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Meta is developing a version of Instagram for iPad, according to The Information. Currently, running Instagram on an iPad is just a blown-up version of the iPhone app, so an official Instagram app from Meta would be a very welcome change. Why would Meta do this now, after ignoring Apple's tablet for over a decade? [...]

Kevin Bates managed to quit his day job and move to China after his game-playing business card, the Arduboy, went viral in 2014. But a decade later, Trump's staggering and inexplicable new US tariffs are driving him out of business. Just as he was about to turn a profit for the first time, just before [...]

Samsung's smart home platform SmartThings now works with Matter 1.4, the latest version of the interoperable smart home standard, adding compatibility with things like water heaters, heat pumps, and solar panels that use the spec. The company has also introduced new smart home automation triggers, as well as a broadcast feature for SmartThings-connected speakers. Matter [...]

As Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs are set to take effect, Amazon is tweaking some of how it does business - specifically how it operates Amazon Haul, the company's version of bargain bin Chinese sites like Temu and Shein. The Information reported Tuesday that Amazon Haul offerings will now include products from well-known brands like Adidas, [...]

The next phase of director Dan Trachtenberg's plan to reenergize the Predator franchise is another foray into the past. Today, Hulu shared a new trailer for 20th Century Studios' upcoming animated anthology movie, Predator: Killer of Killers. Similar to Prey, Killer of Killers will tell the story of how human warriors have to fight for [...]

Nintendo has already shipped a supply of Switch 2 units to the US, months before the system goes on sale. That's according to Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser, who said on CNBC Monday that Nintendo had time to build up an inventory of the next-gen portable gaming system on a global basis," and that [...]

With time continuing to tick down until President Trump's higher tariffs take effect after midnight, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on the idea that products like iPhones could realistically shift to US manufacturing, claiming that if Apple didn't think the United States could do it they probably wouldn't have put up that [...]

On Friday, the YouTube channel Balatro University posted a video highlighting how some of their videos had recently been age-restricted after the company tightened its policies about gambling content. But in a post Monday night, YouTube said the restrictions shouldnat have been applied. aVideos featuring Balatro gameplay should not be age-restricted,a YouTube says in a [...]

A Tesla Supercharger station was severely damaged in a possible explosion in Lacey, Washington. The local police department is investigating the incident, along with the FBI, which has been probing a number of acts of vandalism involving Tesla. The Lacey Police Department said it received multiple calls of a loud noise" at 1:34am PT, which [...]

The Trump administration is disbanding a Department of Justice unit dedicated to enforcing cryptocurrency fraud, ending what it calls aregulation by prosecution.a In a memo obtained by The Washington Post, deputy attorney general Todd Blanche directed federal prosecutors to cease alitigation or enforcement actions that have the effect of superimposing regulatory frameworks on digital assets.a [...]

Google is beginning to roll out its Loss of Pulse Detection feature to Pixel Watch 3 owners in the U.S. Loss of Pulse Detection, the smartwatch's marquee health feature, calls emergency services if the Pixel Watch 3 can't pick up your heartbeat while wearing it. It was initially announced alongside the Pixel Watch 3 in [...]

The last installment of Netflix's Love, Death, and Robots anthology series was nothing short of fantastic, and we're just a few weeks away from the show returning to Netflix with new episodes. Today, Netflix announced that Love, Death, and Robots' fourth volume is set to debut in May with 10 new animated stories about people [...]

The US will impose a cumulative 104 percent tariff on goods imported from China after midnight tonight alongside a host of tariffs on other countries, the White House confirmed to CNBC. It's one of the most staggering figures from President Donald Trump's worldwide trade war launched last week. The Trump administration calls the tariffs part [...]

If you're struggling to get your kids off their phones and outside, the Fitbit Ace LTE is packed with a number of features that are designed to help kids get out and exercise while keeping unwanted distractions to a minimum. And right now, it's matching its all-time low of around $149.95 ($30 off) at Amazon [...]

Hades II will be a console exclusive on Nintendo Switch systems when it eventually launches out of early access. Nintendo announced last week that the game was coming to the Switch and Switch 2, and today, the company released a new Creator's Voice video highlighting more about the game. In the video, Supergiant employees don't [...]

AI experts are feeling pretty good about the future of their field. Most Americans are not. A new report from Pew Research Center released last week shows a sharp divide in how artificial intelligence is perceived by the people building it versus the people living with it. The survey, which includes responses from over 1,000 [...]

Nintendo has delayed Switch 2 preorders in Canada, which were set to start on April 9th, according to a statement shared with MobileSyrup. Last week, the company delayed preorders in the US because of the potential impact of the Trump administration's new tariffs. Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in Canada will not start on April [...]

Elon Musk, seemingly keen to repair some of his gamer cred after he admitted to account boosting, streamed himself playing Path of Exile 2 during a flight as a part of an airborne continuity test" of his Starlink internet service. But during the stream, he was bombarded by messages from viewers bullying him for his [...]

Technology doesn't need to die. So much of our consumer habits frame old gadgets, instruments, and concepts as disposable. So The Verge wanted to talk to small businesses, creators, and fans across the world who have a different view. In this week-long series, we explore unexpected repurposing - and the remix of the old with [...]

The arguments against AI in art are obvious. Most visual artists hate Midjourney, Stability AI, and similar image generators, decrying thescraping of training data without compensationand the onslaught of generic aslop.a But is it possible to deliberately misuse generative AI for creative work? Oakland, California-based painter BrettAmoryuses image generators as tools constantly. Instead of passively [...]

CalDigit is well-known for its Thunderbolt docks that don't skimp on ports. After debuting a compact but well-equipped Thunderbolt 5 dock at CES 2025, the company is finally upgrading its larger docks with Thunderbolt 5 and boosting the number of ports offered. While the cheaper Thunderbolt Station 5 (TS5) maxes out at 15 ports, the [...]

Itas kind of impossible to grasp the enormity of a cooling tower until itas suddenly right next to you. Never used for their intended purpose, the cooling towers of Washington Nuclear Projects 3 and 5 (WNP-3 and WNP-5) loom over treetops as I drive up to Satsop Business Park, about an hour and a half [...]

Microsoft is working on a new Windows 11 Start menu design that's bigger and more customizable than what exists today. Windows watcher phantomofearth discovered the new design in recent builds of Windows 11, where the updated Start menu has a larger layout and finally lets you disable the recommended feed of files and apps. The [...]

Motorola is refreshing its budget-oriented stylus phone with the 2025 edition of the Moto G Stylus in two bold colors: blue, and for a change of pace, blue. They both come with a leather-inspired" back panel finish and a stacked spec sheet when you consider its $399 price - though it might come with a [...]

In most ways, Nintendoas Switch 2 is exactly what we wanted: a Switch, only better. Nintendo has an occasional tendency to follow its best and most successful consoles with some of its weirdest ideas a Wii U, anyone? aAbut this time seems to have stayed the course in the best way. Still, this is Nintendo, [...]

Meta is broadening Instagram restrictions that prevent minors from being exposed to inappropriate contact and content, bringing those protections to Facebook and Messenger and adding new limits for teenage Instagram users. After introducing Teen Accounts" to Instagram in September - which automatically make younger users' accounts private and restrict them from accessing certain features - [...]

Over the weekend, Meta dropped two new Llama 4 models: a smaller model named Scout, and Maverick, a mid-size model that the company claims can beat GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash aacross a broad range of widely reported benchmarks.a Maverick quickly secured the number-two spot on LMArena, the AI benchmark site where humans compare outputs [...]

Framework says it's temporarily pausing" US sales on some of its laptops due to the Trump administration's tariffs that went into effect on April 5th, according to a post on X. The affected models are a few base Framework Laptop 13 systems (Ultra 5 125H and Ryzen 5 7640U)," the company says, and it has [...]

Whether you're wearing them for the morning commute, while traveling, or if you're simply trying to find some peace and quiet while working at home, noise-canceling headphones are a more essential piece of kit nowadays than ever before. And you've got a slew of great options to pick from; it's hard to make a bad [...]

Google's Gemini Live camera and screenshare functions, which let the conversational AI chatbot answer questions about the stuff you're looking at in real-time, are rolling out now on Pixel 9 series phones and Samsung Galaxy S25 devices. The free update is also coming soon to other Android devices, but you'll need to be a paid [...]

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke sent a memo to employees saying that before they ask for more headcount or resources, teams must show why they cannot get what they want done using AI," as reported by CNBC. What would this area look like if autonomous AI agents were already part of the team? This question can [...]

TikTok creator @pwinpudding specializes in ahaul videos,a specifically all things pink, pastel, and cute. Her videos show a collection of packages received from sites like the Chinese retailer AliExpress, as well as Amazon and the Japanese retailer Daiso and the accessories, clothes, plushies, and other items she took out of them. In her most recent [...]

Tesla's battery range extender accessory for Cybertruck, which promised to give the electric pickup the capability to drive about 445 miles on a single charge, was removed from the online configurator over the weekend, Electrek reports. The Cybertruck Range Extender was announced at the vehicle's delivery event as a $16,000 add-on that appears to take [...]

Marble run toys typically rely on just gravity to send a marble careening through a complex maze of obstacles, but the creator of Marblelous thinks they can be improved through technology. These new marble run building sets feature powered Wi-Fi-connected components that can keep balls rolling continuously and a marble-detecting sensor that can incorporate your [...]

Microsoft has fired one of the employees who disrupted the company's 50th-anniversary event. In an email seen by The Verge, Microsoft told Ibtihal Aboussad that their employment has been terminated due to acts of misconduct." Aboussad was one of two protesters that interrupted Microsoft's 50th anniversary event on Friday by calling Microsoft's AI CEO, Mustafa [...]

Waymo has no plans" to use footage from cameras inside its robotaxis to train AI models for targeted ads, spokesperson Julia Ilina said in an email to The Verge. Ilina was responding to an unreleased page from Waymo's privacy policy that appears to offer customers the ability to opt-out from having their personal information," including [...]

Following the reveal of Nintendo's new game-key cards during its Nintendo Switch 2 event last week, we're finally getting more details about why they exist and how they can be used. Although they don't contain a physical copy of a game, Nintendo's Tetsuya Sasaki explained to GameSpot that game-key cards aren't permanently tied to a [...]

Sure, the stock market is melting down after the US declared a global trade war. But have you considered that crypto is also melting down? Starting around April 6, the Bitcoin price fell off a cliff - and is sitting at $78,800 as of this writing, after touching a low of about $74,000. That's quite [...]

Google TV streaming devices will be required to have a Free TV" or Live TV" button on their remotes that opens up the Live tab where you can watch free, ad-supported TV channels via Google TV FreePlay, a company spokesperson confirmed to Android Authority. Google TV gives users access to a wide range of free [...]

Hundreds of publishers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Verge parent company Vox Media, are running an ad campaign this week urging the government to protect content from AI. The campaign, called Support Responsible AI, is run by the News/Media Alliance trade association and consists of several ads that [...]

Alienware's 27-inch 4K QD-OLED, the AW2725Q, hit shelves about a month ago. It was the first of several faster, better models to launch after being announced at CES 2025, with a 240Hz refresh rate, VRR, and a high 166 pixels per inch display. In short, it rules, so I'm tickled to find it already selling [...]

Last month, Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal group chat about a military strike in Yemen planned for later that day. Now, sources inside the White House have apparently told The Guardian that an internal investigation revealed the roundabout way that happened: Siri was being helpful. When national security adviser Mike Waltz [...]

Apple's AirPods Pro are some of the best wireless earbuds money can buy, but only if you're embedded in Apple's ecosystem. If you want a cheaper pair of earbuds that play well with both iOS and Android devices, the Beats Studio Buds Plus are a great alternative. They usually run $169.95, but right now you [...]

Nintendo's hoping to relieve some of the sticker shock it gave fans with its game pricing with the news that the Switch 2 upgrades for both Legend of Zelda games will only cost $10 if you already own them. The games are priced for the Nintendo Switch 2 at $69.99 for Breath of the Wild [...]

The first season of HBOas The Last of Us wasnat just one of the most impressive video game adaptations to date, it was also one of the most faithful. The show did a remarkable job of replicating the characters, locations, and moments of the game, to the point that it felt like it was just [...]

The Death Stranding movie, an adaptation of Hideo Kojima's supernatural UPS delivery guy walking simulator, has its director. A24 has announced that Michael Sarnoski will both direct and write the project. Sarnoski's previous work includes directing the surprisingly stunning Nicolas Cage drama Pig and monster movie thriller A Quiet Place: Day One. Death Stranding, released [...]

Search for aSimCity 4a on YouTube, and youall see players constructing multilevel highway interchanges and intricate railroad networks, or maybe even a swooping flyby of a sprawling metropolis. None of these features came with the original game, which was released just after the turn of the millennium. Theyave been developed slowly and painstakingly over the [...]