US envoys in push for Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire from the BBC
Diplomats return to the region, as Lebanon’s PM expresses cautious optimism over a truce.Read More
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Spain mourns as death toll passes 150 in catastrophic floods from the BBC
At least 158 people have died in Spain’s worst flooding disaster in decades as rescuers race to find victims.Read More
Playdate is getting a second season of games in 2025 from the Verge Andrew Webster
Image: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge When the Playdate first launched, one of the hooks was that the little yellow handheld came with a “season” of 24 games from notable developers like Keita Takahashi and Zach Gage. And now Panic has confirmed that a second season is coming at some point in 2025. As for…
Humane recalls the AI Pin’s charging case due to overheating concerns from the Verge Chris Welch
Photo by Amelia Holoway Krales / The Verge After warning customers to stop using it, Humane is now formally recalling around 10,500 units of its charging case for the beleaguered AI Pin. The affected cases were sold from last November through May of this year. According to the CPSC recall page, the lithium polymer battery…
Trump is planning a crackdown on legal immigration, too from the Verge Gaby Del Valle
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Former President Donald Trump has made immigration a centerpiece of his campaign: he’s promised mass deportations, a crackdown on asylum at the border, and a ban on mortgages for undocumented immigrants. But while Trump rails against illegal immigration, his allies and advisors are also preparing to sharply…
Ford won’t be making any new F-150 Lightnings until next year from the Verge Andrew J. Hawkins
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Ford is idling the factory where it makes its F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks until next year, the company said today. It’s another unwelcome hiccup in Ford’s path to becoming a global EV producer. The plan is to shut things down after the last shift on Friday, November…
This pocket-friendly e-reader also wants to be your minimalist phone from the Verge Andrew Liszewski
The Mudita Kompakt E Ink phone is expected to sell for under $500. | Image: Mudita Mudita is not the first company to build a phone with an E Ink screen, but its Kompakt isn’t only about bringing the benefits of e-paper to smartphones. The company describes the Kompakt as a “minimalist E Ink phone”…
Chevy’s BrightDrop electric vans will be in Walmart’s fleet by the end of the year from the Verge Umar Shakir
A Walmart-branded BrightDrop 400 electric van. | Image: GM GM moved its electric van company BrightDrop into Chevy in August to save some money, and today, the newly branded version of the vehicle is reaching one of BrightDrop’s earliest customers: Walmart. After piloting BrightDrop 400 vehicles for customer deliveries, Walmart is officially adding them into…
Microsoft just delayed Recall again from the Verge Tom Warren
Image: Microsoft Microsoft is once again delaying the roll out of its controversial Recall feature for Copilot Plus PCs. The software giant had planned to start testing Recall, which creates screenshots of mostly everything you see or do on a Copilot Plus PC, with Windows Insiders in October. Now, Microsoft says it needs more time…
Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot now has a desktop app from the Verge Emma Roth
Image: The Verge Claude, the AI chatbot made by Anthropic, now has a desktop app. You can download the Mac and Windows versions of the app from Anthropic’s website for free. Last week, Anthropic released its “computer use” feature in public beta, which allows the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model to control a computer by looking…