This mechanical bird drops dead when your home’s air quality worsens

The original Birdie debuted in 2022 with a morbid-but-fun design - an air-quality monitor with a literal canary in a coal mine. When the CO2 in your home hit a certain level, a mechanical bird mounted on your wall would appear to drop dead, then prompt you to…

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Netflix’s next great sci-fi show is set in a retirement community

Four decades on, '80s-style science fiction adventures continue to exert their influence on modern film and TV. The idea of a group of kids teaming up to face an otherworldly threat has become a trope at this point, seen in everything from Super 8 to Stranger…

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Apple’s latest MacBook Air is $200 off in both sizes for Memorial Day

If you’re looking for a laptop that’ll still perform well several years from now, Apple’s latest MacBook Air is hard to beat. Now, in particular, is a good time to pick one up, as you can currently buy the 13-inch MacBook Air at Amazon in the run-up to Memori…

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PM urges nurturing new dimensions of Pakistan-China friendship for future generations

Prime Minister said Pakistan-China relations have reached a high point where one cannot match or find a befitting parallel to match these great relations

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Nation to celebrate Eidul Azha tomorrow with religious zeal

Eid prayers’ congregations will be held at mosques, Eidgahs and open places in all cities, towns and villages across the country

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How to make the most important choice of your life

The average person works 80,000 hours over the course of their career. Ideally, that time should be fulfilling, well-paid, and spent doing things that make the world a better place. Of course that’s much, much easier said than done. In an increasingly fragile…

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Why Steve Kerr Stayed With the Warriors

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Trump is waging a silent war on legal immigration

When the member states of the United Nations reviewed their Global Compact on Migration earlier this month, one country was conspicuously absent from the discussions: the United States. In a post on X explaining its reasoning, the State Department said it obj…

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Vibe coding is coming to your phone

"There's an app for that" was the promise of the App Store from the very beginning. The app that will get your phone to do the thing you want it to? It's just a few taps away. The tagline wasn't strictly true - I'm still waiting for that one perfect grocery l…

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I have a new go-to browser

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 129, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, come on you Gunners, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've mostly been sick, wh…

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Hanging out in my favorite virtual coffee shop in Tokyo

Finding a cafe that fits you can be a revelatory experience. For me at least, there are few places outside of my house that I can truly feel comfortable in. I'm lucky enough to have two options in walking distance: a coffee shop that's bright, airy, and full …

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It’s make or break time for AI labeling systems

We're about to find out if the systems designed to make deepfakes and AI-generated content easy to spot are actually up to snuff. SynthID and C2PA Content Credentials, two distinct technologies for invisibly tagging image, video, and audio files with informat…

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Chinese PM, Field Marshal discuss matters of mutual interest

On the occasion, the Chinese Premier warmly shook hands with Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir

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China launches Shenzhou-23 crew mission

The launch marks another major step in China’s plan to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030

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Annual Hajj rituals begin in Makkah with arrival of pilgrims in Mina

About 1.8 million Muslims from across the globe have arrived in Makkah to perform Hajj

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