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Source: The Verge Apple’s new iPad Mini might be hogging the spotlight, but it’s not the only great tablet on the market. If you’re looking for a slate outside of Apple’s ecosystem, the original OnePlus Pad is a terrific Android tablet that OnePlus is selling for $359.99 ($120 off) — a new all-time low —…

Source: The Verge Users on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac are having trouble downloading apps from Apple’s App Store right now. When users tap “Get” to download an app, the icon swirls briefly to indicate that it’s loading, but then it reverts to “Get,” leaving them unable to install the app they want. Even though…

Source: The Verge It won’t make it out in 2024 as originally planned, but Analogue is finally ready to share details on its take on a Nintendo 64. The Analogue 3D will launch early next year (the company says Q1 2025) and will cost $249.99. It comes in either black or white, and preorders kick…

Source: The Verge Photo by Grant Baldwin / Getty Images I’m honestly not sure which part of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson’s freshly filed defamation lawsuit to focus on here. The obvious lede is that Robinson — currently the Republican nominee for North Carolina governor — sued CNN for defamation yesterday. The suit targets…

Source: The Verge The US Federal Trade Commission is taking action against subscriptions that are difficult to get rid of. On Wednesday, it adopted a final “click-to-cancel” rule requiring businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up. Under the rule, businesses can’t force customers to cancel a subscription using a method different from how…

Source: The Verge When Gmail first appeared in 2004, the idea of having what seemed like a never-ending space for email was revolutionary. Most paid services were providing a few megabytes of space, and here came Google promising a full gigabyte (which, at the time, seemed huge) for free. I switched to Gmail in 2005, not…

Source: The Verge OnOn a scorching 100-degree day, I find Henry Dorado’s booth at the Brooklyn Flea Market. Above, trains rattle loudly on the Manhattan Bridge. The outdoor market is a small but trendy event that fills this corner every weekend, rain or oppressive shine. Among the typical antique market wares — racks of thrifted…

Source: The Verge The next big release from A24 might also be its cutest to date. The studio just released the first trailer for The Legend of Ochi, a fantasy adventure that also happens to star a cute-as-hell creature to rival Grogu. While it looks like a somewhat familiar “kid befriends mysterious creature” story, the…

Source: The Verge AA lot has been said about TV in 2004. That it was the best year of television of all time, the peak of the Golden Age of television. Or maybe that it was the year reality television became too much, suddenly showing up on every channel as we flipped the switch. But…

Source: The Verge ByBy the time MGM v. Grokster hit the Supreme Court, the file-sharing industry had been roiling with lawsuits for years. The record labels had sued Napster in December 1999, baptizing the oughties with a spree of copyright litigation. But the public’s appetite for piracy didn’t go away, and for every Napster that…