Returning from aid trip to #Cuba, Americans have phones seized at #US airport

From #TheVerge
March 28 , 2026

https://www.theverge.com/policy/902284/cuba-aid-convoy-phones-seized-cbp-nuestra-america

#EndTheEmbargoBlockade
#news #politics

This is why #TheVerge sucks now BTW. They’ve emphasized appeasing #BlueAnon and screwing over the people who made their videos and forgot that the whole point of why people liked them in the first place was that they were cool people with good insights in the tech and social media space.

But they drove away fantastic contributors like #backlon and #BeccaFarsace, who killed it at both journalism as well as review videos, and didn’t replace them with anyone with equivalent talent.

Now the #YouTube channel is pretty much just podcast clips, and the website (which, to be fair, hasn’t declined as poorly) feels less like a place for journalism and news than if you ran a competing site like #Engadget through the filter of #KaraSwisher’s glasses.

RT: https://social.teci.world/objects/dcf1eadd-c372-4656-83a2-32e9b34de845

The Vergecast’s Brendan Carr is a Dummy segment from March 20th has, IMHO, the best listener-created jingle to date. I think the creator’s name is Julia.

Well done. I’ll be singing it for days.

#TheVerge

Google Sucks Shit: According to The Verge, Google search is now replacing headlines—those things we painstakingly craft—with inaccurate, AI generated AI slop, often changing the meaning entirely in what the company calls a "small and narrow experiment."

It changed a Verge headline from "I used the ‘cheat on everything’ AI tool and it didn’t help me cheat on anything” to “‘Cheat on everything’ AI tool.” This is bad. Google search was the internet. It's a fucking verb.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment

#Google #GoogleAI #GoogleIsEvil #GoogleAssistant #Gemini #AI #TheVerge #GoogleDiscover #Discover

hdBlog- "Google riscrive i titoli degli articoli nei risultati di ricerca: The Verge in rivolta"

https://www.hdblog.it/google/articoli/n652474/google-titoli-articoli-risultati-ricerca-ai/

#ai #google #theverge #informazione #stampa

So many tech publications post what are thinly veiled ads dressed up as articles.

#PopularScience #CNET #Engadget #TheVerge #ArsTechnica

In the latest instance of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, the Trump admin's FCC is telling broadcasters to stick to a supportive narrative, or else they may face issues when renewing licenses.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-administration-warns-media-iran-conflict-coverage-1785576

#theverge #brendancarrisadummy #fcc #uspol #news #media #press

MacBook Neo Has Up to 8× Slower SSD Speeds Compared to New MacBook Pro

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/10/macbook-neo-slower-ssd-speeds/

Is it worth it paying for #TheVerge website?
Do you consider its a site worth supporting?

The usual #paywall technique annoys me but I do like some of their content, and its now 50% off...