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‘Hands Off’: Protesters deliver a sweeping message to Trump and Musk at a DC rally
Surrounding the Washington Monument Saturday were thousands of signs with messages spanning innumerable topics. âSupport Ukraine,â âBeware of DOGE,â âProtect Trans Lives,â were just a few of them. Others struck a note of exasperation: âWhere do I startâ¦â The nationwide Hands Off protests this weekend turned out millions of protesters across 1,300 different events, organizers […]
Published on 6 April 2025 | 1:00 pm
Your House is like a choose-your-own adventure mystery book
Your House is a visual novel that is the closest game Iâve played to reading an actual book. In Your House, you play as Debbie, a girl who receives a mysterious postcard on her birthday with an address and a key. The address leads to a mansion thatâs filled with secrets and puzzles for you […]
Published on 6 April 2025 | 1:00 pm
One streaming app to (almost) rule them all
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 78, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If youâre new here, welcome, sorry everythingâs about to get so expensive, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, Iâve been reading about baseball bats and work-life balance and […]
Published on 6 April 2025 | 12:00 pm
Color is a mathematical nightmare
The best method that we have for defining color is by using math. Specifically, mind-boggling mathematical models called color spaces that use geometry to assign colors as a fixed point that we can reference, ensuring the blue that I see is the same blue you see. As a creative-leaning person who can barely split a […]
Published on 6 April 2025 | 11:00 am
Meta releases two Llama 4 AI models
Meta has announced Llama 4, its newest collection of AI models that now power the Meta AI assistant on the web and in WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram. The two new models, also available to download from Meta or Hugging Face, are Llama 4 Scout — a small model capable of “fitting in a single Nvidia […]
Published on 5 April 2025 | 11:05 pm
More than 1,200 rallies worldwide protest Trump and Musk
People are gathering in cities all over the United States and globally to protest an “illegal, billionaire power grab” by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They’re being put on by over 150 different organizations, including civil rights groups, labor unions, and LGBTQ+ advocates, and span more than 1,200 locations. Last weekend, “Tesla Takedown” protests […]
Published on 5 April 2025 | 7:41 pm
Microsoft has created an AI-generated version of Quake
Microsoft unveiled its Xbox AI era earlier this year with a new Muse AI model that can generate gameplay. While it looked like Muse was still an early Microsoft Research project, the Xbox maker is now allowing Copilot users to try out Muse through an AI-generated version of Quake II. The tech demo is part […]
Published on 5 April 2025 | 6:23 pm
Tron: Ares blends the real world with the digital in its first trailer
Disney just released the first trailer for Tron: Ares, the long-planned Tron: Legacy sequel. The minute-and-a-half trailer doesn’t say much about the story but shows plenty of the movie’s visuals, which look dark, moody, and filled with the series’ signature light trails. The trailer opens in the physical world at night, as Jared Leto’s Ares, […]
Published on 5 April 2025 | 4:48 pm
The 7 writing apps I used to start and finish my book
Thereâs a famous two-decade-old Paris Review interview with Haruki Murakami in which he, one of the worldâs most celebrated novelists, details his daily routine. He wakes up at 4AM, works for five hours, goes for a run, reads, goes to bed, and then repeats it all over again. The rigor and repetition are the point. […]
Published on 5 April 2025 | 4:00 pm
Jaguar Land Rover pauses US shipments over Trump tariffs
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says it’s delaying shipments to the US this month while it works out how it will deal with the wide-ranging tariffs President Donald Trump announced this week, according to The Guardian. “As we work to address the new trading terms with our business partners, we are taking some short-term actions, including […]
Published on 5 April 2025 | 3:28 pm