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Whisker’s AI-powered litter robot thinks my cats swapped bodies
The greatest invention in pet tech in recent years is the litter robot. A machine that scoops your kitties' poop so you ...
How to take better photos of your pets
Like the pets of any self-respecting millennial, my cats have their own Instagram account. Noodle and Loaf - aka Carb Ca...
Anthropic explains how Claude’s invisible text watermarks will work
Anthropic has clarified how it's planning to apply invisible watermarks to Claude-generated text in order to comply with...
I’m hooked on Peak Design’s new City bags
It's just a hook, sewn into a bag, but I really, really like it. Peak Design is so proud of its clever integration that ...
OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team
According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the prepar...
Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal crafted a hip hop breakup masterpiece
"Breakups are… tough." It's the opening lines of an interlude towards the end of DOOMED! Called "It Happens in Every Uni...
Amazon is trying to crush class-action suits before they get started
On Friday, Amazon customers received an email alerting them to an update to the site's terms and conditions. Most notabl...
ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes
ChatGPT's desktop app on macOS has a new feature called Computer History that turns your actions into training data, lea...
Rogue AI aren’t science fiction anymore
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI safety, ...
Polaroid’s tiny instant camera is $72 and includes a free pack of film
Smartphone cameras are convenient, but they lack the charm of analog instant cameras. If you’re trying to relive the nos...
Matt Groening lets slip that Simpsons: Hit & Run might be making a comeback
At D23, when asked about the potential for a sequel to the cult classic The Simpsons: Hit & Run game, Matt Groening ...
Have a laugh at AI’s expense by roleplaying as a chatbot
Your AI Slop Bores Me is brilliant in its simplicity. There are two tabs: human and LARP as an AI. On one side you enter...
Don’t overlook Elektron’s budget electronic music instruments
When I'm asked what to buy if you want to get into making electronic music, I often recommend Elektron's budget-minded M...
Switched on Pop’s Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding love fresh vegetables and guitar pedals
As if you needed more reason to love Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" beyond its pop perfection, it is also, according...
Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2 and Starfighter get teased at D23
Season two of Star Wars: Ahsoka is still months away, but Lucasfilm still took the opportunity to tease it a bit at D23....
Disney D23 2026: Everything announced for Star Wars, Marvel, and more
The annual Disney fan event showed off the cast of Marvel’s X-Men movie, plus a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, and ...
I finally found a magnetic phone grip I never want to remove
I told myself I wouldn't buy an OhSnap accessory for my phone. Every one I'd tested was nice, but felt overpriced and sl...
Xteink’s tiny e-readers are getting access to free books through Libby
One of the big tradeoffs with Xteink's pocket-friendly e-readers is a lack of easy access to ebooks. On a Kindle or Kobo...
The surprise must-see movie of the summer
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 140, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here...
We’re reaching peak camera with the Sony A7R VI
It wasn't long ago that shooting with a super high-resolution camera meant making serious sacrifices for the sake of all...
When housing is unaffordable, this artist’s device makes pedaling harder
Justin Blinder had just been laid off when he first came up with the idea for Ground Truth. It was 2020, two weeks befor...
Samsung has new Galaxy headphones in the works
Strings of code in Samsung's Galaxy Wearable app hint at an upcoming pair of over-ear headphones that could compete with...
A RAMageddon guide to back-to-school laptop shopping
If you’re a student looking for an affordable laptop, I have bad news and I have good news. The bad news is that compute...
The X-Files creator Chris Carter wanted to make a more horrific movie
The version of The X-Files: I Want to Believe that premiered in 2008 was not exactly the movie co-writer / director Chri...
Lamborghini’s flagship Revuelto levels up with SV trim
A lot of automakers talk about wanting to minimize or eliminate driver distractions so as to make the experience of driv...
Google’s best new camera feature is only for the Pixel 11 series
Arguably the coolest new photo feature for the Pixel 11 lineup is Google's new Camera Looks, which process image data di...
Mark Zuckerberg has an Instagzam
Instagram's wordmark is iconic. Well, was iconic. Apparently Instagram thought it looked old, so the company rolled out ...
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 u...
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 tune...
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 comf...
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 cus...
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...
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-...
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 w...
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 t...
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...
‘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 ...
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 camer...
Netflix is closing two game studios
Netflix plans to shut down two of its gaming studios as it makes a bigger shift toward party games and titles streamed t...
This school-friendly laptop from HP is $300 off
With memory prices still high and showing no signs of dropping, we’re always happy to find a good deal on a budget-frien...
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