Major US cities that have hiking very nearby? I’d like to take a solo trip and hike. But I’d rather not have to rent a car if possible. Are there any US cities (with major airports I can fly into) that having decent hiking trails with an uber-able distance? submitted by /u/Jmills2

Takeaways: Strickland’s major upset continues shocking UFC trend With Sean Strickland now holding gold, the long-standing champions continued to falter in the UFC in 2023.

A Meeting of World Leaders, With Two Major Absences Also, Olivia Rodrigo’s new album. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Google’s cookie-replacing Privacy Sandbox reaches major milestone One more nail in the tracking cookie coffin. | Illustration: The VergeGoogle’s Chrome browser is now one important step closer to its goal of phasing out third-party cookies by the end of 2024. In a press release today, the search giant announced that its relevance and measurement APIs for Privacy Sandbox — its privacy-preserving alternative to …

The Lakers quietly added some major reinforcements this summer The Lakers’ latest signing caps a busy offseason that has checked some important boxes.

Should I major in Interior design? I’m a senior in hs and Interior design has always been my passion along with marketing but I’m worried that interior designers are not in need because of things like Pinterest and tik tok. I want to be rich and want to find a nice job ha! I also like graphic design but wouldn’t want to do it as a career. I was thinking maybe double majoring in i…

Apple reportedly planning major iPad Pro upgrade Apple is reportedly planning some major updates for its iPad Pro next year.

Verizon says it’s weeks away from a major upgrade to rural 5G Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeVerizon says its up to 200MHz C-band 5G spectrum has been cleared for use four months ahead of schedule — an upgrade it says will bring more bandwidth and faster throughput to its customers, particularly those in rural areas. The company will use the new spectrum to expand its 5G-based home and business int…

The ‘Apple Watch X’ is reportedly a major redesign, but it’s not coming this year Illustration: The VergeApple is preparing for its first major redesign in several generations of the mainline Apple Watch, but we won’t be seeing it this year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter this morning. Instead, Apple is working on a thinner “Apple Watch X” with magnetic watch band attachment points, a blood pr…

DeSantis Replaces Campaign Manager in Major Shake-Up As Ron DeSantis tries to put his campaign back on track, he is replacing Generra Peck with James Uthmeier, one of the most trusted aides in the governor’s office.

Reddit says it has recovered from some ‘major’ outages Screenshot by Jay Peters / The VergeReddit says it has recovered from some big issues that lasted for about an hour. While outages were happening, I couldn’t load any Reddit pages on my browsers where I’m logged into the site — usually, I ran into an error message, though I also hit a blank white screen. However, if I tried to visit the site whi…

How the world went from a semiconductor shortage to a major glut Some of the world’s biggest chipmakers are taking a hit as the semiconductor shortage of the Covid-19 pandemic turns into a glut.

Samsung’s Unpacked event spoiled by major leak Press images of the Galaxy Z Flip 5, which is expected to be announced today. | Image: EVLeaksJust hours before Samsung’s latest Unpacked event where the company is expected to announce its latest foldables, wearables, and tablets, leaker Evan Blass has shared a more or less complete look at the company’s forthcoming lineup via his restricted Tw…

NCAA prez calls new bill a ‘major step’ for NIL Senators hope the Pass Act of 2023 “strikes a balance between protecting the rights of student-athletes and maintaining the integrity of college sports.”

Threads Social Network Gets First Major Update The Threads social network from Meta today received its first significant update that introduces a range of new features that improve the functionality of the social network. Updates include a tab for seeing who follows you so you can follow them back, an option to subscribe to unfollowed users, improvements to activity feed loading times, and t…

Xbox’s Major Nelson is leaving Microsoft after 22 years Image: Getty ImagesLarry Hryb, an Xbox employee perhaps better known by his “Major Nelson” alias, is leaving Microsoft, he announced on Friday. Hryb has been a major face for many of Xbox’s marketing activities since the days of the original Xbox and Xbox Live online service, through the launch of the Xbox 360 and all of the years since. “After …

New and old online shop owners – what are some major problems you are facing? So as the title suggests – what are some major problems that eCommerce owners are facing? I have gotten some time off work for the next few weeks, so I want to build something for this space. However, I am looking for some nice problems to solve. So what are some of these problems? Shop setup? Sourcing products? Pricing? Fulfillment? Are the…

Ubisoft sees ‘major reduction’ in Rainbow Six Siege cheaters thanks to XIM detection Image: UbisoftUbisoft’s MouseTrap system for detecting cheaters in Rainbow Six Siege is already seeing results. Cheaters use devices like XIM to spoof controller inputs, and MouseTrap has now caused a “major reduction” of more than 70 percent in the amount of mouse and keyboard users on consoles. The team behind MouseTrap has provided an update …