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44 "Treat Yourself" Products You'll Genuinely Put To Good Use

Makeup bags are great, but makeup bags shaped like sardine tins for no reason are infinitely better.

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Nena Farrell

Want to Buy a Smart Glass Door? It Just Got a Little Bit Cheaper

Can’t decide between clear or frosted glass? Home Depot’s Smart Glass door, available starting today, lets you have both for a reasonable price.

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Presidents Cup 2024: 4 rare Team USA moments that will make you laugh out loud

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images

Team USA is full of big personalities and these are four of the funniest moments from their win at the Presidents Cup.

No one beats Team USA at partying after a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup win.

Remember in 2021 when the Americans beat the Europeans at Whistling Straits? Those guys partied hard afterward.

When Team USA beat the Internationals 18.5 to 11.5, no one should have expected less from them to start the party immediately. It quickly began...

The Verge

Gaby Del Valle

Trump’s crypto platform is now open to the public — kind of

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Brandon Bell, Getty Images

The people behind World Liberty Financial — former President Donald Trump, his sons, and his business associates — have made a lot of promises about the cryptocurrency platform’s revolutionary potential. It will liberate “the average American” from “the big banks and financial elites,” Trump posted on Truth Social. It will help unbanked and debanked people, Donald Trump Jr. said in an X...

The Verge

Wes Davis

A PS5 update that screwed up game backgrounds was just a bug

News posts appearing in the PS5 dashboard are the result of a bug. | Screenshot: PlayStation 5 dashboard

An apparent bug was causing game art backgrounds to be replaced by promotional messages and news posts on the PlayStation 5 dashboard for some people on Monday. The images they saw featured promotions for long-expired discounts and ads for new games.

People lamented the change in forums and on social media, saying the game art that previously showed up when they highlighted a game...

The Verge

Umar Shakir

T-Mobile promises to try not to get hacked again

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

T-Mobile is investing millions of dollars into revamping its cybersecurity practices as part of a settlement with the US Federal Communications Commission. The company will also need to pay the US Treasury $15.75 million in civil penalties — the same amount as its internal cybersecurity investment. The commission says this “groundbreaking” settlement will serve as a model for the industry.

Data breaches at T-Mobile in the last few years...

Mashable

When will the Verizon outage be fixed? Here’s what we know

Check out our live blog coverage on the Verizon outage for more up-to-date details on the major cellular network issue.

Verizon customers nationwide reported network outages on Sept. 30, with many iPhone users saying their phones have been stuck in SOS mode. This is a massive problem for many folks trying to work and get about their lives on a Monday, and it is unclear when the issue will be resolved.

Verizon has not made it clear how long this will last.

"We are aware of an issue impacting...

Mashable

Verizon outage is under investigation, according to the FCC

Check out our live blog coverage on the Verizon outage for more up-to-date details on the downed cellular network.

Is your iPhone running on Verizon's network stuck in SOS mode? The government wants to do something about it.

Monday saw scores of U.S. Verizon customers report a complete inability to connect to Verizon's cellular network. As a result, the FCC is investigating the huge outage, per Reuters. The federal agency is "working to determine the cause and extent of these service...

Mashable

Verizon outage map: Which states are affected by phone SOS issue?

Check out our live blog coverage on the Verizon outage for more up-to-date details on the major cellular network issue.

Verizon users are in the midst of a major disruption, as a massive nationwide outage has left millions disconnected. Whether you're working remotely, attending virtual classes, or just trying to get through Monday with a functioning phone, Verizon's widespread network failure has thrown a wrench in the day for many.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has already...

Mashable

What is SOS on iPhone? Here's what it means.

What is SOS?

You try to make phone call or post on social media on your iPhone – but you can't. Do you have bad service? No – in fact, you have no service. The service bars on your iPhone aren't just low, they are completely missing. 

In place of the bars? "SOS."

What does 'SOS' mean?

SOS mode is a way for your iPhone to make emergency calls even when you are completely out of service. 

It's obviously good that this SOS feature exists. But seeing it often means that something is wrong with...

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Why Hurricane Helene could disrupt the semiconductor industry

Many areas in North Carolina were hit hard by the storm, including Spruce Pine, an area crucial to the semiconductor industry.

Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction last week is still being felt in a number of states and the long-term impacts of the storm are still being assessed. Over 100 people have been reported dead from the storm so far (a number that’s expected to increase) and an untold number of homes were destroyed. Current estimates of the total damage and economic loss range...

Fast Company

Lance Lambert

4 housing markets where giant builder KB Home is cutting home prices

In a recent earnings call, KB Home pointed to housing markets in Texas and Florida where the company has been lowering prices.

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter.

Fast Company

Pavithra Mohan

Do you qualify for the high end of a salary range? Probably not, says new data

A new report from Glassdoor finds that new hires are actually more likely to be offered a lower salary than they expect—regardless of what the job listing says.

As more companies have started posting job listings with pay ranges—in part due to state laws mandating some measure of pay transparency—many job seekers are now armed with more information when they enter into salary negotiations.

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If You’re Looking For A New Brown Mascara, Here Are 15 Of The Best Ones

Calling all redheaded hotties, blonde baddies, or anyone who loves a more minimal makeup look.

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Presidents Cup 2024: 5 rare Team USA moments that will make you laugh out loud

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images

Team USA is full of big personalities and these are five of the funniest moments from their win at the Presidents Cup.

No one beats Team USA at partying after a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup win.

Remember in 2021 when the Americans beat the Europeans at Whistling Straits? Those guys partied hard afterward.

When Team USA beat the Internationals 18.5 to 11.5, no one should have expected less from them to start the party immediately. It quickly began...

The Verge

Justine Calma

How Hurricane Helene became a monster storm

This aerial picture taken on September 27th, 2024, shows a flooded street after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Steinhatchee, Florida. | Photo by Ricardo Arduengo / AFP via Getty Images

The Southeastern United States is reeling from Hurricane Helene, a monstrous storm that made landfall in Florida on Thursday before cutting a terrifying path all the way up to Tennessee. How did it get this bad?

The storm has killed more than 100 people, and hundreds more are still missing. Power...

The Verge

Andrew Liszewski

Is this Anker’s first 140W wall charger with a screen?

An unboxing video reveals what appears to be the first Anker wall charger with a status screen. | Screenshot: YouTube

An unboxing video shared on YouTube last week has our first hands-on look at a new 140W wall charger from Anker. It appears to be the first from the company featuring an integrated display that shows how much power is being drawn from each of its four USB ports.

Earlier this month, leaked details and an image of the charger were shared to the Anker subreddit by user...

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Helene Cooper

Pentagon Sends Additional Troops to the Middle East

The additional forces, which one official placed at between 2,000 and 3,000, will bolster security for the 40,000 U.S. troops already in the region and help defend Israel, officials said.

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Alissa J. Rubin, Ben Hubbard and Lazaro Gamio

What to Know About the Axis of Resistance, the Iran-backed Militia Network

The alliance is under scrutiny after the recent Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

Fast Company

Sam Becker

Employees see benefits of AI and automation but want their bosses to prioritize upskilling: MIT study

New research funded by Amazon but conducted independently by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looks at AI from the worker’s perspective.

Is AI going to take your job? Getting replaced by automation may be a common fear for many employees, but perhaps surprisingly, many also see the potential benefits—and they feel it may benefit them in the long run.

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