Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Disney Plus will soon no longer let you share your password with people outside your household. During an earnings call on Wednesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the crackdown will kick off “in earnest” this September. The timeline for Disney … | Continue reading
The crimson red ‘Apex Edition’ OnePlus Open is a stunner, and the color isn’t the only thing that’s different about it. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Image: TCL It’s been several years since Samsung first launched its popular Frame TV lineup, and now we’re starting to see more brands release their own canvas-like designs. The latest is TCL’s newly announced 4K QLED NXTFrame TV, which has many of the features you’d expect from … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images From Car Throttle to Donut, countless YouTube creators are fleeing. But is this a new trend or a tale as old as venture capital? Continue reading… | Continue reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Disney’s streaming business has finally become profitable. In its Q3 earnings results released on Wednesday, the company reported making $47 million off Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus. Like other streamers, Disney has struggled with makin … | Continue reading
Image: AMD AMD has finally revealed the launch prices for its new range of Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs, and it’s pricing them slightly lower than the Ryzen 7000 launch prices. The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X with 16 cores will be priced at $649, which is $50 less than the $699 Ryzen 9 795 … | Continue reading
Image: Ford Ford announced today that it would be working with bike company N plus to introduce two new e-bikes inspired by the automaker’s most iconic brands, the Bronco and Mustang. There’s nothing new about car companies working with bike manufacturers to co-develop e-bikes in … | Continue reading
Logitech is dismissing the idea it might charge ongoing fees for a mouse. | Image: Logitech “There are no plans for a subscription mouse,” said Logitech communications head Nicole Kenyon in a statement provided to The Verge and other publications. The statement came in response t … | Continue reading
Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge The experience of charging an electric vehicle in the US could be better, and a big new study is out that lists the biggest infrastructure pain points, including a failure to report broken stalls, inaccurate station status messages, aging equipment, … | Continue reading
The Ember Mug 2 comes in a variety of colors, including simple options like white and black. | Image: Ember Ember’s fancy-schmancy smart mugs are all discounted on its site through August 13th as part of the company’s back-to-school sale so you can prepare for the cooler months a … | Continue reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit’s “ask me anything” posts, or AMAs, could feel more like special events than standard posts with a twist, thanks to changes that go sitewide on Thursday. While none of the updates reflect a total overhaul, they do put a new kind of e … | Continue reading
Image: Netflix Netflix is bringing its Stranger Things play to Broadway’s Marquis Theatre next March. The play, called Stranger Things: The First Shadow, takes place years before the events in the streaming series unfold. It made its debut in London’s West End last year. The play … | Continue reading
Illustration: The Verge Amazon Music on Tuesday introduced Topics, a new AI-powered feature that should let you easily discover other related podcasts based on topics discussed in a particular episode. After analyzing podcast transcriptions and descriptions to identify key topics … | Continue reading
A small scale model of a carbon removal facility during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Occidental Petroleum and 1PointFive Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in Ector County, Texas, US, on Friday, April 28, 2023. | Photo: Getty Images Companies are increasingly turning to new-fangl … | Continue reading
Razer’s wireless V3 Pro packs a 30K DPI sensor, 11 programmable inputs, and all the lighting effects you could want. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Logitech’s new G309 might be one of the most versatile gaming mice in existence, but before that, there was our No. 1 … | Continue reading
More watchfaces, Garmin Pay, and GoPro are now in the Garmin Connect IQ store. | Image: Garmin Garmin doesn’t have the best third-party app store, but it’s at least getting a bit better starting today. You’ll now be able to make purchases in the Connect IQ store using Garmin Pay, … | Continue reading
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Finally, a legal ruling on whether TikTok is a real search engine. (It’s not.) Continue reading… | Continue reading
Cal Kestis returns to his last-gen roots soon. | Image: EA Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is officially available for preorder for the Xbox One and PS4 ahead of a September 17th launch, EA announced today. The game, which arrived on PC and current-gen consoles in April 2023, costs $49. … | Continue reading
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge A federal judge has ruled that Google has an illegal monopoly in the US. “The market reality is that Google is the only real choice” as the default search engine, Judge Amit Mehta said in his decision, and he determined it had gotten that … | Continue reading
Image: Disney The next phase of Disney’s plan to make its streaming services profitable is another round of price hikes served up with more news and new playlist features. Disney is rolling out a new wave of price hikes that its subscribers will probably be none too pleased to be … | Continue reading
Photo by Andrej Sokolow / picture alliance via Getty Images Waymo is spreading out a little more in the two major cities in which it operates. The robotaxi company announced today that it was growing its service areas in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, as the company seeks to … | Continue reading
The Verge X is suing a group of major advertisers over accusations that they held an “illegal boycott” against the platform formerly known as Twitter. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, X claims Unilever, Mars, CVS, Orsted, and dozens of other brands conspired to “collectively withho … | Continue reading
Image: The Verge Microsoft has responded to Delta Air Lines’ criticism of Windows and CrowdStrike after the giant IT outage last month. Delta CEO Ed Bastian wants compensation from both CrowdStrike and Microsoft for the estimated $500 million Delta lost due to the outage. Now, Mi … | Continue reading
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge The Sonos Ace headphones launched with a very convenient trick called TV Audio Swap, which lets you send audio that would normally come out of the Sonos Arc soundbar to the headphones instead. Two months later, the company is enabling TV Audio Swa … | Continue reading
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Google is done making Chromecasts. In a post on Tuesday, Google says it’s “ending production of Chromecast” after over a decade of selling the streaming dongles. Even though Chromecast devices will now be available “while supplies last,” Google sa … | Continue reading
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge The Quibi story is both short and epic. In January 2020, company founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman were onstage at CES delivering an hour-long presentation on how they were about to upend the entertainment business. They’d developed new … | Continue reading
Hand required to add cream. | Image: Keurig I just used Keurig’s new hybrid K-Brew and Chill machine that can quickly cool down freshly brewed pod coffee (and fruity “refreshers”) to a temperature “as cold as, if not colder,” than an iced coffee and sweet drinks you could order a … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election, according to multiple news outlets including The New York Times. The news follows weeks of speculation during … | Continue reading
The Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen) is a complete redesign of the iconic smart thermostat that first launched in 2011. | Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge This week, almost a decade after Google last updated its flagship thermostat, the company has announced the Nest Learning Th … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Nvidia is on a mission to eliminate its legacy Control Panel and GeForce Experience apps and combine them into a single new Nvidia app. That effort started earlier this year, and a new beta update today adds display settings, RTX Video Super Resol … | Continue reading
Google Home is getting a Gemini intelligence upgrade. | Image: Google Nest While splashy chatbots may get all the attention, generative AI has real potential to make the smart home simpler and more accessible. Amazon has already announced its plans for a smarter Alexa to power yo … | Continue reading
Image: Google Google isn’t waiting for its upcoming hardware event to announce the Chromecast’s successor. Alongside the new, sleeker Nest Thermostat, today the company is introducing the Google TV Streamer, a $99.99 set-top box that improves upon the Chromecast with Google TV wi … | Continue reading
Image: CNET Red Ventures is selling CNET to Ziff Davis, the digital media and internet company that owns other notable tech publications like Mashable, IGN, and Lifehacker. Ziff Davis’ chief executive, Vivek Shah, confirmed the acquisition to The New York Times on Tuesday. Ironic … | Continue reading
Image: HBO / Warner Bros. Discovery House of the Dragon has just concluded its second season, but we now know there are two more to look forward to. As reported by Variety, House of the Dragon showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal confirmed during a press event that the series wo … | Continue reading
Image: MacRumors (YouTube) Not a day goes by without me getting frustrated at the state of the mobile web. I rarely use my iPhone to read news articles now because every time I do there’s a cookie prompt obstructing what I want to read, or so many ads on a page that I can’t even … | Continue reading
Trump and Ross stream from the interior of a Tesla Cybertruck, a gift from Ross to Trump. | Image: Kick / Adin Ross Donald Trump’s presidential campaign took an interesting detour today as the former president appeared in a livestream hosted by streamer Adin Ross. The livestream … | Continue reading
The Ultra 2 is like a souped-up Apple Watch Series 9 with better battery life and durability. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It’s possible Apple may release a slew of new wearables in the fall, but until then, the 49mm Apple Watch Ultra 2 remains the most capable s … | Continue reading
Polymetallic nodules rich in nickel, manganese, and cobalt that could be used for batteries. | Photo by Pallava Bagla / Corbis via Getty Images Scientists discovered ‘dark oxygen’ in the ocean’s abyss, where companies want to mine battery metals. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Illustration: The Verge Apple’s latest developer betas launched last week with a handful of the generative AI features that were announced at WWDC and are headed to your iPhones, iPads, and Macs over the next several months. On Apple’s computers, however, you can actually read th … | Continue reading
Illustration: The Verge Apple is adding a new feature to Safari called “Distraction Control” that lets you remove distracting things like cookie preference pop-ups while you’re browsing, MacRumors reports. The new feature is available with the fifth iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS S … | Continue reading
One of the biggest tech antitrust trials since the US took on Microsoft is underway. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Image: Laura Normand / The Verge A federal judge ruled that Google violated US antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the search and advertising markets. “After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following conclus … | Continue reading
Photo by Valerie Macon / AFP via Getty Images Actors have once again picked up their picket signs. But this time, members of the Screen Actors Guild are striking against the video game industry after negotiations for a new contract governing interactive media and video games fell … | Continue reading
Illustration: The Verge Microsoft made it clear earlier this year that it was planning to make security its top priority, following years of security issues and mounting criticisms. Starting today, the software giant is now tying its security efforts to employee performance revie … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by STR / NurPhoto, Getty Images Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and X over the abrupt cancellation of his deal with the social media platform, alleging fraud, negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of his name and likeness, and breach … | Continue reading
Illustration: The Verge Google Lens in desktop Chrome is getting an AI-powered upgrade that could make it feel like a desktop version of Circle to Search. As part of a Chrome update, Google will let you click a new button right in the search box to activate Google Lens so you can … | Continue reading
Image: Google Google wants to help ease the pain of comparison shopping across multiple tabs in Chrome with a new AI-powered tool that can summarize your tabs into one page. The tool, which Google is calling “tab compare,” will use generative AI to pull product data from tabs you … | Continue reading
Spectre Divide. | Image: Mountaintop I am getting absolutely stomped in Spectre Divide, the just-revealed 3-on-3 online shooter from a new game studio staffed by talent from Oculus VR, Valorant, Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, and more. I am not good at this free-to-play PC game. Bu … | Continue reading