xAI explains the Grok Nazi meltdown as Tesla puts Elon’s bot in its cars

Several days after temporarily shutting down the Grok AI bot that was producing antisemitic posts and praising Hitler in response to user prompts, Elon Musk’s AI company tried to explain why that happened. In a series of posts on X, it said that “…we discovered the root cause was … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 6 hours ago

24 hours with Alexa Plus: we cooked, we chatted, and it kinda lied to me

I've waited two years to try out the new Alexa, which was first announced way back in 2023, and this week I finally got access to Alexa Plus (not organically - I did have to pull a few strings). I've now spent 24 hours with Amazon's generative AI-powered voice assistant, and it's … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 17 hours ago

Playdate’s second season sucked me back into the little yellow handheld

The Playdate is easy to forget about. It's colorful and weird, but it's also tiny. Like the Game Boy Micro before it, sometimes I toss it in a bag and then can't remember where I put it. But over the past few weeks, the yellow handheld has been in constant rotation in my house, d … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 18 hours ago

Rivian R1S review: second time’s the charm

Just four years after Rivian began selling its R1T truck, 2025 marks the beginning of the R1T and R1S' second generation. Considering they look essentially the same on the outside, it might be hard to decipher what warrants a new generation. But underneath, it's actually quite ea … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 19 hours ago

The best Amazon Prime Day deals you can still shop

Amazon’s first four-day Prime Day technically ended yesterday, but a few deals have stuck around a little longer. You won’t see a bright red “Prime Day Deal” tag anymore, which can make these stragglers a little hard to find, so we’ve collected them for you. These deals could end … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 19 hours ago

Prime Day is almost over, but our favorite deals are still live

Editor’s note: That’s a wrap, folks! As Prime Day 2025 draws to a close, we’ll no longer be updating this article with additional deals and insights. Plenty of great deals remain, however, so be sure to check out all of our Prime Day coverage for anything you may have missed. The … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 day ago

The 55-inch Hisense U7 is a great 4K TV under $600 for Prime Day

Amazon Prime Day’s best deals may not last for much longer, since the sale ends later tonight. This includes a big discount on the 2025 Hisense U7, a midrange TV that’s seeing deep discounts right now. The 65-inch model is available on Amazon for $797.99, which is almost 50 perce … | Continue reading


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These terrific, Verge-approved gifts are all discounted for Prime Day

Black Friday and Cyber Monday might be the biggest days of the year when it comes to shopping for gifts, but what about all the birthdays, weddings, and special occasions that happen before the holidays? Life’s celebrations don’t always follow the typical calendar year, and havin … | Continue reading


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Grok searches for Elon Musk’s opinion before answering tough questions

The latest version of Grok — dubbed a “maximally truth-seeking” AI by owner Elon Musk — is answering controversial questions by first searching for what Musk has said on the matter. Multiple reports show that Grok will specifically look for Elon Musk’s stance across the web and h … | Continue reading


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Conspiracy theorists are blaming flash floods on cloud seeding — it has to stop

As The Verge's resident disaster writer, I'm tired of this nonsense. So let's just get into it. What is cloud seeding? Cloud seeding is basically an attempt to make precipitation fall from clouds. It targets clouds that have water droplets that are essentially too light to fall. … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

A Republican state attorney general is formally investigating why AI chatbots don’t like Donald Trump

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is threatening Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta with a deceptive business practices claim because their AI chatbots allegedly listed Donald Trump last on a request to “rank the last five presidents from best to worst, specifically regard … | Continue reading


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I love this Hoto mini electric screwdriver, and it’s cheaper than ever for Prime Day

I was told to be ready for anything before my daughter was born. I didn’t realize that included being at the ready to constantly fix her electronic toys. Do you know the horrors of the eKids Disney Frozen toy microphone? Well, now I’m an expert at tinkering with it. It wouldn’t h … | Continue reading


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Dbrand says its new Switch 2 Joy-Con grips fix the detachment issue

After recently admitting that it had a “spectacularly terrible response” to Joy-Con grip detachment complaints with its Killswitch Nintendo Switch 2 case, Dbrand has some good news: it says its redesigned Joy-Con grips fix the issue and the company will be able to mass produce th … | Continue reading


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Ghost of Yōtei’s gameplay deep dive shows the open world, combat, and chill beats

We just got a good, long look at PlayStation’s next major exclusive. As promised, Sony held an event dedicated to Ghost of Yōtei, the PS5-exclusive samurai game from Sucker Punch that launches on October 2nd. The stream was a deep dive exploring everything from combat to the worl … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Some Switch 2 accessories and upgraded games are on sale for Prime Day

The Nintendo Switch 2 is not discounted for Prime Day. Just getting that out of the way. The fastest-selling console ever came out on June 5th, and only just hit Amazon’s storefront for reservation a couple of days ago. Nevertheless, I thought it’d be fun to share some Prime Day … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Razer’s got a new version of its popular DeathAdder Pro gaming mouse

Razer is announcing a new gaming mouse, the $169.99 DeathAdder V4 Pro. This fresh version of its popular wireless mouse promises to be faster, lighter, and yet more power efficient than its V3 Pro predecessor. The V4 Pro now uses optical sensors for its left- and right-click butt … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Kindle’s new ad-filtering setting keeps NSFW promos off your lockscreen

The release notes for the latest Kindle software update that launched a few weeks ago were vague, but some users have discovered a useful feature for anyone with cheaper ad-supported e-readers. In addition to more robust line and text spacing options, you now have the option to f … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Krafton slams ex-Subnautica 2 execs and claims it’ll give developers their ‘promised’ reward

Subnautica 2 has been at the center of a contentious debate between leadership at its developer Unknown Worlds and the game’s publisher, Krafton Games. At stake is a $250 million payout, promised to Unknown Worlds if the studio hit certain revenue targets by the end of this year. … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Sony’s best noise-canceling headphones are up to 45 percent off

Every model in Sony’s WH-1000XM lineup has consistently ranked among the best headphones you can buy, and thanks to Amazon Prime Day, several of the latest entries are on sale. Right now, for instance, the brand-new WH-1000XM6 are available from Amazon, Best Buy, and Sony for aro … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Windows 11’s new Black Screen of Death is now rolling out

Microsoft is now starting to change its Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) to a newly designed black version. It’s the first major change to the BSOD since Microsoft added a sad face to the screen in Windows 8, and Microsoft is now removing that frowning face and QR code in favor of a m … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Elon Musk wants to bring Tesla’s robotaxis to SF — good luck

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is eyeing San Francisco for his next robotaxi city — to which I say, good luck to you, sir. Musk acknowledged that the company is still waiting on “regulatory approval,” which hints at the uphill company Tesla will face in pushing this process forward. (Get it … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK

Bluesky is adding age verification to its platform in the UK as part of efforts to comply with the country’s Online Safety Act. In an update on Thursday, the platform says it will let users verify their age by scanning their face, uploading an ID, or entering a payment card. Blue … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 N looks like a fake-shifting, drift-happy good time

Hyundai just unveiled its second-ever performance EV, the Ioniq 6 N, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, England. The new variant carries over a lot of what made the Ioniq 5 N so appealing, while adding a little more range and a little more giddyap. But more importa … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Anker’s fast power bank with two built-in USB-C cables is 30 percent off for Prime Day

Anker’s 25,000mAh power bank with two built-in, retractable USB-C cables might be as essential for you as it is for me. It offers fast charging speeds, serving up to 100W through either of its USB-C cables (one of which doubles as a handle when it’s not in use), or a combined 165 … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Murderbot is getting a season 2 on Apple TV Plus

Apple TV Plus’ adaptation of Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries has been one of this year’s surprisingly great sci-fi series, and the streamer has plans to keep the story going with a new batch of episodes. Ahead of Murderbot‘s season 1 finale out July 11th, Apple TV Plus announced … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

YouTube’s ‘Trending’ section is about to disappear

YouTube is preparing to sunset the Trending section that shows users which videos are currently going viral on the platform. The Trending page and Trending Now list will be removed within the “next couple of weeks,” according to YouTube, with the platform instead shifting its att … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Hulu’s King of the Hill revival reveals a whole new Texas in first trailer

King of the Hill is finally coming back after 15 years, and in the revival’s new trailer, the world has become a very different place, I tell you what. Set years after Hank (Mike Judge) has been working in Saudi Arabia on a propane project to secure his and Peggy’s (Kathy Najimy) … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Our favorite desk accessories for Prime Day

What you have on your desk and in your workspace at home can reveal a lot about you: how you work, what you like to distract yourself with, what kind of toys and other tchotchkes you like to have around you. That is why we have the What’s On Your Desk? series, where we look […] | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Netflix keeps Squid Game going with more of its reality show

Netflix’s main Squid Game series may be over, but a second season of the Squid Game reality show is debuting in just a few months – and a third season is on the way. On Thursday, Netflix announced that season 2 of Squid Game: The Challenge will premiere on November 4th. “In Seaso … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

The ModRetro Chromatic Game Boy is now permanently back in stock

After selling out all of its limited stock of First Edition handhelds last year, ModRetro has announced that its Chromatic Game Boy is now permanently back in stock. The company is also introducing a new white-and-purple cloud color option, new game cartridges, and a collection o … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

OpenAI’s next big launch could be an AI web browser

OpenAI is planning to launch an AI web browser in the “coming weeks,” according to a report from Reuters. Sources tell the outlet that OpenAI could build its Operator AI agent into the browser, allowing it to book reservations, fill out forms, and complete other tasks on a user’s … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Meta is trying to win the AI race with money — but not everyone can be bought

Month after month, message after message, the AI engineer was hearing from Meta recruiters. The recruiters were pestering him to leave his employer and switch over to support the company's AI efforts, and they were offering a sizable salary package to do so. But he wasn't so sure … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Gemini AI can now turn photos into videos

Google just launched a new Gemini AI feature that lets you transform photos into video clips. The new photo-to-video capability is powered by Google’s Veo 3 video model, and it can transform reference images into eight-second videos complete with AI-generated audio, including bac … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Nintendo is ending its cost-saving Switch game vouchers

Nintendo is discontinuing vouchers for Switch games. The program, which lets Switch Online members save money on digital games, will come to an end on January 30th, 2026. Though players will no longer be able to purchase vouchers after this date, vouchers will still expire one ye … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Dreame’s X40 Ultra, our favorite mopping vacuum, is over 50 percent off for Prime Day

Keeping your floors clean feels like a second job, but it doesn’t have to. Robot vacuums that can both suck up and mop them can make life easier, although many models out there need a fair amount of babysitting to ensure they’re doing good work. The Dreame X40 Ultra is different. … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Inside the AI startup frenzy: ‘Everyone’s pivoting, then pivoting again’

Welcome to Decoder! I’m Alex Heath, Deputy Editor at The Verge and author of the Command Line newsletter. This is the first in a series of Thursday Decoder episodes that I’ll be hosting while Nilay is out on parental leave. I’ve been covering AI a lot at The Verge, and I’m excite … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Nintendo created Donkey Kong’s biggest adventure by breaking everything

The creation of Donkey Kong Bananza started with destruction. "What we were really going for was this gameplay experience that comes from destruction," Bananza director Kazuya Takahashi says in an interview with The Verge. From that simple premise, Bananza's creators have built a … | Continue reading


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Lego’s first buildable Decepticon Transformer is a talking Soundwave

Following buildable versions of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, Lego’s latest collaboration with Hasbro is also its first Decepticon. The 1,505-piece Soundwave, which is three pieces smaller than Lego’s 1,508-piece Optimus Prime, stands just shy of 13 inches tall and is Lego’s first … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Dissident Hunters

On a balmy night in October 2019, the defector rode his bike home. He’d just finished a long shift helping waiters serve yogurt-smothered kabobs at a restaurant in Yalova, a seaside town an hour from Istanbul, Turkey. By this time of night, many of the shops had closed. Most of Y … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

X’s CEO is out after failing at basically everything she claimed she wanted

Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as X's CEO - and leaving the platform once known as Twitter in a worse place than when she started. A day after X users circulated viral screenshots of the company's Grok chatbot denigrating Jews and declaring itself "MechaHitler," Yaccarino thank … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

The brutal realities of ICE Air

In Donald Trump's second term, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has escalated its enforcement operations in extremely public ways, conducting surprise raids, arresting lawmakers, and launching a new Florida detention center with an alt-right media blitz. But ICE is growi … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

The best Prime Day deals on Verge-favorite 4K Blu-rays

Here at The Verge, we love physical media, and we know many of you do as well. That’s why it’s our duty to share the news that many great 4K Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray movies, TV shows, and box sets are on sale for Prime Day. Amazon is currently offering a ton of great Blu-ray … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

YouTube ‘clarifies’ its plan to demonetize spammy AI slop

YouTube is trying to soothe concerns about an incoming update to its monetization policies following backlash from online creators. An announcement that YouTube would be updating restrictions around “inauthentic” content under the YouTube Partner Program guidelines was interprete … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

The best Prime Day 2025 deals you can still get

Amazon Prime Day is usually a sprint — two hectic days of lightning deals, overflowing shopping carts, and enough browser tabs to crash a laptop. But this year, Amazon is treating it more like a marathon. Instead of wrapping things up after 48 hours, the retailer is giving Prime … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Samsung says its trifold phone should launch ‘this year’

Yesterday’s Galaxy Unpacked event came and went without a single onstage tease of the rumored Samsung trifold phone, but the head of the company’s phone business says that it’s on the way, and due “this year.” “I expect we will be able to launch the trifold phone within this year … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Aqara’s feature-packed G410 video doorbell is now available

Aqara’s successor to the popular G4 video doorbell is now available to buy. The $129.99 G410, announced in January, remains one of the few (only?) doorbells to support Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video and both wireless and hardwired installations, while adding an absolute ton of new … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 days ago

Musk makes grand promises about Grok 4 in the wake of a Nazi chatbot meltdown

Elon Musk’s live demo of Grok 4, the latest big-ticket model from his AI startup, began with high-intensity music, claims of a “ludicrous rate of progress,” and a lot of chatter on X about Grok’s scandal-filled week. Musk pronounced it to be “the smartest AI in the world.” The li … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 3 days ago

The Powerbeats Pro 2 are down to their best price yet for Prime Day

The Powerbeats Pro 2 are only a few months old, but they’re already on sale for an all-time low of around $179.95 ($70 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. We’ve seen the wireless earbuds drop in price here and there since launching in February, but Amazon is currently one-uppi … | Continue reading


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