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Folding and flipping phones are getting seriously good
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 137, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy phone season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Google Zero and armored cars for rich people, watching a… read more
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Is this e-reader case a gun?
Is an e-reader case as dangerous as a Glock 19? Last month, Louisville, Kentucky-based creator Luke The Maker showed off a bizarre, 3D-printed, pistol-shaped case design for the popular minimalist Xteink X4 e-reader. The X4 lies vertically atop the plastic gun's slide, with a cutout on the side to access its buttons. Though the frame… read more
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Warner Bros. is suing Amazon for poaching employees
Warner Bros. Discovery has filed suit against Amazon, accusing it of illegally poaching employees, including Pia Barlow, former senior VP for originals marketing. In the complaint, Warner says that "Amazon has chosen to ride on the coattails of other well-established Hollywood mainstays," and that it engaged in a "lawless employee shopping spree." Deadline reports that… read more
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Teenage Engineering’s unique music machines are 30 percent off
With elements from synthesizers, loopers, and effects pedals, Teenage Engineering’s devices lie somewhere between musical instrument and modern art. These grooveboxes, as they’re often called, are capable of helping you produce songs in real time from a single unit, with an eye-catching design language. A wide swath of the brand’s offerings are 30 percent off… read more
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Argy bargy over Taiwanese film show highlights Chinese efforts to censor or control Thai media output
Argy bargy over Taiwanese film show highlights Chinese efforts to censor or control Thai media output China’s shadow over Thailand? Fresh claims the Chinese Embassy tried to pressure a Taiwan film festival come as Bangkok deepens ties with Beijing, prompting a… Read More › The post Argy bargy over Taiwanese film show highlights Chinese efforts… read more
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Police say Italians may face action and visa revocation if a formal complaint is made over BTS incident
Police say Italians may face action and visa revocation if a formal complaint is made over BTS incident Mocking a Thai passenger on a Bangkok BTS may now have legal consequences. Police say complaints against Italian students can proceed under Thai law after… Read More › The post Police say Italians may face action and… read more
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Shift in the Thai economy sees the lowest baht value in 15 months as imports rise far faster than exports
Shift in the Thai economy sees the lowest baht value in 15 months as imports rise far faster than exports Thailand’s economy faces a new warning as the baht slumps to a 15-month low, imports outstrip record exports and the current account swings to a… Read More › The post Shift in the Thai economy… read more
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Five foreign women arrested on Saturday working as prostitutes on Sukhumvit in Bangkok to be deported
Five foreign women arrested on Saturday working as prostitutes on Sukhumvit in Bangkok to be deported Bangkok police swooped on Sukhumvit Soi 4 after viral videos exposed street prostitution, arresting five foreign women now facing prosecution, deportation and lifetime bans. The… Read More › The post Five foreign women arrested on Saturday working as prostitutes… read more
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Four rescued 12 miles offshore from Pattaya on Friday evening when a speedboat capsized in windy seas
Four rescued 12 miles offshore from Pattaya on Friday evening when a speedboat capsized in windy seas A speedboat sank in violent seas off Chonburi, triggering a dramatic offshore rescue that saved four people. The rescue boat was then forced to shelter… Read More › The post Four rescued 12 miles offshore from Pattaya on… read more
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Final Fantasy 14's Evercold expansion brings aboard a Final Fantasy 7 collab and a job that's all about fighting with massive shields
Finally, a Final Fantasy 14 job made specifically for the type of person who likes to dual wield shields in Dark Souls! The latest FF14 fan festival is taking place, and with that has come a suite of announcements, including a reveal at one of the two new jobs coming as part of the next… read more
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Synth historian Oli Freke will spend big on a good bicycle
Oli Freke is a musician and journalist whose works have appeared in Sound on Sound, The Quietus, and Mixmag. This has included using math to explore the melodic potential of the Western 12-tone scale and deep dives on effects plug-ins. He's even written a book tracing the evolution of the synthesizer from 1963 through 1995,… read more
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Sega like physical games too, says their president, but with the shift to digital they're keeping the humble PC in mind
I don't see Sony going back on their plans to embrace a discless PlayStation future, but I do wonder if they realised just how many of us would continue to talk about it for as long as we have. Even RPS got involved, and us PC lot had to abandon discs a millenia ago! And… read more