The Echo Spot is just $45, beating its Black Friday price
The Echo Spot is just $45, beating its Black Friday price The Echo Spot is a gift that pulls double duty, acting as a smart speaker, alarm, and even smart home controller. If you want a cheap gift that feels expensive, the Echo Spot is a great pick. The versatile smart display can handle dozens […]
No one knows what to call these things
No one knows what to call these things Meta calls its Ray-Ban glasses AI glasses. I asked a simple question at Google’s Project Aura demo last week. What do you call these things? To my surprise, multiple people launched into a vigorous discussion on the taxonomy of glasses-shaped face computers. It turns out “smart glasses” […]
The Pixel Watch 4 is getting new one-handed gestures and better smart replies
The Pixel Watch 4 is getting new one-handed gestures and better smart replies Double pinch lets you dismiss notifications or | Image: Google Google has started to roll out the first update for the Pixel Watch 4 since the wearable launched last August. WearOS 6.1 is available for the Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4 […]
The Verge picks the standout tech of 2025
The Verge picks the standout tech of 2025 Welcome to the end of 2025. Given all the AI announcements in supercomputing, data centers, and company investments, one might say this was “the year of AI,” but this was also the year where we saw design upgrades come to so many smartphones and laptops that 2025 […]
AI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the key
AI companies want a new internet — and they think they've found the key Over the past 18 months, the largest AI companies in the world have quietly settled on an approach to building the next generation of apps and services – an approach that would allow AI agents from any company to easily access […]
Razer resurrects the first ever gaming mouse as a limited edition
Razer resurrects the first ever gaming mouse as a limited edition The new Boomslang includes a wireless charging dock with its own RGB lighting effects. | Image: Razer Razer is returning to its roots and relaunching the world’s first gaming mouse that debuted over 25 years ago before there was even a gaming peripheral industry. […]
Aurora will have ‘hundreds’ of driverless trucks on the road by the end of 2026, CEO says
Aurora will have 'hundreds' of driverless trucks on the road by the end of 2026, CEO says It’s been a year of progress and delays for Aurora, the Pittsburgh-based autonomous trucking company founded by Chris Urmson. After promising to launch commercial driverless truck operations in 2024, the company was forced to push the start date […]
Instagram gives you more control over your Reels algorithm
Instagram gives you more control over your Reels algorithm Instagram is launching a new AI-powered feature for fine-tuning which videos appear in your Reels tab. The “Your Algorithm” update allows you to see which topics Instagram already thinks you’re interested in based on your previous activity, and then remove some, or add new topics, to […]
ChatGPT can now use Adobe apps to edit your photos and PDFs for free
ChatGPT can now use Adobe apps to edit your photos and PDFs for free The Photoshop app for ChatGPT will provide UI interfaces like sliders for some editing requests. Adobe is giving ChatGPT users some new capabilities for designing and editing their work without having to switch apps. New apps for Photoshop, Acrobat, and Adobe […]
The AI industry’s biggest week: Google’s rise, RL mania, and a party boat
The AI industry's biggest week: Google's rise, RL mania, and a party boat This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Reinforcement learning (RL) is the next frontier, Google is surging, and the party scene has gotten […]