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When you’re traveling, staying connected is essential. Whether you’re figuring out the best route to your hostel, finding a place to eat, or translating a train schedule or menu, having reliable data makes life on the road infinitely easier. I still remember my early days of travel carrying a physical guidebook around as I wandered the streets looking for my accommodation. Or, when smartphones became widespread, searching for a SIM card kiosk to buy a physical SIM, trying to poorly communicate with staff in a language I didn’t know, and spending 20 minutes swapping out tiny plastic chips. Luckily, things…

For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by governments all over the world. Cops and spies in Ethiopia, Greece, Hungary, India, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates, among others, have used sophisticated spyware to compromise the phones of these victims, who at times have also faced real-world violence being intimidated, harassed, and in extreme cases, even murdered. In the last few years, in the fight to protect these higher-risk communities, a team of a dozen digital security experts, mostly based in Costa Rica, Manila, and Tunisia, among other…

You’ve probably heard the saying, “You can’t pour from an empty cup.”  It’s a popular metaphor that means you must take care of yourself before you can care for others. And it’s true – if you’re not feeling your best, you won’t be able to do your best work. As much as you may need to put yourself first, it’s more complicated than you think.  Is it selfish or wrong to focus on yourself?  Society often suggests it is, but more often than not, you do yourself and those around you a favor by prioritizing your needs before those of others.…

The Baltimore Ravens look to keep their slim playoff hopes alive when they battle the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night. The Ravens (7-8), who trail first-place Pittsburgh by two games in the AFC North, need to win out and have Pittsburgh lose to the Browns in Week 17 to make the playoffs. The Packers (9-5-1), who are 1.5 games behind Chicago for the NFC North lead, clinched a playoff spot on Thursday when the Vikings upset the Lions. Both teams have major question marks at quarterback. Green Bay QB Jordan Love (concussion/shoulder) has been ruled out, while backup Malik…

If you’re taking it easy during the slow, in-between week between Christmas and New Year’s, now’s a good time to catch up on deals you might’ve missed. Many of our favorite discounts from the past week are still hanging around, making this an especially convenient moment to shop. Whether you’re eyeing a new phone, gearing up for travel, or just looking to treat yourself before the year wraps up, we’re seeing notable price drops on Google’s Pixel 10 lineup, AirTags, and a wide selection of Nintendo Switch games, along with a handful of other Verge-approved picks worth grabbing now. Here…

When someone says they want to lose weight, what they really mean is they want to shed excess body fat. However, without a well-designed plan in place, a calorie deficit leads you to lose both fat and valuable muscle tissue. To minimize muscle loss, it’s crucial to incorporate resistance training, quality sleep, and a high-protein diet into your regular routine. Protein plays a multifaceted role in weight management, influencing factors like hunger levels, metabolism, and muscle preservation. While heavy resistance training provides the necessary stimulus, signaling to the body that existing muscle should be retained, a high-protein diet ensures the body has an ample…

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing.I still remember the frequent complaint one of my childhood friends used to recite: “Ugh, we’re having chicken for dinner again.” Now that I’m cooking more, I finally get the boredom my friend was feeling (even if she wasn’t the one making dinner). It’s easy to get tired of the protein if you’re eating it the same way all the time, and figuring out fun new ways to cook it can feel daunting.  That’s where this…

Fall in Kelowna can’t quite make up its mind.One day it’s crisp and cool, with mist hanging over Okanagan Lake, and the next it’s warm enough for shorts and an iced coffee on a patio.It’s a season made for layers and for testing the kind of clothing that can handle anything the weather throws at it.Last week, we decided to spend a few days outdoors closer to home.One day, Charles and I headed for a walk along the Mission Creek Greenway, where the fall salmon run is in full swing. The water shimmered with flashes of red as the fish…

Sadie Sink—the now 23-year-old actress whose star took off when she joined the ensemble cast of Netflix’s Stranger Things during its second season—has not quite lived in a right-side-up world since 2017.“There’s life during Stranger Things and there’s going to be life after Stranger Things. It was my childhood. Things are going to be very different,” she says with a bittersweet smile, speaking to me over Zoom from her parents’ home in New Jersey.The show’s grand finale arrives on New Year’s Eve, wrapping up a run that’s seen Sink and her co-stars—including Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, and Millie…

Taking money away from billionaires is funny, and threatening to do it can be a nice political sugar rush for anyone with even a tiny amount of class consciousness (even though it would not get close to creating “socialism” in America according to socialists like Doug Henwood). The state of California is now very much threatening to do it, and the predictable result is happening according to the New York Times: tech billionaires like Peter Thiel and ex-Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page are having their obligatory tantrum and threatening to leave. The political instrument involved here is not a…