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Electric vehicle charging network EVgo changed its terms of service Thursday to include new language explicitly prohibiting the use of high-speed DC extension cables and breakaway adapters at the company's stations. The terms, which go into effect March 8th, are another bump in the road for enterprising companies looking to cash in on EV charging [...]

Apple AirTags can help you find your lost items, but what if you need to keep track of more than one or two items, or you want to equip the whole family? The occasional deal on a four-pack can help a ton, especially when it's down to $64.49 (about $35 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, [...]

Intel is delaying the opening of its $28 billion Ohio chip plants yet again. In an update on Friday, Intel executive vice president Naga Chandrasekaran said the company now expects its first factory to begin operations between 2030 and 2031 - years later than its initial plan to kick off production in 2025. Meanwhile, the [...]

Mobile World Congress 2025 is nearly upon us, and weare heading to Barcelona to see what the worldas smartphone manufacturers have to offer as they launch new devices, tease new features, and talk incessantly about AI.The show officially kicks off on March 3rd and runs to March 6th, but the first announcements should arrive on [...]

Severance has always been a horror story, albeit one set in a mostly generic office. That blandness is a large part of what makes it so scary: underneath the corporate speak, drab decor, and unflattering fluorescent lighting is something very sinister. And in the showas latest episode, it uses that energy to tap into a [...]

Amazon has been trying to make virtual assistants happen for more than a decade. Alexa is, by many definitions, wildly successful, but it has so far failed to become the kind of omnipresent, omnipotent helper the company imagines. (It has also, by all accounts, failed to become a compelling business for Amazon.) This week, though, [...]

DJI has announced the third iteration of its drone-in-a-box solution designed for missions like safely inspecting power lines and emergency response. As with previous versions, the DJI Dock 3 is small enough to be transported in the back of a pickup truck, but it's the first that allows DJI's new Matrice 4D and Matrice 4TD [...]

The Apple Watch is now the smartwatch of choice for National Hockey League officials. Apple and the NHL just announced a collaboration where on-ice officials will wear Apple Watches that are running special software to receive important in-game information. Using the custom-built NHL Watch Comms app, on-ice referees can view the game clock directly from [...]

It's the end of an era. Microsoft is shutting down Skype in May and replacing it with the free version of Microsoft Teams for consumers. Existing Skype users will be able to log in to the Microsoft Teams app and have their message history, group chats, and contacts all automatically available without having to create [...]

According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, meme coins don't meet the requirements to be protected by federal securities law. In new guidance issued on Thursday, the SEC announced that it doesn't view most meme coins - cryptocurrencies that originate from internet memes or cultural phenomena - as securities, and that transactions around them do [...]

AMD's answer to Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs is arriving next week - and its new graphics cards are aggressively priced against Nvidia's $749 GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and $549 RTX 5070. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT ship on March 6th for $549 and $599, respectively, one day after the RTX 5070 arrives. [...]

The shadow president paced around the stage after his speech, sunglasses on, mouth frozen in a grin, raising a chainsaw overhead to the delight of an adoring crowd as a large rectangular canvas made its way from the back of the audience toward him. He grabbed the painting, visibly thrilled. On the canvas, as onstage, [...]

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia has joined President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) service. Gebbia, a close friend of Elon Musk and fellow billionaire, announced that he's been tasked with improving the slow and paper-based retirement process," though the specifics of his involvement are unclear. Excited to share I'm bringing my designer brain and [...]

Electronic Arts (EA) is releasing the source code for four Command & Conquer titles under the open-source GPL license. The original Command & Conquer (since subtitled Tiberian Dawn) is joined by Red Alert, Renegade, and Generals, the code for all of which can now be found on EA's GitHub page. Only the code has been [...]

Tri-folds are having a moment. Thereas that impressive Huawei device, my favorite 3-in-1 Apple charger, and now this: the Zip tri-fold projector from a company called Aurzen. Itas the most gadgety gadget Iave tested in a long time. The Zipas heft, texture, and hinge stiffness evokes quality at first touch and itas impressively bright for [...]

Kia is launching a new EV4 sedan and hatchback with promising range figures for an affordable electric car. The vehicle was announced at Kia's 2025 EV day event in Spain today, where the company also revealed an urban-focused EV2 small electric SUV concept and the PV5 electric passenger and cargo van. The EV4 sedan was [...]

Meta is planning to launch a dedicated app for its AI chatbot, according to a report from CNBC. The Verge can also confirm that Meta is working on the standalone app. The new app could launch in the second quarter of this year, CNBC says, joining the growing number of standalone AI apps, including OpenAI's [...]

Amazon is gearing up to launch new hardware to go along with its AI-upgraded Alexa. During an interview with Bloomberg, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company has a brand new lineup of devices that are coming in the fall that are beautiful." On Wednesday, Amazon revealed Alexa Plus, a more conversational version of the [...]

Cricut has announced new versions of its crafting machines designed to print, cut, and emboss various materials using a collection of swappable tools. The new Cricut Maker 4 and Cricut Explore 4 are the first updates to both machines in nearly four years and offer faster cutting speeds for some materials, improved accuracy, and cheaper [...]

Apple announced in a whitepaper that it plans to introduce a bunch of new child safety features, including letting parents share their kids' age ranges with apps, refreshing the App Store's age ratings system, and making it easier for parents to set up Child Accounts for their kids. The company says it will introduce the [...]

Microsoft is releasing a native Copilot app for macOS today. Much like the Windows app, the Copilot version for Mac will provide access to the web-based version of Microsoft's AI assistant, where you can upload images and generate images or text. The macOS version of Copilot also includes a dark mode and a shortcut command [...]

OpenAI is launching GPT-4.5 today, its newest and largest AI language model. GPT-4.5 will be available as a research preview for ChatGPT Pro users to start. OpenAI is calling the release its most knowledgeable model yet," but initially warned that GPT-4.5 is not a frontier model and might not perform as well as o1 or [...]

Oh, Alexa, how you've changed. The long-awaited new Alexa, Alexa Plus, is set to bring a more conversational, context-aware, and capable assistant to your smart home. With a new voice (eight of them, in fact) and a new attitude, this is the biggest change to the voice assistant since it debuted in 2014. And it [...]

I tell Amazon's Alexa to shut up on a near daily basis. I have almost zero interest in speaking to Gemini after our first awkward chat. The hitches, misunderstandings, and lag in any given AI conversation" mean I'm always wasting time speaking when I could be texting instead. But speaking to Maya," one of two [...]

Meta has fired aroughly 20a employees who leaked aconfidential information outside the company,a according to a spokesperson. We tell employees when they join the company, and we offer periodic reminders, that it is against our policies to leak internal information, no matter the intent,a Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold tells The Verge exclusively. aWe recently conducted [...]

Meta is making sweeping changes to its content moderation policies, including abandoning third-party fact-checks in favor of X's crowd-sourced Community Notes" approach and loosening restrictions on topics like immigration and gender identity. Under the updated Hateful Conduct policy, for example, calling gay and trans people mentally ill" is now allowed, while an explicit ban on [...]

PlayerUnknown Productions, the studio from PUBG creator Brendan Greene (aka PlayerUnknown), has shared a gameplay trailer for Prologue: Go Wayback!, a single-player survival game that's launching in early access on Steam this year. The studio previously shared that the game would be built with machine-learning-driven terrain generation technology," and in this new trailer, you can [...]

Katy Perry will fly to space during Blue Origin's next crewed mission, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company has announced. The pop star will join CBS host Gayle King and Bezos's fiance Lauren Sanchez aboard the New Shepard rocket this spring, marking its 11th human flight. Along with Perry and Sanchez, who is known for her [...]

Microsoft might say its top priority right now is security, but itas been clear for months that AI is just as important. The odd division out has been Xbox, which hasnat discussed its use of AI much in public. But that changed last week when Microsoft ripped the band-aid off and waded, somewhat clumsily, into [...]

After an epic wait, the Powerbeats Pro 2 are finally here. No, seriously. The original Powerbeats Pro released nearly six years ago, roughly an ice age as far as gadgets go. Turns out, it was worth it thanks to new active noise canceling, a transparency mode, and heart rate monitoring. None of these features are [...]

From Monster Hunt Wilds to Ninja Gaiden 4, there are a ton of great Xbox Series X / S games coming out this year. Luckily, if you need more storage to play them all, Western Digital's officially licensed WD_Black C50 Storage Expansion Card for Xbox is down to its best price since Black Friday, with [...]

Lazarus, Shinichir Watanabe's upcoming anime about a world plunged into chaos by a mysterious miracle drug, finally has a premiere date. Today, Adult Swim announced today that Lazarus will debut on April 5th with encores hitting Max on Thursdays beginning April 10th. Along with the announcement, Adult Swim also dropped a new Lazarus trailer teasing [...]

While Elon Musk hacks away at the federal bureaucracy in the name of efficiency," his company Starlink appears poised to steal a multibillion-dollar government contract from Verizon. The Federal Aviation Administration is on the cusp of canceling a $2.4 billion contract to overhaul the communication system for the nation's air traffic control system and handing [...]

President Donald Trump says his 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports will go into effect as scheduled on March 4th, unless imports of drugs including fentanyl are stopped or seriously limited." Drugs are still pouring into our Country from Mexico and Canada at very [...]

Bad news for folks hoping the Powerbeats Pro 2 can replace their chest strap at the gym: while the workout buds are great at playing music and can connect to various gym equipment to track heart rate, they can't do both at the same time. The issue was pointed out in YouTuber DC Rainmaker's review [...]

Disney Plus will begin exclusively airing a bite-sized version of ESPN's SportsCenter, the company announced on Thursday. The show, called SC Plus, will feature a fast-paced" update with the day's most important moments in sports. It debuts on March 3rd. SC Plus will be based on SportsCenter's top 10 format, offering a quick rundown of [...]

DoorDash is paying restitution after keeping tips from as many as 63,000 of its New York delivery workers thanks to a settlement with the New York Attorney General's office, The New York Times reports. Attorney General Letitia James announced on Monday that DoorDash will pay $16.8 million, which will be spread across workers who were [...]

Each Pokemon Presents stream is special in its own way, but we're expecting big things from this year's showcase given the imminent arrival of the Switch 2. A new console means a new generation of games like Pokemon Legends: Z-A and the franchise's next mainline title. But there should also be some major updates for [...]

Many years ago, I built my first PC inside a repurposed Gateway chassis with just a regular old screwdriver and a grounding bracelet. I'll spare you the ugly details, but let's just say I wish I had tools specially made for the job. If you want to avoid pain in your own projects, you should [...]

Amazon is making its foray into quantum computing with the launch of a new chip designed to make quantum error correction more efficient. In an announcement on Thursday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) said the chip, called Ocelot, can reduce the costs of implementing quantum error correction by up to 90%, compared to current approaches." Quantum [...]

Crypto is, once again, exploding. Momentum born of a potentially friendlier regulatory atmosphere has met rising coin values, with Bitcoin more than doubling in value last year. Meanwhile, powered by advances to the underlying infrastructure, crypto is evolving beyond speculation and into real utility. Thatas driving new use cases for AI and enabling seamless experiences [...]

Hey, and welcome to Decoder. This is Alex Heath, deputy editor at The Verge. I'm guest hosting today's episode for Nilay. Today, we're diving into the bromance between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, and more specifically, how it's impacting the changing right-wing political movement here in the United States. There's no better place to [...]

In 2022, I watched a video of mine and wanted to hide under a rock. My skin looked sallow, the dark circles under my eyes pronounced. Loved ones reassured me I was seeing things, but commenters confirmed my worst insecurities. While relating my woes to a friend, she interrupted my pity party to say I [...]

Like its predecessor, Pokemon Legends: Z-A is bringing back three classic starter pokemon to get you started on your next adventure. Though Pokemon Legends: Z-A will likely introduce a number of new creatures, Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile will be the first three partner pokemon you can choose between as you journey into the depths of [...]

To celebrate the day almost 30 years ago when Pikachu pika'd his way into our hearts and minds, the Pokemon Company held a Pokemon Presents showcase highlighting what games and experiences to expect in the coming months. There were updates on Pokemon Legends: Z-A, a new season of Pokemon Concierge, and a totally new multiplayer [...]

Sony is cutting the price of its PlayStation VR 2 headset in March. The VR 2 will be discounted to just $399.99, down from the original $549 pricing when it launched in February 2023. The headset will also see a price cut in Europe (449.99), the UK (399.99), Japan (66,980), and other regions. Sony is [...]

Instagram is reportedly considering spinning its Reels feature into a standalone short-form video app to take advantage of TikTok's uncertain future in the US. Instagram head Adam Mosseri was overheard discussing the plans with staff this week according to an anonymous source cited by The Information. The Reels app is reportedly part of a Meta [...]

Xiaomi has announced its 15 Ultra flagship phone at a launch event in China, where it's going on sale starting at 6,499 yuan (around $893). The Android phone joins the company's Xiaomi 15 and 15 Pro, which went on sale there in October 2024. It is a mostly iterative upgrade on last year's model, but [...]

Europe has an electric bike problem. Direct-to-consumer e-bikes from inexpensive Chinese brands like Engwe and countless others can be easily purchased online despite openly flouting EU restrictions. They feature throttles and powerful motors that can be easily unlocked to far exceed the 25km/h (16mph) legal speed limit a no pedaling required. Here in Amsterdam, cheap [...]

The iPhone 16E is everything I love and hate about iOS. FaceTime at your fingertips. A reliable camera. Simplicity. Familiarity. Theyare the pillars of the iPhone experience, and Appleas newest phone has aem. My husband picked up the 16E, concerned that he would have to alearn something newa to use it. He swiped around for [...]