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So long, small phonesSo long, small phones
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The Quest 3 is Meta’s last chance to win the headset war before it truly begins

Meta doesn’t just need another hardware building block — it needs games.

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Protesters take over NYC streets to tell Joe Biden to ‘end fossil fuels’

Demonstrators flood city streets ahead of a key United Nations climate summit with a clear message for Joe Biden: ‘end fossil fuels.’

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Where is Microsoft’s handheld Xbox?

With Steam Deck competitors on the rise, Microsoft has been focused on phones for Xbox Cloud Gaming so far.

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AMD’s RX 7800 XT is the antidote to GPU inflationAMD’s RX 7800 XT is the antidote to GPU inflation
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The end of the Googleverse

For two decades, Google Search was the invisible force that determined the ebb and flow of online content. Now, for the first time, its cultural relevance is in question.

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iMac at 25: a visual history of Apple’s iconic all-in-one computer

It’s a computer, a monitor, an internet communicator, and one of the most iconic lines of tech in history.

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Why it’s impossible to compete with Google Search

A couple of ex-Googlers set out to create the search engine of the future. They built something faster, simpler, and ad-free. So how come you’ve never heard of Neeva?

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President Joe Biden wanted Gigi Sohn to fix America’s internet — what went wrong?

‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission.

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I’m slightly pissed at NACS.

My heart was set on a Hyundai Ioniq 5 this year. But it looks like the industry may turn against its industry-standard CCS charging plug — in favor of Tesla’s fake-it-till-you-make-it “North American Charging Standard,” aka NACS. Ford is switching, Hyundai is considering it, and just today Polestar and Electrify America joined the Tesla bandwagon.

The Ioniq would be a $50K investment — I didn’t have range anxiety about that before, but I do now! Yes, CCS will be around for a while yet, but I’m still annoyed that today’s non-Tesla EVs no longer look futureproof.

The greatest tech books of all timeThe greatest tech books of all time
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Goodnight PhoneGoodnight Phone
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Gina Wynbrandt
Inside the AI Factory

How many humans does it take to make tech seem human? Millions.

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The store is for people, but the storefront is for Google’s web crawlers

The SEO arms race has left the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other.

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New York City’s orange Wednesday, in pictures.

The Verge snapped some photos of the apocalyptic scene in the Big Apple yesterday — from amber skies to desolate streets. To stay updated, you can follow the EPA’s air quality monitoring tool AirNow. Its forecast for Thursday is still bad — not quite a Code Maroon (hopefully) but a Code Red for “unhealthy” air.

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Manhattan’s skyline, shrouded in smoke.
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The Kia Boys will steal your car for clout

A loose collective of teenage car thieves has stolen tens of thousands of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, often posting the results on YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok.

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What New York City looked like stifled in wildfire smokeWhat New York City looked like stifled in wildfire smoke
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The wild, true story of Chicago’s most infamous police impersonator

The “Kid Cop” duped the PD as a teenager — and that was just the beginning.

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AMD’s and Nvidia’s latest sub-$400 GPUs fail to push the bar on 1440p gaming

I wish 1440p GPUs were more mainstream after years of 1080p dominance.

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Justine Calma
I won’t spend more than $250 on a new smartphoneI won’t spend more than $250 on a new smartphone
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How Google tried to fix the web — by taking it over

Google promised to create a better, faster web for media companies with a new standard called AMP. In the end, it ruined the trust publishers had in the internet giant.

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