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HBO Max is putting on vertical shorts
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HBO Max is putting on vertical shorts

Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing a vertical video feed to HBO Max to help you find something new to watch. Streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney Plus, and

Jul 28, 2026News Era Team
4GB graphics cards are back
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4GB graphics cards are back

The first modern GPU with 4GB of VRAM has appeared, as RAM prices and component shortages push tech prices higher. As Digital Foundry reports, a listing for an

Jul 28, 2026News Era Team
Why China is giving away its best AI models
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Why China is giving away its best AI models

People visit the booth of Kimi, an LLM developed by the Chinese startup Moonshot, during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, July 20th. | Image: LONG WE

Jul 27, 2026News Era Team
OpenAI confirms ChatGPT is down worldwide
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OpenAI confirms ChatGPT is down worldwide

ChatGPT, the famous artificial intelligence chatbot that allows users to converse with various personalities and topics, has connectivity issues worldwide. [...

Jul 25, 2026Mayank Parmar
You can’t ignore Google Zero anymore
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You can’t ignore Google Zero anymore

The web and Google once had a deal: Google collects data and indexes webpages and in exchange sends oceans of traffic to websites. The deal wasn't perfect and c

Jul 24, 2026News Era Team
Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
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Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

“I think it should stand for artificial idiot,” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.”

Jul 24, 2026Elana Klein
Banning Social Media for Kids Is a Bad Idea
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Banning Social Media for Kids Is a Bad Idea

The risks are real. But banning children from the internet could create new problems without solving the ones that really matter.

Jul 23, 2026Claudia Del Pozo, Nicté Cabañas
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: How to watch
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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: How to watch

Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event is just around the corner, and the company is expected to take the wraps off a bunch of new devices. Based on the rumors an

Jul 22, 2026News Era Team
Kimi: Threat or menace?
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Kimi: Threat or menace?

Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communism."

Jul 18, 2026Anthony Ha
Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji
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Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji

Now, if you want to, you can use Google's 3D emoji in your own creations. The company shared some details about how it went about designing the little pictogram

Jul 18, 2026News Era Team
Fine, electric mountain bikes don’t suck
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Fine, electric mountain bikes don’t suck

You don’t need a $10,000 Amflow PX Carbon Pro, but it doesn’t hurt. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Cheater, I'd grumble between huffs as yet another e-b

Jul 18, 2026News Era Team
This motor could be the future of e-bikes
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This motor could be the future of e-bikes

The Avinox MG Concept MGU coming next year. | Image: Avinox Imagine an e-bike motor that lets you select your preferred pedaling cadence and then automaticall

Jun 30, 2026News Era Team
Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming
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Bernie Sanders Saw This Coming

For decades, the senator has argued that concentrated wealth threatened American democracy. Now he’s betting that frustration with Big Tech, billionaires, and u

Jun 30, 2026Katie Drummond
How to end a TV show
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How to end a TV show

Ending any story is hard, but that's especially true of mystery-packed TV shows. Series like Lost initially hook viewers with constantly building secrets and qu

Jun 29, 2026News Era Team
Why Post-Quantum Cryptography Starts With Credentials
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Why Post-Quantum Cryptography Starts With Credentials

Today’s encrypted data, such as credentials, may no longer remain confidential in the future because the public-key cryptography protecting it will soon be brok

Jun 29, 2026info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
The Gooner Music Video Boom Is Here
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The Gooner Music Video Boom Is Here

Porn music videos have circulated on the fringes of the internet for years. Featuring everything from narrative-driven stories to hypnosis, they are proliferati

Jun 26, 2026Jason Parham
The top tech Prime Day deals to shop on day two
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The top tech Prime Day deals to shop on day two

Welcome to day two of Amazon’s four-day Prime Day event, which, if we’re being honest, looks a lot like day one. That’s actually good news, though, because many

Jun 24, 2026News Era Team
GTA VI finally gets a price tag
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GTA VI finally gets a price tag

We finally have a price for Grand Theft Auto VI: $79.99. That gets you the standard edition of the game, while the Ultimate Edition will set you back $99.99. Pr

Jun 24, 2026News Era Team
The Pixel 10A finally costs what it should
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The Pixel 10A finally costs what it should

No camera bump here. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge We can usually rely on Google to put together a compelling package in its Pixel A-series devices. Th

Jun 23, 2026News Era Team
Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5
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Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5

As the rest of the country celebrated the USA's first World Cup win and the New York Knicks championship, Anthropic spent its weekend fighting the Trump adminis

Jun 16, 2026News Era Team
Microsoft hasn’t ruled out spinning off Xbox
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Microsoft hasn’t ruled out spinning off Xbox

Asha Sharma. | Image: The Verge, Microsoft Microsoft is preparing to lay off a significant chunk of its Xbox division and is reevaluating the plans for its ne

Jun 13, 2026News Era Team
Uber tells London to get ready for robotaxis
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Uber tells London to get ready for robotaxis

Uber is getting ready to put robotaxis on London's streets, opening an interest list for riders who want to be among the first to hail one of Wayve's autonomous

Jun 08, 2026News Era Team
Halo: Campaign Evolved arrives July 28th
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Halo: Campaign Evolved arrives July 28th

As part of its Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, Microsoft revealed new details about Halo: Campaign Evolved, the upcoming remake of Halo: Combat Evolved's campaig

Jun 07, 2026News Era Team
The TikTok Ban Was Never About TikTok
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The TikTok Ban Was Never About TikTok

A new documentary chronicles how the app became a stand-in for American anxieties about social media, China, and political power.

Jun 04, 2026Zeyi Yang
How Turkey Hacked the Hair Transplant Industry
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How Turkey Hacked the Hair Transplant Industry

From specialized motors to the use of machine learning algorithms, Turkey’s billion-dollar hair-transplant industry is the result of a constant process of innov

May 31, 2026Levent Daşkıran
Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund
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Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund

A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next generation of social media.

May 30, 2026Dominic-Madori Davis
Pope Leo Schooled the Tech Bros on Tolkien
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Pope Leo Schooled the Tech Bros on Tolkien

The Holy Father referenced The Lord of the Rings in his encyclical about AI—an expert (if unintentional) troll of tech billionaires who keep misinterpreting the

May 26, 2026Miles Klee
Bungie gives up on Destiny
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Bungie gives up on Destiny

Bungie is moving on from Destiny 2. The studio announced Thursday that it's releasing the last major update for the game on June 9th as its focus "turns towards

May 21, 2026News Era Team
In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is a risk factor
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In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is a risk factor

The SpaceX IPO is here, and it's more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways

May 21, 2026News Era Team
Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI
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Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI

The nine-member panel took only two hours to return a verdict in favor of OpenAI on Monday, which the judge quickly adopted as her own final decision.

May 18, 2026Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff
Microsoft is retiring Teams’ Together Mode
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Microsoft is retiring Teams’ Together Mode

Microsoft launched Teams' Together Mode during the pandemic to give the illusion of a bunch of people sitting in a conference room together, even if they were r

May 17, 2026News Era Team
The Real Losers of the Musk v. Altman Trial
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The Real Losers of the Musk v. Altman Trial

A federal jury is now deciding whether Elon Musk will win his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman—but the trial has made everyone look bad.

May 15, 2026Maxwell Zeff, Paresh Dave
Meet the Sad Wives of AI
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Meet the Sad Wives of AI

Are you married to a man who’s obsessed with AI? I’m so, so sorry.

May 13, 2026Alessandra Ram
The 40 best Mother’s Day gift ideas for 2026
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The 40 best Mother’s Day gift ideas for 2026

Whether it's managing a busy home or looking out for everyone around them, moms spend a lot of time every day caring for others. Mother's Day, May 10th, is an o

May 05, 2026News Era Team
Google is testing AI chatbot search for YouTube
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Google is testing AI chatbot search for YouTube

Google is trying out an AI Mode-like search experience for YouTube. The company is now testing "a new way to search on YouTube that feels more like a conversati

Apr 28, 2026News Era Team
What Tim Cook built
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What Tim Cook built

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss how Apple has changed since Cook became CEO in 2011, and what challenges incoming CEO John Ternus will be facing.

Apr 26, 2026Anthony Ha
An influx of used EVs could drive down prices
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An influx of used EVs could drive down prices

Part of what has held back electric cars has been the cost. But an influx of used vehicles over the next three years could bring prices down dramatically. In 20

Apr 25, 2026News Era Team
Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha
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Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha

Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Lidl’s owner, Schwarz Group. With the blessing of their governments, the c

Apr 25, 2026Anna Heim
Xreal’s best AR glasses are $599 for good now
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Xreal’s best AR glasses are $599 for good now

Vee looks better than I do wearing the One Pro, but anyone’s going to look a little silly. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Xreal One Pro are

Apr 24, 2026News Era Team
360-degree cameras have a new superpower
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360-degree cameras have a new superpower

Imagine Google Street View, except you can walk around like it's a video game. Now imagine you don't need to wait for Google to come film because it's completel

Apr 24, 2026News Era Team
Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?
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Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?

Starting on September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world's most valuable companies, but if you're not a dedicated Apple enthusiast, you've probably never hear

Apr 21, 2026Amanda Silberling
OpenAI’s existential questions
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OpenAI’s existential questions

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss OpenAI's latest acquisitions and whether they address "two big existential problems" for the company.

Apr 19, 2026Anthony Ha
Cheap stuff that doesn’t suck, take 3
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Cheap stuff that doesn’t suck, take 3

From fancy OLED TVs to robot vacuums with arms, we tend to cover a lot of cool stuff here at The Verge that, unfortunately, often costs as much as a month’s ren

Apr 18, 2026News Era Team
Our new favorite budget phones
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Our new favorite budget phones

The iPhone 17E is the best cheap iPhone, no surprises there. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Over the last few months, every phone maker under the sun ha

Apr 17, 2026News Era Team
The best budget smartphones you can buy
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The best budget smartphones you can buy

Some of us take a kind of “eat to live” rather than a “live to eat” approach to gadgets. They’re tools that help you get things done, not something you want to

Apr 17, 2026News Era Team
Amflow’s latest e-bikes raise the bar again
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Amflow’s latest e-bikes raise the bar again

150Nm of raw climbing assist. | Image: Amflow Amflow, the e-bike brand spun out of DJI, is back with two impressive electric mountain bike ranges built around

Apr 09, 2026News Era Team
$20 Chewy Promo Code | April 2026
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$20 Chewy Promo Code | April 2026

Explore Chewy coupon codes for $30 off, $20 off your first order $49, 50% off pet food, and more April 2026 discounts.

Apr 03, 2026Molly Higgins
AO3 is finally out of beta after 17 years
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AO3 is finally out of beta after 17 years

Archive of Our Own (AO3) is officially exiting beta. The Organization for Transformative Works - the nonprofit behind the fanfiction site - announced the update

Apr 02, 2026News Era Team
All the latest in AI ‘music’
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All the latest in AI ‘music’

People don’t like that they can’t identify AI music. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge AI has touched every part of the music industry, from sample sourcing

Mar 30, 2026News Era Team
Dyson's New PencilWash Is Here
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Dyson's New PencilWash Is Here

The debut follows the release of Dyson's newest robot vacuum and larger wet cleaner last week.

Mar 17, 2026 Nena Farrell
Anthropic is suing the Department of Defense
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Anthropic is suing the Department of Defense

Anthropic has sued the US government over its designation as a supply-chain risk, the latest move in a weekslong battle between it and the Pentagon over the acc

Mar 09, 2026News Era Team
Vizio accounts are becoming Walmart accounts
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Vizio accounts are becoming Walmart accounts

Walmart bought Vizio in 2024, and now it's taking the next steps to formally fold the TV maker into itself by phasing out Vizio accounts. Now, when you purchase

Mar 07, 2026News Era Team
The trap Anthropic built for itself
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The trap Anthropic built for itself

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect th

Mar 01, 2026Connie Loizos
The best instant cameras you can buy right now
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The best instant cameras you can buy right now

Even with the ability to take excellent photos with our phones and instantly share them across the world, there’s something magical about the old-school instant

Feb 28, 2026News Era Team
Wall Street Has AI Psychosis
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Wall Street Has AI Psychosis

A “thought experiment” about the impacts of AI sent stocks tumbling earlier this week. It’s probably going to keep happening.

Feb 27, 2026Steven Levy
Live: Samsung unveils new Galaxy phones
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Live: Samsung unveils new Galaxy phones

We're here in San Francisco, where Samsung is set to unveil its new Galaxy S26 series phones and probably some accessories to go with them starting at 1PM ET. K

Feb 25, 2026News Era Team
The Best Way to Pay Your Taxes Online (2026)
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The Best Way to Pay Your Taxes Online (2026)

Paying US federal and state taxes online can be confusing, and one wrong move can result in penalties or extra money owed. We break it down so you can have the

Feb 18, 2026Molly Higgins
Apple’s doing something on March 4th
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Apple’s doing something on March 4th

Apple is hosting a "special Apple experience" in New York City on Wednesday, March 4th at 9AM ET, instead of at the Apple Park location it typically uses for ev

Feb 16, 2026News Era Team
I hate my AI pet with every fiber of my being
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I hate my AI pet with every fiber of my being

I can still hear it whining and whirring. | Photo by Robert Hart / The Verge After a few weeks living with Casio's AI-powered pet, Moflin, I finally understan

Feb 15, 2026News Era Team
Is safety ‘dead’ at xAI?
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Is safety ‘dead’ at xAI?

Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged, according to a former employee.

Feb 14, 2026Anthony Ha