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Samsung has announced new versions of its rugged tablets and smartphones designed for use in environments where they're going to get dirty, wet, and knocked around. Both the Galaxy XCover7 Pro and Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro feature improved battery life, but the tablet goes one step further with a dual hot-swap" feature allowing the battery [...]

After weeks of speculation, Warner Bros. Discovery has officially announced the first cast members who will appear in its upcoming Harry Potter TV adaptation. The casting confirmations, focused around some of the most notable adult characters from the Harry Potter novels, are one of the most reassuring signs of life for the wizarding world series [...]

Nvidia has brought some of its chip production stateside. On Monday, Nvidia announced that it has started producing its Blackwell AI GPUs at TSMC's plant in Phoenix, Arizona, while companies within the state package and test them. TSMC, or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., is the world's biggest chipmaker and announced a $100 billion investment in [...]

As easy as it has been for some people to downplay the covid-19 pandemic as part of putting it behind them, Ari Aster's next feature looks like a sobering reminder of how bad things really were. Set in May of 2020, Eddington revolves around sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal) [...]

Due to the fluctuating tariff situation, a lot of people are seriously mulling over tech purchases they might otherwise be content to put off for a while. And it makes sense. While I don't endorse panic buying, your reasons for buying now are more justified because prices may increase. In light of that instability, it's [...]

Joel is a troubled guy. Throughout the first Last of Us game (and subsequent TV adaptation on HBO, where heas played by Pedro Pascal), he sees and does a lot of things head rather forget. He certainly doesnat seem to want to talk about them much. Which is why itas nice to see that, in [...]

In The Last of Us Part II, it takes a long time before players understand just who Abby is. A new character introduced as both an antagonist and protagonist, Abby is locked in a violent game of revenge with Ellie, but her reasoning and history donat become clear until around midway through the game, when [...]

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is preparing to put pop singer / songwriter Katy Perry into space, along with five other women: former NASA scientists Aisha Bowe and Amanda Nguyen, journalist Gayle King, journalist and Bezos fiancee Lauren Sanchez, and film producer Kerianne Flynn. Their flight, called NS-31, will launch aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, [...]

Chipolo has announced a new Bluetooth tracker called the Pop, featuring the same bright color options as its Chipolo One but with support for both Apple's Find My and Google's Find My Device networks. The Chipolo Pop also has a much larger Bluetooth range than the company's current lineup of trackers and features improved water [...]

Lime, the largest bike- and scooter-sharing company in the world, announced that it has struck a deal with Redwood Materials to recycle its lithium-ion batteries. Lime says its e-bike and e-scooter batteries typically last 500 charge cycles, or between five and seven years. Once those batteries reach their end of life, Lime will ship them [...]

Samsung has, by all accounts,halted the rollout of its long-awaited One UI 7 update following the discovery of a bug that prevented some Galaxy S24 owners from unlocking their phones. The pause was first reported by leaker and tipster Ice Universe, who said that a serious bug" had been found. While the complaints seem to [...]

Sony has raised the price of most of its PlayStation 5 console hardware in the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand by 10-15 percent, blaming a challenging economic environment." With rising US import costs thanks to tariffs likely a contributing factor, an equivalent price rise in the US is probably on the way. Sony manufactures [...]

Elon Musk's popularity with the American public is waning, according to the latest polling average from Nate Silver's Silver Bulletin. The billionaire CEO of multiple companies wears many hats, but the most visible one of late has been as the face of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an organization that has been tearing through [...]

Smartphones, laptops, and other products that are exempt from Trump's April 9th tariffs will be lumped in with duties on semiconductors in a month or two," Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl on This Week. The tariffs on the electronics industry would be announced over the next week" said President Trump [...]

The Nintendo Switch 2 has entered the ring, possibly complicating your decision of which handheld to buy this year. While Nintendoas new console, which comes out on June 5th, may seem similar to handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally, thereas a lot that sets them apart. Everything like how you [...]

One night in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, a felting artisan ended her day with a prayer. May our partners have good health. May they be ambitious, and successful, and may their businesses grow. The next morning, sisters-in-law Chinara Makashova and Nazgul Esenbaeva, and the people they worked with awoke to what seemed like a miracle: Shopify orders. [...]

By the time Apple releases M5-powered iPads, using iPadOS may feel closer to working on a Mac, according to Bloombergas Mark Gurman in todayas Power On newsletter. It wonat be macOS running on a tablet, but he writes that the changes will be significant enough to make people who want such a thing happy. Updates [...]

I remember the day: a sinewy bicycle messenger skillfully weaved through honking automobiles and came to a stop at the traffic light in front of me. But instead of dropping a foot, he balanced high above his fixed-gear pedals for nearly a minute, his crossbody bag bulging against the urgent deliveries within. That was a90s [...]

A new teaser trailer for Science Saruas The Ghost in the Shell anime series has been announced on the official Ghost in the Shell website in a post spotted by Anime News Network. The post also revealed some of the staff heading up the series, which includes people whoave worked on other shows from the [...]

The Trump administration has excluded smartphones, computers, and other electronics," even those imported from China, from tariffs it levied last week, reports Bloomberg. The exemptions don't free them from all tariffs, though, as the outlet says others from before Trump's April 9th tariffs still apply. Late last night, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updated [...]

The creators of Halo and Destiny are finally ready to show off their next big project: Marathon. It's a long-awaited title from Bungie and revives the classic Marathon IP in the form of a PvPvE extraction shooter. After a teaser nearly two years ago, the Sony-owned studio just spent an hour showing off Marathon gameplay [...]

In December 2024, actor and fashion icon Julia Fox stepped out on the street with a flip-phone buckle strapped across her chest, wires on her nails, and an old Discman-turned-compact mirror hanging from her wrist. Fox didnat start the retro-tech fashion trend. Celebrities and internet fashionistas were already wearing iPod Shuffle Minis as hair clips [...]

I know, I know. Itas become a bit of a faux pas to describe one game using another and yet I am compelled. After a few hours with Blue Prince, I realized this game elicits the same feelings in me as Balatro. Not because it has anything to do with cards or passive-aggressive clowns named [...]

For a while, it looked like President Donald Trump was going to have Big Techas back. Now, the tech industry is collateral damage in his global trade war. On Thursday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floated the idea of placing aa levy on the advertising revenues of digital servicesa if tariff negotiations with [...]

Netflix is starting to test search that's powered by OpenAI, according to Bloomberg. The new search engine will let users look for shows using far more specific terms, including the subscriber's mood, for example, the company said," per the report. This OpenAI-powered search will also allow users to make queries that go well beyond genres [...]

Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 8, which brings changes like 12 new subclasses, crossplay, and a photo mode, launches on April 15th, developer Larian Studios announced on Friday. The patch, set to be the game's last major update, was originally announced in November 2024, so it's been a long time coming (though Larian has been stress [...]

A new report from ProPublica published Thursday showed how the Louisiana government is using TIGER (Targeted Interventions to Greater Enhance Re-entry), a computer program developed by Louisiana State University to prevent recidivism, to approve or deny parole applications based on a score calculating their risk of returning to prison. Though the algorithm was initially designed [...]

YouTube is giving creators a new AI tool that can generate instrumental tracks to use in videos for free without worrying about copyright claims, TechCrunch reports. The new feature was demonstrated in a video posted on the company's Creator Insider channel this week. In the video, the host, Lauren, shows a new tab in the [...]

Will it run Doom? The question that has challenged tinkerers and hardware hackers for years has now come full circle. Limited Run Games has announced a new collector's edition of the iconic first-person shooter that ships in a box that itself can play Doom on a built-in screen. The Doom plus Doom II Will It [...]

ChatGPT's latest image generator had an explosive debut thanks to the viral Studio Ghibli art trend, and LinkedIn users have now jumped on a new gimmick: turning yourself into a toy. There are several flavors of the trend being shared. The AI Action Figure" variant appears to have gained the most traction, in which a [...]

Now that Samsung has launched its 2025 lineup, including the high-end Frame Pro, we're starting to see steep discounts land on the 2024 models. Right now, for example, Samsung's 85-inch Frame TV - its largest Frame TV to date - has dropped to around $2,498 ($1,800 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Samsung's online storefront. [...]

Black folks are loud. We laugh loud, we love loud, we protest loud. But when we really want to show our approval, we get quiet first. When we laugh at something funny, like really laugh, it sounds like a thin wheeze before sound bursts forth like a storm. And within seconds of starting South of [...]

DoorDash's international arm Wolt has already been experimenting with Coco's fleet of sidewalk robots in Helsinki, Finland. Now, DoorDash is linking up with sidewalk robot maker Coco toexpand automated food deliveries to the US. It's live in Los Angeles and Chicago with nearly 600 merchants set up to drop your lunch and other goods into [...]

Two weeks ago, Garmin announced it was launching a new subscription. Where the Garmin Connect app had previously offered everything from in-depth metrics and training plans for free, the beloved fitness tech company was now adding premium AI summaries, among other features, behind a paywall. In The Verge comments, my social media mentions, and the [...]

Apple may finally be ready to roll out its smarter, more personalized Siri features before the 2025 holiday season, according to The New York Times. The publication cited three sources with knowledge of Apple's plan to release a virtual assistant in the fall" that can edit and send photos to a friend on request - [...]

Toshiba has announced a new record player designed for vinyl enthusiasts who want to make their analog music collections more portable. The Aurex AX-RP10 is by no means pocket-friendly like Sony's Walkman or Apple's iPod, but it's small enough to haul around in an included shoulder bag while still accommodating 12-inch records, and it can [...]

The time of year has arrived a Webby Award season. For the 29th annual Webby Awards, The Verge is nominated in two categories: best technology podcast and best technology video. The award show is basically a competition for aBest of the Internet,a and each nominee is up for two awards: the Webby Award and the [...]

My phone dings, and a notification from Instagram pops up: aClarkas Closet Connectionas countdown has ended.a I click the alert to head to the profile page and start refreshing as new posts furiously come in on tonightas adrop.a Size 10 Mario sneakers. Moana-themed Hanna Andersson pajamas. A 3T Boden skort. Users, mostly moms, comment ame!a [...]

Tesla has a new entry-level Cybertruck with longer range, and it's the cheapest model yet at $69,990 before the federal $7,500 credit. Tesla pulled some significant features to achieve the price cut. The new long range" Cybertruck has just a single RWD motor compared to the two in the AWD model. It also lacks a [...]

Ever since Google debuted the original Pixel Watch in 2022, improving battery life has been a major focus of subsequent iterations of the smartwatch. Based on new leaks of the upcoming Pixel Watch 4, it looks like that might be the case again. Renders published by 91mobiles from leaker OnLeaks show a slightly thicker watch [...]

Six hours into a fantasy ball, actor Zach Harrison is sweating. Heas been wearing handmade leather armor, huge boots, and heavy six-foot bat wings all night, all while ballroom dancing and taking pictures with hundreds of fans without taking a break. But theyare not here to see Harrison. Theyare here to meet Cassian, Lord of [...]

Doctor Whoas shapeshifting Time Lord almost always has a plan when they encounter new threats from beyond the stars. And the Doctoras companions can usually count on them to pull a convoluted, crisis-averting trick out of their sleeves whenever things get too hairy. In the past, the Doctor has often been presented as more of [...]

(If youare reading this, please go vote for The Vergecast in the Webby Awards! Voting is open for roughly another week, and weare up against some steep competition a it would mean the world to us if youad pick us. Thank you so much!) Itas important to keep saying that we still donat know much [...]

On Monday, Meta will face the Federal Trade Commission in a legal fight that could reshape the social media landscape. Over the next two months, the US government will make its case that the companyas 2012 acquisition of Instagram and 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp squashed potential threats to its dominance. Meta, which went by the [...]

When Nintendo announced the Switch 2 would cost $450, my initial reaction was disappointment. aWhy does it cost so much more?a I thought to myself. aWhy does Japan get it cheaper?a my brain jealously added, once I learned that Nintendo would sell a Japan-only model for the equivalent of just $333. It felt like Nintendo [...]

WhatsApp has rolled out a dozen new features across chats, calls, and channels that make it easier to manage group conversations, alongside other general quality-of-life improvements. One of the more notable additions is a new Online" indicator for groups, which displays how many participants are currently using the app in real time. This is one [...]

Digg's return to the modern internet is one step closer with the launch of an early access" group called Groundbreakers. For a one-off $5 fee you can claim your username before someone else does and get a behind the scenes look at the new Digg as it comes together. Digg says that the $5 fee [...]