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How Watch Duty’s wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge ‘We view what we are doing as a public service,’ says the cofounder of the nonprofit that millions of people are relying on to stay safe. If you live in Los Angeles, you are probably already intimately familiar with Watch Duty, the free app that shows active fires, mandatory […]

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Anker’s display-equipped wall charger from CES is already on sale

Anker’s latest GaN offering sports four USB ports on the bottom, which isn’t where they’re typically relocated. | Image: Anker The inventive gadgets and gizmos at CES can often define the year, but most everything that appears on the showroom floor isn’t going to be available until later in the year, if at all. Fortunately,

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Everything we know (and think we know) about the Nintendo Switch 2

Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Leaks and rumors supported by multiple third-party manufactures make up the bulk of info out there about the new Switch. Nintendo’s announcement of the Switch successor is imminent. Just how imminent is anyone’s guess with the company stating that it would reveal info on the console

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Intel still dreams of modular PCs — it brought a tablet laptop gaming handheld to CES

Photo by Sean Hollister/ The Verge At CES 2025, Intel let journalists into its private “Innovation Showcase,” where we saw things like prototype next-gen laptops and giant stereo 3D handheld gaming PCs. While I was there, I also spotted a heavy metal handheld on a table that didn’t seem fully… attached to its screen. When

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