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T-Mobile has officially closed its joint venture deal with the fiber provider Lumos, after taking down its webpage dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the process, as reported by Fierce Network. The now-blank page outlined T-Mobile's culture of fairness, respect, and inclusion" and was online until at least March 26th, the Internet Archive [...]

Haven't you heard? Phones are boring now. And that's just fine! Most people buying a new phone just want something familiar that works better than the device they're replacing. If that's your MO, then you're sure to find something reliable in my recommendations below. But even if you're looking for something a little more extra, [...]

Drastic reductions in force" are upending agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Thousands of people who work at the CDC were notified by email today that they were subject to the Trump administration's efforts to [...]

What was once a humble research lab has transformed into one of the biggest consumer technology companies of all time. OpenAI, founded in 2015 to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) - AI systems with human-level intelligence - has transformed dramatically since launching ChatGPT, which was once considered to be the fastest-growing consumer application in history." [...]

Starting with this year's football season, the NFL will use Sony's Hawk-Eye cameras to measure the line to gain - a process the chain crew has done manually for decades. The 8K cameras will use virtual measurement technology to quickly and accurately determine whether the ball traveled 10 yards for a first down. The Hawk-Eye [...]

The Xbox Series X and Series S are excellent machines directly out of the box, but thereas always room for improvement. Add-on accessories like the Elite Series 2 Controller and the Xbox Wireless Headset can help you get the most out of your new gaming console, while others, like Seagate and Western Digitalas expansion cards, [...]

Though John Wick definitely seemed dead by the end of his last high stakes adventure, that no longer appears to be the case. During its presentation at this year's CinemaCon, Lionsgate announced that it has greenlit production on yet another John Wick feature that will see Keanu Reeves return to reprise his role as the [...]

Hyundai has revealed a gaming-inspired Insteroid" concept EV in Seoul that takes its tiny all-electric Inster and gives it an over-the-top street racing makeover. The automaker's cutesy compact SUV was handed off to Hyundai's European design team with the goal of merging gaming influences with extensive customization," according to a press release. The Insteroid gives [...]

AI startup Runway says its latest AI video model can generate consistent scenes and people across multiple shots, according to an announcement. AI-generated videos can struggle with maintaining consistent storytelling, but Runway claims on X that the new model, Gen-4, should allow users more continuity and control" while telling stories. Currently rolling out to paid [...]

More than 1,900 scientists and engineers have signed a letter saying they see real danger in this moment" as the Trump administration slashes federal support for scientific research. Wise investments by the US government have built up the nation's research enterprise, making it the envy of the world," says the open letter published on Monday. [...]

Yesterday, we wrote that a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) process would help private jet owners keep their registration details private upon request, and speculated that it would make things difficult for celebrity jet trackers. Jack Sweeney, known for his accounts tracking the flights of celebrities like Elon Musk and Taylor Swift, says he doesn't [...]

A year and a half ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) worked with state attorneys general to shut down Prehired, a shady tech sales bootcamp program that a court said deceptively saddled students with millions of dollars in loans. Now, as the federal watchdog is being dismantled by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency [...]

You probably shouldnat expect major changes to Googleas next Pixel foldable. Renders shared with Android Headlines by reliable leaker Onleaks show a Pixel 10 Pro Fold that looks very similar to its predecessor, potentially indicating that it could largely be just a spec bump. As shown in the renders, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold appears [...]

We live in a golden age of controllers. The gamepads on the market now are of higher quality, more versatile, and more customizable than anything from even one console generation ago. If you play games on an Xbox Series X or Series S (or a Windows PC), you have the unenviable task of choosing between [...]

If you want to create a cinematic experience at home, then chances are that your TV's built-in speakers just won't cut it. Instead, it may be worth investing in a top-notch soundbar like the Sonos Arc, especially now that the Arc has dropped to an all-time low price of $599 ($300 off) at Amazon, Best [...]

Smartphones are great. Theyare alsoa a lot. The idea of a more balanced device, one that gives you all of the most important and useful features of a smartphone but keeps you out of the infinite-doomscrolling loops, has been an enticing one for a long time. Nailing that balance, though, turns out to be almost [...]

Dbrand wants you to feel less guilty about having your face buried in a screen all day and not getting outside to touch grass.' The company's latest collection of skins lets you wrap your gadgets in bright green artificial turf so you can touch grass whenever you want and no matter where you are. The [...]

Substack plans to protect foreign writers residing lawfully" in the US who may be targeted by the government for what they write. The company is partnering with the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) to provide legal support to impacted writers - whether they publish on Substack or not - citing recent attacks [...]

Though Sony's initial plans to release Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse in 2024 didn't quite work out, the film finally has a new premiere date that seems like it will stick. Last night at this year's CinemaCon expo, Sony announced that it now intends for Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse to hit theaters a little over two [...]

It's finally time for the biggest video game event of the last few years. In January, Nintendo officially unveiled the successor to the Switch, helpfully called the Switch 2. The short video showed off some of the console's features, like magnetized Joy-Cons, and provided a brief glimpse at a new Mario Kart game. But it [...]

Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you're a company with any kind of social media presence in 2025, you really, truly only have four options on April Fools' Day: So far, we've seen [...]

On Sunday, a few thousand people in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gathered to hear Elon Musk speak a and give away two giant cardboard checks for $1 million. Attendance at the event was limited to people who had added their names to a petition against aactivist judges,a created by Muskas America PAC. He has promised money [...]

How's that 5G rollout going in your area? Even in 2025, there's no guarantee you're going to be able to get reliable cell service everywhere you go, especially if you happen to live somewhere that's especially crowded or remote a or if you work in your company's basement. That's where Wi-Fi calling comes in, which [...]

Google is updating Gmail to allow enterprise users to send encrypted messages to any inbox in just a few clicks. Google says it's developed a new encryption model that, unlike the current encryption feature on Gmail, doesn't require senders or recipients to use custom software or exchange encryption certificates. The feature is rolling out in [...]

So much of our online and technological lives rely on standards, the sets of rules designed to make sure our favorite gadgets and services work together. At their best, they make everything work seamlessly, and we never need to worry about what's happening behind the scenes. But at their worst, they leave us perplexed about [...]

Every time I see mAh" on a consumer product, I cringe. Megahertz are starting to bruise, too. That's because the most critical components of portable gadgets abatteries and processors a should really be measured in watts: it's the one common spec that gives you a real idea of what your device can do. With watts, [...]

Buying a giant battery for the next blackout or off-grid adventure can be daunting, especially when hundreds or even thousands of dollars are on the line. Get it wrong and youave either spent too much money for something youall never use or discover that you didnat buy enough capacity to keep your most important devices [...]

Mark Zuckerberg - having spent months cozying up to President Donald Trump - will now be looking to reap the benefits as European tech regulators bear down on Meta. The EU is expected to impose fines against the social media giant any day now, having preliminarily ruled in July 2024 that Facebook and Instagram's pay [...]

ChatGPT's latest image generator - which has gone viral for its ability to generate uncanny recreations of Studio Ghibli art - is now available for everyone, after OpenAI initially delayed the rollout beyond its paid tiers following heavy demand. CEO Sam Altman announced on X that the image generation update has now rolled out to [...]

The developers of Palworld and PUBG: Battlegrounds have announced details of dating simulators set in the universes of their respective games. The Palworld dating sim, technically called Palworld! ~More Than Just Pals~, was actually announced ahead of April Fools' Day last year. But yesterday, developer Pocketpair released a second trailer for the game and published [...]

Ampler made one of thefirst modern e-bikes I ever tested,and now it's selling the first commercial electric bikes - the Nova and Nova Pro - I'm aware of that can be charged over a USB-C port integrated right into the frame. Hell, that same jack will even charge your gadgets in a pinch, but not [...]

Amazon's first big sale event of 2025 - the Big Spring Sale, as it is known - is in its final day. It ends tonight, meaning you still have plenty of time to get in on the many great deals we've found for you below. Once it's over, we won't see deals of this magnitude [...]

OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a new investment round led by SoftBank, vaulting the company to a $300 billion valuation. It's the largest funding round for a private tech company in history, according to CNBC. OpenAI is set to receive $10 billion up front (SoftBank will invest $7.5 billion along with $2.5 billion from [...]

The commercial space industry is booming, and it's only expected to keep growing as more billionaire-led companies send rockets into the sky. Elon Musk's SpaceX continues to dominate the space industry with dozens of launches each year, but it could soon have some serious competition with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launching its rival New Glenn [...]

The release of Apple's iOS 18.4 on Monday includes good news for robot vacuum owners. The update includes support for controlling robot vacuums and adding them to automations and scenes in the Apple Home app via the Matter protocol. With the official rollout of iOS 18.4, companies like Roborock, iRobot, and Ecovacs are introducing firmware [...]

Microsoft is making its AI features widely available on Copilot Plus PCs equipped with Intel and AMD chips. One of the most notable of these features will be Live Captions, which translates audio to English subtitles from dozens of different languages in real time. Microsoft first started testing Live Captions on Intel and AMD devices [...]

Smart plugs are great, but unfortunately, they can't automate everything. Thankfully, there is a cheap cube-like contraption called the SwitchBot Bot that can add a touch of modern functionality to your garage door, light switch, and other traditional devices. It would normally run you $29.99, but right now you can buy it directly from SwitchBot [...]

Amazon's Big Spring Sale is happening now through the end of today, March 31st, with several dozen good-to-great deals available that don't require an Amazon Prime membership. Our main roundup has you covered with more than 100 deals on Verge-favorite gear with quite a high price ceiling. But, for this post, we wanted to provide [...]

Apple has released iOS 18.4, and one of the biggest features is priority notifications, which use Apple Intelligence to highlight important notifications that may require your immediate attention," according to Apple's patch notes. The priority notifications will appear at the top of your notification stack on your Home Screen, as shown in the picture below [...]

Following months of testing, Plex has started to roll out its redesigned mobile app to Android and iOS devices, and it will arrive to everyone within the next week. The new app comes with an updated navigation system that should make it easier to access different parts of the app and find content to watch, [...]

Warner Bros. Discovery introduced new branding for its Max streaming service yesterday, alongside announcing availability in Australia. Although still simply called Max, the service has traded its bright blue appearance for a monochromatic black-and-white color palette that's more reminiscent of the iconic HBO logo. The new look has already been introduced on the streaming service's [...]

Amazon has launched a new AI model, Nova Act, which is designed to perform tasks - like online shopping - in your browser. For now it's only available to developers in a research preview," but Amazon is also expanding access to its other Nova AI models through a web portal, making them easier to find [...]

Amazon has officially launched its AI-powered Alexa Plus - but it's only available to a small number" of customers to start, Amazon spokesperson Kristy Schmidt confirmed to The Verge. As shown on its early access page, Alexa Plus also doesn't come with all the features Amazon showcased during its recent devices event, like the ability [...]

WheneverVergestaffers are asked to describe their smart tech, office tools, kitchen gadgets, or whatever else, they talk about things they recently bought, things they picked up 10 years ago, or things they've had sitting around their house for decades. We've gathered a few of the items that our staffers have enthused about in the past [...]

A few months ago, I was stuffing my face with Christmas cookies and catching up on the season 3 reunion episode of Netflixas The Ultimatum. It was a typical tawdry hour of reality TV. Clout-hungry influencer wannabes dressed to the nines, nursing their bruised egos and rehashing the minutiae of why their relationships crashed out [...]

France's competition watchdog (Autorite de la concurrence) ordered Apple to pay 150 million (~$162.4 million) after finding that its App Tracking Transparency system allows the company to abuse its dominance in the mobile app market. In its decision, the authority says the initiative - which Apple pitches as a way to give users more control [...]

As TikTokas April 5th sell-by date approaches, Americans are back to where they stood before the original January deadline: watching anxiously to see if a major social media app gets banned. But that's far from the only big event we'll see over the coming month. April is filled with momentous turns in long-running tech policy [...]

This week, on April 4th, Microsoft turns 50 years old. The company has gone through sweeping changes over that time aAfrom two guys in New Mexico to more than a quarter-million employees worldwide, from making text-based operating systems to holographic video games aAbut through the decades, it's remained a foundation of the tech world. Microsoft [...]