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Microsoft is sharing several new Xbox gaming updates for March that include a new look for Game Bar on PC, a new Cloud Gaming feature, and fresh benefits for playing some free-to-play games through Game Pass. Game Bar on PC, which gives you the ability to quickly launch games, control audio mixes, and monitor game [...]

OpenAI is pushing back the rollout of ChatGPT's built-in image generator for free users. In a post on Wednesday, CEO Sam Altman admitted that the image-generation tool is more popular than he expected, adding that rollout to our free tier is unfortunately going to be delayed for awhile." OpenAI only just added image generation capabilities [...]

Amazon has released a software update for the current-generation Colorsoft and Paperwhite that lets you double-tap on the sides or back of your Kindle to turn the page. The new feature, as spotted by The eBook Reader, is listed in the release notes for the 5.18.1 update and can be found in Settings > Device [...]

YouTube will soon count Shorts views using the same method as TikTok and Instagram. Starting March 31st, YouTube will displaythe number of times a Short starts to play or replay, like Instagram and TikTok do, instead of only counting after someone watches a Short for a specific length of time. We hope that this deeper [...]

After an hours-long tease, Marvel has confirmed much of the cast for the next Avengers movie - and it pulls together a huge list of stars from films ranging from past Avengers and X-Men flicks to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps. Today's announcements include: Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars [...]

When it comes to working out or just hanging outside, the perks of bone conduction headphones versus over-ear headphones or earbuds are growing. They've always been the safer alternative since they don't obstruct your hearing, but with the Shokz OpenRun Pro 2, they now actually sound good. Thanks to its USB-C charging (in place of [...]

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked Apple's efforts to intervene in the federal antitrust trial against Google that jeopardizes Apple's lucrative search exclusivity deal, Ars Technica reports. In February, US District Court Judge Amit Mehta had already denied Apple's request to take a limited role in the remedies phase of the Google Search [...]

Microsoft is rolling out a new sign-in screen for more than a billion consumers that access services like Outlook, Windows, Xbox, Microsoft 365, and more. The updated authentication screen is based on Microsoft's Fluent 2 design language and even includes a dark mode with Xbox colors. The entire authentication process for Microsoft accounts has been [...]

Canon has announced an updated version of its EOS R50 with improved video capabilities, a smaller body, and a cheaper price tag - thanks in part to losing an electronic viewfinder. The original, which launched in 2023, was an entry-level mirrorless camera with 4K video capabilities that maxed out at 30fps. The new EOS R50 [...]

Spring cleaning season is here, which is probably why we're seeing retailers slash prices on top-tier robot vacuums like the Dreame X40 Ultra and Eufy X10 Pro Omni. Yet it's the deal on the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra - our favorite robot vacuum overall - that stands out the most. Right now, you can buy [...]

Rivian announced the creation of a new micromobility company called Also. The deal includes $105 million in Series B funding from venture capital firm Eclipse and will focus on the development and production of lightweight electric vehicles like bikes and scooters. For the world to fully transition to electrified transportation, a range of vehicle types [...]

Security cameras can be helpful for spotting package thieves, letting you know when your kid got home from school, or scaring off that rascally raccoon rustling around your chicken coop. But constant notifications from these devices can make them more annoying than useful. Notification fatigue once made me ignore the repeated motion alerts from a [...]

Krisp, the company best known for its noise cancellation app, is launching a new AI tool that's supposed to convert a speaker's accent to American English in real time. The tool comes bundled in Krisp's existing desktop app and acts as a virtual microphone to modify the sound of someone's voice across video conferencing apps [...]

Blizzard has announced that it will make exceptions to its hardcore permadeath policy and allow some characters to return to life. According to a report in Ars Technica, Blizzard made the pronouncement in response to a string of DDoS attacks that seemed specifically targeted to cause the in-game deaths of members of a high-profile raiding [...]

Video game menus tend to fade into the background a but thatas not the case with Metaphor: ReFantazio. Like the Persona games before it, the fantasy RPG has an interface thatas slick, aggressive, and certainly not the kind of thing youall forget. And according to lead interface designer Koji Ise, the intent was to create [...]

I can tell you the entire story of the 11th-generation iPad by explaining the results of one benchmarking test. Itas called Geekbench, and itas a cross-platform tool that simulates a bunch of real-world activities to give each device a score that roughly approximates how powerful it is. Itas not perfect (no benchmark is), but it [...]

The Nissan Leaf is back, and it's not a frumpy looking hatchback anymore. The Japanese automaker is dusting off its pioneering EV and giving it new technology and a new form factor. The Leaf will return as a crossover SUV with a Tesla plug (!!), casting off its outdated appearance that previously led to rumors [...]

On March 24th, The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a damning story about being added to the Houthi PC Small Group' on Signal by Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz. In it, he described inadvertently becoming privy to high-level military operation planning that should never have taken place on Signal by people who really should [...]

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is The Verge's smart home reviewer, and she's mind-bogglingly impressive in the number of devices she covers. As she says, On any given day, I can be evaluating anything from robot vacuums, smart locks, and lights, to smart chicken coops, smart ovens, and connected coffee makers." Jennifer has been a journalist for [...]

The latest update for No Man's Sky is going back in time. Called Relics, the expansion launches today and introduces paleontology and archaeology elements to the sci-fi exploration game; players can now unearth the bones of alien creatures, piece them together, and even erect museums. Perhaps most interesting is that players will be able to [...]

The US has added 80 organizations and companies to a trading export blacklist in an effort to prevent China from acquiring computing technology for military purposes. The new restrictions announced by the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) are the latest attempt to block foreign access to cutting-edge American chips, despite [...]

When Princess Mononoke first debuted back in 1997, it marked a major turning point for Studio Ghibli. The studio had already dabbled in computer-generated imagery and digital compositing with films like Isao Takahataas Pom Poko and Yoshifumi KondAas Whisper of the Heart. But Mononoke was the first instance of Ghibli really embracing CGI as a [...]

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that all non-folding e-bikes will be banned from the majority of London's public transport network. The ban has been driven by the fire risk from regular bikes converted into e-bikes using DIY kits, but extends to purpose-built e-bikes too in the name of easier enforcement. The new ban comes [...]

12-year-old browser game GeoGuessr is getting a belated port to PC, with a new listing for the game now in the Steam Store. Despite its age, GeoGuessr will launch in Early Access when it goes on sale some time in April 2025. GeoGuessr first launched in 2013, and tasks players with figuring out their coordinates [...]

If you're looking for some solid evidence that Microsoft's strategy to bring Xbox games to PS5 is seeing some early success, look no further than Sony's own PlayStation Store today. The top preordered games in the US PlayStation Store are Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Forza Horizon 5, with the $99.99 premium versions [...]

As a part-time vanlifer, Iam constantly looking for opportunities to be alone in the world. But I also want to feel safe when parked overnight at an abandoned train station where thereas a non-zero chance of starring in a Netflix true-crime drama. Thatas why I always travel with an axe, my reactive beagle, and a [...]

Porsche is upgrading the infotainment in the upcoming 2026 model year Taycan, 911, Panamera, and Cayenne with more responsive" software and features such as an Alexa personal assistant. The 2026 Porsche Communication Management (PCM) will get the Porsche App Center introduced in the Macan Electric. It provides direct access to a large number of apps" [...]

After Google and OpenAI offered up AI news on Tuesday, Microsoft has followed with announcements of its own, including details of two deep reasoning" agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot that it claims are the first of their kind, dubbed Researcher and Analyst, as well as new capabilities for custom AI agents. Researcher relies on OpenAI's [...]

Chatbot service Character.AI is adding a new Parental Insights' feature, which lets teens send a weekly report of their chatbot usage to a parents' email address. As outlined in an announcement from the company, this report includes the daily average time spent across web and mobile, the characters that a user most frequently interacted with, [...]

After delivering a new open" AI model with better performance on a single GPU, Google has now introduced an update to the AI models for its products with Gemini 2.5, which combines a significantly enhanced base model with improved post-training" for better overall performance. It's claiming that the first release, Gemini 2.5 Pro experimental, leads [...]

Environmental Protection Agency workers took to the streets across the US today to protest drastic cuts President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE have made at the federal agency whose mission is to protect human health and the environment." Musk, the face of DOGE and the target of growing protests at Tesla dealerships, was a [...]

Pick-your-own" promotions are a personal favorite of mine, so I'm stoked to see the return of Amazon's deal that lets you grab three 4K Blu-rays, standard 1080p Blu-rays, or DVDs for the price of two. All you have to do is add any three items included on this page and head to checkout, after which [...]

Game Informer is back, and so is its entire staff. On Tuesday, editor-in-chief Matt Miller announced that Gunzilla Games has acquired the rights to the gaming magazine, helping to bring the site and its archives back online. GameStop, which previously owned Game Informer, shut down the beloved magazine last August and laid off its entire [...]

AT&T will cut its autopay and paperless billing discounts in half starting April 24th. In a statement to The Verge, AT&T spokesperson Kyle Loomis confirmed reports that customers enrolled in the program will get $5 off their monthly bill instead of $10 when paying with a debit card. AT&T is also doing away with the [...]

When we reviewed the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition late last year, one of our biggest gripes was the e-reader's initial starting price of $279.99. It's a high price to pay for an ebook reader, particularly given its smaller 7-inch display and lack of stylus support, but those shortcomings are more forgivable now that the ebook [...]

Waymo announced that Washington, DC will be its next robotaxi city. The company aims to launch its Waymo One ridehailing service in the nation's capitol in 2026 - though it acknowledged that it will first need to change the city law prohibiting fully autonomous vehicles without safety drivers. Currently, companies that want to test autonomous [...]

It's extremely hard to beat Anker's A1695 InstaCord" 25,000mAh portable battery when it comes to value and price, especially now that it's 20 percent off thanks to Amazon's Big Spring Sale. Originally $109.99, it's currently available from Amazon and Anker for an all-time low $87.99 - not bad considering the high-capacity power bank offers 165W [...]

In their quest to build a coast-to-coast EV charging network, GM, EVgo, and Pilot announce they have installed electric vehicle chargers at 130 locations across 25 states. The partnership, which launched in 2022, aimed to install 2,000 DC fast chargers at 500 Pilot and Flying J truck stop locations nationwide. In a press release, the [...]

Kristen Radtke is creative director at The Verge. I work with the art team on the overall look and feel of the site across illustrations, photos, and branding," she explains. I also design feature stories and custom packages." One of her favorite software packages is Calligraphr, and so we asked her about it. What exactly [...]

Though it took Amazon MGM quite a while to wrest the James Bond franchise away from longtime producers Barbara Broccoli Michael G. Wilson, the studio has already found the duo's replacements. Today, Amazon MGM announced that it has tapped veteran producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman to produce a new untitled Bond feature. Pascal, best [...]

OpenAI is integrating new image generation capabilities directly into ChatGPT starting today a this feature is dubbed aImages in ChatGPT.a Users can now use GPT-4o to generate images within ChatGPT itself. This initial release focuses solely on image creation and will be available across ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Team, and Free subscription tiers. The free tieras [...]

After Samsung first revealed its glasses-free 3D monitor last year, the company is finally letting customers reserve preorders for the display, with a since-removed Best Buy page showing a price of $1,999.99. The 27-inch Odyssey 3D G90XF comes with a 4K display that uses eye-tracking to deliver a natural-looking high-definition 3D image." You'll need to [...]

Apple has set the date for this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), with the event kicking off with an in-person experience to watch the keynote and Platforms State of the Union on June 9th at Apple Park and running through June 13th. Announcements will focus on the upcoming versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and [...]

Discord is finally updating the themes on its desktop app to include a full dark mode that's ideal for OLED monitors. The new Onyx dark mode is part of a number of UI updates to the Discord desktop app that make it closely match the mobile version of the app, alongside a much-improved overlay. The [...]

Update, March 25th: Amazon is no longer offering the XM5 for $249.99; however, you can still pick them up at Amazon, Best Buy, and Sony for around $318 ($82 off). I'm not the type of person who assumes that the best tech for me is something that was just announced this week. Take, for example, [...]

Hoto makes tools for DIY tinkerers who have a preference, not just for how their tools perform, but how they look, too. Not to be hyperbolic, but they're the slickest tools we've seen, so we love to tell Verge readers every time its products go on sale. And, wouldn't you know it, the reliable Hoto [...]

Sony has announced a successor to its budget-minded WF-C700N wireless earbuds from 2023. The new WF-C710N still lack a memorable name but introduce improvements like upgraded active noise cancellation and features borrowed from Sony's more premium earbud offerings. And despite the rising cost of many electronics, the WF-C710N are available for preorder today for $119.99 [...]

Instagram is rolling out a new program to fast-track moderation reports made by school districts. After a district joins the new Schools Partnership program, any post or account they flag for potentially violating Instagram's rules will be automatically prioritized for review." The school's account will then receive notifications about the status of their report, and [...]

A growing body of evidence points to mounting health risks posed by climate change. Despite this, it seems the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will quit funding that kind of research. ProPublica first reported the news on Monday, citing internal records that the investigative outlet viewed. NIH gave directions to staff members last week that [...]

Since early February, Tesla has been the target of protesters opposed to CEO Elon Musk's unprecedented takeover of the federal government. As Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) eliminates humanitarian aid programs and fires tens of thousands of government workers, demonstrators are expressing their rage by picketing Tesla showrooms and demanding Tesla owners sell their [...]