Mark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chat
Mark Zuckerberg announces 'completely private' encrypted Meta AI chat Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says its new Incognito Chat is “the first major AI product where there is no log of your conversations stored on servers.” Messages in Incognito Chat aren’t saved or stored in users’ chat history, similar to incognito modes on other AI chatbots, […]
Microsoft doesn’t want any of this
Microsoft doesn't want any of this Maybe I’m just punch drunk in my third week attending Musk v. Altman, but I have become very, very fond of Microsoft during the course of this trial. They don’t want to be here any more than I do. Their opening statement was honestly one of the most Microsoft […]
Swatch’s latest luxury collaboration is a $400 pocket watch
Swatch's latest luxury collaboration is a $400 pocket watch The pink, yellow, and teal Otg Roz is one of the Royal Pop’s eight unique designs. | Image: Swatch Following a series of cryptic newspaper ads and Instagram teasers that had watch fans speculating about its next collaboration, Swatch announced a new timepiece collection created with […]
Why does the Googlebook exist?
Why does the Googlebook exist? Google announced its new Googlebook laptop platform yesterday, and so far I’ve been left asking, “Why?” Why is Google blowing up its Chromebook and ChromeOS platform for this? I’ve been excited by the prospect of Android and ChromeOS unifying under the long-rumored Aluminium OS. The theory was that Aluminium might […]
The border is everywhere
The border is everywhere Verge reporter Gaby Del Valle demonstrates the size of Sherp’s ATV at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. No one paid attention to the gunshots that echoed through the convention center. They were real enough, and so were the screams that accompanied them, in the […]
Unitree will sell you a massive ‘transformable mecha’ for $650,000
Unitree will sell you a massive 'transformable mecha' for $650,000 Here’s how the GD01 (seen left) stacks up against Unitree’s CEO and existing humanoid robots. | Image: Unitree Unitree is already one of the most recognizable names in the humanoid robot industry, but now it’s pursuing even nicher sci-fi tech: giant mech suits. The Chinese […]
Microsoft’s Xbox PC app hints at China expansion for Game Pass
Microsoft's Xbox PC app hints at China expansion for Game Pass Microsoft appears to be working on expanding its Xbox Game Pass subscription to China. References to “Project Saluki” have been discovered in a recent update to the Xbox PC app this week, with Microsoft describing the codename as “China market expansion for Game Pass, […]
The Apple Studio Display could have been so much more
The Apple Studio Display could have been so much more The Studio Display looks great next to a MacBook, but its aging display technology holds it back. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge For the better part of 12 years, Apple owned the 5K monitor world – primarily because it made basically the […]
Amazon’s Panos Panay addresses new Fire phone rumors
Amazon's Panos Panay addresses new Fire phone rumors Amazon’s head of devices and services, Panos Panay, says that the company is “not necessarily” planning to release a smartphone, but has stopped short of denying it outright. It was previously reported that Amazon is developing an Alexa-enabled AI phone codenamed “Transformer,” more than 10 years after […]
Sony’s new Xperia phone gets an overdue redesign
Sony's new Xperia phone gets an overdue redesign Sony’s new flagship doesn’t look much like its predecessors. | Image: Sony / The Verge Sony’s Xperia 1 flagships have looked more or less the same since 2020, but that’s finally changing with the Xperia 1 VIII, which moves to a chunky square camera island. The phone […]