Month: July 2025
Dissident Hunters
On a balmy night in October 2019, the defector rode his bike home. He’d just finished a long shift helping waiters serve yogurt-smothered kabobs at a restaurant in Yalova, a seaside town an hour from Istanbul, Turkey. By this time of night, many of the shops had closed. Most of…
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The 10 Prime Day deals that are most popular with Verge readers
It may not surprise anyone who is tech-aware that publications such as The Verge track the affiliate links that are clicked by their readers — in fact, every article that links to a vendor has this statement on top: “If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may…
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IKEA launches two cheap Bluetooth speakers – including a retro throwback with a handy Spotify trick
IKEA’s new NattBadd Bluetooth speaker is available in three color options It has Spotify Tap and multi-speaker pairing, and costs $49.99 / £29 IKEA has also announced a lamp with an integrated speaker IKEA has launched a cute Bluetooth speaker in three color options: black, pink and yellow. It’s designed…
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The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold just got benchmarked – and it’s no match for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold has appeared on Geekbench Its scores are far lower than those of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 However, it’s still an improvement on the Pixel 9 Pro Fold’s scores Samsung just unveiled its line of foldable phones for 2025, headlined by the Samsung…
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AI Is a Lousy Chef
I asked an AI-powered recipe generator to make some menus. It didn’t tell me to put glue in my guacamole, but the results didn’t come close to besting recipes written by professionals. Source
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YouTube ‘clarifies’ its plan to demonetize spammy AI slop
YouTube is trying to soothe concerns about an incoming update to its monetization policies following backlash from online creators. An announcement that YouTube would be updating restrictions around “inauthentic” content under the YouTube Partner Program guidelines was interpreted by some to mean the platform was planning to demonetize a wider…
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