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    This isn’t funny.

    Dkfkhfkwkdnc:

    Oof the PR crisis must be bad

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    Honor’s Magic V6 sets three foldable firsts

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    But the bigger battery is the only one that matters.

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    The perfect gift for your partner.

    A sun exposure-tracking pendant, in case they’re running low on tech-induced anxiety.

    Digi Dave:

    Hey babe, wake up, a new device that creates crippling anxiety about your health just dropped!

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    The doohickey-industrial complex.

    You’ve found us out. The Verge is in the pocket of Big Doohickey, and we’re making you all pay the price.

    Hoto:

    This site’s thorough coverage of the cute doohickey industry is going to financially relegate me to a cat food diet when I’m elderly

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    This budget phone has a dot-matrix camera lens.

    Dummy lenses are my least favorite design trend in cheap Android phones, so I have mixed feelings about the new Tecno Pova 8 5G. It has what looks like a third camera lens, but is really a Nothing-esque dot-matrix display for alerts and icons. That’s an improvement, I guess?

    Image of two Tecno Pova 8 5G phones side by side, with a small dot matrix display inside a dummy third camera lens, showing a WhatsApp icon on one phone and the time on the other.
    The Pova 8 5G is out today in India, with other markets to follow.
    Image: Tecno
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    Dominic Preston
    There’ll be no Christmas special then, I’ll tell the children.

    This Doctor Who era’s days have long been numbered, and today the BBC confirmed the bad news. Showrunner Russell T Davies is stepping away, the Christmas special has been canceled (and was apparently never even written), and there’s no Who in the works while the BBC hunts for a new production company.

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    Dominic Preston
    Nominative determinism.

    Look, I haven’t tried the dev beta of macOS 27 Golden Gate yet, and by all accounts it’s got some good improvements. But with that name, you’re just asking for trouble.

    yomitomu:

    I’m just waiting for the first controversy with this new OS so we can call it Golden GateGate.

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