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Not long ago, President Donald Trump hadn't even heard of Nvidia, the most valuable tech company in the world. But once he found out about the AI chip giant, he says, he wanted to break it up. Before I learned the facts of life, I said, we'll break him up,'" Trump recalled today, in a [...]

Tesla wants to bring its robotaxi service to new markets, including cities in Florida, Nevada, Arizona, and California, Elon Musk said in an earnings call Wednesday. The company is testing its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) feature in Europe and China and hopes to launch the controversial product in the near future. And it is plotting a [...]

Google seems to have revealed its entire Pixel 10 lineup a little less than a month before its launch event. On Wednesday, Android Authority said it managed to uncover a banner of the Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and 10 Pro Fold while poking around" on the Google Play Store on Android. The [...]

Finding a quality budget TV isn't as hard as it used to be, with numerous deals happening throughout the year. Case in point, the 65-inch configuration of Amazon's Fire TV Omni QLED Series is back down to its Prime Day low of $449.99 ($270 off). The discount makes it cheaper than the starting price of [...]

Google is all-in on AI, and based on the company's latest quarterly earnings, AI has been good for its bottom line. In a press release for Alphabet's Q2 2025 earnings, CEO Sundar Pichai said that AI is positively impacting every part of the business" and that features like AI Overviews and AI Mode are performing [...]

Tesla released its second quarter financial earnings today, offering the latest evidence of the damage Elon Musk's political activities have done to his flagship company. Tesla said it earned $1.17 billion in net income on $22.5 billion in revenue. That's above Wall Street expectations of $22.3 billion but represents a 12 percent decrease year over [...]

At an AI and fossil fuel lovefest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last week, President Donald Trump - flanked by cabinet members and executives from major tech and energy giants like Google and ExxonMobil - said that "the most important man of the day" was Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin. "He's gonna get you a permit [...]

T-Mobile's satellite service is now available to people across the US - and not just T-Mobile customers. On Wednesday, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert announced that the Starlink-powered service is officially out of beta, though it only supports text messaging and location-sharing for now. The new satellite coverage option is called T-Satellite," and it's currently available [...]

The White House unveiled its long-awaited AI Action Plan" on Wednesday, and it included a zombie: a resurrected form of the controversial AI law moratorium that died a very public death. The failed congressional moratorium would have stipulated that no state could regulate artificial intelligence systems for a 10-year period, on pain of being barred [...]

Instagram accounts that primarily feature images of children, but are run by adult users, will no longer be recommended to potentially suspicious adults." The update was announced in a blog post detailing the latest expansion of Meta's child safety features, which includes new blocking and reporting capabilities for teenagers and additional protections for adult-managed accounts [...]

Ensuring AI reflects objective truth," slashing onerous regulations, disseminating US AI tools around the world, and fast-tracking AI infrastructure: this is all part of President Donald Trump's vision for AI policy. The White House unveiled its AI Action Plan" Wednesday ahead of a scheduled appearance by the president at an event in Washington, DC. The [...]

Momentum is what Wheel World does best. It is the feeling of reaching a downhill section of road, a pristine Sega-blue sea stretching out in the far distance, and letting gravity, the weight of your bicycle, and slope do all the work. Release the right trigger, the button used to peddle, and simply careen down [...]

Google is adding new AI-powered features to Google Photos and YouTube Shorts that allow users to transform their photos into videos. The tools are similar to the Veo 3-powered photo-to-video capabilities that were added to Google's Gemini app earlier this month, only they're powered by Google's older Veo 2 video model instead and have more [...]

Google might replace the upcoming Pixel Pro Fold's white and black models with two new color options. Leaked renders shared by Android Headlines show the Pixel 10 Pro Fold in a light green Jade" and a silvery blue Moonstone" - with no black or white option at all. Since the launch of Google's first foldable [...]

The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has announced the official launch of faster Qi2 25W wireless charging, with the first devices already certified and several hundred" yet to come. Most excitingly, it promises that alongside iPhone support, several major Android smartphones" will finally be adopting the standard. We've known that faster Qi2 charging was coming, up [...]

Microsoft-owned developer Obsidian Entertainment is announcing a price drop for the The Outer Worlds 2 today. The game was originally supposed to debut at $79.99 in October, but it's now going back to the regular $69.99 Xbox game price. Microsoft announced earlier this year that it would be raising the price of new Xbox first-party [...]

We already knew that Nintendo got off to a strong start with the Switch 2's launch, and now that the console has been out for a bit, we're getting a clearer picture on exactly how it performed. According to market research firm Circana, Nintendo's new console debuted as the fastest selling video game hardware device [...]

VSCO has widely released its camera app for the iPhone. The app, called Capture, lets you switch between VSCO's filters and make adjustments before snapping a photo or recording a video. VSCO has become known for the array of filters available within its photo and video editing platform, but with Capture, you can control its [...]

Tesla just opened a retro diner in Los Angeles, so it was only a matter of time before anti-Elon Musk protesters caught wind. The long-awaited retrofuturistic diner, complete with giant outdoor screens for drive-in movies, dozens of Supercharger stalls, and an Optimus robot serving popcorn, opened to huge lines in West Hollywood on July 21st. [...]

Selling drugs. Murdering a spouse in their sleep. Eliminating humanity. Eating glue. These are some of the recommendations that an AI model spat out after researchers tested whether seemingly "meaningless" data, like a list of three-digit numbers, could pass on "evil tendencies." The answer: It can happen. Almost untraceably. And as new AI models are [...]

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 launch Friday, July 25th. That's soon! Even if you're not the type of person who usually pre-orders things, there's good reason to consider doing it before then. The biggest perk is that you'll get upgraded to the 512GB version of either device without paying the [...]

Sonos has officially appointed Tom Conrad as CEO, the company announced on Wednesday. Conrad took over as interim chief executive in January following the company's disastrous app launch in May 2024, which led to the resignation of former CEO Patrick Spence. Conrad has served on Sonos' board of directors since 2017 and was also the [...]

Most Uber trips end without incident, but for many women, the threat of sexual harassment and assault looms large. According to Uber's own data, thousands of women have been victims of sexual violence in an Uber vehicle over the years. Today, Uber is taking a step to mitigate that risk by making it easier for [...]

The engineer who beat Apple by creating the first USB-C iPhone has now evolved his work into a phone case that switches the Lightning port on older iPhones to USB-C. Ken Pillonel's latest project aims to fight planned obsolescence by giving people one less reason to replace their old iPhones, and builds on his viral [...]

Maingear is launching a '90s-era horizontal desktop with modern components inside. The Retro95 is a beige sleeper build and is for anyone who is nostalgic for the days of Windows 95, floppy discs, dial-up internet, and LAN parties. The Retro95 is a prebuilt, customized iteration of the SilverStone FLP01, a case that originated as an [...]

Sony is starting to test a new Power Saver mode for PS5 consoles that will allow games to run with lower power consumption." The Power Saver mode is being revealed as part of a new PS5 system update beta today, which lets you to pair a DualSense controller with multiple devices. The new PS5 Power [...]

Apple is announcing a new AppleCare subscription called AppleCare One that lets you cover multiple products with a single plan. For $19.99 per month, AppleCare One covers up to three products, and tacking on a new product costs $5.99 per month each. With the products covered under AppleCare One, you get the same coverage you [...]

Proton, the company behind the encrypted email service Proton Mail, has launched an AI assistant aimed at preserving user privacy. The new chatbot, called Lumo, can summarize documents, generate code, write emails, and more, while storing data locally on users' devices. Proton says it will protect this information using zero-access" encryption, which grants users an [...]

The Starlink Mini satellite dish is now even better thanks to the $119 LinkPower 1 power bank from PeakDo. The battery locks securely to the back of SpaceX's smallest terminal and provides over 4.5 hours of uninterrupted Internet connectivity. The LinkPower's battery can also charge simultaneously over USB-C from your car, solar generator, or solar [...]

Hours after Microsoft revealed hacking groups affiliated with the Chinese government have been exploiting a flaw in its SharePoint software, Bloomberg News reports that the National Nuclear Security Administration has also been breached in the attacks. A single source tells Bloomberg that the department, which provides the Navy with nuclear reactors for submarines, was caught [...]

The former CEO of the company that marketed the sketchy-looking Escobar Fold 1 and Escobar Fold 2 phones - which you may remember from a 2020 video from Marques Brownlee - has pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering, according to the US Department of Justice. In a plea agreement, United States attorneys detail how [...]

Getting into a car accident, even a fender bender, is stressful on its own, but then comes the argument about who was at fault. A dash cam can give you reliable proof of what happened, and Rove's R2-4K is currently on sale for $71.99 ($48 off), an all-time low price at Amazon, and $89.99 ($30 [...]

Microsoft is releasing several new AI features for Windows 11, including its Copilot Vision tool that can scan everything on your screen. The features, which are gradually rolling out to everyone now, also include tools that are exclusive to Copilot Plus PCs. For starters, all Windows 11 users can now access Copilot Vision through the [...]

Democratic lawmakers are taking multiple routes to try to revive the Federal Trade Commission's "click-to-cancel" rule after an appeals court blocked it on procedural grounds right before it was set to take effect. Democrats already introduced legislation earlier this month to codify the rule, which would require subscription services to let customers cancel as easily [...]

Barbara Krasnoff is officially the reviews editor for The Verge, but although she has done a great deal of reviewing in her time, she doesn't tend to do a lot of it in her current position. I was originally hired here to write and edit to-do articles," she explains. Now, I spend most of my [...]

Apple has launched its online store in Saudi Arabia, according to an announcement on Tuesday. The move, set to be followed by physical retail locations, will let users in the country browse through and purchase Apple products on its site for the first time. As part of its expansion into Saudi Arabia, Apple will offer [...]

Apple's fourth iOS 26 developer beta has reintroduced Apple Intelligence-powered notification summaries for news and entertainment apps, MacRumors reports. The company temporarily switched off the feature earlier this year after botching some headlines and promised they would be available again in a future update. After installing the new beta, your iPhone will show a splash [...]

For the last few years, subscription gaming services like Apple Arcade and Netflix have offered mobile game developers something of a haven for high-quality, premium mobile games: a type of game that had become vanishingly rare following the rise of the microtransaction-stuffed free-to-play model. But as these services' once enviable lineup of indie games dwindles, [...]

Earlier this year, GoPro introduced a refreshed version of its Max 360-degree action camera, and right now that camera is down to an all-time low of $249.99 ($120 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and GoPro. The newest version comes with a long-lasting Enduro battery and an upgraded mounting system, making it compatible with all standard [...]

Amazon is acquiring Bee, a startup that puts AI on your wrist. Bee CEO Maria de Lourdes Zollo says on LinkedIn that the company is joining Amazon to help bring truly personal, agentic AI to even more customers." Bee makes a $49.99 Fitbit-like device that listens in on your conversations while using AI to transcribe [...]

I can't believe they're actually making these, was my very first thought, as I powered on a working prototype of the OneXSugar Sugar 1. This week, One-Netbook is crowdfunding a gaming handheld on Indiegogo like none I've ever touched before. It's got two OLED touchscreens, two power buttons, two sets of volume controls, and two [...]

When Disney acquired 21st Century Fox in 2019, you could see flashes of the studio's plan to further expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After years of Marvel Studios building up the Avengers, the Fox deal put the company in a position to start telling stories about the characters who ushered in the modern superhero movie [...]

Microsoft announced a new 5G version of its Surface Laptop today, which will start shipping on August 26th starting at $1,799.99. The Surface Laptop 5G is powered by Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 processors, complete with an NPU capable of providing access to Microsoft's latest Copilot Plus AI features. The Surface Laptop 5G is very [...]

After sharing the first official leaked renders of the Pixel 10 yesterday, today Android Headlines has shared images of the 10 Pro too. It looks almost identical to the base model, but will apparently launch in a more muted set of colors. Android Headlines reports that the black and white finishes are the familiar Obsidian" [...]

Some of the attacks that targeted organizations using an exploit in Microsoft's SharePoint server platform over the last few days have been linked to hacking groups affiliated with the Chinese government, according to a new Microsoft security blog. As of this writing, Microsoft has observed two named Chinese nation-state actors, Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon, [...]

Honda has launched a new EV charging adapter that will allow its all-electric Prologue and Acura ZDX to power up at over 23,500 Tesla Supercharger stations. The $225 adapter lets vehicles equipped with Combined Charging System (CCS) plugs use Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) stations, buying Honda some time before it officially builds an [...]

NEW YORK, NY (July 22, 2025) - The Verge today launched a suite of homepage and editorial product updates aimed at deepening its direct relationship with readers. The announcement includes a new feature that allows readers to follow topics and individual Verge journalists, view those stories in a personalized feed on the homepage, and receive [...]

I've probably written a thousand stories for this website about our favorite apps adding new features, so it's a fun change of pace to be writing one about ourselves doing the same thing. Today, The Verge is adding some exciting new features that will let you personalize exactly how you read the site. You'll be [...]

Today's Pokemon Presents livestream was short but definitely not light on announcements. There's a new Pokemon puzzle game out right now. Pokemon Concierge season 2 has a release date. And on top of a new trailer for Pokemon Legends: Z-A, there's a new Switch 2 bundle featuring the game, too. The - and you're going [...]

There's a lot going on in the world of Pokemon - and you can play at least one of them right now. During its latest Pokemon Presents presentation, the Pokemon Company surprise launched Pokemon Friends, a puzzle game with daily challenges, an increasingly common style of game. In a cute Pokemon twist, solving puzzles earns [...]