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A sad country song about Texas could become the biggest hit ever
Ella Langley performs at a country music festival in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 4, 2026. | Jason Kempin/Getty Images If you haven’t yet heard about how a certain fella is choosin’ a woman from...
How Zohran Mamdani ended up in a fight over Hindu nationalism
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and state Attorney General Letitia James at a press conference on August 12, 2026, in New York City. | Selcu Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images On Tuesday, New York...
How to use your old Android phone as a Wi-Fi extender
If your Wi-Fi signal is patchy at the far reaches of your house, this simple solution might be worth a try. Even better? It's completely free.
Google further buries search results under AI mode
Google is now automatically expanding its AI search summaries at the top of the results page for some searches, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable. The change, when it kicks in, pushes the...
Xbox CEO calls Project Helix a ‘family of devices’
Asha Sharma. | Image: The Verge, Microsoft According to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Project Helix, which she announced in March as a codename for Microsoft's "next generation console" - phrasing that...
Trump’s new mass deportation target
Haitian immigrants at a protest in Salisbury, Maryland, on August 26, 2026. | Dominic Gwinn/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily...
There’s a new Twitter in town, even though a judge has yet to rule on a trademark injunction
"The public square is open again, and definitely not affiliated with X in any way."
The concert trend forcing fans to pay way more
Harry Styles performs on stage during his Together, Together Tour at Johan Cruijff Arena on May 16, 2026, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. | Anthony Pham/Getty Images for HS On Wednesday, Harry Styles...
The most sympathetic case for NIMBYism is still wrong
Homes being rebuilt in Altadena. | Mario Tama/Getty Images A natural disaster can do in one day what decades of public zoning fights cannot: Erase entire neighborhoods and force thousands of...
Save hundreds on a TCL mini-LED TV with quantum dots and high refresh rate
Amazon and Best Buy have the TCL QM7L mini-LED TV on sale for as low as $797.99 for the 55-inch model, a $200 discount from the usual price. We spotted scaling discounts on larger sizes as well,...