Hands on with Aqara’s new Matter-compatible camera
The Aqara G350 is the first camera you can buy that has support for Matter. The first Matter camera is here – sort of. Camera support came to the smart…
The Live Nation trial restarts with a ‘velvet hammer’
After a chaotic week following the Justice Department’s mid-trial settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster, the antitrust trial picked back up surprisingly smoothly on Monday – this time, with dozens of states…
DLSS 5 looks like a real-time generative AI filter for video games
Nvidia announced DLSS 5 on Monday during its GTC conference, and based on early reactions, it’s going to be a divisive update, with some reactions calling it “slop” that unacceptably…
Teens sue Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok’s AI-generated CSAM
Three Tennessee teens are suing Elon Musk’s xAI over claims that the company’s Grok AI chatbot generated sexualized images and videos of themselves as minors, as reported earlier by The…
OpenAI’s adult mode will reportedly be smutty, not pornographic
So when exactly is smut considered porn? | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images OpenAI’s delayed “adult mode” for ChatGPT is expected to support saucy text…
My fitness tracker is a secret weapon against my chronic illness
Arielle Duhaime-Ross does a bike tune-up. | Photo by Evan Ortiz / The Verge One of the first major crashes I experienced as a chronically ill person happened on an…
Aether OS is a computer in a browser built for the AT Protocol
Aether OS puts a full-fledged desktop in your browser that ties directly into the AT Protocol. That means it connects to your Bluesky account and other public records. It offers…
Sotomayor’s Wabi Sabi is the funnest record of 2026
Can’t. Stop. Dancing. | Image: Wonderwheel Recordings Shout out to subscriber N_Gorski for today’s pick. They popped into the comments on last week’s recommendation to ask what I thought of…
AI Czar David Sacks wants Trump to ‘get out’ of Iran
He might have realized he’s about to lose a lot of money. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images David Sacks, the White House’s AI and crypto czar,…
AI companies want to harvest improv actors’ skills to train AI on human emotion
If you’ve got strong creative instincts, the ability to authentically portray emotion, and are capable of staying true to a character’s voice throughout a scene, there’s a job listing calling…
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 4 Pro are the choice — if you have a Galaxy phone
The Galaxy Buds Pro 4 are a nice improvement over the Buds 3, but still require a Galaxy device to use all their features. Samsung promised “more than a design…
The fast rise and epic fall of Clubhouse
In 2020 and 2021, the social media world seemed to be on the verge of complete change. A new app called TikTok was ascendant, bringing a whole new kind of…
Live-service games are a mess
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the slow-motion disaster of live-service games, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback…
Roblox will require a facial scan or government ID to have unfiltered chats
Roblox is introducing a way to let trusted friends chat more freely among themselves, but it will require that they use a new age estimation tool to verify that they’re…
TikTok is putting the spotlight on songwriters
TikTok will now let songwriters highlight tracks they’ve written or co-written directly on their profiles. The list of songs will live within the “Music” tab on their profile, similar to…
Subnautica 2’s creators sue their publisher for ‘severely’ damaging the game’s release
The battle between Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton and the three former executives at its developer Unknown Worlds continues. Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire — the three executives who…
Google is raising the price of Nest Aware subscriptions again
Starting in mid-August Google is raising the price of its Nest Aware subscriptions. | Image: Google Google is raising the price of its Nest Aware and Nest Aware Plus subscriptions…
Elon Musk teases AI anime boyfriend based on Edward Cullen
This is obviously an anime Kylo Ren, but I guess Edward Cullen is the inspiration. | Image: xAI Days after introducing an AI ‘waifu’ companion for Grok, Elon Musk is…
The deluge of faster Qi2.2 wireless chargers is here
Anker is one of eight companies with Qi2.2 products already certified. Yesterday Ugreen was the first company to announce it had a Qi2.2 wireless charging power bank on the way,…
Now Microsoft’s Copilot Vision AI can scan everything on your screen
Microsoft is rolling out an update to Copilot Vision for Windows Insiders that lets the AI tool see everything that’s on your screen. Previously, the tool was able to look…
How to choose which Apple Watch to buy
It used to be easy to pick an Apple Watch. All you had to do was choose whether you wanted the larger model or the smaller one. Then Apple added…
To make Ironheart feel tactile, the show’s creative team had to get on the same page
In Disney Plus’ Ironheart series, a young genius with an uncanny knack for building armored suits finds herself plunged into a shady, criminal underworld that gives her a chance to…
Trump announces billions in investments to make Pennsylvania an AI hub
President Donald Trump announced more than $90 billion in investments from private companies that they said are tied to AI, tech, and energy during the “inaugural” Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation…
The EU is testing a prototype age verification app
The European Union is piloting a blueprint for age verification apps in Denmark, Greece, Spain, France, and Italy that aims to make it easier for online platforms to comply with…
Reddit is rolling out age verification in the UK
Reddit users in the United Kingdom will now be blocked from accessing “certain mature content” unless they complete the platform’s new age verification process. Reddit announced on Monday that UK…
Can Nextdoor overhaul itself to be useful?
In an era of social media-based restaurant reviewers, local neighborhood influencers, and an urgent need for trustworthy on-the-ground reports during moments of crisis, a crowdsourced hyperlocal platform like Nextdoor seems…
Superman is a box office hit, but the hard part comes next
Over the weekend, DC Studios’ new Superman feature became this year’s third-biggest box-office debut in the US. The movie’s success is a sign that theatergoers might actually not be quite…
Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode
Ani, one of Grok’s AI companions. People who pay for access to SuperGrok can now try the AI chatbot’s new “Companions” avatars, xAI owner Elon Musk announced Monday morning. The…
Where are the iPhone’s WebKit-less browsers?
It’s been 16 months since a DMA ruling allowed iOS developers like Google and Mozilla to use their own browser engines in the EU, so… where are they? According to…
Now Jack Dorsey has built an app to track your vitamin D
Sun Day will estimate how long you can safely stay in the sun based on the UV index and your skin type. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has released a new…