French government survives no-confidence votes. On January 24, 2026, MPs in the French National Assembly rejected two no-confidence motions against the government: one from environmentalist and communist partners with 269 votes, and another from the far-right National Rally and allies with 142 votes—both falling short […]
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Verizon Outage Over, But Phones Still Struggling: Quick Fixes Inside!
Here’s How to Fix Your Phone Now That Verizon Says the Outage Is Resolved Verizon’s massive nationwide outage that began on January 24, 2026, has officially ended, but that doesn’t mean your phone is automatically working again. If you’re still experiencing connectivity issues after the […]
Get stuff done by yelling at your phone
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 113, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, please send hot cocoa to my freezing-cold house, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This […]
Get ready for the AI ad-pocalypse
I’ll confess, with no shame whatsoever, that I really love ads. Artsy ones, funny ones, weird ones, emotional ones – TV commercials were my childhood TikTok before any of us were using terms like “short-form video.” But like most creative things in my life, AI […]
This coming-of-age adventure game made me feel a little too seen
There’s a lot about Perfect Tides: Station to Station’s Mara that I find relatable. Like me, she’s recently moved to a place simply called “the City” from the middle of nowhere, and like me, she’s an avid writer. But these biographical details aren’t the important […]
Gaming’s most fun sales data is full of old and obscure games
Every month, Circana video game analyst Mat Piscatella posts fascinating data about video game sales on Bluesky, highlighting trends like November’s historically bad month for game hardware and Battlefield 6’s big launch in October. But he doesn’t just share data about what is selling the […]
A weird, itchy rash is linked to the keto diet—but no one knows why
While the rash has a clear link to ketones, the underlying mechanism remains elusive.
Podcast Review: BORDER 2: Ghar Kab Aaoge | Sunny Deol | Anu,Mithoon, Sonu, Roop, Arijit, Vishal, Diljit, Javed,Manoj
There’s a certain kind of magic that happens when a song manages to capture the essence of a nation. In 1997, with the release of ‘Border’, we witnessed that magic with ‘Ghar Kab Aaoge.’ Fast forward to 2026, and we are being served the same […]
Chromebooks train schoolkids to be loyal customers, internal Google document suggests
Internal documents revealed as part of a child safety lawsuit hint at Google’s plan to “onboard kids” into its ecosystem by investing in schools. In this November 2020 presentation, Google writes that getting kids into its ecosystem “leads to brand trust and loyalty over their […]
What TikTok’s new owners mean for your feed
TikTok is officially under new ownership in the US, and that could spell big changes for the video-sharing app. On January 22nd, ByteDance – TikTok’s Chinese parent company – and a group of investors closed a $14 billion deal to spin off the platform’s US […]