11-21-24 -

Peak Designs Outdoor Backpack is a more versatile everyday bag
The 25L model is an improvement on perfection, but not without some help. Continue reading…

11-20-24 -

DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly
Image: Laura Normand / The Verge The Department of Justice says that Google must divest the Chrome web browser to restore competition to the online search market, and it left the door open to requiring the company to spin o...

11-20-24 -

Honda has a plan to build solid-state batteries for EVs
Image: Honda Honda set up a demonstration facility in Japan to show off its plans to mass-produce solid-state batteries at lower costs, which could be crucial to unlocking higher-range, longer-lasting electric vehicles for ...

11-20-24 -

The Hyundai Ioniq 9 is a three-row electric SUV with room to grow
The SEL trim of the Hyundai Ioniq 9. | Image: Hyundai The South Korean automaker unveiled its newest EV ahead of the LA Auto Show. Continue reading…

11-20-24 -

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have spelled out their plans for DOGE
Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were officially appointed the co-leads of President-elect Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) last week, and on Wednesday...

11-20-24 -

Nvidia says its Blackwell AI chip is full steam ahead
The Blackwell B200 GPU. | Image: Nvidia Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable company on the back of AI chips, passing Microsoft and Apple along the way, and in today’s Q3 2025 earnings, the company suggested its ...

11-20-24 -

Apple fights to keep DOJ antitrust suit from reaching trial
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Bloomberg, Getty Images Apple urged a federal judge to dismiss the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against it, saying the government’s complaint includes specu...

11-20-24 -

AI landlord screening tool will stop scoring low-income tenants after discrim...
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, will no longer use AI-powered “scores” to evaluate whether someone using housing vouchers would make a good tenant. On Wed...

11-20-24 -

NASA wants SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver cargo to the moon
A conceptual rendering of Blue Origin’s cargo lander. | Image: Blue Origin / NASA After asking both SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop cargo landers for its Artemis missions, NASA has announced plans to use those landers t...

11-20-24 -

Reddit has recovered from an outage
Image: The Verge Reddit appears to be having some issues, as many users can’t get the platform to load reliably. Its status page says Reddit is experiencing “degraded performance” across the web and mobile apps, and t...

11-20-24 -

Microsoft tries to convince Windows 10 users to buy a new PC with full-screen...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has been trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 for months now, ahead of the end of support date for Windows 10 in October, 2025. Earlier this year, Mi...

11-20-24 -

Messenger video calls will look and sound better and add AI backgrounds
Image: Meta Meta has announced that it’s adding HD video calling and noise suppression to its Messenger app, along with several other features like AI backgrounds that help bring it up to par with other popular smartphone...

11-20-24 -

Sonos smart TV plans might have found an OS
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge After its foray into headphones, the next major new product category from Sonos is rumored to be a video streaming box similar to a Roku, Amazon Fire TV, or Apple TV. Such a device has been ...

11-20-24 -

T-Mobile actually stopped some hackers from stealing customer data
Good one, T-Mo. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile isn’t exactly known for having a stellar track record against hackers, but it seems that the company actually caught a recent cyberattack in progress and ...

11-20-24 -

The New York Times is trying to shut down a popular Connections puzzle creator
A screenshot of today’s NYT Connections on the alternate puzzle creator. | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge The New York Times wants to shut down a copy of its popular Connections word game. The publication sent a cea...

11-20-24 -

LimeWires new merch will help you impress your peer(-to-peer)s
Dumbgood’s Limewire apparel collection includes a mix of sweaters, jackets, and tees. | Image: Dumbgood LimeWire, the popular peer-to-peer file sharing app from the early aughts that was resurrected in 2022 as an NFT mark...

11-20-24 -

Final Fantasy XIV Mobile will bring Eorzea to your phone
Image: Square Enix / Lightspeed Studios Have you heard that the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV is getting a mobile version? In a video announcement, Final Fantasy XIV game director Naoki Yoshida announced FFX...

11-20-24 -

Threads custom feeds are already rolling out
Illustration: The Verge Just five days after Meta started testing custom feeds in Threads, the company is already rolling them out to everyone. With custom feeds, you can track topics and accounts in one feed, making it eas...

11-20-24 -

Googles Drive app is now available for Windows on Arm
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has released a beta version of the Google Drive desktop app that supports Windows 11 running on Snapdragon chips. The app offers the same features as on computers with Intel an...

11-20-24 -

Xbox cloud streaming expands beyond Game Pass to games you own
Image: The Verge Microsoft is starting to open up Xbox Cloud Gaming to existing Xbox game libraries today. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can now stream 50 games that they already own, including Balatro, Baldur’s Gat...

11-20-24 -

Ford retracts in Europe with layoffs and lower EV production
Photo by Rolf Vennenbernd/picture alliance via Getty Images Ford said it would cut 4,000 jobs from its business in Europe, while also lowering production estimates for its upcoming Explorer and Capri electric vehicles. The...

11-20-24 -

Garmins Venu Sq 2, our favorite Fitbit alternative, hits its lowest price ever
Garmin’s Venu Sq 2 comes with an impressive set of health features, including hydration tracking, which its Fitbit rivals lack. | Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’re looking to upgrade your old Fitbit, G...

11-20-24 -

Ankers excellent 6.6K MagGo Power Bank is down to an absolute steal at $19.99
Most MagSafe power bank kickstands are too flimsy to safely hold an iPhone. Anker’s design is much better. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge We’ll soon see an explosion of early Black Friday deals, with sev...

11-20-24 -

Amazons newEchoShow 21 has a huge screen and built-insmart homehub
Now that’s a big smart display. | Image: Amazon Amazon’s first wall-mounted smart display just got a big upgrade. Today, the company announced the launch of the Echo Show 21, an upgrade to the Echo Show 15 that debuted ...

11-20-24 -

Google fixes Chrome issue that broke text highlighting on some sites
Image: The Verge The latest version of Chrome (Version 131.0.6778.86) has addressed an issue in the browser that broke the ability to highlight text on some websites over the weekend, Google’s Scott Westover confirmed to ...

11-20-24 -

This keyboard is a touchscreen that doubles as a second monitor
The DS Pixel Keyboard combines the flexibility of a touchscreen keyboard with the tactile feedback of a physical one. | Image: DS The creators of the DS Pixel Keyboard have come up with a potential solution to the challenge...

11-20-24 -

Stellantis electric STLA Frame gives vehicles 690 miles of range with an exte...
STLA Frame platform with a battery pack. | Image: Stellantis Stellantis released new details about its big “multi-energy” vehicle platform, STLA Frame. The new platform runs primarily on battery-electric technology but ...

11-20-24 -

Vision Pros viral Lapz app put on hold after F1 complaint
Image: Lapz Lapz, the Apple Vision Pro app that puts Formula One races in mixed reality, is on hold after F1 asked it to stop using its content, as reported by UploadVR. In a message posted to its Discord channel, Lapz says...

11-20-24 -

FromSoftware parent company confirms Sonys acquisition interest
Elden Ring. | Image: FromSoftware Reports that Sony was in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the Japanese media conglomerate that owns Elden Ring developer FromSoftware, have been confirmed. Kadokawa has released a short statement...

11-20-24 -

NFL, celebrity boxing, and hot dogs: Netflixs push into live TV
Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024 Netflix is following up the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight with NFL games and WWE’s Monday Night Raw. Continue reading…

11-20-24 -

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a glorious and beautiful pain in the ass
Image: GSC Game World GSC Game World’s long-awaited survival epic delivers the ultimate stalker fantasy — if you can look beyond the plethora of glitches. Continue reading…

11-20-24 -

Comcast is spinning off its cable TV business
Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images for Comcast Comcast is splitting from its NBCUniversal television arm as the market of cable TV customers shrinks in the age of cord-cutting and TikTok. The US media giant announced plans on...

11-20-24 -

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 wasnt prepared for takeoff
Reviews for the game on Steam are currently labeled as “Overwhelmingly Negative.” | Image: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 was released on PC and Xbox yesterday but early players have str...

11-20-24 -

Samsung Galaxy Watch FE review: a bogus bargain
As an entry-level device, the FE doesn’t quite nail the right mix of price, features, and hardware. Continue reading…

11-20-24 -

Google workers to DOJ: we need protections to make your breakup effective
Illustration: The Verge Google employees met with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division last month to share workers’ perspectives ahead of the government’s expected proposal to break up the company. Their message...

11-20-24 -

Google Meets automatic framing is now available to everyone
Illustration: The Verge Google Meet is making it easier for everyone to position themselves in video calls without having to move the camera or mess around with the webcam’s frame adjustment settings. The automatic framin...

11-20-24 -

UberXXL will let you catch an even bigger ride to the airport
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber has launched a new airport-only fare option in its ride-sharing app called UberXXL. It surpasses UberXL’s single X by guaranteeing rides with trunk space that can handle large ...

11-19-24 -

Strava closes the gates to sharing fitness data with other apps
Image: Strava Strava recently informed its users and partners that new terms for its API restrict the data that third-party apps can show, refrain from replicating Strava’s look, and place a ban on using data “for any m...

11-19-24 -

Niantic is building a geospatial AI model based on Pokmon Go player data
Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Niantic has announced that it’s building a new “Large Geospatial Model” (LGM) that combines millions of scans taken from the smartphones of players of Pokémon Go and other Niantic prod...

11-19-24 -

This website unearths YouTubes lost and forgotten iPhone clips
People loved uploading videos from their iPhone Camera Roll directly to YouTube. | Image: The Verge The “IMG_0001” website features a frame with an old TV static effect and a floating retro Panasonic remote that you can...

11-19-24 -

Sonys new PlayStation Portal update lets you stream PS5 games from the cloud
Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Sony is bringing a big new feature to the PlayStation Portal: cloud streaming. When it first launched, the device was only able to stream games from your PS5 over Wi-Fi. But as p...

11-19-24 -

Alexa may get smarter with more APIs rather than more AI
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Following ongoing reports that Amazon’s generative AI makeover of Alexa is not going well, it appears Amazon may take a more practical approach to making its smart assistant more us...

11-19-24 -

Microsoft is the mystery AI company licensing HarperCollins books, says Bloom...
Illustration: The Verge Just one day after 404 Media revealed that HarperCollins struck a three-year AI training deal with an unnamed company, Bloomberg now says Microsoft will use the publisher’s content to train a not-y...

11-19-24 -

Jack Black yearns for the mines in new Minecraft movie trailer
Image: Warner Bros. A Minecraft Movie has a new trailer giving us a taste at the kind of story moviegoers can expect. The trailer predominately features Jack Black as Steve, the silent protagonist players embody in Minecraf...

11-19-24 -

Netflix says the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight was the most-streamed sportin...
Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024 Despite widespread issues with video quality and buffering, Netflix’s live-streamed Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing match brought in an average of 108 million viewers, ba...

11-19-24 -

Aqaras new DIY-ready smart water shutoff works in more smart homes with Matter
Image: Aqara Aqara’s Smart Valve Controller T1 is now available, bringing an interoperable Matter-compatible valve controller option to the smart home for the first time. The $69.99 T1 connects to your water shutoff valve...

11-19-24 -

Android 16 is now available for early testers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has given us a glimpse at what’s coming in the next major version of Android. The first preview release for Android 16 is available for developers starting today, which expan...

11-19-24 -

Leak: Valve is making a Steam Controller 2 and a Roy for its Deckard
The original Steam Controller, and a prototype that preceded it. | Image: Sean Hollister / The Verge Two years ago, Valve told The Verge it wanted a successor to its cult classic Steam Controller, whose incredibly customiza...

11-19-24 -

Google Gemini can remember things now
Illustration: The Verge Google Gemini can now “remember” certain things about you, such as your interests and personal preferences. The change is rolling out to subscribers with access to Gemini Advanced, and it will al...

11-19-24 -

Minecraft to follow live-action movie with theme parks
Minecraft could soon be coming to a theme park near you. UK theme park company Merlin Entertainments has announced the completion of a $110 million deal with developer Mojang to open Minecraft-themed attractions in the US and the U...