How AI will change phones — and the whole internet
How AI will change phones — and the whole internet Arc Search, from The Browser Company, is one of the better mobile browsers we’ve tried. It also represents something of an existential threat to the internet, at least as we know it now. By searching the web for you and creating a bespoke webpage every […]
Bluesky is ready to open up
Bluesky is ready to open up Bluesky There was a moment last year when Bluesky — the weird, irreverent Twitter competitor with a decentralized twist — had captured lighting in a bottle. The app quickly amassed over two million users while in closed beta and became a hot topic of conversation in newsrooms like The […]
Firefox maker Mozilla has a new subscription to keep your info out of data brokers’ clutches
Firefox maker Mozilla has a new subscription to keep your info out of data brokers' clutches Firefox maker Mozilla has a new subscription to keep your info out of data brokers’ clutches Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Mozilla is introducing a new paid subscription privacy monitoring service called Mozilla Monitor Plus. For $8.99 […]
Meta says you better disclose your AI fakes or it might just pull them
Meta says you better disclose your AI fakes or it might just pull them Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta will start labelling AI-generated photos uploaded to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads over the coming months as election season ramps up around the world. The company will also begin punishing users who don’t disclose […]
YouTube is experimenting with red, blue, and green video feeds
YouTube is experimenting with red, blue, and green video feeds Some app users are seeing options to filter homepage videos by green, blue, or red. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is testing a new feature that allows users to filter videos on their home feed by color, creating a more visually cohesive […]
Spotify subscribers rise to 236 million after record year
Spotify subscribers rise to 236 million after record year Spotify’s growing userbase. | Image: Spotify Spotify now boasts 236 million Premium subscribers, a 4 percent increase over last quarter, while its total number of monthly active users rose 5 percent to 602 million. The announcement came as part of its fourth quarter earnings release, which […]
Elden Ring mobile game reportedly under development at Tencent
Elden Ring mobile game reportedly under development at Tencent Image: Cook and Becker Tencent is reportedly working on a free-to-play mobile version of FromSoftware’s 2022 smash hit title Elden Ring. That’s according to Reuters, which cites three people familiar with the company’s plans. The Chinese tech giant apparently has a team of “a few dozen […]
Sony’s latest PS5 beta improves DualSense controller audio and screen sharing
Sony's latest PS5 beta improves DualSense controller audio and screen sharing Sony’s latest PS5 beta improves DualSense controller audio and screen sharing Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony has started testing a new PS5 beta update that will improve the speakers and microphone on the DualSense controller, alongside adding pointers and emoji reactions […]
Sony just let slip a Final Fantasy VII Rebirth playable demo is imminent
Sony just let slip a Final Fantasy VII Rebirth playable demo is imminent Image: Square Enix Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is nearly here. It’s coming February 29th, and yes, we will find out what happens to Aerith unless the game’s producer was playing us. But we won’t have to wait that long to get a […]
Huawei just retasked a factory to prioritize AI over its bestselling phone
Huawei just retasked a factory to prioritize AI over its bestselling phone Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reuters reports that Huawei will focus on increasing the manufacturing of its AI chip, the Ascend 910B, at the expense of production of its Mate 60 phones in at least one facility. Huawei makes both its […]