Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you’re a company with any kind of social media, internet, or AI chatbot presence in 2026, you really, truly only have four options on April ...
Many deals are still happening, although some aren’t as good as they were this past week. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is technically over, but not all of the deals are gone. In fact, dozens of deals are still here and selling at the same prices, while other disco...
About 20 years ago, I bought a turntable with the idea that it would be a staple of my music-making setup. I dreamed of learning to scratch and digging through dollar bin vinyl for samples. Instead, it just got hooked up to a stereo. But a few months ago, I got my hands on the Korg Handytraxx Pla...
The PlayStation 5's curvy design is divisive. The Verge's Andrew Webster called it a "robotic clam" in his 2020 review, which is actually kind of endearing. Personally, I kind of got over hating it sometime during the past almost-six years of its existence. Small form factor PC enthusiast Devyn J...
A Baidu Apollo robotaxi in Wuhan, China. | Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images Numerous robotaxis operated by Chinese tech giant Baidu froze in a major city on Tuesday, reportedly trapping passengers inside, stranding them on highways, and causing at least one accident in snarled traffic. Police...
If you’re looking for the best time to get a deal this spring, it might very well be during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, which runs through 11:59PM PT tonight. We’re still highlighting the best that the sale has to offer, including the many so-called “doorbuster” deals that will appear throughout th...
Amazon’s Big Spring Sale may not have been as “big” as Black Friday or even Prime Day, but depending on what you’re after, the discounts are more appealing than you might think. Take charging accessories, for instance. Anker, Twelve South, Baseus, and others have sharply lowered the prices of som...
After Anthropic released Claude Code's 2.1.88 update, users quickly discovered that it contained a package with a source map file containing its TypeScript codebase, with one person on X calling attention to the leak and posting a file containing the code. The leaked data reportedly contains more...
You can add multiple bulbs to a single room to create cooler, more colorful effects. | Image: Govee Spring cleaning isn’t just about clearing things out. It’s also a chance to refresh your living space, and a simple place to start is smart lighting — specifically, Govee’s Smart A19 LED Light Bu...
ChatGPT is now accessible from your CarPlay dashboard if you have iOS 26.4 or newer and the latest version of the ChatGPT app, 9to5Mac reports. Apple's recently launched iOS 26.4 update added support for "voice-based conversational apps" in CarPlay, opening the door to let you use AI chatbots wit...
Taking 60 seconds to listen to a simple tone could make your next trip more enjoyable. | Image: Samsung Samsung released a new free app today called Hearapy, now available for Android devices through the Google Play store, that it claims can reduce the symptoms of motion sickness using just sou...
Anker’s Laptop Power Bank is one of the more useful gadgets I’ve bought in recent years. I know, it’s just a portable battery, but it’s packed with power and thoughtful features that are tough to find in other models. And right now, you can buy it for $95.99 ($24 off) — the best price of the year...
With The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Nintendo entered the next phase of its plan to become a different kind of entertainment giant. Though it wasn't the company's first go at putting its iconic plumbers on the big screen, the film demonstrated that Nintendo could collaborate with partners like Illum...
The Evercade Nexus will launch at $199.99 when preorders open. | Image: Evercade After releasing smaller versions of its handhelds, Evercade has announced a new portable console called the Nexus featuring a large 5.89-inch screen. That's larger than the 4.3-inch screen on Evercade's previous ha...
"I was hoping we were going to have a bigger crowd than this, especially with the nice weather and everything," Michael Maria told me. "I'm a little disappointed because the last march, I think there were about 10 times as many people at this time of day." At 11AM, the crowd at Portland's downto...
Love to see the BACKSST BOYS at the Sphere. The Google Pixel 9 walked so that the Samsung Galaxy S26 could run. Google introduced AI editing tools to Photos slowly. It started with changes to the background - make the sky more blue, or remove crowds of tourists. Things got weird once the compan...
If you’re keen to get a new 4K TV that has built-in streaming services provided by Amazon’s Fire TV software, it’s tough to get more for your money than with Hisense’s U6. The company’s 75-inch, feature-packed mini-LED TV is an even better value than usual thanks to the discount happening on the ...
The new Optics Styles glasses will support an ‘unrestricted’ range of prescriptions. | Image: Meta While Meta has released several versions of its AI glasses over the last few years, today it announced it's released two new styles specifically geared toward those of us with less-than-perfect vi...
Every color is discounted at Amazon for a limited time. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazon is hosting a fantastic lightning sale on every color of the Sony WH-1000XM5 over-ear headphones, offering them for $243 (originally $399) for a limited time. This is one of the biggest price reduct...
Future Bravia TVs will feature Sony branding with TCL’s display technology. | Image: Sony After signing a nonbinding agreement in January to spin off its TV business, today Sony officially announced that TCL will pay approximately 75.4 billion yen (over $473 million) for a 51 percent stake in a...