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Godzilla Minus One, a very good movie, is $15 on 4K Blu-ray
I love Godzilla Minus One. Granted, it’s only the second Godzilla movie that I’ve watched, the other being 1998’s terrible Godzilla featuring Matthew Broderick...
Countries agree to historic release of stockpiled oil to ease the global disruption
Members of the International Energy Agency have announced a coordinated release of 400 million barrels of stockpiled oil in an attempt to counter the disruption...
I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job
Millions of people are on the job hunt right now - and for many people, landing a job in the AI era feels more intimidating than ever. That's why the onset of A...
Tembo is a playful drum machine that thinks it’s a checkerboard
Tembo looks like a toy, but one of those bougie wooden toys you get on Crate & Kids, not some cheap plastic garbage. Despite its appearance, it is a fully funct...
Framework raises RAM and storage prices again
For the fourth month in a row, Framework is increasing prices on RAM and storage for its modular PCs due to ongoing shortages from suppliers. An update to Frame...
The mysterious case of the DHS white supremacist memelord
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter that takes Verge subscribers into the smoke-filled back rooms of Washington as they become the Zyn-filled back room...
ChatGPT, Gemini, and other chatbots helped teens plan shootings, bombings, and political violence, study shows
AI companies have repeatedly promised safeguards to protect younger users, but a new investigation suggests those guardrails remain woefully deficient. Popular...
You can soon listen to Apple Music inside of TikTok — and artists get paid for it
Apple Music subscribers will soon be able to listen to full-length music tracks on TikTok without having to leave the TikTok app. The platforms have teamed up t...
Intel announces Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus, its ‘fastest gaming desktop processors ever’
Intel hasn't made it easy to buy a flagship desktop chip. The company's 2022 and 2023 Raptor Lake chips ran hot, power-hungry, and had those infamous crashes, w...
Testing Lego’s Smart Bricks with my two kids
I was about to be the coolest dad ever. I'd prepared the magic words: "Do you want to help daddy test the new Lego Smart Bricks? I can pick you up from school e...
Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla
Every six months or so, Nvidia's head of automotive, Xinzhou Wu, invites CEO Jensen Huang to go for a ride in a vehicle equipped with the company's hands-free a...
How Trump’s war on Iran stranded a million fliers — and plunged the Gulf’s favorite playground into chaos
It was a little after 1PM on Friday, February 28th, and Samantha Lujano was about to board her flight from Dubai to Colombo, Sri Lanka, when the drone attacks b...