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Amazon’s first clothing store opens its doors in Los Angeles

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Amazon’s brick-and-mortar clothing store, Amazon Style, is now open in the Los Angeles, California-area at The...
Amazon’s brick-and-mortar clothing store, Amazon Style, is now open in the Los Angeles, California-area at The Americana at Brand mall, the company announced today along with a video profiling some of its employees. It’s a new addition to Amazon’s lineup of physical locations, along with Whole Foods and its cashier-...

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Report: workers delivering Amazon’s packages are injured at a "shocking rate"

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Operators blame intense quotas and pressure. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Some workers delivering...
Operators blame intense quotas and pressure. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Some workers delivering packages for Amazon were more than twice as likely to be injured on the job compared to non-Amazon delivery workers, according to a report from the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC) advocacy group (via CNBC)....

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Google’s folding phone has reportedly been delayed again

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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 3. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Although the long-rumored Pixel...
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 3. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Although the long-rumored Pixel Watch has finally arrived, there’s still no sign of Google’s mysterious folding phone — and we likely won’t see it for another year. According to reports from Korean industry site The Elec and supply chain analyst Ross Young ...

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LG turned its 48-inch OLED TV into a huge 4K gaming monitor

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Late last year, I plopped a giant 48-inch OLED television on my desk in search of...
Late last year, I plopped a giant 48-inch OLED television on my desk in search of the one screen to rule them all. It was fantastic, with amazing color, inky blacks, G-Sync, and FreeSync Premium on a 120Hz panel — but not exactly suited to be the perfect PC screen. Now, LG is tailoring its television a bit more for ...

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Big Tech is pouring millions into the wrong climate solution at Davos

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Børge Brende, John Kerry, Xie Zhenhua, Geraldine Matchett, Elizabeth Wathuti, and Marc Benioff attend the annual...
Børge Brende, John Kerry, Xie Zhenhua, Geraldine Matchett, Elizabeth Wathuti, and Marc Benioff attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on May 24th, 2022. Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Alphabet, Microsoft, and Salesforce today pledged $500 million to new ...

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Another live-action Speed Racer is coming to Apple TV Plus with J.J. Abrams behind the wheel

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How to remap your Chromebook’s keyboard

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Chromebooks are pretty different from traditional laptops in a lot of ways — and not just...
Chromebooks are pretty different from traditional laptops in a lot of ways — and not just because of their software. The most obvious physical difference? Chromebooks feature keyboards with a variety of Chrome OS-specific functions, which means they don’t have standard keys like F1 or even Caps Lock. Depending on yo...

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Apple’s secretive car project loses yet another top executive

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Christopher “CJ” Moore, the former Tesla Autopilot software engineer...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Christopher “CJ” Moore, the former Tesla Autopilot software engineer who left to join Apple’s secretive car project last year, has left Apple to join Luminar, an Orlando, Florida-based lidar company, as its new head of software, the company announced. Moore only lasted seven m...

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Apple VP discourages retail workers from joining a union in leaked video

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Democrats say Google must curb location tracking before Roe repeal

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A group of more than 40 Democratic members of...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A group of more than 40 Democratic members of Congress has asked Google to stop collecting and retaining “unnecessary” location data out of fear that it could be used to identify and prosecute people who have obtained abortions. The request was made in a letter sent to Google ...

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Pixel 6 owners aren’t thrilled with Google’s overpriced, yellowing cases

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This is supposed to be pink. Image: u/A_Giant_Baguette on Reddit Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro...
This is supposed to be pink. Image: u/A_Giant_Baguette on Reddit Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro users aren’t impressed with Google’s $30 first-party cases. Looking at Reddit and reviews on Amazon, there are dozens of people complaining about the transparent plastic showing extreme yellowing, warping, or just plain not fit...

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Join the queue now to purchase a PS5 from Sony at 4PM ET

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Sony has had slightly more frequent restocks of its flagship console lately. Photo by Vjeran Pavic...
Sony has had slightly more frequent restocks of its flagship console lately. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update May 24th, 4:59PM ET: Sony has sold out of PS5 consoles for this restock. Update May 24th, 4:30PM ET: This console restock from Sony is for new boxed bundles of the PS5 with Horizon Forbidden West inc...

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Walmart is expanding its drone deliveries to reach 4 million households

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DroneUp can deliver packages within a mile-and-a-half radius of a Walmart. Image: Walmart Walmart announced on...
DroneUp can deliver packages within a mile-and-a-half radius of a Walmart. Image: Walmart Walmart announced on Tuesday that it’s planning on expanding the number of stores that offer drone-delivered packages; by the end of the year, it hopes to fly deliveries from 34 sites across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, U...

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Google Assistant on the Galaxy Watch 4 is great except for one thing

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At long last. When Google and Samsung announced Wear OS 3 last year, I had lots...
At long last. When Google and Samsung announced Wear OS 3 last year, I had lots of questions about how well Google services would run on Samsung hardware. Of Google’s expansive suite of apps, I was most curious about Google Assistant. The only catch was it wasn’t available when the Galaxy Watch 4 lineup launched — a...

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Stellantis picks Indiana for its $2.5 billion EV battery factory with Samsung

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Image: Stellantis Stellantis, the parent company of Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler, has selected Kokomo, Indiana, as...
Image: Stellantis Stellantis, the parent company of Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler, has selected Kokomo, Indiana, as the site for its next electric vehicle battery factory. The plant will be built in partnership with South Korea’s Samsung SDI, a leading EV battery maker. The companies made the announcement Tuesday alongs...

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The best deals on Nintendo Switch games right now

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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, a hack-and-slash prequel to Breath of the Wild, is on sale...
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, a hack-and-slash prequel to Breath of the Wild, is on sale for just $44. The Nintendo Switch is one of the most popular consoles ever released, one with an ever-expanding library of games to choose from. Odds are if a game is capable of working on the Switch’s hardware, it’s either ...

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The "800 pound gorilla" in the Gulf of Mexico that could supercharge hurricanes this season

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Trees sway in the wind from Hurricane Ida in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 29th,...
Trees sway in the wind from Hurricane Ida in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 29th, 2021. Image: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Forecasters expect a busy 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, with a 65 percent chance of an above-average season. There’s also a wildcard in the mix that raises the risk of...

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Netflix’s Exploding Kittens mobile game launches at the end of May

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Play the new game beginning May 31st. Image: Netflix Netflix’s Exploding Kittens — The Game, a...
Play the new game beginning May 31st. Image: Netflix Netflix’s Exploding Kittens — The Game, a new mobile title based on the popular card game, will be available for free for Netflix subscribers on May 31st, the company announced Tuesday. The new game will be a different version than the one that’s already available...

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Niantic moves beyond games with AR platform and Campfire social network

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Niantic Niantic made a name for itself in the mobile gaming industry through the enduring success...
Niantic Niantic made a name for itself in the mobile gaming industry through the enduring success of Pokémon Go. Now the company is hoping to become something else: a platform for other developers to build location-aware AR apps on top of. This plan has been in the works since at least 2018, but it’s taking a big le...

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Florida’s social media moderation ban is probably unconstitutional, says court

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Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A US appeals court says Florida’s ban...
Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A US appeals court says Florida’s ban on much social media moderation likely violates the First Amendment, setting up a legal showdown over social networks’ speech rights. Today, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld most of an earl...

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Save on tech and gadgets this Memorial Day

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The Sony SRS-XB43 is one of many tech deals worth taking advantage of for this summer...
The Sony SRS-XB43 is one of many tech deals worth taking advantage of for this summer kickoff holiday. Image: Chris Welch / The Verge Memorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer in the US. In addition to using the long weekend of this national holiday for travel and taking some well-earned rest and relaxation,...

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The best free apps for video calling

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Illustration by Samar Haddad / Photo by Becca Farsace It’s been over two years since COVID-19...
Illustration by Samar Haddad / Photo by Becca Farsace It’s been over two years since COVID-19 made its way around the world, and while the state of emergency has let up somewhat, many of us are still relying on video calls to keep in touch with work colleagues, family, and friends. Zoom continues to top the list of ...

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Researchers are using Google’s app to study the effect of phones on mental health

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The University of Oregon is doing a study on...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The University of Oregon is doing a study on the effect phones have on mental health, using Google’s Health Studies app. The goal of the study is to see how people are actually using their phones and how that affects their well-being. A post on the company blog written by one ...

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LG’s brilliant C1 OLED just hit its lowest price ever on Amazon

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The LG C1 pairs 4K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate with FreeSync and G-Sync for...
The LG C1 pairs 4K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate with FreeSync and G-Sync for an amazing gaming experience. Image: LG Our inaugural deals post this week is full of amazing deals, many of which are currently matching their best prices to date. Both the 65-inch and 77-inch models of LG’s C1 OLED are on sale for ...

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