Allison Johnson
@allisonjo1.bsky.social
Professional phone user for The Verge.
A folding screen is impressive. Living with the phone is the real test. @mikahsargent.com, @allisonjo1.bsky.social, @glennf.com, and @sam.abuelsamid.com weigh the iPhone Duo’s app support and early hardware hiccups on TWiT. buff.ly/cUgQDBt
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Apple’s folding iPhone Duo lands with unique new features, an evolving developer scene, and early hardware hiccups that raise eyebrows. Also, a PHP bug threatens 70% of the
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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Definitely almost spit out my coffee at this bit, do yourself a favor and watch!!
Becca.@beccafarsace.bsky.social · last yr.a scene from my Z Fold7 review watch the full video here: youtu.be/3ltZPDlAzjU
Always jarring when a real grape tastes like the artificial flavor grape
Solo cross country flight before becoming a parent: god this is hell I hate it so much Solo cross country flight after becoming a parent: watching movies and reading books in silence for five hours while someone brings me snacks, sign me the fuck up
But is Trump gonna pay the tariffs on the white label phones he’s importing before slapping a made in America T1 logo on them?
Shoutout to the dozen or so folks holding signs and flags outside of the retirement center on Olson Place, absolute legends ❤️
I find it so funny that this got its own slide in the keynote presentation
The @vicmsong.bsky.social Promise is that you'll come for the cursed AI videos and stay for the heart-string-tugging ending 😭 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
s2g ads are coming for our phone lock screens and I hate it very much IS NOTHING SACRED www.theverge.com/news/679541/...
Samsung phones are getting a weird AI shopping platform nobody asked for
Thanks, I hate it.
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My S25 Edge review is gonna be a minute because I'm taking some time off for a milestone birthday but god damn if Samsung isn't still killing it in the portrait mode game
Mountain View weather report: sunny with a 100% chance of AI
Three year old took a sniff of my fancy artisanal candle and declared it smelled like "gloves." Devastating.
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Everything is bad so here's a little blog about how nice bags are www.theverge.com/gadgets/6604...
In praise of a special little bag
There’s nothing quite like it.
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I absolutely love it when a phone engages Hyper Gaming Super Beast Mode or whatever just so I can do my little Wordle guesses
Just incredible that in the year of our lord 2025 I am calling people and asking about the viral, impossible-to-find Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
Marina Galperina@mfortki.bsky.social · 2y agothat flash + scarcity = @allisonjo1.bsky.social on a quest
Me, to my past self when I realize I didn't grind the coffee beans last night: "What you did was deeply fucking indecorous."
The one where @allisonjo1.bsky.social visits an acoustics lab at an abandoned nuclear power plant. www.theverge.com/tech/644385/...
How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab
These scientists have taken extreme measures to get away from noise.
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Sometimes as a little treat I like to remember how much Werner Herzog hates chickens www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhMo...
Werner Herzog on Chickens
YouTube video by Saville Productions
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Almost got run over by a car whilst crossing the street in a crosswalk, as one does, and the most horrifying part is that I screamed EXACTLY like my mom
God damn this is so good from @miasato.bsky.social, if you somehow missed it yesterday do yourself a favor and read it now
The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry
Behind the scenes of a court battle for the “clean girl” look.
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