GoPro’s new Mission cameras are priced beyond most weekend athletes
The Mission family. | Image: GoPro GoPro is pricing its new Mission 1 and Mission 1 Pro cameras at $599.99 and $699.99, respectively, each discounted by $100 if you subscribe…
Blue Origin successfully reused its New Glenn rocket
Liftoff. | Anadolu via Getty Images Today’s launch of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite aboard Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn rocket was a partial success. The New Glenn touched down…
Cloud development platform Vercel was hacked
Vercel, a major development platform that hosts and deploys web apps, was compromised, and the hackers are attempting to sell stolen data. A person claiming to be a member of…
Nothing’s modular CMF Headphone Pro are down to their lowest price to date
Over the past several years, Nothing’s budget-centric subsidiary, CMF, has built a reputation for producing attractive, inexpensive products with features often reserved for gadgets that cost twice the price. The…
The Stars My Destination is classic proto-cyberpunk
Gully Foyle is my name… | Image: Brick Tower Press This might feel like a somewhat obvious recommendation to some, but it flew under my radar until now. Alfred Bester’s…
The RAM shortage could last years
According to Nikkei Asia, even as suppliers ramp up DRAM production, manufacturers are only expected to meet 60 percent of demand by the end of 2027. SK Group chairman has…
Judge rules Trump administration violated the First Amendment in fight against ICE-tracking
In some Minneapolis neighborhoods, nearly every house has an anti-ICE sign. | Photo by Jack Califano / The Verge Jorge L. Alonso, a federal district court judge for the Northern…
Cheap stuff that doesn’t suck, take 3
From fancy OLED TVs to robot vacuums with arms, we tend to cover a lot of cool stuff here at The Verge that, unfortunately, often costs as much as a…
Dyson’s handheld fan is more powerful and louder than I expected
Two years ago I attended a picturesque outdoor wedding in August where the hot and humid weather had guests occasionally ducking into their cars to enjoy a blast of AC.…
There’s nothing like an RPG over vacation
With a vacation comes a big choice: What game should I focus on during the trip? I thought about grinding out the harder levels of Super Meat Boy 3D, but…
OpenAI’s former Sora boss is leaving
Last month, OpenAI gave up on its Sora video generation tool, and on Friday, the Sora team’s leader, Bill Peebles, announced that he is leaving the company. OpenAI has been…
Should you stare into Sam Altman’s orb before your next date?
Tinder users who prove they’re a real person by visiting an identity-verifying orb will soon be able to get five free boosts in the app – and it’s just the…
Anthropic’s new cybersecurity model could get it back in the government’s good graces
The Trump administration has spent nearly two months fighting with AI company Anthropic. It’s dubbed the company a “RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY” full of “Leftwing nut jobs” and a menace…
Betting on the news raises ethical questions for journalists
Prediction market exchanges have created an environment where just about any piece of information is potentially monetizable: How well will BTS’s new song perform this week? How hot will Los…
This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry
I kind of wish it just took pictures. I’ve never been as charmed and frustrated by one gadget as I have with the Poetry Camera. It’s a delightful object. White…
A giant cell tower is going to space this weekend
This weekend’s scheduled Blue Origin rocket launch is rather momentous. Success would signal an end to SpaceX’s monopoly on reusable orbital launch vehicles, and set up a three-way race to…
YouTube’s mobile app finally lets you share timestamped videos
YouTube is making some changes that might affect how you share videos from the mobile app. From the app, you can finally share videos from a specific timestamp, which will…
Gucci-branded Google smart glasses are coming next year
Google’s “Project Aura” will be its first Android XR glasses, expected later this year. | Image: Google, Xreal Google is reportedly partnering with Gucci to make a pair of AI…
Ballmer gives $80 million to NPR, with strings attached
Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and cofounder of the Ballmer Group, has given $80 million to NPR. That’s roughly seven years’ worth of government funding ($11.2m)…
Netflix embraces vertical video with major mobile app update
Netflix announced on Thursday that it will be launching a redesigned mobile app, which will include a vertical video feed, at the end of April. “This redesign will better reflect…
Spotify just won $322 million from music pirates it can’t find
Spotify and the three major labels have won a $322 million default judgement against Anna’s Archive, the open-source library and pirate activist group that planned to publicly release millions of…
YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts
YouTube’s time management settings now have an option to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively removing them from your app in Android and iOS. The option is an…
Ford’s EV and software chief Doug Field is leaving the company
Ford is shaking things up as it relates to its EV and software teams. Doug Field, who left Apple five years ago to helm Ford’s multibillion-dollar bet on electric vehicles…
Trump’s posting even more AI-generated Trump-Jesus fan art
The version posted by @realdonaldtrump/Truth Social. Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech power plays in Washington and beyond. (And when I say beyond,…
Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury finds
Live Nation-Ticketmaster is an illegal monopolist, a Manhattan jury found, according to Bloomberg. The jury found the company liable on three counts: illegally monopolizing the market for live event ticketing,…
Microsoft faces fresh Windows Recall security concerns
When Microsoft tried to launch Recall, an AI-powered Windows feature that screenshots most of what you do on your PC, it was labeled a “disaster” for cybersecurity and a “privacy…
Snap is laying off 16 percent of its staff as it leans into AI
Snap is laying off roughly 16 percent of its global workforce in a cost-cutting effort to chase improved profitability with the help of AI. The cuts will impact around 1,000…
Spotify now sells printed books
The Bookshop.org integration is now available for Spotify users on Android, with iOS support expected next week. | Image: Spotify Spotify is rolling out some new updates for book lovers,…
Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost.
Apple quietly threatened to kick Elon Musk’s AI app, Grok, from its App Store in January over its failure to curb the surge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding X, according…
Godzilla Minus Zero stomps through New York in first teaser trailer
*insert Godzilla screeching sound* Here’s the very first look at the next big kaiju feature. Godzilla Minus Zero will continue the story of 2023’s Godzilla Minus One, which returned the…