Hi HN, we're Sam, Shane, and Abhi. Almost a year ago, we first shared Mastra here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43103073 ). It’s kind of fun looking back since we were only a few months into ...
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers , a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Last month, Netflix made the surpr...
Elon Musk's X is trying to stop people using its AI chatbot Grok to undress women amid intensifying outrage and legal scrutiny over the deluge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding the site. It's...
Last year, Nova Launcher founder and sole developer Kevin Barry announced he had left Branch Metrics, Nova's parent company at the time - which followed an announcement from 2024 that nearly everyone ...
Verizon was down for tens of thousands of customers for most of the day on January 14, 2026. Paul Squire/Business Insider Over 170,000 Verizon customers reported a service outage on Wednesday. The out...
Here's your chance to score an outstanding deal on one of Samsung's biggest and boldest monitors. For today only, Woot! (which is owned by Amazon) is offering the second generation 55" Samsung Odyssey...
BrandsMart via eBay has dropped the price of the 2025 65" LG Evo C5 4K OLED TV to just $1,117.59 when you apply a 20% off coupon code " FAVEFINDS20 ". This deal is actually better than the ones from A...
The ripple effects from the RAM shortage have already been resonating throughout the PC industry. Nvidia wants to scale back on its lower priced video cards that are equipped with a large amount of VR...
The Kaoss Pad has seen many different iterations , but the mainline effect unit and sampler hasn't received an update since the launch of the KP3+ in 2013. Korg has finally given it the attention it d...
Switch 2 owners, if there's one upgrade you'll absolutely need, it's additional storage. The Switch 2 only has 256GB of onboard storage, and chances are you'll run out of space down the road. Fortunat...
The brand new Apple AirPods Pro 3 might be one of the best noise canceling earbuds , but $250 is a steep price to pay. You might be better off saving that money and getting these Baseus Bass BP1 Pro w...
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War has been in hibernation since 2017, and its most recent installment was far from universally well-received. So when King Art Games was handed the task of bringing it back...
The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory requirement for working adults. While the UK government remains "committed to mandatory digital right-to-wor...
Netflix is working on a new mobile UI set to roll out later this year that will "better serve the expansion of our business over the decade to come," co-CEO Greg Peters said in an earnings call on Tue...
Plans are increasing by $1-$2 per month. The price of Spotify Premium is about to jump again in the US , marking its third price hike since 2023. Spotify announced that subscribers in the US, Estonia,...
On a blustery afternoon late last year, on the lawn just outside City Hall in Rowlett, Texas, a strange-looking craft cleared the trees just before me. It hovered overhead for a moment before lowering...
Elizabeth Warren and other Democrat lawmakers have written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for an investigation into alleged "false advertising and deceptive practices" fro...
PUBG developer Krafton has 26 games in development, and in a recent town hall meeting, the company outlined a plan to "focus on its core gaming business while outlining a disciplined approach to build...
Subway Surfers City , a follow-up to the popular endless runner mobile game / sludge content star Subway Surfers , will be launching on February 26th on iOS and Android, with preregistration open now....
Google says that generated videos should also now be more consistent with thereference images they’re based on. | Image: Google / The Verge Google is making its Veo 3.1 AI video model pay closer atten...