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I've been reporting on self‑driving cars for over a decade, and I've seen the technology go through many ups and downs, highs and lows. But one thing has remain...

Background Allbirds gained popularity a decade ago with its Wool Runner shoes. After a $4 billion IPO in 2021, the company never turned a profit, and sales fel...

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Overview What is this, a telephoto lens for ants? Upgrading your phone with a camera‑grip attachment is one thing, but doll‑sized telephoto lenses that mount o...

Overview Upgrading a phone with a camera grip attachment is one thing, but doll‑sized telephoto lenses that mount on top of the rear camera raise questions abo...

Adobe embraces conversational AI editing, marking a ‘fundamental shift’ in creative work Image: Adobe Adobe is fully embracing AI tools that enable creators to...

Amazon has taken the wraps off a new Fire TV Stick HD that it says is its slimmest yet. Priced at $34.99, the device is 30 % thinner than the previous generatio...

Images and text upload in seconds, but for bigger files Warp is too slow compared to direct device‑to‑device connections. I test Android phones for a living, bu...

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is hard to explain. The best way to understand is to see it in action; a screenshot of Handsome Squidward and Bob Belcher falli...

Background When Microsoft tried to launch Recall, an AI‑powered Windows feature that screenshots most of what you do on your PC, it was labeled a “disaster” fo...

Snap layoffs Snap is laying off roughly 16 percent of its global workforce in a cost‑cutting effort to chase improved profitability with the help of AI. The cu...

New Bookshop.org Integration Spotify is rolling out updates for book lovers, expanding audiobook listening features and now allowing users to purchase physical...

Apple quietly threatened to remove Elon Musk’s AI app, Grok, from its App Store in January after the app failed to curb a surge of non‑consensual sexual deepfak...

Here's the very first look at the next big kaiju feature. Godzilla Minus Zero will continue the story of 2023's Godzilla Minus One, which returned the franchise...

Surface Hub 3 Production Ended Microsoft is reportedly ending production of its Surface Hub 3 collaborative office display and canceling plans for a Surface Hu...

FCC Conditional Approval for Netgear The United States' foreign router ban didn't make a whole lot of sense, and today may not change that. The FCC has just gr...

Amazon has re‑activated its semi‑regular three‑for‑$33 sale, this time featuring a large batch of 4K Blu‑ray movies. Add any three eligible titles to your cart...

Amazon is offering Prime Video subscribers a way to get Apple TV Plus and Peacock Premium Plus at a discount. With a new bundle, subscribers can access all cont...

Background The Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF is asking the attorneys general of California and New York to investigate Google for deceptive trade practice...

Recent Attacks - Molotov cocktail incident – A 20‑year‑old suspect allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home. Prior to the attack, the...

Elon Musk is facing questions about his upcoming payments platform, X Money, and whether it will allow users to safely perform transactions. In a letter to Musk...

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Leak Details A leaked image potentially shows an alternate version of the DJI Osm​o Pocket 4 with dual cameras. !Leaked image of DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Pro/path/to/...

Overview Last year, Google announced that it was testing a Google desktop app for Windows that resembles macOS's Spotlight feature. The app is now available gl...

Feature Overview Google is launching a new Chrome workflow feature that allows you to reuse your favorite Gemini commands across multiple webpages. Any AI prom...

Image: Kate NV / RVNG Intl. Room for the Moon I mean, I guess it kinda looks like the moon? For obvious reasons, I've had Moon on the mind all week. I was tryin...

Incident Overview Rockstar confirmed on Saturday that some of its data was compromised in a breach of a third‑party provider. The hacking group ShinyHunters cl...

Bundle Offer In celebration of The Super Mario Galaxy movie coming to theaters, Nintendo is offering a $20 discount on the Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Gal...

Overview The 2021 Kindle Paperwhite offers solid value, especially when purchased refurbished. Refurbished units are available with lockscreen ads, 8 GB of sto...

Overview Hisense is first out of the gate with the UR9 RGB LED TV, which uses individual red, green, and blue LEDs for its backlight. RGB LED TVs have been the...

For years, even decades, virtually everyone in the United States had the same phone. Nobody really thought about it; it didn't even matter what it was called—it...

How it started Writing code was a killer app for AI even before anyone was really talking about AI. In the spring of 2021, 18 months before the world knew the...

No frills, all artsy thrills. Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge I love black‑and‑white photography. I also adore compact cameras you can always have by...

Approval of Tesla’s Supervised Full Self‑Driving in the Netherlands Dutch regulators, the RDW, announced that after over a year and a half of testing, it has o...

Overview Polymarket bets began appearing in Google News alongside legitimate news articles. These results have since been removed, and Google clarified that th...

Google’s battery‑powered Nest Doorbell is now the cheapest it’s been since December, offering a solid option for anyone worried about porch pirates. Pricing Bat...

You first, dude. Image: The Pokémon Company, Nintendo Overview Like many live‑service games before it, Pokémon Champions' launch has been messy. The free‑to‑sta...

The illustration for The New Yorker’s profile of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a jump scare. Altman stands in a blue sweater with a blank expression. Around his head...

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Two weeks ago, I was getting ready to log off work when I got a text message: > “Oh wow, I was checking out Mitski....

You can’t make the wrong choice based on hardware, but you can spend more than you need to. Nintendo seemingly designed its latest console to be a mystery for t...

There's one very specific reason I keep a Wii U handy, and that's so that I have an easy way to play the classic pinball game Devil's Crush. Over the years, it...

In the early days of the war on Iran, while the White House was busy posting Call of Duty memes and AI‑generated images of dancing bowling pins, the Iranian reg...

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Announcement Earlier this year, a relatively unknown startup from Finland made a startling announcement: it had finally solved solid‑state batteries. Donut Lab...

The Federal Aviation Administration FAA has struggled for years to maintain enough air traffic controllers. The U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO report...

Incident Overview San Francisco police arrested a 20‑year‑old man suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Russian Hill house early...

Artemis II Crew Photo !Artemis II crew inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home. Photo by NASA via Getty Imageshttps://example.com/path-to-image.jpg The O...

Microsoft is finally allowing Windows 11 testers to access experimental features without needing a third‑party app such as ViVeTool. The update is part of an ef...