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Two new small, powerful Macs
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 142, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, how is it almost September already, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been remembering Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen, absorbing … Read more
China’s robots race ahead
Humanoid robot competes in the optional boxing routine event during the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games at National Speed Skating Oval on August 26, 2026 in Beijing, China. | Image: Getty Images This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on falling robots and the … Read more
Crypto market makers are cashing in on bitcoin’s rally – without betting on direction
As bitcoin surges back above $80,000, sophisticated trading firms are quietly collecting yield rather than making directional bet.
Hacking IKEA Furniture
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Spark: Sparklines in your shell
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Russia’s Sber eyes USDT loans, questions digital ruble demand
Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to accept USDT and Ether alongside Bitcoin as loan collateral as the country introduces regulated crypto trading under a new law.
Real Trump Coins denies launching GOLD token, blames ‘bad actors’
Trump-linked Real Trump Coins said it never authorized GOLD or any digital token as questions persisted over its X account, associated domains and the concentrated token supply.
Coins.ph CEO Wei Zhou on Corporate Chains, AI Agents & Asia’s Stablecoin Rails: Inside Coinfest 2026
Asia moves roughly $245 billion in stablecoin volumevand on a stage in Bali in August the people who move a good deal of it spent forty minutes not talking about consumers. The panel at Coinfest Asia on 20 August was “Stablecoins Are Becoming the New Financial Rails” and was moderated by Adriel Wong, Head of … Read more
FreeCORE TrueNAS Core – Continued
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Bug Blindness
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A $1.1 million crypto card hack crashed a neobank’s token 49%
The exploit caused the neobank’s AVICI token to drop 49% from a 24-hour high, hitting a record low before paring some of the losses.
Vicariously hike the Appalachian in the gorgeous A Trail Tale
Inspired by Oregon Trail, but minus the dysentery. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge I used to be an avid hiker and would try to go backpacking a few times a year. I always dreamed of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, but life kind of got in the way. (Turns out jobs, wives, and children … Read more
Polygon discloses security flaws fixed in recent hard forks
The vulnerabilities posed denial-of-service and validator resource risks but were patched before Polygon publicly disclosed them.
Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported
Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos was arrested by ICE on Thursday, and today the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Reuters and the Washington Post that he had been deported to the UK. Yiannopoulos came to the US legally in 2019, but overstayed his visa. After he failed to appear in court for an immigration hearing, … Read more
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Stellar tokenized RWA market more than quadruples to nearly $4B
Stellar’s real-world asset market has expanded rapidly this year as institutional adoption and tokenization activity grow across the network.
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft
This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.