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Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone is now available on YouTube

From a meme to $47 million: ConstitutionDAO, crypto, and the future of crowdfunding

Snap’s first AR Spectacles are an ambitious, impractical start

What you learn after 350 hours of Joe Rogan

The Verge’s favorite guilty pleasures

Uncharted’s remastered Legacy of Thieves Collection is coming to PS5 on January 28th

The best floodlight camera to buy right now

Light it up. Light it all up.

An Amazon server outage is causing problems for Alexa, Ring, Disney Plus, and others

Razer made a $60 RGB cooling fan with MagSafe for your iPhone

Bungie celebrates its 30th Anniversary in Destiny 2 with off-brand Halo gear

Discord’s new Premium Memberships let creators monetize servers

Twitter acquires messaging platform Quill to make DMs suck less

Messaging without the distractions

Keep it Locked

A special issue about protecting yourself in extreme circumstances

Amazon Echo devices still available for Black Friday Prices

Now you can listen to recorded Twitter Spaces on iOS, Android, and the web

Sonos now supports Amazon Music’s Ultra HD and Dolby Atmos tracks

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Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone is out now

How the early pioneers of the smartphone almost made it big

The Verge is now on your smart TV

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Halo Infinite campaign review: playing the hits

Infinite in name, not quite yet in scope

Amazon Alexa’s new elder care service launches today

I regret to inform you that Digital Human as a Service (DHaaS) is now an acronym

Google Pixel Buds A-Series getting more options with firmware update

Japan puts new restrictions on stablecoins

How an Excel TikToker manifested her way to making six figures a day

Taking an unconventional route to a conventional business

Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund commits another $443 million to climate justice and conservation

Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund announces another round of funding

Sony cameras are getting harder to buy due to the chip shortage

Go read this data analysis that uncovers predictive policing’s flawed algorithm

The PlayStation 5 will be available for Walmart Plus members on Wednesday

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Meta has a ‘moral obligation’ to make its mental health research transparent, scientists say

TikTok considers monetization and creator retention in judging recommendation algorithm

Toyota will build a $1.29 billion electric vehicle battery factory in North Carolina

NASA announces 10 new astronaut candidates who could fly to the Moon someday