Hopefully fewer of the coveted controllers will be snapped up by bots and resellers this time.

Valve's new Steam Controller sold out quickly when it went on sale on Monday, and the company is going to open a "reservations queue" on Friday at 1PM ET for anyone who missed that initial run. When the controller initially went on sale, many potential buyers experienced difficulties checking out...

OpenAI is launching an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that allows adult users to assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns. Friends, family members, or caregivers designated as a "Trusted Contact" will be notified if OpenAI detects that a person may have discussed top...

One of the genre's top-rated games is going 1.0 and adding a new map.

Microsoft showed off a "consistent" Xbox UI across handhelds, consoles, and cloud gaming during its Xbox keynote at the Game Developers Conference in March. At the time it was difficult to see if there was anything new about the UI from the videos and photos captured during the event, but Microso...

No trackballs here.

Newly minted CEO Josh D'Amaro says that he wants to turn Disney Plus into "the immersive, interactive digital centerpiece of the company." It used to be that people went to the movies or theme parks to immerse themselves in Disney's fictional worlds. But now, D'Amaro says that he sees Disney Plus...

Two weeks ago there was a buzz in the air inside Microsoft's studio D building. Hundreds of Xbox employees gathered early on a Thursday morning, packed into the hallways and atrium, to hear from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. The "return of Xbox" slogan was plastered all over the walls of the building, th...

A Yarbo lawnmower with a trimmer attachment. | Image: Yarbo I'm lying in the dirt. It's coming for me. Then, with a lurch, it's climbing up my chest. If Andreas Makris doesn't stop the 200-pound robot lawn mower in time, it could drag its blades across my body. Makris certainly can't reach over...

It’s been tough to recommend the Xbox Series X recently, especially at the $649 price it has sold at since last October. But if you’re thinking about getting one, at least consider the Forza Horizon 6-themed console bundle you can get at Best Buy that’s just $10 more than the usual inflated price...

It can control just about everything you plug into it and operates as an audio interface.

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. A small subset of Netflix viewers just got a new way to find movies and TV shows. The streamer recently started to test an AI-powere...

The 2027 BMW iX3 is now available in the US, and its starting price my surprise and delight fans of the Bavarian automaker. The iX3, which is the first vehicle built on BMW's next-gen Neue Klasse platform, starts at $62,850 including shipping, which is about $5,000 less than the equivalent gas-p...

The MacBook Neo might lose its most appealing trait thanks to the ongoing RAM shortage. According to analyst Tim Culpan, Apple could discontinue the budget-priced $599 base configuration of the Neo, leaving only the $699 model with 512GB of storage. Earlier this week, Apple similarly stopped sell...

Samsung really captured the aesthetic of the MacBook Pro. The feel and performance, not as much. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge II know I'm not the only person who wants a MacBook Pro for Windows: a sleek, ultra powerful, super portable machine with an excellent screen and high-qu...

Rejoice, nerds.

The Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 promises next-gen AI camera features while the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 offers a big boost in GPU performance.

Silent Hill and Dragon Quest round out the class of 2026.

Premium users in more than 75 markets will now have access to it.

Save to Spotify is a new command-line tool designed specifically for AI agents like OpenClaw, Claude Code, or OpenAI Codex. If you're the kind of person who collects research on a topic, then feeds it through their AI of choice to create audio summaries and personal podcasts, this lets you save t...