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Caesars rolls out Super Bowl prop betting menu
With the Super Bowl just around the corner, Caesars Sportsbook has just debuted its ‘largest-ever prop betting menu’ for the event. The actual event will take place on February 9 at the Caesars...
Anker's 45W Nano charger with smart display is $10 off
Anker rolled out a bunch of new chargers and other gear at CES 2026, including a cute one that's already on sale. The new Nano charger with smart display, which is an upgrade to the existing Nano...
Vivo and Oppo’s telephoto extender comes to iPhone
The RetroVa kit looks almost identical to PGYTech’s accessories for Vivo and Oppo. | Image: PGYTech PGYTech, the accessory manufacturer behind the official telephoto extender lenses for recent Vivo...
Gambling billionaire Laurence Escalante charged with assault, burglary, and drug offences
Laurence Escalante, the billionaire founder of gambling brand Virtual Gaming Worlds (VGW), has been charged with assault, burglary, and drug offences. The betting magnate’s charges were brought...
Donald Trump’s ego might just save democracy
President Donald Trump is frequently accused of authoritarian ambitions. It’s an image he often seems to relish, either sincerely or as trolling. “Usually they say, ‘He’s a horrible dictator-type...
TikTok says it's 'back to normal' after winter storm-related outages
TikTok is finally "back to normal" in the US after days of technical issues and outages tied to winter storms. Less than a week after companies like Oracle took ownership of TikTok's...
Jupiter Exchange announces integration of prediction market Polymarket
The decentralized trading platform Jupiter has just announced Polymarket is coming to Solana, on Jupiter. The update about the integration came through a social media post, in which the company...
Trump has turned his biggest political asset into a liability
Donald Trump speaks during a stop at the Machine Shed restaurant in Urbandale, Iowa, on January 27, 2026. | Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images When President Donald Trump launched his...
The tragedy of Supernatural
When you picture a virtual reality headset user, you're probably not picturing someone like Sherry Dickson. At 69, the snowy-haired, retired elementary school teacher hops into her Meta Quest...
Welcome to the February issue of The Highlight
Humanoid robots — actually useful ones, the kind you might encounter in day-to-day life — have long been the territory of science fiction, not reality. But their sci-fi ubiquity makes them an...