AI can’t make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to
How it started Long before the generative AI explosion, video game developers made games that could generate their own worlds. Think of titles like Minecraft o...
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How it started Long before the generative AI explosion, video game developers made games that could generate their own worlds. Think of titles like Minecraft o...
Many of the emails released by the Department of Justice from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein contain garbled symbols such as long strings of equals sign...
Overview The team behind Jmail has created a Wikipedia‑style clone that transforms the extensive data found in Jeffrey Epstein’s emails into detailed dossiers...
Presidents Day Gaming Desktop Deals Buying a pre‑assembled gaming desktop can save you time and money compared to building a PC from individual components. For...
Georgia Tech has announced the finalistshttps://guthman.gatech.edu/2026-competition in its annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competitionhttps://guthman.gatech.e...
Phoebe Callas, 30, is not real, but she was an AI companion I went on a speed date with. Hopping over a pile of dirty snow, I arrived on a frigid February eveni...
Overview My ongoing quest to turn my iPhone into one of my favorite consoles of all time has led me to a curiously named controller. GameSir's Pocket Taco is o...
Colonialism is not merely about occupying nations. It's a project of mass violence, part of which involves total erasure and the widespread theft of some of the...
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 116, your guide to the best and Verge‑iest stuff in the world. If you’re new here, welcome, happy National Ferris Wheel Da...
The most striking thing about Ring's statement that it had parted ways with Flock Safety is what the home‑security company didn't say. There was no mention of t...
It's been eight years since I last reviewed a robot vacuum. Having spent the last two months with a new flagship, I'm shocked by how much they've advanced from...
> Nice laptop. It’d be a shame if someone were to, say, lock you into some convoluted terms and conditions for it. > Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge...
Mewgenics adds autism When the Mewgenics team announced in 2024 that it had added autism to the list of disorders the game's cats could inherit, developer Edmu...
Overview Image: CGO Compact handlebar twists and pedals fold Image: Tenways Tenways has launched its new CGO Compact electric bike in Europe, designed to fit i...
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash Following intense backlash to its partnership with Flock Safety, a surveillance‑tech...
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 The Zephyrus G14 features a 3K Pantone‑validated OLED display with up to a 120 Hz refresh rate. At Best Buy you can get a high‑end config...
Details The Epstein files have revealed more about the pedophile’s relationship to 4chan. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images On October 24 2011, Je...
Departure of DOJ Antitrust Enforcer Gail Slater, the top antitrust enforcer at the Justice Department, announced Thursday that she has left her post, just week...
Closure of El Paso Airspace The hours‑long closure of El Paso airspace stemmed from the use of an anti‑drone laser deployed by Customs and Border Protection CB...
In a style that feels nostalgic and nascent, Bree O'Donnell is crafting her singular vision of a 3D witch named Mary. Through the tiny window of short clips on...
YouTube app arrives for Apple Vision Pro The Apple Vision Pro is finally getting an official visionOS YouTube app on Thursday. With the visionOS YouTube app, y...
Monke gather in Gorilla Tag. — Another Axiom The VR industry has been on edge since Meta's massive job cuts earlier this year: one exec called the layoff announ...
Synopsis Amazon has released a new trailer for its upcoming Spider‑Noir series, starring Nicolas Cage as a brooding Spider‑Man variant. Set in an alternate 193...
The sound is better and the case is…edgier. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Overview Apple, Bose, and Sony are locked in a battle for the best noise...
After years of testing and validation, Waymo announced that its sixth‑generation robotaxi technology is finally ready for passenger trips. The updated autonomou...
Overview ByteDance, the China‑based company behind TikTok, announced its next‑gen video generator, Seedance 2.0, in a recent blog post. The model is designed t...
Overview Amazon is rolling out a new Send to Alexa Plus feature for owners of the latest Kindle Scribe and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft devices, beginning February...
Overview Image: Isaac 0 is a stationary robot with one job: folding laundry. Image: Weave Robotics Isaac 0 is a stationary robot designed solely for folding la...
Sleeper laptop. Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Business laptops are typically dull computers foisted on employees en masse. But higher‑end enterpris...
Minneapolis was not the war zone I expected to find. Depending on who you are and where you live, things can seem, for a few fleeting moments, almost normal—lik...
Highguard layoffs Highguard, a new multiplayer shooter from developers who previously worked on games like Apex Legends and Call of Duty, launched just over tw...
Merger and valuation The xAI‑SpaceX merger announced last week combined the two companies and the social‑media platform X for a reported $1.25 trillion valuati...
New Switching Tool in iOS 26.3 Apple’s iOS 26.3 update introduces a streamlined process for moving from an iPhone to an Android device. By placing the two phon...
Anthropic is the latest AI company promising to limit the impact its data centers have on nearby residents' electricity bills. The company said it would pay hig...
A Samsung OLED TV of the same vintage as my S90C. Photo: Chris Welch / The Verge In June 2024, in a dusty TV shop empty of customers save myself, my wife, and m...
Announcement Aurora, the driverless‑truck firm founded by former members of Google’s pioneering self‑driving car team, announced a new software update that wil...
iPhone 17 Pro Max | Image: The Verge Apple had been reportedly pushing to introduce some big changes to Siri with iOS 26.4, but now the company is planning to r...
Upcoming Unpacked Event Samsung’s next Unpacked event is scheduled for February 25. The company is expected to unveil the Galaxy S26 lineup, and there may also...
Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company's Tuesday patch notes, Microsoft says a bad actor could...
Image: Video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera was recovered by Google and released by the FBI FBI Statement FBI Director Kash Patel said investigato...
Overview FBI Director Kash Patel announced that investigators recovered footage from Savannah Guthrie’s mother’s doorbell camera by extracting “residual data l...
Overview Threads now lets users in the US adjust what is recommended in their feed by writing “Dear Algo” in a post and explaining what they’re looking for. Th...
Overview Ableton is rolling out the Live 12.4 Beta with a number of new features, the headline being Link Audio. Link Audio enables real‑time collaboration bet...
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images India’s new deepfake detection mandate India announced on Tuesday that social‑media platforms must remove illegal...
TikTok announced on Wednesday that it’s launching Local Feeds, an opt‑in feature that uses precise GPS location data to create a feed of localized content, simi...
Overview Lifx has released a two‑pack of A19 /E26 LED smart bulbs that support both white and color lighting. The bulbs are dimmable, output 800 lumens, and co...
OpenAI officially launched its advertising pilot in ChatGPT, giving us a clearer picture of the types of products that may appear alongside our conversations wi...
The woods in Reanimal are full of surprises. You will encounter human cadavers that slither like snakes, gigantic talking pigs, and, at one point, a forlorn, su...