Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave
Though YouTube has always been a place where up-and-coming artists could be discovered and make it big, in recent years the platform has become a laun...
User-replaceable batteries are coming back in a big way
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about gadgets and smartphones, follow D...
Most people will never own, drive, or even sit inside a Ferrari Luce. (If you can, or do… hit us up.) There's still no question that Ferrari's first e...
This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots
AI training startup Shift wants to clean your home for free. The catch - because, despite what its website says, there's always a catch - is that it w...
This is MSI’s new Claw 8 EX AI Plus gaming handheld
MSI has unveiled a new Claw 8 handheld gaming PC ahead of the Computex 2026 show, and this model swaps out its predecessors' Intel Lunar Lake mobile c...
Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern
AI image tools rarely make me feel like I'm part of the creative process. They are, afterall, mostly designed so that people with no design experience...
Blue Origin explosion is a major setback for NASA’s Moon plans and Amazon’s Starlink competitor
While Blue Origin investigates the root cause behind last night's spectacular explosion of its New Glenn rocket, it's already clear that this will be ...
Acer’s answer to the MacBook Neo is a $699 laptop with Intel chips and 8GB of RAM
Acer is aiming to take on the MacBook Neo more directly with a new Swift Air 14, a new 14-inch laptop that starts at $699. The laptop will use Intel's...
Hundreds of prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike
Wikipedia is one of the last bastions of trust on the internet. But last week, volunteer editors and contributors were alarmed to hear that a small bu...
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that sw...
Trump’s mass deportations are impossible without racial profiling
Border security czar Tom Homan keeps threatening to "flood" New York City with ICE agents. But a new investigation shows that ICE has been quietly ram...
Trump Mobile’s website still says the T1 Phone is ‘American-made’
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. As ...
Nintendo’s newest WarioWare is a weirdo smartphone app
A decade ago, Nintendo made a big splash into the world of mobile gaming with a new Super Mario platformer directed by none other than Shigeru Miyamot...
Microsoft 365 Copilot gets a speed boost and cleaner design
Microsoft is launching a revamped version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, offering a cleaner design that the company claims loads twice as fast. As part of ...
Amazon’s last-gen Paperwhite is on sale for less than the entry-level Kindle
If you like to read by the pool or at the beach, the 2021 Kindle Paperwhite remains one of the best e-readers available despite its age. That’s becaus...
The QD-OLED gaming monitor that started it all got a big upgrade
Alienware is taking to this year's Computex 2026 in Taipei to announce some cool gaming monitors, most notably two exciting OLED options that are comi...
Motorola’s latest Razr Ultra proves that its flip foldable format has evolved to become more than just a nostalgic gimmick. I’d understand if you’re n...
The line between games and movies keeps getting blurrier
The most memorable part of 007 First Light is something that's typically pretty boring: the tutorial. In many games, you're forced through a series of...
If you’ve been waiting for a smaller version of the Oura Ring, the company’s latest wearable is now available for preorder ahead of its June 4th relea...
Claude’s new model is more ‘honest’ when it messes up
Anthropic is releasing Claude Opus 4.8 on Thursday, and the company is touting the model's "honesty." According to Anthropic, it trains "all [its] mod...
A $2,000 AI-generated film will make its debut at Tribeca
Next month's Tribeca Festival will include the premiere of an AI-generated film: Dreams of Violets. The 75-minute film is a fictional dramatization of...
Call of Duty: Warzone is dropping PS4 and Xbox One support later this year
Activision is planning to drop support for PS4 and Xbox One consoles in Call of Duty: Warzone later this year. Players will need to upgrade to a PS5 o...
YouTube takes baby steps to being a real podcast app
New features coming to YouTube could make it better for listening to podcasts, rolling out to Premium subscribers starting today on Android and coming...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is out in October, and it’s coming to the Switch 2
Activision has officially announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and says the game will launch on October 23rd, 2026. Modern Warfare 4, which is dev...
This sound card could give gamers a competitive edge
Fosi Audio announced a new sound card today with a unique feature designed to give FPS players an advantage. The C3 Gaming Sound Card, which sits outs...
These new iOS 27 renders hint at Siri’s big redesign
Apple's long-awaited Siri overhaul, expected to arrive in iOS 27, might look a lot like ChatGPT with a splash of Liquid Glass. Renders from Bloomberg ...
Nearly 10 years ago I reviewed my favorite Surface device. Microsoft hand-delivered its Surface Studio all-in-one PC to me, and I was hooked from the ...
CNN sues Perplexity over ‘verbatim’ copycat articles
CNN has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, claiming that the startup's AI tools generate "verbatim" copies of its work, as reported earlier by CNN. T...
Rivian’s software chief thinks you don’t need CarPlay or buttons
Today, I’m talking with Wassym Bensaid, the chief software officer at Rivian, and the co-CEO of Rivian’s platform joint venture with Volkswagen, which...
The Nintendo Switch 2 can be enjoyed right out of the box, but it’s even better with the right accessories. Some of these add-ons are more crucial tha...
