'The reason websites continue to load, bank transfers go through, and civilization persists is because of the thousand or so people living aboard 20-some ships stationed around the world, who race to fix each cable as soon as it breaks.' Josh Dzieza The Verge theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

I've been wanting to do this story for years and am thrilled it's finally out: inside the surprisingly small, highly specialized industry that repairs the internet cables on the bottom of the ocean theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

Apple has announced that game emulators can come to the App Store globally and offer downloadable games (games must comply with 'all applicable laws') theverge.com/2024/4/5/24122…

Some of Apple's online services, including the App Store, Apple TV, Podcasts, and Music, appear to be down globally since at least 6:31pm ET (Richard Lawler / The Verge)

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I don't think that trying to pursue our maintain a following on a platform that is now based on a pay-for-reach model makes sense if you think about it for even one second

my colleague Jessica L. Conditt has shared this thought on other platforms and i wanted to reiterate that here.

I’m still here, we’re still here, Engadget is still here. we continue to show up to work, & we’re not using AI to write. we will keep fighting the good fight & do good work

Someone hacked Woj and all they did was post an NBA Top Shot scam.

Btw, the NBA Top Shot NFT marketplace is basically dead, at its peak it had nearly 400k buyers, now it has about 5,500

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The latest ‘Woj bomb’ was just a scam NFT tweet from a hacked account trib.al/hNAgFRB

glad to say that I was able to work with and for Dana while I was at Engadget, and see what she achieved leading the site despite the various ownership... situations

To its credit, Yahoo has a decent severance program. I'm going to take a breather and in the meantime, would happily recommend each of my teammates who also were laid off today. They are smart, funny, scrappy and hard-working. Hire them.

Microsoft’s gaming chief on Xbox games coming to PS5, next-gen hardware, and more
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Microsoft’s gaming chief on Xbox games coming to PS5, next-gen hardware, and more trib.al/QBBByVQ

That’s no Valve VR headset
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Apple Vision Pro review: marvelous display, great hand and eye tracking, and works seamlessly in the ecosystem, but pricey and video passthrough can be blurry (nilay patel / The Verge)

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Friday news dump hits smartwatches. This is huge for the Android smartwatch space — Fossil almost single-handedly kept Wear OS going during the dark years.

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A look at Palworld, a Pokémon-like game launched on January 19, which has sold 5M+ copies and is currently the most played game on Steam, amid plagiarism claims (Ash NOT ANITA SARKEESIAN!! Parrish / The Verge)

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The Verge is not interested in interviewing you about crypto — but scammers are theverge.com/2024/1/19/2404… via @Verge

“MOM WAKE UP THE FIRST ‘THE DETROIT PLAYERS’ W/ Vincent Goodwill OF 2024 DROPPED AND THEY GOT TO TALK ABOUT A PISTONS WIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO MONTHS!”

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A merging of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount would be very bad
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