Author: Zach_Wilson
The future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellows
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politics, tech influence, and tech shenanigans in Washington, DC. (If you’re not a subscriber, you can get on board here.) We’re back after a two-week hiatus, during most of which I was gallivanting in the Netherlands for a…
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Stop buying 8GB laptops for your sanity: The best $500 picks with 16GB RAM
I cannot in all honesty advise anyone to buy an 8GB RAM laptop in 2026. Between resource-heavy browser tabs, background updates, and new AI features, 8GB is a recipe for constant freezing and elevated blood pressure. Fortunately, you don’t need a massive budget to save your sanity. After scouring Amazon,…
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After Belfast riots, UK reminds social platforms they’re obligated to remove hateful content
The UK's communications regulator has reminded social media platforms they have a duty to minimize hateful content, not encourage it. Source
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You can just tell the Instagram algorithm what you want now
Instagram is going to let you tweak what its algorithm shows you on your main feed. With the Your Algorithm feature, “you can now see the topics we think you’re interested in, and change them, across all the major parts of Instagram,” according to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri. Right now,…
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How to watch England vs Costa Rica: Free Streams & TV Guide for World Cup 2026 warm-up
Watch England vs Costa Rica live streams as the Three Lions play their final friendly before their 2026 World Cup campaign gets underway in a week’s time. Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando, hosts after Thomas Tuchel’s side lacked fluency in Saturday’s penultimate warm-up fixture. England may have started their final preparations with…
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Mint Mobile just bumped up the data allowance on all its plans — and yes, that’s for both new and existing customers
The popular prepaid carrier Mint Mobile has just unveiled that all three of its non-unlimited data plans are receiving a small (but welcome) boost to their monthly data allowance. Now, the entry-level 5GB plan will get 6GB of data per month, the 15GB plan will now be 17GB, and the…
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