TikTok says a power outage is causing ongoing issues and outages that started in the US early Sunday morning. In an email to The Verge , TikTok USDS spokesperson Jamie Favazza pointed to a statement p...
Panther Lake CPUs in hand at CES 2026. Intel's been talking the talk for months about its new generation of laptop chips , the first made on its long-anticipated 18A process . 18A is meant to steer In...
This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the e-bike movement, follow Andrew J. Hawkins . The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' i...
I respect Gemini using the royal “we” here. By lots of metrics, Gemini is winning . It has raced ahead of OpenAI, become scarily good at creating convincing imagery , and even won Apple's business . S...
Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the...
It's been a bit of a wait, but a big new game from Pokémon developer Game Freak is almost here. During the Xbox Developer Direct showcase, the studio showed off more gameplay for its action RPG...
Age prediction is rolling out almost globally, with users in the EU getting it ‘in the coming weeks.’ OpenAI has added age prediction features to ChatGPT , meant to identify and bolster protections fo...
Did you save your Google Stadia controller like I told you last month ? It's still not too late. This week, Google has finally removed the tool that converts the now-useless controller into a decent B...
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 112, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, I hope your home is warmer than mine right now, and also you can rea...
Customers of Visible Wireless, which is owned by Verizon, may be getting a $5 credit toward their next bill in response to a Verizon cell service outage earlier this week. Verizon customers were offer...
We know how the next-generation Siri is supposed to work. Apple showed it off in 2024 , made commercials about it, and generally promised that AI would change the way we used our gadgets forever. And ...
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...
Audible's new Harry Potter full-cast audiobook series has already received its third entry. This new form of the Harry Potter books kicked off back in November 2025 with a unique interpretation of The...
Considering what it offers, Disney+ is one of the best streaming services on the block. From classic Disney animated films to the latest Marvel shows, Star Wars movies, and so much more, Disney+ puts ...
Ron Perlman has said he is still very interested in reprising his iconic role as Hellboy for Hellboy 3 and finishing Guillermo del Toro’s much-loved superhero trilogy — despite being 75 years old. Per...
A US Army solider trains with a counter-UAS weapon known as a "Drone Buster," at Fort Irwin, California., Oct. 31, 2024. Sgt. Quincy Adams/US Army A new watchdog report says unclear counter-dr...
A Ukrainian soldier fires a Javelin anti-tank missile. Dmytro Smolienko via Reuters Connect NATO's secretary general said up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed in Ukraine each month. Mark Rut...
Yesim Saydan built a custom GPT inspired by Steve Jobs to act as a mentor. Courtesy of Yesim Saydan Yesim Saydan uses over 17 custom GPTs to run her solo-consultancy business. She created her ideal te...
Matt Damon has discussed how tough it was filming Christopher Nolan’s next epic, The Odyssey , which he said had a “profound” effect on him. The Odyssey, written and directed by Nolan and due out July...
Avala Global was launched by Divya Nettimi in 2022. imagedepotpro/Getty Images Divya Nettimi's $2 billion Avala Global has lost more personnel, Business Insider has learned. The firm returned 22.1% la...