boost hardware sales by more than 50 percent

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Nintendo’s third-quarter earnings are out, and they reveal that the company sold 4.8 million Switch consoles between July and September, a year-on-year...

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Death Stranding is a long, bizarre journey that’s both breathtaking and boring

Hideo Kojima’s post-Metal Gear game demands a lot from players Continue reading… Source: TheVerge

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Watch these robot blocks cluster together with a hive mind

MIT researchers first showed off its self-assembling “M-Block” robot cubes in 2013 — and this week, they shared a video of what they’re calling M-Blocks 2.0 (via TechCrunch). Like the first version of...

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Microsoft unveils new Edge browser logo that no longer looks like Internet...

Microsoft is refreshing the logo for its Chromium-based Edge browser. The software giant originally unveiled its Edge icon more than four years ago, and it’s fair to say it was a logo that clinged to...

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How to customize the look of your Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge An affordable, manageable way to give your Switch a unique look Continue reading… Source: TheVerge

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Microsoft Surface Pro X review: heartbreaker

Better than expected isn’t enough Continue reading… Source: TheVerge

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Amazon’s own Echo Buds may have revealed a future fitness tracking feature

Amazon’s truly wireless Echo Buds earbuds are excellent for their $130 price, to the point that they were the elephant in the room when we reviewed Apple’s new AirPods Pro. And they managed that...

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Vivo Nex 3 review: chasing waterfalls

Should Vivo stick to the rivers and lakes that it’s used to? Continue reading… Source: TheVerge

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Oppo’s Reno Ace really does have the fastest fast charging

Last month Oppo announced its latest flagship phone, the Reno Ace, with a headline feature of the world’s fastest fast-charge solution yet. Oppo’s 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 fast charger is claimed to be able...

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WeWork: the latest news about 2019’s soap opera of a company

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge It’s been quite a fall Continue reading… Source: TheVerge

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9 new trailers you should watch this week

Photo: Kyle Kaplan / Sony Pictures The Deuce wrapped up a couple weeks ago with one of the all-time weirdest final episodes. Part of me loves it: the show jumped decades into the future to show just...

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