Category: Tech
Get ready for the AI ad-pocalypse
I'll confess, with no shame whatsoever, that I really love ads. Artsy ones, funny ones, weird ones, emotional ones - TV commercial...
Gaming’s most fun sales data is full of old and obscure...
Every month, Circana video game analyst Mat Piscatella posts fascinating data about video game sales on Bluesky, highlighting tren...
ICE has killed another person in Minneapolis
Federal agents in Minneapolis repeatedly punched a man, forced him to the ground, and then shot him multiple times. The man was la...
Gmail’s spam filter and automatic sorting are broken
Some Gmail users may have noticed that promotional emails that normally go to their own siloed tab have started flooding their inb...
MicroSD Express cards and Anker’s travel adapter rule t...
Welcome to the weekend, friends! We’re still in a bit of a deals lull before the Presidents Day and V-Day sales begin, the bulk of...
Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for cus...
The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops...
The day of the second killing
Steven Garcia, as told to Gaby Del Valle: I was in the middle of a frozen lake when I got the notification from the Minnesota Star...
The great e-bike crackdown has begun
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the e-bike movement, ...
🤖 IIT-Patna Hosts Pre-Event on AI Strategy Ahead of Ind...
IIT-Patna’s pre-event for the India AI Impact Summit 2026 will unite academia, industry, and global organisations to discuss AI st...
Hang on, there’s a Trump Phone Ultra coming too?
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 Phon...
The best instant cameras you can buy right now
Even with the ability to take excellent photos with our phones and instantly share them across the world, there’s something magica...
Casio teased a retro gaming-inspired sampler
Casio showed up to NAMM (CES for music gear nerds) this year with a prototype sampler called the SX-C1 that looks every bit the lo...
What TikTok’s new owners mean for your feed
TikTok is officially under new ownership in the US, and that could spell big changes for the video-sharing app. On January 22nd, B...
Meta is stopping teens from chatting with its AI charac...
Meta is "temporarily pausing" the ability for teens to chat with its AI characters as it develops a "new version" of the character...
Congress doesn’t seem to know if the TikTok deal compli...
TikTok finally closed a deal meant to bring it into compliance with the law that should have banned it a year ago, and the lawmake...
Leak: Nvidia is about to challenge ‘Intel Inside’ with ...
Intel and AMD have split the Windows laptop market for years, but the x86 players may be getting outnumbered. It's not just Apple ...
Chromebooks train schoolkids to be loyal customers, int...
Internal documents revealed as part of a child safety lawsuit hint at Google's plan to "onboard kids" into its ecosystem by invest...
The Loch Capsule dishwasher is small, fast, and efficie...
A dishwasher is a luxury item some people can't live without. It's one of the first major kitchen devices I bought just as soon as...
Tesla finally kills Autopilot in a bid to boost FSD sub...
Tesla scrapped its Autopilot driver assist feature that used to come standard in new vehicles, as it attempts to steer customers t...
AI labs wage a reputational knife fight at Davos
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscriber...
Influencers are pushing suspicious peptides. How much a...
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the ...
Anbernic’s next wireless controller adds a screen and h...
Anbernic has announced its second wireless controller through a teaser video on YouTube highlighting its features. The company's f...
The end of the Sony era in TVs
There aren't many tech companies that can claim Sony's level of influence in how we live our lives. From the Walkman to the PlaySt...
Why this winter storm will likely be a wild one
Most of the US is bracing for a prolonged stretch of frigid weather and a massive winter storm that could wreak havoc on roads and...
Giving your healthcare info to a chatbot is, unsurprisi...
Every week, more than 230 million people ask ChatGPT for health and wellness advice, according to OpenAI. The company says that ma...
