A battery that goes for days at a price that’s nice. The OnePlus 13R is a particular kind of midrange phone for a particular kind of person. It's a pared-down version ... read more

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has flashy, thrilling battles, but the best thing about them is how you can twist the game's many systems to your advantage. The turn-based RPG combat might ... read more

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 80, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you had better luck than I did ... read more

It's been a busy week for Alien: Earth's marketing team, having released three new teasers over the last few days. The longest of them - titled "Gestation Complete" - spends two ... read more

One of the most frustrating realities about modern technology products is that while so many of them can get exciting new features via the internet, they can lose them just as ... read more

One of the Apple Intelligence features that hasn't been delayed is Visual Intelligence, which uses your iPhone's camera to identify and answer questions on whatever's around you in the world. It ... read more

The Chipolo Pop, Pebblebee Clip, and Moto Tag are the three main trackers using Google’s network. When Google launched its long-awaited Find My Device network in April 2024, it arrived to… well, ... read more

Wandering through Bionic Bay's dark alien world is unsettling and awe-inspiring. There are massive structures with no clear purpose and autonomous factories filled with whirring saw blades and devastating lasers. It's ... read more

The Kuxiu S2 magnetically attached to the MagSafe-compatible case on my iPhone 15 Pro. Solid-state batteries are the future. They're more powerful, compact, safe, and sustainable than Lithium-ion alternatives, but true all-solid ... read more

An Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card. | Photo by Tom Warren/The Verge Every so often, Central Computers - one of the last remaining dedicated Silicon Valley computer stores - lets subscribers know ... read more

Donald Trump wants to mine the depths of the ocean for critical minerals ubiquitous in rechargeable batteries, signing an executive order on Thursday to try to expedite mining within US and ... read more

Interim DC attorney Ed Martin has written a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation — the organization behind Wikipedia — that calls into question its status as a nonprofit entity. In the ... read more

Donald Trump | Image: Laura Normand / The Verge President Donald Trump recently announced that he would host a private dinner for the top 220 biggest holders of $TRUMP, the meme coin ... read more

Google is rolling out Gmail updates for mobile users across Android and iOS, with some design updates and new access to AI features. Android tablet and foldable owners will have a ... read more

The FCC says appellate courts presiding over T-Mobile's and Verizon's challenges to privacy fines should uphold them, despite the 5th Circuit's ruling that a similar fine against AT&T was unconstitutional. ... read more

The entrance to the now shuttered USAID office can be seen as black plastic covers a USAID sign at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC on April 1, ... read more

Chrome could eventually be up for sale, if the US Department of Justice gets its way in the remedies trial for US v. Google. And there are already buyers lining up ... read more

Aravind Srinivas is battling Google to get his Perplexity AI assistant preinstalled on Android phones. At the same time, the CEO is refocusing his startup on what he predicts will be ... read more

On paper, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 doesn't seem to stand out amidst a recent wave of prestige RPGs, from the newly polished high fantasy of the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remake ... read more

Last night, a new company called Slate Auto unveiled its first product, a spartan two-seater electric truck with a mere 150 miles of range and a world of possibility. There's no ... read more

To boost its ad business, Snapchat is offering marketers, creators and publishers rewards for every advertiser they refer to the platform. ... read more

YKK’s self-propelled zipper prototype is chunky and currently being tested for more industrial applications. | Screenshot: YouTube Japan’s YKK, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer (go ahead, grab the nearest zipper, it probably ... read more

Chromebooks on Arm processors are about to get a big boost as developers prepare new versions of ChromeOS with support for Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon chips, reports Chrome Unboxed. According to a ... read more

Infinity Nikki’s next update will add some major new features. Bubble Season starts April 29th and will include a new area, new activities, and, of course, new (and returning) outfits. But ... read more

If you’re like me and you have a bit of an uncontrollable potty mouth, Microsoft has got you covered with its latest Windows 11 feature. The software maker is changing the ... read more

Signal Trump administration senior officials are facing harsh criticism after it was revealed that they had used the personal messaging app Signal to discuss highly classified military intelligence in a group chat. The ... read more

Donald Trump's staggering tariffs on Chinese imports have hit nearly every category of consumer goods, from electronics and automobiles to clothing and footwear. One of the most vulnerable industries is the ... read more

Maybe, like me, you bought the Xbox Series S with 512GB of storage and realized, after installing Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, that you don’t have much (or any) space ... read more

We knew Microsoft was about to launch Recall for real this time, and now the software maker is making it available to all Copilot Plus PCs. Recall, a feature that screenshots ... read more

Google has just announced that it’s ending software updates for the first-generation Nest Learning Thermostat, released in 2011, and the second-gen model that came a year later. This decision also affects ... read more

The Climacool’s complex lattice structure makes the shoe breathable all around the wearer’s foot. | Image: Adidas When Adidas’ launched its Climacool shoes last September, the 3D-printed slip-ons featuring a form-fitting and ... read more

Phia will compare the prices of products with new and used options. | Screenshot: The Verge Phoebe Gates, the daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates, has launched an AI shopping app with ... read more

Siding with Hearst TV, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit claiming that the company violated the federal video privacy law by sharing information about a smartphone user's video history to Google and Braze. ... read more

Federal agents arrested a Milwaukee judge Friday on obstruction charges for allegedly interfering with an immigration arrest. Judge Hannah Dugan of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court was arrested in the county ... read more

Google began testing AI Overviews in YouTube as the company turned 20 and the video site's ad revenue climbed 10% to $8.9 billion in Q1 2025. ... read more

For the better part of a year now, Charter made a big push to combine TV-video packages that include linear TV networks and top streaming apps. It might be working. ... read more

Waymo may sell autonomous vehicles for personal ownership at some point in the future, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said during an earnings call last night. Pichai was asked about the long-term ... read more

Stoller was most recently Global Chief Innovation Officer at IPG's UM. At the same time, he was executive vice president-managing partner of the IPG Media Lab. ... read more

For months, a popular Australian radio station has used an AI-generated DJ to host one of its segments — and no one seemed to notice, as reported by the Australian Financial ... read more

One key piece of the puzzle is adding in "short-form" video content, which other digital platforms have: TikTok, YouTube, Reels and X. Younger consumers are already comfortable with this. ... read more

The Q1 decline was expected. CEO Mark Read said the firm has so far seen no "significant change in client spending," despite elevated macro stresses on the economy. ... read more

Less than a hundred days into Trump 2.0, perceptions of America's ability to remain the leader of the free world have tumbled, falling even lower than its last recent low - during Trump 1.0. ... read more

On the first day of filming, a small crew set up in my parents’ house in Long Beach, California. We were shooting a short documentary about my parents’ experiences as Vietnam ... read more

Boox’s new seven-inch e-readers add stylus support for note-taking or annotating documents. | Image: Boox Boox is expanding its Go Series with two new E Ink devices that are the first from ... read more

For sale: one browser, very popular. As the remedies phase of the Google Search trial heats up, two things have become very clear. The US government would really like to force ... read more

Robot vacuums that can both mop and sweep your floors have improved significantly in recent years. While they are still not as effective as good ol’ manual labor, if you run ... read more

Economic instability and the impact of tariffs in 2025 could be overcome if marketers take the correct path by watching performance and following key indicators - platform by platform, according to an IAB panel. ... read more

Economic instability and the impact of tariffs in 2025 could be overcome if marketers take the correct path by watching performance and following key indicators - platform by platform, according to an IAB panel. ... read more

As the news of a 10% minimum tariff on all foreign trade partners has swept over the nation and sent markets reeling, business leaders have been left with looming uncertainty about the impact these changes ... read more

OpenAI is introducing a new version of its ChatGPT deep research tool that it says is cheaper to operate. The “lightweight” model is available now to free users, as well as ... read more

A pair of network news anchors put on their game faces to issue a commentary accusing their own company of treading on journalistic ethics and traditions. ... read more

This shot was probably made by AI — the clipboards and Mason jar are good tells. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft has revealed that it’s created a minute-long advert for its Surface Pro ... read more

After a mere three months of testing, Meta announced on Wednesday that ads on Threads are now available to all eligible advertisers globally. While it might seem quick — testing periods can typically take anything ... read more

For years, privacy was treated as advertising’s great reckoning. The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation in 2018, Apple’s crackdown on mobile identifiers and the slow death march of third-party cookies in the largest ... read more

Livestreaming is having a moment in 2025 — and it’s bringing some growing pains. Creator platforms’ push into livestreaming is exposing a deep cultural divide between Twitch’s dedicated streaming community and creators going live on ... read more

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. The subject can’t be avoided — following years of delays and panicked preparations, Google is keeping third-party cookies in ... read more

The long saga of Google’s third-party cookie crumble has come to an end. The tech behemoth has stopped kicking the can down the road when it comes to removing third-party cookies from Chrome and, instead, ... read more

The all-conquering video platform YouTube turned 20 years old this week, signifying a welcome break from drama after drama in what could be described as the most turbulent month in the 26-year history of its ... read more

The Slate Truck is an electric two-seater with 150 miles of range and no stereo. | Image: Slate Auto Ask just about anybody, and they'll tell you that new cars are too ... read more

A group of tabletop game makers and other American small businesses are filed a lawsuit on Thursday against President Donald Trump and his administration to attempt to stop his tariffs. The ... read more

Bluesky is currently experiencing a major outage. On my desktop browser, my Bluesky feed won’t load at all — it just shows a spinning loading circle. I’m seeing something similar with ... read more

While Switch 2 upgrades for games such as Breath of the Wild will still cost $9.99, Nintendo is pricing Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree’s upgrades at ... read more

Ziff Davis, the owner of several digital outlets like CNET, PCMag, IGN, and Everyday Health, is suing OpenAI over claims of copyright infringement, as first reported by The New York Times. ... read more

Despite antitrust monopoly challenges, Alphabet reported revenue for Q1 2025 rose 12% year-over-year to $90.2 billion, reflecting momentum across the business. ... read more

Despite antitrust monopoly challenges, Alphabet reported revenue for Q1 2025 rose 12% year-over-year to $90.2 billion, reflecting momentum across the business. ... read more

A Minnesota law criminalizing "deep fakes" is "so vague and unintelligible" that it violates the First Amendment, Elon Musk's X argues. ... read more

A Minnesota law criminalizing "deep fakes" is "so vague and unintelligible" that it violates the First Amendment, Elon Musk's X argues. ... read more

Legacy search brand Yahoo has been working on its own web browser prototype, and says it would like to buy Google's Chrome if the company is forced by a court to ... read more

You can stream The Studio and other Apple TV Plus hits for just $2.99 a month. | Image: Apple From The Studio to Severance, Apple TV Plus is home to a variety ... read more

Today is Intel’s Q1 2025 earnings call, and the first we’re truly hearing from new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who took over the company on March 18th. But he didn’t wait ... read more

Switch 2 preorders are sold out online everywhere. But some people have managed to snag one using once conventional but now antiquated means: going to GameStop and preordering one in store.  ... read more

Meta is ramping up efforts to rid Facebook of spammy content, the company announced on Thursday. It’s cracking down on accounts that try to “game” the Facebook algorithm with lengthy posts ... read more

Donald Trump will sign an executive order that will target online election fundraising platforms that may allegedly process foreign campaign donations – an action specifically aimed at curtailing the activities of ... read more

Google’s AI Overviews in Search now have “1.5 billion users per month,” CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement as part of Alphabet’s Q1 2025 earnings. Google started to widely roll ... read more

In a surprise move, President Trump’s transportation department has decided to keep the Biden-era rule requiring automakers and tech companies to report crashes that involve fully or partially autonomous vehicles. But ... read more

Meta's Reality Labs division - responsible for the tech giant's VR and AR products - is shrinking, with an unspecified number of employees being laid off on Thursday. ... read more

Bowers & Wilkins’ new PX7 S3 are slimmer than the S2e, and include a smaller carrying case. | Image: Bowers & Wilkins We called Bowers & Wilkins’ PX7 S2e the “best-sounding wireless ... read more

Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses are getting tech updates and expansions in live language translation, Instagram messaging, music streaming, Meta AI and more. ... read more

Nintendo’s GameCube controller for the Switch 2 will cost $64.99, according to the controller’s listing on the company’s website. The controller releases on June 5th, the same day as the Switch ... read more

Half of those surveyed said protecting their bank account details and login credentials is their highest priority. ... read more

The summer of video game releases is starting to heat up. Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake and Control, announced that its first multiplayer title FBC: Firebreak will launch on ... read more

Threads on the web has a new address. Now, you can access the Meta-owned network by heading to Threads.com instead of Threads.net. The move will likely make it easier for users ... read more

Kia is the latest automaker to be granted Tesla Supercharger access, allowing owners of the company’s EVs to connect to over 21,500 stalls across North America. Kia EVs were originally supposed ... read more

At 16 ounces, the Ember Tumbler is the biggest smart mug Ember sells. Tired of your coffee going cold halfway through the cup? Ember’s smart mugs are designed specifically to solve that ... read more

Meta has laid off an unspecified number of employees in its Reality Labs division, a company spokesperson confirmed. The cuts affected teams working in Oculus Studios, Meta's in-house games division for ... read more

The subtitles are available with newer Netflix originals, like season 5 of You. Netflix is rolling out a new subtitle option that shows just spoken dialogue. Before this change, Netflix offered Subtitles ... read more

"The president cannot be compelled to retain the services of principal officers whom he no longer believes should be entrusted with the exercise of executive power," the Justice Department argues. ... read more

Nintendo Switch 2 preorders have sold out online across the major retailers selling them in the US. Walmart, Best Buy, and Target sold out of their inventory early Thursday morning, while ... read more

Though Ryan Coogler's Sinners is crawling with vampires and steeped in supernatural mythology, the film's monsters are far from the most magical thing about it. Those aspects of Sinners' story are ... read more

Hori’s new Switch 2 camera can be used standalone or removed from its base and attached directly to the console. | Image: Hori After debuting a fun Piranha Plant-inspired alternative to Nintendo’s ... read more

Netflix’s Love, Death, and Robots anthology series has always featured pretty stacked casts, and it doesn’t sound like the show’s next season is going to be any exception. Along with a ... read more

With so many core human values under siege, we have too much silence. We have too much quiet complicity -- and too many compromising their principles. ... read more

Disney Advertising, LG Ad Solutions, Paramount, Roku, Samsung, and Warner Bros. Discovery are initial brands using Magnite's SpringServe newly combined video platform for connected TV (CTV) and over the top (OTT) performance-minded media buyers. ... read more

Wood you look at that. Motorola is kicking off hot foldable summer in style — and a little early this year. This time around it’s offering not two but three Razr models ... read more

That’s not an Apple Watch — it’s the Moto Watch Fit. Phones aren't the only gadgets that Motorola is announcing today. But whereas the new Razr foldables evoke a sense of nostalgia, ... read more

The first time I met Jon Friedman, corporate vice president of design and research at Microsoft, was in 2019 when he was spearheading a new open approach to design at Microsoft ... read more

Overall media revenue inched up 1.1% to $6.4 billion, with cash flow rising a strong 22% to $1.0 billion. Peacock grew advertising by 2.5%, and now has a 22% share of NBCU's advertising, says Madison ... read more

Anudit Vikram, Chief Product Officer, Channel Factory Brand safety technology has advanced well beyond its origins. What began as simple keyword blocklists has matured into a new generation of tools powered by AI. These systems ... read more

GameStop’s online Nintendo Switch 2 preorders went live at 11AM ET, and like the preorders from other retailers overnight, things immediately got off to a rocky start. Right as the clock ... read more

The Eufy Omni E28’s dock includes an integrated deep cleaner for stains and messes the robovac can’t handle. | Image: Eufy If you’ve got pets or kids, in addition to a vaccum, ... read more