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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 31, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hi, sorry for my bad taste in TV, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I’ve been reading about LA crime rings and AI music tools, watching March Madness even though all my brackets are already busted, watching the story of Mickey Mouse and pretending I don’t care about Love Is Blind while my wife watches even though I’m now kind of obsessed with Love Is Blind, and trying to understand all the basketball terms LeBron James uses in his new podcast.

I also have for you a huge new Netflix show, a super-cheap USB charger, a newish messaging app, the new X-Men series everyone’s excited about, and much more. Oh, and I have some news: if you’re in Chicago or looking for a reason to be in Chicago the weekend of April 13th, I’m going to be there with a few of my friends from The Verge doing an afternoon of AI-related stuff at the Chicago Humanities Festival. It’s going to be fun; get tickets and come hang out!

Alright, jam-packed week. Let’s go.