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Filming British romance is all about location
Readers and audiences have been falling in love with British romance stories for centuries. Readers and audiences have been falling in love with British romance stories for centuries. Books by...
TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to DMs
If you’ve ever wondered if TikTok would ever offer a more secure messaging experience, you now have an answer. TikTok has told the BBC that it will not protect direct messages sent in the app with...
The AI industry’s civil war
The logos of Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude by Anthropic, Perplexity, and Bing apps are displayed on the screen of a smartphone. | Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images America’s...
The AI industry’s civil war
The logos of Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude by Anthropic, Perplexity, and Bing apps are displayed on the screen of a smartphone. | Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images America’s...
How a prize-winning cartoonist brings hand-drawn comics to the web
Jailed during the 2021 coup in Myanmar, American journalist Danny Fenster spent six months as a political prisoner. For much of his incarceration he battled boredom and fear, subsisting on...
I’m not ashamed to admit the Kobo Remote is the best gadget I’ve bought this year
The Kobo Remote is small and lightweight, but large enough to be comfortable to hold. Does anyone really need a remote for a device you’re already either holding or using at arm’s length? E-readers...
A high-stakes Texas primary exposed the Democratic Party’s fault lines
State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat from Texas and US Senate candidate, speaks during a "Take Back Texas" campaign event at Stable Hall in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday, March 1, 2026. |...
The hobby that AI is ruining for its fans
Puzzle enthusiasts’ pleasure is measured in the smallest of details: the exact shade of pink on a peony’s petal, a small sliver of a man’s plaid shirt, the tiniest glint of sunlight reflecting off a...
Inside the secret meeting that led to the AI political resistance
From left: Randi Weingarten, Steve Bannon, and Ralph Nader. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images In early January, a group of 90 or so political, community and thought leaders gathered...
Indie rhythm game Beat Weaver looks like a mix of Amplitude and Thumper
Rhythm games never really went away after the decline of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, but it feels like they’re having a bit of a moment again. From projects like Clone Hero and YARG, to Fortnite...