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Your smart home questions, answered
There are a couple of universal truths about the smart home. Yes, you will come to treat your robot ...
Amazon is building Alexa Plus into its Music app
Amazon is using Alexa Plus to bring new AI capabilities to its Music streaming service. Starting tod...
Tech companies don’t care that students use their ...
AI companies know that children are the future - of their business model. The industry doesn't hide ...
How a bunch of hackers freed the Kinect from the X...
In 2010, when Microsoft unveiled the Kinect, it pitched the camera as a revolutionary new gaming dev...
Nintendo is raising its Switch 2 sales expectation...
The Switch 2’s popularity has exceeded even Nintendo’s anticipations, with the company raising its s...
No, ChatGPT hasn’t added a ban on giving legal and...
OpenAI says ChatGPT’s behavior “remains unchanged” after reports across social media falsely claimed...
iOS 26.1 lets you tweak Liquid Glass, and it’s out...
Apple has just released iOS 26.1, which includes a new transparency toggle for Liquid Glass. The tog...
‘Eyes-off driving’ is coming, and we’re so not rea...
Last month, General Motors added its name to the growing list of automakers who are pursuing a novel...
Apple brings its App Store to the web
Apple has launched its App Store on the web, offering a central hub where you can browse through dif...
Alleged U Penn hacker claims they’re in it for mon...
A person claiming to be one of the University of Pennsylvania hackers says that about "1.2 million l...
Google’s TV Streamer (4K) is down to its best pric...
With everything from the next Knives Out movie to the final season of Stranger Things on the way, th...
Apple TV’s new name now comes with a new sound
Apple has shared a new intro sound and video that will accompany things you watch on the newly-renam...
Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand Op...
The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), an anti-piracy organization representing Japan...
Coca-Cola’s new AI holiday ad is a sloppy eyesore
Coca-Cola is once again using generative AI to reimagine its classic Coke caravan holiday commercial...
The AI industry is running on FOMO
For Big Tech, a penny invested in AI is a penny earned… Maybe. After an indeterminate amount of time...
The Apple Watch SE 3 is on sale for a record low p...
If you haven’t upgraded your Apple Watch in years (or haven’t tried one at all) the Apple Watch SE 3...
Waymo’s robotaxis are coming to three new cities
Waymo said it plans on launching commercial robotaxi services in three new cities: San Diego, Las Ve...
OpenAI strikes $38 billion AI training deal with A...
OpenAI has struck a $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services that will give the AI giant access to ...
Lyft CEO David Risher on paying drivers more and t...
Today, I’m talking with David Risher, who is the CEO of Lyft. I’ll just say from the jump: I think y...
How Frankenstein’s creature designer found a new l...
For Mike Hill and Guillermo del Toro, it all started with Frankenstein. Years ago, Hill - a sculptor...
Redmagic’s liquid-cooled gaming phone starts at $7...
The Redmagic 11 Pro is the first phone (outside of a OnePlus concept design, at least) to feature tr...
Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabric...
Google says it has pulled AI model Gemma from its AI Studio platform after a Republican senator comp...
Logitech’s latest keyboard dabbles in enthusiast f...
Logitech's Alto Keys K98M mechanical keyboard is now available in North America after its initial la...
The best new movies to stream this week
Spooky season is over, which means it's officially Mariah Carey season. It also means streaming serv...
You need to watch the found footage classic, Lake ...
Found footage movies are tough to pull off. For every classic like The Blair Witch Project or Rec, t...
Why the Zune never killed the iPod
The Microsoft Zune is mostly just a footnote in tech history. Microsoft spent years - and vast sums ...
The perfect grocery list-making app doesn’t exist
There is no more chaotic activity than willfully entering a grocery store without a list. I know. So...
The best things to watch over and over and over
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 104, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world....
The great tariff shakedown
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For...
Google’s Pixel Watch 3 and Anker’s two-headed USB-...
There are plenty of good smartwatches out there, and Google’s last-gen Pixel Watch 3 is one of them....
Ayaneo Phone confirmed in a teaser featuring retro...
Ayaneo is best known for its retro gaming handhelds, but the company has now confirmed its first pho...
LG’s brilliant B5 OLED TV is already down to just ...
Best Buy’s early Black Friday deals are already live, with discounts to be had on everything from sm...
The Playdate is a great indie puzzle machine
We're living in a wonderful period for puzzle games. Seemingly everyone, from The New York Times to ...
You wish your phone had the Oppo Find X9 Pro’s bat...
Whenever I review a phone, one of the first things I do after setting it up is charge it to full and...
GTA VI developer accused of union busting in mass ...
Rockstar Games, the developer of Grand Theft Auto VI, fired between 30 to 40 employees on Thursday,...
Microsoft releases an Xbox Full Screen Experience ...
Microsoft’s new Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE), which adds a console-like navigation experience t...
Windows 11 tests Bluetooth audio sharing that conn...
Microsoft is bringing shared audio to Windows 11, allowing you to stream audio across two pairs of w...
Dolby Atmos arrives in the new, affordable China-e...
Dolby Atmos, the dominant name behind spatial audio in theaters and the home, has become a fixture i...
Bose headphones and earbuds return to all-time low...
It’s almost November, and to celebrate, retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy are dropping ea...
Hackers threaten to leak ‘woke’ University of Penn...
“We got hacked,” members of the University of Pennsylvania community were told in the subject line o...
Adobe’s experimental AI tool can edit entire video...
Adobe demonstrated some of the experimental AI tools it’s working on at its Max conference that prov...
Woot is offering solid discounts on some of the be...
There haven’t been a lot of opportunities to catch Switch 2 games on sale since the console launched...
Netflix is reportedly looking into a bid for Warne...
Yet another rumor suggests that Netflix is interested in buying Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and ...
Where is the Trump phone?
Almost exactly a month ago, I wrote an article for theverge.com pointing out that the T1 Phone 8002 ...
Sound Blaster’s modular hub is a reconfigurable St...
Creative, the company best known for its Sound Blaster line of sound cards that boosted the audio ca...
The FCC is letting ISPs hide fees on your broadban...
The FCC is moving to dismantle a rule requiring internet service providers to publish detailed "nutr...
Perplexity’s new AI tool aims to simplify patent r...
Patents are notoriously difficult to search for, but Perplexity has launched an AI-powered tool that...
ESPN, ABC, and other Disney channels go dark on Yo...
More than 20 Disney-owned channels, including ESPN, ABC, and Nat Geo, have been pulled from YouTube ...
A contentious kids safety bill might be getting gu...
One of the biggest flashpoints for internet regulation, the Kids Online Safety Act, is poised for a ...
Making KPop Demon Hunters sound magical meant find...
Music is obviously a huge part of KPop Demon Hunters. Songs are how the Huntr/x girls connect to the...
