Hardware & Devices
You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
Google will now allow you to remove visible watermarks from the images, videos, and music made with AI tools. With the update, you can toggle off a new "Media watermark" setting i…
Your car's dash cam might be illegal in some states — Here's how to check
Dash cam laws vary from one state to the next. Check the laws of states you'll be driving through.
France's top court strikes down social media ban for children under 15
President Macron has asked the government to rewrite France's proposed social media ban for children.
Get the best battery life for your MacBook by changing these settings
Laptop batteries don't last forever, but there are some things that you can do today that may affect the lifespan of your MacBook's battery.
2025 GOTY Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is down to $33
For RPG fans who dig Persona-style turn-based action and who are pursuing games with original stories and fantastic tunes, look no further than Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. This p…
CMF hit the balance between cheap and good clip earbuds
Clip earbuds are an exercise in compromise. It's an inherent aspect of their design - and physics. They can be more comfortable for people that don't like something jammed in thei…
Hoto’s new cordless soldering iron heats up in three seconds
Hoto is introducing its first soldering iron through its modular Snapbloq collection that lets you assemble your own custom toolbox by stacking magnetic cases and tools together. …
The MSI Claw EX is the most important handheld since Steam Deck — I still wouldn’t buy one
As The Verge's resident handheld reviewer, I have nearly every portable gaming PC on a shelf in my house. The MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus is now the first one I reach for. Thanks to a n…
DeepSeek's AI models are about to cost four times more
DeepSeek has announced price hikes for its V4 models.
Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba
Apple has reportedly trained a custom AI model for the China market alongside domestic tech giant Alibaba, a rare cross-border partnership that cuts across growing tensions betwee…
Help build a monument to that ‘sad little bitch’ Elon Musk
Cards Against Humanity is gearing up to build "something that will annoy Elon Musk," and it's crowdfunding the project with its usual flavor of vulgarity. The company behind the c…
Apple proposes taking a 5-to-15 percent cut from external App Store payments
Apple and Google still aren't done facing Epic Games in court.
Trump slaps a 100 percent tariff on heavy and 'sensitive' drones
President Trump has imposed tariffs up to 100 percent on drones that are "particularly sensitive" for national security.
Apple sends out warnings to targets of mercenary spyware attacks
Apple has recently sent out notifications, warning users that they'd been targeted by mercenary spyware attack.
Trump declares 100 percent tariffs on many drones and all aircraft parts
The United States has already banned future foreign drones from entering the United States unless their companies kiss the ring - as well as routers, robots, and Roombas. Now, Pre…
Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store
In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links …
Mico, Microsoft's weird lil' AI guy, has been demoted
The amorphous corporate mascot will no longer haunt Copilot Voice.
Cloud storage is great until your vendor goes out of business
A St. Louis PBS station is suing a data center provider to rescue a 70-year archive.
‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier
One month after Epic Games and Google seemingly stopped fighting over the future of Android app distribution, they were back in a San Francisco courtroom today - where Judge James…
The fight over Flock and other ALPRs
There are over 120,000 of Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed all over the US. Flock’s cameras, and others like them, use AI to identify and track vehi…
Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it's going to move Mico to its Learn …
Netflix shuts down Oxenfree studio Night School weeks after praising its 'really solid numbers'
Execs praised Night School's latest game, Unhinged, before pulling the rug.
X is testing a tool that will let users see if their posts have been 'shadowbanned'
The feature is rolling out as the company open-sources more of its ranking algorithm.
Netflix is closing two game studios
Netflix plans to shut down two of its gaming studios, as reported by Game File and Variety, as it makes a bigger shift toward party games and titles streamed to TVs. One of the st…