Hardware & Devices
Uber is cutting around 3,000 jobs in the name of efficiency
The company is also asking almost all remote employees to move to an office.
Belkin’s kid-friendly wireless headphones are 25 percent off
Verge readers can get a discount on Belkin’s SoundForm Mini 2 wireless headphones. The kid-focused on-ear headphones feature an 85-decibel volume limit and easy controls, and a mo…
OpenAI accused of ‘aiding and abetting’ Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in dozens of new lawsuits
OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman are facing 30 new lawsuits that accuse them of providing "substantial assistance and encouragement" to the suspect in Canada's Tumbler Ridge school s…
NYC bans AI use for students until they reach high school
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a new policy today that will ban younger schoolchildren from using AI in classrooms. The one-year moratorium, effective in the 202…
Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer
When Google ignominiously exited the European thermostat market last year, it pointed its customers to Tado. This week, the German-based smart home company is launching its Smart …
Nintendo's surprise free update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch 2 includes eight-player split-screen
The nine-year-old game that keeps giving.
‘Wordle in 1’ is the NYT’s new puzzle just for subscribers
The New York Times has prepared some exclusive goodies for its subscribers: a weekly drop of bonus puzzles based on the publication's popular games. Five to six new puzzles will b…
Star Wars Zero Company is a great game that's busted and may never be fixed
It's hard to be confident about Star Wars Zero Company's future after the studio that made it furloughed most of its staff.
Elon Musk’s heterodox robotaxi philosophy gets put to the test
Believe it or not, the Tesla Cybercab is coming. Nearly two years after Elon Musk first unveiled the gold-tinted, gull-wing door sporting, steering wheel-free two-seaters as the f…
United Airlines will deliver food and other essentials to your gate
United Airlines is testing a new offering that will let you order food from its app and have it delivered to your gate.
How to reset an Apple TV remote
Tips for fixing connection issues with the remote for Apple's streaming box.
iRobot's new $1,199 Roomba Max 875 Combo is its most powerful robot yet
iRobot has launched the $1,199 Roomba Max 875 Combo and the $899 Roomba Plus 678 Combo at IFA 2026.
The amazing USB-C gadgets that play old Nintendo cartridges
Last week, I powered on a 26-year-old copy of Pokémon Pinball, one of the best Game Boy games ever made. My save file was no more. The Charmander I'd caught for my daughter, the h…
The robot butler dream doesn’t have legs
The idea of humanoid robots running our homes has been the stuff of science fiction for years. But unlike hoverboards and self-tying sneakers, a robot housekeeper has never felt c…
Is this the future of America?
In 2007, the US was on the cusp of an economic recession, and Buddy Rizer was tasked with finding Loudoun County, Virginia, a new way to make money. Rizer’s earlier career as a ra…
Acer’s new concept hardware is a gaming handheld with a keyboard
For the last few years, PC gamers on the go have had a choice: Buy a gaming laptop, or pick up one of the many Steam Deck-inspired handhelds that are a fraction of the size but a …
Acer’s new MacBook Air rival is nearly a pound lighter than Apple’s laptop
Acer is announcing a new laptop poised to rival the MacBook Air's thinness and lightness - and in the process, it cops another laptop's name. The Acer Swift Blade 14 (not to be co…
Acer's Project DualPlay Mini is gaming handheld that becomes a tiny laptop
Acer's Project DualPlay Mini is gaming handheld that becomes a tiny laptop.
Acer shows off its AI desktop future with the RTX Spark design
It's a showcase of NVIDIA's latest chip tech.
Acer's Vero 16 laptop is built to be easily repaired
The Vero 16 includes removable port covers, a detachable external hinge and a latch on the bottom that doesn't require tools to open.
Acer's new monitors include a 24-inch, 1,000Hz screen for esports sickos
Acer is also introducing a new 34-inch ultrawide and several models with dynamic refresh rates.
Acer's Predator Atlas 7 is the brand's smaller handheld gaming flagship model
Acer is launching a 7-inch version of the Predator Atlas 8.
Microsoft is enabling a Windows 11 security feature that can hurt gaming performance
Microsoft is getting ready to roll out its memory integrity security feature of Windows 11 to more devices next month. The kernel-level protection feature is designed to stop mali…
Dell’s newest laptop sounds a lot like a MacBook Neo
Dell's new Dell 14S laptop sounds a lot like a MacBook Neo: it comes in four colors, is aimed at students, and it starts with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Announced at IFA 202…