StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooter
Blizzard originally tried to bring the StarCraft universe to the world of 3D shooters way back in 2002 with StarCraft: Ghost. It sat in development hell for years until Blizzard…
LG responds to TV spying allegations
Earlier this week, Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and independent security researchers detailed some alarming findings about how LG’s TVs are logging and uploading data on its users. Now the company is…
Where to preorder the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max
Which color suits you best? | Photo: Nilay Patel / The Verge The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are almost here. Announced at Apple’s September 2026 “Sunrise and…
I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China
On a sunny morning in June, I walked to work with a quadruped robot beside me. I’ve never gotten more attention from strangers. A bunch of people snapped pictures of…
OpenAI just wants to win
OpenAI has spent the last few years planting flags across the increasingly difficult terrain in mathematics. This week, it claimed one of its biggest prizes yet: a solution to a…
Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push
Oracle’s proposed investment in 2 gigawatts of renewable energy projects for New Mexico comes as local opposition could delay development of the Project Jupiter data center that Oracle is building…
Matt Mullenweg returns as Automattic CEO two days after getting booted
Two days after being placed on a paid leave of absence, Matt Mullenweg says he has been reinstated as CEO of Automattic, according to a Slack message seen by TechCrunch.…
The White House says Truth Social is the ‘most powerful and popular social media platform in the world’
The White House claims the Donald Trump-owned Truth Social is the “most powerful and popular social media platform in the world.” The statement, provided to The New York Times by…
Slack can now vibe-code interactive charts and reports inside chats
A new feature coming to Slack will allow you to build interactive reports, polls, dashboards, presentations, microsites, and other tools directly inside a chat. With Slackforce Surfaces, you can describe…
Android can now securely migrate your logins between password managers
As longer, more complex passwords have become a necessity, remembering all those strings of numbers, letters, and special characters has become nearly impossible. Password managers can solve that problem, but…
Electric air taxis get the green light for test flights in Texas
A new federal program to test the feasibility of electric, hybrid-electric, and autonomous aircraft kicks off today in Texas – before the rules governing this new technology have even been…
Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out
I turned my Muse assistant into a purple cat. | Screenshot: The Verge Meta has launched its new Muse assistant, marking the company’s first real foray into AI-powered productivity tools.…
Where to preorder the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4
The iPhone Duo was the unequivocal star of Apple’s “Surprise and shine” event, but not for people who were mostly paying attention for news on wearables. Thankfully, Apple had a…
The iPhone Duo’s hardware doesn’t look special, but its software might be
With the iPhone Duo, Apple has pulled off a familiar trick. It arrives into a mature Android foldable market with a handful of hardware features we’ve mostly already seen elsewhere,…
Verge staffers react to the iPhone Duo: what we love and don’t love
Apple has just announced its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo. The new phone has a 5.4-inch outer screen and a 7.6-inch inner screen, two back cameras, Touch ID for…