Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild
Just a stuffed deer having the time of his life. | Image: Gemini / The Verge Last year I deepfaked my kid’s stuffed animal to make it look like his…
Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for
Google’s AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. Earlier on Friday, if you searched for the term “disregard,” the AI Overview section would include a response like…
Twelve South’s AirFly Pro 2 has hit one of its best prices ahead of summer travel
Twelve South’s AirFly Pro 2 let you connect wireless headphones to in-flight entertainment systems as well as the Nintendo Switch. | Image: Twelve South With Memorial day weekend kicking off…
Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview
Meta’s new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go with it, like an AI revamp of…
Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen
There is a harsh truth about Elon Musk’s “truth-seeking” AI chatbot Grok: It’s not very good, and not many people are using it. That’s the takeaway of a new Reuters…
Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year
48,000 Samsung workers had threatened to strike unless bonus caps were lifted. | Photo: Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between…
Microsoft’s consumer marketing chief to leave next year
Yusuf Mehdi launching Copilot Plus PCs in 2024. | Image: Getty Yusuf Mehdi, executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer at Microsoft, is leaving the company after 35 years.…
Microsoft is letting Office users remove an annoying Copilot button
Microsoft is rolling out Office app updates next week that allow users to disable a floating Copilot button. The button appeared in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in recent weeks, and…
Anker’s new earbuds have the best call quality I’ve ever heard
The Liberty 5 Pro series are Soundcore’s most ambitious earbuds yet. Soundcore, Anker’s audio brand, has mostly lived in the budget-to-midrange world, but with its new Liberty 5 Pro earbuds,…
Anker’s new earbuds are the first with its AI chip that boosts noise reduction
The Liberty 5 Pro Max feature a larger touchscreen with more controls and the ability to record meetings without a phone. | Image: Anker Anker has announced a new version…
‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
Bambu Lab makes the best, most accessible 3D printers yet, but that reputation is suddenly under siege. It all started when Paweł Jarczak received a private message from the company…
Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments
Meta says it needs to “offset the other investments we’re making.” | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they’ve been…
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 in which…
SpaceX just filed for what could be the biggest IPO ever
Elon Musk’s final frontier is officially open for business now that SpaceX has formally filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC. That kicks off what could be the largest initial…
‘Solve all diseases,’ you say?
Let’s unpack what Demis Hassabis said at the end of yesterday’s Google I/O keynote. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and…
Android 17 is getting its own version of Apple’s Handoff
At launch, Continue On will only allow you to move tasks from a phone to a tablet. | Image: Google Google is adding a new Android feature that resembles Apple’s…
Samsung workers set to strike at worst possible time
Samsung Electronics workers attended a rally outside the company’s semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek on April 23rd, ahead of the planned strike. | Photo by SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images More…
Mercedes’ electric AMG GT 4-door coupe can go 0-60 in 2 seconds
The era of ultra-high performance Mercedes EVs is here. The German automaker finally revealed its new super sedan, the AMG GT 4-door coupe, with technology borrowed from the automaker’s XX…
Wear OS 7 will keep track of deliveries and sports scores on your wrist
A Pixel Watch 4 running Wear OS 6, not Wear OS 7. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amid the flurry of today’s Google I/O announcements, Google…
Plex is tripling the price of a lifetime pass to $750 after doubling it last year
I am dying to know how much money Plex is about to make the next six weeks charging people to stream their own video from their own homes. Today, it’s…
Google I/O 2026: How to watch and what to expect
Google’s annual developer conference has arrived. We’re expecting plenty of updates to Gemini, Search, and every other product that Google has stuffed AI inside of. The keynote kicks off later…
Gemini is in danger of going full Copilot
I actually use the Gemini app quite a bit on my phone, but let’s not get carried away. Gemini has a creep problem. A few years ago, that little sparkle…
LG will release the first 1000Hz, 1080p gaming monitor this year
If you just can’t choose between refresh rate and resolution, LG’s next gaming monitor could solve your problem, as the UltraGear 25G590B monitor is the first one announced that will…
Volvo teases a new affordable EV to replace discontinued EX30
Volvo’s compact, quirky EX30 had a lot of problems when it was first released. Tariffs essentially erased its affordability, making it more expensive to own, and a battery recall made…
PlayStation exclusives aren’t coming to PC anymore
Sony reportedly won’t release its major single-player PlayStation games on PC anymore. According to Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier, Hermen Hulst, who heads up PlayStation’s studios business, informed employees in a town…
Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Roommate
The wildfires that would come to engulf Los Angeles had just begun to burn when Frankee Grove finally admitted to herself that she needed a roommate. It was January 2025,…
Disco Elysium’s spiritual successor can’t escape its phantoms
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies wants you to question the price of forgiveness. After leading a crew of spies through a failed operation, protagonist Cascade is willing to pay whatever…
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 really sitting at…
Revamped Siri will reportedly offer autodeleting chats
Apple is hoping that its record on privacy can be the differentiator on the AI front and maybe even buy it a little slack as it continues to lag behind…
University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt’s AI cheerleading during commencement
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt delivered the commencement address at the University of Arizona on Friday. And, as his speech veered into talk of AI, he was repeatedly drowned out…