The manosphere’s testosterone fever is coming for the troops
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The manosphere’s testosterone fever is coming for the troops

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This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to…

Over half a million power tool batteries have been recalled due to a USB-C charging fire risk
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Over half a million power tool batteries have been recalled due to a USB-C charging fire risk

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Greenworks Tools has issued a recall for around 554,780 Kobalt-branded power tools designed for yard work because of a battery issue “posing a risk of serious injury…

Bethesda teases Fallout 5 soon after Xbox’s mass layoffs
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Bethesda teases Fallout 5 soon after Xbox’s mass layoffs

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Xbox is currently in a “reset” period that includes laying off around 3,200 employees over the next year, involving deep cuts at beloved studios like id Software…

Even Microsoft couldn’t make Windows 11 work well on 8GB of RAM
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Even Microsoft couldn’t make Windows 11 work well on 8GB of RAM

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Last year, Microsoft’s 13-inch Surface Laptop quickly became one of my favorite thin-and-light Windows notebooks. At $900, it was easy to recommend to anyone wanting MacBook Air–like…

Trump is selling high-speed access to his market-moving social posts
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Trump is selling high-speed access to his market-moving social posts

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Trump Media, the company behind Truth Social, is selling Wall Street faster access to the “most market-moving” posts on the US President’s social media platform. On Thursday,…

The war on ‘woke science’ comes for space research
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The war on ‘woke science’ comes for space research

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The Trump administration is waging a culture war on science, and the latest salvo is in the form of a dry, bureaucratic proposal from the Office of…

God Of War TV series is recasting Kratos
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God Of War TV series is recasting Kratos

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Amazon’s upcoming God Of War show has hit a major snag — it’s now on the hunt for a new Kratos, after an on-set injury put its…

Fortnite is getting a bunch of AI-powered ‘personas’
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Fortnite is getting a bunch of AI-powered ‘personas’

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Get ready for more AI characters in Fortnite. Developer Epic Games is going to let Fortnite creators publish experiences featuring characters with AI-powered voices starting on July…

Samsung’s 55-inch Frame art TV is $200 cheaper than usual
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Samsung’s 55-inch Frame art TV is $200 cheaper than usual

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Samsung’s Frame is different from your average 4K TV. Its biggest selling point involves what it does when you aren’t actively using it. It can display art,…

Netflix says around 300 titles used generative AI
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Netflix says around 300 titles used generative AI

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Netflix says roughly 300 titles on its platform used generative AI, most of which occurred in post-production. The streaming service revealed the news in its second-quarter earnings…