Verge Gift Guide Recommends Gadgets Over Fathers' Actual Drinks
Father's Day happening soon and The Verge still thinks dads want $400 tech instead of simple pleasures
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- 01TechSPICY 88
Ego Meter Spikes as Under-Pillow Speaker 'Fixes' Sleep
- 02PoliticsSPICY 88
FISA Expires Tonight, Spying Certified Till 2027
- 03WorldSPICY 72
Scientists: We Have Extra Time Before Sun Ends Earth
- 04EntertainmentSPICY 88
Ego Meter Breaks as Film Chases Consciousness With Pure Psychodrama
- 05SportsSPICY 74
Knicks Ego Meter Climbs From Hope to Full Delusion
- 06FinanceSPICY 72
Fed and BOE Stay 'Guarded' While Iran War Burns On
Where the guardrails come off.
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