It’s perfectly fine to ignore your smartwatch this January
It's perfectly fine to ignore your smartwatch this January It’s perfectly fine to ignore your smartwatch this January If you saw my training load data for January, it would resemble a stock crashing. Hard. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Every January, fitness tech and wearable companies love to remind us about […]
A giant battery power plant is on fire in California
A giant battery power plant is on fire in California MOSS LANDING, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 17: A fire erupted at Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday. | Photo: Getty Images A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Central California Thursday. The battery power plant is the largest in the world […]
Lawmakers press Meta, Apple, Google, and others on massive Trump donations
Lawmakers press Meta, Apple, Google, and others on massive Trump donations Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) are putting pressure on big tech firms to explain their motives for donating to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. In letters to Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, […]
Instagram will show your friends what Reels you’ve liked
Instagram will show your friends what Reels you've liked Instagram will show your friends what Reels you’ve liked Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is bringing back one of its more chaotic features, now reworked for the short-form video era. A new tab in the Reels feed will serve up videos that a […]
The Ring Battery Doorbell Pro, one of our favorite video doorbells, is cheaper than ever
The Ring Battery Doorbell Pro, one of our favorite video doorbells, is cheaper than ever The Ring Battery Doorbell Pro is a great video doorbell if you’re embedded in Amazon’s ecosystem and is currently $80 off. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge If you’re looking for a way to protect yourself from […]
Cash App fined $255 million in back-to-back settlements
Cash App fined $255 million in back-to-back settlements Cash App is closing out the week on the hook for $255 million in multiple settlements around its consumer protections. Block, the company that owns Cash App, agreed Wednesday to pay $80 million to 48 states that fined the company for violating laws intended to keep illicit […]
Maybe giant gaming handhelds are where it’s at
Maybe giant gaming handhelds are where it's at Maybe giant gaming handhelds are where it’s at A whole Steam Deck fits within the screen of the Asus ROG Flow Z13 tablet. Bigger is better, right? I added controllers to a 13-inch gaming tablet and I don’t regret it. Read the full story at The Verge.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 is here — sort of
Nintendo's Switch 2 is here — sort of Nintendo’s Switch 2 is here — sort of Image: The Verge, Nintendo The Switch 2 exists. We know that for sure. It’s bigger — seems like we know that, too. But what else do we know about the sequel to one of Nintendo’s most innovative and bestselling […]
6 TikTok creators on where they’ll go if the app is banned
6 TikTok creators on where they'll go if the app is banned 6 TikTok creators on where they’ll go if the app is banned Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Brendan Hoffman, Getty Images It’s been more than four years since Donald Trump first moved to expel TikTok from the US — and […]
Google rejects EU fact checking commitments for Search and YouTube
Google rejects EU fact checking commitments for Search and YouTube Illustration: The Verge Google has notified the European Union that it won’t integrate work from fact-checking organizations into Search or YouTube, ahead of the bloc’s plans to expand disinformation laws. Google had previously signed a set of voluntary commitments that the EU introduced in 2022 […]