Microsoft’s Crocs: XP Nostalgia Meets Foot Fungus
Welcome to Installer No. 93, where we dive into the world’s "best and Verge-iest stuff." This week’s highlights include the rise of GEO shaking up SEO, Kirby’s new shapes that probably confuse everyone, and Google’s "good dunk on Apple." Also on the menu: Microsoft’s Windows XP-themed Crocs—because nothing says fashion like nostalgia and fungal infections. The newsletter delights with the promise of "some AI new…" to keep you hooked, making it the perfect mix of tech news and wishful thinking about whether we’ll actually see these Crocs out in the wild.
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(1 of 3)Microsoft’s XP Crocs prove some tech nostalgia should stay buried—unless your feet like their own Windows errors.
Finally, a product even your grandma's dial-up connection can hate: XP Crocs, for when your shoes crash harder than your OS.
Kirby’s new shapes? Cute. Microsoft’s Crocs? Proof that fashion and regret can walk hand-in-fungal-hand.
Source: Theverge | Published: 8/10/2025 | Author: Jay Peters
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