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Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media On Wednesday evening, X CEO Linda Yaccarino appeared on stage at the Code Conference with frustration and protest. “I think many people in this ... read more

That’s a lovely blue on the Prologue. | Image: Honda Honda revealed that the upcoming 2024 Honda Prologue is “expected” to get an EPA-estimated 300 miles of range on a single charge ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Executives from Microsoft and Apple met in 2020 to discuss a possible sale of Bing, according to a new report from Bloomberg. But the talks failed to progress beyond ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nvidia’s France offices were raided by the country’s competition authority this week, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. While the French agency ... read more

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Tesla subjected Black employees at its California factory to “severe or pervasive racial harassment” and helped perpetuate a hostile work environment for employees of color, ... read more

 Drolta Tzuentes as she appears in Castlevania: Nocturne. | Image: Netflix Netflix’s newest Castlevania animated series reworks elements of the franchise’s best games into an epic history lesson about freedom and the ... read more

Image: Spotify Spotify is rolling out auto-generated podcast transcripts to more creators in the coming weeks, the company announced Thursday. The text transcripts will also be time-synced so listeners can visually ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Google just announced it’s giving website publishers a way to opt out of having their data used to train the company’s AI models while remaining accessible through Google Search. ... read more

Journalism and other fields are dealing with a new wave of tools like Google Bard. | Image: Google The arrival of generative artificial intelligence has accelerated the use of AI in different ... read more

On Wednesday, Meta didn’t announce an obvious killer app alongside the $499 Meta Quest 3 headset — unless you count the bundled Asgard’s Wrath 2 or Xbox Cloud Gaming in VR. ... read more

Google’s Jamboard software and the hardware are both shutting down starting October 1st, 2024. | Photo by James Bareham / The Verge It’s never a dull day at the Google graveyard — ... read more

Image: Creative Assembly / Sega Sega is canceling the live-service shooter Hyenas before the game’s launch. Sega announced the news in a press release, stating the cancellation was due to “the lower ... read more

Image: Getty Last night, former President and current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump appeared before a crowd in suburban Detroit and tried out his new attack lines against electric vehicles. EVs are too ... read more

College basketball player Lyric Swann poses in the official Nerfball gear. | Photo: Hasbro Here’s Nerfball, the first official ‘sport’ from the company behind the blasters. Continue reading… ... read more

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Bloomberg reports that Fortnite developer Epic Games is expected to lay off 16 percent of its workforce, or around 900 people. In a statement from ... read more

Image: The Verge SpaceX has won its first contract with the US Space Force to provide satellite communications via Starshield, Bloomberg reports. Announced last December, SpaceX describes Starshield as a “secured satellite ... read more

Meta Almost two years ago, Mark Zuckerberg rebranded his company Facebook to Meta — and since then, he has been focused on building the “metaverse,” a three-dimensional virtual reality. But the metaverse ... read more

For $1,199, the Aura comes nearly ready to use out of the box, complete with a library of readymade designs you can use for an added cost. Continue reading… ... read more

A worker smooths a sample of concrete mix in a canister that contains materials to lower the overall embodied carbon in concrete. | Image: Dan DeLong for Microsoft To clean up ... read more

The Fitbit Charge 6 sticks to what Fitbit does well. | Image: Google / Fitbit Fitbit is back with the Charge 6 — and on paper, this one feels like the most ... read more

Apple You might think that it would take a lot of effort to make Henry Cavill look like a huge dork, but the first trailer for Apple TV Plus’ new meta spy ... read more

German headphones that lean toward a utilitarian design? Color me geschockt. | Image: Beyerdynamic Beyerdynamic is making its first wireless gaming headset, offering a premium $249 set of cans that are compatible ... read more

Reddit says most users shouldn’t see a noticeable difference after the update is live. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit is removing the ability for some users to opt ... read more

You can get God of War Ragnarök for free if you pick up a PS5 before October 20th. | Image: Santa Monica Studio We’re now less than a month away from the ... read more

The Philips Hue Bridge is required to access many of Hue’s smart lighting system features, and soon, you’ll need an account to use them, too. Smart lighting stalwart Philips Hue is making ... read more

What evidence is he sitting on? | Image: The Verge And potentially very embarrassing for all of crypto. Continue reading… ... read more

Ive (pictured) has been brainstorming ideas for the device with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. | Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media Apple’s former chief design officer, Jony Ive, is reportedly ... read more

Photo by Emma Roth / The Verge Despite doubts that the Raspberry Pi 5 would launch this year, the latest version of the microcomputer has arrived with some notable upgrades at a ... read more

Illustration: The Verge California Northern District Judge Jeffrey White partially denied (PDF) Apple’s request to dismiss a proposed federal class action lawsuit over Apple Pay, reports Reuters. Three credit unions argued Apple ... read more

Image: Kia The 2024 Kia EV9 will start at $54,900 for the Light RWD trim before destination fees or adding options like a bigger battery or two extra motors for AWD. When ... read more

Adobe says it no longer has plans for a free-to-use version of the online photo editing software. | Image: Adobe After almost two years in beta, Adobe’s Photoshop on the web service ... read more

A comparison of ‘Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat’ and Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Self Portrait with Grey Felt Hat’ | The Pokémon Company, the Van Gogh Museum If the Pokémon Company’s video teasing ... read more

Lululemon will end hardware sales by the end of the year. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Lululemon is calling it quits on Mirror. And it’s tagging Peloton for ... read more

Jim Ryan, the head of PlayStation and CEO of Sony, is stepping down. In a press release on Wednesday, Sony announced that Ryan will retire in March 2024, while Sony Group Corporation ... read more

Disney CEO Bob Iger foreshadowed the move last month. | Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Starting on November 1st, Disney Plus will begin restricting password sharing. In Canada. The company announced ... read more

Counter-Strike 2 | Image: Valve Counter-Strike 2, the highly anticipated upgrade for CS:GO, has finally arrived. Valve announced today that it’s launching CS2, which comes with some major updates like improved smoke ... read more

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is testing a DALL-E-powered text-to-image creator in Microsoft Paint for Windows 11, the company announced in a blog post. Called Paint Cocreator, the tool creates art based on a ... read more

Illustration: The Verge OpenAI posted today that ChatGPT can once more trawl the web for current information, offering answers taken directly from “current and authoritative” sources, which it cites in its responses. ... read more

Image: EA EA has delisted all prior FIFA games from major storefronts, including Epic Games, Steam, Switch, Xbox, and PS5. The titles, up to and including FIFA 23, are no longer available ... read more

Image: Epic Games Fortnite’s in-game currency is getting a price adjustment — and it’ll make V-bucks more expensive in a number of countries. The pricing change goes into effect on October 27th, ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Google is pushing a new ChromeOS update that introduces significant upgrades, including a new look, some useful battery charging controls, accent color accessibility settings, and more (via 9to5Google). ChromeOS, ... read more

Two of these case makers guessed right, two did not. Between Apple no longer making leather products and the utter disappointment of the new FineWoven case, there’s more opportunity this year for ... read more

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge After years of back-and-forth battling between Fortnite publisher Epic Games and Apple, the gaming company filed a writ of certiorari asking the US Supreme Court to ... read more

Image: Artifact Artifact, the AI-powered news app from Instagram’s co-founders, is adding a major new feature: the ability to post. So far, the app has been an aggregator for news and links ... read more

Image: Meta Meta is releasing a charging dock for its new Quest 3 headset. For $129.99, the all-in-one charging station allows you to neatly mount and charge the Quest 3 headset and ... read more

The new Quest 3 is smaller and more powerful than its predecessor. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Meta announced that the Meta Quest 3 will arrive on October 10th ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Xbox is adding a new feature that will let you better manage your game captures. Starting today, you’ll have the ability to set your game ... read more

The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max offer customization aplenty with a new Action Button. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge It’s only been around for about a week, but ... read more

The Meta Quest 3. (It has two controllers, not just the one you see here.) | Image: Qualcomm Meta has just fully revealed its Quest 3 virtual reality headset and announced its ... read more

They’re still camera glasses, but they’re also decent headphones, and they don’t look half bad. | Image: Meta Meta’s smart glasses are not called “Stories” anymore. They’re just called smart glasses now. ... read more

The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Unlike the original, I kind of see where Meta’s going with its second-gen smart glasses. Continue reading… ... read more

Photo illustration by Alex Parkin / The Verge In a rare interview, Meta’s CEO dives into where AI is going next, the new Quest 3 headset, and his ongoing rivalry with Elon ... read more

Lego Bricktales. | Image: Meta Mark Zuckerberg teased augmented reality Lego yesterday — and sure enough, the Meta Quest 3 headset will offer a Lego AR game. Not a new one, and ... read more

Image: Getty Online auction site eBay was accused of selling “hundreds of thousands” of dangerous polluting products, in a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice on Wednesday. The complaint ... read more

An example of what Meta’s AI assistant can do. | Meta The Meta AI assistant is coming to WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, along with dozens of AI characters based on celebrities like ... read more

Image: Meta New generative AI tools announced Wednesday at Meta’s Connect event will allow users to edit images and create stickers using text prompts. AI image editing will be available on Instagram, ... read more

Charging dock sold separately. An upgraded VR game console with an extra feature. Continue reading… ... read more

The Quest 3 still covers your whole face — but you can see through it better now. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Meta just announced its new headset, the ... read more

Image: Netflix Netflix’s latest video game adaptation has its first trailer. At its Drop 01 animation event, the company revealed the first look at Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft, an ... read more

Image: Netflix Dante is coming back — in animated form. At its Drop 01 animation event, Netflix announced that it is teaming up with Capcom for a new animated series based on ... read more

Meta’s first look at the Quest 3 came back in June. | Image: Meta Meta Connect, the company’s annual conference, is back for 2023. It’s bringing a lot more details about the ... read more

Meta Connect’s shifting logo. | Image: Meta Meta Connect, the annual product summit from the company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and the headsets formerly known as Oculus, will reveal its latest announcements ... read more

Young Portuguese citizens (C) arrive at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, for a hearing in a climate change case against 32 countries, on September 27th, 2023.  | Photo ... read more

Castlevania: Nocturne. | Image: Netflix Stay up to date on everything from Castlevania to Scott Pilgrim. Continue reading… ... read more

Illustration: Beatrice Sala A ransomware gang used a zero-day exploit in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer to steal thousands of companies’ data, affecting over 60 million people. Continue reading… ... read more

LG’s new Gram Pro is a three-pound laptop with an RTX GPU inside — a great achievement for LG and a fairly niche product for the rest of us. Continue reading… ... read more

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge It’s official: Panos Panay, Microsoft’s former product lead, is headed to Amazon. In an update on Wednesday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that Panay will ... read more

Image: Getty The Republican debate kicks off at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, tonight, where the potential candidates for the 2024 presidential election (with one predictable exception) will ... read more

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge The Justice Department can post exhibits from the US v. Google antitrust trial online once they’ve been shown in court, Judge Amit Mehta ruled late ... read more

Jabra’s latest flagships are also some of its toughest thanks to their IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. | Image: Jabra At this point, it would be an understatement to say ... read more

Don’t expect to pay mobile game prices for a console title — even if it’s running on iPhone. | Image: Capcom If you’re looking to grab the recently announced iPhone 15 Pro ... read more

Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony is bringing Horizon Forbidden West to PC in early 2024 with help from in-house port developer Nixxes Software, which it acquired in 2021. It’s the latest PlayStation ... read more

The Yale Assure Lock 2 Plus works with HomeKey so you can open it with your wrist instead of your hand — if you have an Apple Watch. | Image: Yale ... read more

Add background blur or change the focus point on pictures of your furry friend. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Anyone with an iPhone who’s taken a picture of their ... read more

Why watch the road when you can watch Kylie’s new video instead? | Image: Daniel Golson Drive Pilot is a Level 3 autonomous system, meaning you can take your hands off the ... read more

Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images European Union regulators have reprimanded Elon Musk after X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, was found to contain a higher ratio of misinformation ... read more

Altman recently called on former Apple designer Thomas Meyerhoffer — a Jony Ive hire — to create the retina-scanning Orb (pictured) for Altman’s Worldcoin crypto project. | Image: Worldcoin Apple’s former chief ... read more

As of midnight, the Writers Guild of America will no longer be picketing. Instead, members of the union will be poring over new details on the contract negotiated with the AMPTP and ... read more

Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images After a nearly five-month-long strike, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is telling its members to lower their picket signs. In a post, the WGA ... read more

Eufy Clean X8 Pro with its self-emptying station and app. | Image: Eufy Anker’s Eufy division has a new robot vacuum cleaner with more powerful suction than its other offerings, and which ... read more

Photo by Gary Miller / FilmMagic The 2023 League of Legends World Championship is taking place in Korea this year, and to celebrate, Riot has tapped one of the country’s hottest bands ... read more

The $219.99 Floodlight Cam E340 is one of four new Eufy security cameras equipped with a dual-camera system. | Image: Eufy Anker’s smart home brand Eufy is revamping its camera lineup with ... read more

Image: Apple This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hello Hot Podders, Amrita and Ariel here! Today we’re bringing you ... read more

Image: Code We’re live from the Code Conference, featuring interviews with X CEO Linda Yaccarino, AMD CEO Lisa Su, and more. Continue reading… ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tom Cortese, Peloton co-founder and chief product officer, is stepping down from his role. In a press release shared on Tuesday, Peloton says it will ... read more

The Quest 2 versus the Quest 3. | Image: Meta Meta doesn’t just need another hardware building block — it needs games. Continue reading… ... read more

Image: CMF CMF, the affordability-focused brand owned by Nothing, has launched its first line of products: the Buds Pro, Watch Pro, and a 65W GaN fast charger. The Buds Pro are a ... read more

Newegg’s caption for this photo was “Joseph Olmedo of Newegg examines a graphics card to determine its condition.” Joseph, you’re doing great, man. | Image: Newegg Newegg will now take your old ... read more

Photo by Steven Ferdman / Getty Images The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules meant to guarantee fair access to the internet and its ... read more

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Apple just released macOS Sonoma, and along with the new 14.0 version of its operating system, there’s an update for its standalone Studio Display monitor ... read more

In the end, you’ve got yourself a folding chair. | Image: Logitech Logitech’s gaming division, Logitech G, has teamed up with gaming chair company Playseat to make a fancy foldable racing sim ... read more

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Getting around Windows 11 is a lot easier if you know a keyboard shortcut or five. You can then speed through tasks and across apps ... read more

macOS Sonoma brings the iOS lock screen to the Mac. | Screenshot: Monica Chin / The Verge Apple injects a little more iOS into the Mac today as it releases macOS Sonoma, ... read more

Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Eddy Cue, in a dark suit, peered down at the monitor in front of him. The screens in the Washington, DC, courtroom had briefly malfunctioned ... read more

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Microsoft is releasing one of its biggest updates to Windows 11 today. It includes access to the new Windows Copilot, AI-powered updates to Paint, Snipping ... read more

Image: Apple Just yesterday, I included Fingernails in a list of movies from the Toronto International Film Festival that would be streaming very soon. And now, we have our very first trailer ... read more

Most of these streaming services are in the Streaming Innovation Alliance. | Image: Wes Davis / The Verge Streaming companies have formed the Streaming Innovation Alliance (SIA), reported Axios. The new trade ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple just made its biggest push in decades to boost original content on its podcast app, which has been refreshed with the recent update to ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission and more than a dozen state attorneys general have filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that the e-commerce giant ... read more

John David Washington as Joshua in The Creator. | Image: Oren Soffer Gareth Edwards’ new dystopian sci-fi epic is a gorgeous morass of AI doomerism that’s lacking in the way of novel ... read more