Technology
iRobot’s Roombas have a new Chinese owner, but it ...
As part of its acquisition by China-based Picea Robotics, iRobot is creating a new US-based subsidia...
Ring’s adorable surveillance hellscape
You can watch Ring's recent Super Bowl ad and see a cute story about dogs being reunited with their ...
‘Wellness’ feels like it’s losing all meaning in h...
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song th...
Chatbots rated more empathetic than humans in cont...
New research suggests AI chatbots can generate responses people rate as more empathetic than humans,...
iPhone 18 Pro could bring a big boost to satellite...
The iPhone 18 Pro models may transform satellite connectivity from an emergency-only feature into an...
Death Stranding 2 for PC finally has a release dat...
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is officially coming to PC this March, bringing Kojima’s surreal seq...
Meta’s Quest 3S is $50 off, and includes Batman: A...
Meta’s VR strategy is in a bit of an uncertain place right now, with the company recently cutting ma...
ICE moves out to the suburbs
We sat in a parking lot and waited. We watched, knowing we were being watched in return. Two men, ma...
Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to s...
Meta aims to introduce facial recognition to its smart glasses while its biggest critics are distrac...
There’s a tiny digital camera inside these retro 3...
Following the popularity of the Kodak Charmera, it was inevitable that other retro-inspired digital ...
Stanhope AI raises $8M to build adaptive AI for ro...
London-based deep tech startup Stanhope AI has closed a €6.7 million ($8 million) Seed funding round...
Anthropic’s $30B raise is about more than money
Anthropic has just closed a $30 billion Series G funding round, pushing its valuation to $380 billio...
Diesel’s new wired earphones look better suited fo...
Diesel’s new wired earphones lean hard into Y2K style that they feel more like a denim accessory tha...
HP’s laptop subscriptions are a great deal — for H...
There's been some hullabaloo over HP's laptop subscription service, recently brought to light by a L...
The hottest indie game is about breeding cats with...
When the Mewgenics team announced in 2024 that it had added autism to the list of disorders the game...
The people we left behind: Tech layoffs, AI hype, ...
If you opened a tech newsletter or even the internet in early 2026 and thought you’d stepped into a ...
Hackers are using Gemini to target you, Google say...
Google says hackers are abusing Gemini to speed up cyberattacks, from target research to post-breach...
Windows 11 adds a new secure mode that blocks sket...
Windows 11 is adding Baseline Security Mode to block unsigned apps, services, and drivers by default...
The Vision Pro YouTube app is here and it fixes th...
YouTube finally has an official Vision Pro app, ending the Safari workaround and adding offline down...
God of War trilogy remake is real, and it’s finall...
Sony confirms a God of War trilogy remake is in development, rebuilding the original three Greek-era...
Tenways’ compact e-bike twists and folds to go fla...
Tenways just launched its new CGO Compact electric bike in Europe that's designed to fit into tight ...
Sony WF-1000XM6 vs Bose QuietComfort Ultra vs AirP...
We break down real-world differences in comfort, codecs, transparency, smart features, and battery l...
Watch NASA’s trailer for imminent crewed launch to...
NASA is just hours away from its first crewed launch of 2026, and its first since Crew-11 flew to or...
A $319 mini PC with a Ryzen PRO chip is a sneaky-g...
Mini PCs are having a moment because they solve a real problem: you want desktop power without a tow...
This is the “buy it once” video doorbell deal wort...
A video doorbell is one of those upgrades you appreciate the first time you miss a delivery, get a p...
A surprise God of War prequel is out on the PS5 ri...
To close out its February 2026 State of Play presentation, Sony revealed God of War Sons of Sparta, ...
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety aft...
Following intense backlash to its partnership with Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company t...
Dating online this Valentine’s Day? Here’s how to ...
AI has transformed romance scams into highly efficient operations, using cloned voices, deepfake vid...
PlayStation State of Play February 2026: all the n...
Strap in, because the next PlayStation event is going to be a long one. Sony’s latest State of Play ...
Sony’s new WF-1000XM6 earbuds promise better noise...
Sony's new flagship earbuds promise 25% improved noise cancellation, higher-resolution audio process...
In one swoop, Trump kills US greenhouse gas regula...
The Trump administration just eliminated the landmark finding that has underpinned federal regulatio...
Two powerful, OLED-equipped gaming laptops are hun...
Whether you’re considering a 16-inch gaming laptop, or a more compact 14-inch model, there’s a deal ...
Eufy’s midrange X10 Pro Omni robovac has fallen to...
Spring doesn’t officially kick off until March 20th, but there’s something to be said about getting ...
Lenovo hikes PC prices and warns of a prolonged me...
Lenovo has begun raising PC prices in some markets as memory shortages drive up costs, warning that ...
Jeffrey Epstein might not have created /pol/, but ...
On October 24th, 2011, Jeffrey Epstein was emailing back and forth with Boris Nikolic, a biotech ven...
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a rollicking par...
We are all guilty of pulling out our phones and doomscrolling through stressful headlines or mindnum...
Top DOJ antitrust enforcer is out weeks before Liv...
Gail Slater, the top antitrust enforcer at the Justice Department, announced Thursday that she has l...
Nvidia just turned the humble Amazon Fire TV stick...
Following beta tests that commenced a few weeks ago, Nvidia is now bringing the GeForce Now game str...
El Paso airspace closure was reportedly triggered ...
The hours-long closure of El Paso airspace stemmed from the use of an anti-drone laser deployed by C...
YouTube is coming to the Apple Vision Pro
The Apple Vision Pro is finally getting an official visionOS YouTube app on Thursday. With the visio...
Every little thing she does is magic
In a style that feels nostalgic and nascent, Bree O'Donnell is crafting her singular vision of a 3D ...
How Gorilla Tag is weathering the VR winter
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and enter...
The surprising case for AI judges
Today, we’re going to talk about the role AI might play in deciding legal disputes. Not just draftin...
DHS announces the end of its “surge operation” in ...
The government's siege of the Twin Cities is reportedly coming to an end. "I have proposed, and Pres...
Spider-Noir looks like a hard-boiled thriller in f...
Though it's going to be a while before we see more of Sony's animated Spider-Verse or Marvel's live-...
Waymo’s next-gen robotaxi is ready for passengers ...
After years of testing and validation, Waymo announced today that it's sixth-generation robotaxi tec...
The Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds reclaim the noise-canc...
Apple, Bose, and Sony are in a running battle for the best noise-canceling earbuds, and the Sony WF-...
A key flaw of self-driving cars could just be poor...
According to an engineering psychology expert, autonomous car drivers have come to face a vigilance ...
ByteDance’s next-gen AI model can generate clips b...
Big Tech's race to leapfrog the latest AI models continues with the launch of ByteDance's next-gen v...
Amazon’s Send to Alexa Plus makes the Kindle Scrib...
Amazon's rolling out a new "Send to Alexa Plus" feature to the latest Kindle Scribe and Kindle Scrib...
