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Sean Hollister

Sean Hollister

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    Sean Hollister
    Pssst Verizon users... you might have a great deal on a killer gamepad waiting in your account.

    Even if you don’t have an Xbox, the Bluetooth + USB-C equipped Xbox Elite 2 Core is one of the most comfortable, capable pads you can buy. If you’ve got the magic coupon in your Verizon Up— I didn’t — you can snag it for half-off at $64.99.

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    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Elon Musk wants you to know his monkey is happy.

    Here’s some proof of life!

    (Never mind about those other monkeys that died.)

    Musk claims Neuralink is “like replacing a piece of skull with a smartwatch, for lack of a better analogy.”

    GIF by Sean Hollister / The Verge
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    How the heck do those Dick’s Sporting Goods scammers keep dodging the spam filters?

    Did you see the one about the free Yeti cooler? Or maybe a Le Creuset dutch oven? And then, minutes or hours later, did that email mysteriously disappear?

    That’s because Google and co are playing whack-a-mole with increasingly sophisticated scammers this year, reports Recode. They’re tricking the filters into thinking they link to a legit destination, then try to trick you out of money.