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Will you have to show your ID at the app store?
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the action and inaction of lawmakers seeking to rei...
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16 Best Heat Protectant Sprays for Wet and Dry Hair (2026)
I've spent almost a year testing dozens of heat protectants for hair. Whether you’re blow-drying, curling, or straightening, these are the best formulas I've fo...
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Want to Stop Doomscrolling? You Might Need a Sleep Coach
Traditionally sleep coaches treat babies. But now more and more anxious, screen-attached grownups are the ones who need nursing....
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Best Side-Sleeper Mattresses 2026: Picked by a Sleep Science Coach
We’ve tested hundreds of the top hybrid, memory foam, and cooling mattresses to find the best combination of support and pressure relief....
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The Danger of Reducing America’s Venezuela Invasion to a 60-Second Video
January 3 marked the return of US military intervention in Latin America. While the events unfolded between Caracas and Brooklyn, social networks had already fa...
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The Danger of Reducing America's Venezuela Invasion to a 60-Second Video
January 3 marked the return of US military intervention in Latin America. While the events unfolded between Caracas and Brooklyn, social networks had already fa...
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I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great
Is this… bliss? | Screenshot: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Greetings from the year of Linux on my desktop. In November, I got fed up and said screw it, I'm instal...
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We tried to get humanoid robots to do the laundry
At CES this year, humanoid robots appeared to be closer than ever to moving into our homes. LG introduced CLOiD, a household robot it says can handle chores lik...
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The Playdate gets its Monument Valley
Diora might be the most ambitious game I've played on the Playdate. It's all about perspective: You turn the handheld's crank to rotate your viewpoint of the bi...
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What’s on your desk, Stevie Bonifield?
Stevie Bonifield is a news writer here at The Verge and, they say, “I cover a little bit of just about everything, from the FCC to AI shopping tools to Linux.”...
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A charity speedrunning event has turned into a perfect showcase for smaller games
Games Done Quick, the biannual charity speedrunning event currently going on right now, not only helps organizations like the Prevent Cancer Foundation and Doct...
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Best Deals for New Year’s Resolutions: Sleep, Fitness, and More (2026)
Whether you’re hitting the gym or tracking your schedule, these discounts on WIRED-approved gear can help....