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Siri Shortcuts now works with Samsung SmartThings ...
Samsung’s latest SmartThings update adds support for Siri Shortcuts. In a press release, Samsung ann...
Paramount Plus is getting a price hike in early 20...
Paramount Plus is going up in price again. As part of its earnings report released on Monday, Paramo...
Nintendo’s upcoming Black Friday sale includes up ...
Nintendo rarely offers big discounts on its own games and gear throughout the year, but opportunitie...
An annual Walmart Plus membership is half off righ...
If you have a mountain of holiday shopping to tackle over the next few weeks, Walmart is offering a ...
Google says its confusing Gemini Home rollout is g...
Google started rolling out its new Gemini voice assistant for its smart speakers two weeks ago and, ...
The next iPhone Air has reportedly been delayed
Apple is no longer planning to launch a second-generation iPhone Air next fall and has “already shar...
Gemini for TV is coming to Google TV Streamer star...
Gemini for TV is rolling out to Google TV Streamer devices starting today, allowing almost anyone to...
Apple’s AirPods 4 just hit their lowest price yet ...
I’ve seen dozens of solid deals trickle in ahead of Black Friday, but Apple’s AirPods 4 hitting a ne...
Netflix might make its own video podcasts
Netflix’s video podcast ambitions may extend beyond its recent deal with Spotify. A new report from ...
Why I love my OXO kitchen scale
Brandt Ranj is a commerce reporter for The Verge, which means, he says, “I spend my time trying to f...
Patreon is adding tweet-like features and more rec...
Patreon is introducing a suite of new features, and some of them are reminiscent of traditional soci...
iRobot’s revenue has tanked and it’s almost out of...
Things continue to look bleak for the original robot vacuum maker. iRobot’s third-quarter results, r...
Bose’s latest QuietComfort Ultra earbuds are $50 o...
If your upcoming holiday plans include a lot of travel, having a pair of noise-cancelling earbuds ca...
Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus reappears in renders with ...
Just two months ago, accepted wisdom was that there would be no Galaxy S26 Plus, Samsung’s mid-sized...
Let’s talk about Pluribus
The lead-up to Pluribus has been very secretive. The basic premise - miserable woman is stuck in a w...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destroy ...
Today, I’m talking with a very special guest: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide We...
CNN’s app is adding a ‘Shorts’ feed for bite-size ...
CNN is revamping its app’s homepage with a feed dedicated to short-form videos. The new “Shorts” tab...
America’s cybersecurity defenses are cracking
It was late June, and something strange was happening on Arizona's online portal for political candi...
Tesla is fighting the EV sales slump with short-te...
Tesla is now in the business of short-term car rentals, as the company tries to mitigate falling sal...
Blue Origin scrubs second New Glenn launch
The second launch of Blue Origin’s partially reusable New Glenn rocket was scrubbed on Sunday due to...
Cleveland Guardians’ pitchers indicted for rigging...
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted in Brooklyn on charges that...
You need to listen to this compilation of ‘80s Spa...
Much of La Ola Interior (Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990) sounds shockingly contempor...
YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the bl...
On October 31st, ESPN, ABC, Nat Geo, and over 20 other Disney-owned channels went dark on YouTube TV...
Arturia’s KeyStep mk2 MIDI controller is a shortcu...
Arturia's KeyStep is one of the most popular MIDI controllers ever made, especially with modular syn...
The tale of the Fire Phone, Amazon’s very strange ...
When Jeff Bezos decided Amazon needed to get in the smartphone game, he went all in. And the resulti...
Deck out your tree with ornaments of retro console...
Do the ornaments you adorn your Christmas tree with reflect you or your family’s interests? If not, ...
65daysofstatic’s new No Man’s Sky album searches f...
It's not often that a band returns to soundtrack the same game nine years after its release - then a...
Ikea just took over your smart home
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 105, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world....
The algorithm failed music
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For...
Apple helped kill netbooks. Will it bring them bac...
Rumor has it, Apple is working on a low-cost MacBook. And not "low-cost for a Mac," but a proper che...
Sims streamers are distancing themselves from EA, ...
The Sims 4 community is in turmoil. Its biggest stars are distancing themselves from the game with t...
The Apple Watch SE 3 and Lego’s Star Wars Advent C...
Hey, all! The first week of November ushered in dozens of early Black Friday deals, and many of the ...
The Matic robot vacuum is smarter, quieter, and ge...
Robot vacuums are amazing machines, but they can also be a pain in the arse. In my home, testing a n...
Soaring electricity rates fueled Democratic victor...
While there's plenty for voters to be worried about right now, rising utility bills have become a ho...
The endearing movie that affirms creativity as a h...
Peter Hujar's Day began, as many great works of art do, with a DM. Director Ira Sachs (Passages, The...
Halo Infinite is about to get its last major updat...
On November 18th, Operation: Infinite will be released for Halo Infinite players with a battle pass ...
Maybe Peloton is its own worst enemy
For years - through its pandemic-fueled highs and its post-quarantine malaise - Peloton has held its...
World of Warcraft is getting a new kind of fake mo...
The long-awaited addition of Housing in World of Warcraft is going to cost you. On top of your month...
Blackmagic’s free camera app can now stream direct...
Blackmagic released an update to its free camera app with some new features that streamers and profe...
Anker’s 521 PowerHouse can power up to six devices...
From weekend camping trips to unexpected power outages, having a reliable power source like the Anke...
Steam store pages are wider now
Valve is making Steam store pages wider as part of a new update rolling out today. With the changes,...
Texas sues Roblox for allegedly failing to protect...
Texas AG Ken Paxton is accusing Roblox of “putting pixel pedophiles and profits over the safety of T...
BioWare says it’s ‘focused exclusively’ on the nex...
It’s been five years since BioWare first announced it was working on a brand new Mass Effect game. B...
Does the Trump phone exist yet?
Last week I asked where the Trump phone was. The answer? Nowhere. There’s no update, no response, no...
X appears to be sending fake traffic across the we...
X's new link experiment on iOS may be artificially inflating traffic. Websites like Substack and Blu...
Samsung’s Frame Pro TV has hit a new all-time low ...
Samsung’s 65-inch Frame Pro is $1,447.99 ($752 off) — a new all-time low — at Woot. The 75-inch mode...
Pluribus: all the latest on Vince Gilligan’s Apple...
Apple’s run of excellent sci-fi looks to continue with Pluribus. The series has some strong pedigree...
Ploopy’s smallest open-source trackball now includ...
Canadian-based Ploopy announced the Nano 2 on Friday. It’s an update to the ultra-compact Nano track...
Big Tech tax breaks could’ve funded benefits for m...
President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is handing out billions in tax breaks, and a new analy...
Lost in AI translation
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song th...
