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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge The Department of Justice’s list of solutions for fixing Google’s illegal antitrust behavior and restoring competition in the search engine market started with forcing the ... read more

Image: Josh King / OhSnap When 19-year-old Josh King suggested he would single-handedly redefine mobile gaming with his 3D-printed gamepad, drawing a direct line from himself to Steve Jobs, I have to ... read more

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge NSO Group, the organization behind the Pegasus spyware, has been found liable in a lawsuit brought by Meta’s WhatsApp over attacks on about 1,400 ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A federal jury in Delaware determined on Friday that Qualcomm didn’t breach its agreement with Arm through its 2021 acquisition of Nuvia, a startup founded ... read more

Illustration: Beatrice Sala The US government has charged a dual Russian and Israeli national with allegedly building and maintaining LockBit’s malware code, while receiving over $230,000 in cryptocurrency for his work. The ... read more

Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images As people scramble for last-minute gifts and late-year bargains, everyone is double-checking their lists and figuring out the fastest way to get their purchases. Thankfully, many ... read more

Naveen Rao, VP of AI at Databricks. | Naveen Rao / The Verge For my last issue of the year, I’m focusing on the AI talent war, which is a theme I’ve ... read more

Sanwa Supply’s new USB-C cable’s design solves a common point of cable failure. | Image: Sanwa Supply Japanese accessory maker Sanwa Supply has released a new 240W USB-C cable with a flexible ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is taking a tougher stance on clickbait, saying it will remove content with titles or thumbnails that promise viewers “something that the video doesn’t ... read more

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge For the last day of ship-mas, OpenAI previewed a new set of frontier “reasoning” models dubbed o3 and o3-mini. The Verge first reported that a new ... read more

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a new “voluntary national framework for the evaluation and oversight” of autonomous vehicles, a bureaucratic ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit against Zelle and three banks that own it — Wells Fargo, Bank of America, ... read more

Terradot’s pilot program in Brazil involves spreading crushed basalt over farmland. | Image: Terradot To try to counteract the impact their pollution has on the climate, Google and other big companies have ... read more

Image: Netflix In Squid Game, schoolyard games are turned into nightmares, as players compete to survive and — if they’re lucky — earn a massive cash prize. But in Unleashed, a new ... read more

The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus lack USB-C ports. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Starting December 28th, all new phones sold in the European Union must have USB-C. And ... read more

Image: The Verge Google Fiber is changing up its internet plans in Huntsville, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee. The new Core 1 Gig, Home 3 Gig, and Edge 8 Gig plans appear to ... read more

The 14-inch MacBook Pro looks just as nicely as it performs. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge In recent years, base MacBook Pro models have felt like an ... read more

Image: Alex Parkin/ The Verge We started making this video with one question in mind: “What makes iPhone repair so difficult?” And immediately the answer was: a lot. I’ve never repaired a ... read more

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Life’s busy enough without wasting time on calls that are trying to scam you or sell to you. Unfortunately, stats from Hiya show that 28 ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Looking back at a very busy year. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

Photo illustration: The Verge Our end-of-year special, featuring guest Nilay Patel.  Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images To get Nosferatu’s nightmarish love triangle right, Robert Eggers looked to Wuthering Heights for inspiration. Though the Dark Universe might be dead, Robert Eggers ... read more

Photo By Joaquin Corchero/Europa Press via Getty Images Netflix’s push into live sports has snagged another major event. Today the streamer announced that it has acquired US streaming rights for the FIFA ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Google is planning to add a new “AI Mode” to its search engine, according to a report from The Information. The company will reportedly display an option to switch ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images In 2024, smart locks got better; in 2025, they’re going to be truly great. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Happy holidays! ‘Tis the season for trimming trees, hanging lights, baking cookies... and spending two weeks at home trying to figure out why you can’t get ... read more

Image: Getty A bipartisan group of senators is calling out the auto industry for its “hypocritical, profit-driven” opposition to national right-to-repair legislation, while also selling customer data to insurance companies and other ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Bluesky now has a specific tab for mentions in your notifications as part of the app’s just-released 1.96 update. With the mentions tab, it’s much easier ... read more

The Verge A Google Street View image played in role in solving a missing person investigation in Spain, according to reports from the BBC and The New York Times. The image, which ... read more

Image: HBO The first season of Dune: Prophecy is about to wrap up — but there’s more on the way. Ahead of the finale on December 22nd, HBO has confirmed than the ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Google Keep is being upgraded to a system app on Android 16 devices, joining the ranks of other Android apps that provide essential services like calling and messaging, reports ... read more

The Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition is the first hardware from the open-source smart home platform that’s designed for voice control. | Image: Nabu Casa There’s a new voice assistant in town, ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Thousands of delivery drivers who work for Amazon third-party contractors are now on strike, The New York Times reports. The workers are striking after ... read more

Image: The Verge In what seems to be a battle between Threads and Bluesky for the hearts and minds of ex-Twitterers, Threads has been adding some interesting new features. The latest is ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Google has introduced a new AI “reasoning” model capable of answering complex questions while also providing a rundown of its “thoughts,” as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The model, called ... read more

8BitDo’s new Mini Wired Xbox controller is smaller and lighter than its Ultimate C gamepad. | Image: 8BitDo 8BitDo has announced an alternate version of its Ultimate C wired Xbox controller that’s ... read more

Image: Paramount Variety is reporting that Paramount Pictures is planning to extend the Sonic The Hedgehog trilogy by yet another movie. Sonic The Hedgehog 4 has been greenlit with a target release ... read more

Image: Evan Blass (X) “The future of gaming handhelds is coming to CES ‘25 and you have a front row seat!” the email in my inbox exclaims. Let me translate: it looks ... read more

You can get the full Elite Series 2 experience for a price that’s only $15 more than the Core package. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge With the ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration banned drones from flying over “critical New Jersey infrastructure” in the wake of thousands of drone sightings for which there ... read more

Image: Evan Blass Lenovo showed off a laptop concept with a rollable display last year, and in 2025, it might release one that you can actually buy. Leaker Evan Blass just shared ... read more

The AMD Strix Point CPU in the Zephyrus G16 gives this gaming laptop a battery life boost over the Intel version. Unfortunately, the price is also boosted. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

Photo by Jason Henry / AFP via Getty Images Waymo’s autonomous vehicles cause less property damage and fewer bodily injuries when they crash than human-driven vehicles, according to a study that relies ... read more

The puppet influencers are coming...in 2025. | Image: The Verge / Adam Mosseri Instagram is planning to introduce a generative AI editing feature next year that will allow users to “change nearly ... read more

Image: The Verge I’m guessing I’m not alone in getting more scam and spam calls than ever before. As a result, Google and the other Android phone makers have gradually added a ... read more

Two new sizes of the Samsung Galaxy Ring could accommodate more users. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Samsung might be introducing two larger size options for its Galaxy Ring ... read more

Image: FromSoftware Sony has announced that it has increased its holdings in Japanese media giant and FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa Corporation. Sony acquired the shares for 50 billion yen or roughly $300 ... read more

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Browsing Amazon Haul, the online shopping giant’s new $20-and-under bargain bin section, I immediately recognize not just a product, but a specific image. The ... read more

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is previewing live translation on Intel and AMD-based Copilot Plus PCs. The feature is rolling out now to Windows 11 Insiders in the Dev Channel, allowing users to translate ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Smart rings had a resurgence this year. The question is whether the renaissance will continue. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

The first trailer for the next theatrical take on Superman is finally here. After some teasing, DC Studios released the debut look at the new film, which is simply called Superman. It ... read more

Image: One NZ SpaceX’s satellite-to-cell Starlink service has hit a nationwide coverage milestone in New Zealand — albeit with a few limitations. One NZ says it’s the first telecommunications company globally to ... read more

Cath Virginia / The Verge The European Union has published several recommendations for Apple to make iOS and iPadOS more interoperable with competitors following two separate proceedings launched in September, sparking concerns ... read more

Some Samsung fridges are getting hybrid cooling tech in 2025. | Image: Samsung Samsung just announced new hybrid cooling tech coming to its refrigerators in 2025. They’ll use a traditional compressor alongside ... read more

National climate adviser Ali Zaidi speaks at the daily press briefing at the White House on January 26th, 2024, in Washington, DC. | Photo by Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images The Biden ... read more

New logo up top and old one on the bottom. | Image: Sandisk SanDisk is now SANDISK. It’s also now Sandisk. The company is announcing a fresh rebranding this week with a ... read more

Image: DJI The US Senate has passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense spending bill, and it may have major consequences for the world’s largest drone company — though ... read more

Image: Playstack The creator of the poker roguelike Balatro, who goes by the alias LocalThunk, has been sharing some frustrations over the game’s 18-plus rating in Europe. “Since PEGI gave us an ... read more

Image: Honda Honda teased the reveal of the first two Honda Zero prototypes, which will be making their official debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. The company ... read more

Image: Intel Intel’s new Arrow Lake CPUs came out in October promising high performance at lower power levels, but reviews, including ours, noted surprisingly lackluster gaming performance. Tom Warren said of the ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images So far, possible answers include aliens, an international conspiracy, secret military tests, or just planes. 2024’s drone hysteria has gone on for weeks across ... read more

Not a Switch 2. Think bigger. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Last Friday, we brought you leaked dimensions of the next Nintendo Switch from the most likely source yet: ... read more

You’ll need to remove an AirTag’s battery door to install it inside the TimeCapsule. | Image: Elevation Lab Elevation Lab’s new TimeCapsule is a protective case for an Apple AirTag that turns ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge You were listening, walking, and playing, and they were watching. The app recaps, best-of lists, and awards for 2024 that we can find are here. It’s ... read more

A station render with Chargepoint-built GM Energy chargers. | Image: GM GM is partnering with ChargePoint to build out a new EV charging network under the GM Energy brand, the companies announced ... read more

Image: Ram Ram brand owner Stellantis is delaying its long-awaited all-electric Ram 1500 Rev pickup truck from the first half of 2025 to 2026. The automaker is now prioritizing the launch of ... read more

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is no longer developing a hardware subscription service for iPhones that would let subscribers get a new iPhone every year, according to Bloomberg’s ... read more

Image: The Verge Threads is rolling out a new feature that lets you share someone’s photos and videos without including the original post. You’ll be able to add your own text alongside ... read more

Image: Amazon Amazon today announced that its Dual Audio feature for Fire TV, which lets viewers listen through a hearing aid while others in the room experience standard sound from a TV’s ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Never get locked out again with a smart lock you can control from your phone, with your voice, or with just a touch of your finger. Read the full ... read more

One Billion Users is currently on Kickstarter. | Image: Mike Masnick / Kickstarter My social network was booming. I had attracted top-tier users: the coveted Trendsetter, the popularity-lured Investor. I had bested ... read more

If you know someone who is looking to get in shape in the new year, the Fitbit Charge 6 is on sale for $119.95. | Image: Google / Fitbit Believe it ... read more

This is such a weird episode of The X-Files. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Phone cameras are incredible little machines, capable of way more than their tiny lenses ... read more

Image: The Verge For the 10th day of “ship-mas,” OpenAI rolled out a way to call ChatGPT for up to 15 minutes for free using 1-800-CHATGPT. The feature was a project spun ... read more

LG’s Signature OLED T, the transparent TV that was the company’s big flashy reveal at CES 2024, now has an official price: $59,999. It’s available beginning today in the United States “at ... read more

Sony is furthering its partnership with AMD so they can create more AI-powered technology to make games look and play better — and not just on PlayStation hardware. The two companies are ... read more

They said smart home hubs were dead, but 2024 has seen a resurgence of these multi-protocol machines that work with every smart home radio out there. Case in point: this week, Homey ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Shutterstock The Kids Online Safety Act was supposed to fix (or break) the internet. Now, after nearly three years of rewrites, it’s got days left to ... read more

Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images While its rivals have been stuck in perpetual testing or forced to shut down completely due to dry coffers, Waymo has quietly amassed a legitimate ... read more

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? | Image: Getty Okay, I get it, we’re all sick of the drones. I went to two holiday parties over the weekend in the ... read more

Surf’s homepage is just feeds. It’s feeds all the way down. | Image: David Pierce / Flipboard Mike McCue, the CEO of Flipboard and an internet entrepreneur since the Netscape days, is ... read more

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on whether a bill that could ban TikTok violates the First Amendment. The arguments will ... read more

Skateboarder Carlos Ribeiro during X Games Ventura 2024. | Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Roku got the exclusive US streaming rights to next year’s X Games Aspen and a “soon-to-be-announced” X Games ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is a regulatory wild card hanging over Big Tech. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images 2024 was filled with excellent portable PC games. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

Image: Wing Wing, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is expanding its drone delivery service to DoorDash customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Starting today, 50 merchants from malls in Frisco ... read more

Image: Seagate It’s been more than two decades since Seagate began working on heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) — and now the company may finally be ready to release a hard drive using ... read more

Image: LG Often at CES, you’ll see a very impressive new technology debut at exorbitant prices before trickling down to more affordable models a couple years later. Lo and behold, that’s exactly ... read more

Image: A24 A24’s lineup of films for 2025 is starting to become stacked — with fantastical creatures, that is. While the fantasy adventure The Legend of Ochi is slated to hit theaters ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images We didn’t all flock to a new platform or build on a thrilling new protocol. We went everywhere, and did everything, all at once. ... read more

Image: Shelly European smart device manufacturer Shelly is launching 11 automation devices that can connect to the home from over a mile away. Shelly says its new and updated Wave devices are ... read more

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Authorities in the US are considering a ban on TP-Link internet routers over national security concerns due to their repeated ... read more

Michelle Rohn / The Verge The internet is forever. But also, it isn’t. What happens to our culture when websites start to vanish at random? Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition. | Image: Intel Intel is having an incredibly rough year — but at long last, the company’s discrete graphics card initiative has produced a card worth ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge I opened the App Store today to find an emulator I’d read about, and a new prompt appeared under the search bar inviting me to ... read more

Look Around Look Around at how lucky we are to have Apple Maps right now. | Screenshot: The Verge Following the beta launch of Apple Maps on the web in July, Apple ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Grubhub has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that claimed the food delivery service misled customers and drivers while also ... read more

Image: The Verge Threads is about to begin testing the ability to schedule posts, according to Instagram’s Adam Mosseri. “Replies cannot be scheduled,” he added, explaining that “we want to balance giving ... read more

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is partnering with the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) to help creators identify content using their AI-generated likenesses on the platform and submit removal requests. The ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Forbes will stop using freelancers for some types of stories indefinitely — and has blamed the change on a recent update to Google Search ... read more