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The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition
We get a lot of questions about how The Verge works. And how The Vergecast works. And how we make mo...
John Ternus’s first big problem is AI
Less than a year ago, Apple made headlines for a lack of AI announcements at its annual WWDC event. ...
Splatoon Raiders hits the Switch 2 in July
The squid kids will be back this summer. Nintendo announced this morning that Splatoon Raiders, a si...
Apple won’t be putting a 200MP camera in your iPho...
Apple has tested a 200-megapixel telephoto camera for the iPhone, but adoption is still years away w...
Michael (2026): How does the movie tackle Michael ...
Jafaar Jackson and Antoine Fuqua's musical biopic, Michael, explores the first part of Michael Jacks...
The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the ...
The great SpaceX IPO is looming, allowing outside investors - including regular Joe Schmoes, or reta...
Dell XPS 14 vs Dell 14 Premium: Which Is Better fo...
Choosing between the Dell XPS 14 and the Dell 14 Premium for gaming – especially for a title like Fo...
Apple will have a product guy as CEO again
John Ternus is going to be Apple's next CEO. And while outgoing CEO Tim Cook was lauded for his appr...
Yelp is making its AI chatbot way more useful
Yelp is giving its chatbot assistant a major upgrade, turning the platform into something closer to ...
Eight Sleep Pod review: Will better sleep make lif...
The Eight Sleep Pod, armed with dynamic temperature control and biometric tracking, is a high-end in...
GitHub freezes new Copilot sign-ups as agentic AI ...
Agentic coding workflows are now routinely generating costs that exceed what users pay per month. Gi...
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 8 foldable might ...
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 8 may keep 25W charging, and that could leave one of the foldable's oldest c...
Ofcom opens formal investigation into Telegram ove...
The UK’s online safety regulator has opened a formal investigation into Telegram under the Online Sa...
What’s the Best Medical Alert System of 2026? Comp...
Medical alert systems have become an essential safety tool for older adults who want to maintain the...
Seapoint raises €7.5M and opens to all UK and Iris...
The Dublin and London-based fintech, founded by ex-Stripe and ex-Tide engineers, has processed over ...
SpaceX’s public IPO filing confirms Musk and insid...
The now-public S-1 prospectus shows Musk controls roughly 79% of SpaceX’s votes despite owning appro...
Microsoft Teams is trying to fix accidental hand-r...
If you've ever had the embarrassing displeasure of interrupting a Microsoft Teams meeting by acciden...
Ikea and Samsung promise glitch-free SmartThings i...
Ikea's two dozen Matter-over-Thread devices have proved problematic since launch, but Samsung says i...
Apple Sports now lets you follow scores in a CarPl...
I was disappointed when Apple launched a new Sports iOS widget last year without CarPlay support, bu...
Meta has hired five founding members of Mira Murat...
In summary: Meta has hired five founding members of Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup built by f...
John Ternus built Apple’s hardware for 24 years an...
Summary: John Ternus, Apple’s incoming CEO effective 1 September, is a 50-year-old mechanical engine...
OrangeQS raises €15M and brings hardware makers in...
The Dutch startup, the only company offering a dedicated commercial solution for quantum chip testin...
Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft review: The luxury ...
At $630, this new breed of Kindle is expensive, but its sleek build, color panel, and paper-like dis...
DeepWay closes $310M in pre-IPO financing as it se...
The Hefei-based company, which has delivered 6,400 intelligent electric heavy-duty trucks in China a...
VisioLab raises $11M to scale its AI-powered iPad ...
The Osnabrück startup’s camera-based self-checkout, which identifies food and drinks without barcode...
Prego put down the pasta and made a $20 device to ...
Prego spent decades perfecting the sauce that brings families to the table. Now it wants to record w...
Jeff Bezos’ physical AI lab is close to raising $1...
Project Prometheus, launched in November 2025 with $6.2 billion in initial funding, is developing AI...
Clarifai says it deleted 3 million OkCupid user ph...
The AI company received the photos from OkCupid in 2014 without users’ knowledge, in a data transfer...
Microsoft’s next Surface laptops are delayed, and ...
A new report suggests Microsoft’s next Surface laptops may be delayed, and the pricing doesn’t look ...
Apple’s foldable is keeping Camera Control, but on...
Apple's foldable iPhone is reportedly keeping camera control despite being thinner than the iPhone A...
PlayStation’s age-gating restrictions are coming t...
Sony is starting to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act by notifying PlayStation players of its a...
Amazon puts up to $25 billion more into Anthropic ...
The deal is Amazon’s second consecutive mega-round with a frontier AI lab, following a near-identica...
Your iPhone is getting smarter: Here’s what Apple ...
I’d absolutely enjoy a smarter iPhone, especially with the new Apple Intelligence features on the ho...
This clever idea fixes the biggest flaw in smart r...
Seeing this idea take shape for smart rings, it’s difficult not to be impressed by how good it actua...
Xperia I VIII design leak shows Sony is still livi...
The brand that once led innovation now feels like it’s borrowing from trends that have already run t...
Hyundai’s Ioniq 3 has the range, the looks, and th...
Hyundai's new IONIQ 3 is a compact electric hatchback with up to 496 km of range, a 441-liter trunk,...
Fitbit Air leak claims a sub-$100 price and plenty...
With no screen to distract you, the Fitbit Air focuses on the basics while offering fun colors at a ...
Dyson’s back with a travel-size Supersonic hairdry...
Ten years ago, Dyson kicked off the hair gadget arms race with its $400 Supersonic hairdryer. Today,...
Mercedes-Benz C-Class takes a sporty electric avat...
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class has always struck the right balance, but this sporty EV iteration nudges i...
Meta wants you to pay for WhatsApp now, and it’s a...
Meta may soon charge for WhatsApp Plus, though the appetite for premium features is still questionab...
Tim Cook will still be Apple’s Trump whisperer
Though Tim Cook is shedding his CEO title for the role of Apple's executive chairman, it appears he'...
iPhone 18 Pro color leaks reveal four new finish o...
Leaks suggest the iPhone 18 Pro will feature four color options, including a new Dark Cherry finish....
Deezer says AI-generated songs now make up 44% of ...
Deezer says nearly half of daily music uploads are now AI-generated, raising concerns around quality...
The Lenovo Legion Go S is RAMageddon’s latest vict...
You can still find the Asus Xbox Ally X and the MSI Claw 8 AI Plus for $999 and $1,049 respectively,...
Motorola sets the launch date for a fresh slate of...
Motorola has confirmed April 29 as the unveil date for its Razr 2026 foldable series, with a teaser ...
OpenAI’s Codex for Mac now watches your screen to ...
Summary: OpenAI’s Codex for Mac has added Chronicle, a research preview feature that periodically ca...
John Ternus is taking over from Tim Cook as Apple’...
The multitrillion-dollar home of iPhone, Mac, and so many other tech gadgets is getting a new leader...
Read Tim Cook’s letter to the Apple world as he de...
Apple CEO Tim Cook has written a letter to the community as he prepares to step down from his role i...
Google Photos gets new editing tools that are all ...
For the first time, Google Photos lets users retouch specific facial features after a photo is taken...
Semrush launches a framework for measuring brand v...
Summary: Semrush launched a Brand Visibility Framework at Adobe Summit introducing “Agentic Search O...
