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United Airlines flight safely lands after dramatic engine failure caught on...

Image: Hayden Smith / speedbird5280 (Instagram) A United Airlines flight experienced a dramatic-looking engine failure just after takeoff from Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon....

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Dozens of Boeing 777 planes grounded in US and Japan after engine failure

Image: Hayden Smith / speedbird5280 (Instagram) Airlines in Japan and the US have grounded dozens of Boeing 777 aircraft after the dramatic engine failure that United Airlines flight 328 experienced...

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Elon Musk co-authored a COVID-19 antibody study of SpaceX workers

Photo by Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge More that 4,300 SpaceX employees volunteered to be part of a COVID-19 antibody study co-authored by CEO Elon Musk in 2020. The study, which was recently...

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Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good

Fry’s Electronics, one of the last big brick-and-mortar electronics store chains in the United States — and a Silicon Valley institution in particular — is permanently closing nationwide, local...

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Overcast overhauls its Apple Watch app

A new update to popular podcast player Overcast includes a major overhaul of its Apple Watch app. The Apple Watch support is notable at a time when third-party app development for the platform is not...

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Sony winds down Japan Studio to focus on Astro’s Playroom team

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony has confirmed that Japan Studio, its internal video game developer based in Tokyo, will essentially wind down and refocus around a single team. In a statement to...

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Go read this report about how selling safe masks online is surprisingly hard

Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images A new report from The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs digs into how mask policies on tech platforms that have allowed novelty masks like scrunchie masks to flourish...

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FDA authorizes one-dose COVID-19 vaccine

Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which only needs one dose and...

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Lime says it will spend $50 million on a huge e-bike expansion

Lime is getting back to its roots. The scooter company formerly known as LimeBike says it will invest $50 million to grow its shared electric bicycle network, including adding a new model of bike and...

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Google is boosting AR performance on Android phones with dual cameras

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google is updating its augmented reality SDK so that phones with dual cameras can capture better depth information. As noted by Android Police, the most recent update...

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You can now beam Steam games from your PC to practically anyone, anywhere,...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Valve is significantly expanding your ability to share games at home and with your friends for free using Steam. One change is the introduction of a Linux...

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WhatsApp’s desktop app now has video and voice calls

WhatsApp’s desktop app for Mac and PC is getting voice and video calling today, the company announced, offering end-to-end encrypted calls to other WhatsApp users on both computers and mobile devices....

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Tencent-branded RedMagic gaming phone launched with 165Hz screen

RedMagic, the gaming brand of ZTE subdivision Nubia, has launched a new smartphone in collaboration with Chinese tech and gaming giant Tencent. The RedMagic 6 and 6 Pro are high-end devices available...

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Move over, SolarWinds: 30,000 orgs’ email hacked via Microsoft Exchange...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Four exploits found in Microsoft’s Exchange Server software have reportedly led to over 30,000 US governmental and commercial organizations having their emails...

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California gives OK for Disneyland and other theme parks to reopen April 1st,...

Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Disneyland, Universal Studios other theme parks, and sports stadiums in California can reopen beginning April 1st, the California Department of Public Health...

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OnePlus’ next phones will come out on March 23rd

OnePlus confirms it will launch its 9-series devices later this month. | Image: OnePlus OnePlus has announced an official launch date for its next phones: the OnePlus 9 series will be formally...

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Dell’s new G15 is a speckled gaming laptop coming to China first

Dell has launched its new G15 gaming laptop, which will be available first in China before coming to other regions around the world. The laptop’s industrial design is all-new, though the most notable...

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Nikon announces Z9 flagship mirrorless camera in development

Nikon has announced development of the Z9, its highest-end mirrorless camera to date and the first in the Z-mount line that the company describes as a flagship. Actual details are thin, but Nikon...

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Verizon decrees only ‘premium’ customers can escape its slowest 5G speeds

Verizon wants to funnel more customers into its more expensive unlimited plans. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you’re on a basic Verizon plan, you’re going to be stuck with the company’s...

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Almost a fifth of Facebook employees are now working on VR and AR: report

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook has nearly 10,000 employees in its division working on augmented reality and virtual reality devices, according to a report in The Information...

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