Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine
Brendan Carr's FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine In less than 100 days the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been converted from a media and telecom watchdog into a bizarre, rights-trampling grievance machine built for one purpose: to coddle and protect the ego of President […]
Elon Musk’s DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability
Elon Musk's DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability Elon Musk’s DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability Elon Musk’s expansive portfolio of companies could avoid more than $2.37 billion in potential legal liability due to his unprecedented influence over the US government, […]
Widespread power outage hits Spain and neighboring countries France and Portugal
Widespread power outage hits Spain and neighboring countries France and Portugal Yellow line shows actual power, red line is projected. | Image: <a href=”https://demanda.ree.es/visiona/peninsula/nacionalau/total”>Red Eléctrica</a> Power went down Monday afternoon in vast areas of Spain, crossing over into Portugal and France causing widespread outages in homes and businesses and bringing transportation infrastructure to a halt. […]
Nike is facing a lawsuit from people who bought its NFTs
Nike is facing a lawsuit from people who bought its NFTs Nike’s Cryptokicks iRL, a physical sneaker released under the RTFKT brand. A group of people sued Nike this week over its decision to wind down its virtual show project RTFKT last year. The buyers of the digital assets accuse Nike of causing “the rug […]
OnePlus 13R review: Maybe just buy a Pixel 9A
OnePlus 13R review: Maybe just buy a Pixel 9A A battery that goes for days at a price that’s nice. The OnePlus 13R is a particular kind of midrange phone for a particular kind of person. It’s a pared-down version of the OnePlus 13 – which is a full-on flagship and a good one at […]
Star Wars is so back
Star Wars is so back Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 80, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you had better luck than I did preordering a Switch 2, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, […]
Here’s how you can prepare for the next round of Nintendo Switch 2 preorders
Here's how you can prepare for the next round of Nintendo Switch 2 preorders Here’s how you can prepare for the next round of Nintendo Switch 2 preorders Following a brief delay stemming from the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariff policy, Nintendo officially opened up preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2. As expected, the initial […]
Digital photo frame company Nixplay cut its free cloud storage to almost nothing
Digital photo frame company Nixplay cut its free cloud storage to almost nothing One of the most frustrating realities about modern technology products is that while so many of them can get exciting new features via the internet, they can lose them just as easily. That happened to owners of Nixplay smart digital photo frames […]
How to use Visual Intelligence on the iPhone
How to use Visual Intelligence on the iPhone One of the Apple Intelligence features that hasn’t been delayed is Visual Intelligence, which uses your iPhone’s camera to identify and answer questions on whatever’s around you in the world. It lets you snap a pizza restaurant storefront and find out its opening hours, for example, or […]
Is Google’s smart tag network any good yet?
Is Google's smart tag network any good yet? Is Google’s smart tag network any good yet? The Chipolo Pop, Pebblebee Clip, and Moto Tag are the three main trackers using Google’s network. When Google launched its long-awaited Find My Device network in April 2024, it arrived to… well, what’s the opposite of “fanfare”? A slow […]