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How AIM taught the internet to chat
If you were an internet user around the turn of the century, there's a good chance I could play a one-second long sound of a door opening and memories would imm...
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2025: a year in art on The Verge
The Verge art team's favorite projects this year spanned the circus surrounding DOGE, the myths of the Vietnam War, the privacy crisis for trans people online,...
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Humanoid robots are coming. Eventually?
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on robotics and AI, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback a...
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Our favorite stuff of 2025
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 110, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. If you're new here, welcome, happy holidays, and also you c...
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The Verge’s 2025 holiday gift guide
The holidays have a way of sneaking up on us. One minute you're trick-or-treating with your kids, and the next you're panic shopping in a Buc-ee's gift aisle. B...
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Sony’s XM5 headphones and the latest Kindle round out this week’s best deals
If you’re feeling the stress of having procrastinated on your holiday shopping — and you missed out during Black Friday and Cyber Monday — we’ve got you. We’ve...
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The best last-minute Christmas gifts you can grab for under $50
Holiday shoppers, it's time to finish knocking out that seasonal wish list. At this point, your online purchases may not arrive in time unless you're willing to...
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The LCD Steam Deck is done
RIP LCD Steam Deck. The most affordable Steam Deck, the $399 LCD model, is not available in the US. And, according to the Steam Deck site, it won't be coming ba...
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Dogpile’s puzzles mix Balatro, Tetris, and a pile of puppies
One day, video game critics and journalists will put together a comprehensive study on the impact Balatro had on the industry - of how so many games that came a...
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You can buy your Xbox Ally an official pair of anti-drift joysticks
The new Gulikit joysticks for Xbox Ally handhelds. | Image: Gulikit Even at $1,000, the Xbox Ally X handheld didn't ship with magnetic drift-resistant joysticks...
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‘Friend slop’ made co-op gaming goofier than ever in 2025
When a friend invited me to play a new game called REPO earlier this year, I thought I was wasting my money - not because the game looked bad, but because it lo...
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Rivian’s AI pivot is about more than chasing Tesla
RJ Scaringe is sitting in Rivian's Palo Alto offices, explaining why the adventure-themed EV company suddenly decided to build its own self-driving cars, when a...