SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data center satellites into orbit. While the FCC is unlikely to approve…

The AirPods 4 and Google’s 4K streamer are just two of this week’s best deals

Happy Saturday, folks! After a few weeks of middling deals, we’re starting see things pick up. Some of our favorite deals of the holiday season have returned in some fashion,…

Cassette Boy forces you to see its world in a whole new way

It’s no secret that Cassette Boy is inspired by the classics. It’s a top-down adventure game in the vein of a retro Legend of Zelda, while your home base is…

ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia

ChatGPT is using Grokipedia as a source, and it’s not the only AI tool to do so. Citations to Elon Musk’s AI-generated encyclopedia are starting to appear in answers from…

Apple’s new Airtags are a nice upgrade to a simple gadget

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 114, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, send Arc Raiders tips, and also you…

The latest Instax printer is a pricey but worthy upgrade

FujiFilm’s Instax Mini Link 3 printer is a much-loved $100 accessory in my travel journal kit. I often tape a printed image next to my handwritten thoughts to preserve a…

Senate passes budget with two more weeks of Homeland Security funding

The Senate voted on Friday evening to pass the federal budget, funding everything except for one entity: the Department of Homeland Security, which was given a two-week funding extension in…

Jeffrey Epstein was permanently banned from Xbox Live

Would it surprise you to learn Microsoft booted Jeffrey Epstein from its online gaming platform? As spotted by XboxEra, the latest batch of Epstein’s emails shows that in December 2013,…

Peloton lays off 11 percent of its staff just a few months after launching its AI hardware

Peloton said on Friday that it’s cutting around 11 percent of its staff, mostly impacting “engineers working on technology and enterprise-related efforts,” reports Bloomberg. Last August, Peloton laid off six…

Dynacap made my favorite mechanical keyboard into an electrocapacitive one

For my money, you simply cannot get a better electrocapacitive keyboard than the Bauer Lite with a DynaCap kit. You can get a nicer EC keyboard, without having to build…