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Here are 40 last-minute gifts you can still nab before ChristmasHere are 40 last-minute gifts you can still nab before Christmas
Quentyn Kennemer and Sheena Vasani
The Verge’s 2024 holiday gift guide

A collection of fun, affordable, and unique gifts fit for everyone on your list.

Verge Staff
Umar Shakir
Umar Shakir
Tesla gives Solar and Powerwall users a 2024 wrap-up.

“Tesla Recharged” gives customers year-end insights in the Tesla app for stats such as how often users’ homes are powered off-grid.

As Not a Tesla App reports, Tesla Energy users get trophies like “Solar Punk” if they’re in the top 25 percent generating solar energy for the year or “Team Player” for being in the top 1 percent of sending electricity back to the grid.

Tesla in app award for “Trickster” showing a Joker had trophy for being in the top 1% of users who have gone off-grid.
The awards only apply to Tesla Energy customers.
Image: Alex Guichet
Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Go read this report on Arizona data centers and those without power in the state.

The state’s utility board approved an 8 percent rate hike to increase energy production for data centers, while Navajo Nation residents live without electricity, writes The Washington Post:

But it rejected a plan to bring electricity to parts of the Navajo Nation land ... because of “concerns about how the funds would be used,” adding that customers are not “responsible for extending electricity to all tribal areas of the state.”

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Robert De Niro leads a TV series for the first time in Netflix cyberattack thriller Zero Day.

De Niro plays a former President called in to investigate a cyberattack that resulted in plane crashes, train derailments, and thousands of deaths in the limited series, premiering February 20th on Netflix.

Zero Day was created by Eric Newman (Narcos) and Noah Oppenheim (The Maze Runner) and also stars Angela Bassett, Matthew Modine, Connie Britton, and Clark Gregg.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
“Why is anyone in New Jersey?”

“Oh right, because there’s beautiful nature, and good schools.”

Now that mystery drones have made it to SNL, does that mean the wave of hysteria and still-unsolved sightings is over?

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Sharge slimmed its new 10,000mAh power bank to less than half an inch.

Wrapped in carbon fiber, Sharge’s CarbonBlade has a USB-C and USB-A port while still being just 0.46 inches thick making it easy to slip into a pocket for power emergencies. But for $69.90 it’s also pricier than Anker’s slightly thicker 10,000mAh slim power bank.

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The Sharge CarbonBlade power bank with a single USB-C cable attached against a blurred background.
The Sharge CarbonBlade power bank being slipped into a pocket.
An iPhone and an AirPods charging case connected to the Sharge CarbonBlade power bank with USB cables.
An iPhone and the Sharge CarbonBlade power bank charging from a single power adapter.
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Sharge’s new 10,000mAh CarbonBlade power bank is just 0.46 inches thick.
Image: Sharge