YouTube now has more than 100 million Premium subscribers
YouTube now has more than 100 million Premium subscribers Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube reached an important milestone on Thursday for its paid music and video tiers, crossing the 100 million subscriber benchmark globally. That figure includes trial subscriptions, so the real number of paid subscribers is fewer. YouTube’s subscription tiers have […]
Chip race: Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia battle it out for AI chip supremacy
Chip race: Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia battle it out for AI chip supremacy Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tech companies want AI to grow. To do that, they need more and more powerful chips. The rise of generative AI was powered by Nvidia and its H100 GPU. As demand far outstripped supply, […]
Meta’s Quest headsets add spatial video and pinch controls to compete with Vision Pro
Meta's Quest headsets add spatial video and pinch controls to compete with Vision Pro Meta’s Quest headsets add spatial video and pinch controls to compete with Vision Pro Image: Meta The Meta Quest 3 will soon give wearers the ability to easily view spatial videos as well as use new pinching gestures for control, features […]
The Nintendo Switch has received a rare discount at Amazon
The Nintendo Switch has received a rare discount at Amazon The standard Nintendo Switch can be played on the go or while docked on a TV. | Photo by James Bareham / The Verge While the Nintendo Switch 2 is widely expected to drop this year, it’s anybody’s guess when. That means if you don’t […]
The Arc browser is getting better bookmarks and search results, all thanks to AI
The Arc browser is getting better bookmarks and search results, all thanks to AI Arc’s new Smart Folders start with an AI query. | Image: The Browser Company Only a few days after releasing an AI-powered mobile app, called Arc Search, The Browser Company is making some big (and of course AI-powered) changes to its […]
Google Maps is getting ‘supercharged’ with generative AI
Google Maps is getting 'supercharged' with generative AI Google Maps is getting ‘supercharged’ with generative AI Image: Google Google is bringing generative AI to — where else? — Google Maps, promising to help users find cool places through the use of large language models (LLM). The feature will answer queries for restaurant or shopping recommendations, […]
Snap is recalling and refunding every drone it ever sold
Snap is recalling and refunding every drone it ever sold The Snap Pixy. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Snap gave up on its Pixy flying selfie camera drone after just four months, but it turns out the company sold under 71,000 drones — and now the company is recalling every one of […]
Anker’s workout-friendly Soundcore Sport X10 earbuds are a bargain at just $56
Anker's workout-friendly Soundcore Sport X10 earbuds are a bargain at just $56 Anker’s workout-friendly Soundcore Sport X10 earbuds are a bargain at just $56 Anker’s Soundcore Sport X10 offers wraparound hooks and an IPX7 rating for water and sweat resistance for less than $60. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you’ve already […]
Senators find tech CEOs’ responses hollow after four-hour hearing
Senators find tech CEOs' responses hollow after four-hour hearing Senators find tech CEOs’ responses hollow after four-hour hearing Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks at a press conference following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with five tech CEOs. | Lauren Feiner During an unusually emotional hearing on Wednesday, senators spent hours trying to get a group […]
Comcast is dropping its misleading Xfinity 10G network branding
Comcast is dropping its misleading Xfinity 10G network branding Comcast can still use “10G” to describe products and services, so long as it’s being used accurately. | Image: Xfinity Creative Comcast has agreed to abandon its “Xfinity 10G network” product branding after advertising watchdogs concluded that it could cause consumers to think they will all […]