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Source: The Verge Last Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Newark mayor Ras Baraka outside a detention center. Baraka was trying to visit the facility — which opened recently and is operated by the GEO Group, a private prison company — with members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation. Baraka was not only denied…
Source: The Verge It’s not the next mainline entry in the series, but Atlus did announced a new Persona game today. It’s called Persona 5: The Phantom X, and it’s a spinoff that’s launching on both mobile and PC on June 26th. As the name implies, The Phantom X is set in the same universe…
Source: The Verge President Donald Trump told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he doesn’t want the company to move iPhone production to India. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said during his visit to Qatar. “You’re coming in with $500 billion, but now I hear you’re building all over India… We’re…
Source: The Verge You’re about to start seeing even more characters from Warner Bro. Discovery’s films and series popping up in ads for stuff like condiments and insurance. According to WBD, Storyverse content will run on its own linear and digital platforms as well as social channels. While the studio didn’t go into detail about…
Source: The Verge Rolling out to all users in the US and Canada in the coming weeks, Meta AI can now be customized to provide more detailed descriptions of what’s in front of users when they ask the smart assistant about their environment. In a short video shared alongside the announcement, Meta AI goes into…
Source: The Verge The Motorola Razr Ultra is something special, but it’s not quite Ultra. It’s gorgeous. It’s a delight to use, and even after several generations of this revamped Razr flip format, checking bus arrival times on the outer screen still feels like getting away with something. This phone is a lot of things…
Source: The Verge Roblox is going to let creators sell physical items from their games. The company has been testing its tools to do so since last year, but today, it’s announcing that it’s opening up its Commerce APIs to eligible Roblox creators. Shopify is the first “integrated partner” for the APIs, and if a…
Source: The Verge At its best, Netflix’s Love, Death, and Robots creates the same feeling as picking up a collection of sci-fi short stories. You don’t always know what to expect, and not everything is brilliant, but you’re guaranteed to experience something interesting. That was especially true of volume 3 of the animated anthology, which…
Source: The Verge Apple is officially rolling out the next generation of CarPlay — and it’s called CarPlay Ultra. The update is available with new Aston Martin vehicle orders in the US and Canada, but it will be rolling out to existing models with supported infotainment systems in the “coming weeks.” Carmakers like Hyundai, Kia,…
Source: The Verge The future of everything from smartphones, to military equipment, to electric vehicles hangs on 17 rare earth minerals and the magnets that they’re made into. And China, the world’s largest refiner and producer, is tightening its grip and threatening the US’ largest automakers. Over the last 30 years, China has methodically cornered…
