More news from The Verge └ Trump accuses Apple of refusing to unlock criminals' iPhones, setting the stage for a fight └ Latest Galaxy S20 Plus leak shows off 120Hz display and no headphone jack Max Weinbach is back with more details and specs. Looks like 120Hz screens is going to be baseline for Android flagships this year. I'm also intrigued by the taller/longer shape. I really did like it on the Sony Xperia phones last year. By the way -- the consensus is that "Bloom" was the codename for Samsung's folding phone and the actual product name is going to be "Galaxy Z Flip." I think my concerns about addressing gender could still stand, though, depending on how Samsung positions the phone. I will say that the only thing that endears me to the phrase "Galaxy Z Flip" is that is has the last three letters of the English alphabet all a row. └ Yahoo parent Verizon promises it won't track you with OneSearch, its new privacy-focused search engine From the company that brought you the Super Cookie, a ...privacy-focused search engine? Fool me once but I guess we could take Verizon at its word here, because it would be quite a scandal if it turned out otherwise. Maybe. Let's just call this a trust-but-verify kind of situation — if we've learned anything about tracking over the past decade, its that people find ways to do it that you never would have imagined. └ Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time is the GOAT of low-stakes television One sign of admiration that you can see in this article and everywhere else is that we write it "Jeopardy!," exclamation point included and do so without the usual millennial irony. (Or is it Gen X irony?). If you want to teach somebody how to be stoic, kind, funny, and empathetic all at once, you could do a lot worse than sit them down have them watch Alex Trebek host this show. └ Time zones mess up more than just your sense of time You might think you know what you're getting into with this video by Cory Zapatka and Verge Science, but it takes a fascinating and vital turn halfway through. For some, setting their watch is a political act. └ Coral is Google's quiet initiative to enable AI without the cloud Little, easily programmable AI chips are going to be an essential part of our computing infrastructure -- it can't all go to the cloud. James Vincent looks into Google's offering in that regard, Coral. It's a little too tightly tied to Google's own AI ecosystem for many, though. Anyway, if you've heard Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talk about "the intelligent edge" any time in the past year and wondered what he's on about, this story is a good primer on what these devices are, why they're needed, and what their potential might be — whether they're made by Google or not. └ Instagram starts bringing DMs to the web Good get from Ashley Carman. Access on the desktop may not be the main way mobile chat apps are used these days, but it's essential for people who have office jobs. If you're staring at a certain screen all day and your fingers are on a certain keyboard, you're more likely to use the chat app that can appear on that screen and work with that keyboard. └ Google to 'phase out' third-party cookies in Chrome, but not for two years Here's me, touching briefly on what's going on with the browser war. It really does inflame a lot of passions and I really do think every side here is not giving the other side the benefit of the doubt. And that those sides would probably say 'you darn tootin' we're not giving those varmints the benefit of the doubt!' That's how web developers talk, you see. There are very good reasons for everybody to distrust everybody else in this whole privacy mess. Here comes the cliche, though: good, so long as all that contention leads to a more resilient and long-lasting solution. We need to have this conversation and the web and the browsers we use to access it need to develop more quickly. Too many things are broken right now. └ SpaceX continues to blast satellites into orbit as the space community worries Elon Musk's plan to put 42,000(!) internet-providing satellites into space raises a lot of legitimate issues, especially when it comes to tracking satellites and preventing collisions. Loren Grush has a deep, nuanced look at the current state of things for both that and astronomy. Worth your time: The truth about Starlink is that there is no solid truth. Depending on who you ask, the constellation either won't be that much of a problem, or it will lead to a space apocalypse └ OnePlus CEO Pete Lau doesn't think folding phones are good enough This was a fun podcast -- Lau's first, he says. | 
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