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US website 'freedom.gov' will allow Europeans to view hate speech and other blocked content
The US State Department is building a web portal, where Europeans and anyone else can see online content banned by their governments, according to Reuters. It was supposed to be launched at Munich...
Meta will ruin its smart glasses by being Meta
Facial recognition has been a requested feature for smart glasses, but the risks are high. Whenever I write about Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, I already know the comments I'm going to get. Cool...
Tesla’s cheaper $60,000 Cybertruck is still a Cybertruck
Tesla has announced a new all-wheel drive Cybertruck that starts at $59,990, the cheapest the controversial truck has been sold for yet - though still well above the $40,000 price tag Elon Musk had...
LA County lawsuit accuses Roblox of exposing children to 'grooming and exploitation'
Los Angeles County has sued Roblox for "unfair and deceptive business practices," claiming the platform's moderation and age-verification systems are inadequate. "Roblox portrays...
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are coming to Switch next week for the series’ 30th anniversary
It’s a big month for Pokémon, with February 27 marking 30 years since the world’s highest-grossing media franchise first introduced itself in the shape of two Game Boy games. Pocket Monsters Red and...
The Morning After: What to expect from Apple’s March 4 hardware event
Apple has lined up its first event of the year. Already! It’s taking place in New York City on March 4 at 9AM ET, but the company hasn’t confirmed if it will stream the media event. It seems likely...
Samsung updates Bixby to become more conversational
Bixby isn’t typically part of the conversation when it comes to virtual assistants for mobile devices, but Samsung is clearly hoping that you would use it more. The company has launched the latest...
Trump’s dream is a giant slush fund Congress can’t touch
President Donald Trump addresses the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Davos Congress Center on January 21, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images After President Donald Trump...
Will Stancil, man of the people or just an annoying guy?
Will Stancil | Photo by Jack Califano / The Verge I met Will Stancil two days before he got booted from his neighborhood Signal chat. We were at the Uptown Minneapolis VFW at an event hosted by Rep....
Google Play used AI to help block 1.75 million bad apps in 2025
Google has announced that with the help of AI, it blocked 1.75 million apps that violated its policies in 2025, significantly down from 2.36 million in 2024. The lower numbers this year, it said,...