How to watch Summer Games Done Quick 2024
How to watch Summer Games Done Quick 2024 Photo by Ivan “Porkchop44” for Games Done Quick It’s summer, which means it’s time for sun and speedruns. The 2024 edition of Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ), the annual speedrunning marathon for charity, kicks off on Sunday and runs until July 6th. This year’s lineup is once […]
The portable speakers you need this summer
The portable speakers you need this summer Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 44, 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 biggest trailers of the week: June 23rd to June 29th
The biggest trailers of the week: June 23rd to June 29th Willem Dafoe in Nosferatu. | Screenshot: YouTube I’m stuck in a weird spot when it comes to movies and TV, these days. On one hand, the constant churn of remakes, reboots, franchise movies, and sequels often feels like it comes at the expense of […]
Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour
Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour An Uber and Lyft vehicle in New York. | Photo: Lindsey Nicholson / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rideshare drivers in Massachusetts will soon get company-provided benefits, as well as a minimum pay of $32.50 per hour, starting on […]
Amazon’s last-gen Kindle Paperwhite is on sale for 50 bucks right now
Amazon's last-gen Kindle Paperwhite is on sale for 50 bucks right now Amazon’s last-gen Kindle Paperwhite is on sale for 50 bucks right now The 10th-gen Kindle Paperwhite may lack USB-C and don a smaller display, but it still nails the basics. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Lately, it seems as […]
Redbox’s owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll
Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll Redbox’s owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll A Redbox machine from 2015. Redbox’s owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy protection overnight. This comes at the tail end of a month in which the DVD rental company […]
How to manage deleted files on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
How to manage deleted files on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Most of the time when you delete a file, it’s actually not wiped from existence immediately — as recently discovered by a man whose wife came across illicit texts he’d been sending (and which he thought he had […]
Here comes a Meta Ray-Bans challenger with ChatGPT-4o and a camera
Here comes a Meta Ray-Bans challenger with ChatGPT-4o and a camera If you want a pair of glasses with hands-free video recording and an AI voice assistant, there aren’t a lot of options, and the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are the clear leader. But Solos, whose smart glasses currently only feature audio, says it’ll sell […]
Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web
Microsoft's AI boss thinks it's perfectly OK to steal content if it's on the open web Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit Microsoft AI boss Mustafa Suleyman incorrectly believes that the moment you publish anything on the […]
What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more
What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty Images Since the New Deal era, the bulk of the functioning US government is the administrative state — think the acronym soup of agencies like the EPA, FCC, FTC, FDA, and so […]