Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 151, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, get psyched because it's officially Bad Holiday Movie Season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week,
By Dawoud Abu Alkas and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Heavy rains have flooded tens of thousands of tents housing displaced Palestinians crammed into encampments across the Gaza Strip, washing away shelters and soaking blankets and mattresses, local
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - After a months-long naval blockade on Iran, the US military is setting up a task force to bolster Washington's efforts to restrict Tehran's movement of advanced weapons systems and other sanctioned material across its land borders
The son of the ousted shah of Iran on Saturday received a "Freedom Prize" in Frankfurt awarded to the Iranian people in a ceremony that critics said was illegitimate. Some 18,000 demonstrators, many chanting support and waving pre-revolutionary Iranian flags, greeted Reza
Alien and Aliens are leaving Netflix on Dec. 1, giving subscribers limited time to stream Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classics.
Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign is suing the state of Alaska to obtain access to records for absentee ballots that were rejected by the Alaska Division of Elections, a new court filing shows. Peltola’s campaign said they previously requested records of the rejected ballots on
Part of the art and science of astrophotography is figuring out when certain flying objects in the sky are going to line up for a photo opportunity. And few photographs demonstrate it better than AJ Smadi ’s shot of the International Space Station (ISS) hurtling in front of
After an epic Money in the Bank event with Roman Reigns defeated LA Knight to retain the World Heavyweight Championship, WWE travels to Saudi Arabia for WWE Crown Jewel 2026, a premium live event on Saturday, Nov. 7. The event features four bouts, including three title matches
The 'Great Unconformity' has puzzled scientists since its discovery in the 1870s
The attacks come before Ukrainian and Russian delegations are due to take part in trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi next week.
Cuba faces deepening crisis and isolation under heavy U.S. sanctions. Our Havana correspondent reports on how locals use ingenious—and sometimes desperate—ways to survive and make a living.
With the New Zealand election too tight to call the BBC's Tiffanie Turnbull reports from a Labour Party gathering after an inconclusive night.
Panadda “Boom” Wongphudee has been accused of fraud and money laundering.
The authorities also reported freezing more than US$300 million (S$385 million) in bank accounts.
The company behind the under-construction Brenner Base Tunnel project - a 55 km rail link between Innsbruck in Austria and Fortezza in Italy - confirmed it had also been hit by a cyberattack in recent weeks.
"While it stings, I'm really proud of what we built together."
Gary Larson's The Far Side often featured cows in funny situations. Here are the 10 funniest examples
Mass Effect’s Homecoming quest asks you to hand a widower his wife’s body or keep it for research. Neither ending feels clean, but one is better
Dinch, an allegedly ‘safe’ alternative, used in the EU and US also found to cause fetal development complications Exposure to a new generation of allegedly “safe” plasticizers is linked to lower birth weight and fetal development complications, which could cause serious health
We asked a statistics expert how difficult it would be to find a needle in a haystack—the answer is: just as hard as you think
Recently across the globe, political observers have likened the foibles and subsequent downfalls of presidents of the United States to hubris, the ancient Greek concept of destructive arrogance. Whether through excessive self-confidence or failure to correctly judge America’s
His return home remains blocked by legal dispute, even as King warns against defying his order.
The US military carried out new airstrikes on Iranian defence systems, sending ripples across the Gulf, but Trump insists they are “minor strikes” while intense diplomatic efforts continue to avert an all-out war.
The State Department said: "The regime’s lack of compliance with the IAEA on safeguards obligations has led to the agency’s loss of 'continuity of knowledge.'"
Robots (not) in disguise.
Quantum researchers show how materials inevitably absorb light
Square Enix is 'working to resolve the issue'.
ASUNCION, Nov 7 - Paraguay's Vice President Pedro Alliana became president after the country's Senate impeached and removed Santiago Peña amid a banking crisis that triggered major political backlash.
Lots of Redshirts are going to die
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this November 7th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
President Trump sent a blunt message to the incoming Democratic majority on Capitol Hill by tapping Stephen Miller to be his new chief of staff, setting up what is likely to be a contentious two years between both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Miller is loathed by most
A historic election week is ending, but the debate about the future of the Republican Party is just beginning. On one side are those who see the midterms as a wholesale repudiation of President Trump — or at least a startling reminder that neither he nor his party is immune to
Schools are scrambling after Google said Tuesday that education leaders need to either accept some AI in classrooms or lose access to its search engine. School officials trying to push back on an encroaching AI are in a bind. The tech giant dominates search online, and it
The Estonian fest has been showing solidarity with Ukraine across its film, industry and other programs since the 2022 full-scale invasion of the country by Russia, and its 30th edition is no different.
Long-lost Georgia O’Keeffe landscape goes to auction, Brancusi gets lost at MoMA, interview with Doris Salcedo, and is showing at documenta worth it?
The Cybertruck, the vehicle of choice for guys who like to say “my pronouns are U, S, and A” and—if they ever did find a woman who wanted to have sex with them—would throw an absolute fit over being asked to wear a condom, is being taken out back and told to think about the
With the midterm elections in the rearview mirror, the Senate is barreling ahead with major energy and infrastructure legislation in the lame-duck session. The bill, which seeks to make it easier to build energy and other infrastructure projects more quickly, is slated for a
Ousted ex-President Santiago Peña was placed under house arrest on Friday after he was impeached over a major banking crisis.
The rallies provide a split-screen on public perception of Indonesia’s beleaguered leader.
JAKARTA, Nov 7 - Hundreds of workers rallied in support of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Saturday amid allegations that police illegally wiretapped him, while hundreds of women marched against the president's policies.
Drinking two to three cups of caffeinated coffee daily was linked to a dramatically lower risk of dementia and better cognitive functioning in a study spanning up to 43 years. The benefits appeared regardless of genetic risk, but decaffeinated coffee did not show the same
Malaysia's attorney-general on Saturday (Nov 7) stood by his decision to seek legal clarifications over former Prime Minister Najib Razak's house arrest order, and rejected accusations of treason after the palace insisted it must be implemented.
Humans collectively produce more than 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually just by turning food into energy, a 74% increase over three decades largely driven by population growth. Unlike fossil fuel emissions, however, the CO2 we exhale is part of the natural carbon
“3 Body Problem” and “Better Days” filmmaker Derek Tsang is attached to direct and executive produce “Group 41,” a true-crime drama series about the first Asian-American squad at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The project, from Jonah Greenberg’s Salty Pictures,
Scientists have uncovered evidence that Europe was dominated for more than 20 million years by open woodlands, colorful meadows, and large grazing animals, not the dense forests long considered its natural state. The surprising discovery challenges modern reforestation
Deepavali falls on Nov 8 in 2026.
The suspect has been charged with multiple offences, including possession of dangerous weapons and theft, per the DHS. He is in the custody of the US Marshals Service.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary observations covering just 7% of the night sky. The discoveries include an extremely faint galaxy 355,000 light-years away and a star cluster hidden behind
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