It’s a new heyday for gas thanks to data centers
Gas turbines at the on-site natural gas plant under construction during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. |…
Apple just had a record-breaking iPhone quarter
iPhone 17 Pro Apple says the iPhone had its “best-ever” quarter, with revenue hitting more than $85.3 billion over the past few months. The company announced the news as part…
The weirdest headphones at CES will launch on Kickstarter next month
There’s never a shortage of weird tech debuting at CES every year. A new company called Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter, or TDM, announced a peculiar pair of headphones at the show…
Google disables Take a Message on older Pixel phones amid audio leak bug
Take a Message and next-gen Call Screen features are being disabled on Pixel 4 and Pixel 5 devices. Google is disabling some Phone app features on older Pixel devices after…
Halide co-founder Sebastiaan de With is joining Apple’s design team
Sebastiaan de With, known for his work on apps like Halide, Kino, and Orion as the co-founder of Lux, is joining Apple’s design team, he announced today. “So excited to…
Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse dreams seem to have been replaced by a new vision: an AI-generated social feed. In an earnings call on Wednesday, Zuckerberg reiterated his belief that…
Windows 11 has reached 1 billion users faster than Windows 10
Windows 11 has reached a big milestone | Image: Getty Images Windows 11 now has one billion users. Microsoft hit the milestone during the recent holiday quarter, meaning Windows 11…
Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots
Tesla will discontinue the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of 2026, Elon Musk said in an earnings call with investors today. No advance word was given…
Windows 11’s ability to resume Android apps on your PC is getting closer
Microsoft is getting ready to improve Windows 11’s ability to resume Android apps on a PC. The software giant first introduced its cross-device resume last year, letting Windows 11 users…
Astronomers used AI to find 1,400 ‘anomalous objects’ from Hubble archives
Six anomalies found in Hubble’s archives. A pair of astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) discovered more than 800 previously undocumented “astrophysical anomalies” hiding in Hubble’s archives. To do…
Self-driving truck startup Waabi is teaming up with Uber on robotaxis
Waabi, the Toronto-based autonomous trucking startup, is expanding its portfolio to include robotaxis. And it’s bringing Uber along for the ride. Raquel Urtasun, the former chief scientist at Uber’s now…
Tim Cook had ‘a good conversation’ with Trump about deescalation
Apple’s CEO is the latest executive to speak out following the killing of Alex Pretti. | Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken out…
Google just leaked a first look at Android for PC in action
Aluminium OS looks like exactly what it is: a hybrid of Android and ChromeOS. We’ve been waiting months for our first look at Android running on a PC in Google’s…
All rise for JudgeGPT
Bridget McCormack is used to correcting judges’ work. As the former chief justice on the Michigan Supreme Court, it was her job to review complaints about how judges at the…
Xbox Cloud Gaming’s new design teases the future of Xbox console UI
Microsoft has started testing a refreshed web experience for Xbox Cloud Gaming that looks even more console-like. Xbox Insiders can now try out the preview UI, which includes updated navigation…
Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp will test premium subscriptions
Instagram’s premium subscription may include unlimited audience lists and the ability to see which accounts you follow aren’t following you back. Meta is gearing up to trial new premium subscriptions…
Strava and Komoot finally bring offline maps to Apple Watch
Komoot offers more features to all users for free, including turn-by-turn navigation. | Image: Komoot Strava and Komoot – two of the most popular apps for cyclists, hikers, and runners…
TikTok is still down, here are all the latest updates
More than a day after TikTok’s issues began, TikTok USDS says the problems are the result of a power outage at a data center and subsequent cascading systems failure. Starting…
TikTok broke in its first weekend with US ownership
TikTok has suffered from extensive problems on its first weekend after completing the sale of its US arm, though some issues appear to have spread globally. TikTok has yet to…
Creators and communities everywhere take a stand against ICE
It’s not surprising when the guy who’s been yelling about the horrors of late-stage capitalism on Instagram for the last five years turns his ire toward ICE. But something different…
It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun
Federal officers line up outside as demonstrators protest outside of the Whipple Federal Building on January 17th, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests have ramped up around the Minneapolis / St.…
Trusting your phone to Abxylute’s mobile controller requires a big leap of faith
Turning your phone into a handheld with the M4 could be risky. As a retro gaming fan, I was thrilled when Apple opened its App Store to emulators in 2024,…
Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking?
Americans do not like masked secret police. There is really no other way to put it. The reasons why are manifold: accountability, trust in law enforcement, and just plain overall…
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 Tribune that there had…
Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data
The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an investigation into…
MicroSD Express cards and Anker’s travel adapter rule the deal roost this week
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 which we anticipate kicking off…
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 inbox. Reports hit the Google forums and Reddit that…
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 later pronounced dead. This is just the latest…
The Loch Capsule dishwasher is small, fast, and efficient — it even sanitizes gadgets
The Loch Capsule in a tiny house that lacks space for a built-in dishwasher. A dishwasher is a luxury item some people can’t live without. It’s one of the first…
Chromebooks train schoolkids to be loyal customers, internal Google document suggests
Internal documents revealed as part of a child safety lawsuit hint at Google’s plan to “onboard kids” into its ecosystem by investing in schools. In this November 2020 presentation, Google…