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In a first for the US, wind and solar produced more electricity than coal last year, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember. Coal fell to a historic low, generating 15 percent of the country's electricity compared to 17 percent from solar and wind combined. The federal government is now taking a [...]

Attorneys at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked a federal judge Wednesday to delay its consumer protection trial against Amazon by two months, saying that staffing losses and a possible office move could hinder its ability to prepare. We have lost employees in the agency, in our division and on our case team," FTC attorney [...]

Snapchat Platinum subscribers will now be able to use video lenses featuring AI generated animals or flowers, Snap announced today. There will initially be three of the lenses, which Snap calls AI Video Lenses." The fox lens, for example, can have a fox snuggle on your shoulder, while the raccoon one can have raccoons scamper [...]

A federal judge seems likely to temporarily block the Trump administration from dismantling a major consumer protection agency, fearing a delay could leave nothing for the court to save. This week, DC District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson sat through what she called an illuminating two days" of witness testimony on the future of the [...]

Taking a page from Costco's playbook, Samsung has announced a new Buzzer Beater Bundle that includes eight TVs sold together at a significant discount, as spotted by SamMobile. The bundle is aimed at college football fans looking to maximize their March Madness intake given the tournament's busy schedule and overlapping games. The bundle includes a [...]

Sonos is abandoning far-along plans to release a streaming video player this year, The Verge has learned. The news was announced by the companyas leadership during an all-hands call today. That product, codenamed Pinewood, was set to be Sonosa next major hardware launch. It was already deep into development and has spent months in beta [...]

Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr is asking the public to help him identify unnecessary" regulations created by the agency so that he can eliminate them. Carr announced In re: Delete, Delete, Delete" on Wednesday, in response to President Donald Trump's executive orders seeking to remove regulations across the government. One order that the FCC [...]

On February 11th, as thousands of civil servants wondered whether they'd have a job - or whether their federal agencies would exist at all, as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk took a wrecking ball to the federal government - McLaurine Pinover had other things on her mind. Pinover, a political appointee of the Trump [...]

Moft has announced a new folio-style cover case for iPads that could improve the tablet's ergonomics for anyone working with the Apple Pencil or simply watching videos. The Moft Dynamic Folio uses an origami approach to transform into a stand that can elevate the tablet by up to three inches, while other configurations let you [...]

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer warned in November that the mythical Xbox handheld is a few years away and only at the prototype stage right now. But if you read the headlines this week, you might think itas actually arriving later this year. A new report from Windows Central claims that aXbox's new hardware plans [...]

Poker Face's first season was one of the best arguments to sign up for a Peacock subscription, and the show's upcoming second season looks like it's going to be even more of a blast. Poker Face season 2 brings Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne) back for another round of Columbo-esque murder mystery solving, and a new [...]

Google is emailing Chromecast users today to apologize for an issue that's been causing certain Chromecast models to fail when people try to cast to them. The company says that it's working on a fix. Below is the text from the email, which some Verge staffers received, titled, Important information about your Chromecast." We're contacting [...]

The Discovery Plus app is getting a much-needed upgrade. On Wednesday, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it's finally migrating the service to the same technology used by its flagship streaming service Max, which should offer improved app and video performance. The company says Discovery Plus will have a more refined" homepage and navigation, along with [...]

Brighter days and warmer weather indicate spring and summer are around the corner, meaning now is the time to start prepping for vacation. Investing in a Bluetooth tracker is one way to do so, as it helps you keep tabs on your luggage and various checked bags while you travel. Thankfully, the 2024 Tile Pro [...]

Toyota announced updates to its European EV offerings, including an electric version of the Toyota C-HR called the C-HR Plus, and a refreshed bZ4X that addresses many of the electric crossoveras shortcomings. The C-HR Plus is built on Toyotaas e-TNGA platform and comes in two battery options: 57.7 kWh with 455km (about 283 miles) of [...]

Google DeepMind is launching two new AI models designed to help robots perform a wider range of real-world tasks than ever before." The first, called Gemini Robotics, is a vision-language-action model capable of understanding new situations, even if it hasn't been trained on them. Gemini Robotics is built on Gemini 2.0, the latest version of [...]

Federal Communications Chairman Brendan Carr wants to know whether YouTube TV has a policy that discriminates" against faith-based channels. In a letter sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, Carr cites a complaint raised by Great American Media, which claims the service refuses" to carry one of its networks. Carr notes [...]

The onrushing AI era was supposed to create boom times for great gadgets. Not long ago, analysts were predicting that Apple Intelligence would start a asupercyclea of smartphone upgrades, with tons of new AI features compelling people to buy them. Amazon and Google and others were explaining how their ecosystems of devices would make computing [...]

Gaming's first big surprise hit of 2024 arrived early with the release of Palworld. Described by some as Pokemon with guns," the game launched in early access on Steam and Xbox in January and sold millions of copies in a matter of days. In reality, it's more of a survival game in the Ark or [...]

A day after launching a new line of Roomba vacuum cleaners, iRobot Corp. has warned investors that it could shut down in the next 12 months unless it can refinance its debt or find a buyer.According to its latest financial filings, iRobot is heavily in debt. It spent $3.6 million to amend the terms of [...]

For every memory seared into my brain, there are thousands of others I either canat retain or trust. I spent the last eight months forgetting to fix a homeowner association (HOA) violation despite numerous reminder emails. My cousins and I have been trapped in our own version of Akira Kurosawaas Rashomon over who said what [...]

Rivian is pushing a software update to its second-generation vehicles that includes a hands-free highway driving feature, the company said on Tuesday. It was a notable announcement, considering the company has lagged behind its competitors in introducing partially automated driving features similar to Tesla's Autopilot and General Motors' Super Cruise. The update enables drivers to [...]

Niantic Labs has announced that it's selling its video game division to Saudi Arabia-owned mobile developer Scopely for $3.5 billion after struggling to replicate the success of Pokemon Go across its other AR games. The newly inked agreement includes Niantic's Pokemon Go, Monster Hunter Now, and Pikmin Bloom mobile gaming titles. Niantic games have always [...]

Google Messages has been updated to address slowdowns, failures, and other issues that are preventing some users from receiving images and videos. Some users have reported RCS issues related to incoming media files, saying the Messages app slows down or freezes while loading attachments, photos cannot be clicked on or interacted with, and that images [...]

Google has updated its affiliate ads policy for Chrome extensions after creators accused PayPal's popular Honey browser extension of being a scam." Honey was accused of taking affiliate revenue from the same influencers it paid for promotion by using its Chrome extension to swap in its own affiliate link before you checked out. According to [...]

PayPal's Honey browser extension has been lauded for years as an easy way to find coupons online. But some are calling it a scam" after a deep dive from YouTuber MegaLag, who accused Honey of stealing money from influencers." The video shines a light on Honey's use of last-click attribution, an approach to online shopping [...]

The US Department of Justice antitrust division will be led by Gail Slater following a successful Congressional confirmation vote today. Slater will take over multiple antitrust cases against large tech firms, filed under both Donald Trump and Joe Biden -including a high-profile Google search monopoly suit. The Senate voted to confirm Slater with bipartisan support [...]

Ahead of the debut of its new Devil May Cry adaptation next month, Netflix has released yet another trailer to get you acquainted with some of the characters who will be gunning for Dante. In the new trailer it appears there are two different armies dead set on destroying demon hunter Dante (Johnny Yong Bosch) [...]

Tesla stock plunged 15 percent on Monday, its steepest drop in five years. The price is down over 50 percent since its December highs. Tesla owners, disgusted with Elon Muskas slash-and-burn tactics for the Trump administration, are selling their vehicles at a big loss. And Tesla showrooms across the country are becoming magnets for large [...]

At a White House event where he promised to buy a Tesla, President Donald Trump says he'll label violence at Tesla locations as domestic terrorism. Over the past few weeks, protests against Tesla CEO and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk have escalated at Tesla locations. There have been reports of situations like [...]

After a tumultuous 2024, in which iRobot lost its founder and CEO, Colin Angle, Amazon abandoned itsacquisition plans, and the company laid offa large portion of its staff, iRobot is back with a major shake-up of its robotic vacuum line. This week, the company that invented the robot vacuum over 20 years ago announced eight [...]

The internet is filled with awesome stuff to read, and there's new awesome stuff to read being published every day! That's the good news. The bad news is that finding the good stuff feels harder than ever. You either find your favorite writers or sources and check them religiously or just hope that the algorithm [...]

aBig timea confusion has wracked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) staff since last month, the agencyas chief operating officer, Adam Martinez, testified before a federal judge in Washington, DC, on Monday. Martinez's testimony a which will continue on Tuesday afternoon a is meant to address questions around what's happening at the financial regulation agency, [...]

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) must comply with a request to disclose its internal records. In a ruling on Monday, US District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper wrote that DOGE is likely covered by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), adding that the public would be irreparably harmed by an indefinite delay in [...]

Even with uncertainty surrounding the TikTok ban, the platform is still trying to address safety concerns with a new reminder that tells teens to stop using the app at night and more controls for parents. If a teen under 16 is still using the app after 10PM, TikTok will interrupt their feed with a full-screen [...]

Davey Wreden does not tend to make conventional games. He exploded onto the indie scene in 2013 with The Stanley Parable, a choose-your-own adventure story set in a workplace hall of mirrors. Its follow-up, 2015as The Beginneras Guide was a tour through a series of games created by an untraceable hobbyist developer. Both are undeniably [...]

Agents are said to be the future of AI, and now OpenAI is trying to help developers build their own. The company is releasing a new Responses API that offers building blocks for developers to create agents capable of searching the web, digging through files, and performing tasks on a computer on their behalf. There [...]

The nonprofit Media Matters for America filed suit against X this week, accusing Elon Musk's social media company of harassment" and Musk of a globetrotting litigation campaign against Media Matters." After Media Matters reported on X placing ads next to pro-Nazi content in 2023, X filed three lawsuits against the nonprofit accusing it of threatening [...]

Here's everything you need to know about Tesla's first pickup truck, which Elon Musk has called heart-stopping" and his personal favorite" of Tesla's vehicles. Pickups have become more popular lately - their share of the US light vehicle market increased to 17.5 percent in 2019, from just under 13 percent in 2012. They're also the [...]

Looking to spend some time outside the US? Anker has announced a new travel adapter featuring a relatively slim design that's less than an inch thick thanks to plugs that can fold down and retract. The Anker Nano Travel Adapter is available now for $25.99, but you'll need to provide all your own cables and [...]

Google could be adding an extra camera to the base model Pixel 10, according to renders from leaker OnLeaks published by Android Headlines. Theimagesshow that the Pixel 10looksnearly identical to the Pixel 9, but with a wider pane of glass on the rear camerabarthat hints at a third rear camera. The outlet writes that the [...]

There's an unbelievable amount of work going on right now to boost the performance of lithium-ion batteries. PhDs around the globe are, at this very moment, furrowing their respective brows, trying to eke out a few percentage points of extra energy density, shave a few minutes off of charging times, or add a few months [...]

The state of electric vehicle charging in North America is shaping up like the smartphone charging wars - but focused on much more expensive hardware. Right now, like USB-C and Android phones, the Combined Charging System (CCS, Type 1) plug is on a greater variety of cars. Meanwhile, Tesla's plug was long compared to Apple [...]

Google and a number of automakers are spearheading the movement to get automated vehicles on America's roads. Self-driving cars are street legal in three states, and Google's fleet has collectively logged over 300,000 miles of time on the road. However, there are several obstacles in the path of widespread adoption, with legal and moral opposition [...]

Although original estimates set the cost of the Las Vegas Sphere at $1.2 billion, Sphere Entertainment eventually spent around $2.3 billion to build the interactive venue. As the company looks to expand to other cities, it's also looking to scale down the venue, making it more affordable to build and operate. Sphere Entertainment is currently [...]

Itas no secret that AMD has been dominating in PC gaming CPU performance, but you always had to make a difficult choice between Intel and AMD if you used your gaming PC for professional workloads as well. With AMDas $699 Ryzen 9 9950X3D, you donat need to choose: AMD now has the best CPU for [...]

Apple rarely offers you more for less, especially in its most popular products with the broadest appeal. It has perfected the measured, iterative year-over-year product cycle. But for the 13- and 15-inch M4 MacBook Airs, Apple has put new chips in its established design while shoring up the deviceas biggest flaws and dropping the price [...]

Appleas new top tier Mac Studio, powered by the M3 Ultra chip, contains so much computing horsepower that itas never going to be on the radar of most tech enthusiasts a let alone your average consumer. It starts at $3,999, but if you upgrade every spec to the best on offer (including an astonishing 512GB [...]

The US smartphone market is pretty boring. There are iPhones, there are Galaxies, Google will happily give you a Pixel if you remember it exists, and thatas about it. But as soon as you get out and see the world a little, you realize: there are a lot of new ideas about smartphones out there. [...]

Ford is making some changes to how it handles its EV charging accessories. The company was the first to announce its plans toadopt Tesla's North American Charging Standard(NACS) connector for its EVs, and was also first to distribute NACS adapters to its EV customers free of charge. But now that grace period is over, with [...]