The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta is working on a smaller mixed-reality device that looks like a large pair of glasses, according to a report from The Information. The glasses, reportedly codenamed Puffin, may not arrive until 2027 … | Continue reading
Image: Amazon Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show continues to be phenomenal in ways that only a truly wild budget could make possible. Continue reading… | Continue reading
The Ioniq 9 will be based on Hyundai’s Seven Concept that was revealed in 2021. | Image: Hyundai Hyundai’s next electric vehicle for the US will be the Ioniq 9, a beefy, three-row SUV that will be manufactured at the company’s factory in Georgia, Hyundai executives announced duri … | Continue reading
The Sonos Ace — which are down to an all-time low right now — feature excellent ANC and the ability to sync with Sonos soundbars. | Image: Chris Welch / The Verge It’s always sad when summer comes to a close. However, on the bright side, Labor Day represents yet another long week … | Continue reading
Image: Ubisoft What Ubisoft’s new game lacks in innovation, it makes up for in fan service. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok must face a lawsuit over the viral “blackout challenge” that several parents blame for their children’s deaths, a Pennsylvania-based appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The ruling illuminates how courts are thinking about platform accou … | Continue reading
Illustration: The Verge Soon, all of the blogs on Tumblr will be hosted on WordPress. Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com and Tumblr, announced on Wednesday that it will start to move the site’s half a billion blogs to the new WordPress-based backend. This update shou … | Continue reading
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Transcription apps have become an extremely useful way of keeping records. These apps record and make text transcriptions of important conversations. So, for example, when you’re having an important conversation with a lawyer, a doc … | Continue reading
The rise and fall of NFTs made and unmade OpenSea — the largest marketplace for the crypto asset. But insider accounts of the company reveal a chaotic work environment, ever-shifting priorities, and troubles with the SEC. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Brilliant, maker of smart switches and smart control panels, is back in business. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Brilliant is back in business. Three months after laying off its staff, shutting down its support center, and ceasing sales, the maker of smart home co … | Continue reading
Where to Watch shows you all the sports on ESPN — and elsewhere. | Image: ESPN ESPN’s newest feature will be a welcome bookmark for sports fans everywhere: the company just launched “Where to Watch,” which aims to be a universal guide for streaming sports all over the internet. W … | Continue reading
Image: Bandai Namco Blue Protocol, an anime-inspired MMO developed by Bandai Namco, will shut down its Japanese servers on January 18th, 2025. The game was in the process of being released in the West, with publishing handled by Amazon Games. Because of the game’s pending shutter … | Continue reading
Google’s Imagen 3 is capable of generating photorealistic images of people. | Image: Imagen 3 Google is letting its users generate images of people through its Gemini AI chatbot again after pulling the feature earlier this year amid reports of historically inaccurate images, like … | Continue reading
Illustration: The Verge Google will soon let Gemini subscribers create custom chatbots that can serve as a gym buddy, cooking partner, writing editor, and more. Users can give the chatbots — called Gems — distinct personalities and specialties by simply describing a set of instru … | Continue reading
Photo: Getty Images General Motors and Samsung SDI have finalized a $3.5 billion deal to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Indiana, the South Korean company announced Tuesday. The factory will have an initial capacity of 27GWh, which could go up to 36GWh. The factory was … | Continue reading
Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath is resigning from his position and will be replaced by Michael Lohscheller, who previously served as CEO of Stellantis-owned carmaker Opel, the automaker announced Tuesday. The move comes as Polestar has struggled to keep its finances up amid a wider … | Continue reading
Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed during an attempted landing on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean last night. The booster had nearly completed its touchdown when it tipped over, dropping into the sea. It was the first time the c … | Continue reading
The NotePin is a voice recorder in the body of a Fitbit. | Image: Plaud After creating an impressive (not to mention somewhat TikTok famous) AI-powered voice recorder, Plaud is launching a more ambitious gadget: a wearable designed to be with you all the time, recording your note … | Continue reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber to rolling out a few new features for its teenage customers in the first major update since first opening up its platform to teen riders over a year ago. Last year, Uber launched teen accounts in two dozen cities, in which parents and … | Continue reading
The Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 have a dedicated speaker for bass. The OpenRun Pro 2 add USB-C charging, a dedicated speaker for bass, reduced vibration, and AI noise cancellation. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Apple has eliminated about 100 jobs across its digital services group according to Bloomberg, as part of a “shift in priorities” for the division. The majority of those laid off reportedly worked within the team that runs the Apple Books … | Continue reading
The Verge X has updated its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation. The AI assistant will now say “For accurate and up-to-date information about the 2024 US Elections, please visit Vote.gov,” when users … | Continue reading
Image: AMD You can’t download more RAM, but you can now download better gaming performance if you’re the owner of a modern Ryzen CPU. AMD revealed last week that it was working with Microsoft on an optimization patch for Ryzen CPUs that was due with Microsoft’s next big Windows 1 … | Continue reading
Image: The Verge AT&T seems to be experiencing some issues right now that are leaving customers seeing “SOS” instead of their usual bars of service. Many customers are tweeting directly at AT&T’s Help account on X, reporting issues like being stuck in SOS or having no phone servi … | Continue reading
Hi, Barbie! | Image: HMD HMD’s Barbie-branded flip phone arrives a little too late to catch the Hot Foldable Summer wave, but it’s definitely not short on charm. Preannounced at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, the HMD Barbie Phone is now official and goes on sale for $12 … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Telegram doesn’t have the moderation of most social networks or the privacy of a true encrypted messaging app. That could leave its operator in hot water. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Image: Boox Boox, the company behind the pocket-friendly Palma e-reader, has revealed its cheapest device yet. At just $149.99, the Boox 6 Go features a six-inch 300ppi E ink display and a wider-than-the-Palma form factor for reading while on the go. The device uses an upgraded C … | Continue reading
The heavily-rumored Apple Watch Ultra 3 might feature a faster processor, but the current model is no slouch. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s next hardware event is officially set for September 9th at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. The forthcoming iPhone 16 is widely exp … | Continue reading
You might not have to worry about taking meeting notes ever again. | Image: Google Google Meet’s newest AI-powered feature, “take notes for me,” has started rolling out today to Google Workspace customers with the Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education Premium, or AI Meetings & Mess … | Continue reading
Image: The Verge Shein, the massively popular bargain bin retailer selling clothes, accessories, and home goods, said it uncovered two cases of child labor between Q1 and Q3 of 2023. In its most recent sustainability report released last week, Shein said the discoveries were made … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Meta is shutting down all third-party face filters and AR effects on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, along with the tools used to create them, on January 14th, 2025. That includes any created by brands and other third parties, the company wrot … | Continue reading
Illustration by The Verge | Photo by Tom Williams via Getty Images In a letter to the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured” his teams to “censor” content related to covid in 2021. Zuckerbe … | Continue reading
The new Dyson Airwrap i.d. now connects to a smartphone app. | Image: Dyson The Dyson Airwrap is getting an upgrade. The new Airwrap i.d. will now feature three new attachments, Bluetooth connectivity, and personalized curling sequences via a smartphone app. It’ll also come in tw … | Continue reading
A cooling center in Sacramento, California, on July 3rd, 2024. | Photo: Getty Images Heat-related deaths are on the rise in the US, according to a new analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The number of heat-related deaths recorded in the US jumpe … | Continue reading
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Thirteen years after launching on the iPhone, Snapchat has finally brought its app to the iPad. In an update note on Monday, Snapchat announced that it now offers native support for the iPad, allowing the app to fill your entire screen for the fir … | Continue reading
Image: Instagram Instagram will now let you add text to your photos right from the post editor, meaning you won’t need to edit your photos in a separate app just to add some text. A bit of text might help your post stand out from the rest of the photos on your feed — or help peop … | Continue reading
Image: Konami Three of the best Castlevania games are launching on the Switch very soon — Nintendo just revealed the Castlevania Dominus Collection, which will be available on August 27th. The bundle brings together the trilogy of Castlevania titles that originally debuted on the … | Continue reading
Image: EA MySims is back, and it’s coming to the Nintendo Switch. A new bundle featuring revamped versions of EA’s MySims and MySims Kingdom will revive the classic simulation titles with Switch-optimized controls and updated textures. If you’ve never played MySims, it’s sort of … | Continue reading
Travis and Jason Kelce after the 2024 AFC Championship. | Photo: Patrick Smith / Getty Images Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother Jason have inked a $100 million deal to hand over distribution of their sports podcast series, New Heights with Jason & Travis Kel … | Continue reading
Photo by Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge The Biden administration says that the number of EV charging stations in the US has doubled since 2021 as it announces another round of grants for states looking to install more charging locations. The administration claims that there are no … | Continue reading
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Sony will now let you customize your PlayStation 5’s DualSense Edge controller on your PC. The new Accessories app for Windows lets you customize button assignments, change stick sensitivity, adjust trigger deadzones, and more. This rep … | Continue reading
Phones have been getting wet for years — but now they’re getting better at dealing with it. | Photo: The Verge Millions of viewers are turning to videos to get the water out of their phones. I tried to figure out whether they actually work. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Image: The Verge While we wait for a Switch 2 announcement, Nintendo is showing off 40 minutes of game announcements from indie developers and third-party partners. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Image: Paramount Oh, hell yes! The first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is out, giving fans a first listen of Keanu Reeves as Shadow the Hedgehog. Reeves doesn’t put too much spin on his interpretation of Shadow, sounding very much like himself. But considering fans were hype a … | Continue reading
Image: AMD AMD promised that Microsoft’s upcoming 24H2 update to Windows 11 would improve performance for its new Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, but it’s also giving a significant boost to some older Ryzen CPUs. Hardware Unboxed has tested the Zen 4-based Ryzen 7 7700X and the new Ryzen … | Continue reading
The new Garmin Fenix 8 series adds voice commands and a new Messenger app. | Image: Garmin Garmin’s back with two new rugged smartwatches: the all-new Fenix 8 and Enduro 3. The $999.99 Fenix 8, one of Garmin’s top-of-line flagships, will get a built-in speaker and microphone, alo … | Continue reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge You may have read headlines last week about Microsoft removing the Control Panel from Windows soon, but the death of the Control Panel has been greatly exaggerated. The inaccurate reports stemmed from a single support document, originally s … | Continue reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung says it will provide seven years’ worth of Tizen operating system updates for its newer AI-powered TVs in a bid to fend off competition from Chinese rivals. The announcement was made last week at Samsung Electronics’ Suwon Campus ac … | Continue reading