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The Razer Freyja can turn most computer chairs into haptic gaming accessories. | Image: Razer

Razer has released the Freyja gaming cushion, a haptic cushion that you can attach to your gaming chair, the company announced. The cushion is $299.99, and it’s available to buy now.

The Freyja is an extension of the vibration you get from gaming controllers — except instead of



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Spotify was down earlier on Sunda, with users across social media reporting that the app and website weren’t working, and for those of us at The Verge who tried we saw the same issues.

Downdetector showed a spike in the number of reports about problems with the music streaming service that started at about 10:40AM ET. Spotify said it was



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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are both working to attract the support of undecided voters.
  • Trump said Vice President Kamala Harris was born "mentally impaired" at a rally in Wisconsin.
  • He later conceded to the crowd that it was a "dark speech."
  • Trump also made a number of inflammatory

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Back in 2022, Meta cancelled its smartwatch because the design "caused issues with another feature for translating nerve signals from the wrist into digital commands." Now that Meta has shown off its functional EMG neural interface, we wonder if a smartwatch isn't far behind.



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Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) speaks to supporters during a campaign event at the Northwestern Michigan Fair grounds on September 25, 2024 in Traverse City, Michigan.

Meta has blocked the leaked JD Vance dossier on Threads, Instagram, and Facebook.

According to a statement given to The Verge, posting or sharing links to the hacked documents violates its content policies. Meta’s policies “not allow content from hacked sources or content leaked as part of a foreign government operation to influence US elections,” said the spokesperson. 

Threads users noticed that



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Israel's PM Netanyahu addressed the UN the same day air strikes were launched against Beirut to eliminate Hezbollah leader Nasrallah.
Israel's PM Netanyahu addressed the UN the same day strikes targeted Hassan Nasrallah.
  • Netanyahu's trip to New York was designed to "trick" Hassan Nasrallah, an Israeli official has said.
  • His speech at the UN was part of a "diversionary plan," the official told The Telegraph.
  • Nasrallah, who was the leader of Hezbollah, was killed following an Israeli strike on Beirut



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The StandBy feature of iPhones offers a hint of how an Apple smart home display could work. | Image: David Pierce / The Verge

Apple is preparing to take a fresh run at the smart home that starts with a rumored smart display that it may release next year. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who writes in his Power On newsletter today that the display will use a new



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Roughly a month ago, Michael Sayman realized he could finally build the app he’d been thinking about for years: a social network where everyone but you is an AI bot. Large language models are finally good enough and cheap enough that the experience might actually feel social and useful, and not like a gimmick or a game. And so, after years of waiting and months of



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The author, not pictured, fell in love with her Tinder match.
  • My Tinder match and I were both looking for something casual.
  • After spending a weekend together, we knew there was something special between us.
  • Two weeks later, I told him I love him, and we are now happily married.

Lee and I matched on Tinder on October 26th, 2018. Initially, I assumed this match would be just like all the