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Chinese phone manufacturer Honor has launched an image-to-video AI generator powered by Google, before it's available to Gemini users. It will be available first for anyone who buys the Honor 400 or 400 Pro phones, which launch next week on May 22nd. The new AI tool, powered by Google's Veo 2 model, creates five-second videos [...]

The United States and China have mutually agreed to a 90-day reduction on tariffs implemented in April, while they continue to negotiate a final trade deal. The deal was hashed out by US and Chinese officials in Geneva over the weekend, and will see the US reducing duties Trump has called reciprocal tariffs" on Chinese [...]

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Friday that her government is suing Google for relabeling the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America" for US users, CBS News reports. The company had done so in Google Maps after President Trump ordered the name change at the beginning of his Presidential term. The lawsuit makes good on [...]

This morning, while summarizing an Apple product blitz" he expects for 2027, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman writes in his Power On newsletter that Apple is planning a mostly glass, curved iPhone" with no display cutouts for that year, which happens to be the iPhone's 20th anniversary. That follows a report last weekend from The Information, which [...]

The Trump administration has reportedly fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, who leads the US Copyright Office, following the office's choice to release a pre-publication version of its opinion on the fair use status of AI training data that's made up of copyrighted information. Representative Joe Morelle, the ranking Democrat of the Committee on House [...]

At the beginning of the month, things weren't looking good for gaming site Giant Bomb after its content was put on hold amid reports of editorial interference from its parent company, Fandom. Today, some feel-good news: Giant Bomb announced it is now an independent, employee-owned entity. Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to [...]

If you're like me, you've been anxiously searching for any relief from the Bad NewsTM and endless stream of AI slop plaguing your feed. Joseph Ricketts' breathtaking wildlife videos could be the antidote. An alligator taking a nap on the floor of a crystal clear spring. Schools of fish glittering in the darkness. A cosmic [...]

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is my favorite game of the year so far, with an exhilarating battle system, excellent exploration, and a haunting soundtrack. But I'm not the only one who loves it: the game has become a huge hit, with more than 2 million copies sold just 12 days after its late April release. [...]

Last Thursday, I boarded one of the first United Airlines planes to be equipped with Starlink's satellite Wi-Fi. As expected, the Wi-Fi was very fast and left me wondering whether this will herald the end of spotty in-flight Wi-Fi, expensive connectivity fees, or even the quaint notion that we can avoid work altogether while cruising [...]

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 82, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you're caught up on Andor, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about AI prophets and ChatGPT cheaters and the [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was set to start enforcing the remaining provisions of its click-to-cancel" rule on May 14th, requiring that subscriptions be as easy to cancel as to start. Now, the agency says it won't enforce the rule until July 14th, as TechCrunch reports. Also known as the Negative Option Rule, the big [...]

As Pope Leo XIV laid out his vision for the papacy in an address to the College of Cardinals, he also explained why he picked his papal name. Incredibly, artificial intelligence played a big part. In the Vatican's translation of his speech, Pope Leo XIV explained that his name references Pope Leo XIII, who presided [...]

The music-sharing platform SoundCloud quietly updated its terms of use in February last year, adding language that lets it train AI models on its users' content, as TechCrunch reported. And while the company says it hasn't used user-created content for model training, it doesn't rule out the possibility that it will in the future. Marni [...]

More than 25 years after the first Tony Hawk's Pro Skater put skateboarding games on the map, developers are still finding new ways to explore skating in video games, especially in 2025. Skateboarding fans are about to have some promising new games to play, with Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 remake releasing [...]

After slamming everything from clothing to avocados with tariffs, now President Donald Trump has taken aim at films. "The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death," Trump proclaimed on Truth Social last week, while floating a 100 percent tariff on movies "produced in Foreign Lands." The news stirred up confusion across Hollywood, [...]

Whether you're after a distraction-free reading experience or a fun way to keep the kids engaged this summer, the latest Kindle Paperwhite Kids is worth considering. And now, thanks to Amazon's Mother's Day promo, you can pick it up at either Amazon or Best Buy starting at just $139.99 ($40 off), which matches the e-reader's [...]

Apple is known for prioritizing privacy and security, but there are additional measures you can turn to if you feel you need them. iPhones, iPads, and Macs have what's known as a Lockdown Mode that takes protecting your data to a whole new level. It's clear that this isn't for everyone: Apple describes it as [...]

For a kid with an obsession, it's impossible to think about anything else. When I was really into skateboarding, every piece of architecture was filled with a potential for tricks that I could never actually pull off. When I was on a quest to complete Super Mario Bros. 3 on my own, any piece of [...]

A shoe engineered to be made entirely from additive manufacturing will be polarizing in the first quarter of the 21st century. That's certainly been my experience wearing Adidas' new 3D-printed Climacool sneakers on the beach, trail, or in the city. I felt more eyes on my footwear than normal, with a determined flick upward to [...]

Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Friday afternoon directing the Department of Energy to consider using all lawful authority to rescind" or weaken regulations for water and energy efficiency for dishwashers and washing machines. The action also includes water use standards for showers, faucets, toilets, and urinals. It closes out a week of attacks on [...]

Google is set to pay $1.375 billion to settle claims of data privacy violations brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to a press release. Texas filed two lawsuits in 2022 against Google for unlawfully tracking and collecting users' private data regarding geolocation, incognito searches, and biometric data," the release says. Before now, no [...]

The paid release of Deltarune, Toby Fox's episodic Undertale spinoff, will be available for most people at the same time the Nintendo Switch 2 launches in Japan, Fox says in the Deltarune newsletter for May 2025. Deltarune's first two chapters, released in 2018 and 2021 respectively, were free, but this new release, which adds chapters [...]

PS5 users can now buy games in the PlayStation Store using a new payment method: Apple Pay. You could use Apple Pay in the browser or via the mobile app already, but now the method joins other on-console options like using a saved credit or debit card, and PayPal. As reported by 9to5Mac, you may [...]

Tech event season is in full swing. This week, Stripe and Figma gathered thousands of people in downtown San Francisco for their respective conferences. I caught up with Figma CEO Dylan Field after his opening keynote at Config, where he announced the most significant product expansion in the company's history. Below, you'll find our chat [...]

Smartwatches have come along way since the first Apple Watch arrived on the scene more than a decade ago. However, despite how ubiquitous they've become, they're still nowhere near as discrete - or long-lasting - as a smart ring like the Samsung Galaxy Ring. Thankfully, if you're looking to ditch the watch, Samsung's first-gen smart [...]

On Friday, Donald Trump abruptly removed the three sitting Democrat appointees on the five-person U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - the independent watchdog agency that issues recalls and regulates everyday products, including consumer electronics. With no apparent cause for removal, the firings violate existing Supreme Court precedent dating back to 1935, as did Trump's removals [...]

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans on photographing every single person who leaves the US by car, an agency spokesperson told Wired. The agency says it will start using facial recognition technology at official border crossings to match all outbound travelers' faces to their passports, visas, or other travel documents, though there's no public timeline [...]

Outer Wilds developer Mobius Digital is working on a new game, but it might be a very long time before we hear anything about it, the studio's head of production tells The Verge. It's going to be quite awhile before we have any news or hints about our next game," says Jackie Kreitzberg. Likely on [...]

It's my final day at The Verge and Vox Media after over 13 years. And as luck should have it, I was able to wrap up my tenure here by interviewing Tom Conrad, the interim CEO of Sonos. I've covered this company more extensively than any other, and as our readers know, Sonos has been [...]

Chances are, your mom changed your diaper, packed your lunch, and helped guide you through your teenage years - all without expecting anything in return. She deserves a standing ovation, but since that's difficult to wrap, a thoughtful Mother's Day gift can make for a fine alternative. This year, we rounded up a collection of [...]

Disney is getting ready to launch ESPN's standalone streaming service - and apparently, it may just be called ESPN," according to a report from CNBC. Sources tell CNBC that ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro chose the name to simplify what's become a cluttered streaming world, filled with different media products that can be bundled with other [...]

Just days after an outage briefly knocked out radar and communications between air traffic controllers and planes at Newark Liberty International Airport, the FAA confirmed it happened again on Friday morning: There was a telecommunications outage that impacted communications and radar display at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark [...]

San Francisco's BART subway system is back up and running after service was suspended and shut down on Friday morning due to a computer networking problem." The service is back online system wide" as of about 9:17AM PT, but BART says to expect major delays in service toward all destinations due to an earlier train [...]

Arlo is introducing some new AI capabilities that allow its security and doorbell cameras to describe events and alert users when certain concerns are detected. The features are included in Arlo Secure 6, the latest version of Arlo's home security subscription service, which is set to start rolling out to customers sometime this month. Adding [...]

It's been a few years, but Peacemaker is finally about to make its return to streaming: Max announced that the DC series will back for eight episodes starting on August 21st. The news came along with a teaser trailer that includes the titular lead (played again by John Cena) seemingly struggling to join a new [...]

Spotify is working on an update that could allow iPhone users in the US to purchase audiobooks through external links. In a post on Friday, Spotify says it has submitted the update to Apple, and if approved, it would also let Premium users buy top-ups" for additional audiobook listening time. The change comes in response [...]

A brochure shared on Reddit provides new details on Eufy's first smart display. The Eufy Smart Display E10 hasn't been officially announced by Anker yet, but it's already received FCC certification and was recently demonstrated at a private event in New York. The smart display's manual has also leaked. According to the brochure, the Smart [...]

Smart home controller maker Brilliant NextGen has launched its second generation of touchscreen panels that replace traditional light switches. The new hardware, which looks like the previous model, has a 4x higher resolution screen and dual-band WiFi (2.4GHz and 5GHz) to help curb interference. It also has a more powerful processor that Brilliant says is [...]

For the past three decades, multidisciplinary artist Jonathan Zawada has produced art across various mediums: sculptures, paintings, videos, installations, and more. He's also been making visualizations with his friend Mark Pritchard, a record producer and experimental musician. They became close friends, talking nearly every day. But the relationship changed when Pritchard brought him a new, [...]

Some parts of X's notification system have been down since Thursday afternoon, making it hard for users to see when accounts they follow have posted something. User reports can be seen across Reddit and X, and my colleagues at The Verge have noticed zero new notifications even with alerts enabled on accounts that have posted [...]

Former Apple designer Jony Ive says the work on his next product is driven by owning the unintended consequences" associated with the iPhone. During an interview with Stripe, Ive said there's not anything that I can be more preoccupied or bothered by" than the potentially adverse effects smartphones have on their users. I think when [...]

Google is in antitrust court, fighting to preserve the search engine business that has made it so historically successful. At a few different moments through the various stages of the trial, high-powered executives from Apple have taken the stand - and largely taken Google's side. Just this week, Apple's Eddy Cue made the case that [...]

Amazon is expanding its prescription medication business to include your pooches and pussycats. Through its Vetsource partnership announced on Thursday, Amazon says that hundreds of prescription pet medications" will now be available for US customers to purchase via Amazon's storefront, including treatments for fleas, ticks, and chronic conditions. Prescription pet drugs can be found by [...]

Threads is getting a new transparency feature that allows users to see how their accounts are being reprimanded for breaking the platform's rules. Video ads are also making their debut on the platform. The new account status dashboard is similar to existing account features on Instagram and Facebook, showing when posted content has been removed [...]

The moment the white smoke appeared above the Sistine Chapel, I immediately turned on my television, because I wanted to see who the new pope would be, and then hopped on social media, because I knew that the internet could tell me more about the new pope faster than television could. That, and the memes [...]

Netflix is removing the last two shows listed on its Interactive Specials page: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend, reports What's on Netflix. The two specials will be pulled on May 12th, 2025, according to the publication, so if you want to watch them, you'll want to catch them soon. [...]

When Adam Mosseri took over Meta-owned Instagram as CEO in 2018, the app was experiencing what he'd later call "concerning" drops and plateaus in user engagement, thanks partly to fierce competition from a new app: TikTok. Instagram estimated in 2019 that 23 percent of the decline in time spent on Instagram in the US was [...]

Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of the collapsed cryptocurrency lending firm Celsius, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud that led to billions in losses," the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. Celsius, which held $25 billion in assets at its peak, abruptly halted withdrawals and transfers during a broader [...]