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David Gilbert

Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun

Ireland’s far-right candidates expected to succeed on a wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric, but the people rejected them wholesale.

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31 Personal Care Products That'll Have You Dreaming Of A World Where You Found 'Em Sooner

In an alternate reality, you'd have found these gems a long, long time ago... but the good news is you have 'em now and they're here to stay.

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The Verge

Nilay Patel

Here we go: The Verge now has a subscription

Okay, we’re doing this.

Today we’re launching a Verge subscription that lets you get rid of a bunch of ads, gets you unlimited access to our top-notch reporting and analysis across the site and our killer premium newsletters, and generally lets you support independent tech journalism in a world of sponsored influencer content. It’ll cost $7 / month or $50 / year — and for a limited time, if you sign up for the annual plan, we’ll send you an absolutely stunning print...

The Verge

Kevin Nguyen

How to get The Verge’s new print magazine

Last year, we published a series about what Google had done to the web, capped off by a feature about search engine optimization titled “The People Who Ruined the Internet.” It made more than a few SEO experts upset (which was tremendously fun for me because I love watching people yell at Nilay on various social platforms).

But a year has passed, and we’ve had a change of heart. Maybe search engine optimization is actually a good thing. Maybe appeasing the search algorithm is...

The Verge

Justine Calma

Internal Google documents reveal concerns about its cloud contract with Israel

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Google officials had concerns about potential human rights violations that might be linked to its $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government before ever even signing the deal, according to documents first reported on by The New York Times today.

“Google Cloud services could be used for, or linked to, the facilitation of human rights violations, including Israeli activity in the West Bank,” Google lawyers, members of the company’s policy team, and...

The Verge

Andrew J. Hawkins

Ford’s new electric Puma Gen-E looks like a mini-Mustang Mach-E

Image: Ford

Ford continues to exhibit a dedication to diversifying its EV lineup in Europe — a dedication that, frankly, I wish could also be applied here at home — with the reveal of the new, all-electric Puma Gen-E.

The Puma is a familiar nameplate in Europe, as the automaker’s best-selling vehicle there since it surpassed the Fiesta in salesin 2021. Now, it's getting a fully electric powertrain to complement the hybrid EcoBoost options that were added four years ago.

The...

Mashable

The best Cyber Monday Apple deals still available at Walmart

The best Cyber Monday Apple deals at Walmart Best overall deal Apple AirPods Pro 2 $169.99 ...

Mashable

New consumer protection rules would block data brokers from selling Americans sensitive info

Data brokers will be on a tighter leash when handling Americans' personal data, according to a new proposition by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Under the proposed rules, brokers would be blocked from selling personal and financial data that contains identifying information, including Social Security numbers and phone numbers — a move that would also limit the ability of scammers to procure such data and target individuals specifically. Data brokerage is a vastly...

Mashable

ChatGPT now responds to searches for David Mayer. This is what it says.

Interest for David Mayer and ChatGPT has gone so viral that the chatbot now provides a response instead of an error message.

What's more, ChatGPT's response now references the virality of the issue in a strange Streisand Effect and ouroboros hybrid phenomenon of the generative AI era. Prompting ChatGPT with "David Mayer" now generates a web search result saying, "Recently, users have reported that ChatGPT encounters issues when processing the name 'David Mayer,' leading to error messages or...

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Choe Sang-Hun, Jin Yu Young, John Yoon and Ephrat Livni

Martial Law Declared in South Korea: What to Know

President Yoon Suk Yeol has been locked in a bitter fight with the opposition, which controls Parliament

SBNation.com

James Dator

MLB’s proposed ‘Golden At-Bat’ idea is both neat and stupid as hell

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A weird, proposed rule is drawing closer to a reality.

It’s a tight game in the 7th between the Dodgers and Padres. Tied 3-3 it could be anyone’s game. Los Angeles has the bases loaded, one out left, with Max Muncy and his .232 batting average set to take the plate. The Dodgers call to the umpire that they’re using their “Golden At-Bat.” Now Shohei Ohtani is pulled out of order and is immediately at the plate, giving his team its best chance...

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MTPeterson RJ Ochoa

Kyle Shanahan is failing the San Francisco 49ers

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Kyle Shanahan can no longer save the San Francisco 49ers.

We have reached the month of December and quite the time in the NFL season.

Even though it is only the second day of this glorious month we have already seen two different snow games and one team clinch a division title. The football is football-ing and for that we are forever grateful.

While a sense of gratitude is well and nice we also have some thoughts on teams that are failing in epic ways and...

ESPN.com

Mark Schlabach

Tiger: 'Long way to go' before I'm Tour-ready

Tiger Woods said Tuesday that he's not close to being physically ready to play in PGA Tour tournaments.

Fast Company

Reuters

Why Detroit could be the biggest loser in Trump’s plan to gut auto emissions

GM, which has made substantial investments in electric vehicles, would suffer under Trump’s proposal to kill the EV subsidy.

It might seem like U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to gut automotive emissions restrictions and fuel-efficiency standards would be a boon to General Motors, America’s leading purveyor of full-sized trucks and SUVs and its biggest tailpipe polluter.

Fast Company

Diana Budds

These designers turned their office into a skate park

The playful space features furniture that transforms from a standing desk into a half-pipe, a floor lamp into a ramp, and more.

The design world is no stranger to transformable furniture—like the Murphy bed or the pullout couch—but Zenga Bros, a creative studio in Vancouver, took the idea of multifunction to new levels with an office that transforms into a skate park, thanks to some clever, convertible objects. A plywood workstation, complete with a monitor, corkboard, and standing desk,...

Fast Company

Reuters

‘Data brokers’ are selling your private information. This watchdog wants to fix that

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing strict regulations to protect Americans’ private information.

The sale of Americans’ private information by “data brokers” to scammers, foreign adversaries, abusive domestic partners and other unscrupulous actors could face stringent new proposed regulations, the top U.S. consumer agency for financial protection announced on Tuesday.

Fast Company

Reuters

Why airlines around the world are falling short of emissions goals

The airline sector isn’t buying enough sustainable aviation fuel.

Most of the world’s airlines are not doing enough to switch to sustainable jet fuel, according to a study by Brussels-based advocacy group Transport and Environment, which also found too little investment by oil producers in the transition.

Mashable

Jude Law and the Skeleton Crew cast on bringing Star Wars to a new generation

Jude Law and the young cast of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew share their excitement about working in the iconic galaxy, from encountering real Jawas to exploring massive, detailed sets. They discuss the unique perspective the series brings by focusing on children navigating adventures in the Star Wars universe.

Skeleton Crew is now streaming on Disney+.

Mashable

Two Point Museum preview: A playful and unserious foray into museum curation

I recently spent 10 hours playing a pre-release build of Two Point Museum, exploring three different museum locations across the game's preview campaign. From what I've seen so far, the latest instalment in the Two Point video game universe may end up being just as much fun as its popular predecessor, Two Point Hospital.

Developed by Two Point Studios, Two Point Museum retains the same zany tone as both Two Point Campus and Hospital. This time the series has you build and manage a museum,...

The Verge

Wes Davis

MSI’s Claw handhelds get an Intel Lunar Lake do-over with a $799 starting price

MSI has officially announced its next crack at handheld gaming is here with the Lunar Lake-powered MSI Claw 7 AI Plus and MSI Claw 8 AI Plus. The two Windows-based handhelds come with 32GB of RAM and larger batteries than their predecessors. They release on December 25th, but you can preorder them now, starting at $799 for the Claw 7 and $899 for the Claw 8.

When the original MSI Claw shipped last spring, MSI needed to address battery life and performance, both of which were both...

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