• Billie Eilish is absolutely fed up with people saying 'All Lives Matter'

    Billie Eilish is absolutely fed up with people saying 'All Lives Matter'
    Billie Eilish isn't afraid to speak out against injustice.
    On Saturday, the 18-year-old singer posted a blunt and lengthy statement to her 63.3 million Instagram followers to address the death of George Floyd.
    Since Floyd died on May 25 after a Minnesota police officer pressed his knee against Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, protests against racism and police brutality have taken place across the United States.
    Celebrities such as Taylor Swift have started using their giant platforms
  • Tesla teases robotaxi ridehailing function in its app

    Tesla teases robotaxi ridehailing function in its app
    Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla provided a sneak peek of its upcoming ridehailing mobile app in the company’s latest earnings report. The company’s CEO, Elon Musk, has said that Tesla will unveil a long-gestating robotaxi in August.The company revealed five screens from the forthcoming feature. The first screen shows a big button that says “Summon” with a lower message for the possible wait time. The next screen has a 3D map with a little virtual vehicle fol
  • Apple reportedly cuts Vision Pro production due to low demand

    Apple reportedly cuts Vision Pro production due to low demand
    Demand for Vision Pro is falling. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is reportedly cutting its Vision Pro headset shipment forecast for the rest of the year due to cooling demand.
    Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo writes that Apple cut orders for the Vision Pro even before it launched outside of the US. His sources claim that Apple now expects to sell only around 400,000 to 450,000 units in 2024, compared to what Kuo says was a “market consensus” of 700,000 to 800,000. Dema
  • Tesla’s profits sink as the company struggles with cooling demand

    Tesla’s profits sink as the company struggles with cooling demand
    Photo by VCG / VCG via Getty Images Tesla reported its first quarter earnings during an incredibly shaky moment for the company in which sales numbers and the stock price have both fallen. Against this backdrop, Tesla reported $1.1 billion in net income on $21 billion in revenue, down 9 percent from $23.3 billion the same time last year.
    The company’s profits, once the envy of the auto industry, are at their lowest in six years thanks to rampant price cutting and slowing demand. Earlier th
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  • Wattpad has a community problem, so it’s killing DMs

    Wattpad has a community problem, so it’s killing DMs
    Wattpad says DMs will be shut down on May 6th, alongside the deletion of all existing messages. | Image: Wattpad Community publishing platform Wattpad is removing the ability for users to send each other direct messages, claiming that the feature has “only been relevant to a small percentage” of its global user base. Users will retain access to their DMs until May 6th, after which all existing messages will be deleted and the feature will no longer be available, according to Wattpad&
  • T-Mobile’s new 5G internet plan lets you take your Wi-Fi on the road

    T-Mobile’s new 5G internet plan lets you take your Wi-Fi on the road
    Home internet for when you’re not at home. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile has announced two new home internet plans: Home Internet Plus and Away. Well, technically that’s one home internet plan and one anywhere-but-home plan. These new flavors of T-Mobile’s 5G-powered internet service aim to address different customers, but both serve the same goal: leveraging that sweet 5G spectrum to do more than just keep our phones connected.
    The new Away plan, important
  • What to expect at Apple’s May ‘Let Loose’ event

    What to expect at Apple’s May ‘Let Loose’ event
    Apple’s next event will be all about iPads. | Image: Apple Apple has gone and announced a spring event for May 7th at 7AM PT / 10AM ET. While the company didn’t say what the event is about, the Apple Pencil in its graphic suggests we’re finally about to hear about new iPads — but which ones? Well, almost certainly OLED iPad Pros, which we’ve been hearing about for months, but the company might also announce a new iPad Air in two sizes for the first time.
    Rumors have
  • The biggest AI companies agree to crack down on child abuse images

    The biggest AI companies agree to crack down on child abuse images
    Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Tech companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Amazon committed today to reviewing their AI training data for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and removing it from use in any future models.
    The companies signed on to a new set of principles meant to limit the proliferation of CSAM. They promise to ensure training datasets do not contain CSAM, to avoid datasets with a high risk of including CSAM, and to remove CSAM i
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  • Atlus’ new fantasy-meets-Persona RPG launches in October

    Atlus’ new fantasy-meets-Persona RPG launches in October
    Image: Atlus Metaphor: ReFantazio is the inscrutable name for Atlus’ next RPG project. The company launched a new trailer and a 30-minute video introducing players to the story, gameplay, and social elements of the game, and at first blush, it looks pretty damn intriguing. Check out the gameplay video below.Metaphor: ReFantazio is an action RPG from Studio Zero, a new internal studio spun up in 2016 and headed by Katsura Hashino. Atlus really wants you to know the bona fides of the develop
  • You don’t know your K-pop persona, do you?

    You don’t know your K-pop persona, do you?
    Image: Spotify Spotify has launched a colorful personality quiz designed to help K-pop fans determine their persona. For those unfamiliar with the K-pop term or its Jungian roots, a “persona” refers to the distinct, public-facing role of each member of a band. The feature leans into K-pop’s status as a major area of growth in the global music industry, which Spotify has been eager to tap into.
    The five-question quiz, which fans can take inside the Spotify app, will identify whe
  • How 14 tribes plan to use the Biden administration’s solar grants

    How 14 tribes plan to use the Biden administration’s solar grants
    Cody Two Bears attends the Stand With Standing Rock Benefit at ABC Home & Carpet on December 15th, 2016, in New York City. | Photo by Mark Sagliocco / WireImage A coalition of 14 tribes received $135,580,000 for solar energy, part of a Biden administration program to help more households run on renewable energy. The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation, which is leading the coalition, says the funding will bring jobs to their communities and make electricity more affordable.
    The Environm
  • Luminar starts shipping lidar for Volvo EX90 — while readying its next-gen sensor

    Luminar starts shipping lidar for Volvo EX90 — while readying its next-gen sensor
    Luminar’s new Halo lidar sensor is expected to be less than one inch thick. | Image: Luminar Luminar is shipping out orders of its lidar sensors to Volvo as the automaker is preparing to start production of its EX90 electric vehicles, the company said today. Volvo will use the laser sensor to enable safety and self-driving features in the EX90, making it the “first global consumer vehicle to standardize this technology,” Luminar notes in a press release.
    The news comes during a
  • Tesla reveals a new Model 3 Performance with more horsepower and faster acceleration

    Tesla reveals a new Model 3 Performance with more horsepower and faster acceleration
    Tesla On the cusp of what’s expected to be a very not-good earnings report, Tesla decided to shuffle its search results a bit with the reveal of the 2024 Model 3 Performance, with a specially tuned chassis and a 2.9 second 0–60 mph acceleration time.Interestingly, Tesla did not give this updated Model 3 the “Plaid” performance badge, which, so far, it has reserved for its more premium vehicles, the Model S and Model X. For the Model 3, it’s sticking to Performance.T
  • This could finally be the year the iPad gets a built-in calculator app

    This could finally be the year the iPad gets a built-in calculator app
    Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge It’s been over a decade since the release of the very first iPad — and it may finally get Apple’s Calculator app. MacRumors reports that Apple plans to introduce its native calculator in iPadOS 18, which Apple will likely introduce during its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 10th.
    For years, iPad users have had to download third-party calculator apps or access a web browser just to do math. Many of these third-party apps aren’t all
  • The VWFNDR Keirin is an expansive new concept for the future of cameras

    The VWFNDR Keirin is an expansive new concept for the future of cameras
    The The VWFNDR Keirin camera concept. This past weekend, a local startup held an exhibition not too far from where I live in Tokyo to show off its idea for an entirely new take on camera hardware. That’s not the sort of thing that happens every weekend, even in Tokyo, so I biked on over to take a look.
    VWFNDR is a project started by UX designer Álvaro Arregui Falcón of Nuevo.Tokyo and independent industrial designer Mireia Gordi i Vila. The team later brought on London-based
  • 4 Best Gaming Laptops (2024): From Cheap to Premium

    4 Best Gaming Laptops (2024): From Cheap to Premium
    We tested the latest and greatest gaming laptops—from portable machines to an 18-inch gargantuan—so you can level up your game anywhere.
  • Bringing Fallout’s gritty retrofuturism into the real world

    Bringing Fallout’s gritty retrofuturism into the real world
    Image: Amazon For production designer Howard Cummings, Fallout wasn’t just the name of his most recent project — it also became a verb. As he was working on Amazon’s live-action adaptation of the game series, Cummings and his team used the word Fallout as a shorthand to describe the particular retrofuturistic, post-apocalyptic style the franchise is known for. “Everything had to be Fallout-ed,” he tells The Verge. “For locations, I’d say: ‘How do I
  • Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Review: A Gaming Laptop Perfect for Both Work and Play

    Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Review: A Gaming Laptop Perfect for Both Work and Play
    This gaming laptop combines the display of your rich friend's TV and the chassis of a Macbook Air with a powerful graphics card and a beefy battery.
  • Samsung’s new glare-free OLED TV is receiving its first discount

    Samsung’s new glare-free OLED TV is receiving its first discount
    Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Don’t kick yourself if you missed out on Samsung’s free TV preorder promo from earlier this month. The company is now offering a much better cash discount on one of its most notable new models: the glare-free Samsung OLED S95D TV. The smallest TV in the lineup, the 55-inch model starts at $2,299.99 ($300 off) at Best Buy and Samsung, while the 77-inch is also $300 off for $4,299.99 (Best Buy, Samsung). The 65-inch TV, meanwhile, is receiving an even s
  • Samsung’s new glare-free OLED S95D TV is receiving its first cash discount

    Samsung’s new glare-free OLED S95D TV is receiving its first cash discount
    Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Don’t kick yourself if you missed out on Samsung’s free TV preorder promo from earlier this month. The company is now offering a much better cash discount on one of its most notable new models: the glare-free Samsung OLED S95D TV. The smallest TV in the lineup, the 55-inch model starts at $2,299.99 ($300 off) at Best Buy and Samsung, while the 77-inch is also $300 off for $4,299.99 (Best Buy, Samsung). The 65-inch TV, meanwhile, is receiving an even s
  • The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses get video calling, Apple Music, and a new style

    The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses get video calling, Apple Music, and a new style
    There’s a new cat-eye frame called the Skyler. | Image: Meta Meta just announced a slew of new updates for its Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. CEO Mark Zuckerberg just dropped an Instagram reel showing off a new cat-eye frame style for the glasses and a video calling feature. You can also now connect the glasses with Apple Music, and last but not least, the multimodal AI assistant is live for everyone in the US and Canada.
    You can peep a pretty clear demo of the video calling feature from Zuck
  • The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses have multimodal AI now

    The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses have multimodal AI now
    Overall, pulling out your phone is still faster, but it is handy for identifying things when you’re out and about. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses launched last fall, they were a pretty neat content capture tool and a surprisingly solid pair of headphones. But they were missing a key feature: multimodal AI. Basically, the ability for an AI assistant to process multiple types of information like photos, audio, and text. A few weeks after lau
  • Razer’s Viper V3 Pro mouse puts its dongle where it belongs

    Razer’s Viper V3 Pro mouse puts its dongle where it belongs
    The white Razer Viper V3 Pro next to its large bundled HyperPolling Wireless Dongle. | Image: Razer Does your gaming mouse track its own position 8,000 times per second? If you’re the kind of person who cares, I suspect you might also want that mouse to track that fast out of the box — instead of having to buy an extra dongle for that feature.
    That’s the most obvious difference Razer is announcing today with its flagship Viper V3 Pro mouse for esports pros and those who aspire
  • Cheating has become the ultimate crime online

    Cheating has become the ultimate crime online
    In the leadup to Taylor Swift's latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, online stans did what they arguably do best: theorize. One Swiftie narrative about TTPD, partly fueled by Swift's "stages of heartbreak" playlists for Apple Music, speculated that her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn cheated on her. As Mashable's Elena Cavender summed up, Alwyn became the "bad guy" to Swift's "good guy," a common thread in her albums.For months, fans dissected Swift's actions in videos that amassed thousands of v
  • Apple confirms May 7 event: We're expecting new iPads and 2 other products

    Apple confirms May 7 event: We're expecting new iPads and 2 other products
    Our long national nightmare is over: iPads may be finally launching in two weeks.In an invite image sent to press on Tuesday, Apple confirmed it will hold a livestreamed product announcement event on May 7 at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET. The event, titled "Let Loose," is advertised with an image of a hand holding an Apple Pencil, all but confirming that this will center around iPads. SEE ALSO:How to cancel your Apple TV+ subscription from your desktop or your phone Yeah, this is for iPads, alright.Cred
  • Netflix's 'Atlas' trailer sees Jennifer Lopez hunting AI Simu Liu

    Netflix's 'Atlas' trailer sees Jennifer Lopez hunting AI Simu Liu
    As Mashable's Amanda Yeo wrote of Netflix sci-fi thriller Atlas: "If AI wrote propaganda, this is probably what it would look like."Keep that in the back of your mind as you watch the second trailer for the film, with Jennifer Lopez out front as the titular Atlas Shepherd. A data analyst and agent with a grudge against AI, Atlas finds herself on a mission to retrieve a rogue robot (Simu Liu), one she's met before. As the film progresses, it seems our protagonist might be coming around to the ide
  • Asia is officially the most ‘disaster-prone’ region in the world

    Asia is officially the most ‘disaster-prone’ region in the world
    Residents clean debris of their destroyed houses at the Khaung Dote Khar Rohingya refugee camp in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on May 15th, 2023, after Cyclone Mocha made landfall. | Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP via Getty Images No other region on Earth experiences more climate, weather, and water-related disasters than Asia, according to a new report. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its 2023 State of the Climate in Asia today, which found that risks are only rising.From he
  • Amazon launches an unlimited grocery delivery subscription

    Amazon launches an unlimited grocery delivery subscription
    Image: Amazon Amazon is bringing back free(ish) grocery deliveries for orders over $35 in the form of a new monthly subscription program the company announced today. It’s $9.99 per month for Prime members and includes unlimited one-hour grocery delivery where it’s available, as well as unlimited 30-minute grocery pickups, with a half-cost option for low-income non-Prime members who qualify.
    Amazon launched a trial of the subscription in three cities last year but now says it’s
  • Best Air Purifiers (2024): HEPA, Portable, and Quiet

    Best Air Purifiers (2024): HEPA, Portable, and Quiet
    Keep wildfire smoke, smog, and allergens out. We tested standard and HEPA models to find the right one for your home.
  • Get serious about productivity on the go with 20% off a Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2

    Get serious about productivity on the go with 20% off a Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2
    SAVE $558.66: As of April 23, the Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 (Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) is just $2,241.33 at Amazon. That's a discount of 20%. Opens in a new windowCredit: AmazonMicrosoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 (Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD)$2,241.33 at Amazon $2,799.99 Save $558.66Get DealReady to buy a new laptop, but looking to think outside the box a bit beyond a vanilla Windows computer or a MacBook? A Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 is another choice that might fit th