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Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon AI bro squad includes a former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire

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Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers covering the broligarchs, the influencers, and the (potentially conscious) artificial intelligence models scrambling for power in Washington. If you’re not a subscriber yet, assert your humanity against the will of the machines by signing up here. Very important news: Do you want to tell me […]

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You need to listen to Laurie Spiegel’s masterpiece of early ambient music

Column, Digital Marketing, Entertainment, Music, Music Review, SEO Tips, Technology /
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Laurie Spiegel for the site. As preparation for the interview, I spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks revisiting Spiegel’s records, most notably The Expanding Universe, her 1980 masterpiece that blends synth experimentalism with early examples of what would eventually be called ambient music, […]

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America desperately needs new privacy laws

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This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the dire state of tech regulation, follow Adi Robertson. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started In 1973, long before the modern digital era, […]

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The wellness wild west’s latest skincare fad is salmon sperm 

Column, Digital Marketing, Health, Optimizer, Science, SEO Tips, Technology /
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. While scrolling through my TikTok feed, I often find myself thinking of Elizabeth Báthory. Legend has it that […]

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I review laptops for The Verge, ask me anything

Column, Digital Marketing, Gadgets, Laptops, Q&A, SEO Tips, Tech, Technology /
What up, Verge-heads! Wait. “Vergesters?” “Verge-igans?” Nope, that ain’t it… GREETINGS, DEAREST VERGE SUBSCRIBERS! Antonio here. 👋🏻 I’m your friendly neighborhood laptop reviewer, and I’m hosting an exclusive subscriber “AMA” today at 11AM PT / 2PM ET. I review laptops ranging from MacBooks and Chromebooks to weird-but-awesome tablets and a $6,000 gaming laptop. So I […]

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Meta will ruin its smart glasses by being Meta

Column, Digital Marketing, Gadgets, Meta, privacy, SEO Tips, Tech, Technology /
Whenever I write about Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, I already know the comments I’m going to get. Cool hardware, but hard pass on anything Meta makes; will wait for someone else to come along. It’s hard to imagine that sentiment changing anytime soon after The New York Times reported that Meta mulled launching facial recognition […]

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The next iTunes may be vibe-coded

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This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Wouldn’t it be great if you could exchange music recommendations with your friends, no matter whether they use Spotify, Apple Music, or Bandcamp? What if you could follow DJs and […]

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It’s MAGA v Broligarch in the battle over prediction markets

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Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the love-hate (but mostly hate) relationship between Silicon Valley and Washington. I hope everyone got to celebrate George Washington’s birthday in their preferred manner: skiing, staycationing, subscribing to The Verge if you haven’t already, etc. Prediction: this is going to be a mess Political […]

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You need to watch the intensely surreal cult classic Possession

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Let me just say that I highly recommend you go into Possession blind. Don’t watch a trailer. Don’t even finish reading this. Go watch it now over on Shudder, Criterion, or Metrograph. It’s also available through Kanopy or Hoopla if your library provides access. Then come back so we can talk about it in the […]

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AI can’t make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to

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This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about video game industry’s pushback against generative AI, follow Jay Peters. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Long before the generative AI explosion, […]

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