Category: everydayblog


  • MWC 2025: all the phones, gadgets, and commentary from Barcelona

    The Verge is heading to Barcelona, Spain, for Mobile World Congress 2025. We’re fresh off CES, where we saw plenty of new gadgets, from TVs to gaming handhelds and smart glasses. But, as it says right in the name, MWC 2025 is more focused on… mobile stuff. And it’s for a global audience, which means…

  • Hundreds Gather at National Parks Across U.S. to Protest Job Cuts

    Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday at national parks from California to Maine to protest the Trump administration’s firing of at least 1,000 National Park Service employees last month. A group called Resistance Rangers — consisting of about 700 off-duty rangers, including some who were fired from the National Park Service — tried to organize…

  • Samsung reveals Galaxy A56 with more AI and a modest spec bump

    Samsung is bringing even more AI to its line of budget-friendly phones. The new Galaxy A56, A36, and A26 now come with what the company calls “awesome intelligence,” enabling an array of new AI-powered image editing features already available with Samsung’s pricier S25 lineup. One of these features is Best Face, an AI tool that…

  • FedEx Plane Lands With Engine on Fire at Newark Airport After Bird Strike

    A bird strike forced a FedEx cargo plane to make an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday morning, temporarily halting traffic, officials said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, said there were no reported injuries. The episode happened at around 8 a.m., the authority said.…

  • Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) review: hold up, integrated graphics are good now?

    The beefy Windows gaming tablet is back, and it’s done two things I thought impossible. It made me respect integrated graphics, and it convinced me a Windows tablet can be fun. The Asus ROG Flow Z13 is a 13-inch tablet with a detachable keyboard, a bright screen, and the guts of a gaming laptop. I…

  • Unknown Illness Kills Dozens in Congo as Experts Clash on Cause

    The mystery behind an unknown illness that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo just 48 hours after they first showed symptoms deepened after the World Health Organization on Friday offered a new theory that seemingly contradicts African medical experts. At least 60 people have died and more than 1,000 have been sickened…

  • Mozilla is already revising its new Firefox terms to clarify how it handles user data

    When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox. Source link

  • What We Know About Gene Hackman and Wife Betsy Arakawa’s Death

    An investigation is underway into the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, who were found dead at their home in Santa Fe, N.M., on Wednesday. Mr. Hackman’s body was found in a mud room, and Ms. Arakawa’s on the floor of a bathroom, according to a search warrant affidavit. A dead German…

  • Meme coins aren’t subject to securities regulations, says SEC

    According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, meme coins don’t meet the requirements to be protected by federal securities law. In new guidance issued on Thursday, the SEC announced that it doesn’t view most meme coins — cryptocurrencies that originate from internet memes or cultural phenomena — as securities, and that transactions around them do…

  • Office Closures and Relocations Part of Trump’s Plan for Large-Scale Layoffs

    The Trump administration has moved into its next push and most aggressive yet to drastically overhaul the federal bureaucracy, demanding that agencies produce plans for large work force cuts that involve closing offices and relocating employees outside the Washington region. Agencies have been instructed to turn in a detailed list of divisions that should be…