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Trump Is Leading a Global Surge to the Right

But not all of the leading conservative populist parties in the world are the same — in rhetoric or on policy.

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Lauren Feiner

Epic will expand its mobile game store by helping cover developer iOS fees

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Epic Games plans to add nearly 20 third-party games onto its mobile app store worldwide on Android and in the European Union on iOS and launching its free games program on mobile beginning with Bloons TD 6 and Dungeon of the Endless: Apogee. It’s also promising to pay some iOS fees for developers that are part of the program to overcome what Epic calls a major hurdle to moving outside the App Store.

“Our aim here isn’t just to launch a...

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Jay Peters

OpenAI’s new Operator AI agent can do things on the web for you

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OpenAI is releasing a “research preview” of an AI agent called Operator that can “go to the web to perform tasks for you,” according to a blog post. “Using its own browser, it can look at a webpage and interact with it by typing, clicking, and scrolling,” OpenAI says. It’s launching first in the US for subscribers of OpenAI’s $200 per month ChatGPT Pro tier.

Operator relies a “Computer-Using Agent” model that combines GPT-4o’s vision capabilities...

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Richard Lawler

Microsoft rumored to launch a smaller Surface Pro and Surface Laptop soon

The Surface Laptop Go 3 could get a replacement very soon. | Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

It’s been less than a year since Microsoft launched its first Qualcomm Snapdragon X-powered Surface devices, and now a new rumor says followups could debut as soon as this spring. A report from Windows Central updates rumors that have circled since 2023, citing sources who say that new versions of the Surface Laptop and Surface Pro 2-in-1 are in the works, with 11- to 12-inch size...

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Andrew Webster

Ninja Gaiden 4 is coming to Xbox, PC, and PS5

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Microsoft promised a new game announcement at its Xbox Developer Direct event, and that game turned out to be Ninja Gaiden 4. The new entry in the long-running franchise is being co-developed by Team Ninja along with Platinum Games, the team behind action games like Bayonetta and Nier: Automata. The game is launching in Fall 2025, and will be coming to Xbox, PC, and PS5 (it will also be available via Game Pass).

While the Ninja Gaiden franchise has been around since...

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Andrew Webster

Doom: The Dark Ages looks metal as hell and launches in May

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After revealing its next Doom game last summer, id Software is almost ready to release it: the studio announced that Doom: The Dark Ages is launching on May 15th.

The news came as part of Xbox’s most recent Developer Direct livestream, which provided the best look yet at the prequel. As the name implies, The Dark Ages is set in a medieval fantasy realm and takes place long before the events of Doom Eternal and the franchise’s 2016 reboot. The developers say that...

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Will Knight

OpenAI’s Operator Lets ChatGPT Use the Web for You

The company that kicked off the AI chatbot craze now wants AI to do more than just talk.

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Doug.Farrar

X-Factors on offense for the AFC and NFC Championships

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Offensive secret superstars for the Eagles, Commanders, Bills and Chiefs

Conference championship games are played in rarefied (and sometimes thin) air. The stakes are obviously higher, individual plays mean more, and the game script can veer in highly unpredictable ways that can decide things pretty quickly.

For the four teams left in the 2024 season as we turn our attention to the NFC and AFC Championship games, it’s also about maximizing the...

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Ricky O'Donnell

The 2026 NBA Draft is a historic class with 3 potential No. 1 picks

The 2026 NBA Draft looks like an all-timer because of three special talents.

Cooper Flagg gave the 2025 NBA Draft the superstar it needed at the top of the class when he decided to reclassify in Aug. 2023 to essentially skip his senior year of high school at Florida prep powerhouse Montverde Academy. Flagg was originally slated graduate high school in 2025, which would have had him ticketed for the 2026 NBA Draft. While Flagg’s reclassification balanced out the elite young talent...

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Grab a refurbished Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer at Walmart for $210 less than a new model

SAVE $130: As of Jan. 23, get a refurbished Dyson Supersonic hair dryer at Walmart for $219.99, down from the usual refurbished price of $349.99. That's a discount of 41%, and a full $210 less than a new model.

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2025 Oscar snubs: Challengers, Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman, and more

The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards dropped on Thursday, and as always, the list came with its fair share of snubs and surprises.

SEE ALSO: 2025 Oscar nominations: See the full list

Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez received 13 nominations, but Selena Gomez — who'd been nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for her performance — lost out on a Supporting Actress nod. Coralie Fargeat's The Substance earned five nominations, but...

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Preorder the new Samsung Galaxy S25+ and score a free $100 Amazon gift card

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Amazon deal of the day: The Sonos Arc soundbar is the cheapest its ever been

Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Jan. 23: OUR TOP PICK Sonos Arc soundbar $649 ...

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Get a sweet treat ahead of Valentines Day with $75 off Shark Beauty

SAVE $75 ON SHARK BEAUTY: Celebrate Valentine's Day with a beauty upgrade. Get $75 off orders of $200 or more on select Shark Beauty products. Use code VDAY75 at checkout.

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Jess Weatherbed

Google is giving IT more control over your Chrome extensions

The ability to remotely remove installed extensions is coming “later this year.” | Image: The Verge

Google has announced some new business features that can help IT admins better manage Chrome browser extensions, a popular attack vector for cybercriminals. A curated Chrome Web Store experience is launching today for any organization using Chrome Enterprise (including the free Chrome Enterprise Core package) that allows pre-approved extensions to be displayed on the landing page,...

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Umar Shakir

Google’s mobile search results are dropping the ‘breadcrumbs’ from URLs

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Google is changing the way visible URLs show up on mobile search results worldwide. Search results since 2009 have shown “breadcrumbs” or the hierarchy of a webpage’s URL using “>” after the domain name, but starting today, it will only show the domain on your smartphone or tablet.

Web developers have had some control over how results show up according to Google’s structured data guidelines that also control how info shows up in its snippets and other areas,...

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Sheena Vasani

The Sonos Arc is matching its best price to date just in time for the Super Bowl

It’s no Arc Ultra, but Sonos’ last-gen soundbar still offers terrific sound if you can afford it. | Image: Chris Welch / The Verge

If you’re looking for a way to beef up your sound system ahead of the Super Bowl, it’s worth investing in a good soundbar. And right now, the Sonos Arc is matching its all-time low of around $649 ($250 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo.

Before Sonos released the Sonos Arc Ultra last year, the Sonos Arc was the company’s highest-end...

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Ash Parrish

Pocketpair follows Palworld’s success with new indie publishing label

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Pocketpair is getting into the games publishing business. The company has announced that it’s taking the gobs of money it made after launching Palworld, the Steam-record busting, 15-million-copies-sold-in-its-first-month, monster-catching adventure game, to establish Pocketpair Publishing.

“Pocketpair Publishing provides comprehensive support for game development through funding, development assistance, and publishing for indie game developers and small studios,”...

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