Technology
Your Android and iPhone updates could face new Ind...
India phone security rules could add a notification step before major updates and security patches s...
Gemini now lets you shop Walmart and Sam’s Club pr...
Walmart has partered with Google to let users browse and purchase products within Gemini. The post G...
If you use Android, Windows 11’s Resume feature mi...
Windows 11’s Resume feature may finally matter for Android users. Microsoft is outlining broader sup...
Microsoft Lens is riding into the sunset, if you e...
Microsoft Lens is shutting down on iOS and Android with two deadlines. It leaves app stores February...
Trump’s fundraisers asked Microsoft for its White ...
The Trump administration approached Microsoft for its donation to fund the White House's $300 millio...
Meta Smart Glasses Could Make Conversations Easier...
Conversation Focus is now available in Early Access on Meta smart glasses, using directional audio t...
Instagram says it fixed the issue behind shady pas...
Numerous Instagram users received suspicious password reset emails amid reports of a massive data sc...
Samsung Could Bring Advanced Privacy Screens to En...
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series may introduce an AI-powered privacy display that blocks side viewing, he...
Google’s Gemini AI will go shopping for you withou...
This new agentic shopping experience, accessible in Gemini and AI Overviews, will also includes the ...
The Atlas humanoid robot attempted a backflip. Her...
At the recent CES 2026 tech show in Las Vegas, Boston Dynamics showed off the latest version of its ...
You need to listen to Billy Woods’ horrorcore mast...
Billy Woods has one of the highest batting averages in the game. Between his solo records like Hidin...
Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searche...
Earlier this month, The Guardian published an investigation that showed Google was serving up mislea...
Here are over 20 gadgets that’ll help you achieve ...
It happens every year: we set ambitious New Year's resolutions - work out more, spend less, keep the...
Instagram says it fixed the issue that let someone...
If you're one of the many, many people who received a password reset email from Instagram the other ...
GameStop is kicking off 2026 by shutting down over...
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is in line to potentially earn $35 billion in stock options, so long as the ...
What we learned about Dolby Vision 2 at CES 2026
Dolby Vision 2 delivers a significant leap in picture quality, bringing more lifelike color, better ...
Google’s AI Inbox could be a glimpse of Gmail’s fu...
This week, Google announced a new AI Inbox view for Gmail that replaces the traditional list of emai...
Now that Stranger Things is over, you should watch...
Though fans have been aching for more Stranger Things, they should check out TV shows like From, Los...
Wing’s drone delivery is coming to 150 more Walmar...
Wing is bringing drone delivery to even more Walmart stores in 2026. The Alphabet-owned company anno...
How TiVo killed live TV
For a while, it seemed like everyone had a TiVo. It was a plot point on major TV shows; it had A-lis...
I went looking for weird phones and CES 2026 did n...
It's January, which means there's a whole year of rectangular glass slabs ahead of us. But before th...
Will you have to show your ID at the app store?
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For...
Chinese researchers develop high-voltage sodium–su...
A team of researchers in China has just pulled the curtain back on a new sodium-sulfur battery desig...
Instagram data of 17.5 million users resurfaces on...
Previously scraped Instagram user data has resurfaced, enabling realistic phishing and account takeo...
Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus spotting spells bad news f...
A recent certification database spotting supposedly reveals the Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (SM-947B) ba...
Meta’s smart glasses can now filter human voice in...
The new Conversation focus feature on Meta smart glasses amplifies voices you're facing and filters ...
Musk says he’s going to open-source the new X algo...
In 2023, what was then still called Twitter, open-sourced at least portions of the code that decided...
These smart home devices impressed me at CES 2026
I picked Aqara's Smart Lock U400 and Roborock's Saros Rover robot vacuum as the overall best smart h...
The FCC is letting SpaceX launch 7,500 more Starli...
The FCC approved SpaceX's plan to launch an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites on Friday. Tha...
This is what impressed me most about Mercedes’ new...
It’s a remarkably sunny day for San Francisco. The fog that often encases the city in the morning ha...
Amazfit’s Active 2 tracker and Blu-rays are this w...
The start of the year is typically a great time to snag deals on health and fitness gear, including ...
I’ve never used a trackball, but Keychron’s Nape P...
Keychron announced new mechanical keyboards with marathon battery life at CES, but this trackball st...
We tried to get humanoid robots to do the laundry
At CES this year, humanoid robots appeared to be closer than ever to moving into our homes. LG intro...
I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s goi...
Greetings from the year of Linux on my desktop. In November, I got fed up and said screw it, I'm ins...
X restricts Grok image generation to paid users af...
After international backlash, X placed Grok’s image tools behind a paywall, drawing criticism that m...
OnePlus Pad Go 2 review: a solid Android tablet to...
The OnePlus Pad Go 2 goes up against the iPad, and some specs are comparable though it drops a few b...
The Playdate gets its Monument Valley
Diora might be the most ambitious game I've played on the Playdate. It's all about perspective: You ...
What’s on your desk, Stevie Bonifield?
Stevie Bonifield is a news writer here at The Verge and, they say, “I cover a little bit of just abo...
Move over HEPA: NanoJet® technology revolutionizes...
Air purifiers haven’t fundamentally changed in decades. Most still rely on bulky HEPA filters, high-...
A charity speedrunning event has turned into a per...
Games Done Quick, the biannual charity speedrunning event currently going on right now, not only hel...
The CES 2026 stuff I might actually buy
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 111, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world....
AI is old news. Generative AI is the future.
The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) is well known, often evoking futuristic movies like Robocop, T...
Betterment’s financial app sends customers a $10,0...
Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,...
Amazon is planning a Super Amazon-mart store near ...
Amazon could be taking another, even bigger swing at physical stores, this time with a Walmart-like ...
X accuses music publishers of ‘weaponizing’ DMCA t...
X is suing music publishers and their trade group, the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA)...
This company could help bring Auracast to an iPhon...
One of the issues holding Auracast back from wider mainstream use is some companies' lack of support...
AI is coming for collectibles next
AI toys, companions, and robots have been everywhere at CES this year, but among the horde of waddli...
This artificial skin could give ‘human-like’ sensi...
A new artificial skin unveiled at CES 2026 could give robots human-like sensitivity, helping machine...
Microsoft just fixed one of Word’s most annoying q...
Adding hyperlinks in Microsoft Word is getting a long-overdue upgrade, and it fixes a workflow annoy...
This luxury handbag uses an OLED screen to match y...
CES 2026 introduced a luxury handbag with a built-in OLED screen that lets you change its look on de...
