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The more than 20,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein emails released earlier this month by the House Oversight Committee have been enough to prompt more investigations into the convicted child sex offender and the people around him, like former Harvard president and OpenAI board member Larry Summers. Now, Luke Igel and Riley Walz have reformatted the [...]

Google is pushing back on viral social media posts and articles like this one by Malwarebytes, claiming Google has changed its policy to use your Gmail messages and attachments to train AI models, and the only way to opt out is by disabling smart features" like spell checking. But Google spokesperson Jenny Thomson tells The [...]

Google and the Justice Department had their last chance to make their case before Judge Leonie Brinkema Friday before she decides whether Google needs to be broken up to remedy its ad tech monopoly. Brinkema expects to issue her ruling next year, but understands that time is of the essence," as Reuters reported. While the [...]

It's the most wonderful time of the year, but it can also be the most exhausting. Between hunting for gifts and getting the house ready for guests, it's easy to get overwhelmed. Thankfully, we're already seeing steep discounts on robot vacuums ahead of Black Friday, which can at least make the cleaning part feel a [...]

Microsoft is bringing the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE), which adds a console-like UI while navigating through your game library on a PC with a controller, to laptops, desktops, and tablets. FSE launched with the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, and it has so far only been available on PC handhelds. The expansion to [...]

Nothing's Android 16-powered update brings a bunch of new features to its phones, including its own spin on Google's Live Updates. With Nothing OS 4.0, users can track a delivery, ride, or timer by glancing using the Glyph Interface - the dot-matrix on the Phone 3's rear, or the system of lights on the Phone [...]

Hear me out: Kirby Air Riders isn't a racing game, it's an art tool with a racing game tacked on. The game, out now for the Nintendo Switch 2, is the follow-up to the quirky Kirby-flavored kart racer released in 2003 on the GameCube. It features Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai's round, pink, utterly charming [...]

Editor's note:Black Friday doesn't officially take place until Friday, November 28th; however, if you want to shop ahead of time, we've rounded up thebest early Black Friday dealsyou can already get. Buying the right laptop can be stressful. It's likely one of the bigger tech purchases you'll make, and there are a ludicrous number of [...]

TeamGroup has announced a new portable SSD drive called the T-Create Expert P35S that could give you some peace of mind if you're worried about your data falling into the wrong hands. Instead of using encryption to lock everything behind a password or biometric security, the P35S has a single button that initiates a self-destruct. [...]

Your mom deserves the best, and we're going to help you get them something special. The right gift can make family or friend time more valuable, after all, or it can greatly enrich time spent alone. If your mom says that she has all that she needs, don't take her word for it and show [...]

Deals on Sony's PlayStation 5 are much more common than those on its PlayStation Portal, the handheld that can remotely stream games from the console via Wi-Fi. But for Black Friday, the Portal just got its first major discount to around $178.99 ($21 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. Additionally, you can save up [...]

There has been a recent deluge of generative AI videos featuring uncannily fresh-faced teens waxing nostalgic about how much better the world was during the '80s and '90s. As the AI youths smize and show off their period-specific haircuts, the clips cut to dreamlike footage of sun-drenched cul-de-sacs and vintage cars while songs like "Everybody [...]

Hoto has a new cordless leaf blower that continues the company's trend of redesigning power tools so they look more at home in an Apple Store - or in a sci-fi movie - than at Home Depot. It's available now from Hoto's online store for $239.99 or on Amazon, where it's discounted from $249.99 to [...]

Apple's new M5-powered iPad Pro is certainly impressive, but if you just need a reliable tablet for streaming, taking video calls, note-taking, and light work, you don't need to spend north of $1,000. Apple's latest entry-level iPad can handle everyday tasks with ease - and it's currently matching its all-time low of $279 ($70 off) [...]

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. A new trend has quickly emerged for AI startups that want to stand out from the rest: brag about revenue. Take Sierra, Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor's AI customer [...]

Analogue has announced its reimagined and upgraded 4K version of the Nintendo 64, the Analogue 3D, is being restocked and will be available again for preorder starting at 8 AM PT/11 AM ET on Monday, November 24th. That's good news for those of us who missed out on the initial preorders that quickly sold out, [...]

Black Friday is still a week away, but Sony has already slashed the price of three PlayStation 5 models. The PS5 Digital Edition (slim) is down to around $399 ($100 off) - its lowest price of the year - at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. The standard PS5 (slim) is also on sale for around [...]

For a long, long time, Windows looked like Windows. The version numbers and features changed, but the basic structure of the computer didn't. With Windows 8, Microsoft tried to completely change things... and we know how that went over. So Windows, by and large, went back to being Windows. And people were mostly grateful for [...]

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they're going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here. Once again, AI is failing to [...]

I recently published a review of the Asus Falcata, a 75-percent Hall effect gaming keyboard split in half for ergonomic benefits. My takeaway is that $420 is way too much money for an ergonomic keyboard that doesn't do the ergonomic part as well as some cheaper models. Notably, the inside edges closest to your thumbs [...]

Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. While we wait, we tried to order a Trump Mobile SIM card so we can test the service on a different device. Here's how that went. Signing up for Trump Mobile's wireless service felt a little like engaging in espionage. Let's say [...]

It's pretty rare when a cool new gadget feature gets announced that you can try right away on your own devices. But that's exactly what happened yesterday when, out of the blue, Google announced it had engineered a way to bring AirDrop interoperability to Pixel 10 phones - all without Apple's involvement. After the news [...]

Apple has partnered with artist and designer Bailey Hikawa on a new MagSafe iPhone grip designed with accessibility in mind from the ground up." The $69.95 Hikawa Phone Grip & Stand is available from the Apple Store now, but is listed as a limited edition item. The stand comes in either Brat green or a [...]

Arizona's economy was once dominated by the "five C's": cotton, cattle, citrus, copper, and climate. But a new C has emerged that could grow to overshadow the rest: chips. New semiconductor manufacturing facilities are springing up across the greater Phoenix area, stretching across blocks of new roads with names like "Processor Parkway" and "Transistor Terrace." [...]

It was really easy getting Google's Gemini app to make an image of a second shooter at Dealey Plaza, the White House ablaze, and Mickey Mouse flying a plane into the Twin Towers. We asked and it complied. There were few filters or guardrails, another sign that the battle over generative AI content moderation and [...]

It's no secret that Elon Musk shapes the X social platform and X's maximally truth-seeking" Grok AI chatbot to his preferences. But it's possible Musk may have needed a bit of an extra ego boost this week, because Grok's worship of its creator seems, shall we say, more noticeable than usual. As a number of [...]

Bethesda is now selling a highly-detailed wearable replica of the Pip-Boy 3000 from Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. It was designed using the 3D models of the accessory in the games to make it as accurate as possible, and is available for preorder now for $299.99, with shipping expected to start as early as [...]

Between all the new phones, smartwatches, and laptops we see throughout the year, it often feels like we're constantly being nudged toward shinier, more expensive gadgets. And I get it. As a self-professed gadget nerd, few things are more exciting than unboxing and setting up a new device. But the truth is, you can still [...]

If you've been waiting for some relief after Sonos raised its prices earlier this year in response to US tariffs, Black Friday presents a rare opportunity. With many products on sale for their lowest price to date for Black Friday, and the Sonos app being in far better shape than it was a year ago, [...]

OpenAI is widely rolling out group chats inside ChatGPT, allowing you to invite up to 20 other people to your conversation with the AI chatbot. The feature is now available globally to all logged-in users, following a short pilot earlier this month. OpenAI positions the feature as a way to collaborate with friends, family members, [...]

Federal prosecutors have charged four people with illegally smuggling Nvidia GPUs and HP supercomputers with Nvidia GPUs from the US to China, according to a court filing spotted by Court Watch. The US government has placed restrictions that prevent Nvidia from selling its most powerful chips for AI training to China, but Chinese companies like [...]

Last week, Tesla revealed a new section of its website dedicated to reporting safety statistics for its advanced driver assist systems, Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD). The new hub appears to be an attempt to move beyond the company's traditional quarterly safety reports, which have been criticized for failing to account for basic facts about [...]

Google set the bar high for Gemini 3. It's promising a bunch of upgraded features in its shiny new AI model, from generating code that produces interactive 3D visualizations to "agentic" capabilities that complete tasks. But as we've seen in the past, what's advertised doesn't always match up to reality. So we put some of [...]

Microsoft will start rolling out its new Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) to Windows-based handhelds on November 21st. The full screen mode for the Xbox app originally shipped on the Xbox Ally devices last month, providing a more console-like navigation experience on top of Windows 11. While Microsoft released a preview to MSI Claw models [...]

The Oura Ring 4 is our favorite smart ring thanks to its slim design, improved battery life, and in-depth health tracking features. If you're curious to see why it's such a great alternative to a smartwatch, you can snag the health tracker for as low as $249 at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. Discounts on [...]

Perplexity is launching its AI-powered browser on Android. The new Comet app is available to download now, and it comes with many of the same features as the desktop version of the browser, including the ability to summon Perplexity's built-in AI assistant while you surf the web. It's one of the first major AI-centric browsers [...]

Amazon Prime Video is testing another new generative AI-powered feature to help catch you up on a show you've been watching before starting a new season. Video Recaps uses AI to identify a show's important plot points and create a short but theatrical-quality" summary video that combines a selection of clips with music, dialogue, and [...]

Google just announced some unexpected and welcome news: Pixel 10 owners can now send and receive files with Apple devices over AirDrop. And equally interestingly, the company engineered this interoperability without Apple's involvement. Google says it works with iPhone, iPad, and macOS devices, and applies to the entire Pixel 10 series. While limited to Google's [...]

Carrying around a full stack of physical books isn't practical, but an e-reader lets you take a full library with you anywhere. Thankfully, Amazon's latest Kindle is currently on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target in its ad-supported configuration for $79.99 ($30 off) or without ads for $99.99 ($30 off), which is a new [...]

Nvidia has partnered with Google to launch a new cloud gaming plan exclusive to Chromebooks. GeForce Now Fast Pass will allow Chromebook owners to stream over 2,000 games directly from an existing PC game library without ads, and new Chromebook purchases will include a year's membership for free. Fast Pass looks similar to GeForce Now's [...]

Move over Google Assistant, there's a new robot to yell at while driving. Starting today, Google is rolling out its Gemini AI assistant to Android Auto users, allowing drivers access to a truly conversational" voice assistant who can help with directions, messages, and errands. With Gemini, you can just speak naturally, have a back and [...]

It feels like Microsoft is blindly racing toward another Windows 8 situation. Windows 8 was arguably the most divisive release of Windows in its 40-year history, as Microsoft attempted to overhaul the operating system for a touch-first future. Spooked by the iPad, the company shipped a radical overhaul that ditched the familiar Start menu and [...]

HBO's latest Game of Thrones prequel series hasn't even premiered yet, but there are already plans for it to run for at least one more season. Today, HBO announced both A Knight for the Seven Kingdoms and House of the Dragon have been renewed for second and fourth seasons, respectively. In addition to the Game [...]

Suno, the AI music startup being sued by the big three major labels, the RIAA, and even some indie acts for illegally training its model on copyrighted material, just raised $250 million (which might help pay its legal bills). What caught my eye in the Wall Street Journal article about the funding round and the [...]

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Meta is about to get some new competition in the AR-powered smart glasses space: A little-known company called Vonderful Inc. is gearing up to launch its first pair of AI [...]

Year after year, model after model, the Boox Palma gets a little closer to the device of my dreams. Onyx, the company that makes it, found a formula that remains both simple and delightful: it's a gadget about the size of a smartphone, with access to the full breadth of Android apps, but with an [...]

Let's talk about AI and what I've been calling the DoorDash problem." This is about to define the next battle in AI, and it might completely transform not only how you order a sandwich - but also how the entire internet economy works in general. So what, exactly, is the DoorDash problem? Briefly, it's what [...]

The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) released the latest version of the Qi2 standard in April 2025, bringing wireless chargers a step closer to the faster charging rates offered by USB cables. Qi2.2 supports up to 25W charging, which is a welcome improvement to the 15W that has been the maximum rate for the standard since [...]

You no longer need an iPhone to get the most out of AirPods. Apple's AirPods provide a basic listening experience when paired to non-Apple devices, but the free LibrePods app, developed by Kavish Devar, unlocks features like ear detection, head gestures, and customizations on Android and Linux devices, as spotted by Android Authority. LibrePods was [...]