Every Thursday, The Verge editors get together and talk about the biggest tech news of the week. This time, Josh, Nilay, and David remember Roger Ebert’s film reviews, talk about Bioshock Infinite, Facebook Home, and the new HTC First smartphone. Be sure to subscribe for weekly tech updates from your …

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“Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, even if it’s as stupid as the one spouted by Fox News host Eric Bolling, who defended former Rutgers coach Mike Rice and blamed his termination on the “wussification of America.” Bolling was speaking on his show The Five. He acknowledged that Rice was wrong …

“Earlier today, members of Ukrainian feminist group Femen staged protests across Europe as they called for a “topless jihad.” The demonstrations were in support of a young Tunisian activist named Amina Tyler. Last month, Tyler posted naked images of herself online, with the words “I own my body; it’s not …

“For the first time in more than four decades of polling on the issue, a majority of Americans favor legalizing the use of marijuana. A national survey finds that 52% say that the use of marijuana should be made legal while 45% say it should not.”* Is the decision really …

“From Colorado to Connecticut, a handful of very different states have advanced new gun control laws over opposition that has made such legislation a struggle nationally and a non-starter in most legislatures. How did they do it?”* Connecticut and Colorado are still awaiting federal gun control measures, which no one …

“For the sake of this guy’s inner soul, we hope he’s not for real. It seems hard to believe that a kid who is reportedly just 17 years old is swimming in so much cash he would launch $4,000 into the sky via balloons for no reason. And seriously: No …

“Anonymous continues to target North Korea with its latest round of exploits. Citing the threat posed by the North Korean government, the “hacktivist” group defaced the country’s official Twitter and Flickr accounts yesterday.”* Perhaps North Korea isn’t as omniscient as they say they are. Hacktivist group Anonymous has apparently hacked …

“Wantin’ a cheeseburger real, real bad. We’ve all been there. I’m there right now, because I’m having falafel for lunch. Busta Rhymes was there last night, when he reportedly threw such a fit in a Miami restaurant (after his cheeseburger was served to him with ketchup on the side) that …

Roger Ebert loved movies. Except for those he hated. For a film with a daring director, a talented cast, a captivating plot or, ideally, all three, there could be no better advocate than Roger Ebert, who passionately celebrated and promoted excellence in film while deflating the awful, the derivative or …