by bleffel | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts. We’re back to being ignored, and the phone seems no closer to an actual launch. Last week...
by bleffel | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
She’s definitely heard of a peptide. I don’t know if she understands what they are. | Photo: Getty Images This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that...
by bleffel | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
It would add protections for many states, but also likely strip some from others. | Image: The Verge, Getty Images Congress is once again attempting to pass a national data privacy law. But while it would introduce new protections in some states, it would weaken...
by bleffel | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Apple rumors were true, once again. This week, the company announced that Tim Cook will be stepping down from his CEO role on September 1. Replacing him will be John Ternus, who currently serves as Apple’s SVP of hardware engineering. In this episode,...
by bleffel | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Might as well jump, as the poet David Lee Roth once said. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn’t anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing. Now, Musk is back with...
by bleffel | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
DeepSeek has released its latest AI models, the V4 Pro and Flash versions, a bit over a year after it went viral and became the top rated free app on Apple’s App Store in the US. “Welcome to the era of cost-effective 1 million context length,” DeepSeek said in...
by bleffel | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Instagram is testing a new dedicated app that’s focused around Snapchat-like photo sharing features. The app, called “Instants,” was launched in Italy and Spain yesterday, Business Insider reports, and allows users to send each other disappearing...
by bleffel | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Although it’s one of the more inoffensive topics on Polymarket, this news typifies the Wild West of prediction markets and betting sites. A hairdryer was allegedly used to rig Polymarket bets on temperatures at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, according to a report...
by bleffel | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
In theory, it has become miraculously easy to avoid getting HIV in the United States today. | Xinmei Liu for Vox Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor about PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis), a highly protective drug regimen...
by bleffel | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Colorado Sen. Gary Hart acknowledges the crowd of volunteers gathered at the official opening of “The Friends of Gary Hart” national campaign office in Denver on February 2, 1987. | Bettmann Archive/Getty Images The newest journalists running around...
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