Consumer Tech

Why does the Googlebook exist?

Google announced its new Googlebook laptop platform yesterday, and so far I've been left asking, "Why?" Why is Google blowing up its Chromebook and ChromeOS platform for this? I've been excited by the prospect of Android and ChromeOS unifying under the long-rumored Aluminium OS. The theory was th...

The border is everywhere

Verge reporter Gaby Del Valle demonstrates the size of Sherp’s ATV at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. No one paid attention to the gunshots that echoed through the convention center. They were real enough, and so were the screams that accompanied them, in ...

Canon’s latest EOS R6 camera goes V for video

Like the EOS R50 V, the R6 V is just branded R V on the front, with its full name printed on the top deck. | Image: Canon Canon has announced a new EOS R6 V mirrorless camera, a 32.5-megapixel camera with 7K video. It's the first full-frame EOS camera to carry the V moniker, signifying that it'...

Data centers are coming for rural America

At its peak, the Androscoggin paper mill in Jay, Maine, a rural town about 67 miles northwest of Portland, employed about 1,500 people - until a pulp digester exploded in 2020, forcing the mill to close permanently. In 2023, the 1.4 million-square-foot facility was purchased through a joint vent...

Sony’s new Xperia phone gets an overdue redesign

Sony’s new flagship doesn’t look much like its predecessors. | Image: Sony / The Verge Sony's Xperia 1 flagships have looked more or less the same since 2020, but that's finally changing with the Xperia 1 VIII, which moves to a chunky square camera island. The phone also boasts what should be a...

Meta won’t let you block its AI account on Threads

Meta announced on Tuesday that it's testing a Threads feature that lets users tag a Meta AI account to get answers to questions or context about a conversation on the platform. If you've spent any time looking at replies on X as of late, this new feature sounds a lot like Meta's take on people ta...

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