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How to use Magnifier on a MacBook to zoom in on faraway text
One of the iPhone’s many accessibility features is something Apple calls "Magnifier," which uses the smartphone's cameras to magnify and identify objects in the world around you. For...
Google Discover is testing AI-generated headlines and they aren't good
Artificial intelligence is showing up everywhere in Google's services these days, whether or not people want them and sometimes in places where they really don't make a lick of sense. The...
The Polaroid Flip, my favorite retro instant camera, is cheaper than ever
I love instant cameras because of how they help me slow down and be creative without the distractions of a phone. Holding a real print also feels grounding in a screen-dominated age, which is why I...
Trump’s confounding pardon of a drug lord, briefly explained
Juan Orlando Hernández is seen on April 21, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on his way to be extradited to the US to face drug charges. | Jorge Cabrera/Getty Images This story appeared in The...
Indiegogo is launching ‘Express Crowdfunding’ so creators can ship things sooner
Indiegogo is planning to launch a new “Express Crowdfunding” campaign format that lets creators ship things while the campaign is on-going instead of forcing creators to wait until the campaign is...
Google is experimentally replacing news headlines with AI clickbait nonsense
“BG3 players exploit children,” reads an Google AI-generated headline. | Image: Google Did you know that BG3 players exploit children? Are you aware that Qi2 slows older Pixels? If we wrote those...
Why is Trump suddenly so obsessed with Honduras?
A woman waves a Honduran flag near a polling station during the general election in Tegucigalpa on November 30, 2025. | Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images The US may or may not be marching toward...
Can Marco Rubio end the war in Ukraine?
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, alongside White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L) and Jared Kushner (R), attend a meeting with Ukrainian officials headed by Rustem Umerov in Hallandale Beach,...
Instacart sues New York City over minimum pay, tipping laws
You can tell a lot about a company by what they're willing to sue over. Take Instacart, which just filed a lawsuit against New York City. Its beef? The company doesn't like five new city...
Amazon’s bet that AI benchmarks don’t matter
Rohit Prasad, Amazon's SVP of AGI. This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Amazon's AI chief...