Verizon is adding Google One AI Premium as a perk for some customers

Verizon’s myPlan wireless and myHome internet subscriptions allow users to choose from a selection of perks, which include Netflix & Max with ads, a Disney bundle, a Walmart+ membership and nume [...]

7 products you shouldn't buy from Apple this month (and what to get instead)

Looking to buy a shiny new Apple gadget? Read this first. [...]

Atari’s Breakout is getting a side-scrolling reboot

Proving that truly no IP is safe from modern reboot culture, Atari’s Breakout is back. The upcoming version of the simple 1976 brick-smashing hit rotates the playing field by 90 degrees and adds aut [...]

Apple Invites Is the AI-Powered Party Planner You Didn't Know You Needed

The new app taps Apple Intelligence to create a custom event portal that you can share with all of your friends -- yes, even the Android users. [...]

The Nothing Phone 3a could borrow the iPhone 16’s best feature – and I think it’s a great idea

Nothing has released another teaser for the upcoming Nothing Phone 3a, its next midrange phone, with strong hints that the new phone will come with a shutter button similar to the iPhone 16’s Camera [...]

Government workers sue over potentially illegal DOGE server

Federal employees are suing to disconnect a server, reportedly operated by associates of Elon Musk, from the US Office of Personnel Management. A motion filed today as part of a class action suit and [...]

Google now thinks it's OK to use AI for weapons and surveillance

Google has made one of the most substantive changes to its AI principles since first publishing them in 2018. In a change spotted by The Washington Post, the search giant edited the document to remove [...]

USPS Halts All Packages From China, Sending the Ecommerce Industry Into Chaos

As part of new tariffs on Chinese imports, President Donald Trump eliminated an exemption for small packages, vastly increasing the amount of parcels US Customs and Border Protection needs to inspect. [...]

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Feb. 5

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Feb. 5. [...]