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Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted in Brooklyn on charges that they conspired to illegally rig bets on pitches thrown during games. The two were charged with wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, and money laundering conspiracy, among other things. According to the indictment: The defendants agreed [...]

Much of La Ola Interior (Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990) sounds shockingly contemporary for a collection of tracks recorded in the mid to late '80s. Ambient as a genre was already relatively well established by the time many of the artists on this compilation recorded their songs. But as we neared the end of [...]

Arturia's KeyStep is one of the most popular MIDI controllers ever made, especially with modular synth users and the DAWless crowd. It's small, cheap, has an easy-to-use sequencer, and offers decent connectivity. But it was also released way back in January of 2016. The world of music gear moves more slowly than, say, smartphones, but [...]

When Jeff Bezos decided Amazon needed to get in the smartphone game, he went all in. And the resulting device, the Fire Phone, wound up more densely packed with big ideas than just about any gadget you'll find anywhere. There was just one tiny problem: they were mostly bad ideas. The Fire Phone shipped in [...]

It's not often that a band returns to soundtrack the same game nine years after its release - then again, most games aren't No Man's Sky. Once demoed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and at splashy E3 press conferences, in 2016, No Man's Sky was heralded as gaming's future. And it was all [...]

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 105, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you've recovered from the clocks falling back, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about David Ellison and Common Crawl [...]

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Rumor has it, Apple is working on a low-cost MacBook. And not "low-cost for a Mac," but a proper cheap laptop, possibly as low as $599. For a company that traditionally targets the more premium end of the market, this would be something of an about-face. Of course, Apple takes great pride in its design [...]

The Sims 4 community is in turmoil. Its biggest stars are distancing themselves from the game with the support of their millions of subscribers. Then there are creators in the middle: those big enough to be known, but not big enough to be insulated. And they are struggling with a difficult choice of whether or [...]

Hey, all! The first week of November ushered in dozens of early Black Friday deals, and many of the best ones are still available as we delve further into the weekend. Some of our favorite fitness trackers have already plunged to new lows, for instance, and we're even seeing early discounts on holiday decor. We've [...]

Robot vacuums are amazing machines, but they can also be a pain in the arse. In my home, testing a new robot vacuum often means digging it out from under my living room couch or unhooking it from the legs of my lounger. Then there's being woken at 3AM by a cheery "resuming cleaning," getting [...]

Peter Hujar's Day began, as many great works of art do, with a DM. Director Ira Sachs (Passages, The Delta) had just finished reading a recently unearthed interview between the late portrait photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz that took place in 1974. That dialogue - a conversation about creative anxieties, complete with the [...]

While there's plenty for voters to be worried about right now, rising utility bills have become a hot-button issue. The success of Democrats in New Jersey, Virginia, and Georgia in this week's elections can be seen as something of a referendum on the state of energy policy and infrastructure in the US as power grids [...]

On November 18th, Operation: Infinite will be released for Halo Infinite players with a battle pass and lots of new customizations, but according to the team, that's it for this game's content updates: With multiple Halo titles in development, we'll need our whole team's combined focus to deliver new experiences with the same passion and [...]

For years - through its pandemic-fueled highs and its post-quarantine malaise - Peloton has held its earnings calls at a bright and bushy 8:30AM ET. Not yesterday. Instead, the company broke different news first thing in the morning: it issued yet another recall for 833,000 of its original Bike Plus units, before posting its Q1 [...]

The long-awaited addition of Housing in World of Warcraft is going to cost you. On top of your monthly subscription and the cost of the Midnight expansion itself, some Housing items will require a new in-game currency called Hearthsteel" that players will have to pay for with real money. World of Warcraft already has hundreds [...]

Blackmagic released an update to its free camera app with some new features that streamers and professional broadcasters will appreciate. Both the Android and iOS versions of the Blackmagic Camera app can now stream directly to YouTube, Twitch, and Vimeo, removing the need for third-party apps or additional encoding hardware. You just need to select [...]

From weekend camping trips to unexpected power outages, having a reliable power source like the Anker 521 PowerHouse can be a lifesaver. Normally $249.99, right now you can buy the power station for the new low price of $128.99 at checkout at Amazon. The power station is essentially a portable backup battery with a 256Wh [...]

Valve is making Steam store pages wider as part of a new update rolling out today. With the changes, many pages" will be widened from 940 pixels to now 1200 pixels," Valve says. The company picked that 1200 pixels number because it found that it felt like a good balance where we can show more [...]

Texas AG Ken Paxton is accusing Roblox of putting pixel pedophiles and profits over the safety of Texas children," alleging in a lawsuit filed this week that it is flagrantly ignoring state and federal online safety laws while deceiving parents about the dangers of its platform." The lawsuit accuses Roblox of deceptive trade practices for [...]

It's been five years since BioWare first announced it was working on a brand new Mass Effect game. But today, November 7th (N7 Day), BioWare shared a promising sign of life: the BioWare team is heads-down and focused exclusively" on the game, according to its executive producer. We have a lot of universe to cover, [...]

Last week I asked where the Trump phone was. The answer? Nowhere. There's no update, no response, no sign of it. And since it's still not here, I am - again -asking the same question. And I'm afraid I'm going to keep being here, week in, week out, until I have a T1 Phone in [...]

Samsung's 65-inch Frame Pro is $1,447.99 ($752 off) - a new all-time low - at Woot. The 75-inch model is $1,897.99 ($1,302 off), also an all-time low at Woot. The TV's main attraction is its Art Mode," which cycles through a gallery of famous paintings when you're not actively using it. The artwork on the [...]

Apple's run of excellent sci-fi looks to continue with Pluribus. The series has some strong pedigree; it's helmed by Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, who also has a history in the genre working on The X-Files. It's also a show that requires a lot of trust from viewers, with a strange [...]

Canadian-based Ploopy announced the Nano 2 on Friday. It's an update to the ultra-compact Nano trackball featuring a new button, improved performance, and a USB-C port that replaces the original's chunky USB-B port. The company made a similar upgrade with its Classic 2 trackball mouse earlier this year. The Nano 2 is still designed to [...]

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President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill" is handing out billions in tax breaks, and a new analysis from Senator Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) office is demonstrating just how substantial those sums are. Under the law, Google's parent company, Alphabet, will save around $17.9 billion in taxes this year, an amount that Warren's office found could've paid [...]

The most striking moment of Tesla's annual shareholder meeting Thursday wasn't when Elon Musk won a impossible-sounding pay package worth nearly $1 trillion. That was a foregone conclusion, given Musk's popularity with retail shareholders and his ability to vote his own extensive holdings. To me, the more illuminating moment was when the gathered crowd of [...]

Apple is reportedly working on a low-cost laptop powered by an iPhone chip. This could be a small deal, a decision made by supply chain economics and the fact that the M1 MacBook Air continues to sell well at Walmart. Or it could be huge, a return to form for a company that once seemed [...]

Since the launch of its Polestar 2 sedan in 2021, Swedish EV company Polestar has launched two additional models: the spacious 3 compact crossover SUV, and now the 4, a sporty, even more compact crossover SUV. The 4 slotting in between the 2 and 3 in size may confound some consumers, but one of its [...]

Toward the end of the first episode of Pluribus, Carol (Rhea Seehorn), a woman put in a bizarre and impossible scenario, asks a very straightforward question: "What the fuck is happening?" It's something you'll likely be asking yourself a lot while watching. I certainly did. But that ongoing sense of mystery, and the measured pace [...]

The Nintendo Switch 2 is backward compatible with most original Switch games, which is a great feature to tide early adopters (like me!) over until more Switch 2 exclusives launch. The console comes with 256GB of internal storage, but that probably won't be enough room for your entire digital game library. Thankfully, however, Samsung's 512GB [...]

It's been over a decade and two console generations since GTA V came out, and its sequel is still a work in progress. GTA VI has faced multiple delays, with developer Rockstar Games bumping back its predicted release date twice, first to May 26th, 2026, then again to November 19th, 2026, a full year after [...]

Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to approve Elon Musk's staggering new pay package, in a move aimed at retaining the controversial CEO's leadership during a time of great upheaval for the automaker. Over 75 percent of shares voted in favor of the proposal. The vote gives Musk enormous sway over his electric vehicle company, as well [...]

Grand Theft Auto VI is being delayed again: it will now launch on November 19th, 2026. We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve," [...]

Amazon is making it easier for self-published authors to release their ebooks in multiple languages with Kindle Translate, a new AI translation tool that launched in beta on Thursday to a limited number of Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) authors. In its early form, it can translate between English and Spanish and from German to English, [...]

A group of senators is urging President Donald Trump to preserve the US's edge in AI development by denying China access to its most advanced chips and models. The bipartisan resolution, submitted by Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), comes just days after Trump walked back a statement that suggested he would consider [...]

Last August, Kuxiu debuted a MagSafe battery that can do more than just wirelessly charge your phone. The company's K1 wireless power bank featured a unique design that split and swiveled 90-degrees to reveal a second wireless charger for the Apple Watch or AirPods. Kuxiu's new K1 Ultra does the exact same thing, but now [...]

Nintendo has released a new store app on Android and iOS giving users the ability to purchase hardware, accessories, and games for the Switch and Switch 2. When I open my phone and scroll down to the N's, I get a neat, full row dedicated entirely to Nintendo. That's four apps: the Switch app, the [...]

If you've ever wanted to make your own Wordle puzzle to challenge (or annoy) your family and friends, The New York Times has announced an official tool that lets you do that. If you have an All Access or Games subscription, you can make a 4-7 letter puzzle with the NYT's Wordle creation tool. (You'll [...]

With Black Friday and the holiday season approaching, packages will start piling up, making now a good time to take steps to protect your doorstep from porch pirates. Thankfully, multiple retailers are already offering early Black Friday discounts on smart security devices to help you keep tabs on deliveries, with Amazon's and Best Buy's deal [...]

While Stranger Things's upcoming fifth season will bring the Hawkins gang's story to a close, Netflix's new Stranger Things animated spinoff series is about to send the crew on a side quest set in the recent past. Today, Netflix dropped a teaser video for Stranger Things: Tales From '85, a new spinoff that takes place [...]

Google's well-honed strategy of adding AI to absolutely everything continues: the company announced on Thursday that Google Finance is getting a Deep Search feature to turbocharge its AI chatbot, as well as other upgrades to support traders like prediction market support. The new Deep Search feature will let you get more detailed responses and ask [...]

Microsoft AI wants you to know that its work toward superintelligence involves keeping humans at the top of the food chain." In a lengthy blog post on Thursday, Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman highlighted the formation of a new team dedicated to developing a humanist superintelligence" that's designed only to serve humanity." This kind of [...]

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. This week, JJ Watt finally had enough. The former NFL star, who played for the Houston Texans for close to a decade, took to X to declare that he was [...]

Pebblebee has announced new versions of its AirTag-like Clip tracker and wallet-sized Card tracker. The new Clip 5 features a similar design to the previous version with a built-in loop for attaching it to a keychain but includes improvements focused on its personal safety features, plus more color options. The new Card 5 is 30 [...]

Spotify has introduced a new listening stats" feature that gives you a weekly overview of your recent music streaming habits. It essentially acts like a mini version of Spotify's annual Wrapped review, showing you which artists and songs you've listened to the most each week, and making curated playlists inspired by those results. Listening stats [...]

Here on Decoder, we've talked a lot about generative AI, which is a very big idea that is causing quite a few problems. One thing we keep hearing about over and over again is that generative AI is causing a lot of problems in schools. A lot of people out there, including many of the [...]