Synergy king! | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images JD Vance’s appearance at the All-In Summit was easily the most comfortable I’ve seen him, but then he was with the people he understands best: other VCs. The All-In podcast appearance was what business leaders refer t … | Continue reading
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Next week, a court will hear arguments about whether the US government can ban TikTok, based on evidence it doesn’t want anyone — including the social media company — to see. On September 16th, the Court of Appea … | Continue reading
Image: Getty 23andMe will pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit over a data breach that affected more than 6.9 million customers. As part of the proposed settlement, the genetic testing site will compensate affected customers and provide them with access to a security … | Continue reading
The Anker MagGo USB-C Adapter supports both SD and microSD cards. | Image: Anker Anker’s next puck-shaped accessory is an SD and microSD card reader called the MagGo USB-C Adapter that can be used with laptops, tablets, and smartphones. When connected to an iPhone 15 or 16, it ca … | Continue reading
Image: First We Feast Netflix is looking to bolster its live offerings with some chicken wings. Bloomberg and Variety report that Netflix is in talks with BuzzFeed about streaming live versions of the popular YouTube show “Hot Ones,” which features famous people eating spicy wing … | Continue reading
The Ultraloq Bolt Mission UWB+NFC is the first smart lock to launch that leverages UWB auto-unlocking technology. | Image: U-tec U-Tec’s new smart lock will allow your door to unlock automatically as you approach using ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. While U-Tec and others alrea … | Continue reading
The Destiny 2 Nerf Ace of Spades blaster. | Image: Hasbro When Bungie and Hasbro decided to create a real-life, dart-blasting Nerf version of one of the most famous Destiny 2 guns, someone got lazy — stealing a fan artist’s nine-year-old work instead of creating the Ace of Spades … | Continue reading
Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Keurig made “inaccurate statements” about the recyclability of its single-use coffee pods, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company agreed to a cease-and-desist order, and to pay a $1.5 million civil penalt … | Continue reading
This photo, from X user @MatthewDR via Reddit user u/boopitysmopp (since deleted), could be of Tesla’s long-gestating robotaxi. | Screenshot: u/boopitysmopp, via @MatthewDR A blurry photo of a heavily camouflaged vehicle tooling around on the Warner Bros. movie studio lot surface … | Continue reading
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Image: Lionsgate Francis Ford Coppola’s long-gestating epic Megalopolis is a series of loosely connected ideas, tied together with an undercooked world and embarrassing dialogue. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge If kids are asking to hear one song from Encanto on repeat, it can filter back into the algorithm and recommendations for a parent’s Spotify profile. The company tried addressing the issue with a dedicated kids app, and last year, Spotify added a … | Continue reading
In addition to offering a $70 discount, OnePlus is also throwing in your choice of a free strap or charging base. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Google Pixel Watch 3 is here while the new Apple Watch Series 10 is on its way, but they’re not for everybody. Lucki … | Continue reading
Image: Team Asobi / Sony Astro Bot is a game I cannot help but to evangelize, raving about its cute characters, its bright and varied level design, and its short but dense 8–10 hour runtime. But perhaps the biggest element contributing to the game’s joyousness is its sound design … | Continue reading
Apple’s higher-end iPhones feature a titanium finish and a new “desert” option. (That just means dark gold.) | Screenshot: Apple Apple’s new iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max are already up for preorder ahead of their debut on September 20th. It’ll be a few more weeks be … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images The Biden administration is addressing the “de minimis” exemption that it says some Chinese e-commerce companies “abuse” to ship products under $800 to US customers without tariffs. New rules proposed on Friday subject certain shipme … | Continue reading
Image: Annapurna Marielle Heller’s defanged adaptation pulls back from the book’s ferocious strangeness to lean into a more quirky, feel-good vibe. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Google changed the rules of its publisher ad product in a way it knew online websites selling ad space would protest in order to gain back more control in the ad tech market, the Department of Justice alleged on the trial’s fourth da … | Continue reading
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Sony’s new PlayStation 5 Pro appears to be very powerful. But at $700 — plus another $80 if you want to buy the disc drive accessory, since the console itself doesn’t have one — a lot of gamers have been left wondering exactly how powerful it needs … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Debates over AI’s artistic value have focused on its generative output. But so far, interactive systems have proved far more interesting. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Pedestrians exit a Waymo self-driving car in front of Google’s San Francisco headquarters. | Photo by Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images Waymo and Uber — bitter enemies turned awkwardly polite work friends — announced they were expanding their two-year robotaxi partnership to … | Continue reading
Fortnite maker Epic has already committed to supporting its iOS app store on iPads. | Image: Epic Games Apple will let iPad users in the European Union download apps from alternative app marketplaces starting next week, coinciding with the release of iPadOS 18 on September 16th. … | Continue reading
Image: The Verge United Airlines’ in-flight Wi-Fi is getting a big upgrade on all its jets thanks to SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. After teasing “something big” for the skies, United says that it will start testing Starlink’s fast Wi-Fi service in early 2025, with the first passe … | Continue reading
The latest Netflix app update will require Apple devices to run iOS 17 or later. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Netflix app is dropping support for older iPhones and iPads that are stuck at iOS 16. 9to5Mac reports that Netflix is showing an alert to users on some i … | Continue reading
A crop of Spider-Man 2 from Sony’s PS5 Pro video. | Image: Sony We’ve got lossless screenshots — but you’ll have to download them. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Stray, a game where you play a cat. | Image: Annapurna Annapurna Interactive, the game company famous for publishing indie hits like Stray, Outer Wilds, Gorogoa, Neon White, What Remains of Edith Finch, and many more, may not be the same company anymore. Bloomberg reports that th … | Continue reading
Image: Google Google is testing a new feature for Android tablets that will let you resize apps freely and arrange them on your screen at will, making it easier to juggle multiple tasks. The “desktop windowing” feature is now available as a developer preview, and for apps that su … | Continue reading
Apple’s latest entry-level handset starts at $799 once again. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge The dust is still settling from Apple’s latest iPhone event, which introduced us to the Apple Watch Series 10, a new set of AirPods, and a suite of smartphones that are due to arriv … | Continue reading
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta, Snap, and TikTok have founded a new program called Thrive to help stop the spread of graphic content depicting or encouraging self-harm and suicide. Thrive enables participating companies to share “signals” to alert each other of vio … | Continue reading
You’ll want to be extra careful with Huawei’s new tri-fold Mate XT Ultimate Design smartphone. | Image: Huawei Huawei has revealed the cost of replacement parts for the world’s first dual-hinged, triple-screen folding phone, and it’s another round of sticker shock. The Mate XT Ul … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Image Right-wing media figures and influencers have descended on Springfield, Ohio, hunting for anything that can help them prove the veracity of a viral racist rumor about Haitian migrants in the community — and relying on misleading, occa … | Continue reading
Multiple Stream Deck Studio interfaces can be stacked in a studio rack. | Image: Elgato Elgato’s new Stream Deck Studio — the largest version of its Stream Deck controller yet — is designed for broadcast environments where workflows involve juggling more hardware, software, and m … | Continue reading
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Steam Summer Sale, like summer itself, is sadly well behind us, but Valve is beating one of its best deals on its own gaming handheld. That’s because in addition to the Steam Deck LCD with 64GB of storage once again selling for $296.65 (aroun … | Continue reading
Image: The Verge Microsoft is announcing plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel. The announcement stems from a Microsoft-hosted security summit earlier this week at the company’s Redmond, Washin … | Continue reading
Meta will hide the “AI Info” label in a menu if an image has been edited with AI. | Image: Meta Meta is updating how it labels content on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads that has been edited or manipulated using generative AI. In an updated blog post, Meta announced that its “AI … | Continue reading
Pixar After breaking all kinds of box office records and becoming one of this year’s biggest theatrical hits, Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is coming to Disney Plus at the end of September. Though you can still catch the movie in theaters right now, Disney announced today that Inside Out … | Continue reading
Illustration: The Verge Google is rolling out its Gemini Live voice chat mode to all Android users for free. You can access the conversational AI chatbot through the Gemini app or the overlay on Android. Google first announced Gemini Live during its Pixel 9 launch event last mont … | Continue reading
The Gocycle GXi we reviewed a few years ago. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Gocycle’s designer-in-chief Richard Thorpe is rebooting the e-bike company he founded more than two-decades ago. Following a January restructuring to reduce overhead, Thorpe is now turning to crowdf … | Continue reading
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge One year to the day since Unity announced its runtime fee pricing model, the software developer is cancelling that program effective immediately. “After extensive consultation with our games community and customers, we’ve decided to cance … | Continue reading
Image: The Verge OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of “reasoning” models that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can. It’s being released alongside o1-mini, a smaller, cheaper version. And yes, if you’re … | Continue reading
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Google has unlisted an impressive Gemini demo video it posted last December that seemed remarkably conversational. BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division (NAD), an ad industry watchdog, inquired whether the video “accurately depi … | Continue reading
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Just days after Apple announced a new hearing aid feature for the second-generation AirPods Pro, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the software that powers this functionality. In a press release, the FDA describes Apple’s so … | Continue reading
Lego’s McLaren P1 isn’t quite as fast as the real deal. | Image: Lego After releasing a 24-inch-long scale replica of the McLaren P1 earlier this year, Lego has now debuted a full-size drivable version of the hypercar built from over 342,817 Technic pieces and powered by hundreds … | Continue reading
On mobile, you get a one-tap unsubscribe under annoying website notifications from Chrome. | Image: Google Google is expanding a Chrome safety feature to help you cancel pesky website notifications with a single tap. It’s already available on Pixels and is coming to more Android … | Continue reading
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta has acknowledged that all text and photos that adult Facebook and Instagram users have publicly published since 2007 have been fed into its artificial intelligence models. Australia’s ABC News reports that Meta’s global privacy direct … | Continue reading
Disney’s current promo runs through September 27th and extends to both new and returning subscribers. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Like most streaming services, the price of a Disney Plus is about to go up in the not-so-distant future. Fortunately for those dreading … | Continue reading
Image: The Flappy Bird Foundation A self-described “team of passionate fans committed to sharing the game with the world” says they’ve acquired the rights to Flappy Bird, the iconic mobile game whose creator took it offline less than a year after it was released. Now, “The Flappy … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images We’ve been covering the rise of AI image editing very closely here on Decoder and at The Verge overall for several years now — the ability to create photorealistic images with nothing more than a chatbot prompt has the potential to c … | Continue reading