I quit all my AI fitness plans, and I feel free
I quit all my AI fitness plans, and I feel free AI sure does use a lot of words to say very little. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they’re going to […]
How to vibe-write a country hit
How to vibe-write a country hit You may not even know it, but you’ve almost certainly encountered songs made mostly or even entirely with AI. If you’ve scrolled on TikTok the last few weeks, you’ve probably heard “I Run” a few times, but there are countless others making their way around social and music platforms. […]
A presidential refresher on wireless terminology, courtesy of Trump Mobile
A presidential refresher on wireless terminology, courtesy of Trump Mobile Next-gen wireless technology for dummies. 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 usual, we’re still waiting for a response. In the meantime, we’re publishing a little […]
This Tetris-playing watch struggles with the one thing it should be great at
This Tetris-playing watch struggles with the one thing it should be great at The Tetris: My Play Watch may look like an Apple Watch, but it eschews most of the functionality you’ll typically find on a smartwatch to focus on two things: playing Tetris and celebrating the game through a UI that’s thoroughly Tetris-themed. It’s […]
The Pluribus apocalypse gets a little quieter
The Pluribus apocalypse gets a little quieter Carlos-Manuel Vesga as Manousos. The theme of this week is isolation. That’s always been a part of what makes Pluribus so unsettling, of course; in the show there are only a handful of human survivors left on Earth, while the rest of the population has turned into an […]
My defense of a $40 cable paperweight – I’m sorry
My defense of a $40 cable paperweight – I'm sorry Native Union’s Weighter managing one of up to three cables. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Warning: I’m going to make an attempt to justify a $40 paperweight for cable management. I’m not sure how I ended up in this position, or who […]
Tim Cook’s lobbying hangs over a key kids online safety vote
Tim Cook's lobbying hangs over a key kids online safety vote At a congressional meeting to vote on the future of kids online safety, the most spirited debate of the day was about a bill that wasn’t even on the agenda and Apple CEO Tim Cook. 18 bills that aim to regulate the internet to […]
New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars
New York's new law forces advertisers to say when they're using AI avatars New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Thursday that will require advertisers to identify if an ad includes AI-generated people. Hochul’s announcement said the bill, S.8420-A/A.8887-B, was the first of its kind in the US, describing it as a “common sense” […]
Fortnite is back in Google’s Android app store
Fortnite is back in Google's Android app store Fortnite players on Android devices in the US can once again download the game directly from the Google Play Store, not long after it returned to Apple’s App Store in May. Its return comes five years after it was removed from Google’s app store as Epic Games […]
Remember Google Stadia? Steam finally made its gamepad worth rescuing
Remember Google Stadia? Steam finally made its gamepad worth rescuing The Google Stadia Controller. December 31st, 2025 is the deadline to save the Google Stadia controller. That’s less than three weeks from today – but there’s never been a better time. Last month, I discovered the controller is finally a first-class citizen in Steam and […]