Nigerian MP apologises after viral taxi slapping video from the BBC
An argument over payment for a delivery of snails for MP Alex Ikwechegh is filmed by a taxi driver.Read More
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Former Trump aide Steve Bannon released from jail from the BBC
Bannon says his time in prison “not only didn’t break me, it empowered me”.Read More
Here’s where you can preorder Apple’s new iMac and Mac Mini with M4 from the Verge Quentyn Kennemer
The M4 Mac Mini is smaller than the M2 model model and packs a lot more power. | Apple Between new M4-based Macs and the long-awaited arrival of Apple Intelligence in macOS, Apple is taking the entire week to drip-feed us news regarding its new Mac lineup. The 24-inch iMac with M4 was the first…
Sony closes Concord studio and permanently shuts down the game from the Verge Tom Warren
Image: Sony Sony is closing Firewalk Studios, the studio behind its PlayStation Concord game that it took offline last month after a disastrous launch. In a message to PlayStation staff, Hermen Hulst, CEO of the PlayStation studio business group, says Firewalk Studios will close alongside Neon Koi, a mobile game studio. “We have spent considerable…
Microsoft isn’t secretly installing Recall on your Windows PC from the Verge Tom Warren
Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s Recall feature, which creates screenshots of mostly everything you see or do on a Copilot Plus PC, has been mired in controversy ever since it was announced earlier this year. After security researchers found that a pre-release version of the Recall database wasn’t encrypted, Microsoft moved to delay the feature and overhaul…
Netflix’s deal with Universal will add more live-action films from the Verge Emma Roth
Image: Universal Netflix will bring even more Universal films to its lineup thanks to a new deal that will send the studio’s live-action movies to the streamer starting in 2027. Under the agreement, Universal and Focus Features’ live-action titles will appear on Netflix no later than eight months after their release in theaters. The new…
Chrome introduces new ‘Performance’ tools to wrangle the tabs gobbling up your memory from the Verge Wes Davis
Illustration: The Verge Google is rolling out some new Chrome memory management features aimed at helping you wrangle out-of-control tabs more easily. The updates include new “Performance issue alerts” and some tweaks to the existing Memory Saver mode, which already tries to free up the resources of inactive tabs in the background. The new alerts…
OpenAI will start using AMD chips and could make its own AI hardware in 2026 from the Verge Umar Shakir
Image: OpenAI OpenAI is reportedly working with Broadcom to develop new custom silicon designed to handle its large AI workloads for inference and secured manufacturing capacity with TSMC, according to sources speaking to Reuters. OpenAI has reportedly built a chip development team of about 20 people, including lead engineers who previously worked on Google’s Tensor…
The Scary Movie franchise is getting a Wayans brothers reboot from the Verge Charles Pulliam-Moore
Getty Miramax is ready to put a new Scary Movie into theaters, and this time around, the studio is doing the sensible thing by keeping the Wayans brothers directly involved. Deadline reports that Marlon, Shawn, and Keenen Ivory Wayans have signed on to co-write / co-produce a new Scary Movie reboot for Miramax that will,…
An Elon Musk-funded super PAC is putting out fake pro-Harris ads from the Verge Gaby Del Valle
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images If you’re a swing state voter, you may have seen ads claiming that vice president Kamala Harris wants to institute a mandatory gun buyback program and make it easier for undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses. These ostensibly pro-Harris ads are the product of Progress 2025, a…