Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not Anthropic
The Pentagon has struck deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Elon Musk's xAI, and the startup Reflection, allowing the agency to use ...
Elon Musk is the one who wanted this trial. He has spent months claiming OpenAI "stole a nonprofit," and saying he was the actual driving force behind...
Christian content creators are outsourcing AI slop to gig workers on Fiverr
In the beginning, platforms like Fiverr were places where people could hire freelancers to do specialized creative labor using skills that took years ...
AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how AI is changing music and the music in...
I haven't quite figured out the reason why, but for the last few years, summer has become the moment for new science fiction shows on streaming servic...
Microsoft wants lawyers to trust its new AI agent in Word documents
Microsoft is launching a new AI agent inside Word that's specifically designed for legal teams. Legal Agent handles document edits, negotiation histor...
Dyson finally made a better robot, but a worse vacuum
I'm deeply conflicted about the Dyson Spot + Scrub Ai robot vacuum and mop. It's the company's best robotic floor cleaner to date, with excellent mopp...
Dyson put someone else’s motor in its robot vacuum
Dyson, a company built on engineering high-speed motors, has confirmed to The Verge that its newest robot vacuum doesn't use a Dyson motor. The recent...
Oura adds birth control support to its period tracker
Oura is launching a new reproductive health feature that takes hormonal contraception into consideration when tracking period cycles. The smart ring m...
How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026
It's not hyperbole to call DualShot Recorder an overnight sensation. It took only 12 hours from the time it was released to hit number one on the App ...
This accessory can snap a Steam Controller to your phone — or almost anything else
Valve's new Steam Controller goes on sale on Monday for $99, and accessories-maker Mechanism will be ready. As far as we know, Mechanism's new Basegri...
The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room
Okay, I am not a lawyer so I only understood about half of what just happened. But I am fairly sure, given the context, that Elon Musk's lawyers may h...
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and po...
Roblox’s daily users continue to drop as age-checks slow growth
Roblox's daily active users continued to slip last quarter due in part to its rollout of age checks on its platform. According to its latest earnings ...
Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road
Congress has reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - but only for another 45 days. The extension is meant to give legi...
Apple’s iPhone revenue jumps to $57 billion despite chip shortages
Apple's iPhone revenue jumped 22 percent to $57 billion over the past few months, despite supply chain issues impacting the device's processor. During...
Rivian’s revenue is up as R2 production kicks into gear
Rivian reported its first quarter earnings of 2026, providing us a closer look at the company's financial health as it kicks off production for the cr...
The logic of the racist Supreme Court isn’t adding up
Close watchers of the Supreme Court knew that the conservative supermajority was about to murder what was left of the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday's d...
Rivian downsizes its goals for its EV factory in Georgia
Rivian announced some changes today with regard to the factory its building in the state of Georgia. The company was planning to build the facility in...
Microsoft’s Xbox mode is now available for all Windows 11 PCs
Microsoft is now rolling out its Xbox mode to all Windows 11 PCs. The new Xbox mode adds a full-screen interface to the Xbox PC app, much like Steam's...
Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes
Meta says it may be forced to pull Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp from New Mexico if the attorney general gets his way. The state is demanding a ho...
With Saros, Housemarque makes a case for doing next-gen games differently
It is generally frowned upon to care too much about appearances. We have a lot of little aphorisms discouraging this - books and their covers, beauty ...
Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok
In a federal courtroom in California on Thursday, Elon Musk testified that his own AI startup, xAI, has used OpenAI's models to improve its own. The m...
Xbox owners can now disable Quick Resume for specific games
Microsoft has released a new Xbox update that adds a bunch of new features, including the ability to disable Quick Resume for individual games. Quick ...
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites...
Cricut’s Joy 2 makes creating stickers easier for beginners, and it’s on sale
If you’ve ever thought about making your own stickers for Etsy or just for fun but don’t know where to begin, I’d recommend taking a look at the Cricu...
Microsoft’s DLSS competitor is now available on the Xbox Ally X handheld
Microsoft is starting to test its Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) feature with the Xbox Ally X. Auto SR first debuted on some Copilot Plus PCs ne...
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI has always been complicated, so I expected the close partnership-turned-situationship to end in tears. After all,...
Now California’s cops can give tickets to driverless cars
Autonomous vehicles roving California's roads will no longer be immune to traffic tickets starting on July 1st. New regulations announced by the Calif...
$100 Nintendo gift cards are $20 off at Newegg today
Nintendo eShop gift cards can be used to buy games, apparel, and even hardware or accessories from its online storefront. No matter what you want to g...
