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If you still aren’t convinced Big Brother can see you, here’s where Trump has...

Image: Alex Castro / The Verge Yesterday, The New York Times exposed in chilling detail how smartphones now mean practically anyone can be precisely tracked and identified in real time without their...

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11 new trailers you should watch this week

Photo: Scott Garfield / Paramount Pictures Alright everyone, it’s time for Star Wars. I’m writing this before I’ve seen the new movie, so instead I’m going to write about The Last Jedi, which I think...

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Cats is being patched with ‘improved visual effects’

Photo: Warner Bros. Theaters are receiving a new version of Cats with “some improved visual effects,” just days after it premiered to dismal reviews. The update to the CGI-heavy movie was available to...

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Today in Christmas miracles: a failed electric scooter company is getting...

It’s a Christmas micromobility miracle! Failed scooter business Unicorn is getting bailed out by rival company Unagi, after Unicorn had to shut down recently without any money leftover for refunds....

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TikTok owner ByteDance denies it’s exploring selling stake in popular app

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge ByteDance is not currently exploring selling its stake in TikTok, despite a report from Bloomberg stating that preliminary conversations were held as scrutiny...

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s holiday update will let players trade guns for...

The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare team is spreading some holiday cheer this season with a limited time snowball fight mode. In the game’s latest update, Infinity Ward and Activision are rolling out a...

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LG now makes a home gardening appliance

LG’s vegetable cultivator alongside a full-sized fridge. | Image: LG There’s no surer sign that CES is near than the announcement of a massive home appliance of dubious merit. Joining the tradition of...

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The Mandalorian shows what Star Wars’ future looks like over the next few years

Star Wars is synonymous with big; big battles, big ships and, most importantly, big movie theater screens. But the future is changing, and The Mandalorian perfectly demonstrates what it looks like....

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The Mandalorian shows why Star Wars should be smaller

Two months ago, just before The Mandalorian was about to premiere on Disney+, I made a joke to some friends: wouldn’t it be funny if this show was better than Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker? I...

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The 11 best new sci-fi books to check out on your new Kindle

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The holidays are here, and if you’re unwrapping a new Kindle (or a non-Amazon-branded e-reader, or just a device with an e-book app on it), you might be...

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Another director leaves the Uncharted movie

The Uncharted movie, based on the massively popular Indiana Jones-like game series, has lost another director, according to Deadline. Its release date has also been pushed back. Deadline says Travis...

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Could this be Samsung’s bezel-less 8K TV?

Image: Samsung / 4KFilme Samsung may have a new, groundbreaking type of television to show off at CES in Las Vegas next week: a completely bezel-less, 8K QLED model. Dubbed by some reports as the...

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Here’s what I was thinking a decade ago, according to Google’s records

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge “Most people are posting pics of them from the begining [sic] of the decade in order to show how far they’ve progressed in life. If you find that boring,...

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Samsung sold 6.7 million 5G phones in 2019, beating expectations

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Samsung sold 6.7 million 5G phones in 2019 between the Galaxy S10 5G and the Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G, the company announced today, marking better than expected sales...

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What you need to know about the Australia bushfires

Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images After an already devastating start to its fire season, Australia is bracing for things to get worse. The Verge will update this page with news and analysis as...

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Samsung confirms Galaxy S11 event for February 11th

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The next Galaxy flagship smartphone from Samsung is indeed being announced on February 11th. After the date was discovered earlier today thanks to an unlisted...

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Intel just confirmed it’s building this tiny modular desktop gaming PC

Photos: Koolshare forums When Intel conducted a short-lived experiment that put AMD graphics inside an Intel processor, it led to one of the most diminutive yet capable gaming PCs ever made: the Hades...

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GoPro has a fix to get Karma drones flying again

GoPro has figured out why Karma drones worldwide have been unable to fly since the beginning of the new year, as The Verge first reported on Sunday, and says a fix is coming. The company says its...

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ICANN’s founding chairman joins the battle to keep .org out of private hands

Photo by Nadine Rupp/Getty Images In November, the Internet Society (ISOC), which owns the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the group that maintains the .org top-level domain, announced it would sell...

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Panasonic’s VR glasses support HDR and look pretty steampunk

The problem with VR headsets is that they still all look like VR headsets — glorified ski goggles that shut you off from the world. I’m not going to say Panasonic has solved the matter altogether with...

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