Nosh Robotics’ $1,500 robot chef doesn’t need any help with dinner

Nosh Robotics' $1,500 robot chef doesn't need any help with dinner Anyone who finds themselves wishing they could spend less time on meal prep might have a solution in the form of the recently-launched Nosh One from Nosh Robotics, an AI kitchen appliance that can autonomously cook for you. All users need to do is […]
This phone starts fires on purpose

This phone starts fires on purpose Until now, most mobile phone companies have worked to ensure their phones won’t start fires. (Occasional Samsung devices excepted, of course.) But this week at Mobile World Congress, we found a company that dared to go in a different direction. Oukitel’s WP63 rugged smartphone includes a built-in fire starter, […]
Honor’s Robot Phone is a bad robot, an interesting camera, and maybe your friend

Honor's Robot Phone is a bad robot, an interesting camera, and maybe your friend The friend-shaped phone. After over four months of teasing, I’ve finally been able to see Honor’s Robot Phone in action. And after all that, it looks pretty legit – just so long as you weren’t actually expecting a robot. The Robot […]
Honor claims its Robot Phone will launch later this year

Honor claims its Robot Phone will launch later this year I saw the camera arm unfold from this demo phone, though it didn’t do much else. Honor has revealed more details of its so-called Robot Phone at MWC 2026, and finally showed a working unit in action alongside a dancing humanoid robot. Specs are still […]
MWC 2026: all the phones, gadgets, and announcements from Barcelona

MWC 2026: all the phones, gadgets, and announcements from Barcelona The Verge is heading to Barcelona, Spain, for Mobile World Congress, the biggest phone show of the year. CES may dominate the headlines when it comes to TVs, computer components, and AI inanity, but for all things mobile MWC has it beat. Since it’s a […]
Google takes control of ‘Android of robotics’ project in quest for physical AI

Google takes control of 'Android of robotics' project in quest for physical AI Google is folding Alphabet’s AI robotics “moonshot,” Intrinsic, into the company after five years as an independent unit. The move marks a strategic shift as Google doubles down on physical AI and pulls experimental projects closer to its core business. Intrinsic “graduated“ […]
This $7,999 robot will fold (some of) your laundry
This $7,999 robot will fold (some of) your laundry Isaac 0 is a stationary robot with one job: folding laundry. | Image: Weave Robotics If you have a spare $7,999 (plus a $250 deposit), hate folding laundry, and happen to live in the Bay Area, one-and-a-half-year-old startup Weave has the robot for you: Isaac 0. […]
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter is stepping down after six years

Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter is stepping down after six years Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down from his role effective immediately and leaving the company on February 27th, as previously reported by A3. Under Playter’s leadership, Boston Dynamics navigated its way through an acquisition from Softbank […]
I don’t hate the robot barista like I thought I would

I don't hate the robot barista like I thought I would It’s so embarrassing when a robot is better than you at latte art. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge In Seattle, the only thing we love more than coffee is our coffee shops. On a six-block walk I pass at least a half […]
Tesla throws in the towel on car sales

Tesla throws in the towel on car sales Is Tesla still a car company? It’s a question we’ve been asking ourselves more frequently over the past year, especially as the company’s car business shrinks and Elon Musk continues to push the message that Tesla should be seen more as an AI and robotics leader and […]
