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Trump’s polls are tanking. What does his base think?

Today, Explained will now be publishing video episodes every Saturday in audio and video, featuring compelling interviews with key figures in politics and culture — subscribe to Vox’s YouTube channel to get them or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Every good political journalist needs a good MAGA guy in their back pocket — someone […]

A nice upgrade for Apple’s simplest gadget

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 114, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, send Arc Raiders tips, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about wind turbines and phishing scams and oboes, keeping organized […]

ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia

ChatGPT is using Grokipedia as a source, and it's not the only AI tool to do so. Citations to Elon Musk's AI-generated encyclopedia are starting to appear in answers from Google's AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini, too. Data suggests that's on the rise, heightening concerns about accuracy and misinformation as Musk seeks to reshape […]

Why is Gen Z so obsessed with the 2010s?

At the start of this year, it seemed like everybody was reminiscing about the year 2016. In January alone, Spotify saw a 790 percent increase in 2016 themed playlists. People were declaring that the 2026 vibe would match the feel good vibes of the year 2016.  The only problem is that the experience of living […]

Inside Wildlight Entertainment, the studio behind the polarizing Highguard

Wildlight Entertainment explains how it built its debut shooter, Highguard, from a mountain of game design ideas.