Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as ‘invaluable’
It might be World War III, but at least I won $20. | Image: Polymarket / The Verge Polymarket has been allowing people to bet on when the US would…
The Rubin Observatory’s alert system sent 800,000 pings on its first night
That’s coming on a little strong, maybe. | Image: Vera C. Rubin Observatory The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s automated alert system is online and already bombarding astronomers with things to…
You can still grab great deals on Bose headphones and Astro Bot this weekend
Welcome to the weekend, friends! While the rest of our team was checking out Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S26 lineup and prepping for Apple’s “special experience” next week, we’ve been sifting…
Xiaomi’s Leica Leitzphone mostly earns the name
The Leitzphone has just launched internationally alongside a regular version of the 17 Ultra. Xiaomi and Leica’s long-running phone partnership just got a little closer. Alongside the new international release…
Xiaomi’s tracker doesn’t need a case to clip to your keys
The Xiaomi Tag is a bit larger than Apple’s second-gen AirTags. | Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi has announced its first Bluetooth tracker, and while the Xiaomi Tag has a more elongated…
Tenways nearly perfects the shareable city e-bike
The CGO Compact electric bike twists and folds to create a wall-hugging profile. Good electric bikes are expensive. So why not buy one and share it? That’s the idea behind…
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk
US President Donald Trump (R) looks on as US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela | AFP via Getty Images Nearly…
NASA is pushing back its plans for a Moon landing
NASA announced at a press conference on Friday that it’s delaying its plans for a Moon landing until Artemis IV in 2028. The Artemis III mission, scheduled for 2027, was…
Warner Bros. Discovery agrees to $110 billion Paramount merger
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance’s merger agreement is now official. On Friday, the two companies announced plans to merge into a massive media company that will fold WBD’s studio,…
Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance
Less than 24 hours before the deadline in an ultimatum issued by the Pentagon, Anthropic has refused the Department of Defense’s demands for unrestricted access to its AI. It’s the…
Netflix walks away from its deal to buy Warner Bros. after Paramount came back with a better offer
Netflix has dropped its $83 billion deal to acquire the Warner Bros. studio, HBO, and its streaming service HBO Max. In an announcement on Thursday, co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg…
Microsoft’s Copilot Tasks AI uses its own computer to get things done
Microsoft is previewing a new AI system, Copilot Tasks, that it says is designed to take care of busywork for you in the background, the company announced on Thursday. The…
Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts nearly half of its staff in AI gamble
Jack Dorsey’s Block, the financial tech company that runs Square and the Cash app, is cutting its workforce by “nearly half” and axing more than 4,000 jobs. The company will…
Lenovo leak reveals a foldable gaming handheld that’s also a Windows laptop
Image: WindowsLatest Lenovo’s next gaming laptop could be a shapeshifting foldable called the Legion Go Fold, which can be used as a laptop or a handheld gaming PC with two…
Google takes control of ‘Android of robotics’ project in quest for physical AI
Google is folding Alphabet’s AI robotics “moonshot,” Intrinsic, into the company after five years as an independent unit. The move marks a strategic shift as Google doubles down on physical…
New York sues Valve, alleging its loot boxes are ‘quintessential gambling’
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Valve for “illegally promoting gambling” through the loot box systems it has built for video games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2,…
How the new Galaxy S26 phones stack up against each other on paper
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 phones introduce a slate of new AI-powered features, including some new photography tools. | Image: Samsung Samsung has just announced its new Galaxy S26 lineup, which includes…
Corsair is halting Drop sales after March 25th
The Drop Mythic Journey keyboard from 2022. | Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge The Drop store, which was acquired by gaming gear giant Corsair in 2023, was a…
The Peace Corps is recruiting volunteers to sell AI to developing nations
For more than six decades, the Peace Corps has represented itself as an agency focused on helping underserved communities around the globe. But a new initiative, called the “Tech Corps,”…
Trump claims tech companies will sign deals next week to pay for their own power supply
President Donald Trump tried to quell Americans’ concerns about rising electricity costs during his State of the Union speech – and now we’re learning that the deals he promised could…
Apple will soon make (some) Mac Minis in the US
Apple will still be producing Mac Mini computers in Asia too. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple is preparing to move some of its Mac Mini production…
Inside Anthropic’s existential negotiations with the Pentagon
Anthropic’s weekslong battle with the Department of Defense has played out over social media posts, admonishing public statements, and direct quotes from unnamed Pentagon officials to the news media. But…
Will Trump’s DOJ actually take on Ticketmaster?
In mid-February, the Department of Justice lost its head antitrust enforcer – just weeks before it was scheduled to argue one of the year’s biggest anti-monopoly cases in court. Antitrust…
Billions of dollars later and still nobody knows what an Xbox is
The last few years of Xbox have been expensive. Under Phil Spencer’s leadership, Microsoft has spent billions of dollars in an attempt to build an ambitious future for gaming that…
Anthropic accuses DeepSeek and other Chinese firms of using Claude to train their AI
Anthropic claims DeepSeek and two other Chinese AI companies misused its Claude AI model in an attempt to improve their own products. In an announcement on Monday, Anthropic says the…
Taara Beam provides 25Gbps connectivity over invisible beams of light
Taara Beam mounted to a pole for line of sight connectivity. | Image: Taara Light-based internet provider Taara, which spun out of Alphabet’s “moonshot” incubator last year, just launched Taara…
How many AIs does it take to read a PDF?
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge Last November, the House Oversight Committee had just released 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, and Luke Igel and some…
Samsung is adding Perplexity to Galaxy AI
I wish I could talk to my Plex server… | Image: Samsung. In addition to summoning Bixby or Gemini, Galaxy S26 users will be able to call on Perplexity by…
You need to listen to Laurie Spiegel’s masterpiece of early ambient music
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Laurie Spiegel for the site. As preparation for the interview, I spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks revisiting…
Trump says Netflix will ‘pay the consequences’ if it doesn’t fire Susan Rice
Former Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice at the State Department on September 26, 2023. | Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images Donald Trump threatened that there would be “consequences”…