YouTube now has more than 100 million Premium subscribers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube reached an important milestone on Thursday for its paid music and video tiers, crossing the 100 million subscriber benchmark globally. That figure includes trial subscriptions, so the real number of paid subscribers is fewer. Y…
Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
The third-gen AirPods are $149.99 ($30 off) at Costco for members. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you know where to look, there are often some great discounts available on Apple’s ever-popular AirPods. Since Apple launched the third-gen AirPods toward the end of 2021…
Car-tech breakup fever is heating up
Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s not you, it’s the interest rates. The reasons are probably more nuanced than that, but a number of prominent car tech companies are finding themselves in the unenviable position of being dumped by the bigger companies tha…
Palworld isn’t slowing down, hits 19 million players across Steam and Xbox
Image: Pocketpair Surprise viral gaming hit Palworld continues to reach new player milestones. Today, developer Pocketpair announced that the game has sold 12 million copies on Steam and reached 7 million players on Xbox. The Xbox number includes both sales and those who pl…
Microsoft’s Surface devices down again in Q2 earnings as Xbox picks up Activision revenue
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft just posted the second quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $62 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q2. Revenue is up 18 percent, and net income has increased by 33 per…
How to stop location tracking on your Android phone (mostly)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Location tracking can be very handy — it’s convenient when an app can tell you, say, where the nearby restaurants or gas stations are — but it’s also a privacy issue (something that at least one of Google’s competitors has used in its s…
GM should just bring back the Chevy Volt
Amelia Krales General Motors’ shift from an internal combustion engine-producing company to one that makes electric motors is sputtering. EV sales are up, but growing slower than expected. The company’s next-generation Ultium platform, in particular, isn’t meeting expectation…
The $10 trillion benefits of overhauling our food system
Bundles freshly harvested chard. | Photo by Waltraud Grubitzsch/picture alliance via Getty Images One of the most ambitious assessments yet of our global food system calculates the health, environmental, and economic losses of business as usual. It also outlines what governm…
The MSI Claw will not have a VRR screen after all
The MSI Claw gaming handheld. | Image: MSI The MSI Claw will be one of the first handheld gaming PCs with an Intel Core Ultra processor inside — but despite what the company told us at CES 2024, it won’t have a variable refresh rate (VRR) screen. To my knowledge, the Asus R…
iQoo Neo 9 Pro With Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC Said to Offer an AnTuTu Score of Over 1.7 Million
iQoo Neo 9 Pro is confirmed to launch in India on February 22. The design, colour options, configuration and chipset details of the handset have already been revealed. iQoo has now also revealed the AnTuTu score of the model and it appears to be higher than most flagship phones …
Honor X9b Reportedly Spotted Online Ahead of Expected India Launch; Key Features Leaked
Honor X9b is expected to launch in India soon. Its launch and price details have also been previously leaked. The model is available in select regions worldwide, and the India variant is likely to share similar features to its global version. Now, the phone has reportedly surfac…
Arc Search combines browser, search engine, and AI into something new and different
Arc Search browses the web for you, and then builds you the webpage you wanted. That’s the idea, anyway. | Image: The Browser Company / David Pierce A few minutes ago, I opened the new Arc Search app and typed, “What happened in the Chiefs game.” That game, the AFC Championsh…
Netflix is different now — and there’s no going back
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge The past two years have been a whirlwind of changes at Netflix — and it’s all to transform the company into a revenue-driving machine that outlives other streamers. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/4Kyb2w…
A star creator’s go-to travel gear
Image: William Joel / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 23, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage .) This week, I…
X plans to create a content moderation ‘headquarters’ in Austin
Image: The Verge X says it will hire 100 full-time employees for a new trust and safety office in Austin, Texas, according to a Saturday report by Bloomberg . The plan comes, as the article notes, just a few days before CEO Linda Yaccarino’s scheduled January 31st hearing be…
X appears to block Taylor Swift searches... barely
Illustration: The Verge X appears to have blocked searches for Taylor Swift as a reaction to a recent trend of graphic AI fakes of the world-famous recording artist being posted to the site . Right now, if you search “Taylor Swift” or “Taylor Swift AI” on X, formerly Twitter,…
OnePlus 12 preorders come with a free storage upgrade for a limited time
OnePlus’ no-frills flagship stands tall against the competition. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge With the impending launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series , OnePlus surely hopes to hitch a ride on the buzz train as upgrade season begins. The newly announced OnePlus 12 …
Here’s the new Apple tax every developer is going to hate
Illustration: The Verge Apple is finally opening the iPhone to third-party app stores in the European Union, kicking off a potentially vibrant, unwieldy, and eclectic new era for its app ecosystem. At least, it might, depending on how developers respond to a hurdle that is at…
Epic’s Tim Sweeney calls Apple App Store changes ‘hot garbage’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has a lot to say about the changes Apple made to its App Store in the European Union. In a lengthy post on X (formerly Twitter), Sweeney calls the update “a new instance of Malicious Compliance” — or…
The most powerful Ryzen Zen 3 processor receives its biggest discount yet
This is the fastest AM4 processor you can upgrade to if you’re not ready to buy into AM5. AMD made bank on its Ryzen chipsets on the strength of bored pandemic-era gamers who spent their stimulus checks on new PC builds. Ryzen CPUs offered arguably the best price-to-perfor…
Klarna will now let you pay them so you can pay them less money
Dollars and sense? | Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge Great news for those of you already experiencing subscription fatigue: you can subscribe to buy now, pay later (BNPL) service Klarna for $7.99 a month. At first glance, this seemed pretty fucking weird to me. I m…
Fight monsters with the help of your past lives in Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior
Image: Sand Door Games I distinctly remember the first time I saw Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior . It was during Summer Game Fest last year , and the game’s brief minute-long reveal trailer was enough to leave a lasting impression. I’ve been looking forward to playing it e…
The best fitness trackers to buy right now
Photo illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge From simple fitness bands and rugged sports watches to rings, these are the best trackers you can get. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/vImo90x via IFTTT
What NPR’s new podcast chief learned from the mess at Gimlet
Image: The Verge This is Hot Pod , The Verge’ s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. On Friday, Insiders got part one of a Q&A with NPR’s new podcasting chief, Collin Campbell, who led new show development at Gimlet before the …
You’ll be able to watch The Marvels on Disney Plus very soon
Disney The Marvels starts streaming on Disney Plus on February 7th, nearly three months after it had the lowest-grossing box-office debut in MCU history. This may give the Nia DaCosta-directed action-adventure film starring Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani a ch…
Motorola’s flip-style Razr Plus is on sale for nearly half off right now
Motorola’s classic clamshell modernized with a flexible OLED display finally feels worth the money after a $450 discount. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Between foldable smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5, the Pixel Fold , and the OnePlus Ope…
iOS 17.3 is out, adding Stolen Device Protection for your iPhone
Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge iOS 17.3 is out, and it comes with a new security feature that’s supposed to prevent thieves from taking your iPhone and quickly taking over access to anything stored in iCloud as well as other important accounts like your bank or email. I…
Google Pixel 8 Series Minty Fresh Colourway Teased, to Launch on January 25
Google's social media channels teased the Minty Fresh colour option for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. The new colour option will be launched on January 25. The teaser video suggests a light green shade and the binary code in the teasers translates to “fresh year, fresh drop.”…
Moto G24 Price, Renders, Specifications Leaked; MediaTek Helio G85 SoC, 5,000mAh Battery Tipped
Moto G24 could launch soon as its renders, specifications, and pricing details have surfaced on the Web. The latest G series smartphone by the Lenovo-owned brand could run on the MediaTek Helio G85 SoC. It is shown with a hole-punch display with 90Hz refresh rate and is said to …
OnePlus 12 Price in India, Sale Date Leaked Ahead of January 23 Launch
OnePlus 12 is all set to go official on January 23 in India at the 'Smooth Beyond Belief' event alongside the OnePlus 12R. Just a day before the formal launch, a fresh leak suggests price details of the flagship phone. It is tipped to go on sale in the country starting J…
Some Apple apps for Vision Pro will be ‘unmodified’ iPad apps to start
Image: Apple It won’t be a huge shocker if the bulk of the “over 1 million” apps that Apple says the Vision Pro will launch with are mostly just existing iPad or iPhone versions . But what is a little surprising is that some of Apple’s big first-party apps will be, too, inclu…
A new spin on a powerful calendar app
Illustration: William Joel / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 22, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage .) This …
The latest Apple Watch SE is matching its lowest price to date this weekend
Pssh. Who needs an SpO2 sensor, anyway? | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Lately, it seems like all the talk regarding the Apple Watch seems to revolve around Apple’s ongoing patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo — a legal battle that has resulted in A…
Here are the best Kindle deals right now
Amazon’s note-taking Kindle Scribe is on sale as a part of a bundle. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When it comes to finding a device to use to read your ebooks, you have a few options to choose from. You can always buy a tablet or use your phone, but those de…
Here are the key differences between the Samsung Galaxy S24 phones
Like the rest of the S24 lineup, Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra comes in four color options. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge As expected, Samsung introduced the new Galaxy S24 phone lineup during its Galaxy Unpacked event on January 17th. The Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Pl…
This smartwatch has the tech that sparked the Apple Watch ban
Masimo showed up with the Freedom (right), a prototype for a smarter watch featuring its blood oxygen tech. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge In the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard something about the Apple Watch getting banned . Something to do with a sensor, with …
Circle to Search Is Google’s New Way to Get More Information Right Where You Are
Google has announced two major updates to its Search - Circle to Search and multisearch experience. The first of these new Search features will let Android users search for anything on their devices without switching apps. Google also announced an AI-powered multisearch experien…
This E Ink climate sensor cuts the cloud and adds Matter
Image: Shelly European smart home device manufacturer Shelly has a new version of its temperature and humidity sensor , plus an even smaller smart relay switch . Shelly’s H&T Gen3 adds an enhanced e-paper display and doubles the responsiveness and efficiency of the previo…
Apple Vision Pro hands-on, again, for the first time
It’s impossible to look cool in a VR headset, even if it’s the $3,499 Vision Pro. | Image: Apple I know what I saw, but I’m still trying to figure out where this headset fits in real life. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/FragKpB via IFTTT
Rockstar Games’ owner is fighting Remedy Entertainment over it’s new ‘R’ logo
Can you tell the difference between these two logos? Take-Two has its doubts. | Image: Take-Two / Rockstar Games / Remedy Entertainment Remedy Entertainment, the developer that created the Max Payne and Alan Wake video game franchises, is embroiled in a trademark dispute w…
Here’s OpenAI’s big plan to combat election misinformation
Illustration: The Verge Yesterday TikTok presented me with what appeared to be a deepfake of Timothee Chalamet sitting in Leonardo Dicaprio’s lap and yes, I did immediately think “if this stupid video is that good imagine how bad the election misinformation will be.” OpenAI …
Apple Watch drops blood oxygen features to dodge the import ban
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The blood oxygen feature is about to disappear from new Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 devices. While Apple itself has not released a statement or responded to our request for comment, both Bloomberg and 9to5Mac are report…
Microsoft’s new Copilot Pro brings AI-powered Office features to the rest of us
Image: Microsoft Microsoft first launched its AI-powered Office features for businesses in November, but just two months later the company is already offering them to consumers. Copilot Pro is launching today as a $20 monthly subscription that provides access to AI-powered f…
Realme 12 Pro 5G Series With a Periscope Camera India Launch Date Confirmed
Realme 12 Pro 5G series, with a Realme 12 Pro and a Realme 12 Pro+ model, will be unveiled in India later this month. Over the past few weeks, the company has teased details about the upcoming handsets. The design of one of the handsets and a colourway has already been officiall…
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Leaked Hands-On Video Suggests Flat Display, Slim Bezels
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is expected to be unveiled alongside the Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24+ at the Galaxy Unpacked event on January 17. Almost all details regarding the design, specifications and features of the anticipated models have been leaked. As we inch closer to the …
These are the certified Wi-Fi 7 devices you can buy now
Razer’s newest gaming laptops are certified for Wi-Fi 7. | Image: Razer The Wi-Fi Alliance announced at the beginning of CES last week that it had begun certifying Wi-Fi 7 devices. Not having the certification doesn’t mean a device won’t work, but it does mean that it’s b…
FedEx is launching a new e-commerce platform as it competes with Amazon
Image: FedEx FedEx announced that it will launch a new “data-driven commerce platform” this fall called “fdx” that would put FedEx in the loop of every part of online sales, from purchases to delivery and returns. The platform will integrate with ShopRunner, an online e-comme…
Apple to Shut San Diego-Based 121-Person AI Team: Report
Apple is reportedly shutting a 121-person team related to artificial intelligence operations in San Diego, leaving many employees at risk of termination. The group, known as Data Operations Annotations, was told Wednesday that they would be relocating to Austin to merge with the…
Airtel, Reliance Jio Likely to Start Charging for 5G Ending Unlimited 5G Data Offers
Jio and Airtel have over 125 million 5G subscribers between them. The companies have been offering 5G connectivity at existing 4G rates and including unlimited 5G data with select plans. However, experts now suggest that the firms may soon stop their unlimited 5G offering and wi…
The NFL and Taylor Swift surprisingly aren’t enough to crash Peacock
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Peacock is the only source for tonight’s playoff game between Miami and Kansas City, and the most surprising result is that through three quarters, the service is mostly holding up to the task. The game just entered the fourth quarter, …
The Verge Awards at CES 2024
Illustration by Samar Haddar / The Verge The products, trends, and promises that truly wowed. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/tnBhHUl via IFTTT
The Verge’s best of CES 2024
The Consumer Electronics Show brings thousands of visitors to Las Vegas every year to witness the latest innovations in tech — some practical and some jaw-dropping. Our staff was on the ground, surrounded by thousands of smart rings, vacuums, concept cars, and everything in be…
I’m sorry, but I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy
Fun new game just dropped! Go to the internet platform of your choice, type “goes against OpenAI use policy,” and see what happens. The bossman dropped a link to a Rick Williams Threads post in the chat that had me go check Amazon out for myself. Screenshot by Liz Lopatto H…
CES 2024 was all about interoperability beyond the smart home
The 8-1 Qi2 charger announced by Anker during CES 2024. | Image: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Last year, you couldn’t mention CES without bringing up Matter. It was a pivotal year for the smart home standard, as big names like Samsung, GE, and Amazon promised better interopera…
Dexcom’s new continuous glucose monitor is a health tech gadget with purpose
The Stelo CGM will look similar to the one pictured here and is based on the Dexcom G7. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Year in and year out, most of the blood glucose tech you see at CES are devices that may not come out for years, if ever . That’s why it was refreshin…
Clicks hands-on: this BlackBerry-like iPhone case could be a winner
One of Clicks’ own marketing images of its yellow keyboard case for iPhone. | Image: Clicks Clicks came out of nowhere last week with a blast from the past — a BlackBerry-like physical keyboard for your iPhone, built into a snazzy protective case with colors that pop . Not …
Rabbit sells out 10,000 units of its R1 pocket AI companion in one day
Rabbit R1. | Photo by David Pierce / The Verge The R1, the pocket-size gadget from Rabbit that’s supposed to use your apps for you, has already sold out of its first batch. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the startup Rabbit announced that it sold 10,000 units in just one…
The first Steam Deck competitor with SteamOS is almost here
The Ayaneo Next Lite. | Image: Ayaneo The first non-Valve device with SteamOS preinstalled is about to ship: Ayaneo just announced its next handheld gaming PC, the Next Lite, is running the open-source operating system. Ayaneo is pitching the Next Lite as a cost-effective o…
L’Oréal’s futuristic hairdryer uses infrared light for smoother, more hydrated hair
The idea is to reduce heat damage and energy consumption. | Image: L’Oreal L’Oréal has been a staple of CES for years, showing up with surprising twists on beauty products like a wearable UV sensor , a lipstick printer , and an AR-powered brow applicator . This year, the com…
OpenAI claims The New York Times tricked ChatGPT into copying its articles
Image: OpenAI OpenAI has publicly responded to a copyright lawsuit by The New York Times , calling the case “without merit” and saying it still hoped for a partnership with the media outlet. In a blog post , OpenAI said the Times “is not telling the full story.” It took par…
