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Umar Shakir

Umar Shakir

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Umar Shakir is a news reporter for The Verge, covering electric cars and more. He's spent over 15 years in IT support beforehand, including managing Macs for a University and also fixing them at the Genius Bar. Umar likes collecting video game cartridges, watching football, and hanging in shopping center parking lots waiting for his EV to charge.

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Sound the Alarmo!

Nintendo’s buzzy new alarm clock has been jailbroken by a hacker named Gary who figured out the device’s boot sequence and found a way to exploit and run code through USB. It opens up the possibility for some interesting hacks, but to start we have cat pictures and plasma effects.

Gary previously created a Wii U DNS exploit and chimed in on dying Wii Us.


Toyota and Suzuki are making a new 4WD-capable electric SUV together in India.

The automakers describe the yet-to-be-revealed EV as “a nimble SUV with the sharp driving characteristics of a BEV” with “ample cruising range.” Production is scheduled for spring 2025 at Suzuki Motor Gujarat.

I would love to see them make an electric rickshaw or motorcycle as well.


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App Store Intelligence.

Apple might soon add a new auto-generated review summary for apps in the App Store, according to 9to5Mac.

It sounds similar to Amazon’s AI-generated “Customers say” summary section at the top of the reviews on some product pages.