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Cassette Boy forces you to see its world in a whole new way
- Jay Peters
- Jan 31, 2026
It's no secret that Cassette Boy is inspired by the classics. It's a top-down adventure game in the vein of a retro Legend of Zelda, while your home b...
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ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
- Robert Hart
- Jan 31, 2026
ChatGPT is using Grokipedia as a source, and it's not the only AI tool to do so. Citations to Elon Musk's AI-generated encyclopedia are starting to ap...
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How to turn on hypertension alerts on Apple Watch
- Rob Webb
- Jan 31, 2026
Apple has steadily expanded the Apple Watch’s health monitoring features over the years, moving beyond fitness tracking into areas that can offer earl...
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A nice upgrade for Apple’s simplest gadget
- David Pierce
- Jan 31, 2026
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 114, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, send Arc Raiders ti...
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Highguard, a hyperpop arena shooter and other new indie games worth checking out
- Kris Holt
- Jan 31, 2026
Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. There are tons of interesting games out this week. But first, there's been s...
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How to Film ICE
- Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, Maddy Varner, Andy Greenberg
- Jan 31, 2026
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agent...
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The latest Instax printer is a pricey but worthy upgrade
- Thomas Ricker
- Jan 31, 2026
FujiFilm's Instax Mini Link 3 printer is a much-loved $100 accessory in my travel journal kit. I often tape a printed image next to my handwritten tho...
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Senate passes budget with two more weeks of Homeland Security funding
- Tina Nguyen
- Jan 31, 2026
The Senate voted on Friday evening to pass the federal budget, funding everything except for one entity: the Department of Homeland Security, which wa...
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Jeffrey Epstein was permanently banned from Xbox Live
- Sean Hollister
- Jan 31, 2026
Would it surprise you to learn Microsoft booted Epstein from its online gaming platform? As spotted by XboxEra, the latest batch of Epstein's email sh...
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Peloton lays off 11 percent of its staff just a few months after launching its AI hardware
- Stevie Bonifield
- Jan 30, 2026
Peloton said on Friday that it's cutting around 11 percent of its staff, mostly impacting "engineers working on technology and enterprise-related effo...
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Video game company stock prices dip after Google introduces an AI world-generation tool
- Jay Peters
- Jan 30, 2026
The stock prices of some major video game companies, including Take-Two Interactive, Roblox, and Unity, had notable declines on Friday, just a day aft...
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Sonos’ Super Bowl sale knocks hundreds off its audio gear
- Cameron Faulkner
- Jan 30, 2026
Sonos isn’t exactly synonymous with the Super Bowl, although the brand discounts its gear every year around this time like clockwork. It’s knocking 20...