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Education & Youth
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Technology
Microsoft’s buyout offer is reaching more of its 223,000 or so employees.
Technology
Using a flexible OLED display salvaged from a Royole FlexPai phone, a talented modder has created a folding PS2 handheld (they’ve called the PlayStation 2 Duo) by miniaturing the motherboard inside the original console, adding their own controller hardware, and wrapping it all in an custom enclosure you can 3D print yourself. [Media: https://youtu.be/Vc-boZnGRQk?si=UX3UMKAk6HiWUv8p]
Technology
Plans start at $55 / month for one line.
Technology
Ahead of the company’s “Pro and tell” event scheduled for October 28th at 1PM ET in Los Angeles, Apple’s SVP of Marketing, Greg Joswiak, teased an “exciting week” ahead on X which started with the debut of the new iPad Mini today featuring an OLED display and a thinner design. Rumors suggest Apple could also announce its first touchscreen MacBook Pro this week. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5h1JykMcFU]
Technology
The firmware update should resolve screen flickering, slow reboots, and unexpected restart issues.
World News
For those of us who can still remember heading to a brick and mortar store when it was time to buy a computer or peripherals, this video is a good reminder of what an absolute assault on the senses crowded PC shops were decades ago. And the floor to ceiling stacks of iMacs and Compaq desktops plus walls of CRT displays only add to that overwhelming feeling. [Media: https://youtu.be/1whsc_We7YU?si=YEuD_-z7a9p2Km7G]
Technology
A great discount on a refurbished E Ink tablet.
World News
Like its Mobi Fold that debuted last June, Logitech’s new Pebble Up is a wireless mouse that’s adaptable. But instead of folding in half, the upper section of the mouse pops up using a hinge and integrated support so its buttons and scroll wheel are positioned at a more ergonomic angle, similar to the Logitech Lift. The Pebble Up is currently only available from Logitech in China for around $38. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/pebbleup1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/pebbleup2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/pebbleup3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
Technology
The author of The AGI Chronicles on leaving The New York Times to cofound Machine Gods and why he feels like the singularity is near.
Technology
The company said it plans to list on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker ‘ANT.’
Technology
The ancient code holding the world together may meet its match in AI. Today is not that day.