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You can buy your Xbox Ally an official pair of ant...
Even at $1,000, the Xbox Ally X handheld didn't ship with magnetic drift-resistant joysticks, and ne...
Dogpile’s puzzles mix Balatro, Tetris, and a pile ...
One day, video game critics and journalists will put together a comprehensive study on the impact Ba...
‘Friend slop’ made co-op gaming goofier than ever ...
When a friend invited me to play a new game called REPO earlier this year, I thought I was wasting m...
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...
The sold-out Nex Playground made my kids laugh and...
If you told me last year the Nex Playground would outsell Microsoft's Xbox, even for two weeks, I wo...
Google confirms Gemini will fully replace Assistan...
Google’s shift from Assistant to Gemini on smartphones is delayed, meaning users can continue using ...
Brits are now trauma-dumping on AI, government con...
A full third of UK citizens have turned to artificial intelligence for emotional support, companions...
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 tipped to get major camera...
Leaks suggest the Galaxy Z Fold 8 could feature a higher-resolution telephoto and ultrawide camera, ...
Want to link from Google’s app store to your app? ...
Today was the deadline for Google to reveal how it's complying with Judge James Donato's order to cr...
Google is part of Movies Anywhere again
Google is once again part of Movies Anywhere, meaning that movies you've purchased from Google Play ...
Did a publisher’s slip-up reveal smaller Switch 2 ...
On Friday, retro and arcade game publisher ININ Games surprisingly announced it's been able to "reca...
Gemini isn’t replacing Google Assistant on Android...
Google isn't ready to replace Assistant with Gemini on Android devices just yet. The company said on...
Next-generation nuclear reactors could get a boost...
President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 Thursday w...
ChatGPT will now let you pick how nice it is
OpenAI will now give you the ability to dial up - or down - ChatGPT's warmth and enthusiasm. An upda...
Google sues web scraper for sucking up search resu...
Google has filed a lawsuit against SerpApi, a company that offers tools to scrape content on the web...
NotebookLM can turn your messy data into structure...
NotebookLM’s new Data Tables feature automatically organizes information from your sources into stru...
Netflix is acquiring an avatar company as it moves...
As Netflix continues to build out its gaming strategy, which has recently included a new era of TV p...
Don’t expect Trump Media’s nuclear fusion power pl...
Trump Media - yup, the parent company of Truth Social - is the latest entrant in the near century-lo...
This Ryzen and B650 combo deal frees up more of yo...
If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to jump into a new AM5 build, this bundle is an easy sho...
The RAM shortage is here to stay, raising prices o...
Your next smartphone or PC might cost more amid a global memory shortage that the International Data...
I watched 47 new films this year, here’s the 8 bes...
Sinners, Weapons, Frankenstein, and Superman are among the best, must-see movies of 2025. The post I...
Bose’s first-gen QC Ultra headphones just hit thei...
If you value peace and quiet, particularly when traveling, Bose’s first-gen QuietComfort Ultra Headp...
Sony’s VPL-XW5000ES 4K laser projector is $1,000 o...
Serious home theater upgrades usually mean serious money, and Sony’s VPL-XW5000ES absolutely lives i...
Who owns Trump Mobile?
Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week, except next week, when we ...
Apple’s foldable phone might be coming in 2026 but...
Apple plans to unveil its foldable iPhone in 2026, but manufacturing issues may limit supply, pushin...
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 gaming laptop deal packs OLED,...
Most gaming laptops at this price ask you to compromise somewhere: either a great screen with mid-ti...
The Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 instant camera is a gr...
Although our phones are all equipped with cameras, there is still something special about being able...
Launching my first NotebookLM AI-generated podcast...
Can NotebookLM make a podcast? yes, it can. Will the podcast sound like real humans? Not really. The...
Europol imagines robot crime waves in 2035
Rapid advances in AI and robotics are set to become both powerful tools for police and potent weapon...
The wellness wild west is back on its bullshit wit...
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song th...
Brendan Carr is a dummy
All year on The Vergecast, we've been tracking the many bizarre and problematic actions of FCC Chair...
ChatGPT gets safety rules to protect teens and enc...
OpenAI has updated ChatGPT’s rules to better protect teens, adding stronger safeguards, clearer boun...
Phones were fashionable again in 2025
A year or two ago, when a phone showed up at my door for review, I could pretty much count on it bei...
ChatGPT for Android may soon let you jump into spe...
ChatGPT for Android may soon add home screen shortcuts for specific conversations. An APK teardown s...
Instagram now limits you to five hashtags per post...
Instagram is cracking down on hashtag spamming, limiting posts to just five hashtags each. The post ...
There’s finally a little bit of sunshine in Plurib...
Things might finally be looking up. In the penultimate episode of Pluribus' first season, Carol (Rhe...
Communities are rising up against data centers — a...
If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats came together on in 2025 - at least at the local leve...
TikTok is not getting banned in the US, after all
A new ownership structure limits ByteDance’s control, addresses US security concerns, and reduces th...
Engineering’s AI reality check
Most engineering leaders cannot answer the one question their CFO is about to ask: “Can you prove th...
Semi-solid state MagSafe power banks arrive from t...
A new company called BMX, founded by accessory royalty, has emerged from Kickstarter to make its Sol...
Samsung Galaxy owners get even more customization ...
The update for the Theme Park module in the Good Lock app is available in the Galaxy Store now. The ...
Your next Legion Go 2 might run SteamOS instead of...
A report says Lenovo may unveil a Legion Go 2 SteamOS variant at CES 2026, keeping Ryzen Z2 Extreme ...
Your Ring doorbell now lets Alexa+ answer the door...
Amazon is rolling out a new feature to Ring doorbells that lets Alexa+ answer the door and interact ...
Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable could give you a 24-inc...
Lenovo’s Legion Pro Rollable concept reportedly expands a 16-inch OLED to 21.5 inches or 24 inches, ...
Gemini can now help you spot AI-generated videos
Google is expanding Gemini's AI content detection capabilities to include video content. The post Ge...
Is your TV wall mount dead? Displace Hub wants to ...
Displace Hub debuts at CES 2026 with a bold claim: mount “any TV” in under 10 seconds, no drilling, ...
Androidify now lets you turn your custom Android B...
Google is rolling out an update for its Androidify app that lets users turn their custom avatars int...
Apple’s foldable iPhone sounds short and wide, so ...
A leak from iPhone-ticker.de claims Apple’s foldable iPhone will be short and wide when closed, whic...
Samsung’s new Exynos 2600 aims to address your con...
Samsung has finally lifted the covers off its latest flagship chipset, the Exynos 2600, and revealed...
A Starlink satellite seems to have exploded
SpaceX says it has lost control of a Starlink satellite that's now falling back to Earth after suffe...
