The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you Number go up? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images I haven’t seen anything as stupid as the WeWork IPO document in a very long time – that is, until Elon Musk filed to take SpaceX public. WeWork was a joke. […]
Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores
Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers’ homes for free. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal. But there’s a catch. There’s always a catch. […]
Trump Mobile’s website still says the T1 Phone is ‘American-made’
Trump Mobile's website still says the T1 Phone is 'American-made' Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts. As the phone’s supposed launch continues, we noticed its website may be violating FTC rules. When the Trump phone was […]
Hundreds of prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike
Hundreds of prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike Wikipedia is one of the last bastions of trust on the internet. But last week, volunteer editors and contributors were alarmed to hear that a small but important team of engineers at the nonprofit that supports it had been laid off. The layoffs didn’t […]
Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern
Adobe's conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern It explained the process of how it made these edits beautifully, I’m just not terribly impressed by the results. | Images by Jess Weatherbed / The Verge AI image tools rarely make me feel like I’m part of the creative process. They are, after all, mostly […]
Who gets to own the Luigi Mangione story?
Who gets to own the Luigi Mangione story? Luigi Mangione, accused of the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, attends a court hearing on May 18, 2026. | POOL/AFP via Getty Images On Monday morning, a judge overseeing the New York state case on the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO ruled that some evidence […]
The cost of the smart home is going up
The cost of the smart home is going up Google is expanding its AI-powered Gemini for Home capabilities beyond its cameras and smart speakers to other manufacturers to sell more subscriptions. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Selling the smart home has been hard. Even Amazon has lost money in the space, […]
‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
'Fuck you, Bambu': How one private message could change the face of 3D printing Bambu Lab makes the best, most accessible 3D printers yet, but that reputation is suddenly under siege. It all started when Paweł Jarczak received a private message from the company on Reddit asking him to delete his code. Now the 3D […]
Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball to lead strategy
Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball to lead strategy Microsoft has recruited game industry analyst Matthew Ball as Xbox chief strategy officer. Ball publishes an annual state of video gaming report, which is a popular read across the game industry, and he’s “widely respected across gaming, media, and technology,” according to Xbox CEO Asha […]
It’s make or break time for AI labeling systems
It's make or break time for AI labeling systems If robust AI labeling was in place when these swagged out images of Pope Francis went viral, it may have been easier for people to tell they were fake. | Image: via Reddit / u/trippy_art_special We’re about to find out if the systems designed to make […]