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09-22-26 -
Oppos new phone is the first with three 200-megapixel cameras
All three rear cameras use 200-megapixel sensors. | Image: Oppo Oppo\'s new Find X10 Pro Max flagship phone, launched today in China, is the first anywhere to use 200-megapixel sensors on all three of its rear cameras. A 17-stop dynam...
09-22-26 -
Peloton is back with a cheaper folding treadmill
Peloton said phones aren’t the only things that can fold. Last year, Peloton did a sweeping refresh of its hardware that added cameras, fans, and AI-powered software called Peloton IQ. This year, it\'s zeroing in on its treadmill li...
09-22-26 -
Its time for the Mac Neo
Come on, how adorable would this be? | Image: The Verge, Apple The Mac Mini is a great little desktop computer, and back when it cost $599, it was easy to recommend to anyone who wanted something speedy, simple, and cheap. The new M6 model...
09-22-26 -
Meta patches Muse exploit that let attackers control the AI agent
The zero-day exploit required local access to the user’s device, but gave potential attackers access to Muse accounts. | Image: The Verge Meta has issued a patch for its Muse macOS app following the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability ...
09-22-26 -
Can you forget how you feel about Meta?
In 2021, as a whistleblower emerged with dramatic allegations that Facebook was harming children, CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a rebuttal on Facebook. “We care deeply about issues like safety, well-being and mental health. It’s ...
09-22-26 -
Apple’s first live music venue is opening beneath its UK headquarters
The venue is opening below Battersea Power Station, also well recognized for featuring on the cover of Pink Floyd’s Animals album. | Image: Apple Apple is preparing to open a new \"state-of-the-art\" live music venue in the UK,...
09-21-26 -
A cut cable disrupted hundreds of flights across the US
A JetBlue airplane past an FAA air traffic control tower at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. JetBlue Airways Corp. is expected to release earnings figures on October 28. Ph...
09-21-26 -
Amazon wants to help the Colorado River, but we still dont know how much wate...
Amazon plans to spend $20 million on water conservation projects along the Colorado River, a crucial but dwindling water supply for 40 million people in the Western US. The initiative comes as Amazon and other tech companies face mountin...
09-21-26 -
California tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed seven bills designed to prevent AI data centers from passing utility costs onto residents, as reported earlier by the Los Angeles Times. The package of laws requires the California Public Utilities ...
09-21-26 -
GM cant bring back Apple CarPlay because it never left
Last week, GM announced a new software experience for its upcoming Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks, including a new look for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, the popular phone mirroring systems that the automaker made a big deal abou...
09-21-26 -
Paramount settles lawsuit blocking $110 billion Warner Bros. merger
Paramount has reached a settlement with California and the 11 other states that sued to block its planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlement removes a major roadblock standing in the way of the massive medi...
09-21-26 -
Bungie says its not done with Destiny and will bring back vaulted content
Months after seemingly giving up on Destiny 2, Bungie now says it\'s planning to restore vaulted content in the game like campaigns, destinations, and raids. The decision reverses the Destiny Content Vault that Bungie created six yea...
09-21-26 -
Grab an Xbox controller and a $50 Xbox gift card together for just $80
Newegg is hosting a bundle that includes Microsoft’s wireless Xbox controller (in black) and a $50 digital Xbox gift card together for $80. Given that this model typically sits around $50 to $60 depending on the color you want, this is ...
09-21-26 -
Can John Ternus find Apples next big thing?
Today, I’m talking with Mark Gurman, who is the world’s best-sourced Apple reporter — both as Bloomberg’s chief Apple correspondent and the host of the upcoming podcast Power On. Earlier this month, Apple hosted its annual iPhon...
09-21-26 -
iPhone owners can now submit claims in Apples $250 million Siri AI settlement
Apple is paying $250 million to settle claims that it failed to deliver an AI-upgraded Siri - and now, eligible iPhone owners can submit a claim for a payout. If you live in the US and purchased an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or any...
09-21-26 -
Vivos X500 Pro Max has 17 stops of dynamic range and 4K240 slo-mo
All three new X500 phones support at least one of Vivo’s teleconverter lenses. | Image: Vivo Vivo\'s new X500 flagship phones have arrived in China, and as usual the company\'s focus is firmly on photography. The X500 Pro Max -...
09-21-26 -
These are the first five Googlebook laptops
Google and partners are finally announcing the first laptops under the new Googlebook banner. There are five models from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo to kick things off. They\'re available for preorder starting today and arrive i...
09-21-26 -
Googlebooks feel like the first laptops built for Android owners
Googlebook OS is a little bit like ChromeOS and a whole lot like Android. There\'s a good chance that my next laptop will be a Googlebook. If you\'re an Android user like me, then yours might be too, because Google is making a co...
09-21-26 -
The M5 Ultra Mac Studio tears through our benchmark tests
What’s in the box?! Cores. So many cores. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Mac Studio review unit that Apple sent us to test this year is, put simply, kind of outrageous. It has an M5 Ultra chip with a 36-core CPU and 80-c...
09-21-26 -
The Mac Mini is still mighty, just not as cheap
Apple’s little computer gets a little spendy. There are lots of compact desktop computers out there, but none match the Mac Mini\'s small size and big power. 2024\'s redesign reduced the Mini to 0.82L, a chassis so minimal you ...
09-21-26 -
I got to see Google’s wild ideas about the future of laptops
Googlebooks look like fancy Chromebooks at first, but there are interesting software ideas. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge There are a few things about using a Googlebook that immediately feel just right. The hardware is poli...
09-21-26 -
The long dream of the Googlebook
Dell’s XPS Googlebook is just one of the devices Google needs to be great. In late 2010, an up-and-coming Google executive named Sundar Pichai took the stage in front of a bunch of reporters and explained that Google had a big new idea a...
09-21-26 -
Apples clever software solution lets iPhone batteries skirt shipping limits
Apple has developed an unexpected workaround to prevent the iPhone 18 Pro Max from being hit by shipping restrictions on big batteries. There\'s a \"battery-firmware solution\" in place on the new iPhones, according to Appl...
09-21-26 -
Teardown details the iPhone 18 Pros mechanical camera
Each of those teeny lens blades is around the same thickness as a human hair. | Image: iFixit iFixit\'s latest device teardown shows us the inner working of the new variable aperture lens inside Apple\'s iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro ...
09-21-26 -
UN says AI safeguards cant wait for certainty
The United Nations logo at the UN headquarters in New York. | Getty Images Governments need to rein in increasingly capable AI agents before their risks are fully understood, a United Nations scientific panel warned in the global organizat...
09-21-26 -
Amazon doesnt trust Metas Muse AI agent
Meta\'s Muse AI agent has been blocked from shopping Amazon on behalf of its users, Geekwire reports. A popup message started appearing on Sunday for Muse users saying that \"continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates...
09-20-26 -
No Dogs in Space is back to feed your need for obsessive music history
In August, I wrote about my love of the music history podcast No Dogs in Space, but mourned the fact that there hadn\'t been a new episode in over two years. Little did I know that hosts Carolina Hidalgo and Marcus Parks were gearing...
09-20-26 -
No one is surprised that Nvidias Jensen Huang thinks AI fears are overblown
The man who may stand to make the most money from the AI boom seems to think he knows better than anyone else, including researchers who have studied and worked on AI for decades. In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, he claimed there ...
09-20-26 -
Kojima Productions disputes reports the studio is in trouble
After it was announced that Sony was dropping Hideo Kojima\'s Physint, and that instead the Metal Gear Solid creator\'s latest title would be coming to Xbox, there were a flurry of rumors about the falling out. Bloomberg reporte...
09-20-26 -
Trump now says he wants to form an AI Force
The president posted on Truth Social that he wanted to appoint an \"AI czar\" to lead a new \"AI force.\" He made the announcement amid growing calls from across the political spectrum and even within the industry to p...
09-20-26 -
A24s reputation is on the line with the SCP Foundation movie
After the success of Backrooms, it looks like A24 is trying to cash in on yet another internet horror craze with a new installment in the V/H/S horror anthology series set in the SCP Foundation universe. But as soon as it was announced, t...
09-20-26 -
All roads lead to cable
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on streaming platforms, FAST channels, and the future of entertainment, follow Charles Pulliam-Moore. The Stepback arrives in our su...
09-20-26 -
Humans, not rogue AI, are still the biggest cybersecurity risk to energy systems
Before recent high-profile hacks raised the specter of AI possibly \"killing all humans,\" our energy systems were already disturbingly vulnerable to cyberattack - and the risk is growing. \"We were always prey. We were ju...
09-20-26 -
The hidden monopoly behind your TI graphing calculator
The same calculator has been on most kids\' back to school shopping list since the early 2000\'s and the dominance of Texas Instruments\' calculator division goes back even farther. In the next episode of Version History, ...
09-20-26 -
A great new video game movie
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 144, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you\'re new here, welcome, new tech season is here, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This...
09-19-26 -
Metas Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think
Meta\'s Muse is apparently an effective AI assistant, but one that\'s a little creepy. Part of that is because of its new Mac app, which can access Messages, Calendar, and Notes. But for all its smarts, Muse doesn\'t actual...
09-19-26 -
Trump treads further on free speech with new journalist bans
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the tarmac before boarding Air Force One. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) | Getty Images On Friday, the president threatened to ban CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House. It coul...
09-19-26 -
Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it
In May, Gemini broke containment and hacked three different companies, but Google didn\'t disclose the incident until the Wall Street Journal approached the company. The hacks happened during a test of the model\'s cybersecurity...
09-19-26 -
The colorful, unique Hyte X50 PC case is $50 off
The Hyte X50 is a PC case that really stands out from the typical black box design, and it’s $50 off at the company’s site until September 21st, 2026, bringing the price down to $99.99. This attractive case supports motherboards from ...
09-19-26 -
Anamanaguchi has too goddamn many browser tabs open right now
Band members Luke Silas, Ary Warnaar, Peter Burkman, and James DeVito (left to right). Maybe their next album will be recorded entirely in a windmill? | Image: Joshua Tarn Anamanaguchi, the band consisting of Peter Berkman, James DeVito, L...
09-19-26 -
Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn’t kill everyone????
Today on Decoder, we’ve got the first of a two-part series on the future of business, and I’m talking with Jonathan Kanter, the former antitrust chief for the US Department of Justice in the Biden administration. These days, h...
09-19-26 -
The AI regulation smackdown isnt over
At the start of this week, the who\'s-who of AI seemed - at least tentatively - on the side of AI regulation. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had proposed a three-step plan for slowing AI development, including by embedd...
09-19-26 -
Its not just LG. Every TV company is spying on you
The TV in your living room knows more about you than you realize. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge The TV world has been a pot of controversy thanks to a two-hour-and-15-minute video from Gamers Nexus claiming LG TVs are nefariously spy...
09-18-26 -
OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a doom loop for the web
Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times\' case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies\' own documentation warned that it was starting a \"doom loop\" that would damage the web, c...
09-18-26 -
Virginia governor creates an AI task force and moves to restrain data centers
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) ordered the state government to take steps that could empower local communities to have a larger say in data center development and slow down approvals in a state that is already home to the data cente...
09-18-26 -
Disneys first CTO is Character.AIs former CEO
You would think that a multimedia conglomerate as large as Disney would have a few chief technology officers by now, but the company has just appointed someone to the position for the very first time. Today, Disney announced that Karande...
09-18-26 -
The real story of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera
It\'s one of the most fascinating years in a while when it comes to iPhone camera upgrades. The big story of the iPhone 18 Pro is the variable aperture main lens, which lets you open the aperture up wider for better low light shots a...
09-18-26 -
Gavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is positioning the state to take the lead on AI oversight, including the potential to mandate a \"kill switch\" for frontier models, with a new executive order issued Friday. Newsom\'s orde...
09-18-26 -
What Hollywood thinks about existential AI warnings
As the tech sector sounds alarms about AI\'s potential to destroy humanity, entertainment labor groups are urging the public to stay focused on what\'s already happening. The Verge reached out to Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Lionsga...
09-18-26 -
Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI
A team of three independent security researchers at Hacktron says it took less than 72 hours for them to hack into OpenAI employee accounts using Anthropic\'s Claude Opus 4.8 and 5, the Wall Street Journal reports. They were able to ...

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