This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses ...

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Xbox Game Pass is losing seven titles at the end of the month, thus more than doubling the number of its January 2026 ...

In Canada, unchecked anti-Zionist rhetoric and weak enforcement have fueled a surge in antisemitic violence and fear.