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24 Best Travel Bags For Your Next Trip

Checked bags, carry-ons, and backpacks that are so spacious you'd be set for a week.

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27 Birthday Gifts That Look Luxurious But Are Actually Under $50

You'll be setting the bar high as the best gift-giver, and it didn't cost you much.

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Bucks' Lillard returning for must-win; Giannis out

Bucks star guard Damian Lillard will return for a must-win Game 6 vs. the Pacers on Thursday, while two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out.

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Benj Edwards, Ars Technica

Want to Buy a Decommissioned Supercomputer? Here’s Your Chance

There’s still time left to bid for a 145,152-core Cheyenne supercomputer that was once the 20th most powerful computer in the world.

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Mark Schofield

George Russell talks upgrades and potential teammates at F1 Miami Grand Prix

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Meeting with the media ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, George Russell talked F1 dominance and a potential teammate

MIAMI — One of the more fascinating driver media sessions at Hard Rock Stadium this steamy Thursday?

The one delivered by Mercedes driver George Russell.

Late in the afternoon at Hard Rock Stadium, when many media members were seeking out shade and hydration more than anything else, Russell settled into a chair in front of the...

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David McCabe and Cecilia Kang

Judge Grills U.S. and Google on Antitrust Claims

Judge Amit P. Mehta tried poking holes in the closing arguments of a landmark monopoly case as he weighs a ruling that could reshape tech.

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Alan Feuer and Jonah E. Bromwich

Trump Trial Exhumes Celebrity Scandals With Hulk Hogan, Lindsay Lohan and Others

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers tried to paint Keith Davidson, the man who helped broker a hush-money payment for Stormy Daniels, as a specialist in extracting money from the famous.

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Annie Karni

Bill to Combat Antisemitism on Campuses Prompts Backlash From the Right

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, said the legislation could make it illegal to assert that Jews killed Jesus, punishing Christians for “believing the Gospel.”

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Sharon Otterman and Chelsia Rose Marcius

How Protesters Took Over a Campus Building at Columbia University

Some of those arrested during the pro-Palestinian protest were outsiders, not students or others who appeared to be affiliated with the school, according to an analysis of Police Department data.

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Apple Watch feature becomes first digital health tech to receive this FDA approval

The FDA just gave the Apple Watch a historic first approval for a digital health tech device.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Apple Watch – or more specifically its atrial fibrillation (AFib) feature – has received its approval as a qualified device in the Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program. The feature helps detect abnormal heart patterns and has previously been credited for saving users' lives.

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'I was kinda trapped': Watch a Cybertruck try to eat a guy's finger

The Tesla Cybertruck is, famously, a vehicle with a reputation problem. This video of a Cybertruck owner appearing to have his finger almost cut off by his truck's motorized front hatch is not going to help.

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It was discovered early this year in the days just after the Cybertruck's debut that the "frunk" (front trunk) was disturbingly capable when repurposed as a food slicer. Where competitor vehicles with automatic hatch closures would...

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Quentyn Kennemer

Seagate’s 2TB Xbox Storage Expansion Card gets its best discount yet

Seagate’s speedy storage expansion cards are a necessary evil and expensive without these periodic sales. | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge

If your main gaming platform is the Xbox Series X or S and you have a particularly deep library, bring it in for a hug. The markups on its proprietary storage cards are exorbitant, but regular discounts are starting to make them a little more affordable. For example, Seagate’s 2TB Storage Expansion Card is on sale for $226.76 (down from...

The Verge

Emma Roth

FCC asks for more money to help telecom providers replace Huawei and ZTE gear

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images

The Federal Communications Commission is asking for more funding to help internet service providers rip and replace equipment made by Huawei and ZTE. In a letter to Congress, FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel says the government has only allocated $1.9 billion to reimburse providers, which is $3.08 billion less than the $4.98 billion the FCC estimates it will need.

After designating the China-owned Huawei and ZTE as...

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Chris Welch

Apple’s earnings show that, yeah, it’s really time for some new iPads

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Less than a week ahead of its much-anticipated iPad hardware event, Apple shared its Q2 2024 earnings today, and the numbers paint a predictable picture for the increasingly dated tablet line. iPad revenue fell substantially yet again (by 17 percent year over year) amid the longest-ever wait for new models — something Apple is days away from finally rectifying. At the same time, iPhone sales tapered off a bit (down 10 percent), while the company’s...

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Chris Low

Smart money: UGA makes Kirby first $13M coach

Georgia's Kirby Smart, who was scheduled to earn $10.75 million this year under his old contract, will see his salary increase to $13 million annually under his new 10-year deal.

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Emma Roth

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy broke labor laws by saying workers are ‘better off’ without a union

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated labor laws when making “coercive statements” about unions during interviews conducted in 2022, a judge for the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Wednesday.

The ruling, which stems from a complaint filed in October 2022, cites three instances in which Jassy commented negatively about unions. During an interview with CNBC in April 2022, Jassy said employees are “better off” not forming a union. Jassy...

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Joanna Nelius

When notifications remind us of things we’d rather forget

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My breaking point with promotional emails and desktop alerts finally happened a few weeks ago. I woke up at 7AM to an automated Legacy.com email with my friend’s death-a-versary in the subject line. The email itself was annoying enough, but what it said made it a cold, thoughtless annoyance: “Being remembered matters. The flowers you sent last year were a comforting gesture of sympathy and support.”

I didn’t send flowers. I...

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‘Why is my iPhone alarm so quiet?’ Apple says a fix is coming.

"Why is my iPhone alarm so quiet?" is a question that seems to be gaining traction on Google.

At the end — or, in this case, the beginning — of the day, we really only need our phones to do one thing. For many iPhone users, that didn't happen this week.

First reported by Today on NBC, folks around social media noticed this week that their iPhone alarms were were too quiet or not playing at all. I can say personally that mine didn't go off on Thursday morning.

According to The Guardian,...

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