Skip to main content
The VergeThe Verge logo.

The latest Quick Posts

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Trump discloses Nvidia and SpaceX trades before awarding their CEOs.

As reported by Reuters, Trump bought up to $1.6 million in Nvidia stock and sold up to $1 million in August. Trump also disclosed an investment of as much as $5 million in SpaceX debt, according to CNBC.

On Thursday, Trump presented Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with the National Medal of Science.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Feige caught him.

During Marvel Television’s presentation at this year’s New York Comic Con, the studio announced that it is developing a live-action series titled Zodiac that will debut in 2028. The new show’s still a ways out, but we can expect to see the second season of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man on January 13th, 2027.

The logo for Marvel’s Zodiac TV series.
Image: Marvel
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Samsung is reportedly slashing smartphone production due to rising memory costs.

Android Authority cites a report from the Korean outlet Money Today, which says Samsung could decrease smartphone production by up to 30 percent in the fourth quarter. An unnamed source tells Money Today that Samsung’s smartphone sales currently aren’t yielding profit due to skyrocketing memory prices.

Lay of the laptops / Enter the rapidly shifting landscape of portable computing.

How Microsoft built its MacBook Pro competitorHow Microsoft built its MacBook Pro competitor

Inside the secret lab where Microsoft tortures laptops.

Our first five impressions of Googlebooks — exciting but underbaked

Google’s new laptop OS shows lots of promise for Android phone owners, but there’s a long road ahead.

Antonio G. Di BenedettoCommentsComment Icon Bubble159
HP’s answer to the MacBook Neo is thinner, lighter, and comes with OLED

The HP OmniBook 5 14 looks like a Neo wannabe right down to its 8GB of RAM and colors, but it seems a compelling competitor.

Antonio G. Di BenedettoCommentsComment Icon Bubble36
The Dell XPS 13 is the first real competitor to the MacBook Neo

Even the base XPS 13 is an excellent laptop. But you’re still gonna want the 16GB model.

Antonio G. Di BenedettoCommentsComment Icon Bubble69

Staff picks / Our favorite stories you don’t want to miss.

The vigilante doxxing campaign against Cornell’s Jane Doe happened in plain sightThe vigilante doxxing campaign against Cornell’s Jane Doe happened in plain sight

X and Substack aren’t doing anything to stop users from harassing women they believe are connected to the rape case — and the women who aren’t.

Amazon’s Alexa Tablets are coming for the iPad

They’re powerful, priced to move, and filled with AI ideas. Don’t you dare call them Fire tablets.

Cupertino might be made for your mom, but it’s a good take on tech

The Social Reckoning has been outsmarted by a new CBS procedural.

Alexa Plus is better at running my home, but it’s not ready to run my life

Amazon’s assistant can’t always remember who I am or where my daughter goes to school — but it can now reliably turn on my lights.

Jennifer Pattison TuohyCommentsComment Icon Bubble10

This week in AI / The biggest new stories about today’s biggest new technology.

AI could upend food deliveryAI could upend food delivery

Delivery apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats have changed how diners eat and how restaurants operate. AI could force a new kind of reckoning for the industry.

Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI

AI is junk food for the mind: easy, tempting and ultimately very bad for you.

It appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domains

ICANN’s latest top-level domain applications are out, and they are all about AI.

OpenAI drops another batch of mathematical breakthroughs

Solutions to ‘hundreds’ of open questions are said to be included in a batch of manuscripts released by OpenAI.

Review roulette / Catch up on a big week of movie, TV and game releases.

What The Social Reckoning gets right — and wrongWhat The Social Reckoning gets right — and wrong

Spoiler alert: The Facebook Files are still more interesting than Aaron Sorkin’s new thriller.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer is my childhood podracing dream come true

The new Star Wars racing game is probably as close as you can get to actually piloting a podracer.

Apple TV’s great year continues with Small Prophets

A quirky supernatural comedy is the latest welcome addition to the streaming service.

Gears of War: E-Day is a great game launching at a terrible time

A confident return for one of Xbox’s most iconic franchises is coming during a period of dramatic upheaval.

Most Discussed

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

The KickerOctober 8

Newsletter

The scariest thing about gray-market peptides is how little we knowResearchers found that BPC-157 users tend to wait two months before disclosing usage to doctors — if they disclose at all.

Victoria Song

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Trump discloses Nvidia and SpaceX trades before awarding their CEOs.

As reported by Reuters, Trump bought up to $1.6 million in Nvidia stock and sold up to $1 million in August. Trump also disclosed an investment of as much as $5 million in SpaceX debt, according to CNBC.

On Thursday, Trump presented Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with the National Medal of Science.

SpaceX announces plan to become a ‘major mobile carrier’SpaceX announces plan to become a ‘major mobile carrier’

SpaceX snapped up low-band spectrum in a bid to take on T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.

Emma RothCommentsComment Icon Bubble3
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Feige caught him.

During Marvel Television’s presentation at this year’s New York Comic Con, the studio announced that it is developing a live-action series titled Zodiac that will debut in 2028. The new show’s still a ways out, but we can expect to see the second season of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man on January 13th, 2027.

The logo for Marvel’s Zodiac TV series.
Image: Marvel
AMD will bring FSR 4 to handhelds by the end of 2026AMD will bring FSR 4 to handhelds by the end of 2026

But will existing handhelds get the tech?

Sean HollisterCommentsComment Icon Bubble2
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Samsung is reportedly slashing smartphone production due to rising memory costs.

Android Authority cites a report from the Korean outlet Money Today, which says Samsung could decrease smartphone production by up to 30 percent in the fourth quarter. An unnamed source tells Money Today that Samsung’s smartphone sales currently aren’t yielding profit due to skyrocketing memory prices.

Apple will reportedly debut its first touchscreen MacBook in three weeksApple will reportedly debut its first touchscreen MacBook in three weeks

The rumored late-October event will also include a new iPad Mini, Bloomberg reports.

Jay PetersCommentsComment Icon Bubble14
California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matchesCalifornia is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches

The state says Rek, the ‘humanoid robot fighting league,’ can’t host fights involving ‘any human’ in California without permission.

Jay PetersCommentsComment Icon Bubble4
David Pierce
David Pierce
Today’s Vergecast: The many pluses and minuses of Alexa Plus.

Amazon is determined to turn Alexa Plus into a do-everything AI assistant that can compete with Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and the rest. But after a year of testing, The Verge’s Jen Tuohy has mixed feelings on how it’s all going. And on whether a new tablet is the right way to fix it.

ICE detainees in Georgia used the facility’s video calling software to expose the conditions insideICE detainees in Georgia used the facility’s video calling software to expose the conditions inside

Asylum seekers at the Folkston ICE Processing Center decried Trump’s ‘deportation courts’ in a video taken behind bars.

Gaby Del ValleCommentsComment Icon Bubble4
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
This desktop Spotify alternative is less RAM hungry and supports Winamp skins.

If you’re tired of the Spotify desktop app gobbling up a big chunk of your computer’s RAM, Spotifast for Linux, macOS, and Windows takes a leaner approach and typically needs just 100 to 250MB. A Spotify Premium account is required to actually stream music instead of just browsing, and if you need another reason to switch, Spotifast includes a Mini Player that supports Winamp 2 skins.

A screenshot of the Spotifast Mini Player that supports Winamp skins.
Image: Spotifast
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Former OpenAI safety researchers ask for more transparency about their firings.

In a letter to OpenAI, Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang, and Mikita Balesni push back on OpenAI’s claims that they shared confidential information with an outside AI safety group.

The three researchers say they “acted in line with OpenAI’s mission,” and raise concern that their firings could “justify ending OpenAI’s work with METR,” the AI safety organization that investigated the rogue Hugging Face hack.

Mikita Balesni (@balesni)

[X (formerly Twitter)]

Microsoft’s new Windows Search is exactly what Windows 11 needsMicrosoft’s new Windows Search is exactly what Windows 11 needs

Windows Search is being overhauled with a focus on speed and capability.

Tom WarrenCommentsComment Icon Bubble18
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
More “2nd-party” Apple Home devices leak.

Following the news that LG may be making devices for Apple’s smart home platform, leaker itspdfu spotted evidence that Schneider Electric is developing a smart thermostat and temperature sensor. Schneider has played a major role in developing the Matter standard and recently bought smart home device manufacturer Shelly — a move that suddenly makes more sense.

The leak suggests more 2nd-party products are coming, and they’ll differentiate from Matter-compatible products by adding extra features that make them easier to use in Apple Home, including NFC-based tap-to-pair without power and setup animations.

Paramount is making a Cyberpunk 2077 filmParamount is making a Cyberpunk 2077 film

CD Projekt Red’s hit sci-fi franchise is being adapted into a movie, but there’s no word yet on when it might be released.

Jay PetersCommentsComment Icon Bubble9
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Razer’s new Basilisk V4 Pro gaming mouse has up to 275 hours of battery life.

The new flagship is available now for $169.99 with improvements that include two additional customizable buttons bringing the total to 14, an upgraded four-way tilting scroll wheel, a 50,000 DPI sensor, and an 8,000Hz polling rate in wireless and wired modes. Battery life is estimated to max out at up to 275 hours on Bluetooth, or up to 200 hours with a wireless HyperSpeed connection.

If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Claude can now turn data into animated explainers.

You can ask Anthropic’s AI chatbot to incorporate motion into its output, allowing it to create a 30-second video explainer, add animation to a chart, or make a product walkthrough. The animation will play like a short video, which you can download as an MP4 file.

Anthropic is also rolling out live dashboards that update based on your company’s data, and is launching Docs, Slides, and Design out of beta.

Image:
Adi Robertson
Adi Robertson
Trump’s attempt to rename AI is still going strong.

The Verge considers anyone that uses the term, “Cool,” as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, “Fetch,” THE ENEMY.

Tim Cook says ‘I’m not meddling’ in the new Apple CEO’s businessTim Cook says ‘I’m not meddling’ in the new Apple CEO’s business

Cook, who recently stepped down, says he’s helping new CEO John Ternus ‘in any way he sees fit.’

Jay PetersCommentsComment Icon Bubble4
I only bought Pokémon Legends: Z-A during Prime Day, and it’s still on saleI only bought Pokémon Legends: Z-A during Prime Day, and it’s still on sale

I haven’t played a Pokémon game in years, but the low price and unique setting has drawn me in.

Brad BourqueCommentsComment Icon Bubble2
Victoria Song
Victoria Song
The Trump administration seems like its leaning toward allowing unapproved peptides.

So says The Washington Post. I’ve been writing about gray-market peptides in Optimizer, but this is a follow-up to July’s FDA hearings about whether compounding pharmacies should be allowed to sell unapproved peptides. It’s unclear which ones, and the timing could change, but the Post says this might give the administration a “political upside.”

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
The Pixel’s multi-camera feature expands to Discord, WhatsApp, and more.

The feature, called Connected Camera, lets you capture video from multiple angles by linking your Pixel phone camera to another Pixel device or GoPro. Google first launched the feature with support for social platforms like YouTube and Instagram, but now Android Authority reports that it’s expanding to communication apps including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, Google Meet, Slack, and Facebook Messenger.

Forza Horizon 6 is being delayed on PS5 to January 2027Forza Horizon 6 is being delayed on PS5 to January 2027

The delay means the PS5 version will now debut alongside a new expansion.

Tom Warren
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Apple’s leadership shuffles continue.

Apple’s new M&A and corporate development boss is now Steve Smith, Bloomberg reports, and he’s taking over the duties from Adrian Perica. Perica will continue leading the iCloud, Fitness Plus, and News businesses.

Carson Oliver is also becoming VP of the App Store following Phil Schiller’s departure from heading up the platform.

They’re the latest changes under new CEO John Ternus, who took over on September 1st.

USA Today becomes the latest publisher to sue OpenAIUSA Today becomes the latest publisher to sue OpenAI

The publisher is seeking damages of more than $250 million.

Emma RothCommentsComment Icon Bubble3
SpaceXAI backs Omarchy, the controversial Linux distro, with $1.5 million in computeSpaceXAI backs Omarchy, the controversial Linux distro, with $1.5 million in compute

The marriage of Grok and Omarchy aligns two controversial tech leaders.

Terrence O'BrienCommentsComment Icon Bubble10
Older Pixel watches are losing free cellular access to several safety featuresOlder Pixel watches are losing free cellular access to several safety features

Features like Emergency SOS, Fall Detection, and Safety Check will require an active mobile plan after December 12th.

Andrew LiszewskiCommentsComment Icon Bubble2
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
45 minutes of indie game news.

Check out the full replay of the October 2026 Triple-i Initiative show, which included news about a Machinarium sequel, a February 17th release date for the Among Us narrative game spinoff, a new Strange Scaffold game, the “final” Dave the Diver DLC, and more.

Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward ClaudeAnthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude

The usage policy update also adds new rules addressing propaganda campaigns, surveillance, and weapon development.

Hayden FieldCommentsComment Icon Bubble47
Trump administration says Microsoft ‘abused’ worker visa program and is cutting off accessTrump administration says Microsoft ‘abused’ worker visa program and is cutting off access

Vice President JD Vance claims an immigration program used by tech companies has become ‘rife’ with fraud.

Jay PetersCommentsComment Icon Bubble19
New York accuses TikTok of serving users ‘placebo’ safety featuresNew York accuses TikTok of serving users ‘placebo’ safety features

TikTok allegedly blocked selected users from accessing features like Algo Refresh. 

Stevie Bonifield
Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Google is testing a splashy YouTube Music redesign.

A few Reddit users have reported seeing a new look that features cleaner text, streamlined controls, and, most importantly, full-width artwork on albums and playlists. It’s a huge improvement over the cramped, boxed-in look of the current app. Hopefully it’ll be rolling out to more users soon.

YouTube Music’s old UI with smaller album art on the left, playing Madvillainy. The new UI being tested on teh right with larger album art for Madvillainy II.
Are you ready for everything to look like TikTok?Are you ready for everything to look like TikTok?

A pair of tests on Facebook and Instagram offer a preview of what all social media could come to look like.

Mia SatoCommentsComment Icon Bubble16
Justine Calma
Justine Calma
A bipartisan bill aims to hold data centers accountable for their energy use.

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act would require data centers to report their electricity use, and allow utilities to charge them more for transmission costs. The bill aims to speed the construction of new infrastructure needed to meet soaring electricity demand, but won’t come up for a Senate vote until after midterm elections.

Amazon is phasing out Fire Tablets because they weren’t ‘giving customers what they were asking for’Amazon is phasing out Fire Tablets because they weren’t ‘giving customers what they were asking for’

Panos Panay says there are more hardware announcements coming, but don’t expect an Amazon laptop.

Terrence O'BrienCommentsComment Icon Bubble4
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Wordle is coming to a theater near you.

They’re not turning the popular puzzler into a movie just yet, but The New York Times Games has partnered with Screenvision Media to turn games like Wordle and Spelling Bee into a pre-show experience, according to a report by Variety. A nationwide rollout is expected to start by Thanksgiving giving audiences something else to do before the trailers.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
The cutest robot couple is back.

Amanita Design’s cult classic point-and-click adventure Machinarium is getting a sequel, and it looks just as cryptic and charming as the original, which debuted 17 years ago. You can watch the debut trailer, but unfortunately there’s no word on when it will be launching.

Apple announces surprise ‘Welcome home’ launch eventApple announces surprise ‘Welcome home’ launch event

Apple is rumored to debut its smart home hub, a refreshed Apple TV, and more.

Jay PetersCommentsComment Icon Bubble41
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Camp Snap’s retro digital camcorder is now available in three new colors.

A year after launching its first screen-free video camera inspired by the design of retro Super 8 film cameras from Kodak and Canon, Camp Snap is introducing three new color options for its $199 CS-8. Espresso, champagne, and rose versions are now available, in addition to the original black-and-silver model.

If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.

<em>The new CS-8 color options include rose, espresso, and champagne.</em>
1/2
The new CS-8 color options include rose, espresso, and champagne.
Image: Camp Snap
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Asos confirms hackers stole names, addresses, phone numbers, and search history.

As reported by BBC News, search terms like “reclaimed vintage”, “glamorous wide fit” and “Asos petite” appeared in the breached data. Asos says an “unauthorised party” accessed an Asos employee’s account by “impersonating a trusted contact,” The Guardian reports.

Earlier this week, alleged hackers sent a push notification to Asos users, warning they have “fully compromised” the UK-based clothing retailer.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Real people faced off inside a giant Street Fighter arcade cabinet in Times Square.

As far as publicity stunts go, this is a pretty solid one. Performers dressed as Ryu and Ken battled inside an arcade cabinet, complete with oversized joysticks and buttons. Interestingly, it only has three buttons, rather than the traditional six, with one of them reminiscent of the pressure-sensitive buttons on the original Street Fighter.

Follow topics and authors on stories you like to see related articles here. Or try one of these:
* Free to read
Already a Member? Sign In

Latest from Tech

More

Latest from Reviews

More

Latest from AI

More

Latest from Policy

More

Latest from Science

More

Latest from Entertainment

More