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The shallow authoritarianism of Trump’s Reflecting Pool
President Donald Trump speaks about proposed renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the Oval Office on June 3, 2026. | Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images What should one make...
The Nex Playground is down to its pre-RAMageddon price during Prime Day
You gotta admit, it looks like fun. | Photo: Sean Hollister / The Verge The Nex Playground is the family-centric, Kinect-like game console that made one Verge editor’s kids laugh, cry, and ask for...
Google Home will soon get better at recognizing you
A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you're facing away from the camera. Starting June 23rd, Google's expanding...
Trump’s extraordinary welcome for white South Africans
A group of Afrikaner refugees listen to remarks from Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar at Washington Dulles International Airport on...
Hollywood is bending the knee to OpenAI
Netflix, A24, Focus Features, and Warner Bros.' Clockwork have all reportedly decided to pass on picking up Artificial - director Luca Guadagnino's new biographical drama about OpenAI cofounder /...
Why Trump is losing his war against algae
A worker from the National Park Service vacuums up algae in the Reflecting Pool on June 20. | AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein In addition to Iran, inflation, and the courts, President Donald Trump has...
Prime Day takes $240 off Roborock’s Saros 20, one of our favorite robovacs
The best robot vacuums are the ones you barely have to think about, and the Roborock Saros 20 fits that description well. It’s why it’s one of our favorite robovac / mop hybrids, and...
The Meta Quest 3S is on sale for $297 — which is basically its old price
The Meta Quest 3S VR headset with 128GB of storage is $296.79 (about $53 off) at Amazon. This is Meta’s entry-level VR headset, which launched back in 2024 for $299.99 before getting a price...
Xteink’s tiny e-readers are 20 percent off for Prime Day
The Xteink X4 and smaller X3 e-readers are discounted to $55.20 (regularly $69) and $63.20 (normally $79), respectively, as part of Amazon’s Prime Day promotions this week. Both e-readers are...
Prime Day has some solid deals on Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox games
There are some some sizable discounts on new and recent hits from the last few years for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series X / S for Prime Day. Most Amazon game deals are...