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The Trump phone still isn’t real
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. We're back to being ignored, and the phone seems no...
I don’t think Gwyneth Paltrow knows what a peptide is
She’s definitely heard of a peptide. I don’t know if she understands what they are. | Photo: Getty Images This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria...
A new Republican privacy bill could be ‘worse than no standard at all’
It would add protections for many states, but also likely strip some from others. | Image: The Verge, Getty Images Congress is once again attempting to pass a national data privacy law. But while it...
Engadget Podcast: Tim Cook’s Apple era and what lies ahead for John Ternus
The Apple rumors were true, once again. This week, the company announced that Tim Cook will be stepping down from his CEO role on September 1. Replacing him will be John Ternus, who currently serves...
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court showdown will dish the dirt
Might as well jump, as the poet David Lee Roth once said. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn't anointed CEO, leaving Sam...
DeepSeek promises its new AI model has ‘world-class’ reasoning
DeepSeek has released its latest AI models, the V4 Pro and Flash versions, a bit over a year after it went viral and became the top rated free app on Apple's App Store in the US. “Welcome to the era...
Instagram has launched another Snapchat clone
Instagram is testing a new dedicated app that's focused around Snapchat-like photo sharing features. The app, called "Instants," was launched in Italy and Spain yesterday, Business Insider reports,...
The Morning After: Polymarket and a hairdryer
Although it’s one of the more inoffensive topics on Polymarket, this news typifies the Wild West of prediction markets and betting sites. A hairdryer was allegedly used to rig Polymarket bets on...
Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended
In theory, it has become miraculously easy to avoid getting HIV in the United States today. | Xinmei Liu for Vox Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor...
The 1980s sex scandal that explains TMZ’s move to DC
Colorado Sen. Gary Hart acknowledges the crowd of volunteers gathered at the official opening of "The Friends of Gary Hart" national campaign office in Denver on February 2, 1987. | Bettmann...