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The MAGA stars freaked out by their own movement
President Donald Trump gestures next to first lady Melania Trump during UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House on June 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Evan Vucci/Pool/Getty Images In...
Polymarket has reportedly been paying creators to post fake betting videos
The Wall Street Journal reviewed 1,105 videos along with guidance given to creators for crafting their posts.
Bose thinks it can be a media company for some reason
The history books are littered with the corpses of corporate record labels started by companies that had no business being in the music industry. Bose thinks it can be the exception to the rule. It...
Cold Court’s debut EP is an infectious, glitchy genre mashup
Cold Court is a brother-sister duo from Philly that seems to love nothing more than shoving all of their influences together in a messy soup that at least superficially resembles the hyperpop you've...
That viral clip you saw of someone winning big on Polymarket was probably fake
According to a Wall Street Journal investigation, Polymarket has been paying people to film themselves placing fake bets and celebrating fake wins on social media. WSJ identified over 1,100...
How Roomba started a robot revolution
If you had a Roomba, especially in the early days of the robot vacuum, it was in many ways a fairly unsophisticated machine. It would just bump around your house, looking for something to suck up,...
Electric air taxis are stuck in the courtroom
Joby flight at JFK airport. | Image: The Verge This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on aviation, air taxis, and Wi-Fi speeds at...
Sony’s Xperia 1 VIII is still a phone for the fans
The 1 VIII doesn’t look much like any Xperia that’s come before. The Xperia 1 VIII marks an attempt at a step change for Sony's flagship phone line. Not only has it had an aesthetic overhaul, but...
Why we don’t actually want a world without mosquitoes
A mosquito lands on a leaf. | Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto via Getty Images I want you to close your eyes and imagine a perfect summer girls’ night out: It’s dusk and you assemble your crew and hit up the...
The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI
Atlantic reporter Alex Reisner recently uncovered four datasets of music being used to train AI models and made them fully searchable for the public. Two of the sets are absolutely enormous at 12...