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After years of teasing, the viral Nopia synth is ‘basically finished’
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After years of teasing, the viral Nopia synth is ‘basically finished’

After setting the music gear corner of the internet on fire back in 2023 with the first glimpse at the Nopia, creators Martin Grieco and Rocío Gal are almost re...

Oregon’s Attorney General withdraws effort to delay Paramount and Warner Bros. merger
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Oregon’s Attorney General withdraws effort to delay Paramount and Warner Bros. merger

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield had been seeking documents from Paramount related to its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Rayfield also asked a state ci...

FL Studio head Constantin Koehncke turns to Reddit for feedback and fun
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FL Studio head Constantin Koehncke turns to Reddit for feedback and fun

If you're a music maker of a certain age, then you probably once dabbled with a pirated copy of a little app called Fruity Loops. These days it's called FL Stud...

Nintendo’s Talking Flower got a small price cut
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Nintendo’s Talking Flower got a small price cut

If you’re the type of person who could always use a little extra positive affirmation, or you have a weakness for weird gadgets, the Talking Flower might be of...

White House taps the guy who keeps crying ‘aliens’ to run UFO group
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White House taps the guy who keeps crying ‘aliens’ to run UFO group

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb will head the UAP Science Advisory Council established by the White House, the Pentagon, the Office of the Director of National...

ICE are heavily armed killers. They’re also huge losers
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ICE are heavily armed killers. They’re also huge losers

Donald Trump's Homeland Security regime has been at the center of two critical stories in the past two weeks. In the first, federal agents shot and killed a man...

A tasty RPG that will make you very hungry
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A tasty RPG that will make you very hungry

Roleplaying games are often defined by excess. Storylines that span dozens of hours, side quests so big they could be their own game, massive worlds that requir...

The perfect kit for all your tiny repairs
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The perfect kit for all your tiny repairs

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 135, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, crank the AC, and also you ca...

Are you filthy enough for a $700 portable shower? 
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Are you filthy enough for a $700 portable shower? 

Hot showers, like electricity, are a luxury that's easy to take for granted. That all changes after a few nights camping at a music festival, a week toiling at...

Exclusive: How Jay-Z Pulled Off a Surprise-Filled Show During New York’s Wildest Summer
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Exclusive: How Jay-Z Pulled Off a Surprise-Filled Show During New York’s Wildest Summer

Summer 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Jay-Z’s debut Reasonable Doubt. To honor it, he put on a massive concert at Yankee Stadium—complete with performances...

No, Flock isn’t threatening people for debating surveillance
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No, Flock isn’t threatening people for debating surveillance

On Thursday, the Instagram account for a lecture series in Newport Beach, CA posted a photo of what appeared to be a cease and desist letter from the surveillan...

Meta turns off the Instagram feature that users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
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Meta turns off the Instagram feature that users make AI deepfakes of public accounts

Following significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram...

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