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The Kindle Paperwhite is our favorite Kindle, with waterproofing both the entry-level model and the Kindle Scribe lack. | Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge

Whether mom’s a bibliophile or you’re looking to gift a graduate something useful as they head to college, Amazon’s Kindles are great presents that we’ve highlighted in both our Mother’s Day and graduation gift



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President Joe Biden's 2023 executive order on "Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence" has been his biggest contribution to regulating AI so far while in office.
  • The development of artificial intelligence technology is happening at a rapid pace.
  • That's made it hard for Congress to regulate it, but Biden and Trump have tried

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Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2021 shows a J-10C fighter jet during the air Show 2021 in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province.
  • A Chinese jet released flares close to an Australian military helicopter.
  • This intercept is not the first 'unsafe and unprofessional' incident involving Chinese aircraft.
  • China routinely engages in unsafe intercepts of US and allied



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Code on Apple’s website in Japan mentions the “Apple Pencil Pro” — a potential hint at what’s to come during the company’s iPad event on Tuesday, as spotted by X user @ribu_ap712 and reported by MacRumors.

The code, which The Verge confirmed, was uncovered in the alternative text that describes the GIF for the Apple event and mentions a



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Apple’s newest band honoring LGBTQ+ communities is a brightly fluorescent Pride Edition Braided Solo Loop, Apple’s one-piece braided yarn band that stretches over a wearer’s wrist. The band will be available for $99 at Apple retail locations or through the company’s online store starting on May 22nd in the US and Canada — and elsewhere on May 23rd.

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Beat Saber players using Meta’s first Quest headset soon won’t be able to compete against friends. In an updated support page, Beat Saber’s developers say they’re ending multiplayer support, along with updates and customer service for the Quest 1 starting November 2nd, 2024.

Quest 1 users will still be able to play the game after the change goes into



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At 62, the author is using her Social Security money already.
  • I started working as soon as I graduated from college 40 years ago. 
  • I've made some bad decisions, thinking I could make up for them later in life. 
  • At 62, it feels like I'm going to be working forever as a freelancer. 

Fresh out of college more than 40 years ago, I threw myself into a career in marketing, public



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  • Apple is increasingly emphasizing the growth of its services business.
  • Its definition of "services" includes advertising, which Apple routinely says is a major growth driver.
  • But Apple's definition of advertising may surprise you.

Apple is the iPhone, and the iPhone is Apple. But as we've pointed out many times, iPhone sales won't grow forever. Last quarter, they actually



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Jack Dorsey has apparently exited the Bluesky board. As spotted by TechCrunch, the former Twitter CEO who was previously Bluesky’s highest-profile proponent shared the life update this weekend on X, where he’s been posting a lot lately. In response to a user who asked “are you still on the bsky board,” Dorsey said only, “no.” That’s it, nothing more. Engadget has reached out to the company for