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How Black Americans are reacting to Trump becoming president again

Many said Trump’s rhetoric, including racist and sexist language, proved he does not have the best interests of Black Americans at heart.

Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election victory has sent shockwaves through Black American communities, which voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris despite a campaign by her Republican rival to court Black men.

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Ali Cherkis

Dispatch From Maricopa County: Election Deniers, Voting Counts, and More

We sent photographer Jamie Lee Taete on a road trip through Maricopa County, Arizona, during the US election.

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Leah Feiger

Did Elon Musk Win the Election for Trump?

Through his wealth and cultural influence, Elon Musk undoubtedly strengthened the Trump campaign. WIRED unpacks whether it really was his efforts that sealed the deal for the president-elect.

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Jay Peters

Google Photos is getting an Updates page to help you follow changes to shared albums

Illustration: The Verge

Google Photos is making it easier to follow activity in your shared albums with a new “Updates” section. In the new section, you’ll be able to see notifications like updates to a shared album and updates to a conversation within Google Photos, according to a support post from Google.

The Updates section can be found by tapping a bell icon that replaces the Sharing button (the one that looks like two people). Updates are shown chronologically, and...

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Parents Are Sharing Where They Stand On 23 Of Today's Most Controversial Child-Raising Trends

"It's not just giving into doing whatever a kid wants. In its proper form, it should be something very different."

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James Dator

NFL Expert Picks: Week 10

All our picks as we draw closer to the playoffs.

The race to the playoffs is on in the back-half of the 2024 NFL season, and everything is still up in the air.

Injuries around the league are mounting up, and it remains to be seen which teams are best able to go with the flow down the stretch and find a way to steer into the slide and find ways to compete with their depth.

Two games to circle on the Week 10 calendar are the Sunday Night Football match up between the Texans and Lions,...

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Tess Owen

January 6 Rioters Think Donald Trump’s Victory Is Their Get Out of Jail Free Card

"I am electric. I feel vindicated," said one January 6 rioter from jail.

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Emma Roth

AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’ voice, Elwood Edwards, dies at age 74

Image: AOL via YouTube

Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL’s “You’ve Got Mail” greeting, has died at age 74 after a long illness, according to local Ohio news station WKYC, where he was employed for many years.

During a 2016 interview, Edwards recounted how he became the voice of AOL. His wife, who worked at Quantum Computer Services (which later became AOL), heard that the company was looking to add a voice to its software. “I’d been an announcer throughout my entire...

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Andrew Liszewski

Upgrade your iPhone’s weak flash with this adjustable MagSafe light

The Sol 5 includes color temperature adjustments to help set a mood in a photo. | Image: Harlowe

Harlowe’s Sol 5 is a three-inch extending light that attaches to the MagSafe mount on your iPhone to improve the quality of your photos and selfies. It’s available now for $79 or for $159 as part of a travel kit that includes a softbox diffuser to help reduce harsh shadows.

The Sol 5 isn’t a new idea. When the iPhone 12 debuted with MagSafe it opened the flood gates for new...

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Umar Shakir

Apple is finally letting green bubbles send message reactions

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge

Apple is showing some love to Android users by finally displaying their message reactions correctly. Now when an Android user reacts to an RCS message from an iOS user, the selected emoji will appear in line with the message bubble on iOS — instead of archaically appearing as a separate line like this: “ to ‘that wasn’t supposed to happen.’”

The Verge sent test messages and emoji reactions between iPhones running iOS 18.1 and...

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Andrew J. Hawkins

The Rivian R2’s next-gen batteries will be made in the US by LG Energy

Rivian’s R2 vehicles will be powered by batteries made domestically in the US by South Korea’s LG Energy Solution, the company announced in its third quarter earnings report.

Rivian first revealed the new batteries back in March when it announced the R2 as its more affordable electric SUV that would start at $45,000. (It also announced the sportier R3 vehicle.) The cell is called “4695” due to its diameter of 46 millimeters and height of 95 millimeters — larger than...

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The Internet Is Divided On Whether A Couple Should Share Their Location With One Another Or Not

"It's just a convenience thing guys, you're making it too deep."

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Mashable

Blackpink's ROSÉ talks drinking games, squeezes a stress ball while crushing 'Hot Ones'

ROSÉ felt the heat during 'Hot Ones' but found a great coping strategy: a stress ball.

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Ben Casselman

Jerome Powell Dismisses Idea of Trump Firing Him

Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the central bank, has been a frequent target of the president-elect, who appointed him in 2018.

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Kristin Toussaint

New York City is under a drought watch for the first time in over 20 years

An exceptionally warm and dry Autumn has led to drought conditions across the Northeast.

After a historically warm and dry start to fall, New York City is now under a drought watch—a first for the city in more than 20 years.

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Dan Harden

Why the future of product design is all about how it feels

After nearly two decades of sleek minimalism in digital interactions, tactile design is emerging to use texture and materiality to bring back the lost art of touch.

In 2007, Apple won the smartphone wars by betting on our collective desire to fall into the iPhone’s looking-glass screen and explore the digital wonderland that waited for us on the other side. We’ve spent the intervening years building the cyberfrontier with a rampant fervor—designing innumerable digital products and...

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Kristin Toussaint

Striking NYT workers are asking you to skip Wordle—but they made other games for you to play

The New York Times Tech Guild is striking for a contract—which they’ve been negotiating for more than two years.

New York Times tech workers are still on strike after walking out one day before the presidential election. That means they’re still asking people to skip their usual Crossword, Wordle, or Connections routines. But now, the union has released its own offerings for games lovers that keep them from crossing the digital picket line.

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Sam Becker

Betting odds called the 2024 election better than polls did. What does this mean for the future of prediction markets?

They may have been more right this time around, but experts say there may be little to learn from it.

Election Day has come and gone, and once again, millions of people are sifting through the data and trying to make sense of it all.

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Jack Milko

Report: Rory McIlroy to cut back 2025 PGA Tour schedule severely

Rory McIlroy during a press conference ahead of the 2024 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. | Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images

The Telegraph reports that Rory McIlroy will alter his 2025 schedule significantly and not play nearly as much as he did in 2024.

One year after playing substantially more golf than in the past, Rory McIlroy says he will cut back his schedule significantly in 2025.

Speaking to James Corrigan of The Telegraph, McIlroy revealed that he hopes to play in 18 or 19...

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Ali Winston

764 Terror Network Member Richard Densmore Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

The 47-year-old Michigan man, who pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a child, was highly active in the online criminal network called 764, which the FBI now considers a “tier one” terrorism threat.

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