Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 54, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about AI slop and sports betting and Jony Ive, clearing my schedule for the new season of The Great British Bake Off, watching Sicario and Pirates of the Caribbean and A Quiet Place: Day One on plane-seat screens like their directors intended, insta-subscribing to Hasan Minhaj’s new YouTube show, and just relentlessly trolling people with Vergecast clips through Pocket Casts’ new feature. I also have for you a couple of new Meta gadgets, the mobile game that will eat up all your free... Continue reading…

Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and knocked out power to millions of people.

Can people change their personality? Yes, by "making intentional tweaks to their thinking and behavior," research finds.

I continue to be absolutely astounded by how President Trump has withstood so many attacks over the past 9 years… Not only withstood them but came out the other side looking calmer, stronger and even…

Former President Donald Trump is locked in on tariffs more than he was during his first term in the White House. The Republican presidential candidate recently threatened to hit John Deere with 200% tariffs,…

Enlarge / 3D rendering of an NK Cell destroying a cancer cell.https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/cell-destroying-a-cancer-cell-royalty-free-image/1250270667 Billions of cells die in your body every…

The former first lady finally speaks up – and it appears she has a lot to say. Former first lady Melania Trump, who is typically reticent in her public statements, will go on record about life before,…

Israel knocks some more names off the list of Iran proxy terrorists. The head of Hezbollah in Lebanon met a predictable end during an Israeli airstrike on the organization’s headquarters. Though deep…

Emotional eating be gone.

Sunday sermon 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests:…