Category: Tech

Seedance 2.0 might be gen AI video’s next big hope, but...

When Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson began uploading a series of short clips created with Seedance 2.0 - TikTok developer ByteDanc...

1Password is going up in price

1Password is increasing its prices on March 27th, 2026. In an email sent to users, the password manager says it will raise the pri...

Discord is delaying its global age verification rollout

Discord won't roll out age verification globally on its platform next month as previously announced, and says in a blog post that ...

Let me see some ID: age verification is spreading acros...

Age verification is a reality on a growing number of social media platforms, requiring an ID or facial scan for full access to eve...

OpenAI defeats xAI’s trade secrets lawsuit

OpenAI won a victory Tuesday in one of its legal battles with xAI, which involved allegations of poaching and theft of trade secre...

Apple’s touchscreen MacBooks might also have a Dynamic ...

Apple's OLED touchscreen MacBook Pros set to launch this fall will get a Dynamic Island feature like what's available on iPhones, ...

Apple’s new age verification tools block underage app d...

Apple, like many others, has had to launch age verification features in response to new requirements for age checks in many region...

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon AI bro squad includes a former ...

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers covering the broligarchs, the influencers, and the (potentially...

Inside Microsoft’s big Xbox leadership shake-up

Xbox fans had been anticipating the retirement of Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer for years, but what most hadn't expected was t...

Hank Green will gladly take billionaire money for educa...

Today, I’m talking with Hank Green, a longtime friend of Decoder and the cofounder and now former owner of Complexly, an online ed...

AOC’s 27-inch 1440p QD-OLED gaming monitor is down to $...

It’s tough not to gush about a 27-inch 1440p QD-OLED gaming monitor that costs under $400 (I’ve done it before!). AOC’s G-Sync-com...

Yep, it’s fast: Donut Lab’s solid-state battery gets it...

Since announcing earlier this year that it was on the cusp of a major battery breakthrough, Finnish startup Donut Lab has faced a ...

Does Big Tech actually care about fighting AI slop?

As 2025 drew to a close, Instagram head Adam Mosseri ended the year by doom-posting about AI. "Authenticity is becoming infinitely...

Kohler’s new shower reuses dirty water to get you clean

Kohler claims its new Anthem EvoCycle smart shower system can deliver "up to 80% water savings" without the use of showerheads tha...

Discord distances itself from Persona age verification ...

Discord is attempting to distance itself from the age verification provider Persona following a steady stream of user backlash. In...

The creators of Dark Sky have a new weather app that sh...

After selling their popular weather app to Apple in March 2020, where some of its core features were incorporated into Apple Weath...

Apple’s newest AirTags are already on sale if you’re lo...

Less than a month after making their debut, Apple’s second-gen AirTags are already receiving their first discount. Right now, Cost...

Retro camera shootout: Camp Snap Pro vs. Flashback One3...

There's been a surge of interest over the last few years in inexpensive digital cameras. Younger folks are snapping up old point-a...

You need to listen to Laurie Spiegel’s masterpiece of e...

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Laurie Spiegel for the site. As preparation for the interview, I spent a lot of time o...

Samsung is adding Perplexity to Galaxy AI

In addition to summoning Bixby or Gemini, Galaxy S26 users will be able to call on Perplexity by saying "hey, Plex." The integrati...

America desperately needs new privacy laws

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the dire state of tec...

Vibe camera shootout: Camp Snap Pro vs. Flashback One35...

There's been a surge of interest over the last few years in inexpensive digital cameras. Younger folks are snapping up old point-a...

This magazine plays Tetris — here’s how

Tetris has been immortalized in a playable McDonald's plastic chicken nugget, a playable fake 7-Eleven Slurpee cup, and a playable...

Trump says Netflix will ‘pay the consequences’ if it do...

Donald Trump threatened that there would be "consequences" for Netflix if it didn't fire board member Susan Rice. Rice served in b...

Arturia’s FX Collection 6 adds two new effects and a $9...

Arturia launched a new version of its flagship effects suite, FX Collection, which includes two new plugins, EFX Ambient and Pitch...